Sizzling Lunch Berkeley in Berkeley

The marinara sauce is an odd combination to Asian style sizzling pasta on an iron plate. The amount of beef is not much. The rice plates are a bit dry. You need to add shoyu or soy sauce to make it more moist. The pepper grinder doesn’t work very well. The whole pepper came out. Overall, not as good as the overseas counterparts.

I’ve been to the original Pepper Lunch in Taipei and in the Philippines. This is as good as it gets if not better. They have vegan friendly options 🌱 & multiple add ins! Love being able to order at the table with the pad, very user friendly and convenient. Delish and fast. Thanks Bob for the great experience of our beloved sizzling hot plates.

I guess it’s a copy brand try to be Paper lunch from China. It’s been opened for a week. All the main dishes are more than $15. Most of the dishes has no bean sprouts or other vegetables. I remember paper lunch is always has the egg and bean sprouts. Only me ordered the deluxe dish would come with the veggies and the miso soup. The service attitude is ok, but the workers still need more training. The ingredients are just ok, the rice is way too dry and tough, we talked to the workers and they either has no response or tell us if they put more water it will stick on the iron plate more. 🙄The air system should be improved since it’s gonna to be very greasy if all the dishes are cooked on the table. There’s no sensitize on the table. Not really recommend.

We ordered the spicy beef pepper rice, chicken katsu curry, and chicken udon. All were delicious! They recommend you use the sauces on the table (teriyaki and garlic shoyu), and I think thats a good move, as the udon wouldve been a bit plain without it. The other dishes were good without sauce but the sauce makes them even better. The decor is nice and the layout is spacious. Food comes out very quickly (maybe in 10mins), and the employees were friendly. Last, you order from a tablet on the table, which is convenient and nice to see coming out of the pandemic.

Great food and great service. The indoor ambiance is great, the outdoor is quite different specially if your not into a city setup. Weve been to a different location where sizzling lunch is in a complex, this one is not. Still enjoyed the food but we may go for a different location with parking convenience

Fun concept and good flavors! When sauce is added and garlic butter is mixed in, I don’t think anyone would find it bland! The curry also had good flavor and karaage was also to our liking!

Its okay, service was nice, but wasnt super tasty. The sauces def helped. Not sure if Id come back.

Excellent choice for sizzling food. Big portions. We ordered 3 main courses and was enuf for 4 in family style.Udon was very unique and delicious.

Tasty sizzling meat, you order via iPad like things at the table, very convenient.

A unique concept and the food is pretty good in general. You order on an iPad and the dishes are served on hot plates which you then season/cook yourself. The portions are generous (could be 2 meals for 15-20 dollars). The ambience is nice; it feels trendy and upbeat.