First time here. Curious enough to try but waited a very long time 'cause the wait always turned me off. All I can say is that It's edible. But with so many hot pot places, I don't understand why people wait for THIS one. Perhaps those haven't tried enough, or anything else for that matter. First of all, part of eating hot pot is making your own sauce. There's one sauce here... Take it or leave it. No cilantro, no vinegar, no garlic. I asked for garlic & the waiter said they don't have garlic! You f'in liar! You can't have a restaurant and not have garlic. 2nd of all, you can't substitute anything... I wasn't being difficult. I didn't want pigs blood... I'm just not that exotic. I asked for tomato or more cabbage instead. Biznatch straight said no. O_o !! So... Pretty much food is AS IS. 3rd, Staff isn't very friendly either. 4th, WTH is the music blasting in here? Apparently they have the perfect combination & don't accommodate so hurry up, eat up & get out cause there's 50 people outside in line that don't know where else to eat hot pot! read more

What can I say, I love soup. Hot soup, spicy soup, hearty soup, etc. The wait is long and service sucks (Asian spot) but the food is good.

Great place to eat... been here several times and i love it!!! I just wish the space is bigger but otherwise, i love coming here... and i love the free drinks during lunch time read more

The hot pot was pretty good, sauces were good, even service was good. My biggest complaint about this place is that it smells terrible inside. No joke. It was so bad that the people I was having dinner with asked why I had such a weird look on my face. I guess they were used to it since they were Taiwanese, but to me it was like eating delicious food while someone was farting next to you. read more

This place is okay. There was an extremely long wait, and once we were seated the servers and staff completely forgot about us. After placing us on the wait list, we were served after 3 families that were seated after us. There is only 5 things you can pick from, and they refuse to make substitutions or add more ingredients to the menu. It is super hot, the point where you cannot eat it for a good 20 minutes. And by that time, all the liquid evaporates. They need to work on their technique. read more

i had been here several times with my friends, their service is just so-so, can be improve. their foods are great, there are about 10 different kind of hot pot. hotpot, always the best idea for winter. read more

I came here a a couple of friends from out of town. I've been here before, but this time the service was really ridiculous. our meal took 2 hours to finish and they took a good 30 mins to bring over a plate of veggies. good thing the girls yapped the whole time or else i would have lost my mind...actually i think i lost my mind because the girls yapped a lot. either way the service was way too slow. read more

