First time at Sōke? Here’s how it works

Your first visit, step by step

1. Pick BBQ, hot pot or both

   Tell your server what you would like. All you can eat is $24.99 a person at weekday lunch and $34.99 at dinner, for 90 minutes; add BBQ and hot pot together for $5 a person. The whole table picks the same option. Prefer to order plate by plate? Everything is also à la carte.

2. Choose your broths

   For hot pot, pick up to four broths for your pot: beef bone, pork bone, miso, mushroom, pho broth, Sichuan spicy, spicy beef sate, spicy pure green or Thai tom yum. Non-spicy broths can be made spicy; just ask.

3. Order in rounds

   Order meats, seafood, vegetables and noodles a few plates at a time. Smaller rounds keep everything fresh and nothing goes to waste.

4. Cook at your table

   Thin cuts like brisket and bulgogi need a minute or two a side on the grill. In the pot, seafood is done once it turns opaque, and balls and dumplings once they float. Servers walk first-timers through it.

5. Mix your sauce

   Head to the make-your-own sauce bar and build a dipping sauce for the grill and the pot.

6. Save room for dessert

   Mochinut is under the same roof, with mochi donuts and bubble tea. Sōke also makes chè, taiyaki and whole coconut ice cream.