PK Shabu & Grill

Recommend: Yes. Period. Full stop...This particular day, the A/C was out and I hope it was fixed past my review. The god awful stench of sewage emanating from the restrooms was appalling - if unbearable. I really don't know if this is common for the restaurant or ONLY a one time fluke but our visit inside the restaurant was almost repugnant to breath inside and again, heading towards the restrooms was appalling; so I do hope this was a one time scenario! (I hope...)Aside from the stench and out of operational A/C, the food, quality variety and service was absolutely top-notch! Having lived in Japan for 4 years, the variety of fresh food here for your soup base was above reproach. YOU create the taste and that is literally limitless to your vision. For people who complain about this restaurant: IGNORE them! This style of eating is about creating the flavor you want. Meat and vegetable variety is excellent and overall the process here is excellent! Servers are always present and assisting you with supplemental meats and drinks.Aside from the previously mentioned disruption above, I would certainly go back due to the presentation of the food, and overall variety. The cost is NOT A CONCERN when you compile the AYCE formula! Wake up people! This is an AYCE environment so please, truly consider this.

Went here for the first time over the weekend! So worth it all you can eat Japanese style hot pot! They had a lot of different sides lots of seafood! Loved the peanut dipping sauce!They also serve free cheese cake at the end but we we wereSo full!! lol it's definitely worth it and will be back even though it is a hit of a drive from the west side!

PK Shabu offers AYCE hotpot but it's pricey and the quality is mediocre. We went for lunch and it was $35/person. We made our way to the vegetable, noodle, seafood, and sauce bar. They had a huge selection but it was odd that they didn't have enoki mushrooms. Some of the seafood looked questionable but they made an effort to make it look fresh. The sauce bar was very interesting - it was missing some sauces. They also offer a dessert bar but it was just prepackaged desserts like rice krispies and brownies. I love a spicy soup so I ordered the mala. It tasted like prepackaged broth. My fiance ordered the tom yum soup which tasted better. For the meats, we ordered premium brisket, beef belly, and lamb. The lamb tasted off, like it wasn't fresh. The brisket and beef belly were so chewy. It was the lowest quality shabu meat I've ever eaten. Before we got our bill, our server offered "premium" desserts that are part of the AYCE package. He specifically said that they had Haagen-Dazs ice cream bars, tres leches, and something else. We all ordered the Haagen-Dazs ice cream but they were Costco brand LOL. It says Kirkland on the wooden sticks. It was good though, you can't go wrong with Costco! My friend also ordered the tres leches and I'm pretty sure it's from a grocery store too. Overall, it was meh. I've been to a lot of great shabu restaurants in Houston and Seattle so I had a baseline (and they were cheaper). I wouldn't come back to PK Shabu.

PK Shabu and Grill is a great AYCE option for hot pot. I never enjoyed their sushi rolls so I'm not surprised they ended up sticking to hand rolls instead. There was a waitlist for dinner but the line went quickly. We chose our broths and meats before piling our plates with items from the cold bar. We were consistently checked on but the meat refills took a while. *Shoyu: the broth was mild. While shoyu usually is sweet and salty, this broth contributed little flavor to my additions. *Beef Belly: came with a generous strip of fat. Each piece was sliced thinly and cooked easily. Tasty high quality beef. *Pork Belly: similarly paper thin. Not as fatty as the beef but still absorbed sauces well. The cold bar had a plethora of vegetables, carbs and seafood. I was impressed by the inclusion of crawfish and crab although they weren't the freshest. There were even beef ribs but since my broth was so bland, it was hard to season the tougher hunk of meat. The sauce bar was a bit limited, using a commercial sauce as a base and patrons can add spices and seasonings themselves. I would have preferred house made sauces rather than building from soy sauce. PK offered a huge variety of options for hot pot but I hope to see more robust flavors for their broths and sauces. The meats were tasty but everything would have benefited from seasoning.