I know a good amount of people who do not like hot pot or shabu shabu, but I am a fanatic. I can't help it. I am addicted, especially during the winter season. My favorite hot pot was Jazzcat's Thai Spicy, way back in the day when they were still on Valley and 6th. I used to go there 3 times a week after I got off of Boiling Crab. After their new location opened on Del Mar, I stopped going as often. Maybe once here and then with family or friends. Although it did taste the same and the portions seemed to be slightly bigger, prices went up and they no longer served their wonderful milk/green/black teas that I longed for. With that said, my hot pot phase strayed for a while until I discovered my new found love - Boiling Point! BP for short, this place has YUMMY written all over it. I go here at least once a week, twice if time permits. I am truly addicted. It is baaaad. There are three locations in California - Rowland Heights, Monterey Park, and Arcadia. They serve several types of hot pots: house special (with stinky tofu), beef, lamb, seafood, kimchi, curry fishball, and tomato-vegetable. They can be no spicy, 'tiny' spicy, mild, medium, extra spicy, and flamin' spicy. My personal favorite is the Lamb. I do NOT eat or can tolerate the smell of stinky tofu so I definitely opt out of that one. Beef is second best, then curry. But if I am a vegetarian, I would do the curry. Tomato-vegetable is not bad, just a little too healthy in my opinion. Every hot pot has their own components, which brings out the flavor of the broth. But generally they all have the meat, tofu, bean curd, imitation crab, small amount of vermicelli, lettuce, and either fish or regular meatball. Each hot pot comes with either rice or vermicelli noodles. BP also offers several add-ons like more meat, tofu, an egg, noodles, pork blood, etc. I always add on the tofu skin and the udon noodles. Whenever we go in a big group, we also get pork blood and intestines. As with other similar hot pot restaurants, there are three dipping sauces - soybean paste, garlic soy, and a (SPICY) chili oil. I like to put a scoop of the soybean paste, three scoops of garlic soy, and a dab of the chili oil. Perfect! Then when your hot pot comes out, dip your veggies and meats into your special sauce. Haha BP also has dessert! Shaved snow - mmmmm, taro is my favorite. It comes with real taro chunks, mochi, and red bean. Green tea is not bad. The actual snow is good but they put a big blob of flan on it, which is not good at all! I would much rather have Dip's Grill's caramel flan ;) If you want to go all out, you can order one of their teas as well. I have only had the watermelon juice (by accident). I am usually stuffed from the hot pot broth and the dessert to even think about having a tea. I think the Arcadia one is the best (taste-wise). It is spicy and more flavorful, at least for my Lamb hotpot. If you are going to the one in MP, get the beef (tastes better than the lamb, at this specific location). But at the other two BP's, get the lamb! No matter which place you go to, the service sucks. They are fully staffed, yet they are really slow on taking orders, getting drinks, following up, etc. It really ruins your hotpot experience, but the food definitely makes up for their service (or lack thereof). I have gotten the hot pot to-go before. It tastes the same as dining in, but the whole experience is just not the same. All-in-all, if you like hot pot/shabu shabu or are up to trying something new, eat at Boiling Point. When you are eating hot pot, it comes down to two things: the broth and the sauce. BP has mastered both. Their soup base (at least in the lamb, beef, and curry) is SO good - so flavorful and tasty. Good blend of ingredients and spices. It meshes so well, you just gotta try it. Then there is the dipping sauce. I can't believe I used to eat it without the dipping sauce, but now that I have come to my senses, you NEED the dipping sauce (all three of them!) Mix it up and you got yourself one heck of a meal. If you come during lunch, the hot pots are $1 cheaper and you get a free green or black tea. (Note: each location is really small, so come during off hours or else you will be waiting at least an 1+). And save room for the taro shaved snow because it is that good. read more

Pretty good hotpot place to eat. flavor of the soup is good. Place looks pretty cool. Just wished they had a little more comfortable chairs. Other than the chairs, I have no complaints. This place is way better than Jazz Cat and cheaper too. read more

the actual soup for the stinky tofu option was flavorful enough, but not the tofu -- the actual tofu was rather bland and was definitely not marinated. slightly disappointing in that respect. will have to try the lamb next time. read more

Yummy! Though service was less than responsive-- quite a bit of prompting was needed for each of our requests. Meat, including added on-the-side beef, is already cooked. Additional soup can be added to your bowl on request. Snow for dessert was just ok. It's better down the street at Tasty-to-Go. read more

Lamb soup and Spicy beef soup are both good. To avoid wait, make sure to be here by 11am or at 3pm.

This is my first time to this location. Parking was difficult to find because the parking lot behind the restaurant was full so I had to find street parking. I came in for a late lunch around 2:30 PM and I was seated immediately. I was greeted as soon as I entered the restaurant. The staff was very friendly and the service was fast. To my surprise, the waitress brought out the hot pot 10 minutes after I placed the order. If you come in for lunch, there is a complimentary ice green tea or ice black tea with your order. My favorite is ice green tea. I ordered the Beef Hot Pot Medium Spicy with rice. You can order an assortment of noodles instead of rice with your hot pot. I just prefer rice with my hot pot. Their sauces are awesome too. I don't know the names of the sauces, but you have to try them with your hot pot. I dip the beef and veggies in the sauce which makes it even better. I would come back to this location again if I'm in the area. read more

Boiling Point - Beef hot point with green tea - Taiwanese Near Me - Arcadia, California

