What I hate about this restaraunt is the bad translation of the Chinese name. The name should be either Lamb or Little Sheep, as little sheep means lamb in Chinese and there is no specific word for lamb in Chinese.

Anyway, hotpot is a great Chinese food to try. You have to have some idea about what to order and cook to get the best out of it.

Order meat first and cook it in the soup first to give it flavour. Various green leafy vegetables can then be thrown in, along with mushrooms etc. Frozen Tofu is meant to be frozen (freezing changes the texture and the flavour of the food).

There are lots of other things you can add in. Hmmm...anyone say pigs blood.

Well it is a great meal if you are into it.

Going to this restaurant was my son's idea. Not only am I not experienced at hot pot, but quite frankly I find the whole idea gross. As if that wasn't bad enough, the quality of the food at this restaurant is honestly deplorable. All of the food except for the veges is put out frozen, they don't even try to hide this. Most things come out of packets, which they also don't hide. Honesty is good but they don't seem to have any shame at serving frozen packet food, seriously? The only thing fresh was the tiny selection of green veg and the fish heads. There was no chicken there either. The restaurant is upstairs, and I had no warning of this on their site, if I would have known this I would definitely not have gone. There are many stairs to get to the restaurant and if anyone is like me with bad knees your screwed as there is no elevator. One of the worst parts of the nights was once we got upstairs we were all hit by a heatwave, hot pots produce steam and in an upstairs environment, well heat rises, so yes it is very hot, too hot. When it came time to leave we found that we couldn't even get out, it is so tiny an entrance way. If anyone stands at the counter to pay, no-one can get in or out. Quite frankly, the whole set up is very very poor and Im shocked it passed council planning. Other than that, I found the service to be excellent, the staff were all very lovely and helpful. If only those lovely staff were in another restaurant I might have had a nice dinner. I want people to be aware of how poor this restaurant is, don't get stuck going there because you bought some restaurant voucher on a deal website, because you will highly regret it.

Approximate cost: $25.00

I came here for a family birthday dinner (8 of us) and we were all very happy with the experience! Although the restaurant doesn't look like much from the outside when you walk along the street, there is a whole other level upstairs which is much more accommodating and comfortable where all the hot pot magic happens!

So for those unfamiliar with the typical hot pot experience, this is how it goes. Usually customers order which soup base(s) they would like as well as what ingredients (meat, veges, seafood, poultry etc) or are able to choose from a set menu where there will be a few different options with a variety of these ingredients already determined and then charged per head. However at this restaurant, the only thing you have to order is the soup base (spicy, normal, mushroom, tom yum etc...) or the two- or three- flavour bases that we tried which means the pot is divided and you can have the best of both (or all three) worlds!

Now the fun part... Because it's ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT 'CUSTOM' hot pot, you can virtually pick whatever and as many ingredients you want from their self-serve area. Their range is huge by the way. They have everything from pork, beef, lamb, seafood (heaps of different types), chicken, quail eggs, not to mention a great selection of fresh Asian-style greens and vegetarian options which was great as one of our cousins is vegetarian and there was more than enough there to please him (including crazy mushroom and tofu varieties) :)

They also have a huge range of traditional Asian seasonings and garnishes available to perfect your hotpot experience. Wash it all down with a Tsing Tao beer and finish off with self-serve ice cream!

All for $25 per head (adults), half-price for kids under 9 and free for under 3's. Great value I'd say, especially since you can keep going back for more and whatever ingredients you want, as long as you finish your previous helpings.

That's the other point I should mention, they (understandably) implement a policy common in many "all-you-can-eat" restaurants where whatever you take from the self-serve ingredients and bring to your table and don't finish at the end of the night is basically forfeited and must be paid for. I'm not sure what the rate is but I'm sure it's only for a significant amount of 'leftovers', not just a few scraps on the table. It's a reasonable ask, seeing as they only do this to prevent people from taking advantage and wasting perfectly good fresh produce.

I'd recommend Little Lamb to anyone. Great value, fresh ingredients and super tasty. Watch out for the spicy soup base though - it packs a punch! And this is coming from a family of hardcore chilli-lovers :P

Approximate cost: $25 all you can eat

I've come here twice with a voucher: Scoopon $60 for 4. The normal price is around $30 person.

There's a choice of soup bases that you will be presented with once you sit down. I chose the half spicy/half non-spicy pot which worked out great. It's buffet all you can eat and they have a great range of seafood, beef/lamb, veges and some pre-made dishes.

The staff were always busy but could make some effort in attending to us. But brilliant value and great experience with friends or family.

Approximate cost: $30