We were the only customers in this place... we should have left right then. We could eat our food.

Me and my boyfriend LOVEE happy veal hot pot! We have been going here for about a year and this is our go to date night spot! The food is AMAZING and the staff are so so kind! read more

This is mainly a hot pot restaurant. The main clientele appears to be Chinese students. The menu is in Chinese with one page in English - with the tamer menu choices. The wait staff speak predominantly Chinese. Went on a Monday night and it was exceptionally busy! Felt bad for the one waitress who was running around to every table. Ordered off the menu - wow, the portions were large. Also authentic Chinese - don't come here if you want combo one or two... That isn't the population this restaurant is catering too. The food came out fast, hot and fresh. Had a ton of leftovers. Definitely won't be ordering so much next time. Good value overall! read more

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A Chinese restaurant in Halifax. The taste is very good. Pékin Duck is good to try. I'm one duck can split for 3 dishes. I'm surprised that we can find a good Chinese restaurant in here. Especially time try. Sadly no AC on a hot day. read more

Food & staff was amazing. Their vegan loaded poutine was the best thing I've had in my life and I'll be back just for that.

This place is great. I'm a big fan. It's pretty authentic when it comes to Chinese food. My fav is the hot pot. It's spicy but incredible. But like they say, if you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen!! read more

I had a fantastic, cheap bowl of noodles with beef brisket here - probably the best I've had in Halifax. The noodles tasted home made but weren't. Still delicious, slightly spicy, served in a great broth with Chinese greens and green onion. I could see the dough being rolled for the dumplings through a window to the kitchen. I will try these and the hot pot next time I visit. Although the restaurant is in a great location, it's easy to miss. It's on the ground floor of Park Vic at the south end of the building. read more

Happy Veal Hot Pot - Sandwich board advertising the lunch special. - Chinese Near Me - Halifax, Nova Scotia

If you're looking for the spiciest food in Halifax, this place has it in the form of the Chongqing hot pot. Add in their spicy sauce, and man, you've got one hell of a spicy dish! It's Despite that you can still taste all the unique flavours. I like how you get to choose which ingredients go into the hot pot. As this was our first hot pot experience we were expecting a bit of instruction but we got none. We even said it was our first time and didn't really know what we were doing. I don't think she understood. But our server was still polite and attempted to be accommodating. Be forewarned, if you get the hot pot, prepare to bring along at least three others. It's a huge amount of food. A couple of things prevented me from giving it five stars: The first is the fact that the floors were dirty and the exterior windows were covered in bird droppings. I know what happens outside the restaurant is largely beyond anyone's control, but cleaning the windows every now and then would go a long way. No one likes staring at poop while they eat. Secondly, for some reason, they didn't really appear to have any heat on in the restaurant on a day that was -7 degrees. The patrons in the restaurant were all wearing their winter jackets. It doesn't particularly make for an inviting atmosphere. Thirdly, the hot pot price itself is expensive. Yes you can somewhat control the price by limiting the ingredients put in, and in hindsight, we may have overdone it a tad with ingredients, but the whole thing came to $68 before tip. Granted, we got a beer each too, but still. That's a pricy lunch. Fourthly, the meat they use is all frozen beforehand, not fresh. They make no efforts to hide it either, they bring straight up frozen meat to the table. Fresh meat would not only taste better, but would be my appetizing. If those are all things you can overlook, then this place is well worth a try. Will be back to try more meals on the menu. read more

Alas and alack...I'm afraid I have to temper my enthusiasm for Happy Veal after recently returning for lunch. Between the two visits, I'd rate it at a 3.5. Dinner was delightful, lunch...well, the soups were 70% noodles with a tiny bit of meat and bok choy. That was especially disappointing considering how generous the hot pot is with veg and meat quantities. In the light of day it was also easier to see how the furniture was in disrepair. One of the bathrooms was also incredibly dirty. Service was also poor. The TV was very loud and we had to fight for the server's attention. I'll give it another shot, but the difference between the two visits was night and day. read more

So... a friend and I went here and I was starving, so I started ordering everything off the menu. We ended up with enough food to feed 8 people, so we took the rest of it home. We got the half/half spicy and not spicy broth. The spicy broth (and keep in mind i like things spicy) was extremely spicy. So be warned. I ended up cooking most of the items in the non-spicy broth and using a bit of the spicy broth in my bowl to flavour it after. So what happens is that you walk in and choose what type of hot pot you want. Then you select items to put in that hot pot. We got the two meat special and got beef and shrimp paste (shrimp paste is awesome - I loved it), and then we got a bunch of vegetables. The portions are large, so I'd suggest getting two or three vegetables maybe, maybe even less. I don't know because I'm the one who ordered about 10 vegetables and definitely could not finish it all. You cook the dumplings in the hot pot too. It was good. I'd go back. I might try the lunch the next time because at dinner it was really empty, and I hear the lunch menu has different things on it. read more

Had twin side hot pot today and they tasted very well!! The rice are good but the waiter is a little bit too busy. read more

Happy Veal Hot Pot - Chinese Near Me - Halifax, Nova Scotia

This place is a super fun group activity, and the food is super tasty. The standard half and half broth that they recommend is a great way to try a two of the broths if you aren't sure what you like. The original broth is great, as well as the spicy one, however the spicy one is a bit oily if that bothers you. The is another spicier chongqing broth that you can try if you are adventurous, but I have found that the "tingly spicy" feeling can be unpleasant to those who aren't accustomed to it. As per the food selection, its is vast and cheap. My favorites are the pork belly, shitake mushrooms, and the enoki mushrooms (seriously if you aren't doing hot pot with mushrooms you're missing out!). There a lot to choose from, so multiple visits are required to really get a feel of the menu. I found that with a group, each of you should max aim to spend 15$ including tax, this will leave you stuffed for sure. It seems like currently not too many non-asian customers come by to this place. Which is a shame because it's so good! Still around dinner time, this place fills up, for good reason. read more

