“ Admittedly, I've mainly had hot pot here but their kbbq options aren't that bad. In fact, because their shabu meat is of a higher quality, I know it's the same meat for their kbbq, so I know it's good. But I just prefer the hot pot option. Making my own sauce out of the house sauce with ShaCha, minced garlic, green onion and parsley is my greatest weakness. So close to how I eat with my family at home... Their service is friendly, their foods are well stocked, and their desserts are nicely chosen. Yes, the cozy and intimate ambiance is always what I look forward to. My friends and I feel like we have privacy and are in our own world while eating and chatting freely, ”

“ Cheery and bright, great selection of fresh meat, seafood, veggies, noodles, and dumplings to choose, all you can eat. You cook hot pot (several broths to choose from) or grill BBQ at your table. The key is making a custom sauce to your liking (server also brings some ready-made sauces). Lunch is $21, does not include drinks. Includes Hershey's ice cream (lots of flavors) and fruit for dessert. Shrimp, mussels, clams and imitation crab at lunch (crab legs and lobster at dinner only, I think that is $39). Very nice staff. I loved it and thought everything was delicious, plus it was fun! Can't wait to go back, this time for dinner. ”

“ This place is great for groups/families to come and enjoy a meal sitting at the same table and talking over food. They have many options as far as seafood poultry beef and the list goes on with fresh vegetables to choose a sauce, bar and ice cream to top off the meal there's some thing for the whole family. I highly recommend the Szechuan broth and the Wagyu beef. I also had frog legs for the first time here and they were amazing. I'll be back just like I always do. ”

“ Great service ! I'm some what of a hot pot connoisseur, it all stared in Kāne 'ohe Hawaii. At Kongo Ani. Where that rsturant became my absolute favorite! Hot pot is so good. It's pricey but in my opinion it's worth it. This place has excellent service and an outrageously awesome selection!! The food was amazing and I was so pleased with the cleanliness of the restaurant. The sever checked on us multiple times and was happy to answer any questions. I would definitely recommend. ”

“ My opinions are informed by previous experiences going to hotpot places; I typically like them. I put a "process" and "advice" section in this review at the bottom if you're kinda new to it. Everybody else can ignore that lol. FOOD The ingredients were decent. But one broth was bland (Thai Tom Yum). It wasn't just lacking spice but flavour altogether. My friends doctored it up by adding green onion, lemon, chili oil so as not to clash with the profile. However, if you can handle spicy -- the Szechuan broth was very good! I'll return to try the other styles though. I saw they have Japanese sake options - didn't try them though. **To the restaurant: Please flavour your Tom Yum more. Everything else was good! The broth can make or break the experience and I want you to succeed in Bel Air! Lol.** SERVICE: 10/10 We reserved beforehand but got there a little late. They seated us promptly, checked up on us, cleaned up quickly, asked us for refills, etc. They were friendly. AMBIANCE: Solid. Definitely feels like a hotpot place. Appropriate music too lol. One small confusing thing- the men and women's bathrooms are not together? **Restaurant might want to put a little sign to the women's. But it wasn't a big deal.** EXPENSE: 37.99/person. But It does become "all you can eat" if you can eat fast and get it in 90 min. I'm used to cheaper but it's Bel Air and hotpot is nonexistent here so it kinda made sense to me. -------------------------------------------- PROCESS for those new to hotpot: You get to choose a broth from several options. Then you go to the side and grab the ingredients you will dip / cook in your soup, as well as sauces. I posted some pics to help you see. They will put your broth in a pot at the table and start the burner for you to bring it to boil. But you can adjust the heat yourself at any time. They'll refill the broth but I personally think there are times where you just want a lower boil. SOME ADVICE: -As much as you are cooking ingredients flavoured with the broth, you are also flavouring your broth with stuff. If your broth is good it'll taste good regardless. But if you want to maximize that taste it's nice to think about. -Some things take longer to cook. Put your longer cook time ingredients in first. (Ex. Potato slices. Corn. Mushrooms. Dumplings.) Be careful when you take those out, to not immediately shove it into your mouth. (Ex. Eggs, dumplings, potatoes.) -Some things soak up flavour better. Thin beef slices and leafy veggies do this better than chicken; it's also faster to cook to safe-to-eat. I'm not a fan of chicken in hotpot because of these things. Almost feel like it's better if cooked/grilled and flavoured beforehand. -Enoki mushrooms work well in hotpot. -Get a side bowl if you want to cool your food before eating, rather than straight out of the pot. -At this restaurant, we grabbed the ladles with the holes and without them from the side bar. Useful to separate your food and broth or you might be fishing in there a bit. Ask for it if you don't see them ( rather than struggling and being sad like my dad ). ”

“ Great new hot pot restaurant in Bel Air. The ambiance is beautiful and the service is friendly. They seem to take food safety very seriously as all of their food is on ice and properly covered and stored. They also have forks and spoons for people like me who can't use chopsticks lol. The spicy beef is delicious, as are the dumplings. Give this place a a try! ”

“ Soft opening for this place in the Festival that has had a sign up for more than a year. The website implies a Korean bbq component but for now, it is just hot pot. I am not very familiar with hot pot. But you start by choosing a soup base, which is what you'll be cooking everything in at your table right in front of you. You get your own personal stove that is built in the table. You then go to the food buffet and bring back anyghing you want to cook in the soup base. I chose the pork bone broth, which was very mild in flavor. My friend chose the mushroom soup, which was even milder. The Thai Tom Yom or the hot chili seems to be the way to go if you want more from your soup. There is a wide range of meats and veggies. Seafood from snow crab, lobster sections, scallops, clams, mussels, and oysters. Thin slices of beef and lamb were popular and quick to cook in the broth. There are other offerings not often found in restaurants -- frog legs, tripe, organ meat. Various tofu. Different types of noodles, mushrooms, and greens all looked very fresh. The meats were often frozen. The next thing you need is to make your sauce from the sauce bar. Customize your own by mixing from choices like soy sauce, hoisin, sesame oil, sriracha, and others. Mix in green onion and cilantro. Put things in soup. Take out when cooked. Dip in sauce. Eat. Repeat. It gets messy. At least for me. Fruit in the dessert section was plain and not special -- grapes, oranges, cut up melon. The hersheys ice cream is very nice though. Service was good. They often come around for drink refill, taking away plates, checking on your broth. Price is high for what you get. 38 bucks is just too much, even with the seafood offerings. Two of us without drinks paid $95 total. There are other meals in BelAir I'd rather spend that kind of money on than a self serve hot pot. I am hoping that the Korean bbq component does materialize for the same price. That might make it worth it then. It's not bad to try it out. The place is very clean. Bathrooms clean. Enjoy as it's unique. ”