Food 7/10 Service 6/10 Ambiance 6/10 Food was good some our meat had that almost going bad smell to it. But they use good marinades and seasonings. Sides on the buffet were good fried wings, spring rolls, fries. The gyoza dumplings had pork in them so I didn't get to try them. Loved the Hershey ice cream from the cooler, probably the best part of the evening. Our server forgot about us but the manager and other hosts and servers attended to us You order your meats by scanning the QR code. I didn't initially like this but since our server disappeared Servers please know how to distinguish bt overseas south Asians and born & raised south Asians. I know my skin kin can be cheap. But I'm a person for the ppl and so are most of my friends. I'm a big tipper, if the service is good. I easily leave $20s when I'm taken care of. Our server didn't change our drinks all night. We basically only saw him twice. I still tipped a little more than 15% for my $36 bill. [[HIGHLIGHT]]They use bright white lights here. I can't stand that lighting. And the vibes and decor weren't like Korean places with Kpop and fun aesthetics.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]It was kinda of a mix between old and new. It wasn't crowded on a Saturday night either.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I'll only come here if Stone Age has too long of a wait next time. Hate to compare but Stone Age is 9/10. read more

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Love this place ! Everything is top tier and comes out extremely fast. Whenever I think of Korean BbQ , this is the spot I think of ! read more

HQ BBQ & Hotpot Hoover - Korean bbq - Korean Near Me - Hoover, Alabama

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I really enjoyed myself with this AYCE hotpot lunch spot. [[HIGHLIGHT]]The restaurant was deserted so I hope it stays afloat because it is quite delicious.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I opted for the $19.99 hotpot lunch. There is no longer a 25% off promotion going on. However, you can order anything off the prime dinner menu. Ordering meats and veggies is done all online which is pretty neat. The rule is you can only order up to 10 items every 10 minutes! Not sure if that slows you down that much. I chose to mix my broth - half tomato and half spicy - is definitely the way to go. There were dried chilis and peppercorns in my beautiful rolling hotpot. [[HIGHLIGHT]]My burner was not working for some reason so I had to move over a seat.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Not that inconvenient, but just strange since I had to diagonally direct my conversation to my dining guest. All veggies were fresh and lively. The RAW OYSTERS and RAW CLAMS were fresh and huge. The LAMB and PORK BELLY were thin cut and easy to cook. I thought the noodle portions were too huge. I had a huge frozen brick of UDON that really slowed me down since it took a lot longer to cook. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Their appetizer and dessert bar were very clean and well kept.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Huge posters with recipes for their house dipping sauce suggestions were very helpful. They carry single serve Hershey's ICE CREAM in VANILLA, CHOCOLATE, or STRAWBERRY. Naturally, I tasted all three. Service was outstanding as to be expected as the only party in the building ;-) read more

HQ BBQ & Hotpot Hoover - Oyster closeup prior to the hotpot Szechuan chili bath - Korean Near Me - Hoover, Alabama

I had a wonderful experience with David L and Tammy at this new restaurant located on John Hawkins Parkway. The restaurant and concept are new to Hoover, but according to their website they have locations in Duluith, GA, Norfolk, VA, and Pensacola, FL. Based on the dining room/restaurant layout, food menu, and organization it is clear this is not their first rodeo. Here are some specific things that impressed me. 1. Ordering bbq and hot pot items is really simple and efficient. You use your phone to scan a QR code at your table. It loads a menu with your table's identifier. You simply submit you orders from the phone and staff shows up with your items. 2. The number and variety of items are incredible. There are too many items to try in just one visit. The quality and freshness of the meats, seafood, and vegetables that we tried were all excellent. 3. I really liked the condiment station. It has all the sauces, spices, and herbs for you to build your own dipping sauces. Also, I loved the Kim Chee and Seaweed salad at the bar; both were very tasty. 4. Finally, I like the way the center grill and individual burners are set up on our table. Your hot pot is designed for cooking. It is slightly off center so you can move cooked items/broth into another bowl for eating. I look forward to coming back soon. read more

