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| - I was soo damn excited to try this place, being really close by, and being raised on authentic Chinese/Hong Kong hot pot in LA and HI. I read all the reviews, got excited, and went. :( I hate to give low scores, but this is based off of my total experince. They get one less star because of lack of correct business information posted here as far as business hours, and BBQ hours. They also seriously need a website. This is an aweful business practice, and they could be making some serious improvements. Businesses need to be on top of these basic and fundamental things!! Wth?
Well, fist off, on yelp, it says they are open at 11am. Nope. When I arrived excitedly, sign says 5-2am. Ok. No prob. Ill come back!
Next day I go back, yayyy! Upon entering, I am bombarded by loud and obnoxious techno that keeps reapeating itself. Other than that, the decor was cute, and as everyone described here. The techno music put me on edge lol. I could not relax to enjoy my experience. With a few tables filled, did the music need to be so loud?
On to the menu and service...
We had originally come to try this famous rice ball everyones been talking about, and possibly get some little vegetarian BBQ sides, similar to yakitori. When I mentioned the word "yakitori", the waitress dressed in Japanese garb was like "what u say?"... ok right, this is Chinese owned Chinese/Hong Kong restaurant... she was nice. She priceeds to tell me that the BBQ menu is only avail Thurs - Sat. What!? You guys seriously need to update your yelp info!! I already missed eating here once cause your hours are posted wrong, and now I sat there unable to try what I came here for?! :(
In my observation service was not very efficient or quick. Service was slow as I observed in general. It was not busy, so I couldint understand why our server was not more attendant.
We had ordered a sake bomb to share, and no second cup was brought out... had to ask.
The food itself was great. I always order vegetarian things, so I was happy there were an item here and there was. I had a terrific eggplant dish that itself deserves 5 stars. We also shared the tomato vegetarian hot pot. Lighter in flavor than others I've had in my life, it was still yummy. It said there was supposed to be lotus root in there. When I told my server there was none, she was like "oh really? Sorry." Nothing to correct the situation. We shared it. Its made for one. And it comes with a choice of two dipping sauces... they sucked. See in LA, you get all these sauces at the table for FREE and they are authentic and damn good. I could tell they Americanized the dipping sauces here. :(
Over all, slightly dissaponted. And just wish AZ had a really bomb and authentic hot pot experience. Hong Kong hot pot that im used to feeds four cause the pots so damn huge, and its like $15-$20. For one pot here its $10 +. :(
We were finished with our meal for a good 10 min, and began to gather our things before she noticed to give us our check. Where did our free ice cream go that everyone was raving about? We did not get any. :(
I see where everyones been confused about this place. Its Japanese decored, but Hong Kong style food. Maybe they should consider changing the theme to stop the confusion lol.
I will give it a try again, just to get my asian food fix nearby. But I hope for better dining experiences.
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