Hotato Potato is a must if you go to night market type of events. It's a tasty snack. It's fun to eat too, everybody can share. It's a tall and long potato; you can't get this item anywhere else and would be hard to make at home. Also it makes a nice picture. Our favorite seasoning is the sour cream and onion or the bbq. We stay basic. It's pricey though. Originally used to be $5, then it usually goes for $10. 2022 price is $12. read more

If you like Potatos and if you like Hotatos, then this is the place for you! The staff is absolutely incredible and gorgeous the food taste like it was made for God himself! And the atmosphere make you feel like you just walked into the justice league HQ! So if you are feeling frisky and love the taste of human connection, this is the place for you! Make sure you make reservations though, seating is a bit limited... read more

I was excited to try their potato spirals at the Night Market, but their services was very poor. After ordering, I was asked to move to the side. I thought this was standard procedure until I noticed that the customers who came after me were served before I was - not just once, but twice. This left me feeling ignored and puzzled. When I inquired about why I was being bypassed, the response I got wasn't clear or satisfactory. They didn't realized I was overlooked even though it was the same person who told me to moved. I felt disrespected as a customer that I decided to ask for a refund instead of the food. The service experience couldn't meet the basic customer service expectations. read more

Oye, another business page that I started that I wasn't the first to review for!! Sad... Anyways, so I first discovered this place at the 626 night market in June. It was fried potato goodness! For $4 you get a whole potato that was cut, deep fried and flavored however you wanted. I tried got mine mixed with garlic and BBQ. It tasted good together and was fried well... really crispy and tasty! At that time, I would had given them 4 stars! I went again for the night in July with my friends and we just had to have this again!! The lines for this one are super long! All the way back to the entrance. There is another potato stand that sells this very item as well, but they are not as packed with people... I don't remember what flavors they have there though. So this time, my friend and I went with sour cream flavor, which did not disappoint at all! However, this time around, it was $6 instead! Increasing it about $2 a month later seems like a lot of me! Somehow, it also looked a bit smaller to me... Anyways, my friend and I devour this nonetheless, but I had to drop it to 3 stars for increasing the price too fast!! In talking to the workers, I learned that this business originated from Canada... kinda a long was to come here, right?? Anyways, I recommend this place because it's yummy and I love the looks of wow I get from the people who see me eating it! LOL. However, if they increase their prices again for the next night market... I will have to try the other potato place instead. read more

Hotato Potato - Specialty Food Near Me - Arcadia, California

Hotato Potato is pretty awesome. I found out about them at the 626 Night Market and the line was insane. The freaking line was longer than after lunch on a Friday when you're waiting for it to turn 5pm. Therefore, I had to give it a try and see what all the hype was about. There's a lot of places that serve something on a stick. You have ice cream on a stick, you have hot dogs on a stick, veggies on a stick and meats/veggies on a stick. Meats/veggies on a stick are also known as kebabs. I know what a great concept and when you add a potato it's amazing. The potato is crunchy on the outside like a potato chip and soft on the inside like fries. I only got to try a few of the flavors and it was better than seeing your ex with a downgrade. Overall, Hotato Potato is awesome and I hear that they have booths at food festivals all over California. What an awesome concept! read more

Never been to a night market before and decided to go to the 626 night market. Upon entrance I saw this huge line to the left and the first thing I thought to myself was wow this must be good. Hotatopotato? Swirled potato on a skew. Light easy snack so I thought I would give it a try. The line on the right is the cashier and the line on the left is where you pick up your purchase. I ended up buying 2 of them and waiting in line. Gave them my ticket and bam I got my potato. You can choose 2 flavors half and half on one potato. Or choose one flavor Flavors: Cajun BBQ Ketchup Sour Cream and Onion Garlic Parmesan Cheddar White Cheddar Ranch and it wasn't on the menu but there is a flavor that has everything combined. Yes all the above and that was called Sangarang I believe. For those who can tolerate a little spice and excitement. For the first one I got half sangarang and half bbq 2nd one I got was Garlic Parmesan and Cheddar I absolutely love the sangarang and the garlic parmesan. I haven't tried the other flavors yet but will try them at their next 626 night market. They also have dipping sauces but I didn't get any so I wouldn't know the sauces they provide. Service: They are extremely nice and generous. They have fun and love what they do here. Everyone here is always smiling and helpful with recommendations on flavor. Wait time: It wasn't that bad once you get your ticket I waited for less than 20 minutes. Try it out for yourself at the next 626 night market read more

