This place is ok for hotpot and bbq. Keep in mind this is a All You Can Eat restaurant. There are a decent amount of choices for the hot pot meats/veggies as well as the BBQ meats. Downstairs they have tables with a grill and individual hot pots. The tables are huge even though there is always a line now unless you eat off hours. For 2 people, we decided to skip waiting for our own and share a table with other people.

Noodles pretty good, but service sucks big time. It’s probably why this place is PERMA CLOSED.

XLB was just ok. Price was cheap.

Expensive for what it is.

Overrated. I don’t get why people think this is good. Rather go to Shake Shack or something else.

Ok spot.

Interesting decor. They have a shark drink where it has a bunch of blood on it. Notice a bunch of people bring their dates here.

Was a Mezcal speak easy place when I went. Decent mezcal based cocktails. It had a change of ownership recently.

Like Ippudo, this was supposedly another must-try ramen place that was highly raved by the NYC food scene. I got to this spot right when they opened, and there was already a small line outside in this frigid cold weather. Inside, they have counter top seating for 1-2 people as well as a some picnic table setups for larger parties. There was no David Chang spotted here, but how was the food?

One of my goals was to knock out some popular Momofuku establishments. SSAM was one of them. The SSAM Bar is on the San Pellegrino world’s 50 best restaurants list at the time of this writing. The service style is basically family style, so there are a lot of sharing plates. Portions are small for large groups probably, but decent sized for small groups 2-4. The decor has a very modern feel to it.