Malubianbian

This place is super legit. The ambiance, the heat, the chairs. Definitely not recommended for big parties. Now let's get down to the food. The beef with enoki mushrooms were pretty good. That's the only thing on the skewers that I actually liked lol. Not a fan of the other seasoned meats. I felt like there was just way too much going on and it was hot and I was sweaty. So it wasn't as enjoyable as I'd like it to be. But my love for hot pot is undying so I had to continue on. We got a split pot, spicy medium and a bone broth. So definitely not getting medium spice because that kicked my ass in the end. My tolerance for spice is pretty high but it was hard trying to eat certain foods that soaked up the soup. Would I recommend this place definitely yes, try it for the experience. Maybe try it in the winter time though lol.

craving for hot pot and found this place to try, as the other 2 places we had in mind didn't work out (1 was closed, the other had to wait 2 hrs w/o reservation).we walked in, around 6:30pm on Thursday, when they were just setting an emptied table. it's not a huge place but all the tables were filled throughout our dinner.we were told M-Th they serve AYCE for $34/person. we picked combo soup base and freshly sliced, beef and lamb.the rest were displayed inside several refrigerators along the wall. there is a self serve condiments counter with enough selections but not as much as some other hot pot restaurants. the soup base actually was very tasty that dipping sauces were not necessary.not too many green vegetable selections (I only saw napa cabbage, spinach and tong hao).quality of the meat was very good for an AYCE hot pot restaurant compared to similar places locally. service was friendly.

This was my first time trying skewer hotpot and it did not disappoint. I especially liked their fried dessert!! so yummy. Meat quality was good & they had very large variety of foods. I loved the tomato hotpot base. The spicy one was quite spicy. Some menu items are ordered through a qr code and the rest can be taken directly from the fridge section.

This was my first time having Chinese hot pot! My friend and I came on a Thursday night and it was a busy night. The parking spaces are kind of tight and the lot fills up quickly so I recommend planning ahead of time just incase there is no available parking.The soup bases are delicious. I tried the mushroom soup base (very strong mushroom flavor base) and the spicy soup (SUPER spicy). I like the idea of the meats being on skewers because it makes it easier to eat! There are various sides that are offered. There are a lot of meat choices and veggies to add to your soup as well. Some of my favorite skewers were: beef with okra, beef with mushroom, and all the vegetable skewers. For all the seafood lovers, they have a wide selection of seafood and fish/squid balls as well. My favorite part is the dipping sauce!The fried pork is something I recommend trying! The service was okay. We got checked in and seated and placed our order; other than that we were not checked in on again until we asked for the bill. It is a very affordable AYCE hot pot restaurant that I recommend going to.

MLBB or Malubianbian is another spicy hotpot where you actually have to cook yourself but they also have pre-cooked items on the menu too. This place used to be a la carte but they transitioned to AYCE and you go to the fridges and grab your own food/items you want. The special thing about this place is that there are items that are skewered. Like tofu on a skewer, seasoned meat on a skewer or bean curd skin on a skewer. It's interesting but it's actually a bit more difficult because you can either boil it with the stick on or take it off. The meats on the stick taste really odd in terms of texture like they use really cheap cuts of meat. They offer like sliced meat that's not on a stick. The initial order came quickly but additional requests ended up not coming. The service is where the downfall of this place is. I ordered additional sliced meat and that didn't come until after my check came. They don't really check up on you if you need more soup or anything like that. The inside is relatively big as most tables are for like 4 people. It's very blue inside as well. There are fridges on the side that contain the raw food and there is a fridge in back where you can create your own dipping sauce. This is no additional charge which is nice.Overall, not a huge fan of the service and the meat quality. It was better when it wasn't AYCE as the quality has dropped a lot. I don't recommend this place.

Came by for some lunch with friends on a Tuesday afternoon. It was just the three of us and there was no wait so that was nice. When we arrived I got seated and saw that here was a QR code on the table. The staff was friendly and told me that I could also help myself to the sauce bar or the meat fridges. It was pretty intuitive of how to get food and all that. We especially came because of the lunch deal, which was pretty reasonable. I do here though that it gets busy at night. There was a bunch of parking at the time we came so that was also nice.

This is not like a normal hotpot place. It's more than that. Other than many meat choices on a stick you can also scan do order some additional meat. There is also a dessert area other than meat and vegetables. The price for ayce is very good. The service is a little slow but there are a lot of tables. The decoration is exactly what the name of the restaurant is, like sitting on the side of the road for food on a stick.

My favorite hot pot spot!! I want to say bien bien lol so good You can order the buffet lunch special for $24.99. I might have misread that. Don't quote me on it. The lady with shorter hair was very kind and polite. I ate in peace during my visit. Will Always return here. The spot looks like an outdoor patio indoors with the art work. Dig the art on the walls. Very unique spot. I highly recommend you visit here when you can.

My friend and I wanted to try out a new place and decided this looked good. We went on a Friday evening (parking was horrible, as everyone already mentioned, but we were lucky enough to find a spot after 1 go around) - although there were a lot of people, the line wasn't bad and we were seated pretty quickly. We walked up and down the plaza at first since we couldn't figure out where it was, but the aroma of spice lured up to the right spot. After being seated, we looked at the menu, but weren't quite sure as how everything worked as no one told us the procedures. Perhaps they expected everyone to already know what to do? Anyway - after looking around and at the menu, we figured out what to do and ordered our soups (dinner special included some soup flavors, but not all; additional $ required for some of the more "premium" options and dishes) then got right to picking up our self served ingredients. Overall, the ingredients were decently fresh and in abundance. The soup was okay, but needed a way to customize - some salt, pepper, etc, on the tables would help a lot. Customer service was also decent - dishes were picked up quickly so we could continue grabbing more items. The place was relaxing and while on the louder side, you could still have a conversation without yelling.

The resturant is very clean.You could see the tables are super shinning. All the pots looks like brand new pots.The service was very good. before 3pm weekdays you can choose all you can eat. child under certain height will get a half price. i was there after lunch time so its was not crowed at all. its a bit salty. food are fresh. i will come back highly recommed.