Tastee Steam Kitchen

"All you can eat Shabu without the eating part is a little sad. Server forgot our order several times and we had to flag down other staff. When food did eventually come, half our order was missing. Too many options around to take a chance on this place again. We were excited to try this place, but left disappointed."

"They have good lunch prices for the mini hot pots. The broth for the beef satay was delicious and there is a good amount of meat and vegetables. It comes with rice or noodles to make sure you are full. It takes some effort to wave down some help. The mini hot pots can fit into a lunch hour as long as you get your order in quickly."

"Hidden gem in Oakland Chinatown! Very comfortable atmosphere. Even if you don't order sea food, the quality and taste is quite good. We had minipot, grilled items, boba, and croquettes. As a sidenote: That robot server makes me happy!!"

"Delicious steamed Asian seafood spot. My group of 4 did the seafood set menu for 6 and it came with 6 dishes. All delicious. What they do is they steam all the seafood and you can use diff toppings from the topping bars to add flavor. One downside is you have to wait for the server to take the dishes out of the steamer. And if it gets busy, they might take a while to get back to you, so the seafood can get over cooked. But regardless, I will definitely be back. The highlight includes a pooridge at the bottom of the steamer, and at the end of all the dishes, the pooridge absorbs all the flavors of the various seafoods steamed previously."

"It's a new find for me. Evidently, this form of steam kitchen format is very popular new form of restaurants in China. The menu is huge. We did not go for the all-you-can-eat hot pot. Instead we went for the steamed pot. The staff did all the cooking in front of our table, making sure all the lovely fresh seafood is cooked to perfection. While some dishes come with special tasty sauces, most vegetables are steamed plainly and we go to the buffet of sauces to make our own concoction of sauce dips. All the seafood we tried, dungeness crab, razor clams, giant clams, scallops and fish were all super fresh and wonderful. Service was good. Only complaint was when we made reservations, we were allowed only choice of either 5:00 or 7:30."