Really good hotpot in Boston's Chinatown that opened some years ago. Solid option and probably my…read morego to in the Chinatown area but it is definitely more expensive than others. It has a very modern and clean interior, very white inside, and definitely chilly - makes sense given the hotpot. I've gone a few times both for lunch and for dinner. You can order stuff on their iPad. You can also put your belongings in plastic bags which I greatly appreciated because I don't want the scent (although I love it) to come home with me - bonus points for service. I forgot what flavor the cow hotpot was, probably just a regular mala one, but it was so cute and not gimmicky at all - really great broth, which I greatly appreciated. Good sauce bar with a couple of appetizers but it is quite expensive at $3.99 although this has unfortunately become the norm now at many hotpot restaurants. I also think all of their ingredients are high quality - meat, vegetables, etc. Love it!

With hot pot spots popping up everywhere, finding genuine quality can be surprisingly tough. My…read morepersonal checklist for a great spot comes down to four things: broth depth, quality and variety of ingredients, cleanliness, and service efficiency. Liuyishou Hotpot easily earned its spot in the top 3 of my list, primarily because of its stellar soup bases. The coconut chicken broth is remarkably clean, flavorful, and light, while the golden soup is deeply comforting, nourishing, and rich. A huge highlight is that when you need a refill, they don't just dump in plain hot water or diluted stock--the coconut soup gets topped off with real coconut water, and the golden soup is replenished with actual broth. Adding to the desire to sip every last drop of that soup! Everything arrives with unique, aesthetic presentation, and the staff is friendly, efficient, and attentive in a spotless dining room. My only real gripe is the sauce bar. Charging $3.99 per person for sauces feels a bit steep, especially since this isn't an all-you-can-eat establishment for regular hot pot ingredients. However, given the broth quality, incredible ingredient freshness, and overall top-tier service, it's still one of the best hot pot experiences around and a spot I'll gladly keep returning to. Also, grab that fried milk curd at the end! It's not too sweet and not too greasy either (easily the best fried milk I've had)!

What a nice surprise…read more We went in October 2026, thurs night and thought the value was excellent. The Classic option was $30.95 and already came with a huge selection of food. You get around seven types of meat, including shaved beef, pork, chicken, and lamb. The Premium option is $39.95 and adds more seafood and better cuts of beef. But honestly, the meat selection wasn't even the most impressive part. The self-serve hot pot area is abundant. Tons of vegetables, noodles, tofu, whole shrimp, shrimp paste, and just about everything you could want for hot pot. Soft drinks are included, along with appetizers like spring rolls, fried rice, and chow mein -- even with the Classic option. The staff was efficient, nice, and accommodating. I wasn't expecting much from the service at an all-you-can-eat place, but they were actually much better than expected. Great price, great food, tons of choices, and you are guaranteed to leave full. Really glad we found this place.

Happy Lamb currently has a "happy hour" special. $19.99 / per person for the base AYCE tier, which…read moreis $9 cheaper than usual. This is available M-F 12-4pm. Unsure when the establishment will get rid of it. Might be seasonal during the summer months. Otherwise, the offering is unchanged. Mongolian style hot pot, meats ordered through the servers and everything else on shelves for self service. Servers swing by regularly to clear plates and place more orders. Food is clean and well organized. A steal at this price point

Exceptional service with high quality meats and no wait on a weekday lunch! Had the pleasure of…read moredining here with a friend today & enjoyed the basic set, which contained meat that tasted better than some premium cuts at other AYCE restaurants. Milk tea on tap, sauce bar with raw pasteurized egg. Salmon and mackerel also included in the unlimited apps menu now, too. Location is compact given it's in Boston Chinatown, but it has what you need! Restrooms have mouth wash and floss tips, which is great post meal. Been to Mikiya in CA, which has a bit more elevated ambiance & feel but the food and quality is the same. Service was phenomenally efficient, respectful, and great! Come hungry, leave happy :)

