This was our first visit to this hot pot restaurant and we liked it a lot.  They have a particularly large selection of vegetables and sauces and a 10% senior discount to boot and that's always a nice draw for us oldies.   The meat selections are more limited for the cheaper menus and very thinly cut, but that was fine by us as it was still AYCE and plenty for us.  Wife ordered their Veggie Lovers menu for $19 and I ordered the Everyday Trio menu (standard beef, pork loin, and chicken) for $29.  That was for the Mon-Thu lunch menu pricing and before the 10% senior discount.   It was calm and quiet at 1pm on a Wednesday when we arrived and that was quite nice.  No chaos by any of the buffet stations and all displays were fully stocked, neat, and clean.  The buffet stations included Vegetables, Ramen, Side Dishes (like pizza, corn dogs, sesame balls, and such), Sauces, Beverages, and Desserts.  They also had nice mellow American pop music playing.  May was our friendly and attentive server.  She is of Japanese descent as I think the ownership is as well.  She was assisted by robot deliverers of food ordered from the QR scan at each table and they would be for items like the meats, sushi rolls, karaage chicken, dumplings, udon noodles, and a few other sides.   Most other items were self serve at the buffet stations.   Shabo-Yo is a very nice and homey hot pot restaurant and for the value we received highly recommended with a big thumbs up! read more

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Shabu-You is a fun place to treat everyone to Japanese hot pot. We were greeted and seated right away. Our friendly waiter Alex made it super easy and guided us thru the ordering process on our phone. Alex made the whole experience a lot of fun and checked on us often. They had a huge variety of Wagyu meat cuts and several broths to select from. All the meats were freshly sliced, presented on chilled platters and easy to work with. The orders came out fast. They had over 15 different sauces to pick from and the greens bar was nicely stocked with common and unique veggies. They had plain, egg and kelp ramen noodles yo add to your broth as well as udon. We liked the shrimp as well as the fried Chicken Nanban & Karaage. The sushi was ok. The warm bar had sautéed asparagus, pizza (for the kids), Takoyaki, beef sukiyaki, curry and other items. Desert bar was fresh fruit items, self service waffle iron to coincide with matcha, vanilla or twist ice cream. All in all it's a fun place to dine and there is something for everyone to enjoy! read more

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Haven't had top-notch service like this in years young girl was attentive and very professional!!! Lots of amazing choices on the salad area even had a delicious kelp noodle was definitely worth the upgrade for the seaweed broth, amazing tea choices, and great infused water not a big fan of the Lamb personally but everything was fresh and presented nicely read more

I was so excited to try this hot pot experience! There are so many options to choose from including broth, meat, veggies, sauces, and even side dishes like dumplings, Japanese fried chicken, and sushi. There are robots that deliver your food and take your dishes away for you which was super cool; our server was also very friendly and informative. It was a fun, relaxed, and family-friendly environment. Can't wait to go back in the future! read more

Shabu-Yo - Japanese Near Me - Schaumburg, Illinois

Things are always changing here and each time we come back there are good and bad things. This time the good outweighed the bad! While the ice cream machine was down, you could make a croissant waffle concoction and that was fine. They also have a new menu for Hokkaido and some new offerings there. We got the mid line wagyu menu for lunch and enjoyed everything we ordered - especially the wagyu nigiri and koroke. The buffet area has changed a bit too - still have curry and rice and also now sukiyaki (prepared). All in was about $130 for two pre teens and one adult. read more

Shabu-Yo - Ready to feast! - Japanese Near Me - Schaumburg, Illinois

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Fun place To eat- Robots are as fun as the hot pot cooking Salad bar needs a little help but all and all - great experience. Just a fun place to eat Crab legs were a little bit small and under appreciated read more

Went to Shabu-Yo for the first time. Experience was good, but could be improved. Some of the food from the buffet was frozen and still needed a bit of thawing. Service was not too friendly. Staff didn't look patrons in the eyes and were hustling to get job done, rushing. read more

Service was good but the food was just mediocre. All the pictures on the app made the meat look marble-ly with a good mix of fats but it's all pretty lean. The sauces was missing the most important Chinese hot pot sauce - the Chinese bbq sauce. And it didn't offer a variety of bean curd rolls or Asian vegetables. The "premium Wagyu sushi" was way overcooked it was a hard to chew slice of meat on top of a rice ball. Completely ruined the texture of what Wagyu beef should be like. read more

