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    Hotpot City

    3.3 (31 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 11:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Tom yum soup base (comes with a shrimp by default)
    Phandat T.

    Wow! We loved it so much that we came back two days in a row--Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. The conveyor belt selection is amazing, with an abundance of carbs, seafood, vegetables, and more. For carbs, they have vermicelli, udon, colorful hot pot noodles, etc. Their seafood selection includes oysters, razor clams, crawfish, octopus, squid, head-on shrimp, and several types of fish fillets, etc. For vegetables, they offer bok choy, napa cabbage, crown daisy, cilantro, and more. They also have a few harder-to-find items that not every hot pot restaurant offers, such as aorta, tripe, quail eggs, and pork stomach. They also have an extensive selection of broths to choose from. We've tried the tom yum, spicy tallow, and spicy green peppercorn broths, and all of them were delicious. The service was great. They checked in on us often to clear our plates and ask if we wanted to order more meat. The only downside was that we had to flag someone down a few times for broth refills. It also seems they refill the pot with a clear soup base instead of your original broth, which gradually dilutes the flavor. The soft serve is a must! How often do you find unlimited pineapple soft serve? That alone was worth at least two cones for me. Highly recommend and hoping one day, they will consider refilling the broth with the initial chosen broth, because that definitely makes a difference!

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    Jared W.

    Sometimes reviews are harsh so I wanted to give the benefit of the doubt to these guys. Unfortunately it was right. I do want to say that the place is nice. It's pretty big with a lot of seating and they had these cool projections going the whole time. The service was nice too with no wait to be seated and prompt service for ordering. The let down was the food. It was misleading on how much you get. There was two people at my table and we only got three meat options between the two of us. At least offer 3 per person or something like practically every other hot pot place does. There were also no noodles at all available which I feel like is odd. The "all you can eat" refers to the conveyer belt with add in options that include vegetables, seafood and others. The food tastes alright for the most part. With all the hot pot options there are in Seattle, I don't think I'd really choose this one over any of them.

    Revolving bar
    Kathryn O.

    Well.. I saw this recommended on TikTok and decided to ignore the low yelp reviews. Safe to say the reviews weren't too far off. Surprisingly the main complaint other people had was service but service was actually ok when we went. Staff checked in on us and consistently clearing our empty plates. My biggest gripe is that this is supposed to be all you can eat but it only applies to like the conveyor belt stuff which is mostly vegetables and canned meats. I came with a friend and we were only allowed three plates of meat between us two. It just wasn't per person, which I think is a rip off because it just wasn't enough meat. And then it's not all you can eat imo. Disappointed they didn't have noodles on the conveyor belt, I usually like a carb with my meal. The seafood was mid, the drinks were syrupy and the ice cream tasted like flavored ice. The only things standard about it compared to other restaurants was the soup base and sauce bar. For what we got it truly didn't justify the $34/person esp since we got limited meat. I miss the mom and pop shop in factoria that did conveyor belt hotpot but everything was actually good. Something like that is where there's a gap in the market. Don't recommend.

    Table never got cleaned. Old plates stacked 50% of our table.
    Lauren N.

    I really wanted to like this place because it came highly recommended by Seattle Foodie Adventure, but unfortunately my experience did not live up to the hype. It also wasn't a great representation of either his recommendation or the restaurant itself. We arrived around 8:30 PM, and despite there only being a little over 15 parties in the restaurant, it took about 20 minutes before anyone came to take our soup order. From what we could tell, there was only one server trying to manage four different sections of the restaurant. I don't understand why a restaurant charging premium pricing would choose to operate with that level of staffing during dinner service. The food itself was genuinely good--the soup base was flavorful and probably the highlight of the meal. Unfortunately, the service completely overshadowed the quality of the food. We were only able to order meat twice because our server disappeared for long stretches of time. Every time we wanted to order more, we couldn't get her attention. Eventually we just gave up waiting and asked for the check because we had been sitting there so long without any service. Our plates had stacked up half of the table, but that doesnt matter. We paid around $40 per person for the premium option, but it certainly didn't feel like a premium experience. The value of an AYCE restaurant depends heavily on the ability to continuously order food, and when your server is unavailable, you're essentially paying for time spent waiting instead of eating. Before leaving, I mentioned to our server that this really shouldn't be happening, especially for a new restaurant trying to build a reputation. I understand that restaurants can have off nights, but being severely understaffed during dinner service is something management should anticipate and address. Especially since they are just sitting at the register doing who knows what. We also noticed that the server was paying more attention to chinese customers, especially sitting them all together and everyone else elsewhere. Crazy for 2026 restaurant in Washington btw. Thank you for discounting my meal, but this genuinely doesn't matter when I had a hard day at work and wanted a proper meal after work. I would have paid full price regardless.

