Mo-Mo-Paradise - Japanese restaurant in Rowland Heights - 17596 Colima Rd, USA

Do not recommend this restaurant! ! ! First of all, the service is very poor. Their reservation system is useless. I made a reservation at the open table for 19:45 and arrived at 19:30 to complete the check-in. However, I still waited for more than half an hour. It started from 19:45. After waiting for more than half an hour, I was very angry! I was dropped into the queue of guests without a reservation. Terrible management! There were very few waiters. They did not take away the empty plates or add soup to our pots. They ignored us until our pots were almost dry. In the end, we added water ourselves. I don’t understand their service. How can you have the nerve to charge service fees from guests? They also openly charge guests an 18% service fee. I don’t know why an AYCE restaurant needs to charge a mandatory service fee. This is really disgusting, and their service is very poor! Let’s talk about the dishes. The vegetables are quite fresh and replenished in a timely manner. The ice cream after the meal was well received. It is a very high-quality ice cream. But the meat is not so good. We ordered three kinds of beef. The problem is that the quality of the meat is average. There will be a lot of dirt left in the soup after cooking. The meat is also average and feels old, not very tender. Meat. Overall everything is poor, especially the service! Very poor service and the forced service charge is disgusting.

I came here on the recommendation of a friend and had a very delicious meal. Luckily, I was able to seated right away without having to wait(at 11:45am). A friendly server explained how to use the hotpot and once the hotpot and meat were set up, I brought vegetables, fish balls, noodles, etc. from the salad bar. You can put it in and eat it. There is curry in the salad bar, and I enjoyed it. The sauce called taberu rayu was especially delicious. It was really good to put a lot of sesame seeds and green onions on top of the sauce and eat it with meat and rice. I ate at lunchtime and tried 4 types of meat. Among them, the beef short plate was the most delicious. If you want to sit in an additional booth seat, it would be a good idea to make a reservation in advance and keep in mind that an 18% tip is automatically added.

For an all-you-can-eat hot pot, their meat quality is just average, and the self-service hot pot bar is quite disappointing. They only have vegetables and tofu, no seafood or hot pot balls. In terms of appetizers, they only offer all-you-can-eat curry rice, unlike other restaurants like All That Shabu or Happy Lamp Hot Pot, which provide a much more diverse selection. The price isn't any cheaper, and they automatically add an 18% service fee, $48.5 per person. After trying it once, I won't be coming back.

All you can eat hot pot with high quality meats. They have a large selection of in-house drinks as well. Price is on the higher end with 18% tip automatically applied. While the quality of the meat still remains high, feel like the variety of meats have decreased from when I went few years ago. Their beef belly and udon salad are my favorites. Wish they had a larger sauce bar. It tends to get pretty crowded here, so reservation is needed on weekends. Ambiance can be loud due to the people. Service can be slow or forgotten sometimes.

Never been to this location before decided to come here because it was closest to me. It was nice. There was a good size parking lot and it’s similar to other locations in style and meets expectations as usual. Everything was perfect. Staff was friendly and helpful, meat qualify was great, refreshments bar is always good, and they have curry and rice available near all the vegetables which is my favorite. Definitely coming back next rainy day for some more hot pot.

Mo-Mo Paradise is hands down my favorite hotpot place ever. I’ve been on a hotpot phase and I always come back here. The service is amazing and I never have to wait to be seated. Everything is all you can eat! You order a broth and meats with your server, but all the sides/sauces are buffet style. The Japanese curry is my favorite over rice. For a few more dollars you can even get unlimited boba drinks. There is even ice cream at the end! Flavors depend on the day but all are delicious. The price is pretty affordable compared to other hotpot places and the quality is amazing. This place is a must try 11/10 :)

Taste :4.5/5 Environment: 4.3/5 Service：4.3/5 This place is a paradise for hot pot lovers, offering unlimited servings of high-quality meats, vegetables, noodles, rice, sauces, and desserts for a reasonable price. We chose the shabu-shabu option, which comes with two types of broth: original and spicy. The broth was flavorful and aromatic, and we could adjust the heat level to our liking. The meat selection was impressive, featuring lean beef, fatty beef, beef belly, beef chuck eye, kurobuta pork shoulder, pork belly, chicken breast, and chicken thigh. All the meats were thinly sliced and tender, and they cooked quickly in the broth. Another highlight of the meal was the **udon salad**, which was a refreshing contrast to the hot pot.

Meats are good, veggie selection feels adequate. 18% mandatory service fee even with a party of 1, unreasonable for a self serve place.