Kanpai BBQ & Shabu - All You Can Eat

I can't say enough good things about this place. The quality, taste and variety of hot pot food was out of this world, and the service was amazing because our server is not only warm and friendly but highly informative and helped us decide from so many tempting choices with his expert description of everything. and there's no complicated pricing. One price for everything. That's it. Simple! His recommendations were perfect. We will definitely be back!

Tried this place for my wife’s 40th birthday for 35 people! Ronnie the Manager is exceptional. He set everything up and really helped ensure the celebration was amazing! And our servers Ben and Kelvin were extremely attentive, kept the beats coming, and forced us to eat ice cream! 🤷🏽‍♂️ Between the quality of the meats and outstanding service this place has my vote for San Diego’s best Japanese BBQ!

My kids took my husband and I here for a weekend lunch celebration. The restaurant was separated into hot pot section and BBQ section. They wanted BBQ so we all have to have it unless we want to split up and eat separately. It's nice they include lunch pricing on the weekend. The buffet area was clean and kept stocked. The meats we had to order from the server. Service was courteous but nobody was clearing our used plates so we had to move them ourselves. There were nice variety of veggies, noodles, and seafood options. My kids will probably want to go back to try the new menu with wagyu BBQ

We came here at 4 PM on a Sunday and found plenty of parking. Last time we tried coming here, we could not find any parking spot that we left after circling a few times. We were seated right away. At this time, we only had the option to either do BBQ or Shabu shabu. One table cant have 1 bbq and 1 shabu. Our first order, we had the pork belly, brisket, wagyu rib fingers, and spicy baby octopus. The restaurant had a veggie bar, sauce bar, soups, & drinks area that is included with the AYCE. While we waited for our meat, we got some sauce, veggies, & drinks. After we devoured our first order, which were very good. We ordered the beef tongue and the wagyu steak. All I can say is, just the wagyu steak alone makes this dinner very worth it. It had the perfect marbling and it just melted in your mouth. They dont have many meat selections or bonchon selections. But the wagyu meat makes up for it. This is a definite yes on repeat visit. Just need to plan for when it’s not that busy to get good parking.

Great Sunday Lunch Experience We had a great Sunday lunch here! The food is pretty good, especially considering the price compared to other AYCE BBQ places we've tried in San Diego, like Fire Spot and Manna. They offer great deals for Saturday and Sunday lunch. There’s a nice variety of side dishes and drinks, and they even include ice cream for dessert, which is a nice touch. The staff are helpful and bring the food out really fast. Highly recommend for a weekend BBQ outing! There is a table that can have both BBQ and hot pot with +$4/person.

Firt time eating shabu- the experience was great! Food was delicious! Long wait in a Sunday, but worth the wait! We were told if we weren't satisfied with the soup selection we could changed- no extra cost- I picked the mushroom soup and hicken (mushroom soup not too bad) but I need it more flavors on it-so I choose the "curry soup"- so I was brought a new serving of pot with my two soup selection: curry soup and chicken ☺️😋

Dinner was wonderful. 1st timer but service was excellent. Staff were really sweet and checked in often. Food was great. Loved the all-in-one cost for food, drink, and dessert. Coconut balls were yummy. Small seafood variety but it was enough. Veggie selection was good. Love me some enoki, wood ear mushrooms, & chrysanthemum leaves. Loved to unlimited milk tea (could have been a little stronger) and calpico. Will be back!