text: I have had my fair share of hot pot before hell I worked at a shabu shabu restaurant in the past so it is safe to say I have pretty high standards when it comes to hot pot Though I do acknowledge the differences when it comes down to itnnYZs is a bit confusing it has TaiwaneseChinese style hotpot but sell Yakitori and show cases decor that is Japanese I ordered the Spicy Beef Hot Pot with Ponzu sauce and a side of quail eggsnnThe hot pot broth was indeed spicy came with cabbage enoki mushrooms slices of beef imitation crab clear noodles tofu The side order of quail eggs was a joke there was only and were oddly hard and rubbery in texture Other than spicy the broth was bland The ponzu sauce was overly garlicky and was spicy due to it is rawness and did not accent the flavors of the hot pot To be honest the items in the hot pot did not taste fresh and my flame went out minutes into eatingnnThe service is spotty had to waive down the waitresses a couple of times and did not really recommend anything or mentioned what they served at YZ nnFor I left unsatisfied and they had included an automatic gratuity which had caused some confusion Since they had an optional addition of tip below that auto gratuity I would rather decide if I would like to tip a certain percentage or notnnWould skip on the hot pot here and probably order some skewers or other tapas instead