The ingredients are definitely fresh and "if" they are not too busy, they will do the cooking and serving for you. From what we gather, they are supposed to cook & serve it for you at your table. But I guess it got really packed and there were only 2 servers to cover all the tables. So.... after a while, we got hungry and just kind of started cooking it ourselves. Lol! Our stomachs couldn't wait. Flavors were nice and "clean" and you can try Roy taste the freshness and sweetness of the food, especially the seafood when it's steamed. Make sure you go mix up some sauce for yourself to dip the food in (or if you are doing the cooking, consider adding a little if that to the ingredients before it's steamed ). Tip: if doing porridge base: if u order a lot of ingredients, you may want to ask for a bit more rice grains since it is made with the steamed juices that fall from cooking your foods above. Otherwise, that long time spent on steaming will basically turn your porridge to soup. Also- if you choose the pumpkin (squash) in your porridge base, that will definitely sweeten the porridge and the flavor will strongly cover up any other protein ingredient Inside the porridge. We made the mistake of getting the pork and squash base porridge, and adding crab. The squash basically took over the porridge and you can not taste any of the crab. Oops! Wasted it. Lol! Overall- a much healthier alternative to bbq-ing and hot pot. Cleaner eating. A bit on the pricey side if you don't mind it. read more

The porridge is awesome！I like it so much！And other seafood is also good！super fresh ! I like it soooooooooooo much! Five stars! read more

Fresh Elements - Seafood Near Me - Daly City, California

Seafood is really fresh but a bit expensive (although within reason since its live). Method of cooking is really cool Everything else is average (including the congee) and can be found in other places. I was expecting more flavor from the congee TBH 0 star for the queuing system.. there isnt a queue and its just a mess. We reserved table at 8pm and had to wait 40min (no table was really reserved). To top it off, a group of rude people just waltzed in and took a table as soon as the previous group stood up and the staff didnt do anything... I feel that offset all the good food... read more

Fresh seafood but a little bit expensive. Can't come too often. I especially like the shrimp and clams, also the porridge at the end read more

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I'd like this place more if they were more honest. The food is good and the seafood is fresh... I'll give them that. But you should definitely beware as you are ordering because they charge by the pound and don't actually tell you how much you are ordering. Long story short... we were a party of 5 and the bill turned out to be about $600. They also added gratuity even though I'm pretty sure you don't add that unless it's a party of 6 or more (I used to be a server). read more

Fresh Elements - Seafood Near Me - Daly City, California

Please read all the one-star reviews before you come to this place! We were sold MP seafood but they lied about the total weight of the dish. We ended up paying over $200 per person and we were a group of 7! It's bad practice to conduct a business without honesty. Horrible experience and total ripoff! read more

This place is definitely a must-try place. The moment you step into this place you'd know that you find the right place. It is a brand new way to experience the hot pot. Everything is so fresh and the steaming will preserve the freshness. We ends up ordering more than we need and it was so delicious. We recommend this place to everyone who haven't try it yet read more

Fresh Elements - Seafood Near Me - Daly City, California

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Cannot recommend this place enough! This is our go-to place to take friends and family when they visit. The ingredients are always extremely fresh and the steaming ensures the food is healthy. Not to mention the service is friendly and on-point. Hope the restaurant and it's staff keep up the superb service, we will be loyal customers for years to come! read more

Fresh Elements - coral shrimp and fresh uni - Seafood Near Me - Daly City, California

Came to this place to celebrate my sis-in-law B-day. The food is good. Fresh and they have live seafood if you willing to pay their price. Services is ok. Quick service and don't have to repeat what I say couple of times. However, listen up friends, when you guys get the check. MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE TOTAL that is correspond what you order. If you pay cash they will give you dessert. (WTF is that?) reason they giving is they want to get more tips (B.S.) So the wife asked how much the bill was so she might have enough cash to fulfill their request. However when the waitress come back telling us it was $200. with tip will be $250. Now, the question come up. 25% services charge ? WOW. so when we reject the idea paying cash, they "Accidently" double some order when the bill came. Sure. mistake.. I am sure. Computer mistake. sure. THEY DELETE our comment here !! So watch out !!! Shady store am just afraid give my credit card to them again. read more