The food was amazing. The service not so much. I've heard so much about hot pot that I thought I'd try something new. We told the server we never had it before and are new to this. She offered zero help, but we figured it out. Never came back to see if our food was good or if we needed anything. It's a shame as the food was amazing. read more

This is the first authentic hot pot experience I've ever had. We got the mix of spicy/mild broth with pork belly and beef, shiitake mushrooms, bok choy, bamboo shoots, chives, and 2 beers which came to $65 (taxes in, no tip yet) for the 2 of us which we thought was a little expensive. The broth was tasty and the meats were thinly sliced and all delicious as well. The spicy broth was the appropriate amount (no need for Kleenex here!) and the mild one was a good switch so you don't get bored. I found when I put the veggies in, it got lost in the broth and that was sort of annoying. I would come back here again. Though it was yummy, just a bit expensive. read more

This place is awesome!!! I will definitely be going here as often as I can in the future. We went after work today and had a hotpot with a variety of vegetables and meats (too much probably) and some pork dumplings. They serve the hotpot on a hotplate and you add vegetables and meats to taste. The flavor was incredible, the portion was massive, and although we definitely spent too much money it was totally worth it. Next time we will probably scale back our order, because we had no idea it would be so much food. read more

Happy Veal Hot Pot - The bounty. - Chinese Near Me - Halifax, Nova Scotia

Good service, good food however we kept finding live lady bugs in our food. The first time, the waitress replaced our kimchi and then later found another one with the rice. I'm not sure if it's because the vegetables are not washed properly or so. The staff's reaction to it was "oh my god" and that was about it. read more

Ordered delivery twice from here while I was at the IWK. Both times I ordered their lamb potstickers. If you don't like lamb then this dish isn't for you. Potstickers or fried dumplings were filled with fragrant lamb and seasoning. There didn't seem to have any veggie in them. It really satisfied the craving that I had because I was tired of the bland hospital food. Good portion, but a bit on the oily side. read more

Price are so high ! But unless food good ! Wait here for 30 mins and more, foods are coming so slowly!

We have eaten here several times. My wife (Shanghai Ren) loves this place and every time we are in the area, she wants to stop in. I'm not personally a fan of HotPot but its done very well. Its hard to find REAL athuntic places like this anywhere in Canada. read more

The food here is as good as the many "huo guo" or "fire pot" restaurants in New York, including the Chinese implant, "Xiao Fei Yang"-"Little Sheep" which is a popular chain in China. If you're new to "fire pot", it's like a fondue in some ways. A boiling pot of broth is placed in the center of the table, and an array of meats and vegetables are cooked in the pot and shared by each diner. You use a slotted spoon to remove your foods. You might place your plate of lamb, or beef in the pot and then dip it in a sauce-the sesame sauce being the preferred sauce-and eaten. You can order various fish as well. They have an array of "balls" that might be ordered-lobster balls, beef, pork, shrimp, etc. These are similar to Japanese Oden-formed with meat and vegetables into a sort of meatball. The table next to use ordered a "mashed shrimp" which apparently can be formed into balls and cooked. We had beef and it was quite lean. We also had the mixed seafood balls. We ordered the very spicy soup, which they call "chongqing" spicy. It's not really terribly spicy by my standards, but some might find it so. It's served "ma-la" style meaning it's both spicy, or "la" in Chinese and a bit tingly-"ma" from the famed "fuajiao" pepper which is not hot, but tingles a bit. You can order a non-spicy broth as well. Or you can order a 1/2 and 1/2 in which a pot will have spicy broth on one side, and non-spicy broth on the other. We also ordered a delicious lamb skewer as a side dish-and a pork knuckle. For those of you who like pork knuckle, it's has delicious and wonderful flavors, but not much meat. The eating-is of the gelatinous exterior of the knuckle which must be braised for many hours to soften. The flavors are delicious and rich tasting, for those of you who can handle it. The most famous restaurant, perhaps, in Canada is named for this dish-though it's served more French/Canadian style (Pied au Cochon). These "barbecue" dishes were spiced mostly with cumin and were delicious. I get the distinct impression that you need to actively ASK for the barbecue menu and the dumpling/noodle menu. BUT DO IT. Our vegetables for our "fire pot" were bamboo shoots, wood ears, enoki mushrooms (needle mushrooms), some chinese parsley looking vegetable, and noodles made of tofu called "tofu skin". We also had the home made noodles which are cooked at the end of the meal. These were firm and delightful noodles-amazingly well made. In the future, i would order the deep fried tofu. We were the only non-Chinese in the restaurant, but the waitress has a degree from university in Canada and helped us immensely. There's a great dumpling menu that I would love to try. For example, the lamb, beef or shrimp dumplings sound great. In addition, there's a special dumpling that they offer that sounds great too. This restaurant is quite authentic, and a surprising and delightful addition to the food-scape of Atlantic Canada. read more

Great, authentic hot pots. The recommended mix is a good choice. Overall, it's very flavourful with great meat (and other protein) options. Portions are large and best for 2 people. Very casual. Excellent value. And likely for these reasons, it was quite busy on a week night. read more

The vegetables and meat tastes bad . Too oily, bad services, i would rather eat at home

Compared with their food, the price is high. However, at least, we had hot-pot in Halifax!!!

Dumplings and noodles best in the city. Great service too.