First time here and all i can say is that this must be the top tier of all DIY hotpot chains. I've tried them all in richmond and this place is my top choice yes, it's a bit pricey, and the toppings are fewer than the bigger chains, but the quality of the choices and most importantly the broth is superior. We tried the pork broth, the hk chicken soup, and the tomato. All very very good. The HK chicken broth was so good. On a rainy foggy day, it was good for the soul. So flavourful. Self serve condiments/sauce bar with freshly chopped ingridients. Unlimited kimchi and salted peanuts and Preserved veggies...and unlimited free ice cream with charcoal cone too. The price is a bit higher as it's pegged at 50g compared to 100g. Place look elegant inside for a DIY hotpot. Also for every $18...u get free chicken wings or plum juice or Chinese burger.. Service quick and efficient. Free water and hot tea and bougie take out boxes. Awesome experience. Cheers. Happy eating! read more

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There's no lack of DIY hot pot spots in town these days, but Datang has an extensive broth, ingredient & sauce bar selection, relaxing ambience, self-serve ice cream, & a special promo that offers delicious sides to round out the meal. (Spend $18+ & get a free item, such as: a Chinese-style Burger, chicken wings, dessert, or drinks) I've been here 4x already in the past 2 months, & I initially loved the Malaysian Laksa broth. Unfortunately on my 3rd & 4th visits, the laksa broth was a little stale (sour) & the ingredients didn't taste so fresh. I may still return for the delicious Chinese burger & the crispy chicken wings sides, but I'll have to try different broths & ingredients next time. read more

Datang Hot Pot - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Datang is a dyi hotpot spot that lets you customize your bowl with many ingredients choices. The restaurant has a many large fridges that hold all their ingredients for you to choose and make your own bowl. They weigh the bowl and you can pick a variety of soup bases and mix ins. There is a dyi sauce bar and the self serve ice cream machine. The flavour they had was rose. Theris lots of parking in the back of the building. The restaurant's seating area is clean and well lit. It is a very family friendly restaurant read more

Datang Hot Pot - 18 dollar bowl with variety of hot pot meat, marinated meat, qual eggs, spinach, tofu puffs in a japanese pork bone broth with tomato mix in - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

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Yummy! Love that you can choose your soup base and additional flavor! I also like a good deal and if you order more than $18, you get a free drink/appetizer! Tried the Chicken broth which was super flavourful and had a crispy burger! read more

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I was invited to ho here for lunch, so was happy to try it. I've been to plenty of full-service hot pot restaurants recently, but this is the first self-serve I've been too. We arrived at 11am at open so it wasn't too busy. The first thing you do once you enter is grab a bowl and set of tongs. Then we turned the corner, and there are two walls of ingredients to pick from. There's plenty of regular items I would see at most hot pot restaurants, but also a few I've never seen before. So this set up is nice because if I wanted to try something, I could grab a piece or two and not a whole serving like at a full service hot pot restaurant. At the counter, they weigh your food and if your bowl is over $18, they offer a free bonus item. You also pick your soup combination at this time. They then give you a number so they can deliver your food to you once it's ready. The dining area is simple, but clean. Different table sizes to accommodate different groups. There is a small sauce/side bar and a self serve ice cream (ice milk?) machine. Also plenty of take out containers and bags if you don't finish. The food probably started arriving 10 minutes later. As a group of 6, there was probably a 15 minute gap between when the first person and last person got their food, so I i suspected they didn't have full staff to prepare food or deliver as it became available. I enjoyed my food. The soup was good, and at $20 I got a generous amount of food. For the same amount of food, it probably would've cost twice as much at a full service place. Given this, I would come back because it's much more affordable. read more

Datang Hot Pot - Hot Pot with Pork Mala Soup and free Watermelon Juice - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Our 2nd time having dinner here. We came early to get a table as we were a fairly large group. Thankfully there was no wait and they were able to set up a table for us right away. This place has been open for quite awhile now but they still have a special promotion just like they did when they were first opening where if you spend a certain amount, you get a free item. Back during their soft opening it was, "Spend a minimum of $15 and get a free Chinese Burger or Daily Drink." This time it was a "Spend a minimum of $18 and get a free Chinese Burger, Golden Fried Fish Strips, Fresh Watermelon Juice or Daily Tea." Most of us opted for the Watermelon Juice. This was very refreshing. I hope they keep on offering this kind of promotion every time. I especially loved that the Watermelon Juice was a caffeine free beverage. I tend to worry about consuming caffeine later in the day as it can wreck my sleep at night time. Our free ice cream this time was Guava Passionfruit and it was delicious! This place is definitely our favourit hot pot place now! Wish they'd open up more Datang restaurants! read more