HQ BBQ & Hotpot Hoover - HQ mascot - Korean Near Me - Hoover, Alabama

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love Hot Pot! This was such a fun and delicious experience! The servers were very nice and happy to explain how everything worked. Yes, other than the appetizers you cook for yourself and you have a choice of barbecue or soup. It is all you can eat. They bring you the meats and vegetables that you choose, and you have sauces and oils to cook your meat or make a soup out of it. It's fun! You do it all on the table in front of you. It reminds me of fondue, which I miss very much. The slices of meat are very thin so it doesn't take very long. Since you're ordering exactly what meats or vegetables you want you could totally go vegetarian and control what you eat, if you have any restrictions. I just love cooking with people! Among other adult drinks, they have Soju a distilled Korean Spirit. It's known as the national drink of South Korea. It kinda reminds me of Saki but sweeter and better. read more

Another fun and tasty experience. The service was great. Lots of different meat and veggie options. I did the hot pot and Korean BBQ and I don't regret the choice. However I am pretty sure I didn't eat $40 worth of food. A bit pricey to me but still fun. read more

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I am back.....as promised! After months of waiting for this place to open, I finally got to check it out tonight! So much information to share, so I will jump right in. Atmosphere - nice! Spacious seatings with comfortably padded chairs. I like their big lit HQ signs throughout the restaurant, actually looks pretty good. I was also impressed by their bravery to pick cream colored seats! Leg room is on the tighter side, didn't bother me though as I don't need much room. To order, you scan a QR code on the table with your phone and order from the menu that pulls up. You can order up to 10 items at a time. Then 10 minutes later, you can order up to 10 more. So on and so forth. I do like ordering from the phone better than ordering from the server as it does prevent errors. I am hoping they add pictures to all of the menu options in the future. A visual would really help with the ordering process. The items you order on the phone are brought out to you by runners from the kitchen who speak no English at all, but all very smiley. If you are getting hot pot, you would actually order your soup base at the beginning with the server before ordering the rest of your selections on the phone. You also order drinks directly from the server. Currently, they just have soft drinks and tea, no boba drinks. The server did say boba drinks are coming though. Max 2 hours to dine. It always makes me a little nervous to have a time limit when I eat, but honestly I never actually make it to 2 hours at these places, ha! So here comes a tip for you. When you get your hot pot and the heat plate errors out instead of turning on? It's not the heat plate's problem. It's the pot. Something is wrong with the pot. Get a new pot and the heat plate will work just fine. There you go, I just saved you 30 minutes.....which is how long it took for me to get the issue resolved and start eating. Apparently it's a known issue to management that hasn't been shared with the servers yet. So we switched three tables, tried to fix the heat plate cables, etc. before she (the server) finally asked the manager who immediately told her the problem is the pot. Moving to the sauce bar and the self-serve appetizers. The sauce bar has all the necessary and expected components to make a great sauce for hot pot. I didn't eat the appetizers even though they looked fine. I simply decided they weren't worth my stomach space. I did partake in the fruit at the end though and they were very good. Now, on to the most important part, the food. First, just let me say that if you like seafood, I believe there are a bit more selections available here than the other BBQ/hot pot place in town. I, unfortunately, cannot provide you with any feedback on the seafood as I don't eat seafood other than fish. I did get fish and I thought it was a bit too fishy. My favorite hot pot soup base at these places is tomato and spicy combined. For some reason, while it seems easy to give me a pot with both mixed, I haven't been able to convince anyone to do that yet. What they will do (though not their preference, ha) is give me two separate pots - one tomato and one spicy. I then combine the two myself. Works for me! They do the meat for hot pot beautifully here. Very thinly sliced, just as they should be. The presentation is also beautiful. There is a good selection of vegetables including Napa cabbage, watercress, and tong ho. Tong ho was looking a little sad (some dark and wilted), but I will cut them some slack there as I know tong ho is hard to keep. While the broth flavor is a little light for me, I was happy with their hot pot overall. Last, but not the least, the Korean BBQ. Again, a good selection of meat and seafood here. I will confess that my eyes are bigger than my stomach and as much as I wanted to eat both hot pot and BBQ, I really was already pretty full by the time I got to the BBQ. I only ordered 4 items off of the BBQ menu - spicy beef, spicy fish, onions, and potato. The onions turned out to be red onions, so that was a first for me at Korean BBQ and I didn't end up eating them. The other three items all tasted a bit sour after I grilled them. I am not sure why and I didn't try to figure it out since I was already full anyway. I think I need to come back again to give the Korean BBQ a fair chance. Overall, I had a good first experience. The server was very nice. She was really busy but luckily I didn't need much attention (after we figured out the pot issue anyway). If I needed something, I just flagged her down. Hopefully they will have more servers to help out as they get busier. My 5-star rating takes into consideration that they just opened. While there are definitely kinks that need to be worked out, that's to be expected of any new restaurants. I truly hope they succeed, love the diversity Birmingham is starting to offer!! read more

