This place has a certain feel to it right as you walk up to its doors. They chose a theme and colours and stuck with them. J'adore seems like it going for a fancier high tea setting but it's a hot pot place through and through. You pay your set fee for the AYCE and then you pick you soup base which is an additional price.
Be prepared to pick all you hot pot veggies and meat when you pick you soup. The server will be asking you what you would like all at once. We asked to keep the menu and we ordered as we went. The ordered the Tom Yum Soup base to be frugal. But then we added the plum juice, which wasn't available this time, they gave us complimentary pops but we sent them back to try their fresh pear juice. The pear juice is full of delicious pulp and corresponding froth that you get from a juicer. It was refreshing with the natural fruit sweetness that you expect from an Asian pear.
Everything here came out quickly. The portion sizes for the meat is quite substantial and even as we were nearing the end of the meal and wanted to add just a little something they accommodated us with a half order or quail egg (what service).
The highlight are the sauce station which I know can be standard but I still like the choices. The soup bases were good with our Tom Yum soup having both the spicy and sour notes that you expect. There isn't too much to say other than we were pleasantly surprised and would come back to try and have a lighter dinner so we can have the fondue dessert next time
I gave this place 4 stars because there isn't much that is wrong with this place so it would be unfair to give it a 3. But in terms of improvement those scoops would be a nice addition as would any communal chopsticks for the raw meats.