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| - First impressions walking in isn't the greatest but I have heard quite a few good reviews about this restaurant so I gave it a try. I went with my family. The place isn't decorated. it looks pretty old and not really given care. The servers were dressed really casually (sweat pants, hoodies and tshirts), but their service was great.
We ordered the Hot Pot meal that they offered for $52.95 which included a whole Crab, Lobster, Tilapia. several slices of Beef and a basket of greens.
The food took 20 minutes to be delivered to our table... The food was supposed to be cooked on our table by ourselves so I did not really understand why it took so long to do it. This was a bit ridiculous but I assumed that because they had 2 tables that were the owner's, the kitchen was occupied by their orders first.
There was only one thing that I didn't enjoy with the order. The lobster was really small, probably no more than 1lb. Other than that, everything was fine. The beef was really tasty, had a good beef taste to it. It didn't taste like the frozen products that you get at other hot pot restaurants.
Just as I finished my meal, I noticed an insect crawling along the wall and onto the table. Grossed me out but I do not expect too much from these dated restaurants.
We finally got the bill and noticed an extra $3 charge. At first we thought that maybe they made a mistake with the initial price entered on their cash register, but when we asked them, they said it was for the soup base for the hotpot. Not once were we told that the soup base would cost extra money. And really? $3 for a bit of parsley and a century egg? That's a ridiculous price. They have told us that they will be updating the price in the future but that is not really what we were concerned about.
We paid it anyway since we had no choice but we hope that people know about this charge in the future.
Overall experience was not too bad, I didn't get to try other foods but judging from how many customers they had that service, I would assume that their food is good for their prices. They offer a lot of seafood and a variety of chinese dishes.
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