Message from Quickly Shabu Shabu

The spot for cook-it-yourself Japanese hot pots and cool tea shakes
  • Lunch Special : $8.95
  • Dinner Start From $12.95
  • Including One Bubble Tea Drink

Quickly offers the traditional beef shabu shabu for purists, as well as a choice of chicken, pork, bacon, lamb, beef tripe, seafood or vegetarian for experimentalists. The meat is sliced paper thin, and takes seconds to cook in a hot pot of simmering broth, which comes in three variations - traditional Japanese dashi style, spicy Sichuan, and Korean kimchi. The meat is accompanied by a generous heaping of vegetables, tofu, mushrooms, crabsticks, fishballs, meatballs, corn, as well as udon and vermicelli. Quickly's shabu shabu set comes with your choice of the restaurant's signature bubble tea and other fun beverages in a myriad of flavors and variations (90 to be exact). Starting at $12.95 for a set, you get your fill without draining your pocket. If you still can't get enough, the restaurant offers additional pickings a la carte as well.

MarkerQuickly Shabu Shabu

(212) 431-0998

237B Grand St
New York, NY 10002

Editorial Description by Citysearch
Group-friendly shabu-shabu (meat cooked in hot broth) with lunch specials, bento box, bubble tea, and two types of beer.
Rated 9.0 out of 10 by Citysearch.
5 Reviews by Citysearch: (read all 16 reviews on Citysearch)

AMAZING... but busy! 5 Star Rating - World class

The food here is great and the shabu shabu is a pretty good deal with your free drink! The only problem is the restaurant is TINY, so you need to come at an off-peak time.

Pros: Great food
Cons: Crowded
Posted 11/20/07 at 11:26am

Loved It 5 Star Rating - World class

My friend and I went last night after reading all the reviews. I am so glad I tried it. I'd been going to another shabu shabu place in chinatown, but that closed down, so I haven't been for a while. This place is fairly priced, though if you eat a lot, beware, this is not the place for large appetites. The meals start at 12.95 for an assortment of veggies,a couple slices of meat, and noodles, and included in the meal is a bobba drink. The expensive part comes if you order additional sides such as meat or vegetables, as those plates aren't that small, and the prices do add up. I do like this place, its clean, the food is fresh, and presentation is nice. The place is small, despite having both an upstairs and downstairs, and tables don't open up quickly, so be ready for a wait if there are no tables. Overall, definitely would go back.

Pros: clean, cute
Cons: small space, tables arranged akwardly
Posted 03/11/07 at 2:51pm

shabu at its best 3 Star Rating - Satisfactory

really fresh food. good for vegetarians too, because you can boil your own little thing of soup instead of the traditional sharing between one entire table and having your food swim in meat. pretty good service and great deal too.

Pros: food, service, really clean, great deal
Cons: gets crowded
Posted 11/24/06 at 7:50pm

I love this place 5 Star Rating - World class

I am crazy about shabu shabu. Unfortunately, it's not that popular here as it is in asia. The few Shabu Shabu Restaurants you can find are quite expensive. This is by far the best Shabu Shabu I have in the city. The food is fresh and broth is tasty. I also love the bubble tea it comes with. There are a lot of different flavors. Yummy.....

Pros: Good Service, Fresh food, Yummy Bubble Tea
Cons: Parking
Posted 09/11/06 at 12:00am

Best restaurant found in chinatown, NY 5 Star Rating - World class

I love Shabu Shabu and I found that Quickly Shabu Shabu is the best place to go in the city. The foods are very fresh and tasty. The restaurant is very clean compare to other chinese restaurants in Chinatown. Friendly services, plus, it's very economical, you will get a free bubble tea with the meal. I have to say that the bubble tea is fabulously good taste. I do recommand this restaurant for anyone who loves Shabu Shabu and bubble tea or anyone who likes to try out something new.

Pros: Food, Service and price
Posted 09/11/06 at 12:00am