Wagyu House by X-Pot opened late last year in the former Golden Valley location on Gale Ave. in Industry and may already be the busiest Chinese restaurant in the entire San Gabriel Valley as evidenced by the hour long waits even on weeknights. But most people have not heard of this restaurant or know of its existence, probably because it's not aimed at the masses. It's the upscale offshoot of the Chubby Cattle Hot Pot mini-chain which set up in Las Vegas a few years ago and strangely expanded to Philadelphia and Denver. This was followed by the upscale X-Pot restaurant opened in the Palazzo in Las Vegas, billed as the largest hotpot restaurant in North America. The Las Vegas branch is a real high tech experience that includes interactive lighting on your table and a menu tab that can run $500 or more. The City of Industry branch (actually referred to as the Los Angeles branch of the chain, since "Industry" just doesn't cut it with the restaurant's upscale profile) isn't as expensive--they even have a $128 lunch combo that feeds two. And the local branch doesn't have the high tech glitter of Las Vegas. But apparently, diners who have been to both locations say the food here is better.
Oh. And the restaurant has its own wagyu farm in Texas.
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