They had a booth at the OC Night Market and the line for this place was longer and had more seasoning options, plus their potatoes looked better than their competition, so we decided to try them out. It was fun watching them cut the potatoes into perfect spirals. They were fried to a somewhat crispy texture, but unfortunately, they looked better than they tasted. The chili lime powder they used was not good at all! We didn't even want to finish it. :( Luckily, we have a friend who ate the rest...he said it tastes better if you wait a while. read more

Hotato Potato - Spiral potato with chili lime seasoning - Specialty Food Near Me - Arcadia, California

Longest line at the 626 night market!!! 5$ for a stick not too bad. They have 18 different favors!!!! Took a min but I chose Cajun cause I like spicy. Took a bite wow!! It was really good. Crispy on the outside soft on the inside. Service was great especially the lady that was taking the money!! The experience was cool. Had to wait awhile in Line tho. Gotta try it!!! There mango lemonade was bomb!!! read more

Hotato Potato - Specialty Food Near Me - Arcadia, California

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I've seen these spiral potatoes so many times when I used to frequent Downtown artwalk however I wasn't intrigued enough to try it until I saw the huge line at 626 Night Market. Each stick is $4 which isn't bad considering fries at any restaurant will run you around the same price. I tried both the garlic parmesan and the caramel. The flavoring is provided by powdered dust that is sprinkled onto the potatoes. The flavoring was good but I couldn't really taste the distinct caramel flavor...it was mainly a sweet taste which is great if you're in the mood for something sweet but isn't candy. I would recommend sharing as by the time I was halfway done with my stick I was pretty sick of eating potatoes -_-' It is worth a try if you haven't had potatoes on a stick but once you have, the novelty wears off :( read more

Hotato Potato - a hand holding a bunch of hotdogs - Specialty Food Near Me - Arcadia, California

Tried this for the first time at 626 night market! The line was around 40 minutes, so we figured it must be good. It tasted like thick-cut potato chips on a stick. Extremely crispy and oily, but the bacon cheddar seasoning was tasty! Considering it more or less equivalent to a small bag of potato chips at twice the price, once is definitely good enough for me. (It did make for lots of fun photos though!) read more

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Throwback to summer of 2014 when I had my first 626 night market experience! I asked my friend who is a connoisseur of these kind of events, and she told me the two things I absolutely had to try were potato spirals and stinky tofu. Not brave enough to try the latter, I decided to find some potato spirals, especially since everyone was yielding potato spiral swords it seemed ^_~. There were lots of different stands selling it, and not going to lie, Hotato Potato got my pick because it was so fun saying the name. (HOTATO POTATO ^__^V) Bf & I decided to share one, because unfortunately, we only had enough cash for one ($5). We decided to get the cajun flavor, and lucky for us, we came at the optimal time, because the line took no longer than 5 minutes. First impression (upon first bite): Man that is a lot of powder... Eventually it got better and the flavor was better distributed, but in areas where it's super concentrated, it was superrr salty. Cajun flavor was not too bad though, but if I come back, I'd like to try Sour Cream & Onion next time. :) Also pretty oily though, but you don't come to night market and expect health conscious food, right? Overall, not bad. Maybe if the line is too long next time, I'll try one of their competitors. read more

Hotato Potato - Check out the cajun potato spiral to Tiffany ratio. *__* - Specialty Food Near Me - Arcadia, California

2016 YELP 100 CHALLENGE - 018/100 Visited Hotato's booth at the OC Night Market today. I love spiral/swirl potatoes, so I thought Hotato sounded promising. Customer service here sucked... I literally stood at the window for 5 minutes (when NOBODY else was standing there...I was literally the only customer there), and there were at least 6+ people inside the booth just standing around talking. They all looked really young, probably high schoolers. Nobody acknowledged me for the longest time and I was like wtf? Do you want my business or not. So strange! I finally got one guy's attention and he said I could get 2 seasonings on 1 potato. They had a variety of sweet and savory flavors. I got cheddar cheese and garlic parm. The cheddar was way better than the garlic parm, which didn't really taste like garlic parm at all. Also, when I got the potato, I was surprised it wasn't warm at all. read more

