HQ Korean BBQ & Hot Pot Hoover

My kids took me here for Father’s Day. The menu is kinda hard to figure out, Once our waitress explained it ,we got going. They have large variety delicious items.Be warned that somebody has to cook. had a good time with the family. I can’t tell you about the prices because I didn’t pay. My kids say it was reasonable though.

I was in town working and decided to try this place out. What a concept cook your own food and everything is All You Can Eat! Lol I enjoyed the food very much especially the Garlic and the spicy Pork Belly. (So Good) I tried many of the large selections of marinated meats and enjoyed them all with the exception of the Ribeye Fingers, which I found to be way chewy and tuff. My server was fun to speak with and very helpful. Although, I do agree with a couple of the other reviewers about instruction and labeling which meat is what however, not hard to figure out with a little taste testing. Highly recommend this place with family or friends will make it more fun and memorable. Manager or owner not sure checked on me several times and was very welcoming. They also have a Military Discount. I did the Korean BBQ part and very reasonably priced next time I will also add the hot pot part. When I 1st arrived the hostess instructed me about the self help bar. And you can also get your server to bring you sides.

I have been waiting so long for a hot pot place to open in bham metro area!!!!!! How I missed some good hot pot like this... 😭💕💕💕

The employees are very responsive and friendly.

Also I've seen a few negative reviews based on ignorance so I gotta add this.

1) I could understand that the "Chinese donuts" weren't something you expected if you are used to the kind served at American-Chinese buffets. But these are not some "deep fried ripped french bread." They are long fried doughs called youtiao just chopped up into bite size pieces so it would be easier for you to dip into sauces and broth.

2) The main focus of hot pot is the blanching aspect, not the soup aspect. You enjoy the cooked ingredients soaked in the broth, you aren't supposed to be drinking the soup. Same way you wouldn't really drink pasta water or any water that some ingredient were being blanched in! I'm Korean and soups are one of the most important types of dish to us so I see a lot of Koreans getting confused by the purpose of the "soup" in hot pot too, not just Americans. Just sharing my insight about that.

When you have a negative experience at a restaurant, especially with a cultural cuisine that you aren't very familiar with, the best action to take is to talk to the manager, communicate your issues, clear up any confusion, stuff like that. If you have a negative experience on that, or are still not satisfied, or just didn't like it in general, it's absolutely fine and a correct things to do to post reviews and stuff like that. But I feel a bit sad when I see negative reviews based on ignorance and presumtions with racist undertones because 1) you could have had a better experience just by asking some questions or communicating your opinions 2) it hurts their businesses. Especially, small and minority owned residentaurants already have to face an unfair amount of negativity based on the cuisine served, owners race or ethnicity... things like that, not the service and the quality of food.

Please choose kindness and consideration instead of ignorance and hatred! And that way you can fully enjoy the food and also learn new things.

Anyways, I consider myself quite knowledgeable in hot pot with 10+ years of experience in various parts of the world under my belt. I wasn't expecting a lot today because I was simply happy to finally have a hot pot restaurant within 30 minutes of driving from where I live. But both the food and service pleasantly surprised me, and I could see that the owner guy had a lot of passion for hot pot! I'm absolutely coming back here, next time probably with my girlfriend. 👍
Absolutely recommend the king and enoki mushrooms btw. So juicy and tender!! Fried tofu, tofu skins, bok choy, napa cabbage is a must. If you wanna order pho, they're gonna bring out a massive mound of fresh noodles and it's for like 3-4 people at least so if you are going with a party fewer than 3 I do not recommend because there's just so much noodles 😭