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This was such a great experience. We had girls night here and it was so great. Between catching up, cooking, eating and experiencing something new to some of us it was a great time and didn't even notice how much time had passed. We all had both hot pot and BBQ. It was a lot of food and I do recommend if you don't eat a whole ton to choose one or the other. read more

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Nope. Caved to peer pressure... but we won't do it again. Let's get to our experience. 1 - The host was "annoyed" that we needed a table. It was not busy - maybe he just had a long day - but as the "first impression", it wasn't good. 2 - [[HIGHLIGHT]]the table wasn't cleaned. I had to ask for a rag to clean the bench seat and table (we're talking old food, spilled condiments, hair) before I could sit down and then I was handed a rag to clean.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Bruh. I'm not at home and while I appreciate that I'm cooking my own food (which is FUN) I wasn't intending to clean up before I started cooking. 3 - our server came out right away to take drink orders and inform us that we don't order through her - but rather through a QR code.... If I'm placing the order for ingredients through a website, cleaning my own kitchen/dining area, cooking my own food... this is like being at home. What made this even worse is that some things couldn't be ordered through the website and had to be ordered through our server (basics like rice) so it was really inconsistent. 4 - we've had kbbq quite a bit (esp during our years living in California)... this place didn't even offer the minimum... the dikon was about 1/2 an inch thick, it should be paper thin; the apps/sushi was all pre-made and under warmers - some had clearly been there for too long; there was no salad, no potato salad, none of the "basic" sides that are absolutely expected and included 5 - the only mean that was worth eating was both bulgogi and the garlic pork belly. Everything else was unseasoned mush. Don't waste your time (or money - did I mention it's dinner pricing all day on Fri-Sun?). StoneAge is much better and right across the street. read more

We have gone several times, and as a Korean household, this is where we recommend people to go. Their quality of meat and veggies is better than anywhere else in Birmingham. We go to the one in ATL, and was excited to see them in Hoover. [[HIGHLIGHT]]The service is great, and the place is nice and clean.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]They are very busy, and I wish they were a little more Korean and had a button to push for service...but all in all...great place![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

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[[HIGHLIGHT]]Went on a late Saturday afternoon and the restaurant wasn't crowded which was great.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]We were seated in a room that's way too warm, and even warmer when the grill was on.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]There were only two of us in the booth that has six burners for hot pot. I'm glad we didn't have more people with us because we used all the table space and it was nice to be able to spread out on the bench seats.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I can't imagine how much hotter it would have been had we had more people in our party. I liked the phone ordering system. The food came out quickly. Our server was nice and checked on us often. Food was good. Warning: the Szechuan spicy broth for the hot pot is much too spicy and full of oil, and not flavorful as the spicy Tom yum broth my husband got. Next time, I'll get the Tom yum or the bone broth or miso broth and add spices to it. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Also, your hair and clothing will smell of bbq meat after the meal, which may or may not be something you want.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Overall, I'm happy to have this restaurant in Hoover and I'll be sure to revisit, except I'll ask to be seated where it is cooler: the side of the restaurant with the bar. read more

