"You can’t write a guide to the best group dinner destinations without at least one Japanese hot pot spot, and our favorite is Shabu Club in the Richmond. Throughout your meal, you’ll see servers constantly rearrange tables in the minimal space to fit a revolving door of groups and entire extended families. It’s also constantly packed with people who are hovering around shared vats of bubbling soup, and dipping all-you-can-eat slices of pork, lamb, and beef into the green sauce that turned this place into a neighborhood legend. Be sure to save room for the free ice cream cones they roll around for dessert." - julia chen 1, patrick wong