Haidilao

Omg...What a great idea for a hot pot restaurant. You pick your choices from menu.
They bring the broths you chose later dishes to cook. Meanwhile there's a area for your choice of appetizers and pick out your dipping sauce.
Sauce meaning many varieties of flavored oils, sauces, chopped garnishes and the like.
After dinner, go back to area for a choice of a few desserts. They're so sweet. Before cooking, they provide a apron and plastic bag for cell phone.

Been here twice and have to say this is the best in Irvine. Everything is so fresh and the side bar has so fresh fruits and soups. Kids get a free kids plate. Highly recommend the tomato soup broth. Service is top notch and gives lots of advice and suggestions.

Food was decent but pricey. Free salad, sauce, shrimp chips, and fruit bar with Chinese dessert. Soup base is a separate cost from the hotpot items. Lunch special combos get sold out early. Everything else is expensive. Ordered the special handmade noodles which comes with a show. The noodle puller does a dance with the noodles. That part was cool and the noodles were good!

Great quality food and excellent customer service. My waiter Joshurr was amazing. Our first time having hot pot and definitely not our last. Thank you for the wonderful experience.