To quote fellow Yelper, Paul C, for years we complained about not having a hot pot place. Now we have two! The first is literally less than 2 miles and 5 minutes away at the Galleria called Stone Age III. HQ is right off 150, next door to IHOP and across from Super Walmart. I don't remember what it used to be. I want to say a Longhorn Steak but I'm not positive. There's ample parking especially behind the building in the shared shopping center parking lot. There is no outdoor seating which makes sense because tables require the hot pot and grill burners. Only about 3 weeks old, I expected the place to be clean and I wasn't wrong. It is immaculate, beautiful with everything shiny and new. The decor was unimpressive, but not the size and layout. SA definitely wins out for having large lcd screens everywhere, but HQ was much spacious and with better privacy since there were more "booths" and rooms as opposed to a wider open concept at SA. BQ is pretty self explanatory when you figure out that the large circular hot plate sunken in the table is heated by a gas burner underneath. This is where you will cook your food. Well, you can always just sit back and don't participate and have someone else in your party cook for you, but you'd be missing out on the experience. What can you cook on the grill? Here's a short list: sliced beef belly, beef bulgogi, mignon filet tips, marinated angus short rib, prime boneless rib finger, garlic pork belly, spicy chicken, pork cheek, ribeye steak, etc. The seafood that you can grill include: mussels, spicy fish fillet, garlic shrimp, octopus, calamari, scallops and oysters. There was so much to eat we didn't even get to try any chicken or pork. My favorites were the beef bulgogi, short rib, fish fillet, shrimp and calamari. The meats were fresh, seasoned nicely and cut thin when needed for you to grill to your liking. Yes this can cause a lot of "smoke" with everyone grilling, but with their excellent vent system, the only thing you'll hear is the loud conversations from other parties enjoying themselves. What is hotpot? It's more of an experience and originates from asian communal dining where dishes are shared. But here, you get your own "hotpot" which is a small pot that holds your choice of soup broth. It sits on top of an induction burner that is flush to the table. Underneath the edge of the table is small connected control pad that turns your burner on/of and controls the temperature. Your choice of broths include: mushroom, bone broth, tom yum, szechuan spicy, miso, herbal or tomato. After you bring your broth to a boil, you can cook whatever your hearts' desire and your stomach can fit. Don't worry, if you get low on broth, your server will gladly come and fill it back up. The best part is at the end of the evening, your broth will have been flavored and seasoned even more with all the ingredients you have been boiling. Then throw in some ramen, glass noodles or udon noodles... Yom Yom Yom Yom! So what can you cook in the broth? Here is another short list: Sliced meats: prime lamb, beef belly, pork belly, prime beef, tongues. Meat/sides: crab stick, fish cakes, quail eggs, fish tempura, mini sausages, spam, fish ball, beef meatballs, lobster meatballs, shumai, shredded beef tripe. Seafood: mussels, squid, fish, shrimp, blue crab, snow drab, clams, scallop, oyster. Veggies: tofu, bamboo shoots, shitake mushrooms, chinese doughnut, broccoli, spinach, corn, daikon, lettuce, sweet potato, taro, bok choy, lotus root, napa cabbage, etc. Tammy and Paul chose the Tom Yum broth. I decided to try the Szechuan spicy and yes it had a nice kick. At the end of our meal with what little room I had left, I put some udon noodles in the broth and it was delicious! Yom Yom Yom Yom. Some of my favorites for the hot pot were napa cabbage, bok choy, head on shrimp, scallops, mussels, blue crab, and fishballs. Like SA, there is also a seasoning "bar" where you can use a variety of sauces to create your own personal dipping sauce. Right next to it is a small dessert bar. They had canned longan that SA did not have! It's all you can eat like SA and you can also choose bbq or hot pot or both. Here is the biggest difference. At HQ, you scan a specialized QR code specific to your table. On your phone it takes your browser to an ordering page specific to your table. You select 10 items at a time, proceed to "checkout" and in less than 5 minutes, someone brings a cart with all the food you requested. Then 10 minutes later, you can go back to your phone and order 10 more items and that's for each person. In other words, if you wanted to you could have food coming all the time. But beware, you don't want to order more than you can eat. Our server was very good. She kept our drinks filled and our broth topped off. She checked on us frequently and other workers cleared our tables often. At the end, we were stuffed and happy. Try them! read more

