Dpot - Irvine

I thought this place was going to be my go to hotpot place. Unfortunately it changed for the worse. First time I went it was not all you can eat and the service and food were excellent. 2nd time they were all you can eat which was a bit disappointing but the service and food were still good. 3rd and last time the food was still good but the service was awful. Server came by only once (luckily we ordered a good amount of food) and after that all the employees were gone. There were a bunch of uncleaned tables and people waiting to be seated. All the employees were in the back. It took forever to get the check cause I didn't want to go into the back to call someone so I just wait. Once we got our check we got up to the register and waited again for someone to ring us up. Overall, I wish they never changed to all you can eat.

I've been to several places in Irvine and LA, including Shabu Shabu All New Can It and Individual, but I think this place is the best. It also comes in a steamer, and it doesn't make sense to get this level of quality at this price.. I wonder if the owner has any leftovers.

My favorite hotpot restaurant right now. They recently switched to “all you can eat”, yet the quality is still very good. Fantastic marbling on all their meats. I love their half-half stacker as well which is a unique and great complement to the hotpot meal.

Then noodles were fresh made specially the ramen. The causes and condiments were great. This place had fresher ingredients that any other shabu place I've been to.

This restaurant was pretty busy when we went here to eat dinner. We put our name on the list and waited almost an hour since we had a large party. While we wait, there is a park for kids to play and other stores opened. When we finally got sat, ordering is pretty straightforward, choosing the soup, then adding the meats. The vegetables, seafoods and sauces are at a little buffet. We got to try some Korean beers and some Sparkling Sake.