Visited FirePot on Friday for lunch and had a wonderful experience! There was no wait when we arrived, but the restaurant quickly filled up -- and I can see why. The first thing you notice when you walk in is how grand and spacious the restaurant feels. The high ceilings and open layout make a huge difference, and the tables are spaced far enough apart that you don't feel like you're listening to the conversation at the next table. The buffet selection is impressive and very well organized. There's a dedicated section for hot pot ingredients, another for sushi, sashimi, and seafood, a section with cooked Asian dishes and dim sum, another with fried foods and even more seafood, and a final area filled with fresh fruit, salads, and desserts. Off to the side, there's also a self-serve drink and ice cream area with a great selection, including Thai tea, winter melon tea, and all the boba and jelly toppings you could want. Most importantly, everything we tried tasted fresh and flavorful without being overly salty. The restaurant was very clean, the food stations were well maintained, and our waitress was attentive throughout the meal. Great variety, fresh food, plenty of space, and excellent flavors. We really enjoyed our lunch and will definitely be back! read more

All-you-can-eat restaurant (seafood/hotpot/grill) located in Stafford. Nice ambience. Waiter was nice. However for a 90 minute time limit, we didn't get our hotpot broth (double mushroom & tomato) until 30-40 minutes later... Double mushroom was kind of bland and tomato was alright. You can grab beef or lamb from that side fridge to cook in the hotpot. Quality was average. Sushi selection was pretty good. Dim sum (har gow & shumai) was ok. Variety of dessert options. Got to try wintermelon pandan, mango green tea, and Thai tea drinks. Would've been nice to get a heads up to wrap up dining (at the 60 or 75 minute mark) vs waiting until we exceeded the time limit. Felt like we were scrambling towards the end. Dining once was good enough for me. I recommend not coming in with high expectations LOL. read more

Firepot - Buffets Near Me - Stafford, Texas

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I really had high hopes for this but it unfortunately is like any typical buffet in Houston. Its new but i would rate it below Umi. Multiple options with mediocre food. Best to go to a place that specializes in the cuisine/ dish you want. The decor is cute. Large labubu statues at the entrance. Decent waiting room area. There's a sign in kiosk but it wasn't being utilized while we visited on a Saturday evening. We arrived around 6 pm w/only a 15 min for our party 4. They do pace the seating which helps with over crowding at the buffet line. The place is huge with plenty of seating. Decor is fun with space theming. Despite being new, the place felt a bit dirty. Our booth /table wasn't clean and the seats had food already stuck to it and was sticky. This unfortunately gives the vibes of cleanliness is already lacking. This also leads into the food. I started with trying the cooked seafood. There were raw oysters, claims, and cocktail shrimp. Before I dabbled into that, I tried the cooked options like the fish and turmeric crab. Steamed Fish was decent. The turmeric crab tasted dirty as in, it was not cleaned or prepped properly. It looked good, could've tasted good with the seasoning but it did not. It tasted fishy, gritty, and dirty. Ever ate something and the taste itself gave you the strong premonition that youre gonna regret it? Yeah, that is the taste. With that start, I decided to stay clear of the raw stuff. It was that bad that I lost interest. Saw they had steamed stoned crab but didnt look appealing. The fact there was a lot and people weren't clearing it, gave me pause. Let's say they did clean the crab. They must not have filtered water or it was sitting too long in its filth. I even purge my seafood with salt when I prepare seafood at home. The water they served was horrendous. Im pretty sure if you tested the water they were serving, it would be filled with microscopic grime. My kids did not want to drink the water bc it tasted weird to them. Then I tried it and I even made a disgusted face. I told them to not drink it at all. This also led to me questioning the tea and all their drinks they have on the buffet line if the same disgusting water was used to mix those tea. The water quality is something I would have expected from a hole-in-the-wall place in old Chinatown, not from a new place here in Stafford. Moving on to the hot pot that is included with the price, we chose the Tangy Pickle Broth and Golden Chicken soup. Spicy for thr adults and non-spicy for the kids. You have the option between 2 combo platters. There is the lobster combo vs the abalone platter. We went with the Lobster platter, which comes with 1 lobster, 4 whole shrimp, 4 scallops, 2 mussels. There is a fridge/freezer of meats which i saw had beef and lamb. During our visit, there was lots of lamb but very few plates of beef. It wasn't replenished during our visit. The broth were good and unique in flavors. The seafood boiled in the Tangy broth turned out really good. I appreciated the way they cut the lobster and cracked the claw made it easy for my to peel without the need of a cracker. They had a variety of noodles. There is a silverware and condiment station. The condiment station was not all labeled so had to play the guessing game by sniffing it. There is also a Peking duck station where someone prepares the Peking duck in a soft tortilla. I would say that was my favorite thing I got out of the whole buffet. There was sushi rolls and sushi nigiri. I would say it a as pretty decent and impressed me slightly more for a buffet. The nigiri was too thinly cut in my opinion over a thick bed of rice. Salad options did not look appetizing. They also have some dim sum which was decent. The Hai Cao and Xiu Mai was good. My kid enjoyed the red bean buns that were shaped as a pig, bunny, and bear. There were fruit options. Typical buffet mass produced dessert cakes you would see at any AYCE Chinese buffet. There is an ice cream machine that spits out ice cream but it takes like 4 minutes to complete. A line quickly builds and it's location of the line can hinder people going to the food line. I avoided it all together due to the line and time frame just to get ice cream. I'm also thinking that this prolongs customer seating time when you want to quickly turn over tables. Our waiter was fine. He disappeared for long periods of time. It was getting hard to locate him when we were trying to pay. Unfortunately, I was not impressed. The pricing for the options and quality of food is not worth it. For AYCE alternatives: Go to Kim son for asian buffet. Go to Oma for sushi. Volcano for hot pot and korean BBQ. I lost my interest by just tasting the water which just spread to the questioning and faith of how the food is prepared. The food did not sit well later, as expected. I do hope it gets better bc that's a lot of relestate. Their social advertising looks good but in reality... it was first hand disappointing. read more