We really love this restaurant! Everything is so fresh and delicious. Waitress is so nice and friendly and helped us to cook everything. They will leave ingredients on the top steam shelf so that all juice will be gathered at the bottom to cook the porridge. We love the porridge underneath as well! What a brilliant idea! Must try! read more

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Came here to celebrate my dad's birthday. The wait wasn't too bad for a Friday dinner (waited about 1 hour), you have to sign your name on a list near the entrance. The place is pretty small and gets crowded especially since it gets so windy in Daly City and everyone wants to wait inside. We ended up ordering a lot of food that the server told us that we should slow down because it was so much. The menu is 90% in Chinese with very little English, but our server who took our order did speak english thankfully. We ordered: crab, lobster, spotted prawns, cod, scallops, giant clams, wagyu, beef, shrimp balls, clams, napa cabbage, enoki mushrooms, vermicelli noodles, jellyfish salad, and porridge. (we wanted to order razor clams but they were already sold out on a Friday at 7) Everything was fresh and they did have a DIY sauce tray that they bring to the table. I enjoy the concept of a steam pot. The only thing was that the server who came to cook our food for us (not the same one who took our order) basically ruined our meal. She overcooked our food (came to yell at me multiple times when i lifted up the lid), instead of cooking the scallops and giant clams in the shell, she took it out of the shell (which made it overcook more). I asked her multiple times if she could add the vegetables with some of the seafood and she said no because the cooking times were different. She just threw on whatever she wanted without asking us which item we wanted to eat next (did seafood, meat, then seafood). We didn't get the vegetables until the very end when everything was finished. She constantly kept piling food on our plates and mixing up everything - rushing everything for no reason. I also saw her do this with the table right next to us, and the girl told her to stop and she didnt listen - her plate became a pile. I would come and try this place once more because it is a unique concept and their seafood is very fresh, but i would avoid this server. read more

Please reserve a table before coming here. No one cares you if you just walk in. No matter how long you wait, as long as a guest with reservation comes, you are out. Even you have a table, you will be re-assigned to another table. Strongly not recommend. read more

Pricey but you get what you pay for. Fresh AF and great service. They could easily expand their wine menu though. I also wonder what's their corkage fee. Great place if you enjoy really good seafood. Snow crabs from Japan, dense GeoDucks, turtles... read more

Good food, convenient location. I'm only giving a three star for several reasons: We were offered a freevdessert as a return for writing them a review. However when we got the bill, the dessert (worth $10) was still on the bill. The reason they gave was that all 6 of us, including one friend who was only here briefly, have to write a review. I don't mind writing a good review but also do not want to be forced into doing it. Other than this their service quality should definitely be improved. Overall the food is for sure on the more pricy side. 6 pieces of beef tongue cost $16 and 14 small clams are $13. Be prepared for at least ~$40 per person. read more

Before I stepped in I was warned by rumor that it being pricey for the food it got, well, i can tell you that it is very truth! So the idea was to steam your food with water, so that all nutrients stays in and food taste great. There is a couple problem with this restaurant: 1) serious attitude issue; we went in right after they have opened, just 2 tables at seated at the time and we were asked if we had reservation, we didn't. It looks like it pain the server to spare us a table. (At the 40-50 minutes we ate, only 3 more table was taken) 2) they expect you to know everything; so being my first time trying this new thing it is pretty obvious that I didnt know what i had to do, the great looking sauces (which there is only 1 set, and we were rushed to make our mixes before it had to go to other table), the server never bother explaining to us the concept or how things work with their method. 3) the prices, if I remember correctly the big shrimp is $50/lb, and that's about 4 pieces. Market price, I will say between $25-35/lb. Other things included, expect to pay about 3 times the prices you would pay else where for the same amount of food. I spend about $130 for 2 person, and we were both not full. During my dinning at the place I kept hearing the employee & appear to be friend customer bragging their seafood's freshness, I seriously want to laugh because for us Chinese who came from Guangdong, freshness is not an unfamiliar thing and honestly their food is just average quality. OK, so you still would like this try this place out? I am gonna tell you this, you could do the same at your house, for maybe 1/4 of the price, with even better quality food and whats the most important thing? It ain't hard either. read more

