# shancheng lameizi hot pot, Irvine: a hot pot restaurant in Irvine (2026 guide)

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/irvine/shancheng-lameizi-hot-pot-irvine-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Fact-checked against 2 sources. Updated 2026-09-01. Owner review: not yet.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/irvine/shancheng-lameizi-hot-pot-irvine-ca

## Photos

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## In short

Shancheng Lameizi Hot Pot in Irvine offers a delightful dining experience for hot pot enthusiasts. With a rating of 4.3 from 133 reviews, this cozy restaurant is known for its rich, flavorful broths and an impressive self-serve bar filled with fresh seasonings and sauces. Guests appreciate the welcoming service and the cleanliness of the space, making it a popular choice for both casual meals and special gatherings. While some have noted issues with seating and service, many return for the delicious food and vibrant atmosphere, ensuring a satisfying meal every time.

Every fact on this page carries one of three marks: Confirmed (from their website, Google Business Profile, review sites, licensing boards, or measured by Local AI Registry), Visitor submitted (added by a person, with a date and how they know), or AI guess (what AI engines like Gemini and ChatGPT are saying, not confirmed by anyone). Every mark points to a reference at the end of this page.


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Hot pot restaurant |
| Address | 14130 Culver Dr Unit L, Irvine, CA 92604, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 11:30 AM to 10:30 PM |
| Phone | (949) 336-6988 |
| Owner | Nothing found |
| Rating | 4.3 across 133 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Nothing found |
| Prices | Nothing found |
| Quietest time | Nothing found |
| Parking | Nothing found |
| Last verified | September 19, 2026, 10:11 AM |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 14130 Culver Dr Unit L, Irvine, CA 92604, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Location info | Description | 14130 Culver Dr Unit L, Irvine, CA 92604 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 11:30 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Location info | Name | shancheng lameizi hot pot | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Location info | Phone | (949) 336-6988 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Monday | 11:30 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Tuesday | 11:30 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Wednesday | 11:30 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Thursday | 11:30 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Friday | 11:30 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Saturday | 11:30 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Hours | Sunday | 11:30 AM to 10:30 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |
| Services | Service | Hot pot dining | AI guess | Nothing found |
| Links | Website | http://www.shanchenglameizi.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile, checked Aug 31, 2026 |


## Services and prices

These are the 1 service shancheng lameizi offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hot pot dining | Nothing found | Nothing found | Nothing found | AI guess |


### Known for

Nothing found


## The team

Nothing found


## Visiting shancheng lameizi

Address: 14130 Culver Dr Unit L, Irvine, CA 92604, USA. Phone: (949) 336-6988. Hours: Mon to Sun 11:30 AM to 10:30 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile, checked August 31, 2026 at 10:27 PM.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

Business description, written by shancheng lameizi on its Google Business Profile: "14130 Culver Dr Unit L, Irvine, CA 92604"


### When to go

Busy times not read yet, back on Scan Day.


### Parking and getting in

Nothing found


### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Auntea Jenny (Irvine Culver) | Tea house | 1 min walk |
| Waka Sakura Irvine | Sushi restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Domino's Pizza | Pizza delivery | 1 min walk |
| Heritage Square Parking | Parking garage | 1 min walk |
| Buffalo Wild Wings | Chicken wings restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Kirin Noodle House | Chinese restaurant | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.3 average across 133 reviews: Google 25. (Confirmed, read August 31, 2026.)

Shancheng Lameizi offers authentic Chongqing hot pot with fresh ingredients, but service inconsistencies may detract from the experience. (AI guess, from 133 reviews.)


### What people like

- Fresh ingredients
- Rich, flavorful broths
- Self-serve bar with seasonings and sauces


### What people do not like

- Inconsistent service quality
- Rushed ordering process
- Charges for dipping sauces


### Press

No press story about shancheng lameizi found yet.


### Awards

None named yet.


### Directories

Listed on 1 of the 22 directories we checked.

| Directory | Listed |
| --- | --- |
| Alignable | Not listed |
| Apple Maps | Not listed |
| BBB | Not listed |
| Birdeye | Not listed |
| Brownbook | Not listed |
| Chamber of Commerce | Not listed |
| Cylex | Not listed |
| DexKnows | Not listed |
| Facebook | Not listed |
| Foursquare | Not listed |
| Groupon | Not listed |
| Hotfrog | Not listed |
| Manta | Not listed |
| MapQuest | Listed |
| MerchantCircle | Not listed |
| OpenTable | Not listed |
| Superpages | Not listed |
| Tripadvisor | Not listed |
| Trustpilot | Not listed |
| Yellowbook | Not listed |
| Yellow Pages | Not listed |
| Yelp | Not listed |


## Recent updates from shancheng lameizi

shancheng lameizi hasn't posted an update here yet.


