We actually discovered this place during COVID when they had everything set up outside, and let me…read moretell you... they accommodated their customers so well. It was organized, safe, and still such a great experience. We have been coming back ever since. If you're wondering what keeps me coming back... First, the service is incredible. There is an older gentleman with salt and pepper hair who is always so professional and kind. He carries himself with such calm confidence and respect. The entire staff is friendly and welcoming, but he truly stands out every single time. Second, the OPTIONS. The spread here is amazing. From sauces to fresh vegetables, noodles, seafood, fruit, and dessert, there is something for everyone. And can we talk about the watermelon? For some reason, it is always perfectly sweet. Every single time. I am a huge shrimp lover, so being able to make my own shrimp in the hot pot is a dream. Fresh, flavorful, and cooked exactly how I like it. It is such a fun experience. Pro tip: Here is the sauce combo I put together and it is chef's kiss. In a bowl add jalapeños, cucumbers, hot chili, chili oil, sesame oil, and ponzu sauce. Then top it with fresh cilantro. It is so fresh, spicy, tangy, and delicious. You will thank me later. If you are looking for a place that is comfortable, not overwhelmingly crowded, and consistently delivers great food and service, this is the place to go. We have been loyal ever since we found it, and it never disappoints.

On the pricier end, but hey, Ontario CA is a food desert. For better value. Happy Ayce Hot Pot on…read moreValley Blvd and Rosemead Blvd., would probably provide better value with its hot bar and hot pot selection. Quite Frankly it's unbeatable if you do a dollar to food quality to variety ratio. So I went with a Tom Yum base. Figured all the blue crabs and shrimp and shrooms would make a deep Umami base for the soup. Correcto! Had a blast sipping the soup towards the end. They had great kimchi here, the hot pot content bar was very atypical of a Malatang place. Cuts of beef were ok, lamb ok. I mean, if you weren't lazy you could pull off the same thing at home, nothing fascinating. 'specially after patronizing Temple City's Migaya Wagyu Shabu Shabu House.....two totally different worlds you can actually taste. The Indonesian Hospitality here was excellent. Servers take extra effort to treat you like a house guest. And guess the highlight is the ice cream cup at the end. Overall, id say this place is better priced at 10% off.

Authentic Taiwanese Hot Pot ! Very friendly service…read more Definitely will go back again!

Feeling under the weather so i tried the Herbal Hot Soup. I enjoyed the abundance of veggies and…read morethe constant filling of soup, it definitely warmed me inside. Service was fast and staff were attentive. It was pretty packed on a Sunday night.

This restaurant was decent. Let me explain. The food…read more I loved the way they have the food set around to grab your own. We got the $50 per person up charge. This gave us 1 lobster tale to split. Little disappointing as it says 1 tail per meal. The shrimp was great. The scallops were the absolute worst. Tasted like old milk. Really gross! The hotpot flavors were awesome! Our server Shannon I believe was her name was amazing!!! She should get a raise! The decor is really cool. Instead of corn napkin holders all over I'd done different veggies or products to go into your hotpot. Thank you for the experience.

Go to Boiling World instead, which is not too far from this place. For the price you pay here, you…read morecan get better quality and service at Boiling World or any other hot pot location. All these influencers overhyped this place. If only I could rate with ZERO STARS I would. They were understaffed for a Friday night, I felt bad for Terry who had to cover the front desk and be our server. Thank you for the complimentary Wagyu. To the other male server, help out your team member instead of just catering to your tables only. You could see that you guys are understaffed. Be more efficient. Everyone, pllease save your time and money and go to another hotpot location. Note to the owners: please invest in your staff, your place looks overly decorated for what it is. Poor management.