Steamed seafood hot pot! It is a new restaurant with totally new dining experience. Steamed seafood is trending in China now and i am so happy so find this restaurant! read more

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taste good and very healthy food！ it is very traditional chinese food. Very creative food. Nice service ~~~ I really like the steamed shrimp and pork ribs.. read more

Fresh Elements - Seafood Near Me - Daly City, California

3 of 5 got sick after the $800 meal. The geoduck was very fishy. (Probably this caused the sickness) NEVER EAT GEODUCK SASHIMI IN THIS PLACE...please don't go, for your money and more importantly, for your health. read more

Food is in the steamed pot,and the seafood is very fresh and tasty. I will recommend to order white porridge for base. We ordered clams,shrimps,oyster (really huge and delicious), chicken and vegetables. Great service,pretty delicious and fresh food. Highly recommended!!!!!!! read more

Fresh Elements - Seafood Near Me - Daly City, California

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Their seafood tastes soo good and fresh(shrimp is alive when they put them in the pot). We ordered yam congee and tastes very good. read more

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Love this place. Very fresh ingredients. Never seen such big oyster before. The price is a little high, but considering the freshness, it is fair. read more

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I found this place from reviews and honestly I was somewhat discouraged from visiting at first because there were a lot of negative ones. A lot of people apparently had a problem with this place's prices and service, but I decided to give it a try and throw a little bday part for my wife. It took me around 40 mins to drive here so I was really hoping that this place would impress me, or at least be decent. As soon as we entered the waiting staff took notice of us and seated us. Just goes to show how ignorant these reviews are - the waiting staff and overall service here was excellent. They were very helpful and courteous, and even did the whole happy birthday routine and served us some cheesecake on the house after we finished. Really happy they decided to give us that treatment. As for the food... I can honestly say that it was AWESOME. I don't mind paying a few extra $s so long as I get what I'm paying for, and here I did. The scallops had this amazing sweetish savory taste that melts in your mouth. They also had some interesting flavors popping up here and there due to the way they were cooked. Amazing stuff... it was easy to see that these folks put a lot of effort into the food we ordered, so props to the chef. read more

I was really surprised by the food, given most of the poor reviews for this restaurant. It is expensive (my party of 4 spent almost $160), but the food is above average compared to other hot pot places. The hot pot here is a little different, though. Instead of having a pot of hot soup and cooking your own portions, the soup pot is actually located under the table, so as the waiter helps you cook all your food, all the juices seep to the bottom, thereby creating your soup base at the end. The soup does tend to get greasy, depending on what you end up ordering, but really tasty nonetheless. From my experience eating here, everyone loved the oysters, pork belly, and spareribs. Just keep in mind that when we were there, the restaurant was pretty full, so the owner sent us to Dim Sum King for alternative seating. (No, you can't go into Dim Sum King first if you're trying to get more comfortable seats there.) read more

What I had thought was going to be a good experiment was the complete opposite. My friends and I were there last night, 04/19/202 around 8:45pm. We were coming back from Pacifica and saw that this restaurant was open until 1am, so we were excited and could not wait to eat. First off the moment we got there we were not seated right away, secondly there were not a lot of customers and it took them a wile to even come to us. As we were given the menu, I had thought that we could order what we each wanted, but it did not feel like that. My friend ordered vermicelli noodles, and so I wanted to order some for myself, and right when I wanted to order a second order of noodles, I was told that I could not which I thought was odd, but whatever. I also ordered Fish tofu which we NEVER received, and it almost felt like were not allowed to cook the food ourselves which is the point of a hot pot! What I didn't like was they didn't know whether we were done or still eating but one of them was pouring the rest of the food into our plates without even asking if we wanted more or no more? Lastly the whole entire time, we just felt like out of everyone in the restaurant, they didn't really acknowledge us. Overall if you're curious, give this restaurant a try for the experience but I've definitely had better hot pot with way better service. Needless to say, I won't be coming back. read more

All 6 of us had got runs even before we finished our dinner! We spent $900 told and ended ourselves in bathroom all night!!!!!!! The waitress told us the Crab is delicious and inexpensive, but it turned out $300... I will definitely not recommend!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

