“ Insanely cheap AYCE hot pot prices for both their lunch and dinner specials, especially if you choose their simplest A menu. Also open decently late at 1 AM too. Yes, it's cheap. Yes, it's open late. YES, there's unlimited teas (chrysanthemum, passionfruit, and a mysterious 3rd thing), comes with a sauce bar, and a snack/hot foods bar. Is it the cleanest most high quality place? LOL ABSOLUTELY NOT. But you're not here for that, you're here for everything else I've listed. Questionable cleanliness due to the self serve factor, floor is bizarrely slipper but not enough for you to fall, etc. But the staff does try their best to clear tables and clean up any messes and refill things as they happen. Their cheapest A menu comes with 2 different types of beef, lamb, chicken, and sliced pork belly, There are a couple different soup options, and you even have the option of getting 2 soups and there's no extra cost for any of the flavors. For the soup, we got the original broth and the hot and sour soup. Hot and sour was the fav as the original was a tad bland (fixed up quickly by adding in the cilantro and chopped chilies from the sauce bar). We ended up trying everything except the chicken. Pork is thinly sliced and boils white, but not bad. Most of our meat ended up being their beef and lamb, which is perfectly fine, but a couple seconds overcooked it becomes chewy. For veggies and other self serve items in the fridge there was various seafood, veggies (love the baby corn), tofu (tofu skin, fish tofu, etc.), quail eggs, corn on the cob, potato, kabocha pumpkin, etc. Just wish that they had full size chicken eggs. For the snacks/self serve hot and deli area there's seasoned peanuts, cucumber salad, tea eggs (I think...), fried buns and condensed milk, egg rolls, etc. Good amount of food to go with your non-hot pot meal. Servers were quick to grab dirty dishes and ask us if we needed more meat, as well as refill our broth. All in all a great place for super cheap AYCE hot pot later at night. ”

“ PiChaiYuan hotpot is so worth it. For AYCE, the price is so reasonable. With 3 tiers, the most expensive at $38 and least at $25 during dinner is great. My SO and I checked this spot out because we were disappointed that Hai Di Lao ends their AYCE after 5pm. Got here with a little wait but we were seated about 25ish mins or so after check in on their IPad. They were pretty attentive and kept everything in stock. You get to automatically choose 2 soup types, both of which were good and spicy. Even for mild spicy, it had a good kick, so be warned . Decent selection of seafood, veggies, drinks and other apps. You are allowed to order 3 plates of meat at a time. We stuck with the ribeye and enjoyed every minute of it. I would definitely recommend this spot if you're not looking to send $50+ per a person and just want that OG hotpot experience. The restaurant isn't the biggest but the parking lot is. ”

“ PiChaiYuan Hot Pot is AYCE Chinese hot pot place. Their soup base is less on the flavorful side as they emphasize on the taste of their meat and other items along with making your own dipping sauce. Their price is really reasonable for AYCE dinner price. Set A is $24.95 pp and Set B is $29.95 pp. The difference between each set is their quality/selection of red meat. Besides the beef, lamb, and chicken, the sets also include self-serve seafood (squid, clams, mussels), and veggies. Their service is very attentive and efficient. This restaurant is located in a plaza with ample amount of parking spots. Highly recommend! ”

“ Exploring new places for hot pot and picked this one to try. The selections of vegetables and seafoods were abundant. It's included with the meat choice of combo. From the basic to the waygu beef premium. Order your cuts of meat through the servers and the rest is at the cooler for your picking. Mix your own dipping sauce at one of the stations. They have small selection of dessert items, very basic, fried milk bun served with condensed milk. It was a bit dry since it was sitting out for quite sometime, the red bean filling sesame balls were a bit stale. Service was great! We went there around 5:30pm on a weekend night and there was no waiting. ”

“ If you need a quick cheap ayce hot pot fix, this is it. It will get packed during peak hours, feels hot & busy inside; it becomes like eating in Asia minus the flies lol. For the value, the meat quality is alright ~ very similar to Happy AYCE in Rosemead. All the meats are good, just don't get #5 marinated garlic beef - tasteless in a hot pot and has an annoying texture. The spicy broth in mild has a great taste and the hot & sour broth is actually pretty good for the fish fillets and seafood items. The sauce bar is a bit lacking but the small amount of sides offered are all actually pretty good (pork ears, sesame ball, chicken wings, tea eggs, chrysanthemum & passion fruit tea). Cold fridges is where it's at. In one glance you will see an assortment of meatballs to tofu cubes/sheets, then looking further down, you see many veggies (napa, spinach, pumpkin) to mushrooms to even quail eggs. You get carbs in fresh/frozen noodle forms as well. I really like their fridge varieties, which compliments the broth quite well. The big dude serving, hosting, and bussing everything is commendable. He is Captain Hotpot. Not afraid to handle new tables while taking orders for current ones, he even remembers who ordered what. The one-man army carried ~20 plates of meat and managed to give them all correctly, I'm very impressed by his efficiency and demeanor in handling 15 tables at once, didn't even flinch or rest. They need more servers. This place is about value and it does it right. You won't get everything you want (cold AC, vast side selection, fine-dining interior), but you will get full for sure. ”

“ Service was extremely good. They immediately sat us, took our meat order, and came back over and over again when they see the meat plate empty to ask if we need more. I went on a Friday right when they open at 11:30am and there was for sure no wait. They started getting busy around 12pm. It was almost full house. It was around $17 per person (cheapest menu). Definitely worth the price with the amount of variety they offer. The peanuts they had were very addictive! I love it! Hot and sour soup was delicious. No regret giving this new affordable place a try. Would come back again! ”

“ OMG, you guys! Hot pot AYCE for only $16.95?! And we get to order THREE meats each time?! That's such a steal! ‍ Who's down to stuff ourselves? The service is also speedy and the staff are very polite! Free drinks (chrysanthemum tea and passion fruit tea) and sauce are also included. In terms of the ambience, it is a pretty chill environment. This deal is only from 11:30 to 4:30, so let's go! #hotpotlover #ayce #fooddeals ”