Datang Hot Pot - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

This place has a greater variety of noodles than bigway! They also have side dishes at the sauce station (kimchi, pickled vegetables, peanuts). I got the Hong Kong chicken broth, and it had a strong chicken flavour (not just salt and oil like bigway's) and even came with small dates inside! I also tried half of my friend's Chinese burger, but that was kinda mid. I just didn't like how the meat inside tasted. Overall it's significantly more expensive than bigway, at $2.25 per 50g (bigway= $3.99 per 100g) so I would recommend this place if you're looking for quality over quantity. read more

Datang Hot Pot - Hong Kong chicken broth - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Another hot pot place in Richmond - difference between this one is that they have different perks if you spend over $15 - either a free osmanthus/watermelon drink, Chinese bao, or 2 beef skewers. I ended up getting the free drink. Went on a Friday night where bigway/piping would be super busy, we got a table right away. Not too many customers actually. Looking at their selection, it seems to be a little bit less than the other places. They only got 2-3 different types of leafy greens, but they do have a decent selection of fish balls (but nothing that's "special". Got two areas of food, but the second area was basically a repeat of the first which is kind of disappointing. Would much rather then put out other types of items. Beef slices are thinner than the other places, and actually ended up becoming super small once I got my bowl. Definitely the pieces had broken apart in the cooking process and a lot of it was lost/disintegrated. No cilantro/sesame seed option when you're weighing your food (honestly a con for me!!). It also took quite a while to get our food - much longer than I'm used to!! Food was as expected. They have different types of broth that's unique - pho, Japanese pork bone, Hong Kong chicken broth. It was on the blander side in the beginning (which was actually good because I don't like it when the broth is too salty), but gradually started to get saltier and flavourful due to the black pepper which was disappointing. Ice cream is self serve - could be a pro or con depending on how you feel. I rather them serve me, but if you want a cone with more ice cream, this is your opportunity!! Consistency of the ice cream is less milky and more on the icy side. With the amount of places for these hot-pot places, don't think I would come back. Nothing about this place stands out from others unfortunately. read more

Datang Hot Pot - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Not bad for hot pot! Good reasonable ingredient and Broth selections. The place needs to be a bit more clean in my opinion but overall it was a enjoyable experience. Love their HK Chicken Broth! read more

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Wanted to branch out from big way to see what others have to offer. Also wanted to take advantage of their free roujiamo with over $15 spend. They have plenty of ingredients to choose from including razor clam which is not at bigway. Prices are the same I think at $3.99/100g. The place is spacious and decorations are nice. I know big way is always too tight and they try to fit too many tables. Service is mediocre. They don't walk around to monitor. Sauce bar is similar. I like that they have the green sichuan pepper oil. I got the fish maw chicken broth with added laksa flavoring. I couldn't tell what I was tasting - it was neither chicken broth nor laksa. Wasn't a fan of the soup. Husband got their pork bone broth with spicy mala. Wasn't that great either. Big way and super thai is better. The free roujiamo was not good. The dough was either stale or they overmixed it and although it was flaky, it was hard. The meat mixture inside didn't have flavor. It's nice they have a self serve ice cream station but it's a bit unsanitary because everyones hands are touching the cones - the cones are all stacked and some are stuck to each other so you need to touch both to pry it apart. They do offer tongs but it doesn't help. I was able to get ice cream once and then the machine was out of ice cream. Even after waiting 15 min, nobody came to even refill it so we just left. There's a parking lot behind and on the side. read more

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I went with a group of friends during soft opening where you get a free hamburger or drink if you spend over $15. I like the concept but it was quite disorganized. They were opening at half the capacity which is fine but didn't have an organized way for the waitlist. My friends joined the waitlist and decided to wait in the car until it was our turn. However I decided to wait in the restaurant. To my surprise, the server let the people who waited in the restaurant to get food right away. So I called all my friends to come in even though the waitlist said it wasn't even our turn yet. When my friends all came in, the server was nowhere to be found so we had to wait until she came back. It just felt very disorganized. The food choices were decent and comparable to Big Way. I enjoyed the refreshing free tea with the promo. Didn't get a chance to try the hamburger or skewers. Once we finished our order, there was no staff to lead us to a table. We finally tracked one down and finally got a table. The meal was not bad! However the disorganized service/waitlist made it less enjoyable. read more

Datang Hot Pot - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

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I love a good weighted hot pot spot. My gripe is the extensive wait times during rush hours. On a Wednesday night at 11pm, we breezed right in! This spot is open late night until 2am. Staff were friendly and welcoming. Great customer service! They currently have a promotion that if you purchase over $15, you can choose a drink or a Chinese burger add on for free. I tried the HK chicken soup base and the Tom yum dry mix. I didn't love the combo too much, it was super oily and the broth wasn't full bodied. It felt like packaged ramen you would make at home and added extra ingredients. Lots of variety of veggies, meat, seafood and beancurd to pick from. I enjoy the handcrafted noodles a lot, great bouncy texture. My favourite part of this experience is the self serve ice cream machine!!! Would come back just for this. It was the rose vanilla flavour, I just enjoy operating the machine and making swirlies! And you can get unlimited cones. Overall, good value, but there are better broth bases elsewhere. read more

