California Shabu Shabu

3081 Nutley St, Fairfax - 22031
209 reviews
Japanese Hot Pot Sushi Bar
(571) 210-2252

Come here. Eat. Enjoy. My first time here and it was awesome! I was a little confused about the process, but the flavor made up for my ignorance. Great atmosphere. Amazing service. Spectacular food! Priced is proper for everything. I WILL BE BACK!! ??

Staff here are are very friendly and helpful, and it's a fun dining experience! We had the prime beef, chicken, pork, shrimp, and scallops. The prime beef and pork were the stars of the show. Took a few minutes to figure the process out, but the results were delicious. We were happy we went with the spicy miso broth too.

My family tried Fairfax branch of California Shabu Shabu. We enjoyed the choice prime rib and chicken Shabu Shabu with spicy miso combined with pork based broth. Our boys enjoyed the chicken wings and Cajun fries. Ingredients were freshly prepared. We recommend you to try out too.

Great food, lovely staff.

This place is so amazing. I crave it literally once a week now. My goal is to try every broth and mix every broth after that. The service is really great!!! The first time they teach you how to properly do everything! Definitely give this place a try! You’ll love it!

Very clean restaurant. The server was very friendly and helpful with the explanation of how to eat the hotpot. We went here for the hidden Vietnamese item "bun dau mam tom" and were very pleased with it. Overall, it was a very satisfactory experience.

This is a traditional Japanese style shabu-shabu hot pot place with high quality meat hidden inside of a local strip mall in fairfax. please don't compare this to Korean or Chinese All you can eat hot pot as it's a different category.From the ponzu and sesame dipping sauce it immediately reminded me of Shabu-Shaba restaurants from Japan town in San Francisco. (Not sure if that's where the inspiration came from for their name of the restaurant itself.)As soon as I sat down to take a glance at the sake menu, I knew this place was serious about the attention to detail with picking the sake and the quality of food. My personal favorite being the 'demom slayer's Wakatake Onikoroshi a Junmai Daiginjo & Dassai 23 another Junmai Daiginjo which pairs perfectly with shabu shabu in my opinion. The sake was also served perfectly chilled through a Hario ice dispenser ( glass funnel-like concoction that has ice in a separate glass so you don't dilute the sake and it's self-served). Before we could finish the first bottle Duke provided a bottle of Amabuki, a rose colored sake that was made with black rice.So for the food, first of all, this is not an all you can eat hot pot place but focus on quality meat and seafood .For beef ribeye you have an option between choice prime, Kobe and over the top. A5 wagyu . I went for the middle of the road prime ribeye and honestly the King Kong portion of prime beef is perfect if not a little large for a single person. When we visited with the large party of 10 plus on a week day, the entire staff were very accommodating and the service was also attentive.The edamame and sweet potato fries were favorites for my young kids while the prime beef shabu shabu was with standard Kombu broth was just perfect. A few of our friends tried the spicy miso which was also great. As far as the meat goes, I thought it was perfectly sliced and had great marbling. Everyone, including the staff and especially Duke the owner came out to make sure everything was perfect throughout the meal.thank you for an excellent meal we'll be back

Fantastic experience. I came in with my girlfriend and parents earlier tonight and everyone was thoroughly impressed. I got the beef and everyone else had various other meats and everyone loved their meals. The staff was very friendly and kind to new comers. I’ll definitely recommend this place to my friends and would advise anyone reading this to give it a try!

Not even deserve one star. Awful experience. Overpriced for low quality food with bad service. I’ve had many shabu shabu in NoVA area and this place was the worst one. Not even an authentic.

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