Bashu Hot Pot — Restaurant in Orlando

Anybody that's read my reviews have seen my affinity towards hotpot restaurants. Been to the chains like Little Lamb and Bashi. I usually try to be fair and order the same thing. 2 soup pot with mala soup and a bone broth soup. This place has a policy in place for single diners. Only the small single bowl. They wanted to reserve the larger pot for larger parties. Fair enough. I will pay extra for the larger bowl. With that in mind since it's all you can eat they will replenish the broth level to make sure there are no burns. Food was decent with the dipping sauce selection being normal. I did notice the service being uneven having to ask and wait for the meat and water several times. Maybe I'm by myself? Regardless, the shock was when the bill came. They decided the extra payment was my agreeing to pay double. So instead of paying for one I paid for 2. Long story short I told them to call the cops. And I'm disputing the charges with American Express. When and if you decide to go good luck cuz you're not going to get any sympathy with the owner. Oh by the way when the police left they relayed a message from the owner that I would not be welcomed back. Lol sorry, but you couldn't pay...

This place does not compare to any other hot pot place I've been to. For $29 per person, you only have 4 meat options to choose from.. beef, lamb, pork, and one other I can't remember. The meats, you have to ask for because they don't have it at the counter for you to grab yourself. There was very limited seafood.. only blue crab, shelled shrimp, clams, and tilapia. No mussels, no crawfish, no scallops, but lots various imitation seafood meatballs and beef balls which I'm not a fan of. Also the sauce bar was limited as well.

The two spicy broth options that offered were ridiculously spicy. It was so hard to enjoy. We ended up all cooking in one person's pot just because they charge $12.95 to swap out your broth. The chicken broth was bland so I had to add some salt.

Only plus to me was that the service is friendly and she did a good job of clearing out...

Servers' were very friendly and professional. We said we wanted more spicy, and we were very satisfied. But you need to be careful when asking for the extra spicy as it is really hot if you say you want extreme hot. Sometimes, other all you can eat hot pot restaurant's food quality is terrible so that my stomach is messed up the day after I went there. But I HAD NO PROBLEM AT ALL! This shows that the food quality was good. Also, they give us a meat whenever we ask for extra. This is very good because meat can go bad pretty easy if they put it outside the all you can eat section. For the soup, I recommend tomato soup than mushroom. Mushroom soup was not good to be honest, but the spicy soup was awesome. If you want fancy all you can eat hotpot restaurants, go visit other places. BUT IF YOU WANT TO TRY AUTHENTIC ONE, you come to the...