Not going to lie, I thought the taste was just alright. I think the appeal mostly lies in the fact that the potato looks really cool on the stick. There was such a long line at the booth at the 626 Asian Night Market so it was definitely overhyped for sure. 5 dollars for a stick? Come on now....and it tasted like....potato chips. You can imagine the disappointment I felt after waiting in that long line for it. read more

Probably one of the busiest booths at the 626 Night Market in Arcadia. The line to actually order this stick of potatoes is pretty short but the line to pick up your food is very long. I understand why it might be since they're frying up the potatoes to order I believe. They have a super wide variety of flavors you can put on your potatoes, and we chose the jalapeño cheddar. Price isn't too bad considering how much you're getting but it still could be a little cheaper. With that said I did not really like this novelty item. Yes, it is fun to look at and take pictures of, but what you're essentially getting is sliced up potatoes fried on a stick that is way too greasy and over the top salty. I could not believe how salty these potatoes were. I took two bites, my boyfriend ate about 1/2 the stick before throwing it into the trash. Sodium overload for days and the weird thing is, when they fry it it puffs up so while it looks like it's going to be a mouthful of potato, you're really biting into mainly air and then a thin strip of potato. Kind of weird. I think this might be a thing to get if you have a big group of friends. Minimum 4 people just to say you tried it. 1/5 read more

The busiest booth at the 626 Night Market. This had a long long line the entire evening. It's a swirly potato thats half potato chip / half fries. You can also choose two seasonings for each potato swirl. It's $4 each. You can't go wrong with with this if your a fan of cajun fries. If you like saltiness you'll love Hotato Potato. They need to add this to the county fairs! read more

Hotato Potato - a crowd of people at a food stand - Specialty Food Near Me - Arcadia, California

Okay, first off... http://hotatopotato.com/ IS THIS A JOKE? Why would you have this website on your sign but not have anything on it... Those tricksters. I was hoping to find out the deets on where to get this very beautiful cut and twisted potato on a stick when the 626 Night Market wasn't happening. Anyways, this was my first stop at 626 Night Market, and I don't think there's any way of avoiding the line. My friends and I waited AT LEAST an hour... To avoid an even longer wait, the trick is to go with someone and have one person wait in the pick-up line while you're waiting in the order line. Off the top of my head, their flavors (which was just powder shaken on the potato after it'd been cut and fried) were BBQ, cajun, sour cream and onion, ranch, caramel, garlic parmesan, cheese... But really, the only one that matters is garlic parmesan. I got sour cream & onion, too, but it was really salty. (Tip: You can get up to two seasonings!) $4 for a whole potato and powder sprinkled on? I meaaaaaan... IT'S CUT AND SPIRALED ON A STICK. I think that's essentially what people are paying for (well at least that's what I paid for). And well, fun eats are always worth it. EDIT 6/19: I'd just like to note that when I wrote this review, their website was a scenic picture of the sky and I'm now happy to say they've replaced it with a "Coming Soon" image instead. EDIT 8/7: Website's up now! And they're only available for bookings. So this is what heartbreak feels like... :'( read more

About $5 for a fried potato swirl that taste like Lays... Overpriced but its good. I always get them at Fairs or Night Markets. The line can get long but it moves fast. You can get regular or large and two different flavors. I like their Garlic Parmesan the best but they have many others as well. read more

I just had this as the San Diego Night Market and it was so good! I'm really addicted to potato chips and this was a great alternative to the overly processed stuff. It was $6, and since I got there early the wait was about 15 minutes. They had two lines and it was really confusing because one line was suppose to be for paying the other line was for pick-up but there weren't any signs indicating that. I had the Flaming BBQ, and the Cajun. The cashier told me the Flaming BBQ isn't spicy, but that it was still good. I really liked it! The also give you an option for how much seasoning you want. I really loved it and hope they come back to San Diego! read more

I tried this at the recent 626 Night Market and it was delicious! Luckily the line wasn't too long (about 10 minutes) and it was worth it! There were many flavors to choose from, including chili lime, pizza, chocolate marshmallow. But I picked apple cinnamon and it was sooo good! I also checked in on Yelp and got a free dip (picked spicy sour cream). Overall, very friendly service and delicious snack for the afternoon. The stick was $5. I would definitely buy again. read more

