The basa fillets are cooked with eggplants in a mala (spicy numbing) soup base which tastes delicious spooned over a bed of warm rice. Even though it looks really spicy, its really not that bad unless you bite into one sichuan peppercorns, which do have a bit of a numbing effect . We always get the dry fried beans which are packed with flavor from the chilli peppers. Another favorite is the beef and tripe in chili sauce, which is a cold appetizer dish. As you can see, this time they were a bit stingy with the chili sauce as I prefer to have it drenched in the sauce. Even though I know the fish is frozen and not fresh and the quality could be better, I still have yet to find a place that serves similar dishes with the same consistency. read more

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We like the sichuan style spicy dish here, frog hotpot is a must try! Fish soup, chicken soup in a pot are also very good. Service is fast and friendly, cozy restaurant with a good relaxing atmosphere ！ read more

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Spicy chicken with red pepper and peanut. Pretty authentic dish from Northern China. Crispy yet not oily. Nicely done without burning after taste from the whole black pepper corn. The spicy sliced beef and tripe is also well made. Good chilly oil and lots of chunky raw spring onion. Bold taste. Restaurant itself is not very clean and a bit run down. The owner is pretty friendly. Overall, still recommended for its authentic taste but not necessarily the dinning in. read more

Hotopia Richmond Hill - 夫妻肺片。Spicy beef and tripe. - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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Hotopia is a nice addition to Richmond Hill that specialize for Sichuan spicy cuisine. If spicy food is not your thing, your selection will be limited. The ambience is causal; service is prompt. Most of the dishes portion is big and good for sharing. We order the Sichuan Pickle flavoured Tilapia in soup with "one spiciness". The spicy and sour are well balanced. I usually can eat very spicy food, but one spicy level is pretty to my standard. If you want you can request more spicy if you want challenges. The tilapia filet is fresh vs the basa ($28) is frozen. The portion is good for two people. I will definitely be back to try the chicken gristle with chilli and Sichuan style bullfrog pot. Both look very tasty. read more

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I used to love this restaurant at the North York location. But my experience today at Richmond Hill was horrendous. There were only 2 waiter/waitress serving the entire restaurant. Service was slow. The place is unsanitary. The waiter coughed and sneezed without wearing a mask. The garbage bin was right beside our table and the waitress swept the floor and clear the dust pan multiple times beside us. She cleaned the tables, cleared left over bones, picked up garbage from the floor, and served food without washing her hands. The restaurant ran out of steamed rice so customers had to wait a long time for the rice to be cooked. When the rice was finally served at the table next to us, the customer asked to cancel the order because they had already finished their food. The waiter took the bowl of rice and put it back to the rice cooker after it's been served. I was totally shocked, would definitely not go back again. read more

They are finally accepting dine in at this location after Ontario opened stage 3. Social distancing, disinfect, temperature check and asking for customer's name and number when dining in at this place during covid. Lovely dishes and love their fish soup! Everything is good except, This place only take debit for payment! read more

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Before you head to the restaurant, check the Yelp waitlist first and join it beforehand if there's a lineup. We were still 30 mins away but joined the waitlist as the wait time was around the same as our travel time. Although the waitlist said we had to wait till approx 8:09 for our table, we had to wait maybe 15 minutes more as these things vary depending if any customer was leaving. Maybe on the weekday it won't be as busy as we came on as Sat night. For the menu, they offer some appetizers, rice dishes, and their spicy pots. Some of them come in soup and some are dry, be sure to confirm with your server if you're not sure. It was a bit hard to communicate because the servers mainly spoke mandarin and their English was not as good; maybe use google translate if there's a big communication issue. After ordering, the food takes around 20 minutes at least, and be prepared, the pots are huge! We got the marrying 4, and the portion of it was at least 3 times of my head! It's a very good shareable if you can't finish it on your own (some people can), and for the price you pay, it's a good size. Marrying 4 comes with lamb, pork, beef and shrimp, and there was a good portion of each in the bowl. The spice definitely had a kick, but I'd say an aromatic spicy kick. All the meat inside were very flavourful and juicy despite being fried. I was very satisfied with my food and definitely will come again! :) read more