I think they changed ownership at this restaurant. The food takes forever, and they didn't seat is for half an hour when there was 2 TABLES WIDE OPEN. It was fine before, but now it's total crap. read more

Came here with 6 people in total and wrote our names on the list and said YES to split our tables since their sign said we'd be seated quicker. We waited MORE than one hr watching EVERYONE who signed their names after us get seated. We politely asked three times when it's our turn and they kept brushing us off and kept lying that we'd be next as we watched more people get seated. Finally it had to take someone in my party to sternly tell the person who was seating people off, they seated us. What's the point of letting us have the option to split when you don't even look at the sheet?!? Horrible. read more

This was probably the last time I'll ever come to this particular branch of BP. Here are some highlights from tonight's experience: 1. The person who was seating customers took forever. After my party was seated, I finally understood why it took so long (over an hour) to get a table: the hostess is extremely inefficient. When a table frees up, she makes her way to the door to let another party in but doesn't actually make it there. She usually stops to take an order or two and runs back to the kitchen before she makes another attempt to the door. Usually the second (and sometimes the third) attempt also fails and she runs back to the kitchen after stopping to take yet another order. By the time she gets another party to a table, there are 3-5 empty tables available. Of course after seating that one party, she makes her way to the door yet again to bring another party in and OF COURSE stops to take another order (or two), and runs back to the kitchen to repeat her cycle. 2. Another gripe I have with that hostess is that she is so particular about where each party sits. If, for example, a party of two wanted to sit at a table that could sit four, I would understand why she wouldn't let them sit there. However, she has a problem if a party sits at a table that she didn't point them to (she points and doesn't actually make an effort to show the customer to the table; if there are multiple free tables around, which I bet there will be considering her extreme ability of inefficiency, you'd have to guess to which table she was pointing). If you sit at the wrong table, even if it fits your party, you'll get reprimanded. I saw a family of four sit at a free table for four after being let in (the hostess pointed in a general, unspecific direction), and they were told (as if they were children, so pretty impolitely) by the hostess that they had to move--to another free table for four. The first table for four was then given to a party of two. 3. Three separate waiters came to take our order. We ordered with the first girl, but they kept coming. None brought our water though. We had to ask for our waters multiple times to multiple (3+) people and only one person actually brought us something to drink. 4. I understand that the food is cheap. However, the food also tasted frozen and/or old. The lamb in my soup was rough and the meat in my dad's soup tasted like it had been the freezer for a while. The soup base was nice though. There is a serious and apparent lack of training given to the staff. Props to BP for still having a functioning restaurant even with such horrendous service. read more

Stupid policy - have to wait in line to order the pot even I have a seat already? What a cocky restaurant.

I'm addicted to their sauce! I normally wouldn't pay to eat hot pot but that sauce keeps bringing me back! It's kind of pricey, so I suggest going for lunch where it's $1 cheaper then dinner and it comes with cold green tea. The broth for the hot pots are also quite tasty. So far the friends I have taken here have enjoyed it. The reason I give it 4 stars is that the service is better some days then others. I've seen both where service was exceptional and other days when they forget a lot of things or go slower because they seem to be low on man power. It's ok, though...I'm there for the sauce. read more

Waiting in line for more than 20 minutes for this place is not worth it. Their hot pot is ok. Their snow ice is good. However, good service is what's lacking. I asked the waiter if they can add rice balls to my green tea snow ice and he told me that it was not possible. I don't understand why it's not possible when they clearly have rice balls included in their other flavors. He pointed that it's not listed on the "add ons." I even asked if he could please ask the chef or manager if they could add it. But he refused and said no. Ok...they could just charge me an extra dollar or so, I wouldn't have mind. But instead, he gave me attitude. read more

Got there at 11:30 thinking it would be early enough where we wouldn't have a wait. Wrong!! There was already people waiting. Been coming here for the last couple years and still am in love w/ it. The atmosphere reminds me so much of Taiwan. My favorite is the Lamb hot pot. They give just the right amount of everything and love that you can add soup to it. The sauce is the bomb!! I love going during lunch cuz it comes w/ either green or black tea, a plus and a great accompaniment to the hot pot!! read more

