I am giving one start only to facilitate my writing a review.  I wouldn't have bothered at all except that, after viewing this restaurant on yelp and recommending it to my daughter and her boyfriend, I feel so bad that they actually went here.  It is the only restaurant in the Tempe area so far to rank below three stars to us.  She is new to the Tempe area and a real foodie.  He was visiting and is a shabu shabu fan.  We are from SoCal so the availability of shabu shabu here is pretty good, as is the quality.\n\nBut enough about background info....  Apparently the \""shabu shabu\"" is served with ramen broth, which is not at all what we are used to.  That, in and of itself, is fine as things may differ place to place and locale to locale.  The fact that they got maybe six pieces of beef to SHARE, and that it wasn't fresh like what they are used to, not so much.  The food did not appear fresh in any way.  Even the rice was dry as if it had been sitting out, and my daughter actually found a bug in hers.  Very lovely.  Service was unremarkable.  All in all, this was a pretty hideous experience, and I don't see how the restaurant merits a four star rating.  Not sure where the reviews come from, but our recommendation is to STAY AWAY.  Not good at all, which is too bad, because she was also looking forward to trying the ramen....