    Alex N.

    Good place to get hot pot around Tukwila, I'm surprised there's not a lot of hot pot places around this city. We waited about one hour and 45 minutes on a Sunday evening. A little bit hectic, but I understand as they just recently opened. The line was very crammed right inside the door. The place wasn't the cleanest. The surface was lacking, the meat that we ordered took anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes to arrive. The quality of the food was OK, nothing special. Sauce bar was OK. The hot food section was good. The broth was OK. The meat was OK. Overall, for the price nothing that was spectacular, I will come back again and give it another try.

    Plain broth and tomato broth
    Stella B.

    This is the reason why you dont listen to those influencers when it comes to try new restaurants. First of all when I got there server told me to me to be careful because the floor was sticky so watch my steps.:/ Me and my friends then ordered the tomato broth and plain broth. And just like the name of it, it was so plain. Not even any salt or seasoning in there. The stuff on belt looks kind of sad. No label for anything. We picked up some balls thinking it was fish ball but turn out it was squid. Not a lot of options for veggies. Seafood not really fresh and everything seems to be on the belt for a long time since we were there. You have quail eggs fell of the plate and stuck in between those belts because they dont have any lids to cover them. And we both chose the classic dinner which is cheaperand in my opinion the whold experience was not worth 30$ at all. I'd rather spent the money at other businesses. Then you have the sauce station which starts with purple congee(dessert) at the first end then you have a bunch of soy sauce and other seasonings and then at the end of the station you have white fungus which is also another dessert.:/ Next part was My server didn't explain how the .system worked or where to get aprons or drinks. We figure it out by ourselves with the help from other table. Then my server put in for meat orders which we waited so long for. Like after they refill our broth we still dont have any meat :/ When we remind her about the meat orders she then told me they ran out of lamb...which the kitchen just told her so. And she waited until I remind her about our order. And she told me i didnt put in order for the shrimp paste. Which I requested to put in the second order with shrimp paste. They brought out the meat orders wrong and guess what still no shrimp paste. they then brought us one of the wagyu from the more expensive menu which i told them we didn't order and I requested them to remove it because I dont want them to charge me for the expensive menu . Later the waguy still on the receipt but I made sure they charged me for right price. And we never got the lamb but it show on the receipt twice. Make sure you check your receipt ok. Seems like the whole system is a mess to me. Anyway the whole experience doesnt worth your money and energy at all.

    Conveyer belt
    Becky K.

    This was a long wait but it was also Father's Day and a new spot that many people were checking out. The miso broth with personalized healthy options for a table of four was my best experience yet at a hot pot place. It's nice that you can check out the nearby shops while waiting for your table. Bring your patience and be kind to the staff, they were positive, personable and calm under the pressure.

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    07/15/2026 8:30pm I'm responding after seeing the business owner's reply. I would be happy to review the security footage because I am absolutely certain that I only signed the receipt. I did not select or mark any of the suggested tip options on the receipt printed at the restaurant. I intentionally left a $20 cash tip, so it simply makes no sense that I would also select a credit card tip. That would mean tipping twice, which I did not do. If you have surveillance footage and transaction records, please provide them. I welcome a full review of what happened. At this point, this is no longer just about the extra $15.06. It is about an unauthorized charge and the principle that customers should never be charged more than the amount they approved. If this was done intentionally, it is a very serious issue. If it was the result of poor training or inadequate internal controls, that is also the restaurant's responsibility. Either way, I hope you conduct a thorough investigation and ensure this cannot happen to other customers. Below is my original review content: My dining experience at Hotpot City itself was fine. However, today I discovered that my credit card was charged $115.47, even though I authorized and signed for $100.41. In addition, I left a $20 cash tip because I thought it would benefit the server more directly. Looking back, paying the tip in cash unfortunately created an opportunity for an unauthorized overcharge. I now have to spend extra time contacting my credit card company to dispute and reverse the portion of the charge that I never authorized. I have attached both my signed receipt and my credit card statement as evidence. I hope the management will investigate this issue seriously and reflect on how this could happen. To other customers: Keep your receipt and always compare it with your credit card statement after dining, even if everything seems fine when you leave. An unauthorized charge, no matter the amount, is unacceptable and has completely damaged my trust in this restaurant.