So fresh, so yummy, I got so full and very satisfied at the end. The first time I saw a hot pot place that had that many options to choose from for a fixed price. The wait staff was friendly and knowledgeable. You select one of the individual soup bases, which is awesome. We were a party of 3, and we did 3 different soup bases. If you wanna order meat, you order from the server. The rest of everything (veggies, seafood, rice, noodles, sauce, etc. anything you can think about) you get from the all-you-can-eat buffet.The restaurant was clean, and the buffet was also clean. None of the food was in the wrong place, or not a dirty spot I had noticed during my visit. Once you get full and think that you cannot have anything else, they offer you a dessert; one for each person. OMG =DP.S: I loved their children's menu price and found it extremely funny lol

THE BEST AYCE!!Came in around 6pm on a Sunday and had to wait for about 15 before getting a table. Most tables are sized for four so I can see a larger party waiting for awhile. Our waiter was very helpful and attentive throughout our experience. I tried the "popular" House Spicy which had great flavor but wasn't spicy. If you want it spicier, I would recommend just adding your preferred spice from the buffet bar. There are great meat options on the menu with additional seafood options at the buffet bar. The buffet bar is easily four times larger with more options than typical hot pot places. It is also a nice touch that dessert is included. At the buffet bar there are endless brownies and every individual gets a slice of cake. Overall, if you are in the mood for AYCE Korean Barbecue or Hot pot this place is an absolute must!

8:45pm on a Saturday night and boy was it packed! We had just left old town Scottsdale after day drinking/celebrating a birthday and happened to see that Pk Shabu was open til 11. Soupy food is always best after! Plus, it was cold out. There were 4-5 parties ahead of us including a party of 16 people! I think we only waited about 30 mins or less minutes though. We had 5 people and unfortunately, they couldn't put us all at the bigger table so they put us a two tables right next to each other.Pros: This shabu spot has become my favorite spot (used to be Jin Shabu). They have a huge selection of vegetables, seafood, and sauces. The ingredients are fresh and the quality is good. Here, you also get your own individual pot. The spicy PK house blend broth was pretty good. I always add my own sauce blend to my broth to give it extra flavor. The place is pretty clean. They stay on top of the food bar area so they get to the mess and spills pretty quickly. Cons: -Whole party not all seated at one table.-Some of these tables need maintenance. Some of the stoves don't work at some tables. The holder for the remotes that control the boil have broken on many tables so the remotes are now placed on top of the tables instead, which takes up needed space. I have been here many times and have experienced this almost every time I've been here lately. -If you have a full table, there is not enough table space for everyone's separate plates, bowls, cups, and the meat trays.Add some pure capsaicin hot drops to your dipping sauce and broth if you love spice (found on Amazon)! Didn't have mine with me this time but it makes hot pot/shabu better! Food here is definitely worth it and it's all you can eat!

PK Shabu & GrillAYCE thin sliced meats - Premium, Brisket, Chuckeye, Beef Belly, Pork Belly, Pork Shoulder, Lamb and Chicken Breast.Plus a huge selection of meat, vegetables, seafood. Eggs, meatballs, fish balls, multiple different noodles, shrimp, multiple mushrooms, bok choy, oysters, intestines. Vegetables include, broccoli, zucchini, brussel sprouts, Many varieties of broth for your soup base.First time here, clean, great variety, good service, sliced meats were okay, could really just do the meats at the buffet. Love this place

I recently visited again and I was honestly disappointed with the service. I had mentioned to the server that I had been there before so he didn't really go through everything with me again, which I didn't mind. I got up to get my toppings and I realized that I forgot to mention that I wanted rice. Once we got our broths, I asked our server for the rice. Time went by, which I understood since it was pretty busy but he never brought it over or even came in our direction. It took a different server asking if we needed anything to end up getting the rice. Later on, it was towards the end of our meal, I asked for another order of meat and again, it never came. At that point, I just wanted to leave so I asked for my check.On my first visit, we got the choice of ice cream or cake and this time it was not offered. Not sure if it was a one time thing or if the server just didn't bring it up to me.So disappointed in this interaction especially because I loved it so much the first time.

This is by far the best place I've ever been to! 10Stars absolutely fabulous!!!! Great quality food and ridiculous amount of mixing options and a ramen walk plus free desert !! I can't stress enough how good this place is