My family and some friends visited this restaurant for the first time. We were in the area and found positive reviews of this place on yelp and decidedto try it. We had to add our name on a list outside the restaurant. There were some chairs outside for those waiting. A waitress would occasionally come out to call names. The restaurant was not that big and we were a group of eight. They were also busy. We waited almost 45 minutes. She came out and took our order a couple of minutes prior to seating us. The waitress would not let us make any changes or substitutions to the any of the hot pots on the menu, so beware if you are picky. Once seated, it didn't take long to bring us our food. They gave us a choice of cold sweetened green or black tea. We got one of each to try them both. Both were good, but I preferred the black tea. The food was delicious! I ordered the beef pot and it was very tasty. If we are ever in the area again, we will definitely revisit. read more

Every time people need to wait in the cold outside, even if inside it has the table. The restaurant wants use this to make around people believe there are very popular. The poor marketing. read more

i had loved their tomato based soup with veggies, tofu skin and some meat. it was the best combination for me. it was never too salty and i was able to drink all of the soup, good to the last drop. therefore, i was immensely upset tonight when my husband and i went to the arcadia branch and was told that they took away the tomato soup from the menu!! I ordered the organic veggie and extra beef. it was not the same. the soup was like salty water, it did not taste good, i could not drink it. i did not like the combination of vegetables. the hot pot and small amount of beef was almost $20! the rice was dried on the surface, not hot enough. i don't think i will be going back to this restaurant. read more

I really enjoy this place but recently, they got rid of their tomato soup, which really saddens me since that was my favorite. Nothing else really compares to that but they are all quite good. Definitely recommend read more

I've eaten at this location about 3 times and I love their Thai Hot Soup, that is probably the only flavor I will ever get when I go here. Aside from the amazing noodle soup ill wait a whole 30mins to 1 hour just to get inside the actual building itself. The Last 2 times I was there I didn't really have a great overall experience. 2nd time I went they were out of Soda(Coke) to be specific and and so they gave me water instead, I realized I had a cold soda still sitting in my car so I went to grab it and the waiter told me no outside drinks after I was already drinking it, like... would you be kind enough to let me finish it since you didn't have available to me what small part of my meal I came here for. I couldn't understand how it's lunch almost dinner time and you have absolutely no choice of soda available. The 3rd time I was there I asked if I could have a small container to put the sauces to go with my meal since I didn't finish it. They told me no that they don't do that, and I was pissed because the last 2 times prior I went and got my food Togo and they happily gave me a small container with it already in there, funny part was I've had the same server each time I came and all of a sudden, they were being different this time around. Aside from my quality of service, the food is still DELICIOUS, and that's the only reason I ever go back. read more

Decided to check a different location rather than my usual spot.... Worse idea ever. Slow service. We waited an hour to be seated and it was very unorganized. Once we were seated we had to flag someone down to get our order.... They took forever to bring us our order. Bad customer service. No one came to our table to check if we needed anything... The waiters passed by us multiple times and never came to our table, we had to flag them down. We ordered dessert and they took a long time to get it to us... But they were quick to get our payment. Worse location, worse customer service. Never coming here again read more

Always pack when I come down to visit up in Seattle. For some reason, the meat quality here is way better than the one up north. Their sauce is to die for. I don't know what they put in it but it's like crack! read more

The hot pot is decent and quite authentic, reminds me of taiwanese hot pot...I love their sauces, but the wait time at Arcadia location is really horrible (not sure if it's better at other locations, I didn't have to wait that long in Hacienda heights). If you don't get here before 11:30am, be prepared to wait for at least 30-40minutes....also the waiters/ waitress seems to just be here to take order and deliver your hot pot.. don't expect any "good customer services" read more

