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| - My mom and I came in for lunch and we were craving "hot pot" but wanted to try a place we haven't been to yet. There was only two other people in the restaurant so it was definitely dead. Service was okay, one of the waiters spoke way too quietly even though the music was very loud. My mom ordered the Sukiyaki broth with the Beef Sampler (regular size) and I ordered the YOBOHOT Spicy Soup with the Vegetable Party. We did not notice that we didn't receive our rice with our food until we were about to start eating. The waiter seemed confused when we asked for rice (even though the menu states that it comes with rice).
I love spicy food, so I was excited to see what YOBO's "spicy" was going to be. I was disappointed, though, because it lacked depth of flavor and wasn't at all spicy (I may have a strong tolerance for spicy, but this simply did not taste spicy at all). My mom liked the portion size for her meat but said her broth was more salty than sweet when it's supposed to be a balance between the two. Big problem we noticed as soon as we started to put our food into our pots was that there wasn't enough broth. For me especially since I was eating only vegetables, I felt like I needed more broth to efficiently cook all of my vegetables. What I ended up doing was only putting in a handful of vegetables at a time so that they could evenly cook and cook quicker compared to having just dumped it all in my pot and having everything unevenly cooked. I also was not offered more broth until I asked if I could take home my leftovers (at that point my udon noodles were stuck to the bottom and breaking apart into tiny pieces). I was sorely disappointed with the amount of udon noodles offered; in my experience, I have always received a full serving, not an extremely frozen block of udon cut in half.
We did not like that we could only pick two sauces. We're from Hawaii where there are tons of hot pot/shabu shabu places and we are used to being able to walk up to a stand containing a crap ton of sauces that customers are able to mix and match in little bowls that they then bring back to their tables and are able to go back and get more if so desired. Here, there were 5 to choose from, so having to only pick two can be difficult, especially for those who are unfamiliar with sauces typically served at hot pot/shabu shabu restaurants and want to try them all.
Biggest plus here is cost. We only paid about $25 for lunch. We didn't get any drinks (other than water which was served in take-out plastic cups with lids - odd) nor did we get any desserts.
Also, this might be good or bad, depending on who you are: they play music that is more popular like EDM (not the hardcore stuff), Ed Sheeran, pop music, etc. My mom and I enjoyed the music so it was no problem to us, but they did play it quite loud which might make some guests uncomfortable. Clearly, though, it is not marketed as a traditional dining kind of place, more upbeat and for a younger crowd.
We enjoyed YOBO, my mom more than me, but we probably won't look at YOBO as the first place to go to for a hot pot/shabu shabu restaurant.
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