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As someone who's a big foodie and loves AYCE spots, I hate to say it--but this was one of the most mid hot pot experiences I've had. The service was genuinely kind and attentive, no complaints there. But the food just didn't hit. The beef portions were really small (only about 2 slices per plate), which was disappointing for an AYCE place. Also, the sauce bar was... confusing. Seeing things like steak & burger sauce, buffalo wing sauce, and black pepper sauce at a hot pot restaurant felt off. It didn't feel authentic or what you'd typically expect from a hot pot spot. We're visiting and not familiar with the area, but in hindsight, the low 4-star rating probably should've been a sign. Not a terrible experience overall, but definitely not somewhere I'd go out of my way to return to. read more

Shabu-Yo - Why do they offer buffalo wing sauce?? They're catering to a certain demographic - Japanese Near Me - Schaumburg, Illinois

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I had the chance to visit Shabu-Yo with my kids for the first time. We reviewed the courses and ended up choosing the Signature Wagyu Course with tonkotsu broths. Ordering from there is pretty simple as it could be done by scanning the QR code at our table and ordering from my phone. The trays of meat come pretty quickly either by the server or the robot. We tried every meat except for the chicken and enjoyed all of them. We did get items from the hot bar and veggies from the cold bar - but we kept our appetites mostly for the meat and were mindful of filling up on carbs. After finishing up with dinner, we headed to the dessert section to make our own croffles. Unfortunately the soft serve machine was down so we couldn't try that. We will be back when we are in the area again. Come hungry! read more

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Cute place, great salad bar for your veggies, service was good, price was not for the faint hearted, three people for lunch....$200.00 BOOM!

Incredibly disappointed. We just had lunch here and everything was going well, until I bit into a hard piece of PLASTIC in my food. I should've taken a picture of it. It was at least an inch long, looks like it had broken off of something. I called staff over to notify them and staff quickly took it away to let the manager know. We waited to hear back from them, but instead, they sent another staff who meagerly handed us this pathetic bonus card for the next visit, without even saying anything. NO apologies or anything. We will NOT be back. I'm upset because I actually really liked this place and had been here a few times, but this lack of customer service left such a bad taste in my mouth. Pun intended. They don't care about their guests. read more

Shabu-Yo - Here's what you get in return for eating their food with PLASTIC IN IT - Japanese Near Me - Schaumburg, Illinois

I am sensitive to Dairy, wheat, soy and eggs. This place is great if you have food sensitivities, you just need to ask for the ingredients/allergen packet. Many broth options. I have been going with the Kelp one. You are able to add what you want and have your own broth pot to cook in it so you are in control. It is mainly straight vegetables and meat so it is very easy to find things to eat. They offer sauces to add to your food/broth, but also single ingredients like garlic, ginger, and sesame oil. Since it is a buffet style I don't see how they can guarantee to cross contamination, but if you are just sensitive vs a life threatening allergy I see this as a very good option. Cute robot delivers the meat. A little noisy when busy, but not too bad. Overall a fun time. read more

Everything was just as amazing as the last time I visited awhile back. Same great service. Plenty of good food. The only things I didn't see on the food line were the great chicken wings they used to have. The ambiance is casual and nobody is rushing you. All questions were answered and explained in detail. Plenty of veggies to make your hot pot. Plenty of great sauces and salad bar options. Our party of three delighted in the $49 per person Wagyu beef, chicken and shrimp and plenty other choices. We had plenty of everything. Meats were so tender and cooked rapidly. We all tried different broths with different levels of heat. One in our party had the 9 spice miso broth at a level 6 and enjoyed it very much. I had the spicy broth and I was happy with it. Another person tried the teriyaki and also the butter broth and were happy with them. We saw a lot of young people here enjoying their food. We came for a late Sunday dinner and there was no wait. I would come more often if I lived in the Chicago area. I do recommend coming here. We enjoyed everything. Loved the robots. Give it a try. read more

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We love coming here, the robots, the quick ordering and the individual pots. The buffet is nice, although a few times options were scarce. It's a fun time for the family. Service can be hit or miss, sometimes it's stellar other times everyone is on their phone. But the food is excellent. read more