I like the concept and the resulting congee. I prefer their seafood such as shrimp and scallops. Do not order the regular clams here- pretty dirty I got a mouth full of sand so so gross. The razor clams were ok. The service is pretty horrible. Super reactive and disorganized. Also not sure why they don't have vents?!? read more

Fresh Elements - Scallops - Seafood Near Me - Daly City, California

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Great concept! First time here and will be back for sure. Make sure to make a reservation! They take walk-in but the wait will be long- I learned that the hard way! Similar to hot pot, you choose your base (porridge or soup) and then you choose whatever seafood, protein, or veggies you want. Everything is a la carte so you can pick the dish you like to steam. The steaming concept is somewhat a healthier option. Be sure to let the waitress know the order of the dish you want to steam. At the end you get to enjoy the delicious soup or porridge. Get their homemade soy milk--it's really good! read more

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super yummy~ really fresh seafood. Have ordered shrimp, long clam, black bass, scollops. Great~ read more

The food was good. If you like seafood, I recommend you try it out. It is always super busy and you have to help yourself out sometimes but that's fine. Just remember being careful when ordering!!! -2 points to the waitress. I and my husband went there last month. The lady (with straight long hair) who took our order seemed to be either the owner or the lead waitress. It was our first time being there so we asked the waitress for recommendations on the amount of food we should be ordering. She was very condescending and was like 'no it's NOT ENOUGH and you need to order more' the whole time and made us quite uncomfortable. We ordered 8 dishes(cost $220!!!) and ended up wasting half of them which to my opinion is a total failure to the waitress who should have made fair recommendations to her customers. We would have not ordered that much if we were not pushed by the waitress. They should have had more faith in their food rather than trying to rip off their new customers once and for good. read more

AWESOME FOOD!!!! One the kind that you know you are missing out if you've never done this before. Recommended approach: 1. hot Sake --- 2. Spicy park ear --- 3. Rice congee 4. Clam 5. 贵妃蚌 6. Cabbage read more

Great! The seafood is very fresh! We ordered clams, geoduck, Chinese cabbages, beef, crabs. A new way to enjoy seafood. read more

Fresh Elements - Seafood Near Me - Daly City, California

Fantastic! We came from 40miles away, and had a high expectation. This place simply exceeds our expectation! Fresh and delicious! read more

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Food is very fresh and the wait staff is really on point. They are very attentive and polite. Docked a star because its just a bit too pricy for what you get to eat, but overall its a very solid place. I dont know what the complaints are all about but dont let them dissuade you from trying out this place. read more

The food is so good here. I love the shrimp, cod, lobster, clam, and congee. The appetizer is also delicious, we ordered spicy beef combination, and sliced pig ears. The seafood is very fresh. Love it! read more

Fresh Elements - Seafood Near Me - Daly City, California

Fish and lobster are really good! Very fresh don't even need dipping sourse. Will defintly come again! We had a lot of food. Really enjoyed here. read more

Fresh Elements - Very fresh and tasty - Seafood Near Me - Daly City, California

Great choice for late night food! Healthy food option. Very interesting way to prepare food. The congee at last was very delicious. read more

Fresh Elements - Beef and congee - Seafood Near Me - Daly City, California

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The food is very fresh and tasty! Feels very healthy too. I ordered half chicken, beef, cod and shrimp. Never tried steamed food. But they are surprisingly good! Highly recommended. read more

Fresh Elements - Tender beef! - Seafood Near Me - Daly City, California

Very delicious food and very healthy! Definitely will visit again. Highly recommend the clams! read more

Fresh Elements - Seafood Near Me - Daly City, California

I got sick right after eating at this place. Probably is because the sashimi probably is not fresh enough. Also, the service is really poor, waiting 20 minutes for them to prep the crab with literally nothing else to eat. I won't go to this place again read more

I would have given them four stars if it wasn't for the service and the terrible congee... If you're looking for something that is light and healthy, fresh elements is exactly the place to go! The only catch is that their prices are quite high.. all the seafood at fresh elements are fresh, the shrimp was still jumping when they brought them out! This is definitely a place to dine in once in a while only read more