Mala hotpot and dry pot redefined! All of the ingredients are on display in the front. When you walk in, you grab a plastic bowl, tongs, and start grabbing whatever you want to put in your bowl to be cooked. They charge by weight, but there is no discrimination between the meats, vegetables and noodles. Then, you choose a soup base. I chose the spicy bone soup which tastes amazing! You also have the option of doing the dry pot. Once you pay, they assign you a table number and you sit there to wait for your food to be brought out. It was a pretty quick wait. This is a very casual and cheap place if you're craving mala flavor! read more

Mala Town - Hot Pot Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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Food was tasty. It is a large and casual place (order at counter, pour own water, etc), although on the pricy side for casual dining (I was fairly restrained with my servings and mine came to about 25, but you can easily go above that if you go over board while serving). My favorite things about this place were: -the lamb was really good quality compared to other spots. -large variety of items that I typically don't see at Mala spots, such as abalone I ordered the Sichuan broth (less spicy version), which still ended up being super spicy (and I can handle my spice). I was able to eat the food okay, but the soup was too spicy for me to drink. Parking is fairly limited given the size of the restaurant... maybe 6 spots out the front. Ended up getting street parking. read more

Mala Town - Hot Pot Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

Wow, a hidden gem in Edison, NJ! I drove by this area so many times to Hmart and never noticed this hotpot restaurant. Thanks to Yelp and Mala Town for hosting us Yelp elites! First, grab a bowl and tongs and begin adding all the items you want in your hotpot. There's plenty of veggies, seafoods, noodles, and meats. Then, at the checkout counter, weigh your bowl. Don't worry the scale will be set to a negative number so you're not paying for the weight of the bowl itself and only for the food you added in your bowl. Select your broth or you can have it cooked dry with sesame peanut sauce. I selected beef bone broth, medium spicy. The cost is $14.99 per lb and if you want white rice, it is $1 per serving cup. Upon checkout, your receipt will have a table number where you are to be seated and when your food is ready, the employee will bring it to your table. Make sure to stop at sauce station, which is filled with delicious sauces and cilantro/green scallions, etc, to add onto your delicious hotpot. There's also complimentary water/unsweetened tea for customers. Overall, my family and I had a great experience here. The food cooked fast, food is fresh, service is friendly, place is clean, available parking for customers is a plus. I recommend this spot and will definitely be back again. @malatownnj_nyc @YelpNewJersey read more

Mala Town - Beef Bone Broth Base - medium spice - Hot Pot Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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I visited Mala Town with a group of 4 adults and the portions are so big we each decided to share one. You get a free drink if you write a review so that's nice. The price is $15.99/lb and typically it's 2 lbs for a substantial meal. They're sneaky about how they lay out all the options though so the meat is at the end. If you want to be strategic, remember to save room for the meat but it's also one of the heavier items! We got the herbal chicken soup and it was very flavorful and hearty. Would try the pork bone soup next time. read more

For being one of the newer hot spots places in Edison, this place really draws a crowd for all the good reasons! You choose your ingredients at the bar and then choose a sauce and spice level making the experience very customizable. You pay by the pound and then they will bring your finished hot pot right to the table! We had their beef bone broth, which was flavorful and perfectly rich. (Honestly could drink it all day!!) The free tea is also delicious and overall I left with a content and full stomach. It's a must to check out in Edison! read more

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A relatively new build your own hotpot/malatang experience. You first choose your selection of ingredients from the raw food bar (everything is priced at $14.99/lb), get it weighed at the cashier, and then let them know what soup base/flavor you would like. My go to is the signature beef bone broth, which you can ask them to adjust the spice level to your liking. Once your food is ready, they will bring it to your table. There is also a self service sauce station available with a variety of sauces and free water and tea. read more

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I've been in this establishment on multiple occasions, because it never disappoints. As soon as you walk in, you see the fresh ingredients displayed neatly in their containers. You grab a bowl and a pair of tongs and proceed to build your own hot pot. When you're finished, they weigh your ingredients and you pick a soup base and spice level then pay. The service is always fast, food comes out at a reasonable time. It's a very calm and chill environment and food is amazing. read more

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I loved the food here! The options seem endless and all fresh. It's a different concept to have others cook your hot pot but also takes the task of cooking and chatting it up a bit with friends while you wait. The staff were helpful with telling us for our first time how the process worked. read more

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Surprisingly delicious. I didn't know what to expect. Upon arrival, you grab a bowl and grab all the stuff you'd want in your hot pot. Mala Town has a lot of different items that you don't really see in majority of hot pot places. At the end, they weigh your bowl to determine the price. I believe it's $14.99 per lb. You get to pick a dry pot or a soup hot pot. I love my soup so I've gotten a spicy bone broth which was delicious and super rich. Please be aware spicy is SUPER spicy lol. Whatever you don't finish, you can ask to take home. The workers here are super nice and helpful. I would recommend this if you are not too too hungry for AYCE hotpot places but still want the authenticity of it. read more

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Service is good. Food is good too with variety options. Highly recommended. They are open until 12am.

