you can have one large pot to share with everyone or have your own individual pot to cook things in. there are a lot of sauces, and free drinks. There are also raw eggs placed in ice in that area.our orders came incredibly slow. we were already hungry and were practically ready to just boil an egg and eat it. Some dishes were mixed up as well(got radish instead of rice cake). food was decent. the meat was sliced incredibly thin, which made it easy to cook, but easy to over cook as well. we were seated in the middle, but even then every time the door opened it was absolute freezing. No where on the ordering sheet did it say that tip was already included in the bill nor did the waiter mention it so i ended up tipping extra... I would go again, but only when I'm in the area and really craving hot pot.