Shubu Shubu

I heard about this place from my coworkers many times so I’m glad I finally got to try it! Service was super friendly (thank you Yvonne! and she even recognized my friend. Hot pot was really good and I’m impressed by the variety and quality of ingredients. As always I think these places are always a bit overpriced but it’s a treat to go dine out anyways these days. The hot pot comes with ice cream too! The milk tea I ordered was delicious.

This is the first time I try the hot pot style combo beside the all you can eat, they have a fixed portion of the combo which includes a soup base, a meat platter and a veggie platter, a side, a drink and a dessert. They have a great variety of combo to choose from, meat or seafood or veggies. The soup base of Tom Yum is perfect for me, spicy with a hint of sour, taste very good. The size of the portion is good enough, I can’t even finish it and need to pack away. Even the service is very nice, polite and hard working, they also have a loyalty program, spend $25 to get a stamp, with 10 stamps you get $20 off. I will highly recommend if you like personal hot pot but not AYCE, I will come back for sure.

An individual hot pot place where you can choose your own pot. The combo option is great because it includes a carb (recommend the dollar upgrade to pork on rice), veggie basket with fish balls and shrimp, a main protein, a drink, and even dessert so it’s a pretty complete meal and portions are large so you’ll definitely be full. Tried the salmon fish head with cilantro and preserved egg soup and it was very filling and good. The salmon is frozen so it takes longer to cook but it still tasted alright. Also had the lamb shoulder combo with curry soup and it was good but the lamb was on the tougher instead of tender side of things. The chairs would be better if they had back support as they are stools which aren’t the most comfortable. Service was good.

It was my first time here and I had a really fun time with my friends. I was so impressed with the idea of having your own personal hot pot. It's a combo type of meal, you order your preference of meat 7oz or 10oz) and it comes with a tray of assorted vegetables/sides. It also comes with your choice of rice, udon, or vermicelli, and then a drink which seems to be different on certain day. We had the wintermelon tea which was super refreshing and paired nicely with our meal. Lastly it came with ice cream! It's a fun experience for you and your friends/family. We sat at the bar which indicated that we were paying for our meals separately, there are only two tables that were meant for combined bills. The service was amazing, they took great care of us and explained the process of how it worked. The only complaint I have are the bar chairs, they're not very comfortable and was barely any back support. Otherwise great place! Would definitely come back again :

Went to Richmond location after Burnaby re-open their new store. Not really surprised, but Richmond store also increase the price for the new menu. I still love the food, but just wonder why everything is so expensive now. Shabu shabu used to be a substitute for me when I want hotpot, but do not have too much budget. But nowadays price is pretty close to those big brands. Beside price, the food is still amazing. Good quality meat and soup base. They include an ice cream for the combo, but I actually like the jelly more. The Richmond store has better induction than Burnaby one, and the table is slightly bigger than Burnaby.