Food ***1/2
Service *
Ambience **
A group of 10 of us came for AYCE hotpot. I hadn't been to hotpot in over a decades so it was fun to have it again with such a large group. It's in Scarborough and many of us live downtown, so we battled a weekday rush hour to get here.
The start of our experience was a bit tough. Most of us arrived at around ~7:40pm. with a serious appetite (it's Food Club so no one dares to mid-afternoon snack and spoil their hunger.). It took is 20 minutes and multiple requests to order a beer and probably another 20 min to get our hotpot/grills and soups and raw meats. Unfortunately a lot of the herbs and spices were distributed at one end of the table and various meats, veggies etc were concentrated and not evenly distributed. With 3 hotpots in action there was a lot of initial passing around before getting settled.
Throughout the meal, we re-ordered multiple items or new items and had to re-request them if they didn't come... Some never came.
Quality of the meets was good. Stay away from the lamb because from a flavour standpoint it doesn't fit with the meal.
If you are coming, make sure you choose the Tom Yum (Thai) soup. It's incredible and was the table favourite.