Shabu House

I had my first Shabu Shabu experience here and honestly it was incredible. I made a reservation for a Thursday night at 6pm, and when we arrived, the restaurant was fairly empty so I would say 6pm is a great time to go.
We told the waiter it was our first time and he explained the process to us: basically you pay a little over $ 30 for an all you can eat experience, so go hungry! You choose 1 soup from a choice of 3, fill it into your metal bowl and take it back to your table, where you then boil it. You then dump in your choice of meats (beef, pork, calamari, crab etc) along with your veggies, and cook! There’s also a wide range if sushi, prawn nigiri and salmon nigiri were great, there was also a spicy crab roll which set my mouth on fire (in a good way).
Overall the experience was great! I wouldn’t recommend this place if you have a small appetite as you won’t be able to enjoy it fully. Also, as you will be walking around every 15 – 20 mins getting more meat and veg to cook, I would suggest going early to beat the large crowds that gather at around 7, as you will then have to share ;) Overall, a great dining experience and would recommend to everyone!

I was in Brisbane on a business trip and hungry and wanted hot pot — it’sreally hard to eat hot pot as a single person, so I was super excited when this one had individual pots. I got more excited when I discovered there was also a sushi buffet, though the star is the hot pot. I’ve been here twice.
pros:
The selection of sushi was pretty good, mostly rolls, but they had nigiri sushi of shrimp, octopus, and fresh salmon. there’s salad and a few other things as well. The vegetables tofu and other items were good as well. There’s also a hot food area which I didn’t eat too much of but one of the kinds of chicken wings were not bad.
the meats were of good quality, they have two kinds of beef, pork, and some seafood such as prawns, squid, etc. It would be nice if they had lamb though.
Value is good at about $ 30 a person. Both times I was here the waitstaff were super nice, helped explain the place to me, got more ingredients when the restaurant was closing, and were generally pretty attentive and friendly.
I would definitely come back here bbecause I really like the option of having an individual hot pot. and its a nice way to eat a healthy meal with little fat.

The concept is fun, but I think by the end of the meal it’s a really expensive bowl of soup.

This has quickly become one of my favourite restaurants. Shabu Shabu is a Japanese hot pot meal — apparently the name Shabu Shabu comes from the «swish swish» sound of cooking in a hot pot.
Shabu House is hidden up some stairs on Mary Street, a bit out of the way but it really is a hidden treasure. There’s also a Korean restaurant next door that looks great, but I’m yet to try it.
The staff are all very friendly and attentive, though not all speak great English. I tried to ask what some of the stranger items on the menu were but the girls serving our table didn’t know how to explain in English. But if you’re an adventurous eater that shouldn’t be a problem, and rest assured there is nothing scary on this menu.
There’s a button on your table, which you press when you want to call over your waiter to order. The hot pots, Shabu Shabu are really fun and interactive with each person getting their own individual hot pot.
There is a choice of 4 broths (soup base) — Tom Yum (spicy/​sour), Chicken, Katsobushi (mild, Japanese dry fish soup) and Konbu (vegetarian), Then choose from beef, seafood, pork or vegetable for your meat or shabu.
The spicy Tom Yum soup broth is my favourite, and it’s not ridiculously spicy. If you choose beef or pork you get lots of thin slices of frozen meat which cook very quickly. If you choose seafood you will get a wide range of seafood including prawns, baby octopus, scallops and mussels.
All ShabuShabu meals come with tofu, fish balls, mushrooms, cabbage, bok choy and noodles. You can also extras to go into your hot pot including pumpkin, vegetables, more types of mushrooms, extra meat or seafood. But unless you’re really hungry, the standard items are more than enough. Dip your cooked vegetables or meat in the different dipping sauces.
They also sell Japanese dishes like sushi, sashimi, side dishes like Gyoza and Edamame and tempura.
Shabu House now has a fully licensed bar and have a wide variety of Sake and Korean liquors.
Try the House teas, especially the cold Toketsu Geisha which is strawberry green tea with lemon, mint and orange pieces. So cold and refreshing!

My partner stumbled upon this place when visiting the Aquarius day spa in the same complex and knowing that we both loved Japanese food and in particular hot-​pot style dining we thought we just had to try it.
The restaurant itself is hidden away up a flight of stairs off Mary Street and down a hallway and unless you were looking for it off the street or heard of it from a friend its one of those places that most people probably don’t know about.
Its very casual and commercialized with a large seating capacity, the now common ‘press a button for service’ technology and hotpot heaters indented into the tables. The menu is quite extensive with several options for shabu-​shabu (clearly the star meal here) and a range of extras to add to your soupy concoction. The service is speedy and the food is great value for money compared to some of the other restaurants in Brisbane of this type.
I recommend the Tom Yum soup with your shabu shabu as it from my experience is the most tasty but there are 3 other options if you so chose. The restaurant is licensed and they accept large bookings or functions.

I love my Shabu Shabu. I like the fact that you can partake in your dinner. That it’s an experience, not only a meal. My husband on the other hand doesn’t understand the whole cook the dinner yourself concept if you’re paying ‘someone else to do it’. This place did change his opinion slightly… which is really saying something.
I think it’s because the whole concept is asian. Asian families grow up sharing food around a table and everyone sticks their chop sticks in and voila! Sharing is caring people!
What differentiates this place from all the other Japanese Restaurants that offer Shabu Shabu is the fact that it’s not one broth to cook from… it’s a choice of 4. Which is unusual. There is the Tom Yum, Chicken, Katsobushi or the Konbu to choose from. My favourite is the Katsobushi… but I love the options!
They also have set lunches for $ 12.80… miso soup, sushi, a katsudon and 3 different garnishes for this price… super duper!
Flavour is pretty authentic I’ve got to say, and you’ve always got to love a place that takes it’s shabu shabu so seriously it names the restaurant after it.
Definetely worth a try.

If I told any of my family back home that I PAYED to cook my own food at a restaurant
they would chortle at me, the silly city slicker.
And although the thought is slightly odd,
the experience of dumping food in a hot broth can be quite fun.
Shabu House is a great new restaurant in the city.
If not for the food, come for the beautiful and fresh décor,
the lighting is perfect and is helped along with the abundance of pot plants everywhere.
The sushi platters are impressive and ever so yummy,
But my favourite is the Shabu Shabu.
Named after the swishing noise the ingredients make,
this is essentially a japanese hot pot with: beef, fish tofu, rice stick, bean sprouts, assorted mushrooms,
long cabbage, bok choy, crown daisy, noodles and tofu (phew!)
You simply arrange your ingredients and one by one dump them in the slowly bubbling soup and wait.
The end result is a delicious and nutritious concoction.
My favourite way to end the evening is to order a pot of the tasty and refreshing Uja tea (A Korean Orange tea with orange slices and mint)
and watch the K-​Pop on the giant television screens.
A definite Must-​Do if you’re in the city.