S Lee

If you love hot pot or shabu shabu, you absolutely HAVE to visit restaurant! They offer two dining options: AYCE and pre-determined meal sets. I highly highly recommend the AYCE option, they give you 90 minutes to eat your fill of beef, pork, lamb, assorted vegetables, ramen and udon. And at the end of your meal you can also get a sweet treat in the form of green tea or red bean ice cream in a sugar cone. I came with a party of 5 on Saturday around 5pm. We were seated immediately. Keep in mind that this place gets pretty popular during the peak dinner hours. If you're coming on a weekend with a party of 6 or larger, I highly recommend making a reservation (unfortunately, they only take reservations for parties of 6+ on the weekend)! If you arrive around 5 or before, I can safely say that seating is quite plentiful. Note, that you do have to arrive with your full party in order to be seated. Once seated, we perused their menu and from their selection of 6 broths, we decided on the tonkotosu and the spicy miso. After that it was just a matter of ordering everything else. The staff is extremely helpful and friendly! Since it was our first time at Shabu Club, we weren't too sure what was the best way to order everything. Our server gave us the recommendation to order 2 plates of each kind of meat, along with a bowl of mixed noodles (ramen and udon) that comes with their selection of vegetables. Service is very quick, so you can begin dining soon after you're seated. We had a slight mishap with our pot, I think some noodles stuck to the bottom of the pot and started burning, which gave the broth a very smoky acrid taste to it. We brought it up to the staff and they were very attentive and considerate in helping us to change out the broth so we could continue enjoying our meal. Needless to say, this ranks among the top hot pot experiences I've had in San Francisco. I'll definitely be back and bring even more friends with me!

A Kim

Best to call and get a reservation. It seems to get pretty busy during dinner hours, peaking around 7. You can choose 2 soup bases per pot. We usually get the spicy miso and the tonkatsu. There’s an AYCE option for $34, though I’ve never tried it. Ask for the garlic and ponzu sauce. They give you a choice of green tea or red bean ice cream at the end.

Pickles

Good stuff. Doesn't hurt to make reservations for this place on popular dinner nights like Friday and Saturday, sometimes even sundays

+1

Rinka Yoshida

The menu was quite limited on broth and ingredient options, but the ponzu dip and the matcha ice cream were great!

+1

Joshua Brathwaite

Food was great but I can’t get over being seated at a table for four when we had a party of six! Table was very crowded with hot pots appetizer dishes! Finally Emily was nice enough to move us to a decent table but then we had to wait for all our food to be transferred to our new table. A big inconvenience for our surprise birthday guest. Besides that the spicy miso and regular miso broth were very delicious and fun to cook for my first experience at hot pot. Atmosphere was great and was very packed but does get quite hot inside after a while. They did have an all you can eat which is great for large groups.

+4

Helen

Love coming here the past year. However recently noticed that their beef slices are thinner than before. Might be shrinkflation in effect and that dampened the experience a bit. Their vegetarian option is quite bare, with only a plate of 3 veggies (pumpkin slices, zucchini and fried tofu. Not sure what type of vegetarian only eats 3 types of veggies in a meal option for shabu, they could’ve given more of the normal veggie bowl as a substitute and would provide more variety. Overall, still the consistent efficient service and the ice cream at the end always is a highlight.

Amanda C. Sun

Service is quick and green sauce is still good here. AYCE is now $42 a person and coming during happy hour will save you a bit on appetizers and drinks from 4:30-6:30pm. Ventilation could be better here but solid spot for yummy shabu, especially during the colder days. Reservations are recommended but less busy on weekday nights than weekends. Loyal customer here and you get ice cream in the end!

S S

Delicious food, fast service. However, the seats could be wiped before seating people. A seat had a long hair strand and another seat had crumbs.

aprylkristine

Large meet portions. Flavorful soup. Fast and very friendly staff/service. The turn around time once a party leaves is quite quick so they seat you quickly even if u come without a reservation.

+5

Steph Kwan

The wagu beef was great, the pork was average. The portions were worth the value and the service was good. However, there’s something missing; I think there needs to be an additional dipping sauce. I know their cilantro sauce is famous, but for non-fans it’s hard to review. The appetizer fries and gyoza were good, but the chicken wings (besides the exterior sauce) were not seasoned at all. Nonetheless I still enjoyed my experience here.