It was my first time returning to Mikiya since going for their grand opening about a year or two…read moreago. This time I decided to go for late lunch & experienced no wait time. We got the silver set, which comes with American and Australian wagyu meat options. We opted for this one because it includes the seafood platter, vegetable platter, and choice of one of the following specialty dishes: wagyu tartare with chips, sweet shrimp sashimi, bone marrow, & wagyu nigiri. We decided to each get the wagyu tartare. For broths, we did half sukiyaki and half spicy miso. I think next time I will just get only sukiyaki though because it is so good! We ended up just cooking everything in the sukiyaki broth. The pasteurized eggs are amazing in this broth btw! For all of the AYCE options, you get unlimited drinks + tea, seasonal fruit, ice cream, sauce bar, pasteurized eggs, ground wagyu, wagyu curry, and can order appetizers off their appetizer menu. For appetizers, we ordered seaweed salad, eel nigiri, chicken karaage, & fried shumai. They all tasted as expected, so we were happy about that. I enjoyed the ground wagyu! It was tasty and even tastier after adding in some garlic & chili peppers. Wagyu tartare looked and tasted very fresh. I think if it had some more citrus, it would've been even better. Because raw beef doesn't really have that much of a taste and I think some more lime would complement this well! The seafood platter was awesome. My favorites were the lobster tail, fresh abalone, scallops, and oysters. Amazing! I would say the only thing that I didn't like from my recent visit was the vegetable platter. It had great variety BUT I wasn't have that some of the veggies they gave us were not properly cleaned. Make sure to inspect the vegetables!! The watercress and bok choy still had some dirt on them. But everything else was fine. I always inspect everything before eating (anywhere) but I especially make sure to inspect watercress because it's known to be pretty dirty. For meats, we mainly stuck with the Australian wagyu chuck ribeye! It is my favorite cut from this set. Overall, I'd come back again! I think it's a great place to go for hotpot & is different from your typical Chinese hotpot experience. The silver set is the best to get in my opinion because you get a little bit of everything & to be honest, I don't think you can really taste the difference of the different wagyus (American vs Australian vs Japanese) unless it's being grilled.

The Pineapple Shrimp and Crab Rangoon where the best I have ever had. Highly recommend this…read morerestaurant.

The top two items on the menu for me are the story fried udon noodles and the Mongolian beef. Every…read moretime I go to Q, I tell myself I'm going to try something new - but I haven't yet (in 10 years!) The ambiance is great, the drinks at the bar and the bartenders are fun, and the food is fantastic - varied menu with a number of dishes that will serve even the pickiest of palates.

was craving hotpot after a long day while visiting boston from out of town -- came in with a group…read moreof five and three on the way, and got seated pretty much immediately. service was wonderful -- the woman serving us was super accommodating and answered all our questions, and the food came out in a timely manner. for our side of the table, we ordered a split pot with the pork bone and the cilantro broths. both were delicious; we were halfway done just drinking soup before the meat and vegetables came. meat portions were generous and quality was good, plus the vegetable offerings seemed fresh and plentiful. we also ordered a few appetizers: spicy fries, shrimp pancake, and crispy pork jowl -- all lived up to and even exceeded expectations. was a great experience all around to end the day off, and prices were affordable for the group.

The food itself and the hotpot experience was pretty good! The pork bone broth and the Japanese…read morecurry were both very good. The cuts of meat were on the thicker side (especially the pork belly). Also, the "one person" servings are pretty big and felt more like two people's servings in my opinion. For a group of 7 we definitely ate our money's worth. The only downside was that the service wasn't great. When we were seated, we were given menus but no one explained to us how to use it. We were sitting there for a while trying to figure it out until we finally waved someone over for help. We had to ask how to do the sauces too.

Best place ever It's best hotpot in the town…read more Convenient parkung on the back Fresh food

Best shabu I've ever had. Excellent ambiance. Very clean if you're from California, they don't…read morehave hot drops, but the broth is so good you don't need it.