I was excited to try this spot from the great reviews but ngl I was disappointed. It wasn't bad but I left feeling dissatisfied with my meal after paying about $30 (14.99/lb) for it (but it definitely filled me up). I liked the self serve style of the bowls and all the ingredients looked good, and they had a good variety. They even had wagyu beef slices. The self serve sweet tea was also light and refreshing. Decor is bright and modern. They have a scale you can use to weigh your food before buying it. Food came out in a reasonable time. I got the dry pot in the mild spice level. It comes out in a metal pot with the sauce drizzled over the top. Usually I expect the sauce to come stir fried into the ingredients. Because of this, I feel like the dish didn't soak up flavor from the sauce. The sauce itself was also not very flavorful, like what I'd normally expect from mala dishes. You can add sauces from the sauce bar yourself but I feel that the original flavor should already be flavorful. Maybe I ordered the wrong thing, and should've ordered medium, but I think less spiciness shouldn't compromise the flavor. My dish also came out almost lukewarm. My partner ordered a soup base and had piping hot soup but there was no steam coming from mine. I also prefer my veggies on the softer side, so the veggies were a little tough to bite for me. Overall was an okay meal but it was lackluster for me. Dry pot flavor could be improved by adding more of that tongue numbing spice and stir frying the dish in the sauce. Although, I do appreciate that the dish wasn't overly greasy or salty. read more

Mala Town - Hot Pot Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

This place delivers quality food for good prices. Good make-your-own vibe with multiple good broths and a sauce station too.

First time going here today and Im so mad my friend was gatekeeping this place. It is a unique hotpot experience because you weigh your ingredients before you pay. I like this better than AYCE because you are not trying to eat your moneys worth but exactly what you paid for. DELICIOUS FLAVORRRR if you get medium spice beef bone broth!!! Service was really quick and nice staff. It is clean and everything is stocked accordingly. Def would come again I would even say best broth for hotpot that I've ever had . read more

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Tried Mala Town for the first time, and the staff was super helpful and explained how everything worked as soon as we walked in. We decided to split a pot between the three of us and loaded it up with about 3 pounds of uncooked food, which came out to around $47. It's a self-serve spot, so you pick your food, pay, and then they seat you. I do wish they had more variety when it came to veggies and noodles, but their protein selection was solid. We went for the dry pot, which came with a peanut sauce--you can customize the spice level too. I was expecting the usual mala flavors, so the peanut sauce threw me off a bit. As for the noodles, the ones that looked like udon ended up being kind of a letdown. They didn't have that signature chewy texture--honestly, they tasted more like fish cake than noodles?? But on the plus side, they've got a sauce station and complimentary tea, which was a nice touch! read more

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Mala Town is our new favorite when we are in Edison. We visited Monday morning when they opened and there were already people waiting to get in. All the other customers were excited and explaining how things worked to their friends. This is not all you can eat. You select your ingredients and they cook it for you. As a tip, preview all of their selections first to decide what you want or take a little bit of what you think you will like and then go back for more after you have seen everything. I made the mistake of taking a lot of the items I usually like (veggies, fish balls, noodles) and I didn't realize how much they had in the meat section. I ended up with more fatty beef, pork belly, prime beef char siu pork than expected. My bowl ended up being 2.7 lbs precooked. My wife and I got the medium spicy beef broth and my daughter went for the mild dry stir fry. Warning, this is mala style so even the mild has a kick to it and the medium is very spicy (although not quite tongue numbing). The char siu was my favorite. Even in the broth it had a crisp bbq outside texture and was so flavorful. I don't have an after picture but outside of a bit of cabbage and some noodles I downed the entire 2.7 lbs. read more

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Honestly love this place. It was so good I came here the next day. This is a good place for single serve hotpot while choosing what ingredients you want in it. It goes by per pound, one pound is 15.99. I would say be cautious of not going overboard! I have only tried their tomato soup base and loved it. This has become one of my go to spots in Edison. Highly recommend trying! Service was fast and workers were friendly. Ambiance was nice, clean with lots of tables. read more

Really wanted to like this place..I understand they're pretty new so I'm not going to judge too harshly but there were just a few things that made the dining experience less than awesome. I will say the process of grabbing ingredients to put in your bowl was smooth and easy. The area was clean, the veggies looked fresh. There was a sign on the drink cooler saying "opening special: 1 free drink per person". We saw they were out of the bottles of green tea and asked the cashier if they had more...he made a half-hearted attempt to check but said no, they were all out. So we just grabbed a can of soda each. Lo and behold, after we sat down someone came out and restocked the teas. Ok, the drinks were free so no big deal. We were a party of 5 and I submitted my order first. I watched the other 4 people in my group get their steaming hot bowls of food and...didn't get mine. After watching another table get theirs I finally get up and ask...and the guy goes "oh ..you're at table x, hold on", runs in the back and brings my cooked bowl to me. So, why was it sitting in the back for so long? By the time I get it it's already lukewarm, plus mine had the least amount of sauce/flavoring compared to the rest of my party. But now on to taste - 3 of us got the dried flavor, 2 of us got the beef soup - all the same level of spicy. The soups were actually pretty tasty but the dry bowls had way too much cumin - kinda overpowered everything. We also saw some tables were given small bowls of rice - is this part of the cost of the malatang or is it extra? No signage anywhere so who knows. All things considered it's really not that bad, but it's really not that great either. Will I go back? Maybe after a few months and they work out their new restaurant kinks. read more