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The food was great and it's just like in the Korean shows and movies I watch. People might complain about cooking their own food but this is a different culture plus it's fun. The prices are fair and the service is great. The meat & side collection is massive! [[HIGHLIGHT]]Great date night dinner spot![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

This has to be my favorite hotpot place in the area. They have a great selection for the bbq and the hot pot. You can get a ribeye and snow crab legs at dinner time among a plethora of other good options. The menu is a QR code you scan and select from your phone. There's an apps and sauces bar and even ice cream cups to grab and go. Definitely worth checking out if you've never been. read more

Heard friends talking about this place so we popped in for lunch. This was a very new concept to us but the waitress was friendly and helpful. We got right to ordering and cooking. Simple enough of a process. You cannot really be upset with any options since you cooked them yourself. You could absoutely go up to the bar and make yourself a sauce or get some spices but it's all very overwhelming. [[HIGHLIGHT]]The table was full of items. I don't know who 4 people could have set at our table there was barely enough room for all of the dishes and plates from the two of us.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I ate until my stomach hurt, but i will be back for more. read more

Food was great, service was great, [[HIGHLIGHT]]great ambiance[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]]. Very less side dish but for the price its more then we can ask for. Great place to dine in. read more

This is the worst time I have ever had here. The food is still good but the service blowed. My husband had a empty glass , our broth didn't get refilled until I told the manager, We didn't get all the food we ordered, our waitress disappeared, and they were out of some of the items on the menu. Dang I want this place to succeed but honestly the computer system blows(We were told by the manager the mobile to the order system doesn't work well) We were told we had to pay for dinner even though it wasn't 4 yet. (Or we had to pay before 4 . We got there at 3. Umm pretty sure We were not even close to our food time. So instead of rushing We said We would get supper . Then they went snail slow and didn't give me the pork belly I ordered , taro and a few different veggies. They dont tell you most of the time they are out . They just don't give it to you. No explanation. I had to find the manager to get the pork belly and told him to refill our broth. He just poured some water in. Wth! [[HIGHLIGHT]]Half of the stoves dont work. I saw someone working on one in another area . Even ours we had to move close to the wall.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Personally as We were the first customers since opening the stoves came to him defective. Alabama doesn't have a good selection of hot pot places and honestly with the selection of seafood/meats it's a good deal ! BUT sometimes it's damn aggravating when they are out or you dont get what you ordered. The manager is not a novice. He has at least one restaurant or had one in Orlando. So why is it ran the way it is? The kitchen is straight up in shambles. Most of this is because number 1. They don't speak english 2. The mobile to order system doesnt work properly 3. They dont make sure that they have all the ingred on the menu. Me and my husband have been going here since their opening. We see how it's been ran and the issues. There are many. The food is good no doubt but for this place to succeed it needs to b ran better. Tighten up the kitchen staff, make sure you have all the ingred. On the menu, Don't leave customers without a waitress to refill glasses , make sure the orders are right/ arrived , etc. There is a reason he is giving 25% off . Unfortunately as much as I like the food if he doesnt wise up it will go under. If it was my first time I would never b back. As it is I will try at least one more time knowing it was close to supper time and it seems it threw them in chaos. Here's the thing you only get so many chances and others might not have the patience to give. I really want him to succeed but it needs to b ran better point blank . read more

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Saw this place online and we had to try it. The service was absolutely exceptional. Ashley was helpful, patient and attentive. [[HIGHLIGHT]]The ambience of room was comfortable and roomy but a bit hot then got hotter cooking over the skillet and eating some spicy dishes.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] The food was brought to our table quickly when we asked. The Beef Bulgogi was the table favorite. The ribeye was good but not as good. The chicken was the least liked. Shrimp was headless and deveined. The fried rice, Raman, and salad was all light and delicious. read more