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We went to fire pit on a Saturday at 7pm and waited around 40 minutes before being seated. It was our mistake for not realizing that there was an option to reserve online. Once seated, the server was very polite and attentive. It was a little hectic but understandably so since they are still new. The place was very beautiful and clean. The layout was pretty spacious. The food was okay. The flavorings were hit our miss on most of the dishes and the tom yum broth did not taste quite right. It is a good place for seafood lovers since there were plenty of options. Overall it is what you expect from a buffet read more

We dropped in with party of 4 for Friday dinner. The wait was 20 mins at 6:45 PM. In hindsight, we realized that they take reservations-for next time. Dinner was $45.99/person and includes the hot pot. It's spacious and pretty. The buffet is huge with lots of selections. I suggest walking through all the rows before you make your first plate. They offer bibs, gloves, wet towelette, and plackets from the drawers at the end of each table. There were a lot of food options and I don't think I tried even half of the buffet. Here's what I did try, worth mentioning: - Peking duck - this station actually wraps it for you, with the pancake and good amount of duck. - stone crab - looks delicious but was very dry, definitely frozen, would skip next time - tamarind crab - light flavoring, dish was OK - seafood boil - consisted of shrimp, big crawfish, and snow crab. Love the snow crab, the shrimp and crawfish were so dry! - snow crab from cold bar - juicy! - Peking pork ribs - nicely flavored, juicy - fish maw soup - looked so enticing but was also bland - grilled scallop w/garlic - very dry, not seasoned well - steam fish - cooked well but flavorless - crab rangoon - pretty good! - fried quail - so dry! - assortments of self-served tea with add-in bar - choose from winter melon w/pandan, Thai tea, house milk tea, passion fruit green tea, matcha milk tea, and taro milk tea. There's chia seeds, grass jelly, lychee jelly, popping boba, brown sugar boba for the add-ins. - soft serve ice cream machine - was broken for a while when there. Then suddenly became available. I didn't feel like it was worth the wait, 3 mins to make ice cream, on top of waiting for the indecisive people ahead of you. The ice cream tastes like vanilla ice, not like regular soft serve from elsewhere. 15 minutes after we arrived, they stopped putting out the salmon and tuna sashimi. It was 30 mins later before they put more out. I was almost full by the time I decided to try the hot pot. For hot pot, there is a choice of lobster or abalone seafood platter for the table, includes shrimp, scallop, and mussels. It's 1/2 a lobster per person if choosing the lobsters option. The seafood provided for the hot pot were fresh, they were the highlight of my meal. You can choose two soup broth options from a list of 6. We chose the tom yum and the chicken bone broth. I thought the chicken broth was way too salty, had to add a glass of water to dilute the broth. Aside from the seafood platter, there is an aisle on the buffet dedicated to the hot pot, includes various meatballs, noodles, and veggies. For the meat option, there is only two-beef or lamb. The meat was sliced way too thick for hot pot. There was a high chair next to our table, caused us to have trouble squeezing in and out from one side of the table, felt way too squished together. They turn on a birthday song each time they sing happy birthday, tad bit annoying when there's 4 different ones while you're dining. The decor is pretty. The noise volume here is very loud. Plenty of parking available. Summary: I've tried it once and that's enough for me. There is so much food options that it overwhelms. However, most of the food was just OK or too dry. The only thing that stood out to me was the fresh lobster for the hot pot. That one thing is not enough to draw me back for the price point. read more

