Spring Shabu Shabu
“We then ordered the meats we wanted before getting all the noodles, veggies, fish balls, etc our little hearts desires.”
“Yummyyyyy
The soup bases are good too…the pork with spicy broth is where it's at!!”
“Order your broth: The standard pork broth was okay, but making your own upgrade via the sauce station makes it even better.”
Spring Shabu Shabu
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Great hot pot restaurant. IMO the key to all hot pot spots should be individualized pots. Dump your own stuff info the pot, soup base will morph into whatever you desire, not someone else's.
Not much meat selection, super basic staple selection of beef, lamb,and tripe. Well priced, that's a plus. Can't say enough about the veggie selection though. That's the buffet portion of the meal. Numerous options spanning about three aisles. Leafy choices, fibrous choices to help with the constipated, starchy choices, etc. Also an aisles worth of fish/meat balls and tofu. Some are better than the other, never really tried to remember which is which. Just grab one of each, and stick with the one I enjoyed for the rest of the dinner. Repeat every meal… Last aisle consists of carbs (rice and plethora of noodles) and dumplings. Dumplings kinda suck. Not a fan of noodles in general so I skip. Rice is great for congee. End the meal stuffed.
Also great selection of sauces. Usual stuff plus a few not usually seen including the puree chives, personal favorite.
This spot is for all you health nuts out there! It's more concentrated on unlimited choices of veggies, noodles, and fish balls. Meats are a la carte. For the price your paying. It's not too bad. I do have to say though. Most of their choices of fish balls are mostly dough. Try not to fill yourself with such! Definitely order up the seafood selections. I felt like you'll get more bang for your buck. If it's a small group or just the 2 then either is fine. Definitely enjoy their fresh ramen, roe fish balls, and seafood platter ! Parking around there is quite hard. I would say just toss it in the lot across the street.
I'll go ahead and say it, this is probably the closest resemblance to Taiwanese hotpot that I've experienced stateside thus far, despite the fact that the name contains the words shabu shabu (Japanese) and it is supposedly under Korean ownership.
Located on the second floor of the modern Queens Crossing shopping complex in the heart of Flushing, I could almost imagine myself mistakenly inside the 101 or the Sogo shopping mall in Taipei, with its ultra-modern decor complemented by the clean and spacious arrangement of dining space with buffet line. Unlike other hot pot establishments, each diner has their own hot pot well at their table and one is free to regulate the heat level and turning it on/off with push-button controls. Broth offerings include a pork bone and dashi broth that come in spicy/nonspicy versions, and a mushroom/vegetable broth. The pork bone broth is one of the most solid broths I've had to date and I highly recommend that you request the chili/chinese herb/peppercorn seasoning to be placed on the side so you can regulate your spice level or spend the first half of your experience non-spicy and then add it in at the end if say you want to conclude with a spicy noodle soup to finish your meal. I also found dipping my food in the concentrated spice mixture probably added a more clarified hit of spice than would otherwise be present in the broth itself.
Base prices are $10.95 for lunch and $14.95 for dinner ($2 extra for Fri-Sun and major holidays) so lunch is definitely the friendliest on your wallet. The base price includes access to the following:
Vegetables: probably the freshest most extensive selection I have encountered anywhere. Multiple types of asian greens (including dandelion greens which I have never seen anywhere else) as well as non-traditional options such as swiss chard and kale for those trying to create their own fusion hot pot. Multiple types of mushrooms (wood ear, oyster, enoki, shitaki, crimini, button), starches (potato, taro, kabocha squash, acorn squash, korean sweet potato), this is like an all-star lineup of fresh-cut veggies taken from a farmer's market and asian grocery store all piled into one.
Noodles: I counted at least 8 distinctive noodle types and varieties including fresh ramen noodles, green tea pulled noodles, soba, udon, rice cakes, hand torn noodle pasta resembling orrechiete. If you're a fan of creating your own noodle soup with customized toppings, this is your own personal noodle nirvana. Good luck trying to find a place where you can have as many bowls as you like for this base price.
Hot pot odds/ends: good variety of fish cake products including fish tofu/fish balls (unique with crunchy roe), an imitation vegetarian option and some other unique options such as thin dried tofu skins, tofu sheets, yam cakes, and dumplings both full size and miniature versions.
Sauce bar: lots of options to customize one's dipping sauce including some house made concoctions and the usual suspects and a very unique blueberry yogurt sauce which is maybe a little way out in left field even for me, but it's there for the adventurous.