This place has zero management. They make you wait for 45 mins for a table, while the whole restaurant is 70 percents empty. Don't expect your servers know how to pick up your empty dishes. This is a 90 percents self serving restaurant. Servers aren't trained and unprofessional. The food is below average. It is just one of the those restaurants that I will never go back. read more

I took my granddaughter here for lunch while school clothes shopping. It was a bit confusing to understand the menu, and I didn't know I would have to cook it myself at the table. The tables have four pots for you to cook your own. There is what they call a buffet, which is where you get noodle, vegetables and sauces to cook your order. There is an ipad to place your order and meat and seafood. They have cat robots that bring the meat to your table. I found the chicken broth bland and had to get soy sauce to have some flavor. The booths were in need of repair with rips and tears. The Coke machine didn't work. read more

I come to this hot pot more often than others, as it is in a convenient location, and I never have a long wait. The broths are flavorful, and they have great options for your meats as well as your veggies and noodles. The sauce bar is nice and has a decent variety. Recommend trying this place out if you're in the mood for hot pot. read more

I went there with a friend for lunch during Restaurant Week. There was no time limit, and we ended up eating a lot--so many kinds of vegetables, sides, and finishing dishes like noodles and rice. It was fun because you can mix and create your own sauces and dips to suit your taste, which makes the whole experience even more enjoyable. The staff were polite and very kind, and their service left a great impression. read more

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Looking for a fun place to eat, take a date or something different? This is a good place for them all!! This is a solid hot pot place and of course all you can eat!! Choose your broth, scan the QR code and start ordering. As you wait for the food to arrive, oh yeah by a robot!! Go up and grab your sauces, and your veggies for the meal. The robot arrives politely to your table, take your noodles and meat, push finished on the screen and it rolls away. Drop the meats, noodles and veggies in the boiling liquid and 20 second later you have your meal!!! I would suggest understanding that when ordering meat or other things on the QR code, it is what you see in the picture multipled times the number you choose. The all you can eat is outstanding and you will leave full for sure!! Know that to get the check you do need to go back in the QR and click pay so the server knows to bring you the check, other enjoy and have fun. read more

Shabu-Yu is all about the experience. You build your own hot pot, wander through the fun salad bar, and watch the robot servers glide by -- which never seems to get old. It's a little kitschy, but that's exactly the charm. You know what you're getting, and the playful atmosphere is part of what makes it such a fun outing read more

It was soo yummy! It was my boyfriend's first Shabu experience. We both loved the big variety of foods and meats. We went with the $44 classic menu. The alcohol is $15 for a bottle of soju which was a little pricier but it was still delicious . Our waitress was kind and the little robot provided great service! read more

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This was a fun change. Never did Shabu before and really enjoyed it with my sister. Very large selection of veggies, noodles and tofu, as well as sauces to doctor up your hot pot. The wage was tender and delicious. But the tru shining star was the chicken karagge. Moist, hot seasoned perfectly, scrumptiousness. Do not skip it! The cotton candy was a great finale as well. read more

Shabu-Yo - My hot pot and fixins - Japanese Near Me - Schaumburg, Illinois

Love the fresh ingredients! The food never gets old and is constantly refreshed. The staff is always helpful and friendly. We drive 25 miles to eat here and have never been disappointed. The ambiance is amazing and we love the cat robots who deliver the food. Overall an experience restaurant but we love the fresh food. read more

Shabu is hot pot restaurant that I am a fan of. Location was very easy to find and decent amount of parking. Inside was very clean and the place got busy pretty quick. They are an all you can hot pot with a buffet style to get more ingredients/sauces. During my visit, they had a few selections of sushi, mini corn dogs, fries and some minor things in addition to hot pot veggies and meatballs At your table, everyone picks from the same type of all you can eat. We did the premium Wagyu so we had all the selections available to us. After you pick what kind of buffet, everyone gets to pick their sauce. My wife went with Suriyaki and I went with Tonkatsu. Afterwards, you are free to do what you want. We got sodas which the sever will bring to you. Everything else is picked up by yourself in the buffet or you can also order your meats at your table thru a QR code (which is delivered to your table by a robot). Drinks cannot be reorder thru the QR so it was a little difficult part of the restaurant. The robot was nice to deliver your food. And you can also place your dirty plates on the bottom row. Wish they would incorporate soda thru the robot and/or QR code. We loved the Waygu premium knuckle. And the shrimp For the sauces, I loved mixing my own together. I used a combination of teriyaki, ponzu, house made sauce, sweet chili sauce and garlic. Overall, service was great. Food was delicious. And I will be back in the future. I will need to check out the other locations for hopefully similar or even better experience. read more

