Based on 118 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.6 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
2674 Gateway Rd Suite 190, Carlsbad, CA 92009
Phone: (760) 846-0778
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Hours
| Friday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday | 11:30 AM–10 PM |
| Sunday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 4:30–9 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 4:30–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 4:30–9 PM |
| Thursday | 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 4:30–9 PM |
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Reviews
Judy Judy Judy
This is a fantastic Westernized hot pot style restaurant. The food is awesome!!! The servers were more than pleasant, very informative, friendly, and always smiling. Menu selection covered seafood and most meat selections. Sake menu was well rounded. We actually split a regular, 2-combination dinner of sushi-grade salmon and ribeye, veggies, with sake and wine. Our leftovers were made into 2 large, wonderful soups we took home for next-day lunch. I would eat here on a regular basis if I lived here!!!
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Tiffany Franklin
We stumbled upon this shabu shabu restaurant while visiting Encinitas. We walked in and immediately felt like we had been there before. The Shabu shabu was excellent, fresh, crisp taste, all the right flavors and all the right ingredients nothing was missing. The Sukiyaki broth is our favorite base. We pleasantly discovered this restaurant has several locations and we had experienced the Huntington Beach location s couple years back. These two restaurants serve the best Shabu shabu we can find. Can’t wait to go back. Really wish there were a location close to home in Redlands, CA.
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Todd McLeod
This place was amazing. Great service, great food, great atmosphere. Spicy broth. Autographed Anthony Bourdain novel on the wall. Loved it.
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Pamela Firnstein
Very good Japanese Hot Pot. The service was great thanks to Cassandra. She explained everything to make the experience much better! Fresh veggies and high quality meats and delicious broth! The only problem I had was my leftover broth had a hunk of broken plastic in it. I’m glad I saw it before I ate it! That wouldn’t have been good…
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Jaed Arzadon
I’ve eaten at many Shabu places and Tabu Shabu didn’t appeal to my taste buds at all. What makes a great Shabu is the combination of meat, sauces and the soup base. Although the meat was fine, the pork bone soup base was extremely salty. Worst parts are the ponzu which was vinegary, and instead of a sauce, the sesame was a paste that was grainy. From the very first bite, I was not happy. Tabu was also the most expensive Shabu place I’ve ever been to and based on other ratings, was very excited to try it. Unfortunately, it didn’t even come close to my expectations. I thought maybe it was just me, so I asked my wife how she liked it and she too said it was very salty. Definitely not a place I can recommend.
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Brenda Millan
It was our first time being here,what I really like is that the guy that attended to us was really patient and he explained well how the whole thing works, the only thing he forgot to ask is how we wanted the orders to be taken since we were 1 big group but we needed 3 different checks other than that it was really good,I think we would come back another time. Also thank you miss Rachel for your patience too.
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Sarah Wynn
Fantastic experience and delicious!! Waiter guided us beautifully with all of our safe, gluten free choices, and the food was seriously fantastic!! Great great food, really attentive service, and I will definitely go back with my family and friends and make it a regular stop!!
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Papa Stove
Went on their 11th anniversary and paid $11 for a wonderful meal/experience. Quality of food is excellent as well as the customer service!
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Avishek Sarkar
Great food. Must try!
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Dan Rawlins
4.5 stars – lovely little casual restaurant in modern Japanese style. Staff was great, food was super high quality, and drinks were standard fare (various sake, a couple of wines and a handful of beer options). Took off a half star because no reservations system and the hot sake wasn’t actually hot (warm only). Will definitely be going back and highly recommend for a great Shabu Shabu experience in a relaxed setting!
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