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Oooook, here is my first and I'll probably try this place one more time when they've got it together, but be expected to wait about an hour at peak times. Have a little patience because any business like this is going to have an onslaught of people rushing in to eat at the same time because of its newness. When you walk in, you will go up to the checking machine and enter your phone number party of however many people you have and wait either on the cushioned benches if you're lucky or most likely it will be standing room only. Parking is plenty even if it shares spaces in a shopping center but that's a norm. If you are driving down the theater of what it used to be 59 South it is near where the old Kim Son used to be when you see Razzoo's it's kind of a street over you have to double back if you missed the street but that's an easy return. Have you all ever been to Umi on Wedtheimer? It's kind of parallel like that but it seems twice bigger with more items. When you are sat you will look at this small table standing menu that you'll need to squint if you're over 50 years old because the letters are about tall as an ant with dark gray lettering on black background.... who designed these dang things? You pick out of six bronze your favorite one from The Usual suspects meaning mushroom, yummy yummy, spicy chicken , tomato you know the drill. And then from there you get a choice of half of a lobster per person. ( that is not cool because you think you were getting a full Lobster upon entering so don't think it's all you can eat lobster) or Abilone. From there you will track to the massive buffet. Your basic start would be your usual sushis Chinese type buffets but what stands out would be the Mochi ice cream machine that you make yourself and unfortunately there was a line of 10 people waiting about 4 minutes each just to do their own and then when I came back it was already out of order.... not impressive for your first day opening but that's probably on the company that sold you that machine. The Crawfish were not old at all and pretty good season and large in size. There are crab legs Dungeness crabs cut in half three types of soup I think I saw something called fish maw? I forgot what the other two are. There is a sushi part of the buffet which was well prepared and on the other side would be your raw crab legs, oysters and a few other fan favorites along with your regular American salads and kimchi. The ingredients for your hot pot is pretty well spread out and a favorite of mine are the quail eggs and the black mushrooms. The sauce bar! Two times bigger than many I've ever seen and even has labels. Your desserts are your main set of oranges pudding jellos but one thing I would say that stands out would be the BOBA BAR. You can actually put as much boba, popping boba or grass jelly that you want in your glass! One thing that stands out on that part are the "peel them yourself" lychees! They are the fresh ones that come unpeeled. Service was just okay but most likely they were understaffed because you could see tables that were empty and with the standing room only in the waiting area they had to meet her how they sat people so maybe come back a little bit later when they are fully staffed. Big warning big warning! The floor that they have is of terrible design and material meaning any little bit of droppage of food especially greasy type will spread a thin layer for a good amount of square feet. This is a big slip Hazard waiting to happen and as I sat there and watched about three different people almost bust their butt it's just like watching a train wreck waiting for somebody to be taken out on an ambulance and when you get there you will know exactly what I mean when you see everybody walking down the little side hall holding on to the walls or walking like baby giraffes. The price per person is $45 plus Uncle Sam meeting you pay about $100 for two people. No senior citizen discount mentioned for 86-year-old mother. I'm not sure to call this a soft opening or what but it looks like they tried to go full steam but really not ready for it. Not the best execution but it's difficult on many establishments first runs, so let's give them another chance in a couple of weeks when the Riff Raff dies down. read more

