Little Dipper Shabu Shabu - Cupertino

I can't hate this place! All You Can Eat and they bring out the meat fast! The meat quality is great and they have Chinese donuts (amazing if you dip in the broth). I've been to both the Fremont and Cupertino location. Probably my favorite AYCE hotpot in the bay area.

This Little Dipper is located in The Crossroads plaza right across from Philz Coffee. This location is bigger and less busy than their Fremont restaurant so I've never had to wait more than 10 minutes for a table. Just like the other location you have the option of ordering AYCE for $30.99 for weekday lunches and $36.99 during weekends and dinner. I love coming to Little Dipper because of the quality and options of meats they have. Their meats are sliced nice and thin which makes it extra tender. Their house sauce is also something you should definitely try. The servers are always very nice and easy to flag down. Most hotpot spots would refill your broth with only the base of the broth regardless of the broth you've ordered, but I've noticed they refilled my neighbor's pot with his Mala broth since that's what he ordered. They were also very nice about switching out my broth without charging me since my first choice of broth wasn't to my liking.

I am missing someAYCE hotpot now! Wish we had something like this caliber in Sacto area.Originally we wanted to try the newly opened Liu yishou hotpot on De Anza Blvd but there was a long line way before they opened. Cousin suggested Little Dipper instead and I am so grateful.No line at all Sat night around 5:45 which was quite a surprise. But hey it was good for us! Service was friendly and fast. We didn't wait long before food was brought to us. Ordering was easy. We marked on the menu directly and handed over to the wait staff and the freshly prepared food came.Overall meat wise my fav was the lamb as it was really tender. All four of us seemed to enjoy the individual soup base at one's choosing. Definitely wanna try other soup base next time.Price was reasonable with the quality and quantity. Ok please do not tell the owner this :

Personal Taiwanese AYCE shabu shabu hot pot with plenty of space on a Saturday night?! Unheard of... til Little Dipper Shabu Shabu came around to Cupertino. Nestled between Sprouts and a line of little stores, this secret hot pot spot seems small from the inside but opens up to two larger rooms with plenty of space. The seating area is a bit dark and the tables are a bit wide, but all of that is but a bit compared to the delicious stocks (def go for the bone broth) and variety of meats. Highlights include the pork belly, Angus beef, Chinese donut (fluffy fried flour goodness) that should be briefly bathed in the hot pot soup and quickly eaten. The mushrooms, tofu and veggies are a must. Wishes there were more true seafood options but can 't go wrong with the seafood balls (watch our for the exploding fish egg insides). Don 't forget to make your mixture of your own sauce my recs include cilantro, soy sauce, ponzu sauce, vinegar, garlic and ShaCha sauce (this soybean mixture). Dip all meats in said mixture. Parking is in a large but busy lot. No line on a Sat night compared to some other hot pot places. Wished service was faster and came around to us more often though the waiter who took over the last 20min was very attentive. Overall def worth the $40/pp (with tax and tip).

Usually go to the Fremont location but this one opened last year and newer. This location is smaller than the other location. But the service is better here since it's not as busy.Arrived at 5 pm on a Friday and it was empty. So ordering was quick, only gripe is you have to get a new menu to order each time. You get to mark each item with a marker. You get a individual pot that you can choose a soup base and use the markable menu for everything else.They cut the meat every time you order so it'll take a few minutes.