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One of my favorite hotpot places I've been to, I'd even rank it over Big Way! The variety of options is huge and I loved the watermelon juice, it was so fresh!! The broth itself was delicious and we went a little before rush hour so it was super easy to get our ingredients and sit down. The free ice cream and Chinese hamburger were also nice touches. The location was a little tricky to park, but inside was beautiful. It was overall a fantastic experience. read more

Datang Hot Pot - Bone broth and watermelon juice - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Came with some friends and family and really enjoyed my time here. Lots of fresh ingredients to select from. Veggies, meats, seafood, noodles etc. a few broth options as well and you can spice it up with even more options! With a minimum purchase of $18, you can choose from 3 freebies including 2 chicken wings. They have a rotating soft serve self serve ice cream machine which is a hit with everyone. Plenty of seating. Only downside is the parking! Wish there was more read more

My new favourite DIY hot pot place. My friends and I love coming here with our little ones because it's so spacious and the staff are so kind when accommodating us. We never feel rushed so we always can sit and chat for a while, then have some ice cream once our bellies have settled. Similar to the other places, Da tang allows you to select a variety of veggies, meats, seafood, noodles and assorted balls, then you simply pick your soup base and pay by the weight. The unique thing here is that they have 5 soup bases (ie. chicken broth, vegan tomato, bone broth), 8 add on flavours (ie. laksa, ton yum) or 3 dry mixes to choose from. The combination is endless and never too salty for our liking. They also have an ongoing promo where you get a free item (ie pork burger, chicken wings or drink of the day) if you spend a minimum of $18. There's always a sauce station if you want a little more umph to your meal, free to go containers and self serve ice cream. We go about once a month or two and there's usually a new flavour to try each time. Recently they started a membership system to collect points so don't forget to sign up with your phone number. read more

Very comfortable and spacious interior! The food selection is similar to big way hot pot. The quality of the food is okay. I do find that datang's broths are better than big way hot pot though. There's also a soft serve station at your convenience and I like that they have boxes and bags available that you can take home with you if you don't finish your meal. Overall it's a great experience! read more

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Another day, another Big Way competitor. Funnily enough, I saw a few familiar worker faces I had previously seen at Big Way. I wonder if they rotate around in search of better wages haha... The hype for this one was quite large, especially on social media. They are running a deal in which any pot over $15 gives you a free drink or a burger appetizer. I have been here on two occasions already. The first time I went, I wasn't very hungry, so I wondered if that was why I didn't enjoy it very much. Came back a second time and confirmed that this place just isn't as good as the other places. Since the ingredient selection is more or less the same, what didn't hit deep for me were the soup bases. The soup bases claim to be made in house and fresh everyday and they did taste like what they were labelled. However, I couldn't really pinpoint anything unique or delicious about them. They also have flavour add ons, which I didn't really understand but I also got original flavour everytime. For the free appetizer, the burger was not bad, just an average crispy pancake with fatty meat inside. What really made me question the experience was the condiment bar and ice cream service. The condiments were often empty and didn't seem to be well cleaned or taken care of. In addition, they leave to go containers out on the bar for people to self-serve. For myself personally, this doesn't seem the most sanitary. The ice cream machine is also self serve which is nice but at the same time, questionable because some people will undoubtedly mess with the machine (or get way more than they can realistically finish). In addition, both times I went the ice cream was very icy and artificial. The interior otherwise is big and new, I think it's worth a try as it could cater to your tastes but it's a pass for me! read more

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Lowkey this place is fire, even though it's not the healthiest choice and has quite a bit of msg. I would describe this spot as a less crowded, more spacious version of big way, and because of this in some ways feels more hygienic. This is a ma la tang restaurant, where you pick your toppings, soup base, and pay by weight. I believe spending over $20 gets you a free apple or drink. I find this spot to be pretty affordable with a $20-25 bowl leaving me feeling extremely full! My favourite is the tom yum soup base for its spicy sourness! And they give you an ice cream in the end (nothing special). Generally food feels fresh, I leave without a stomach ache, and don't feel like I need to fight crowds or wait a long time to eat here. read more

Datang Hot Pot - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

I'd say this is comparable to other pay by weight hotpot places except for a few things that make them stand out. I appreciate the fact that they have side dishes by the sauce station like kimchi and pickled veggies. It's also unlimited so that's a big plus. I also love how the have unlimited ice cream and that it's also self serve. The to-go bags are top tier quality and "you can take as many as you want" This place also allows you to add a second layer of flavour to your broth which makes the options that much broader. Ingredients are also all fresh. The place is clean and looks kinda poshy. All in all, it's become my go to for pay by weight hotpot when I'm in the area! read more

