Hot Bamboo - Chandler

Lethally tastes sooooo good it also looks so cute along with that the area looks so pretty the costumer service is also above Average. It does take awhile to get your food but so worth it.

Wanted to like it because of the enormous line. Got to the front of the line and ordered three plain char siu buns (no special designs/characters on them) plus a drink. Walked away spending $49. The buns were alright but nothing incredible. Definitely not worth $12 per bun.

Hands down the worst food experience from a super hyped food pop-up that I have ever experienced... These character buns are from Hot Bamboo, a local restaurant that makes it's rounds (and does really well) at all the Arizona festivals. I believe they are pretty big around California and Nevada too. Anyway they have been on my list to try for years but the lines for their booths are always way longer then I have the patience to stand in...until last night. I decided to wait. I got two buns, one Japanese style and one Teriyaki (to which I agreed to wait an additional 30 minutes for). While incredibly instagramable, they were the most disgusting things I have ever eaten. My stomach is actually turning as I think about them writing this review. It was the equivalent of eating wet playdough with a little bit of half flavored meat squished inside. I don't post this lightly either as I rarely meet a food I don't like...but yeah DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY. Again this is just my opinion as they are obviously popular but I don't think it's because anyone actually likes eating them...they are just for snapping pics.

Char siu Manapua and Chicken terriyaki Manapua. I wanted to love this place sooooo much but, unfortunately I didn't. I will give 5 stars for the CUTE bun designs! HK is my favorite so, of course I was so excited! At, $10 a bun-looks and taste is a must. This booth was at the Prince Kuhio festival this past weekend in Henderson, NV. We ordered 4 buns and 1 serving of butter mochi. 2 char siu buns-the filling was extremely salty and very fatty. The bun itself was definitely over steamed. By the time we got home it was rock hard. I tried to resteam but it was too late. 2 terriyaki chicken buns-no taste at all and once again the buns were HARD. Butter mochi-consistency was more cake like vs. the sticky dessert I am used to and no flavor. Overall, I should have thrown my $50 in the trash.

This place has adorable baos and if you are a fan of BTS, definitely someplace you want to go. The food, flavor is not very tasty. Novelty good and would definitely order the bao for a party, but not just for random dinner. The bubble waffles are not good. Ambience Fun Absolutely but taste.... Pretty BAD. We got baos:chicken tofu, spam musubi, and chicken dumplings dumplings tge only part of meal I enjoyed. Everything else really was BLAH. It was pretty pricey too. Definitely not a good deal for the money