Food was okay. In my opinion, the wagyu was a little thick for my liking. If it was just a little thinner, I'd enjoy it. The sauces I found were not as good as Chinese hotpot. Sushi by the way is premade and refrigerated, then when ordered they cut the individual pieces per order. It is not made to order. read more

Shabu-Yo - Menu - Japanese Near Me - Schaumburg, Illinois

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Had so much fun! Loved our server and our robot. Was husband's first hot pot. Meat was good, shrimp was rocking and the mushrooms were delicious!! read more

Definitely a different experience. This is the 2nd Hot Pot restaurant we've been to - the other in NYC. When you enter and are greeted by the hostess, a robot takes you to your table and on the robot are the menus. There is also a page of instructions in how to order and how to cook the food. The server explains how it works, too. You order your drinks from the server as well as the type of broth you want to cook your meat and vegetables in. We had Sukiyaki and Korean. For an extra fee, you can add toppings to give it more Umami flavor or spice. You have the option of getting your vegetables and appetizers first then ordering, or ordering then getting the rest. We did option 1. They have a nice selection of fresh vegetables of all sorts. They also have several types of maki rolls, hot appetizers, and a table of condiments. I love mushrooms and they had two types of oyster mushrooms and wood ear mushrooms. At your table is a tablet to order from. You choose your meats - beef, chicken, pork, and shrimp. There are a few types of beef to choose from including Wagyu, which you pay extra for. You order right from the tablet and the robot brings you trays of raw meat. When you order, you should know the meat is sliced paper thin and there are two pieces per tray. So, order more than you would normally expect. We tried a lot - Wagyu Chuck Roll, Wagyu Flat, Beef Knuckle, Beef Round, Pork Loin, Chicken Thighs, and Shrimp. In fact, since the portions are so small, we ordered more than one of some of these. As you eat, the robot clack along the floor playing music - this was distracting and, while part of their kitsch, we could have done without the music. When you get your meat, you use a pair of tongs to dip it into the broth to cook - the cook time depends on the meat. I didn't really find the broth added much flavor to the unseasoned meats, so the condiments are important. Near the vegetables and appetizers are deserts - cream puffs, brownies, soft serve ice cream, and fruit. All in all, the experience was a solid 4/5 - discounted one because we found the robots to be annoying. The food was more like 3/5 - I didn't think the value was up to the cost of the meal. The server was really outstanding - 5/5. The experience was fun, but unless you really like the ambiance, it's overpriced for what they offer. It is definitely worth trying once and then you can decide for yourself. read more

Nice little spot by the Woodfield Mall... They offer Hot Pot (multiple broth options) with wagyu beef and all you can eat crab legs and sushi. The toppings and add ins for the hot pot are buffet style. There is MUCH variety. The food is quite good and the service is decent. We were seated at a table where the ordering iPad wasn't functioning as quickly as the other tables around us. This was a little frustrating, if I'm being honest. Because it is all you can eat. There is a time limit. But two hours is more than enough time to be filled more than adequately. Gratuity is automatically added. There is a lot for parking. read more

Shabu-Yo - Crab Legs - Japanese Near Me - Schaumburg, Illinois

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My husband and I came here for our birthday's with some friends and family, we had a good time! The food was delicious and the broths nice and bold in flavor we didn't get an enhancer. I had pork broth everyone else had chicken. The buffet was stocked well with fresh vegetables and sauces. We all loved the breaded fish too! Service was just okay as we were told they ran out of clean cups and containers to take the birthday cake with us... Overall the food was delicious We loved the robot read more

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Not what I was expecting for some reason. I knew it was an all you can eat, but with two elderly parents I was hoping everything would be ordered from the table. Unfortunately, they had to get up and walk to the buffet area at least once to see what looked good. The whole cooking experience was new for all of us but it was fun. read more