I went here because many friends recommanded it to me. However, to be honest... I don't really like here. Food is not bad here and the drinks are good. Maybe I just had too high expectation before I went... Service here is good but maybe I won't go back again. read more

The attitude of the waitress was really bad. The table first we sit in was too cold with A/C directly blowing out on my head, and she didn't even let the guests switch to the empty one. Sucks... read more

Too long of a wait for slightly above average food. Best part was the low prices. Lunch costs $11, and comes with a free black or green iced tea. Wish I got medium spicy as my order was not too flavorful. Restaurant is very small, and they should really turn on the air conditioning especially in the summer! I was sweating for my entire meal over my fire-lit soup. Service is average I suppose. read more

Waited outside for about 45 mins or so. finally getting into a table and waiter tells us we should wait outside again for the next table just because we had a baby with us. waited again for 5 mins or so and got seated. Ordered 2 Milk Teas with no boba LIGHT ICE. came back with milk tea with NO ICE. waitress took it back. another guy came to take our order, ordered taiwanese hot pot - asked for NO RED MEAT, waiter did not understand what i was saying. He goes "no meat ok" i REPEAT myself, and he still did not understand! (which they wnded up putting RED MEAT (beef) in the pot. getting upset. friend and bf ordered theirs and we all said noodles and rice on the side. he said rice doesnt go in the soup, exactly why i said on the side even though it comes ON THE SIDE already. Please Train your waiters/waitresses so customers could speak to them accordingly where they COULD understand. All 2-3 of them were a joke. i wont be back to THIS location. sounding harsh, but this ruined my boiling point vibe. IRVINE location is where its at. read more

I really like this waiter named Skyler. He was very funny and joking around with us, which made the waiting time seemed so short.

I love this especially in winter time. it's very satisfying. The atmosphere is very nice. Its pretty clean. The choices of the sauces they have tastes really good. You need to have their sauce in order to taste to the fullest. I would give 5 stars but the waitress/waiters aren't as nice. They are nice at times but it's not consistent, not everytime you go there. read more

This review is for two times we went to Boiling Point on the same day. My niece invited me for my bday to have a meal at Boiling point for hot pot with AC and shaved ice. She lives in TC and I live in WLA. So I drive over to TC and we go to BP around 3:00. We are the only patrons and while we are perusing the menu, a waiter comes and tells us to leave and come back in 1/2 hr or so. Apparently the Health Dept is going to visit them for an inspection. We leave and come back at 6:00pm. They are packed with customers. We wait. It's hot in Arcadia but remember the restaurant has AC. The bad thing was having to leave and come back. The good thing was the food, it was yummy. Seafood hot pot, mild and tomato hot pot, mild. We also enjoyed the mango shaved ice. Looking now for a BP near me. read more

The soup options are very limited for people who have seafood allergies. It was busy the night we went, but the service was good. I'll probably only come back here for the ice cream macarons! read more

I like this place a lot! Reasonable price and taste yummy!! I love the curry soup but it's now not sold anymore. I now like the Thai flavor! My daughter love it too!!!!! read more

I feel like ignored because it takes 25min for them to get my food. And curry fishball is not there, no point of going there anymore.

I went here because of a friend who has kept on telling me to come here. After a little while, I gave in, and decided to check the place. It was amazingg! I get the original hot pot, and I love everything they have in there! I also love how you can add toppings or other food in your pot. Their drinks and shaved ice are also really good, especially their milk tea and their red bean shaved ice! The only problem is that there is always a super long wait to get in, and since the place is small, you might have to wait a while. But overall, this place is awesome, and if you are looking for a good hot pot place, check this out! read more

Line was out the door when I decided to try it out for lunch one day while in the area. Although it took a while to get a seat, the service was pretty quick. Once I ordered, I got my soup right away. It came in a big boiling bowl; there was more than enough food. They didn't have any lime or anything which I thought was kind of weird, but the flavors weren't bad at all. A fun eating experience. read more