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Unique and different. We scored a $50 restaurant.com g/c on sale ($4 with the 80% off code). I called the restaurant to verify that we could use it for the AYCE shabu shabu as the g/c said you must purchase 2 prix fixe meals. She said as long as you spend the $100 - no problem. And there was no problem at all...
Made a reservation just in case the place was busy. Upon arrival, we were promptly greeted and seated immediately in a nice comfy booth against a mirrored/windowed wall.
We order the shabu shabu (2 adults, 1 child - 50% off); which just totaled under $100, plus a drink - perfect!
Service - amazing! attentive, respectful and detail oriented.
Food - OMG- too much food! At first we were like "oh we'll get through this and hit round 2".. no go.. - epic fail! We cooked and cooked and cooked and could not seem to eat all the food they brought. The server kept asking if we wanted more, but we couldn't. Tastes were simply and clean. The only drawback was the sauce - not typical shabu shabu accompaniments. Understanding we were in a Chinese restaurant, ok fine, but a black bean/5-spice flavor wasn't what I was exactly looking for. The meats and seafood were abundant and fresh.
Bill - when the bill arrived, the server added the gratuity as outlined on the g/c, but what I found amazing was that when he ran my card, he crossed out the gratuity line and made it crystal clear that gratuity was included. I have never seen a server be so consumer-oriented, which was refreshing!
Will definitely go back, but only with the g/c as it is a bit pricey. Great find in the sea of restaurants in MB.
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