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I visited here on a Wednesday night and was surprised at how busy it got. It looks like it mostly caters to asians which makes sense I guess.
The parking lot for this little strip mall is tiny and looks like an accident waiting to happen. There are streets around the area that I would park at next time and walk a little as the parking lot was a gong show (cars parking horizontally parking behind parking spots and blocking everyone in, etc.).
The restaurant itself looks like a hole in a wall in the corner but the inside is much cleaner and spacious than the exterior. Each table has a little hot plate for the individual hot pots.
Our server was really awesome and I felt so bad that she was serving the entire restaurant by herself. One more person started working closer to 6 or 7pm but they were both running around trying to run the food and make drinks. I think if they are constantly this busy, they should definitely hire someone to make all the drinks and run the food.
She explained that the only difference in the large and small hot pots were the amount of meat and veggies you get - the broth is the same amount for both. You get two plates of meat in the large and one plate for the small. You get to pick what kind of meat you want (beef, pork, chicken, lamb) and what type of side you want (rice, udon, glass noodles, etc.).
Everything was brought out really nicely and there was a good variety of stuff. There's also the usual sauces you see at hotpot but I didn't see anything particularly special. Soy sauce, garlic, green onions, oyster sauce, etc..
The meat and veggies were fine and I guess the most important thing for hot pot is the broth, which they did have a lot of variety to choose from. We had the pork broth and the sukiyaki, and both were okay but nothing amazing. I thought the sukiyaki was a bit salty and the pork broth didn't have much flavour, it was almost bland.
Overall, I think I would visit this place again but only during their lunch special hours where it's cheaper for the hot pot and drink combo. They have happy hour too, from 9 until 11pm I think. Nothing was bad but I also didn't think anything stood out very much other than our service which was great.
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