My boyfriend and I were traveling for 3 weeks and we craved shabu or hot pot so much. I stumbled…read moreupon this online, so I'm like why not. We thought we were the only ones there, but as we were waiting, more customers went up to pay. They came from downstairs because there's a downstairs area that we didn't realize there was. When we arrived, I was so confused which restaurant it was. I think the name of the restaurant didn't match the name online. We figured it out anyways. When we walked in, we were given menus. We were so confused on how things worked there, so I asked the server. She explained it to us, but it was still quite confusing. We were like whatever and wanted to figure things out on our own. I assume that there is two options: all you can eat or by items. We decided to make it easier and do the all you can eat option. The all you can eat option is limited because there are some items that would cost you extra if you order it. I still think to this day that maybe by item would have been cheaper. My boyfriend ordered the Special Spicy broth and I ordered the Herbal Tonic broth. I really enjoyed my broth, but my boyfriend says his had too much peppers in it, but it was still good. I really dislike how they charge you extra if you order sauce. I don't think sauce is really necessarily, but if you must, I suggest you to order the garlic sesame oil sauce. The sauce tasted really good and flavorful. For protein, we ordered the sliced beef and prawns. I'm not sure how the lamb tasted, but I assume they specialize in that. I'm not really into trying different types of proteins, so I just stuck to what I was familiar with.
Even though it was all you can eat, the server looked annoyed when we kept ordering more items. It's also strange to me because they only give you plates and no bowls. If you want to drink the soup or put it with your noodles, you would have to use the bowl that was given with your noodles. Also, there is a student discount of 10%. The server says it only works if you pay with cash. We didn't have any, so we said it's okay we will just pay with card. I think she didn't understand that I was okay without the discount, so she tried to tell me to go next door and get some cash. I told her that I didn't want to do the discount anymore and I rather pay with card.
I think that this place is worth it if you are craving shabu or hot pot. It isn't bad. I also wish the service was better. It did cost more than I expected though.