Shabu-Yo - Japanese Near Me - Schaumburg, Illinois

We went here for my boyfriend's birthday, as it's something of a "special occasion" place: fancy food and a unique cooking method. It's all you can eat for two hours and the price per person is determined by the tier you choose (we got C, which comes with, among others, wagyu brisket and chuck roll, shrimp, pork belly, sushi, the veggies and sauce bar, and the dessert bar.) Once you get established with your waitress, she's basically out of the picture and you order everything from a tablet mounted on the table (if you have been to some rotary sushi restaurants you might be familiar with this). The delivery system is in the form of an army of cat robots, about 3/4 human height, who toddle around the restaurant dispensing trays of meat, which you cook in the hot pots on the table, dip into sauces and consume. The empty trays are gathered by industrious busboys and the process repeats. The food was good! It was slightly chaotic, even with two people, so I imagine more would make it moreso. Lots of good sauce options. When it came time to wrap up, my bf hit the "get the check" button and we waited for ten minutes with nothing happening (there's nothing to alert you that the signal went through so I finally said, "Maybe it didn't take?") So we pressed it again. Five+ more minutes go by. We were starting to wonder if it worked when the waitress stomped over and asked if we wanted the check. We said yes, we had pressed the button. She huffed that it's hard because she's juggling 20 tables. I find this sort of hilarious since the robots are doing a lot of what a waitress would usually do at any other restaurant...but at least we got the bill at last. Overall, we left having gotten out "all you can eat" money's worth in a novel setting (robot cats!) Would return. read more

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Excellent food, great service, nice atmosphere. The kelp broth was very tasty. Highly recommend having a Sapporo with dinner. You'll love it! read more

We loved the premium cut meats--definitely the highlight of the meal. The Tonkotsu broth was good at first but started smelling burnt because the server didn't come by often to refresh it. The ramen noodles, sauces, and vegetable options were great, and the robot servers were a fun touch. However, the sushi was disappointing, and the staff needed to clear used plates more frequently. The tables were not big enough for all the plates and food. Overall, we enjoyed the experience despite these issues. read more

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Great experience, food came out very quickly. Our server Leo did an amazing job at answering all of our questions and making great recommendations! read more

For new beginners to hot pot, I believe this place to be a good introduction, but for those who are experienced in hot pot this place is abysmal. My party of 3 ordered the wagyu menu. The veggie stand is nice has everything you need as well as the sauce bar. It even has additional appetizers if you'd like. Here's the problem, the meat quality is terrible, barely enough to pass and we got the "Wagyu" menu. The meat you order is anything but Wagyu, with almost NO marbling to see and taste bland at best. The glitz and glimmer of this place lead you to high expectations but fail at the most essential part of a hot pot, the meat. If you got the basic menu, I believe this place to be satisfactory, but anything beyond that is absolutely NOT worth it. read more

Shabu-Yo - Chicken broth, the meat left scum all over it - Japanese Near Me - Schaumburg, Illinois

We got the $42/45 Wagyu course which includes: Meats: Wagyu chuck roll & Wagyu brisket, Chuck roll, Shoulder clod, Pork belly & Shrimp & Sushi & Drinks Out of all the course options, I actually think Wagyu is the best course because it gives you the most meats for only $6 more. Sushi was decent but I think spend more of your stomach on the hotpot. Personally, I wouldn't do the snow Crab course because it's just weird to switch between cracking crab and eating hot pot. We really liked the meat quality which didn't look frozen and comes out great as long as you don't overcook it. Great veggie, noodle, and sauce variety. They also had a couple cooked foods like teriyaki chicken, karaage, fries, stir fried green beans which were tasty, no complaints. In my opinion, the price is worth it for what you get and quality. Lots of seating. Employees were nice. read more

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Mediocre food, kinda trusted the reviews a little bit too much on this place. Meat served was tough and just low grade. Service was a bit too much, I know people were just doing their jobs but can tone it down a bit. Otherwise wasn't all too happy per say at the end. I think there are better placed around read more

Frequent this place OFTEN, my favorite hot pot in shaumburg. I always pay CASH and tip in CASH. Fellow service industry folk here. Bill comes, cash out and I'm told they cannot take cash payments. This should have been disclosed before I sat down and ordered. Server was unremarkable, left a bad taste in my mouth about this place. read more

The server was nice and helpful! The variety of vegan food was more than I expected. I was given a list of ingredients in each dish/food, and it was extremely helpful. read more