## Questions people ask


### anyone been to both here and MooMoo Hot?

No answer yet


### Booking a first visit at shancheng lameizi, what happens?

No answer yet


### bad experiences at shancheng lameizi, anyone?

No answer yet


### any last minute tables at shancheng lameizi?

No answer yet


### cheaper than this place in Irvine without it being sketchy?

No answer yet


### lunch near Culver, what is good

No answer yet


### what time does this place actually open?

No answer yet


### genuinely, what is good about this one

No answer yet


### Worth the hype at shancheng lameizi?

No answer yet


### anything new here lately?

No answer yet


### walk in at shancheng lameizi in Irvine, or is it appointment only?

No answer yet


### best hot pot restaurant in Irvine

No answer yet


### Somewhere to park near shancheng lameizi?

No answer yet


### is there a rewards thing at shancheng lameizi

No answer yet


### prices round here, anyone got a number

No answer yet


### Are there any special features at the restaurant?

No answer yet


## What AI gets wrong about shancheng lameizi

We ask Gemini and ChatGPT about shancheng lameizi. These are the answers that disagree with the record.

ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 8, 2026.

No capture has disagreed with the record yet.


## The AI Score: 26 of 100

The AI Score measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. Irvine hot pot restaurants run 22 to 51. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. shancheng lameizi scores 26, below the Irvine average of 31. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | shancheng lameizi |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Named in 0 of 14 answers that recommended anyone. 7 more named nobody, which is not a loss and is not scored. |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 78 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 66 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 39 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 54 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology


## How AI decides what to tell you about a hot pot restaurant

When you ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google about a local business, the AI doesn't visit it. It reads what's already written about it: the business's website, its Google Business Profile, review sites, news stories and directories like this one. Then it repeats what those sources agree on.

That's why AI gets small facts wrong. If Yelp says a place is open Mondays and the website says it isn't, the AI has to pick one. The table above shows the answers that disagree with the record today.

The more sources agree, and the more specific they are, the more confidently AI recommends a business. A review that names who helped and what they did tells an AI far more than one that says "great place."


## How to choose a hot pot restaurant in California, with or without AI

A few checks take ten minutes and tell you more than any rating.

- Check that the hours and phone number match on Google, Yelp and the business's own website. Mismatches are how people end up at a locked door.
- Read reviews that name a person and what they did. Vague praise is easy to fake.
- Look for recent reviews and recent posts. A page nobody has touched in a year may not match the business today.
- Ask for the price before you go, and ask what it includes.
- Where the work needs a license, ask whose license it is and look it up with California.


## How to read the marks on this page

- Confirmed (solid circle): from a known source. The business website, its Google Business Profile, review sites like Yelp, Healthgrades and RealSelf, a licensing board, or measured by Local AI Registry.
- Visitor submitted (hollow circle): added or corrected by a person, with the date and how they know, like a phone call or a visit.
- AI guess (hollow triangle): what AI engines are saying right now. Nobody has confirmed it.


## About the author

Steve Lee is the founder and CEO of Local AI Registry and sets its editorial standards. He is a former Google executive in Search and a former Microsoft executive, with more than 20 years in digital: search, local discovery, and how people find businesses online. He is based in Irvine.

- Expertise: search at Google and Microsoft, AI search, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, local SEO, structured data and entity mapping.
- Industry: medical aesthetics, injectables, med spa operations and marketing.
- Disclosure: Local AI Registry sells services to business owners, including shancheng lameizi if it claims this page. That does not change what this page says. Every fact carries its source.


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to shancheng lameizi |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| shancheng lameizi hot pot | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.shanchenglameizi.com/ | Subject of this page |
| Irvine, California | City | #city | Nothing found | City shancheng lameizi is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the hot pot restaurants in Irvine, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best hot pot restaurants in Irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine/hot-pot-restaurant
- Best businesses in Irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine


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### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## Frequently asked questions


### What is AI search optimization for local business?

Getting a business named when a neighbor asks ChatGPT, Gemini, or Perplexity for a recommendation. Some call it AI SEO, some call it generative engine optimization. Traditional SEO fights for ten blue links; this fights for the one answer an assistant says out loud. The AI Score on this page measures the eight signals that drive it.


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### How does this page help a business get recommended by AI?

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### Who writes the answers here?

Registry AI writes the first answer under every question, from the Record and the public sources named beneath it. Neighbors write the rest under pseudonyms. A registered owner can reply as the business, and their reply says so.


### I own shancheng lameizi hot pot. How do I fix something or rank higher?

Register the page. It is free, it takes about five minutes, and it lets you correct the Record and reply as the business. Nothing on this page is for sale, so the only thing that moves the score is the work.


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJcbWrY3jd3IAR6GgT3mL8BdM (accessed Aug 31, 2026)
- [2] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 8, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)