    Warren W.

    We arrived Wednesday at 5:30pm and there was a 15 minute wait. When you get there, you need to add your party to the waitlist via a iPad near the entrance. Most of the wait staff speak very little English. Once we were seated, we ordered so raw meat items and waited for our soup. Underlie us, their printer got stuck and our order was delayed. We waited about 10 minutes and we didn't get our soup. The waitress was very apologetic when they realized this happen and did everything she could to get us taken care of. We selected the basic version that gave us less meat options. The waitress then came back and told us they were out of all the beef options. So we decided to ask to go with the premium version. We were willing to pay for the premium version but since it wasn't our fault, they gave us the premium options with the basic price. They were very nice and apologetic. It's great that each individual in your party gets our own bowl of soup base. For the price, it includes everything the conveyer belt, the side bar that has fries, ox tail and crabs. All average quality but included. Drinks and ice cream is also included. Now that we have tried this place, it will be awhile before we come back. I can't say enough about the wait staff. They were quick to pick up empty plate and read to put in ordered for you when you are ready.

    When you walk in.
    Nguyen T.

    So I heard there was a new rotary hot pot in Tukwila so I had to check it out. First the wait was long. I think I had to wait about 75mins to get in. When you step in they have these unusual cgi screens on both side that show different places and animals. It's a bit jarring at first but then it starts to get endearing in a way. The hot pot broth was great for the price, especially when they don't charge you extra for the price. They have a variety of items ranging from the cuts of meat to seafood. However they did start running out of the beef cuts pretty early. They did offer a discount for that so I thought that was more than fair. Lastly, staff were great. They were quick and friendly, and really went out of their way to make it an excellent experience even with all of the busy chaos.

    Yuan M.

    Amazing hot pot! New grand opening with 20% off. Fresh ingredients, great atmosphere, and excellent food. Highly recommend!

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    My husband and I got really sick afterwards . We waited an hour for the broth, and the food wasn't great as the food reviews posts

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    the food is amazing, super delicious. The service is very well the workers are very helpful. The place is super clean and well organized.

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    Vegetarian friendly

    We were in the area for a movie and were walking around Pacific Place mall when the host from…read moreHaidilao noticed us looking at their menu. They told us they had happy hour after 9:00 PM with 31% off everything on the menu. Happy hour?! What a surprise! I thought they only had happy hour midday. I was recovering from a cold and soup sounded great, so we walked right in. ​The last time we were here was a year ago during our annual Seattle trip. The tomato soup is our favorite, but we decided to have that along with the gold chicken and fish maw soup this time. The fish maw soup is very collagen-rich and comforting to drink. ​We also ordered the beef sirloin slices, lamb shoulder, and pork belly, all of which were top quality. ​What I like about Haidilao is the variety of items you can use to make your own sauce. Every time you come, it's a bit of a "choose your own adventure." ​Definitely one of our favorite places to visit!