Hotopia Richmond Hill - Marrying 4 ($32) - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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First Impressions ============= Bustling, full house at night, huge bowls of food everywhere I look. Food ==== We ordered a signature beef bowl and it is HUUUUGE. Seriously that bowl can feed (4) of me. It's an order for (2). Love it! The spice and seasoning are great, we really both loved the taste. Would we come back? ================= Definitely! Four Thumbs up! read more

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Came here with friends after work. First thing when we enter the restaurant I notice it's super extremely cold inside. The owner seems trying to save the money so they do not turn on the heat. Also they only serve cold water. Which does not help to warm up at all. The food is not very impressive, we order their signature spicy pot- Meat lover pot. We add extra toppings: cabbage and lotus root. Each cost 2 bucks. Fine... but they don't give you enough portion only few slices. Also it's not spicy at all. All we tasted was really oily and a lot MSG. We end up eating very fast and get out of the restaurant and go other places to drink some hot drinks to warm up the body also get rid of the irritation from the MSG in food. Definitely ruin our night because of this please! read more

Hotopia Richmond Hill - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

Dinner with friends at this new joint @hotopia_canada in Richmond Hill area. I can't handle too much chilli and peppercorn, they do accommodate us with a mild version. Still spicy but manageable. . . We have tried Marrying Four: Beef steak, pork ribs, lamb and shrimp. Sichuan pickle Talapia in soup. Wok fried chicken gristle with chilli. kung Pao Chicken. Dry Fried string beans. Braised pea sprout in soup. Server was attentive and made good recommendation to those who are not familiar to Sichuan cuisine. We have non Chinese in our group and they all like it. read more

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Hotopia was charged on Nov. 28 '23 with hand washing stations not being conveniently accessible by food handlers and failing to equip sanitary facilities with hot and cold running water while operating food premises. During the compliance inspection, inspectors found the restaurant failed to take reasonable precautions to ensure that food is not contaminated by hair; failed to ensure food handler in food premises washes hands as necessary to prevent contamination of food and/or food areas; failed to properly store all food in a manner that prevents contamination or adulteration, including separating raw from ready-to-eat foods; and failed to ensure the presence of certified food handler or supervisor during all hours of operation. Food handler education was carried out and the restaurant was charged. read more

5-stars for the food, price and service. Deducted 1-star for the interior condition. The restaurant is new but the tables, chairs and insulation are showing their age. Back to the food.... We ordered the "Sichuan pickle flavour beef in soup" and "Steamed chicken with chilli sauce". The beef came in a very large bowl enough to be shared by 2-3 people. I find the spicy level just right (spicy enough to hit the spot but not overly done that you can't taste anything). Definitely will come back and try their other pots! read more

Hotopia Richmond Hill - Sichuan pickle flavour beef in soup - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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Came here by random n DAMN!!! If you like spicy this place will deliver. Don't get me wrong, it's not overly spicy, it is just right and the aroma of the spicies are amazing. The price is affordable at around $30 to $60 for two people. They have mostly red meats and seafood options and there are different vegs add-ons. Highly recommended if you are in the area. read more

Hotopia Richmond Hill - Marry 4 - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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Do not come here to eat. There are so much cockroaches!! I sat in the table and a cockroach walk across the table then another one crawling on the window. The table and chairs are sticky also. read more

Spicy Meat Lover . Taste : 8/10 Price : $28 + tax Service ‍: 6/10 Worth it: 8.5/10 . As a Chongqing-er, I had to check out @hotopia_canada to see what the craze is about. Hotopia was an interesting experience to say the very least, with HUGE portions of food and an insane amount of spicy pepper in each dish. To be quite honest, I wish the dishes were even spicier as I found the food to be unexpectedly tolerable. Service was also a little meh because the lobster and cold noodles were sold out by the time I got here. Nonetheless, I still enjoyed the flavours of the food and think it's quite a bang for the buck. read more

Hotopia Richmond Hill - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

Pretty tasty. Portions are large. We ordered the steamed chicken in chili sauce and seafood hot pot, and is good for 2 not so hungry adults. The chicken has a nice flavour and is a good pair with the nut bits on top. The seafood pot has lots of chilis, but is surprising not too spicy. However, since there are so much chili, I feel like I am digging around to find bits of seafood. Service is friendly, although some servers do not speak much English. I will come back to try the noodle dish with beef read more

Hotopia Richmond Hill - Seafood pot - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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The decoration in the resto was cute. Very Sichuan style in terms of food - tons of member. Mild wasn't spicy even though it looks super spicy. The veggie and chicken was good. The fried rice was flavourless - I would try the soy sauce fried rice next time read more

