They use dated vegetables. The tomato slice was totally bad. I can even accept if you don’t put it. But you did.Not coming ever.Replying the property:- Did i communicate with the server?- No. this is a hilarious feedback because there’s no server. Only one guy operating everything: chef receipt cashier. He’s too busy. Also the bad food is already eaten. What to communicate? I don’t need refund I need health.- you use local fresh supplies.- No you don’t. What’s your evidence? What’s your daily procurement record? Only one small slice tomato in the dish and you screwed it. That’s just a reflection on the carelessness of management and quality control. Zero excuse here.- I might come after couple of month to retry. I like the place but food quality is a big issue. If the food is bad again I won’t come ever.
I visited with kids and three of us shared 2 pots for dinner. We were all hungry and found the meal filling and satisfying. The pots are customizable. The place is comfortable with on-street parking available.
I wanted to give it a shot despite some bad reviews, but it was neither tasty nor a good value for money. Feels like you can eat better y Hot Pot for the same price somewhere else. Wasn't expecting much, it was still bad.
Love that you can order yourself but takes out the customer interaction w sever
Delicious and quick! Great flavor broth and good appetizer options. Small location which is good for dates but maybe not the best for big groups.
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Amazing experience! Friendly staff, good price for the quality and flavor. Recommended definitely. They have clean bathrooms as well, says a lot
Second time order something and didn’t come with sauce….. just plain
I would not feed this to my worst enemies. First off I don't even write reviews but this experience angered me when I was so hungry I had to let it be known. The broth was so bland and the only thing that made me continue to eat was the fact that I paid nearly $17 for my pot. Their seafood pot's broth was literally just murky seafood water... Then their so called "flaming sauce" was sambal, which they had the audacity to charge us $1.50 for. When I asked them if this was really their flaming sauce, they said yes and proceeded to question my ethnicity. The older Taiwanese lady asked me where I was from and then declared that I must be Thai since most people think that the "flaming hot pot" is spicy. I must admit that I am a big spice eater but this didn't even tingle my tastebuds. When I asked for sriracha on the side, they said "we sell that." What!!?? Which establishment in their right mind sells sriracha. Please stay away from here and go to Northern Cafe in Westwood where they give you unlimited dipping sauce and actually spicy broth, free of charge.
If you look carefully, there are clues that you shouldn't eat here. PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE CLUES!This place is located next to other restaurants on street level. As we walked along the street, all of the other places were packed and had long wait times. We chose this place because there was no waiting. In hindsight, that should've been our first clue ...As we walked in, we noticed piles of boxes of restaurant supplies, piled ceiling high, in the dining area next to booths (rather than out of sight in the back.) Some unlucky diner seated at that booth would have his/her back resting against a box of paper towels. That should have been our second clue ...We were told to order from an iPad. Only it wasn't an iPad ... It was one of those clunky restaurant-style screens that were invented BEFORE iPads were a thing -- a black-n-white digital screen with no pictures. The names of the dishes were vaguely named, with no descriptions to explain what was in each dish. For example "CB1 COMBO Spicy." If you were a first-timer, it was impossible to use the iPad to know what you were ordering. We wanted to ask for help, but the waiter just told us to look at the paper menu to decode the iPad options, and LEFT us by ourselves to figure it out. So now, we're doing Little-Orphan-Annie-Secret-Decoder-Ring menu deciphering between the iPad and the paper menu to know what's in each dish before we order. But, to make this even MORE complicated, the names on the iPad DIDN'T match the names on the printed menu! For example, the iPad shows "CB1 Combo Spicy" [hypothetical, I don't remember the actual wording] and we go to the paper menu to learn exactly what that is ... but there is NOTHING on the paper menu named "CB1 Combo Spicy" ... Instead, it's listed as "Item #3, Spicy flaming Pot." They're telling customers to use the paper menu to decipher the iPad, but the descriptions don't match. It was frustrating, and it took us a LONG time to order our two meals. That should have been our third clue ...Since we failed to see the first three clues, our punishment was revealed when we received our food ...Ridiculously salty food, to the point it's inedible.If your taste buds have been dulled over the years due to smoking/vaping, you might find this place satisfactory. (The overpowering salt may seem just right, given your limited sense of taste.)But if your taste buds are functioning properly, there's no way you'll be able to take more than two bites before tossing your food in disgust.I was once told that for every great restaurant in LA, there are 20 horrible ones. This is one of those horrible ones. Admittedly, I'm not of Asian decent, so (after reading some of the positive reviews here,) it's possible that this is a GREAT restaurant for it's target demographic. But if you, like me, are not part of that target demographic, you should avoid this place.If you look carefully, there are clues that you shouldn't eat here. PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE CLUES!