Came here on a Wednesday night and the place was literally empty. We were greeted and seated right…read moreaway of course. Our server was really nice and provided refills quickly, as well as offered to put in more broth. The sauce bar is pretty good. There are some appetizers there too. We got the lamb and beef combo, as well as pork belly. All of them tasted great. Ambience is really nice. Very nicely decorated. It does make me really sad to see such a great restaurant sit so emptily, likely due to its location.

First time trying. Went late afternoon on a Sunday. Plenty of tables available. Several tables…read morewere full with patrons. We ordered the lamb & beef combo, mixed veggies. Selected the healthy mushroom broth and the pork bone broth. Both were just okay not a lot of flavor, but not too salty. We both got the sauce bar too. Also included some chicken feet, a Thai chicken gizzards and celery dish, fungus, two different kinds of soup, and cantaloupe and grapes. You can go up to the sauce bar Unlimited times. Restaurant was tidy and clean, service was very good and cordial Free parking for two hours on the 3rd floor, but a bit sketchy. The restaurant is on level 2c. Kind of hard to find cause the over the door signage says Bite of China in big letters and Pipa Mountain Hot pot in small print Food was okay portion size of meat combo was generous. Might go back again.

It's a chain, so the hot pot and meat quality are consistent with other locations like Bellevue and…read moreLynnwood. What stands out here is the service. The staff are especially friendly and take great care of regulars. The space is smaller, and parking in Chinatown is limited and a bit of a hassle. Still, the service makes it worth it if you don't mind the parking.

I tried the Premium All-You-Can-Eat option at Happy Lamb, and for around $50 per person, I think…read moreit's a pretty fair deal. The selection includes several cuts of Wagyu beef, which was a nice surprise at this price point. While the meat wasn't exceptionally fresh or premium compared to high-end Japanese BBQ restaurants, it was still good enough and enjoyable for an AYCE experience. The broth was flavorful, there was a decent variety of ingredients, and the service was smooth throughout the meal. Overall, nothing really stood out as amazing, but nothing disappointed me either. If you're looking for a reasonably priced premium hot pot with unlimited Wagyu options, Happy Lamb is worth checking out. Overall, it was a solid experience, and I'd definitely consider coming back.

Amazing service! Our server Noah was very attentive and made sure we had the best experience for…read moreour first time here. Great selection of soups and meat some on the higher quality side for a fair price.

Nice service and great food!…read more I like their service, very quick! The food is fresh. We are tourist in Seattle, it is great to find a nice hot pot place!

Solid 4 star Taiwanese restaurant and the service by the boss brings it top to 4.5. When I visited,…read morethere were two employees running the whole business. Both of them were super friendly and really made the visit special since I felt at home. The popcorn chicken was really top tier and a new go to. I got the personal hotpot and loved that I could customize what I wanted inside. The chili oil wontons were pretty solid but I think din tai Fung has a better sauce. Overall, I would recommend gourmet noodle bowl as a solid Taiwanese spot and I'll definitely be back!

Gourmet Noodle Bowl was my 3rd stop on the recent LNY Food Walk. As I walked in, I found that the…read moreinterior really reminded me of a old fashioned restaurant in Taiwan based on the decor and the table set up. The menu looked pretty authentic, so I was excited to order and dig into the $6 Food Walk special. The restaurant makes ordering easy: there's a kiosk right in the front for takeout, or for eat-in, there's a QR code to place an online order at each table. It's a pretty casual place, with self service water and bussing after the meal. Braised Pork Over Rice ($6) - The menu shows a picture of minced pork rice (滷肉飯), but this is actually braised pork belly rice (焢肉飯). They include two small pieces of pork belly, fatty and flavorful, braised until tender. There's half a braised egg, cooked homestyle (e.g. until there's a green ring around the yolk), which is quite flavorful just by itself, being marinated and braised for hours. Some pickled veggies helps cut through some of the fat. The special part of this dish is of course the meat juices and braising liquid that soaks to the rice. It adds a bit of a sweet and soy element as well as fat to help make the rice even more tender, yet not mushy. (4/5) The food I ate tasted pretty good, and the menu is interesting enough to revisit. Seems like Gourmet Noodle Bowl is another win on the Food Walk front! Note: They also offered a Food Walk $6 "Shin Ramen Bowl" special that I didn't get. Based on the name, is it just instant ramen?

We waited about 20 minutes for a table. Once we placed our orders, the dishes came out quickly…read more Everyone in our party liked their hotpot's and the experience overall. The restaurant was able to accommodate our larger group of six relatively quickly as a walk in. Overall we were happy with this last minute choice.

We decided to have dinner here at Boiling Point since we were in the area. Parking was easy to…read morefind on a Thursday night. Upon entering, we were helped and seated right away! No waiting, which was very nice! The restaurant is pretty cute. I liked that they have large windows, high ceilings and the natural wood decor. Lastly, for the Large Miso soup that I shared with my mom. We ordered it flaming hot, which I thought it was going to be more spicy. Also, broth didn't have too much flavor. But a good thing that they had the bean paste and other condiments on the side. I would probably come back to Boiling Point. But not anytime soon. Maybe to try a different soup.

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。

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!!!

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.