All-you-can-eat restaurant offering Japanese-style hot pots amid a laid-back ambiance.
Allison Law
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 🙂
… moreShelley Alberto
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!
… moreDevin Mendoza
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!
… moreOmar Ramos
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.
… moreJC Liu
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.
… moreBetsy Yuen
I am writing to highly recommend a restaurant I just visited called Shabu-Works. It is an all-you-can-eat place that my friends and I have been visiting at least twice a month for over two years because the food and service are so consistent.
They offer a fantastic variety, including fresh sliced meats, 8 to 10 hot cooked Chinese dishes, and a wide selection of fresh vegetables, side dishes, and noodles. They also provide free soft drinks and delicious shaved ice for dessert. The restaurant is very clean and well-maintained.
The service is exceptional, particularly a staff member named Tommy. He is incredibly friendly, constantly checks on customers to ensure everything is perfect, and keeps the place running smoothly. Please note that he is there every day except Wednesdays.
… moreDesiree Perez
came here for my birthday for the first time! such great bases, sides, and meat options, would 100% come back here. ari was an amazing host to us, her kindness and exceptional service were greatly appreciated during our meal 🙂
… moreCassie Loren
We had such a great hot pot experience! The food was absolutely delicious — super fresh ingredients, flavorful broths, and so many options to customize exactly how you like it. Everything came out quickly and was high quality.
But what really made the lunch stand out was our server, Kat. She was amazing — so friendly, patient, and incredibly helpful in walking us through the menu and explaining how everything works. She checked on us at the perfect times and made sure we had everything we needed. You can tell she genuinely cares about giving guests a great experience.
We’ll definitely be back. Highly recommend asking for Kat if you go!
… moreJennifer Reynolds
The Mira mesa location is absolutely the best- best food, best tables, best service and absolutely the best staff. Suki always makes our visit complete! She always makes sure we are taken care of , and that we are cherished ! We’ve made so many memories here ., and Suki is definitely a part of that! We always bring our friends and families from out of town here! And the incredible staff -really set it apart from other places , they actually look and act like they enjoy their jobs it’s so nice! Great food- there’s nothing like having the freshest vegetables, premium meats and seafood in abundance! And never having to wait for someone to restock anything . I have not found anything to bring down the experience here!
… moreDan
This restaurant is located in a small plaza east of Mira Mesa Blvd and the 15 freeway. They serve hot pot with several savory broths and 1 vegetarian broth.
They also have a variety of meats as well as seafood at the bar.
They have vegetables and noodles of various types as well.
There is a hot food section with fried rice, white rice, gyoza, and chicken teriyaki and Katsu. There is also a sauce bar to make your own dipping sauce, or you can add it to your broth.
For dessert, they have a shave ice bar with various toppings.
We came here for my wife’s birthday because you get to eat free on your birthday if you pay for one additional guest.
We were seated right away and the staff was friendly and attentive. Our meat orders came out in a reasonable amount of time and the staff checked on us often.
Dinner has 3 additional beef meat options compared to lunch and is totally worth the price difference since the meat was more tender.
If you sign up for their membership, you get a small discount.
Overall, the meat was tender and fresh. The most popular broth was really tasty and we like the variety of food. The hot foods were out for too long so everything was dry. Shave ice is also pretty lame compared to ice cream.
Would give this place a try, especially on your birthday!
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