Jazmine B.
Yelp
This is it! Best so far.
4.5/5 stars for Bashu Hot Pot.
Food: Everything I was looking for (quail eggs, stuffed fish balls, fish tofu, fish cakes, etc). Wish there was fish ball with roe, but alas- haven't found that hot pot place yet. Not that many vegetables/rice cakes to choose from, but had a good selection of seafood, mushrooms, noodles, etc. The spicy soup and mushroom soup bases were pretty good, and you can ask to adjust the spice level. Sauce station had all the essentials. I'm docking 0.5 star because the self-serve food was just left out in the open (buffet style) with no covers or anything, which I am not used to...
Set-up: Individual pots or one large pot that you can split into two soups. You can control your stove heat. The pots are not set into the table. Everything (except the meat/soup/drinks) is self-served. The waitresses were super attentive and friendly!
Ambiance is solid; I particularly enjoyed the interior design choices and the Chinese TV channels on a nice medium volume. Pretty clean, as well. They sanitize pretty heavily after guests leave! Also, we came in around ~1:30 on a Saturday, and it wasn't too busy.
BTW, masks required (as they should)! :0)
I would 100% come back. They're also right next to a BBQ place, as well as a bubble tea shop.