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Was craving for some spicy fish, so decided to come and try this restaurant as it's close to home. We ordered the Si chuan pickle flavour basa, kung pao chicken and wok fried cabbage. The fish soup was not bad - I like that there was vermicelli and enoki mushroom inside the soup and it goes well with the fish. Flavour was okay, not much different from other spicy fish soup restaurants. Kung pao chicken wasn't that great - a little too sweet for my liking. The cabbage was fried well with nice flavour, but just a little bit too oily. I would come back next time, but to try another fish soup flavour! read more

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Been here so many times. As always enjoyed my stay and dinner. Thanks to the employee working for the best service. Thank you for making my favorite dish always taste good. Spicy meat love. Classic fried rice. Clams. Numb basa read more

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This is probably the best Sichuan style restaurant in Richmond Hill! Staff is super friendly and food is sublime! Absolutely 100% worth the trip to check it out. Having travelled extensively to China both my wife and I have a very good idea of the flavours of Sichuan cuisine and are completely blown away by the authenticity of the flavours. Keep it up and can't wait to go back! read more

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I love spicy foods and I was very happy with the taste of the bullfrog pot I tried. I think I would probably ask for more spice the next time I visit though. One thing I don't like is that they don't give you only a small portion for each add on. For our bullfrog pot, we added rice cakes, potato, fish tofu, and cabbage. When our pot came, I couldn't notice the potato and tripe at all because the amount in the pot was so small. read more

This is my favorite restaurant so far. The food is great... the service is great! They are always busy... but it definitely worth it. You have to try it you like spicy food!! !!!!!!! read more

Taste and presentation is very accurate (compared to pictures pictures)! Good level of spice if you are one to take heat. It's the numbing type of spice (Mala). We got seated and served fairly quick. We ordered the meat lover mala pot which met expectations for taste but in terms of quality of the meat, the pork intestines did have a bad taste to it. Likely due to it not being washed well or old. It comes with cheap meats such as luncheon meat and beef balls and WITHOUT broth. So I would compare this to a dry hotpot experience. Otherwise, food is well priced for the portion sizes. Just be ready for the heat. read more

Fantastic place for spicy cuisine! Very taste AND spicy where some places are just spicy. For example the stir fried beans look typical but have an excellent spicy mixture making it both spicy and tasty. Don't know how I can explain more. read more

Hotopia Richmond Hill - Sour and spicy tilapia, ask for extra spicy for additional kick! Comes with taiwanese clear rice noodle! - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

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A little pricy for the vegetarian dry hotpot, filled with a lot a lot of pepper and peppercorn mostly so there isn't as much to eat as you would think. Not too much variety in vegetable, a lot of cabbage which isn't very worth for the hefty price of $20 plus. read more

The taste was delicious; but they were stingy about add-ons. We ordered potato add-ons but only received a few small slices (probably one small potato worth) for TWO DOLLAR!! read more

Hotopia Richmond Hill - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

dined in twice for asialiciousfest, a food festival supporting local businesses (feb 14 - feb 28, 2020), and had an excellent filling meal - this is their sichuan pickle flavoured basa + vegetarian pot, my two favourite dishes here read more

Hotopia Richmond Hill - Sichuan Cuisine - Chinese Near Me - Richmond Hill, Ontario

The Sizhuan cuisine is delicious. Highly recommend Fish soup and Meat (lamb/ chicken..) dish. Portion is so huge that 4 of us only can eat 2 dishes. Restaurant is clean, staff is helpful. read more

If only Yelp allows zero star before I start my review - less than an hour into our dinner at Hotopia, we were asked by our waiter whether we are done eating. I find this extremely rude as some of our table is still eating. I understand that there is a line-up and the restaurant wants to turn over the table as soon as possible, but as paying customers this left an extremely bitter taste in our mouths. Truly disappointing customer service. Now let me translate - 吃飯不到一個小時 服務員問我們吃完了沒有？！請注意我們不是吃飽了撐著坐在那裡，我家人還在吃飯呢。為了翻台 也不該這樣吧？ 這餐廳的服務要改善一下。謝謝 read more

Fake wait time estimation. Never reserve table for yelp reservation. Expect to wait 30min at location. Food is disgusting.