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    8Hotpot & Grill Buffet

    4.0 (31 reviews)
    Open 11:30 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Ivan Z.

    8 Hot Pot Grill Buffet AYCE in Garden Grove was an amazing experience. The side dishes were a big highlight crab, chicken wings, and Vietnamese-style snacks were all really good. I also loved that the food bar was constantly being refilled with vegetables, sides, and other fresh options, so everything stayed stocked and ready. The hot pot and grill options were great, especially the Thai-flavor soup base, which was my favorite. The beef was delicious, and they even had wagyu meat, which made the AYCE experience feel extra worth it. Overall, this is a great spot for anyone who loves hot pot, grill, and a wide variety of sides. Great food, lots of choices, and everything kept coming out fresh. I would definitely come back.

    Junaidi A.

    The weekday was so slow, so at first it felt a little confusing and honestly made me a bit afraid to try it But after eating here, I can say this place is excellent! The all-you-can-eat crab for only $35 is super worth it and honestly feels very cheap for the quality and amount you get. The crab was fresh, sweet, juicy, and had no fishy smell at all. Everything tasted really good, especially the seafood and hot pot. The service was also amazing -- very friendly staff, good service, and they always made sure we had everything we needed. The restaurant was clean, comfortable, and perfect for eating with friends and family. Definitely one of the best seafood/hot pot spots I've tried. I'll absolutely come back again! Highly recommend if you love unlimited crab and seafood. I think this place deserves more attention and ads because the food and value are honestly so good.

    Service was really good. The waiters were nice and took care of us carefully. I loved the broths there and many kinds of food, so I had variety options to try. I'll come back again.

    Everything was good, love this place. Service was really good, I got 9 types of broth to choose, and the drinks were great. It was amazing. I'll come back again.

    Thomas K.

    For the value, priced well for the food you get. It was decent and seems very empty. You get hot pot and Barbecue meats to grill. Mediocre food, bad service and not alot of variety.

    On 6/29, she said this 6/30 coupon already expired. lol!
    Quinn N.

    + Some restaurants are AYCE hotpot. Others are AYCE bbq. This place's got both! + Wide assortment of food for grill and/or boil. - But only a small selection of fruity drinks. - Unfortunately, partially due to not specializing in either hotpot or bbq, this business is not exceptionally good at either. - e.g. they only have two broth flavors by default for each person. At my fav hotpot place, you get a choice of 4 out of 8 broths. - Also, most of the food didn't taste good in general. Kind of bland, about what you'd expect from AYCE. - Summer is hot in there. Wish they had A/C or more fans. - Not a wide selection of fruits for healthy dessert. . The manager was okay, but the employees are very nice and helpful. - On 6/29 I walked in asking to use my 20%-off coupon. She immediately said it expired without verifying the expiry date which is 6/30. I pointed this out to her, then the management had to delibrate. - Eventually, they approved our 20% off, contingent that we order drinks (as opposed to sticking to free water). + Fortunately, they threw in a BOGO offer on the drinks. We acquiesced. - But really, they shouldn't have felt the need to ask us to buy drinks, as the coupon's offer is a solid single offer without asterisk or disclaimer. 20% off. That's all it says. No drinks requirement or anything. + Ample parking. + I really appreciate that this place doesn't have a time limit like other AYCE places do. I have a huge stomach and only one mouth. xD - The restroom had only one toilet, - and no paper towels. dirty handles. . They don't serve alcohol. Not that I'm a drinker anyway.

    Jade T.

    My family and I enjoyed eating here for the variety. They have some different broth options than when you go to regular Shabu. I had the vegetarian and pork broth. Both tasted soooo clean but flavorful. When I go to shabu I usually get tonkotsu but it can be too salty or heavy so I really enjoyed the plain pork broth. Someone got tom yum and the Vietnamese broth and said he enjoyed both. There were as many option buffet style but enough for me. The hot food area had fried chicken which my dad loved the way it's cooked and he's pretty picky. My sister, husband, and I enjoyed their bulgogi. We frequent kbbq and we liked how unstringy it was (cause we have that issue ata lot of other places) and the flavor was good but not overly sweet. Everyone else had spicy pork belly but I did buy they said they also enjoyed that. Overall service was good and the lady was very sweet. I can see how if you don't speak Vietnamese it would be harder to communicate though. Ambiance was clean and large.

    Very modern and clean place. The unique that I don't see in another hotpot place in oc that they are offer both hot pot and grill same table and individual pot very good concept . The food is 4star , the service are 5star the 2 waiters there are super nice and very attentive. The price are very reasonable, the food well kept in freezer and refrigerator for keeping the food temperatures very indont know why some comment for frozen food (where can you find all fresh only , food must stay in right temperature to served in buffet station by health department, I used to work at health department 8 years ago they did kept their food station well . What are turnover after 6month i came back very clean now

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    Very nice and surprising local spot for Viet hotpot and KBBQ. Especially for its price as well.

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    Ask the Community - 8Hotpot & Grill Buffet

    Yelp said closed during weekday. Is that correct?

    Yes from 3/1-3/15/26 our new business hrs will be Friday sat and Sunday 11-10pm Closed Mon-Thursday

    Price for lunch?

    Monday-Friday 11:40am-4pm $23.99 currently we have 10% off

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    You can't eat here alone. I drove here and wasted gas to come to this restaurant for AYCE. Waste of…read moretime. It's not advertised that way so it's bait and switch false advertising. Not coming back or recommending. Put that on your website and advertising on instagram. Ciao!

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