Came here tonight with friend and our daughters. The wine was great not too strong and easy social…read moredrink. The broths were very delicious and flavorful. We ordered a variety of meat, vegetables and noodles. Everything tasted fresh. And the waiter got oranges for our daughter's which they loved. The service was fast.

This place has completely changed my views on all other hotpot places. I have been going here for…read moreyears now as a teenager to adulthood and there have been no other restaurants that come close to the food, broth, quality and price then here. They have such an incredible selection of food and vegetables. The broths are all great. I've mostly came here for large groups but even just as a couples date it's a great experience. The oranges they give at the end are also so good. I cannot stress that I have not been able to find anything better than here and with it being only a 5 minute walk from south station there's no reason not to go!

Very, very good hotpot near Boston University on Commonwealth Ave. My family and I were looking for…read moregood hotpot on a cold winter day to warm us up and I had remembered that a Chinese friend of mine said there were 4 or so hotpot restaurants that were Chinese people-approved, and Shu Da Xia was one of them. Interior is gorgeous and spacious. You can order on their iPads. They also have a sauce bar and a variety of appetizers that you can get on your own. I really liked the fresh noodles and shrimp paste - I would say these are two must-gets if you were to dine here. You can take spoonfuls of the shrimp paste and make them into little shrimp balls that are so succulent and soak up the great broth flavor - their mala broth is very spicy, and the tom yum broth was sour and sweet and salty in the best way. Definitely up there with my favorite hot pot places in all of Boston.

A modern hotpot place with plenty of space and nice ipad order convenience! The staff is really…read morenice and there were a ton of different options for broth, meats, etc. This not a AYCE place however. So the add-ins did feel slightly higher quality, but it did come at the price of the lack of infinite meats that you could include. This place is solid, but also feels a bit more expensive for what it is compared to other options in the area. I paid around $95 for 2 people if I remember correctly. I'm starting to feel that I messed up because I didn't come at a time when there were discounts which might entirely be my fault. I would consider coming here again if I had friends that really wanted to go!

I'm slightly obsessed…read more Randomly ran into this place in a desperate late night hunt for noodles and since then have been there five times. Every time I'm like "where should I go in downtown" I just get stuck on this place like it's worn a groove in my brain. Like one of RFK's brain worms. It's a little confusing to order but basically you pick a soup, pick a spicy level (burn your face or burn your colon) and then add an absurd amount of toppings. Then they deliver a bowl the size of your head (or my head, I have a big head) and you kind of reconsider your life decisions. I like this over the other hot pot tech because my two greatest weaknesses are cooking and choosing. At least this takes out one of those. High marks to the sour cabbage broth - the slight vinegary tang is actually magic. Brain worm inducing magic. But don't go here. Because it's small and I want to make sure I have a seat.

The food here is not bad. The beef broth with the peanut sauce is my favorite. The flavor isn't the…read morebest I've had in Boston. I think the best part of this place is the price and portion size. They are very generous with their food, but some of the pieces of tofu or vegetables are cut very haphazardly. The service was regular nothing really stood out. You can definitely find better in Allston. For Chinatown, it isn't bad for a filling and cheaper meal.

Came to check out this clay pot rice restaurant in chinatown and it was pretty authentic cantonese…read moreclay pot. The space is very small, but it feels like you're eating at your grandmothers place. The food is warm and nostalgic. Their veggies are cooked very well and have a lot of flavor. Overall I would recommend.

Clay Pot Cafe is one of my favorite spots in Chinatown! The food is flavorful, comforting, and full…read moreof authentic taste. Their clay pot dishes are delicious, with generous portions and perfectly cooked ingredients. Everything came out fresh and satisfying, and the service was friendly and efficient. I typically come here for my lunch break and it's always hits the spot! I have no complaints and the staff is super friendly and service is great. The chicken sausage clay pot was delicious too!!