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not bad by any means, but definitely overpriced and overhyped imo. for "houstons biggest buffet," i didnt think there was THAT much more variety compared to other places. first off, the wait was awful, but ill give them a pass since they just opened. there were more people waiting than actually eating inside, with so many empty tables! they were terribly understaffed, although the staff themselves were very patient and accommodating. once seated, we ordered our hot pot base and the live seafood platter included with dinner. unfortunately, the hot pot took over 30 minutes to arrive, and we were also missing an order of lobster. they did bring it out once we pointed it out, but what if we hadnt been paying close attention? we couldve easily missed out on most of what we were paying for :') that being said, the lobster was live and incredibly fresh, veryyy worth it! and chicken soup base was pretty good too the hot dishes were good overall. the peking duck rolls had a good balance of sauce, green onion, cucumber, and meat. each person can only get 2 at a time, but the line moves pretty quickly. i also enjoyed the steamed white fish, baked salmon, sauerkraut fish, seafood medley, gai lan, and barbecue squid. the non-seafood meats like short ribs, black pepper beef, and beef skewers were unfortunately all too tough and overcooked. there also werent enough veggie options. the dim sum was pretty clearly frozen and reheated rather than handmade, nothing special. i was most disappointed by the sushi and sashimi. for a seafood buffet, i expected the quality to be better. the rolls didnt have enough filling, and the tuna and salmon sashimi were both pretty fishy. for dessert, the fruit was really fresh, and i was pleasantly surprised to see rambutan! they also have a topping bar with different boba and jellies, and the drinks and milk teas were actually pretty good. the ice cream machine was also pretty amusing and memorable haha overall, there were definitely some hits and misses, but i think the food is more or less on par with other buffets in the $35 range, so $45.99 is just too much for what youre getting read more

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New buffet in Stafford Fountains area. Operations app pared to be very smooth despite it being their first week opened. I'm very impressed by their efficiency and customer service despite how many guests were dining. Weekday lunch for adults ~$25 Dinners for adults ~$46 and includes the hot pot I arrived on Friday at noon and the line was out the door! That's a real testament to the community's interest. Everyone registers on a tablet to get placed on a wait list and a receives a number assignment. It gets crowded in the waiting area, but we were seated within 5 minutes. The tables are comfortable and there is a huge dip in the table for the hot pot. The buffet itself was ~$25 for the weekday lunch and it cost an extra $5 to add hot pot to your lunch. We might as well try it out. They have such a wide range of selections and they are nicely spaced out: 1. Hot pot -many broth bases - mala, tom yum, tomato, etc -all both bases have soy so I asked for just plain hot water (i hope they may consider plain chicken broth or plain po for those who have food allergies in the future) - many sauces (garlic sesame, oyster sauce, peanut sauce, hoisin sauce, cilantro, green onions, soy sauce, fish sauce) -vegetables were very fresh: assorted mushrooms, taro, greens, bean sprouts -fish, lobster, beef ball's, fish tofu, tofu, quail eggs, muscles, clams, squid etc -variety of noodles - thinly sliced meat - lamb, beef 2. sushi bar (sushi, rolls, and sashimi) -I was very impressed by the quality and the freshness, this exceeds all the other non sushi focused buffets 3. Dim sum - buns, Harcao, shrimp and pork cheung fun, chicken feet, black bean spare ribs - too bad the cheung fun was already soaked in soy sauce (wanted to try it but I'm allergic to soy.... Perhaps they can put the sauce on the side) 4. Typical Chinese take out options - excellent selection but didn't try them due to soy allergies 5. Fruit assortment - your typical selection plus rambutan (wow) 6. Dessert assortment - tiramisu, chocolate squares, chocolate and strawberry cream fountain with marshmallows, vanilla ice cream machine with a variety of toppings. My husband said the ice cream was very creamy. 7. Tea and milk tea with a variety of toppings - matcha milk tea, house milk tea, strawberry milk tea, Thai milk tea - two types of non milk green teas -toppings: boba, popping bubbles, lychee jelly, grass jelly, chia 8. Seafood - stone crab, shrimp cocktail, salmon, imitation crab, mussels, clams 9. Fried food- excellent for kids. Can't go wrong with fried chicken, nuggets, fries, crab Rangoon, tempura fried shrimp, fried plantains and fried rice cakes 10. Stir fry area I highly recommend this buffet and will be back! read more

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I came here twice before writing this review because I really wanted to give it a fair chance. Service: The staff definitely needs more training. On our first visit, we ordered the broth and waited over an hour before ultimately canceling it. During another visit, a guest sitting next to us actually had their hot pot catch on fire, which was concerning. Food: Everything is beautifully presented and very easy on the eyes. Unfortunately, something about the hot pot meat didn't taste right to us. We ended up stopping eating it and decided to trust our gut. One of our friends later experienced food poisoning. I'm not blaming the restaurant or the meat because there's no way to know what caused it, but the meat was the main thing we stopped eating. Floor: This was probably one of my biggest concerns. The floor is extremely slippery, and we were slipping around constantly. Someone is eventually going to get seriously hurt if this isn't addressed. Management: The manager is genuinely a very nice guy, but he seemed extremely overwhelmed. Given everything we experienced, I can understand why. Unfortunately, after giving it two chances, I just don't feel the price is justified. Going out to eat should be enjoyable and relaxing, and I don't want to spend that much money while worrying about service, safety, or the food. I really hope they're able to address these issues because there is definitely potential here... the presentation is beautiful and the concept is great. But for us, it just wasn't worth the stress or the price. read more