I'm so glad I tried this at the 626 Market last week! It's much better than Tornado (powder flakes off when eaten), Mister Potato (yummy too, but not as big) a Hotato is by far the BEST!! They dip it in some sort of batter before deep frying it, do the powder flavor actually sticks to the potato and its not messy!! I got garlic Parmesan flavor and it was big for the price I paid. I win! read more

Anyways, this was my first stop at 626 Night Market, and I don't think there's any way of avoiding the line. My friends and I waited AT LEAST an hour... To avoid an even longer wait, the trick is to go with someone and have one person wait in the pick-up line while you're waiting in the order line. Off the top of my head, their flavors (which was just powder shaken on the potato after it'd been cut and fried) were BBQ, cajun, sour cream and onion, ranch, caramel, garlic parmesan, cheese... read more

It was a little too greasy compared to their competitors. They do have an impressive list of flavor powders to add to the potato, but I think some will find the food greasy or oily. read more

this is pretty good, i dont know its actual location, but when i saw it at the 626 nightmarket oh man was the line was super long when it was opened. it's new, creative and yummy! one of the must go to stand when you go to the 626 nightmarket. they have different flavors too! just like potatoe chips! :D read more

Best potato I may have ever eaten! Crunchy outside, mealy inside, skin and all, delicious, sliced think and covered in 2 different flavors. Mine was sweet BBQ and garlic and onion. The line was incredibly long but my god this thing was delicious. I wish Id bought 2. Husband ate half of mine.. read more

Tried them at the OC Night Market and was disappointed. Flavoring was good, but why do I have to wait in line twice to order and then to pickup, to get a COLD potato stick? Makes no sense that it was given to us cold. read more

Ever since I first had Hotato Potato at the 626 night market years ago, nothing else has come close. My son and I like going to these food markets and his favorite thing to get are those swirly potatoes on a stick. Through the years, we've seen other booths pop up with the same concept but we always end up taking a bite or two, throwing it away, and going to wait in line for our original favorite, Hotato. We just recently went to the OC night market and went straight for the swirly sticks for my son and I to share. They had this cool new bucket drink that was cool looking and fun to drink out of. We are always satisfied and we have tried all the flavors here. read more

I went to the 626 Night Market with a friend yesterday and as we walked around we kept seeing people with these giant sticks of swirled potatoes. We've seen them before in pictures but since we realized that these people were purchasing them at the market, we decided to hunt for the vendor. Once we found it, we noticed a long line and decided that it was best to line up before it got even longer. When I got to the front to pay two cajun hotatos, the cashier was extremely nice and friendly! I hopped over to the other line where my friend was waiting and once we got the skewer, we were in love. It was extremely spicy for us but delicious at the same time. It lasted us a while and served as our last snack of the night. If you haven't had one, you're missing out. read more

This was definitely a crowd pleaser at the 626 market. No matter where you turned your head, you will always be able to spot someone with a stick from hotato potato in their hands. Since I kept seeing it everywhere, my friends and I decided to give it a try. They had like 20 different flavors for potatos! WTF? S'mores? Chocolate? Can't find that anywhere....They also had sour cream and onion, bbq, cajun, garlic parm, and some other crap. Anyways, we bought two sticks (I forgot the price) and was not disappointed. It's unique displayed, and easy to eat. read more

Been to the 626 night market twice and had Hotato both times. The first time, I got the garlic parmesan and cheddar skewer and the lady taking orders gave me a free dipping sauce so that was kind of cool. The second time, I got the same thing but as i was ordering, i saw that there was a darker colored skewer. The lady taking the orders told me that they are testing out a purple potato so i ordered one and it was SO GOOD! For me, the purple potato was the best out of all three. read more

Perfectly fried! We tried a few Of them and my personal favorite was ketchup flavor. There's also a tasty buffalo wings flavor and my kids favorite is the sour cream onion. Totally worth every penny. read more

This is a late review but I tried it last year at the 626 night market and I remember liking it. I tried it again this year along with a few others that had the same concept and I have to say this one is my favorite. They have the perfect crunch and so many flavors! Can't wait for their next event read more

This line was soooo long, but totally worth the wait! My friends and I tried the Cajun, Parmesan, and s'mores. My favorite- s'mores! Sweet and delicious. And then make sure to get a mango lemonade. If you're a sweets type of person like me... You'll love it! Even with the long waiting, the service was also efficient and friendly. Willing to wait in line again :) read more