Since 4.5 isn't an option, I had to do 5. I believe it will get there soon enough. Short review: This is a new spot and there are a few things that will smooth out with time. For a new launch, they get the things that matter most done perfectly: freshness, flavor, efficiency. LONG Review: This was not my first hot pot/bbq rodeo. I was fortunate to live in LA's Koreatown in the early 00s. So this type of eating was familiar. However, the best source of hot pot was on Lakeshore here in Bham YEARS AGO. I would rave about it. I pulled up with family from out of town and it was closed and in the midst of being transformed into the seafood boil place it is today! (I'm blowing my own mind with how social media has the power to shape the restaurant landscape. I digress...) I say all that to explain why I almost hit my brakes and swerved when I saw the words "HOT POT" today. If not for my schedule, I might have eaten there immediately. Fortunately, my husband asked me to pick a place for tonight's dinner and this restaurant chose me. Everything and everyone is new and, given that, I'm definitely going with 5 stars. The staff was kind from the minute you walked through the door. I don't know strangers and the owner/manager(?) was comfortable, witty, and charming. The servers, in every capacity, were highly efficient at worst and also friendly at the best. That's worth 5 stars. This is dim sum style delivery of raw foods and/or piping hot broths. I'd be stressing getting it right not worrying about smiling! They move fast. You order using the QR code and it's on its way. I had zero worries about temperature or safety. FRESH was the key word. My only suggestion would be that they leave the labels for the meats. Some of them look similar. I played mental Jenga tracking what was what. And I guess that's part of the fun. It's priced fairly for what you're getting. That said, I didn't have my glasses on when I clocked the dinner prices for the hot pot/bbq combo (which I suggest). What one gets, all get. So keep that in mind. Everyone at the table must order the same thing (bbq, hot pot, or combo). And look, I see the value of doing solo style. Hot pot is good in any season but would be heaven on a rainy or cold day. K-Style BBQ is a great A/C break on a hot summer day. The two work well together. If you're still reading this, here are some customer tips: be strategic and communicative with the people at the table as you order. Perhaps let each person order a round for the table but include one must have for individual. Then, pass the reins to someone else. Your table can get full and chaotic quickly if everyone present orders their 10 all at once. Under order. The food comes quickly and it's plentiful. A basic dipping/basting sauce from the bar is ponzu, tahini, garlic, sesame oil, and vinegar. Be sure to grab a bit of seaweed, kimchi, and edamame for the table. The French fries under the lamplight weren't bad for what they were. I didn't touch the mussels. I might have missed out in hindsight. I forgot to get the Oreo cookie looking dessert! My bonus daughter came as well. She's a pickier, more "classic" diner (like her dad) but they both seemed to have fun discovering new tastes. read more

Well. I decided to try this place again. This time for dinner. I saw that they were running 50% off deal and decided to take advantage of it. To my surprise, they ran out of my favorite, short ribs. I mean this was Monday at 5pm. Was this done on purpose because of the 50% off? The worst part was that I used their QR code to place an order and ribs never showed up. Just waiting and waiting til I had to ask my waitstaff. And they were also out of the sweet potato's??? I give less than a year til this place goes out of business. Like I always say, it doesn't matter if you run a 50% discount, if customers feel like you are pulling a fast one, they will never come back. read more

I stuffed myself with so much food that I thought I might collapse. [[HIGHLIGHT]]10/10 for service, value, and ambiance[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

HQ BBQ & Hotpot Hoover - Sliced beef - Korean Near Me - Hoover, Alabama

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The staff is friendly and the food is delicious. [[HIGHLIGHT]]The restaurant is always clean[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] and the buffet area is wr stocked. read more

So many choices to eat. And price is good. Good location in Freetown staff. Good taste and loved to come back back

We absolutely LOVE this place! [[HIGHLIGHT]]The food, the service and the ambiance all add to a great experience.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] We fell in love with the Korean BBQ and Hot Pot experience because there are so may options and flavors to take advantage of and each time we go it feels like a new experience. We even enjoy making different sauces as there are so many you can make. We also enjoy trying new broths for the Hot Pot experience. We never do both at the same time (we either do Hot Pot or BBQ) because it is a massive amount of food. Whenever we have family in town, or friends we want to take out, we go here! [[HIGHLIGHT]]The kids love the experience of cooking their own food on the grill.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Glad we have one close to home. read more

We love this place and love the food. Our normal waiter was not here so we had another and she was absent often. When we go back will ask for Trae He is the best read more

This restaurant is very different. The food was great, you cook all your food at the table and add your own seasonings.