    My family used to love Haidilao. We'd eat here around 10 times a year and happily spend about $150…read moreeach visit because the experience was worth it. The food was good, the service was fun, and our kids absolutely loved coming here. We went back yesterday and were honestly shocked at how much has changed. 1. Combo A has been gutted. The old Combo A was around $34 per person and included vegetables. Now, to get roughly the same meal, you're looking at closer to $50 per person. This isn't simply a price increase--they removed much of what made the combo a good value. 2. You're now charging for the condiment bar. Want soy sauce? That's an extra charge. For a family of four, getting access to basic condiments adds roughly another $30. Charging extra for soy sauce at a hot pot restaurant feels incredibly nickel-and-dime. 3. The family-friendly experience has disappeared. No toys for the kids at the table. No bibs. Many of the little touches that made Haidilao unique--and justified paying a premium--are gone. 4. Even the claw machines have changed. The kids used to receive one token for every $10 spent, so a $100 meal meant 10 tokens and they could almost always leave with a prize. Now that same spend gets only four tokens. It may seem trivial to adults, but for kids it's one of the highlights of the visit. Instead of leaving excited, they leave disappointed. What puzzles me is that these cuts can't possibly save very much. Bok choy is inexpensive. The toys probably cost about a dollar each in bulk. Yet all of these changes together make the experience feel 25-40% more expensive. Our family of four would now easily spend over $200 for dinner. Sorry, but this isn't a high-end steakhouse. The robot servers are neat, but they're not "$200 dinner" neat. The biggest disappointment isn't even the higher bill--it's that Haidilao is no longer fun for our kids. That was the entire reason we kept coming back. We happily spent around $1,500 a year here because everyone in the family enjoyed it. Now we'll spend that money somewhere else. Maybe the restaurant is packed enough that they don't care. Maybe they've intentionally decided to stop catering to families with young kids. That's certainly a business decision they can make. But if that's the strategy, they've lost our family as customers. It feels like the company is sacrificing long-term loyal customers to save a few dollars per table. That's disappointing, because Haidilao used to be one of our favorite restaurants. 中文(给海底捞管理层) 我们一家过去非常喜欢海底捞。我们每年大约会来 10 次,每次消费约 150 美元,而且我们一直觉得非常值得,因为这里不仅食物好,服务也好,孩子们更是玩得特别开心。 但是昨天再次来用餐,我们真的很震惊。 1. A套餐几乎被"缩水"了。 以前大约每人 34 美元,还包含蔬菜。现在如果想吃到和以前差不多的内容,每人大概要花接近 50 美元。这不仅仅是涨价,而是把原本套餐里很多东西都取消了。 2. 调料现在还要额外收费。 连最基本的酱油都需要另外付费。对于一家四口来说,仅仅使用调料台就要多花约 30 美元。火锅店连酱油都单独收费,真的让人觉得是在处处收费。 3. 对孩子友好的体验几乎都没有了。 没有桌边小玩具了,没有围兜了。过去那些让海底捞与众不同、也让顾客觉得值得多花一点钱的小细节,现在基本都消失了。 4. 连娃娃机奖励也缩水了。 以前每消费 10 美元就给一个游戏币,消费 100 美元能拿到 10 个,孩子几乎一定能抓到一个玩具,高高兴兴回家。现在同样消费 100 美元却只有 4 个游戏币。对成年人来说可能只是小事,但对孩子来说,这是整顿饭最期待的部分。现在他们只能失望地离开。 最让我不理解的是,这些改变真的能省下多少钱吗?青江菜成本并不高,玩具批量采购可能也就一美元左右一个。但这些改变加起来,却让整个用餐体验贵了大约 25% 到 40%。 现在我们一家四口吃一顿饭,很容易超过 200 美元。说实话,这毕竟不是高档牛排馆。机器人送餐确实很有趣,但还没有有趣到值 200 美元一顿饭。 真正让我们失望的,并不是价格上涨,而是这里已经不再是一个孩子们喜欢来的地方了。而这恰恰是我们过去一直愿意来的原因。 过去我们每年都会在海底捞消费大约 1,500 美元,因为全家人都很享受这里的体验。以后,这笔钱我们会花在别的餐厅。 也许海底捞现在生意太好了,不在乎失去像我们这样的老顾客;也许公司已经决定不再把家庭顾客作为重点。这当然是企业自己的选择。 但如果这是公司的经营方向,那么你们确实失去了我们一家这个长期顾客。为了每桌节省一点点成本,却失去长期忠诚的家庭客户,我认为这并不是一个明智的决定。真的很遗憾,因为海底捞曾经是我们最喜欢的餐厅之一。

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    Enjoy different soup bases with our 4 flavor pot!
    Enjoy different soup bases with our 4 flavor pot!
    Make various kind of sauces with our broad selection of ingredients from our sauce bar.
    Make various kind of sauces with our broad selection of ingredients from our sauce bar.
    Lamb shoulder with the four flavor pot

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    Bellwether BBQ&Grill

    Bellwether BBQ&Grill

    4.3
    (247 reviews)
    10.6 mi
    $$$
    Large group friendly
    Casual dining

