I had dinner here with a few old friends last nighy. We made a reservation 2 days ahead. We had hot pot and ordered a couple of cooked dishes al la carte. Overall, the food quality was good and this place was clean.
First, the hotpot ingredients, our favourites were "hand made" meat balls and freshly made dumplings. Highly recommended. The veggies and chicken were also good.
Then, the cooked dishes.... the clams in sake sauce was good. After reading so many good reviews, I had very high expectations but this dish turned out good ..but not great. I give that credit for the freshness of the clams. We also ordered the deep fried oysters but the oysters came out very greasy.... not my thing.
Lastly, the service, the staff was helpful buy the food was very slow. and.... one of the lady was like a commander... bossing customers around and not very friendly when we tried to cancel one dish one minute after we placed the order (because we double ordered something). her reply made us feel very uncomfortable. Come on, the food hadn't even been prepared.... Last note, this places was very noisy. It was really hard to talk across our table of 7 people. Not recommended if you want a real chat with friends.
In sum, I recommend this place for the food but not so much for the service and noisy environment.