I would suggest you order off the menu but I am picky so it was a nice place to be able to order a…read morediy hot pot for myself and my husband order off the menu. Broth was flavorful. Wish the self serve station had more options to pick from that the other preset menus have for example lamb meat and certain veggies, but overall the fish balls and pork was good. Also I wish they had regular sized eggs and not quail egg. I loved that you could sample all the different teas that is self serve. Only thing I didn't like was that servers didn't really check on you and when we first got there felt a little ignored and it was our first time and nobody was explaining how the self serve option worked or attended to us. I kind of had to be pushy

Wishing they still had blood rice cake…read more But their selection to make hot pot with meats and vegetables are still good. Ps you get unlimited refills on soup base if you order the regular broth not the Miso base.

I tried to approach this with ownership prior but I received zero acknowledgement. So here I am…read more.. Shabu Wara has been our go to shabu shabu spot since moving to this area and it's been great. Service was never their strength, but we glanced over it since it's the only descent shabu shabu restaurant on the area. Over the past few months, service has gotten exponentially worse with each visit. Our final straw was being seated and left unacknowledged for 10 minutes. No drink orders, no "we'll be right with you", nothing... This would've been the point of walking out, but my kids were saying they were hungry and going to another restaurant at that point would've been too late for their bedtime. I ended up walking up to a server who was about to help another table that was seated after us and said we'd like to order as no one's helped us. After finishing what he was doing, he walked up to our table with an ordering tablet and didn't say a word, just stood there staring at us. He took our order, got it wrong a few times, then FINALLY got our food. Not one server checked in on us the whole meal. Not one server offered the check. Just constant flagging down servers for everything. As I mentioned before, I reached out to management via email to try and bring this up on a professional level, but my multiple emails were left unanswered. I write this not to bash a business, but in hopes management sees this and starts correcting how their staff operates to not destroy an otherwise good restaurant.

Cute Shabu place located in Chino, Ca. Kind of hard to locate if you're not familiar with the area…read moreas the parking is in a medical office plaza. And the restaurant is on the side of the building. I like how they have the option for you to sit at a table or their bar area. To order, you choose your meat(s) & it comes with a side of vegetables. Then you choose your broth. You can also get sides of dipping sauce for your meats. They also have a wide variety of appetizers & drinks (alcoholic & non-alcoholic) drinks. I was surprised at how much food they give you for your buck.

Locates in a big plaza with plenty of parking. In person waitlist only, we went on a weekend…read moredinner, there was a wait. Service is fast and friendly. - Popcorn Chicken Pot: 4.3/5. Popcorn chicken comes on the side, it's a highlight of this dish! Tender inside crunchy outside. Otherwise, the broth is not too special, and a little bit too oily to our taste. - Pumpkin Pot: 4.8/5. The broth is amazing and a highlight of this dish! Sweet, savory and little spicy makes a perfect combo. They have some special deals on weekdays.

Hot pot is very satisfying on a cold day. My friend and I went to Pot on Fire for lunch. Perhaps…read moreI might have picked the wrong thing to order because I did not enjoy my hot pot as much as I thought I would. I ordered the House Special Pot. I did not liked the flavor of my order. I did not like pork intestine or pork blood rice cake. I figured out later that I could have asked to leave it out. These items have strong flavor. If you are not into these things, be sure to leave it out of your order. I feel like the pot is rather small. I wasn't full after I have finished my pot of food. I had ordered vermicelli instead of rice. If you are hungry, you should order a bowl of rice instead of vermicelli. You have a choice of spicy level. During lunch hour, an iced tea is complimentary with your order. The iced tea was very refreshing.

I stopped by YinTang Spicy Hot Pot in Ontario on a whim and ended up having a great experience. It…read morewas my first time there, and the staff immediately asked if I had been before and offered some helpful suggestions. I appreciated that they took the time to explain how everything worked and recommended a few popular options. Everything I picked out looked really fresh, from the vegetables to the proteins. For a self service place, everything was very clean and well organized, which made the experience even better. You can tell they keep their ingredients properly maintained and the area tidy. I ordered the bone broth with medium spice, and it definitely had some heat. It was flavorful, rich, and had a nice balance between savory and spicy without being overwhelming. Overall, great first impression. Fresh ingredients, solid spice level, a clean environment, and friendly staff who make the process easy for newcomers. I would definitely come back again

Food is really good. The server is really bad the one…read morealways by the restroom side. Asked for more soup she put water straight to my bowl. And she really rude her attitude SUCKS. wish I knew her name.