Datang Hot Pot - Ordered the tomato broth and layered it with the laksa flavour booster. Sooo good! - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

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Checked out Datang Hot Pot in Richmond and really liked it. It's another pay-by-weight spot similar to Big Way, but the interior here is much nicer with lots of seating and a clean, modern feel. I went with the Hong Kong Chicken broth and kept it original. It was super flavourful and I actually preferred it over the broth options I've tried at Big Way, even though they don't offer this exact one. The only downside was the soft serve. Their ice cream machine took a while to get going, so we ended up waiting over 30 minutes for it. Other than that, the food and i would go back again if I was in the area. read more

Datang Hot Pot - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

This self-serve hot pot spot opened in mid-March and quickly gathered attention, so we made the effort to check it out. We visited on a Thursday around 11:30 AM--not long after they open at 11--expecting it to be relatively quiet. The restaurant is tucked into the corner of Parker Place Mall, but don't count on finding easy parking. The lot is tight, and spots near the entrance are scarce. The exterior is modest and easy to miss, but once inside, we were pleasantly surprised: the space was clean, bright, and spacious. Two walls are lined with shelves holding a massive variety of ingredients--over 100 different options including seafood, meat, vegetables, noodles, and drinks. You grab a bronze pot and tongs, then choose whatever you like: everything from fish slices and frog legs to pig's blood and even mini abalone on skewers. Since pricing is by weight (currently $3.98 per 100 grams), it's best to avoid items with shells. Thankfully, they offer shell-free or half-shell mussels as well. Orders over $15 come with a complimentary Chinese burger or specialty drink--though let's be honest, it's an upsell tactic to encourage bigger portions. We both had the Chinese Burger but found the doughs chewy and not flakey as it should be. There are six soup bases to choose from. I went with a simple chicken broth, while my wife picked the spicy option, which turned out to be a bit too intense. Both the broth and dipping sauces were packed with chili, and it ended up overpowering the actual flavor of her ingredients. The hot pot arrives pretty well-cooked, served with chopsticks and a soup spoon. At the self-serve sauce station--right next to the ice cream machine--you can mix your own dipping sauce. I made mine with peanut sauce, soy sauce, green onion, ginger and a touch of chili oil. My wife, unfortunately, chose another spicy mix, which didn't help her already fiery broth. The sauce bar was well-stocked with essentials like sesame oil, black vinegar, MSG, chili oil, shredded ginger, and green onions. The basic broth I chose paired nicely with fresh fish slices and other proteins. However, the vegetables were overcooked--pale and mushy instead of vibrant and crisp. As someone with decades in the restaurant business, I follow the core principles of colour, aroma, and taste, and sadly, the overcooked greens missed the mark. It's likely they just pour the soup in and boil it all at once, rather than treating delicate ingredients separately. Strangely, steamed rice wasn't available--a staple in Chinese cuisine. Instead, they offered various types of dry noodles, mostly similar to instant ramen. Once everything's cooked, ingredients shrink, and what you're left with is essentially a bowl of soup with some meat or seafood. At over $90 for two people, it felt overpriced. You're definitely paying for the novelty and convenience--more of a trendy experience than a value-driven meal. As for dessert, they offer a single serve of rose vanilla soft-serve in a small black charcoal cone, with a sign firmly requesting "ONE CONE EACH!" Unfortunately, the texture was more like a watery sorbet than a rich ice cream or gelato. After spending close to $100, being limited on a mediocre dessert left a bad taste--figuratively and literally. In summary, we weren't blown away and will likely explore other hot pot spots in the future. So stay tune for our next hot pot adventure! Overall Ratings: Food: 3.5/5 Service & Ambience: 4/5 Value: 3/5 read more

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Food, service and experience was great. Staff was happy to provide ingredient combination recommendations.

2026.01.10. Datang Hot Pot offers choices of food by weight, choice of broth. Register your telephone for their loyalty program, for every CAD 150 on the program, you may redeem CAD 10 off a future visit. If your total is more than CAD 18, you are offered one of several free items. Choose the fried chicken, as their regular charge is CAD 6.99. It's also incredibly tasty fried chicken. I would also add their crispy Burger made with sweet and sour pork belly, currently at CAD 2.99. Also yummy. They have drinks available, so Tsingtao is added, pay your total, ask for a napkin(s), take your number to bring to an available table, go to the condiments station, get condiments you would actually use. Next to that is their soft ice cream machine dispenser for unlimited cones during your dining. Free WiFi, free leftover containers and bags. Credit cards accepted. Nice atmosphere, sometimes I don't like their music choices. read more