    What can i say? Epic and wonderful service. Came here with the fam and had a great time. Good…read moreprices for what it's worth, food and meats are delicious. A great place to go with family or your lover. The all you can eat concept drew me here hahah. it is hard to find a solid "all you can eat" restaurant that is not only worth the price & location but also worth the food. You come in, choose your selection (per person that is) of what menu food you want (ranging from $35 to $45) and you're set. Though you have small portions, you can choose more if need be until you're full. If you're ever in Seattle, try this gem out. You'll love it. The only minor thing i didn't like about this place is the hype of Wagyu beef. I ordered the menu with wagyu and when i ate from the wagyu menu, it was ok, it wasn't the best. I finally realized that wagyu comes in different tiers, ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most delicious and of course more expensive (which i don't think they offer here). 5 also has the most fatty and delicious wagyu that just melts in your mouth. I think this was a tier 2 or 1. That's all hehe.

    Epic! This place is so much fun! Clean and great service! It's super easy to order with the menu on…read morethe table. The food came super quick! The quality of the meat was delicious. The star of the show was the bulgogi! Must go! Make sure you make a reservation!!!

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    Bellwether BBQ&Grill
    Bellwether BBQ&Grill
    Bellwether BBQ&Grill

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    Sichuanese Cuisine

    Sichuanese Cuisine

    4.0
    (789 reviews)
    10.7 mi
    $$

    We first went to the 老四川 in Seattle before our son was born. He'll be 36 years old this year, so…read moreyes he's a horse. I had lived in Beijing for 8 years and spoke pretty good mandarin for a 老外 so I ordered for us. Our waitress, one of two sisters who ran the place, I call her 陈大姐, said to me, Wow, you can speak Chinese! You must be very smart! I replied, You must be very smart. You can speak Chinese! At first she didn't know what to say but then laughed. It was the beginning of a lovely relationship. However since the pandemic we had not been back. Perhaps yesterday we were in the spirit of celebrating the Spring Festival. We decided to go there. What a great choice! 陈大姐 by coincidence was working. She retired years ago. (Her sister opened another 老四川 in Bellevue but unfortunately has since passed away.) 陈大姐 immediately recognized us. She remembered our son and other family members who often joined us there. It felt like old friends getting together again. Unfortunately my wife and I were the only ones in our little group. It's better to have more people so you can order more dishes. We only got 4 dishes, 宫保鱼, 椒盐虾,干煸四季豆, 夫妻肺片。Gong bao fish, salt and pepper shrimp, green beans and "husband and wife lung strips"! Actually that's a beef and tendon appetizer. Everything tasted just like we remember. Well, the fish dish was wetter than before but still tasty. Flavors are authentic but a little toned down from the Sichuan food in China and in a few other local restaurants. The main flavor of Sichuan cuisine is 麻辣 or spicy numbing. It's not really so hot as it is numbing. Your lips tingle. Most people who didn't grow up with this aren't big fans. Their 水煮肉 or 水煮鱼 comes pretty close though. Leftovers with either of those and leftover rice plus whatever make the very best 烩饭, huifan! Just boil it. We arrived there early and there were just a few other customers eating. And they left soon after. So it was just us and a steady stream of delivery drivers coming in to pick up food to go. I would consider ordering on line like that but this food doesn't hold up well over the distance to our home. Although the interior had been remodeled since our last visit, the decor is fairly stark. Combine that with the location in a strip mall on the corner of Jackson and 12th, which has seen better days, ambience isn't a real draw. However if what you want is a very good meal at reasonable prices then you should go to the Sichuanese Cuisine restaurant in Seattle. (I prefer it to the one in Bellevue.) Too bad you probably won't get to meet 陈大姐。Now that we know the food is still great, we will return.

    This place is so good. We have ordered an alarming amount of food from here and crave it even more…read more We love the black bean chicken (savory and not spicy) and the salt and pepper crispy tofu (gets you sweaty and happy) but there hasn't been a single thing we have disliked (although the pepper chicken made me physically ill from the spice afterward, which was still worth it). Even the broccoli dish was savory and perfectly cooked. The heat in the spicy dishes is amazing and inspired us to get a sichuanese cookbook and ingredients to *try* to make anything as good at home. I have never experienced take out I like this much.

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    Chiken with string beans
    Chiken with string beans
    Sichuanese Cuisine

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