SHABU-WORKS: Discover San Diego's Premier AYCE Hot Pot Experience

Always love coming to Shabu-works! There’s a wide variety of meats, veggies, sauces and hot items and the interior is clean and modern. The tonkatsu broth is definitely my favorite. The birthday deal is such a good deal too. Service is always good and Mandy took excellent care of us tonight! I will be back :)

No wait, came during lunch on a Thursday. Great service, food quality, and atmosphere! You get a free meal on your birthday too! Great deal for the amount of unlimited hot pot you get. We got the pork tonkotsu and Mongolian broths, both delicious. They have a seafood, veggie, and sauce bar with plenty to choose from and fresh ingredients. To top it off there’s a shaved ice bar for dessert! Kyle and team did a great job, keep up the great service!

This place is amazing! The meats are quality! So soft and tender! The veggies are fresh! Broth esp the Mongolia soup base is delicious! Restaurant is spacious and it’s easy to navigate around. Lunch is around 28/person, drinks are included. The servers were fast and kind. An excellent experience!

The spot is a bit hidden in a maze of parking and uphill streets. The restaurant is clean, modern, and the customers service is superb. The options for appetizers are great; teriyaki chicken, katsu chicken, gioaza, curry chicken, white rice, fried rice, etc. The soup condiments and sauces are fresh and great. The quality of the meat is AAA+! Been to lots of shabu style restaurants but haven’t seen this level of quality before. The prices are a bit high compared to the other places I have been to but then again, I went during the weekend and the lunch hour. I believe they have specials during the week. I would definitely visit again. Great food and great customer service.

We have been here before and came here during a week day to celebrate my birthday. It was not crowded and our server Kyle was quick to serve us. He was very attentive to our lower sodium request and was able to start our soup base with less seasoning pastes for two different flavors. He brought additional seasoning paste to us in case we want more. Service is great! The meat selection is adequate for lunch and we mainly chose beef and lamb and passed fatty belly or chicken. Only a few of them are really tender. For the AYCE lunch cost, it is actually very good. With $10 more dinner price, there are more and better choices. Or with additional $19 add on, 40 oz of Japanese WAGYU steak is available. Vegetable selection is average. Good selection of noodle. We did not care for fish cake so really cannot comment on it. There is a station of shaved ice with many sweet ingredients to mix in. It is more fun to eat than a typical ice cream station in Asian Buffet. Overall, it is a great place to eat hot pot. And if you come often, serious money saving is available if joining their membership program.

It’s a self serve drinks, side dishes, other meats, sauces and dessert and then you order the main cuts of meat. Interesting choice of side dish, they had some Japanese chicken curry, fried rice and katsu and more. Nice service except for one thing, we still have an hour left before closing, even tho they did not kick us out and was very respectful when speaking to us, they started cleaning which was okay but they’ve also started taking all the stuff away so we didn’t really have a choice to grab any more food and even beverages because it was all gone. Other than that, it’s a nice place and they have good food and I guess just come earlier so you can enjoy it.

I love shabu works! I always go here for my birthday. The food is bomb dot com and it’s a great deal. So many options for meats, fish, veggies and more. The service is great. The last time I went Raymond served my table and he was great. Very attentive and kind.

My husband and I love this place! Such a great bang for your buck. Lots of great choices for meats and veggies. The servers are all very nice, attentive, and prompt. Even though they operate as a team, Willy has always stood out to us for excellent customer service!