Shenxian Hotpot - Monterey Park

50/50 probably wouldn't come back. But definitely try it once kind of place. 3.0 Just OK Worth it for lunch, but not a good value for dinner. They advertise 23.99 AYCE lunch and 29.99 dinner. It was an odd experience to say the least. In the whole restaurant, there is one server. Yes, just one. This server's main job is to refill meats for your table. A robot delivers the meat to your table. The meats are sliced very thinly so you'll be calling over the server at least 3x for a group of 4. Broth: Mild spicy sichuan peppercorn broth and bone soup. Both super bland. That was kind of a bummer but the sauce bar helps out with that kind of. There's a sauce bar, fridge for veggies, seafood, noodles. There are 2 3 cut fruit options and 2 desserts. It sounds amazing, but was just ok. Other Yelpers mentioned not so fresh ingredients but I thought it was just ok. Not super fresh or super gross. Parking: underground parking entrance on the side street of Ynez which is always nice Verdict: I think I would pay exponentially more to dine at Haidilao or even down the street at Hot Pot Hot Pot. The server kept quietly looming over to our table without saying a word. We had to ask for hot pot ladles... (ladles weren't given) The only perk was the napkin dispenser on the table.

We came on Memorial Day and since it's a Holiday, they used dinner prices all day. I didn't mind because dinner price includes lamb and lunch doesn't. Soup base: Bone Broth and Mushroom Broth. The bone broth reminds me of Bak kut teh, a Singaporean bone soup. The mushroom broth is savory and umami. I prefer the mushroom broth, but I ended up mixing them both in the end. Meats: We ordered beef, beef rib eye, lamb, chicken, and pork belly. I enjoyed the beef rib eye, lamb and pork belly. Seafood, mushroom, tofu, and vegetables are in the refrigerator and you can take it from there yourself. All the items share the same tongs though; so if you have bad food allergies, this might not be the place for you. All the items seem fresh. They do have a sauce bar. Service: There's only one staff that takes orders and they have cute robot servers that brings you your orders. Parking: There's a parking lot for the plaza.

This could be my favorite hot pot in the area! I had been looking for a good AYCE one, and decided to try this based on its great review score. I really liked the food, and it 's a pretty good deal as well. The use of robots to deliver our meats is great, it 's also funny to witness the occasional robot traffic jams. I will say they need more actual humans to take your order (or use tableside tablets like some other spots do . It 's also amusing that I see one review mention Sneezing here--I think it 's because the spicy broth is super spicy and you basically are inhaling vaporized hot peppers if you get one of them. It really cleared out my sinuses. : My favorite thing here is the lamb--I kept ordering it over and over, it 's so great. I don 't think I 've seen this cut at many other hotpots.

I was disappointed in this restaurant. I came here based on the amazing reviews, but you have to read the negative reviews to know why it's subpar. Most of the 5 star reviews are a couple sentences long and only reviewed by people who have only 1 or 2 reviews ever written. It makes you question if these are legitimate reviews. Upon entrance there was no one to greet us. After about 5 minutes of just waiting around, we were finally seated. There's only 1 person attending 5 tables. I read from other reviews that with a party of 3, we are allowed 4 different soup base. This wasn't the case, we were only allowed 2 soup base. We got the mild spicy which isn't mild at all, but rather extremely spicy. Soft drinks aren't included in the AYCE like other AYCE hot pots. Since there was only 1 person working, it was hard flagging her down. She was very nice though. Only thing that made this experience okay. Meats are delivered on a robot which is a cool concept. Not the best quality of meats. Vegetables, seafood are self served in a very small corner. The area got crowded very fast. They do a have a selective sauce bar which I thought was nice. It was not worth the $30 even if it's AYCE. There are other AYCE that is worth the price.

I had high hopes for this new AYCE hot pot spot. What I didn't like was that the self serve ingredients didn't taste fresh. They barely had any customers, so it made me think that they don't throw out the old stuff. The service was great though. The guy who helped take our order was doing everything that night. He cleared our dishes and made sure that we were doing ok throughout the meal. There was a robot who brought some meat and special orders! It spoke Chinese, but you just have to press the button to send it away. We got two different soup bases. The spicy one at spicy level was SPICY. I'd recommend getting medium or below if you want to enjoy your meal. The meats were ok. The portion size per plate is pretty average a bit more than Momo Paradise, who gives you 3 slices of beef per plate lmao. The garlic at the sauce bar is STRONG. Be careful not to eat too much! I found parking on the adjacent street easily. It's free street parking.