This place brings back so many college memories from over 10 years ago…read more And now, it's become one of our weekly family dinner spots. It's always busy and packed with people, but the staff are super efficient Boiling Point has truly been a favorite across generations. Let's talk about my go-to order: Rose Milk Hot Soup I love lighter flavors, and the creamy, milky broth is always a hit with kids too. And of course, we can't skip the appetizers From the minced pork rice, to the steamed veggies that are perfect for sharing, to their signature spicy tofu, and of course... lots of meat Told you we're a family of meat lovers! IG: socalhkfoodies

This place has a line all the time even before they open…read more I always get a number 4, with udon noodles & quail eggs. This place is a little small so it does get packed pretty fast. Its always so cold in there which is a nice balance when youre eating steaming hot pot. Service has always been great, clean, theyre attentive with refilling the broth if needed. Parking has never been an issue for us. I do want to try different broths however i just love the #4 so much lol

Very unfortunate, this place is take out only. When we arrived the place looked abandoned, we…read morewalked in and nobody was at the register so we had to walk away. I was able to get a few pictures of the menu which was posted in their counter.

Don't come if you want to dine in! They're currently still only doing takeout, however this place…read moreis fantastic if you want any hot pot ingredients. They sell delicious soup bases and quality meat/proteins for your homemade dishes! Their fatty beef/beef belly is one of my faves, only around 20 bucks for this giant tray of tender sliced beef. Another one of my favorites is the shrimp paste, it comes in a plastic sleeve and you can cut a corner and squeeze it directly into your hot pot. Do be warned, their English is limited. However, they have an easy to navigate website and you can order everything online for pick up, just show them your order on your phone (remember to screenshot the order). My personal favorite thing to do is to buy veg/tofu/noodles at 99 ranch, then walk over to Red Hot and get the protein and soup base. The meat here is much better than anything you can get at 99 ranch.

Wonderful service, the cashier was super nice and the food was great. I came here with friends and…read moreit was great.

Very pleasant experience…read more Went on a Friday around 6:30 PM. When you walk in, the first thing you see is a waitlist where you write down your name and number. The young woman working immediately acknowledged us before we even finished writing our info down and asked how many were in our party. We said two, and she told us to go ahead and start building our bowls. The concept is pretty cool and very straightforward. You grab a bowl and tongs, then walk through the different sections choosing your ingredients. They had a good variety of veggies, noodles, meats, seafood, tofu, etc. Pricing is by weight at $15.99/lb. Once you finish building your bowl, you head to the cashier where they weigh it and you choose your broth and spice level. The broth selection was surprisingly huge, around 15 options if I remember correctly. I got the Tom Yum broth mild spice, and my girlfriend got the Organic Miso mild spice. We also added jasmine green tea and white rice for $1.99 each. After ordering, they give you a table number and you can head over to the self-serve sauce station while your food is being prepared. The sauce bar had ponzu, sesame oil, soy sauce, sriracha, Tabasco, scallions, cilantro, red onion, satay sauce, shallots, minced garlic, chili powder, chili oil, and more. The soups came out quickly and were served over a live flame at the table, which was a nice touch. Both broths were excellent. Even at mild spice, there was still a pleasant kick. The broth itself had good body and flavor and didn't taste watery at all. Service was also great. The server checked on us consistently, kept drinks refilled, and was attentive without hovering. The restaurant itself is pretty small, maybe around 8 tables, but it felt cozy rather than cramped. Nice interior, comfortable temperature, clean setup, and the vibe was relaxing. They were playing bossa nova versions of 2000s and modern hits which honestly fit the atmosphere perfectly. Definitely a spot I'd come back to. Great value, fun experience, and genuinely good hot pot.