So glad this place opened close to where I live and it's one of the best buffet place I've tried. Food was excellent and servers are very helpful. Ambiance is absolutely welcoming I've been there 3 times since they opened and will be back for more. Let's all support this new place as it continues to grow. Let's support local business. What is Umi and Feast buffet compared to this place. The food are made fresh and lots of seafood. They're just understaffed and long waiting time at peak hours. Let's give them time to improve and the quality of the food always stay top notch. Kudos to the two boss who walked around and talked and greeted all customers read more

Very clean environment, excellent service & delicious food highly recommend best buffet in town read more

Firepot - Front entrance & fresh lobster - Buffets Near Me - Stafford, Texas

1 Star This was easily one of the worst hot pot experiences I've ever had. We arrived at 6:00 PM, and we didn't receive our hot pot until 6:57 PM. That's almost an entire hour just waiting for the main part of the meal. We repeatedly asked our waiter where our hot pot was. Every time, we were told it would be ready "in a couple of minutes." A couple of minutes turned into nearly an hour. There was little communication and no real explanation for the delay. Waiting this long for a hot pot after being seated is unacceptable. The service was extremely disappointing, and the experience completely ruined our meal. If you're looking for a good hot pot experience, I would think twice before coming here. I'm leaving this review because I don't want other customers to have to go through what we experienced. Worst hot pot experience I've had. I would not recommend this place. read more

We went to this place on Monday afternoon for lunch, we went in with high expectations considering that the place is new and we've heard good things about it and from the inside it looked like it would be very nice because the ambience was great. The server was great, very attentive and making sure that we were taken care of at all times but even for the lunch prices spending over $50 for a buffet it was not worth it. The prices at this buffet are similar to those of a buffet in Vegas however, the buffets in Vegas have a much larger variety and the food continues to be better quality while here the variety lacked, and the quality of the food was subpar at best. I was really hoping to like this place since it is so close to home, but I don't see us going back unless things change. The first turn off for me was, how can you have Coke products and not have Diet Coke. That was honestly the biggest disappointment. I do believe this place needs more basic options and a larger variety, you're better off going somewhere else for the amount that you would spend on the food because you are definitely not going to get your moneys worth. read more

Great ! Go! We really enjoyed it. Staff was above and beyond. Our waiter was triple sat when we came in and not only did he check on us but so did the hostess. Lots of food variety read more

Workers are kind, they are talkative, and is very helpful and the some food are amazing. but the tom yum base flavor was horrible the smell was horrid and almost made me throw up.. it smelt like perfume mixed with playdoh. i personally LOVE tom yum soup but this base at fire pot was not good and i normally get the tom yum whenever i go to hotpots. overall love the service and workers there, good ice cream, barely any options for hotpot, and needed to fix the tomyum soup base read more

Arely was absolutely amazing! 10/10 service from start to finish. She was super nice, friendly, attentive, and made sure we had everything we needed. The food was really good, and the ambience was great--it made the whole experience even better. Arely's service really stood out and made our visit so enjoyable. You can tell she genuinely cares about her customers and making sure they have a great experience. Definitely one of the best servers I've had! read more

Food was amazing and very fresh! The service was on point and they also sang and danced for my father's birthday! lol

PLEASE spend your money elsewhere, like in THIS economy charging 40 ish dollars for this type of food is wild. This is equivalent to those happy china buffets from the 90s that used to be 15 a person but this is 4x more expensive. The staff were nice but the food is ridiculous - spend your money if you want hotpot and sushi at like Mikiya or Wagyu House or something! The tom yum soup is definitely NOT Thai tom yum lol, and there is literally ONE HOTPOT BEEF TYPE, rando fried foods and all the sushi is unlabeled so good luck filling up your stomach with mysterious fish. The boba bar is so so, and the ice cream is that fake water non cream type of soft serve that sweats. I wanted to try this because I saw it on instagram but for the price this is crazy. They give you a bowl with one lobster split in half, some small frozen scallops and shrimp but it's definitely NOT quality. You can taste that it's refrigerated overnight and all the food is chewy, cold or overcooked. Maybe if you do end up here just fill up on Peking duck but there's a long line because they have one dude rolling the wraps FOR you one by one. read more