HI House Shabu Shabu & Grill

We just moved to Irvine, CA from Seattle and would like to try some Chinese food in Irvine. My wife told me that Hi House promotes the product - Champion Beef Noodle Soup (紅燒冠軍牛肉麵). Free Refill for Noodle and Soup. Since my kids love noodles, I would say it is a good deal. We went there twice. First time: We ordered the Champion Beef Noodle Soup ( 1 bowl) for my 2 kids, but the soup was mild spicy. But it was fine for them. They enjoyed eating noodles especially free refill. My wife ordered Tomato Beef Noodle Soup (紅燒番茄牛肉麵) and she really loved it. Second time: My kids still wanted to have Champion Beef Noodle Soup. This time, the soup a little bit spicy compared to the dining experience for the first time. They did not like it. Suggestion: 1. Since free refill is the good marketing strategy, why not create a kid's menu where they can enjoy eating, but the soup can be either non spicy or mild spicy? 2. Please make non spicy soup for kids if they love it. Will go back definitely.

Everything is good and delicious; we ordered the lamb skewers, beef skewers, beef tongue skewers, chicken gizzards skewers, chicken cartilage skewers, and spicy dried pot with pork intestines. However, the beef tongue is overcooked and a bit dried. Service is fast.

We came in on a Saturday and the place was empty; we ordered the mixed dry pot, but it wasn't listed on their iPad menu what was in it. Turns out it's a mix of tripe and aorta only with veggies. A little bit disappointed that "a mix" turns out to be just a mix of 2 things, but no complaints about the taste, the dry pot sauce is delicious and not too spicy. The size is huge for 2 people, so we have some leftover perfect for 1 more serving. We also got some skewers: lamb and chicken gizzards. The spices were a bit bland as they put very little initially, so we asked for more spice to be added and they kindly added more and reheated it for us. Overall, I quite like it and the price point is good too for the portion you get. I just wish they had more options for the dry pot toppings, maybe some with lamb or beef, cause I love the seasoning they use, but not a big fan of the limited toppings option. Follow@hangrytrails.us for more OC foods

Hot pots are very basic, but super yummy. They have a large variety of ingredients to order. I enjoyed the lamb as a meat ingredient. It's fun to cook ingredients in small portions chosing your next bite. Great food to eat while having long dinner conversations. I enjoyed this experience.

Super inexpensive shabu shabu. Shared a bowl for 23 and it was great. The coconut curry didn’t taste very coconutty but it was very good. Loved making the soup in front of us!

Located in the same strip mall as Left Coast Brewing near the corner of Irvine Center Drive and Sand Canyon Avenue, Hi House specializes in hot pot, barbecue, and Chinese cuisine. Their menu offers so much variety that it's impossible to sample everything in just one visit, so you'll have to come back again for another visit! Mango Tea was my drink of choice and I was happy about the taste and sweetness but also the serving size. Popcorn Chicken and Spicy Szechwan Wonton were great starters and they were followed by Lamb and Beef Skewers. Surprisingly the lamb was more tender than the beef! We also shared the hot pot and it hit the spot like it usually does. As mentioned before, their menu is expansive so we'll def be back to try something new and different!