Ice cream: soft serve of chocolate/vanilla found at your typical cheap buffet which is definitely the weak spot since in Taiwan you have access to a whole tub of Haagen Dazs so I would like to see them upgrade this to say a green tea/black sesame option someday.
Vegetarians and light protein eaters will love this joint, but for those who are dependent on consuming high amounts of meat/seafood, there are additional charges of around $3-5 for each small plate of beef/pork/lamb/seafood, which can inflate the final bill significantly, although I must say the quality of the proteins are very good (especially the head-on shrimp). Sharing these options amongst a large group allows more sampling while keeping the tab reasonable. Hot tea is complimentary but the Japanese beers are served in a frosty mug and optimally carbonated to pair well with the food. For the ballers where cost is of no consequence, I noticed some tables had tonkatsu and shrimp dumplings so
there must be some secret menu aside from the buffet for additional add-ons.
For those who are OK with sacrificing quantity of meat/seafood for sheer diversity of all other things hot pot, the quality, freshness, and variety is unmatched with the added bonus of outstanding value (especially for lunch).
Rolled through with a party of 8 on a busy Saturday night. The majority of their tables seat parties of two or four. I was asked if we preferred to sit together (a longer wait) or if we didn't mind splitting up (a shorter wait). I opted for the longer wait because I'm needy and like to hang out with all of my friends. Make sure you lie about the meet up time to all your friends who tend to show up late since they won't seat you until everyone in your group is there.
The breakdown is pretty simple: Pick your soup base, and pick a meat (optional $4-$6 more). If you don't, you won't me missing out on much because there are literally mountains of greens, fish balls, and misc. stuff like bamboo, sausage, crab meat, etc. They have a good selection of sauces as well for you to mix and match.
The service here is very attentive and friendly. The hostess kept checking up on us while we were waiting and was very organized. Our waiter constantly refilled our water and our soup bases.
Great experience, for all AYCE hot pot, it is a great price. Will be back.
Love love this place. The $16.95 base price gets you a choice of soup (vegetarian, spicy veg, pork, and spicy pork) and unfettered access to the buffet of vegetables, meat balls, fish balls, fish cakes, various types of noodles and ramen, mini sausages, dumplings, and the sauce bar. That by itself can fill you up. If you must have a protein, it's priced by portion, ranging from $5-$7 for meat or seafood.
It's always pretty clean, and, depending on your party size, there may be a wait but it's not that bad unless you're over a party of 6. The servers are very attentive and always make sure your soup and drinks are refilled. have been to this place many times, and i imagine when it gets colder i'll be there again.
Gotta love the feeling of regret after you get your 4th round of food from the AYCE buffet ! Jokes aside, this place is pretty on point. Our server was super nice and energetic and consistently made sure everything was up to par and our waters were refilled. Onto the food.
Soup base choices: Spicy pork bone, pork bone, dashi (and one more but I forgot)
The addition of meat is $4-6 depending on the cut of meat. You only get one plate of meat but I think it's necessary sometimes to get that variety into the hotpot because their buffet is meat-less. A bit pricey for just a plate of meat but it really just depends on your mood. The buffet itself is pretty nice and well laid out. Lunch prices are really worth it because it's pretty cheap and dinner prices aren't too bad either. Their sauce bar has literally everything you need as well. Definitely recommend coming here if it's cold out and you're feeling like you want some soup and things. If I had to pick any bad thing to say about this place is that they don't have any seafood selections and their meat-game can be improved a bit but I would definitely come back for lunch. Gotta love hot pot !!
If you love veggies, you would love here! First you choose a broth (free) and the meat and seafood at a cost(~5-8 dollars but it wasn't necessary). The buffet bar was extensive and they have everything from noodles to fungi, approximately 50 different selections. We went during weekend lunch and per person was 14+whatever you order for meat. Very friendly service too.
Walked in around 7:45pm with two friends and we were seated immediately. The waiter introduced us to the different broth types before taking our order for drinks. We then ordered the meats we wanted before getting all the noodles, veggies, fish balls, etc our little hearts desires. Don't order too much meat like we made the mistake of doing as there is so much to eat and choose from. It's around $17/$18 per person before tax and not including meat. Even if you don't get meat, there are so many other things that have meat in them like sausages and fish balls that people don't even order meat at all. The meat and seafood that we ordered were fresh and there was a good amount of food to choose from in the buffet sections!