Decided to try HQ Barbecue I would say it was the worst meal I have ever had! We had to cook our meal with no oil for the pan so all the food stuck to the pan. Filet Mignon tips was thin shaved steak Shrimp tasted very funny and scallops were tiny bay scallops with no flavor as did the other items French fries were hard and cold Only about 5 spring rolls left and we were there at 5:30 pm with only about 3 other tables! They had no knives to cut our food Had crab legs that were so hard we couldn't cut them with the SCISSORS provided. All this for $26 with the discount! They won't be there long!! read more

My husband and I had so much fun and we really enjoyed our meal! The staff were all so friendly and happy to help with anything we needed. We I'll definitely be back! read more

Amazing food, [[HIGHLIGHT]]great atmosphere[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] and great service. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Wonderful place to take the family in to eat and leave the phones and tablets in the car![[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

HQ BBQ & Hotpot Hoover - Korean Near Me - Hoover, Alabama

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[[HIGHLIGHT]]AC didn't work and we're all sitting around a habachi sweating bullets. the thermostat on the wall said 82 degrees.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] No one at this restaurant knew a darn thing about Korean BBQ and neither did we. No one said, "Hey, drop by the sides station and pick up some oil so your food doesn't burn while you're cooking it." This place is for people who don't mind cooking their own food and know what Korean BBQ is supposed to be seasoned with and taste like. Thisnis not us. read more

So fun! We will definitely be back! So many options, can't wait to try all new things next time

The food and service was amazing! Our server was super nice and she helped us out to figure out what we had to do!

Phenomenal service, high quality meat choices, and extremely friendly staff who are more than willing to answer any questions you have.

I had dinner there tonight it was great food and great service 10/10 recommend! Will come back again

If I could give this place 0 stars I would. I will NEVER come back here. Service is terrible, we had to wait forever just to get seated when the restaurant was relatively empty, very few customers. Prime lunchtime and there weren't a lot of customers. Food is very subpar. As far as Korean BBQ and hot pot restaurants this is by far the WORST I've been to before. Stone Age is so much better than this place, don't waste your money or appetite at HQ, go to Stone Age instead. Food is also not fresh, especially the seafood. They also don't bring out the amount of servings you order. We ordered 2 servings of short ribs and they only brought one out. When we asked for the other one they said they couldn't serve us anymore because we had already paid and signed the check. Absolutely ridiculous! read more

I went on a Saturday so dinner menu was all day and they were running a 25% off deal. The food was good. Did the kbbq. Short ribs were well marinated. Pork belly and bugolgi were good. Chicken was kind of meh though. My sister in law did not like chicken at all but I usually don't bother with chicken at kbbq places but she wanted to try it. Kimchi was good but wish they had some more banchan. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I didn't care for the ordering process to be on my phone. Why give me a menu and have a waitress if I'm just going to do all my ordering through a QR code? The waitress was nice so I'll give them that. [[HIGHLIGHT]]The place did have a cool atmosphere.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I do plan on going back on a cold rainy day to try the hot pot because I feel it would def hit the spot. It's definitely worth checking out if you enjoy kbbq and have an appetite because it's all you can eat with a 2 hour limit. Two people, tip and all was $60 and we left too full. read more

Absolutely smackin. I stuffed myself on the hot pot, then by the time I was ready for the grill I was full lol. Waitress was very sweet and helpful. read more

I do not usually leave reviews, but I have to say how disappointed I was. (I lived in Korea for a few years and have a love of the food). I have to start with the rice, it was a minute rice that was undercooked. The staff was very nice but the meat was slow to come out when ordered. [[HIGHLIGHT]]I understand that it will be warm in a restaurant when food is cooking in front of you, but this place was sweltering.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

Came for the first time on Mother's Day and definitely enjoyed my experience . Very easy to navigate through and customer service was excellent ! read more

The whole family went to eat dinner, a lot of choices and the price is very reasonable, we had great time. The reason give 4 stars is the appetizers and desserts are very few items, and unpleasant. read more