This is one of the very few places that serves Shabu Shabu in Montreal. As much as I anticipated to have some nice Japanese hot pot in a still cold March, this place is not what I have expected it to be.
It was on a Sunday night when I went to dine in this restaurant, with around only 6 people currently eating around the round table of hot pots, excluding me and my friend. As it turned out to be, selections were very limited as there were only 3 flavors for the broth, and only two dipping sauces (soy sauce and peanut butter sauce). The dipping sauces were underwhelming as it did not mesh with the veggies/meat fairly well. I ordered the spicy broth as people stated that it's more flavorful while my friend ordered the chicken broth. I find that the spicy broth was also bland along with the chicken broth....the broth only had pepper powder mixed so it tasted similar to that.
On top of the burn to such a delicate Japanese style meal, service was VERY slow; it took them over 20 minutes to bring a cold pot of broth to us, and we had to wait an extra 5 minutes for it to be heated. The meat slices were way too thin for me to enjoy such delicacy either.
If this place wants a second chance, I would be anticipating for a variety of broth and dipping sauces and faster service considering that there were only 6 people dining and it took them that long to give me the meal.
+1 star because we got mango ice cream for free.