Shabu-Zen — Restaurant in Boston

What a fantastic experience! Tbh, we initially went to Spring Shabu Shabu and because they were at capacity, we came here. And I'm very glad that we did.

We were promptly seated at a table. Our server kindly explained all their combos, how the process works and our food was ready in minutes. She also offered us green tea which is complimentary.

We ordered two broths (Thai Tom Yum, spicy Chinese Mongolian) and the vegetarian delight platter. All this was for $22 for two and we still had leftovers. Coming back to the food, there was so much variety in that platter - taro, pumpkin, greens, bok choy, yam noodles, mushrooms, etc. Both broths were spiced well, hot and tasty. You also get a choice of noodles or rice. We got the udon and it was cooked well. The food comes with a side of sauces - peanut sauce, Thai chili sauce and soy sauce that you can adjust to your liking with garlic, scallions, shrimp paste, etc.

Everything was amazing. It was great to see that each food item had a distinct flavor profile. Everytime you dipped your veggie in a different sauce, you would end up with a different result but all delicious. Since we couldn't finish our food, we packed up the leftovers in our containers and ordered some dessert to counter the hot broths. We got a Hana sake (lychee) and a small scoop of ice cream. They were kind enough to split it between two flavors, green tea and red bean. Both were great. However, they served it with plastic spoons which really doesn't fit in with the restaurant. I hope they switch over to something reusable!

All in all, we had a great experience. We could sit back and enjoy our meal, we never felt rushed. I would be back in...

Absolutely atrocious. Not even a joke… first, the food here is more expensive than one of the most renowned hot pots in the world, Hai Di Lao. With the more expensive price, guess what you get! Less food, less quality food, and worse service! Oh the best part, the tomato base we paid an extra $6 for, is made from ketchup ‼️‼️I could’ve gotten them from McDonald’s and poured it in water myself. This place is absolutely ridiculous. I guess Boston folks just don’t have an idea between the quality of food you can get for this price and that’s why the rating is like pretty high? $$$⁉️⁉️⁉️ EXCUSE ME. We really waited 40 minutes to eat this… I attached an image of one of the dishes we ordered. This one plate of meat was 29 bucks… (33 for the prime grade deluxe meat combo - 4 for not including the veggies). Spent like 140 here as 3 people and none of us are even half full yet… and we’re not even people that eat a lot either sozzz. NEVER COMING BACK AND RECOMMEND NOT TO COME. I don’t think I’ve reviewed before but this place was honestly so bad that it urged me to do this and I still can’t get over this....

Shabby-Zen is an amazing restaurant and one of my new favorites my brother told my family and I about this place so we took him For his birthday . I love the food the atmosphere is amazing and the waiters and waitresses are kind and very professional. The hosts are professional as well. MY family and I have been there twice so far an I can say I am going to go again and again. The first time I went I had the ox artery and I was so impressed because it tasted amazing . Today I had the lamb it was fantastic . The waiter that we had today was amazing and very kind. The waitress that we had the first time I believe her name is Ivy ( not sure ) but she was really good . We saw her today and she remembered that we loved the shrimp and fish paste and she even brought us over this red bean and rice dessert. She is an amazing employee . If your could i would give this place a 10/10 because it’s really and amazing...