Mala Town - Hot Pot Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

My new favorite dry pot spot! Mala Town is a pick-your-own ingredients hot pot restaurant, where the cost of your dish is per pound of ingredients, whether you get a bowl of full of veggies or a bowl packed with meat. From the get-go, a friendly employee comes over to explain the process to you, then you start grabbing your ingredients. They have a great selection to choose from, including ones that aren't always offered at hot pot restaurants, like stuffed tofu pouches or chashu pork. They weigh your food, you choose your broth flavor (we opted for the dry sauce instead), and you can make a dipping sauce at the sauce station while they cook your food then bring it out to your table. Our meal came out almost immediately. The two of us thought we grabbed a large amount of food, but the price including a drink and two bowls of rice ended up only being about $34 (cheaper than our usual meal at nearby Spice 24) which filled us up plenty with some left over to take home. We thought the price point was great, the dry pot sauce was delicious, and we loved the customization of ingredients! Will definitely be returning to Mala Town soon! read more

Mala Town - Jasmine grapefruit tea. Was really good! - Hot Pot Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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Was able to attend the soft opening. Immediately greeted by great service (very informative) with how to order. The interior is similar to the previous store in this location and pretty nice. Very similar atmosphere to a food court/casual eat imo. Selected a mild beef broth, and was amazed by the rich flavor. Food was prepared and ready to eat within less than 5 minutes (super quick!!). Definitely will be making frequent visits here whenever in the mood for malatang. read more

Mala Town - Free drink with soft opening - Hot Pot Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

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I really like their bone beef broth in the medium level. very tasty. They bring out the food for u in a good amount of time

My favorite hotpot spot - nothing tops for me yet and I've eaten a lot of hotpot. I come here every time I'm in NB read more

Mala Town - Szcheuan style Soup Base - Hot Pot Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

Spicy food is amazing! Sechuan flavor is good! Parking is easy! Good to have a lunch here! read more

Mala Town - Malatown is good - Hot Pot Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

If you are willing to pay, this place is an amazing weight-by-pound mala place! They offer soup or dry pots, and you get to pick your ingredients. They put a limited amount of the more expensive offerings, like the abalone, but if you catch them up on the refill, it definitely fits the bang for your buck as they only price it by weight, not what you pick. The sauce bar is one of the nicest I have seen, with sliding lids over the sauces to help with risks for contamination. The staff are also willing to help out with the sauce bar as needed, but mainly stick to the cash register. Note that a bowl of rice costs extra here. Water is self-serve with a little water dispenser and small metal cups next to the sauce bar. Overall, this is a nice place to stop in for a lunch time meal, with fast turnaround from weighing your food to it arriving cooked at your table. With other places in town like spice 24 temporarily closed, for your dry or soupy hot pot needs, Mala town will definitely help fix that! The only negative I would say is the parking. Parking is absolutely atrocious at this little store, with just about 10 parking spots, with a dangerous turnout area. Come early if you want to avoid the mess! read more

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The soup is good but the whole restaurant is so cold that hot soup became cold very fast.

The restaurant was busy but not too crowded, it was my first experience at a build you own hotpot. I have been to regular hot pot restaurants where you cook your own food and honestly I prefer that. I got the dry hot pot and my boyfriend got the beef bone soup. The dry hot pot flavor is like peanut butter with chili oil. I did not like it at all , I've had dry hotpot before and was expecting it to be more like chili and peppers. When I asked the cashier, she said it was a house chili sauce. I made my own sauce at the sauce station and that's what helped make it decent enough to eat. The beef bone soup was also not good. Tastes like soup from a box watered down. The workers were very nice and helpful and the tables were clean, that's what the stars are for. The food was a no for us. read more

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Malatang was very good !!!! I really loved it was very good the noodles and base was so goood! read more

Mala Town - Malatang - Hot Pot Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

Amazing place with great food vibes and service. Very clean and new. Great ambiance with a parking lot as well read more

Mala Town - Hot Pot Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

so good all staff is so nice must visit next time in the area!! very affordable price!

came here for dinner on a tuesday night after my sister was craving it. parking spots are limited in the front but there's apparently more spots in the back. it was a bit early (around 5/6pm) so there weren't too many people which was nice. it's a self serve place like your classic all you can eat hot pot where you get the bowl & tongs and pick out what you want to eat. but be careful as it is $15.99 per pound! I honestly think it is a steal as long as you don't pick out items that are heavy/water dense (like eggs, cabbages). i got spinach, enoki mushrooms and a bunch of meat and it only came out to $14ish whereas my sister got noodles and so it was a bit heavy and came out to $22ish. you pick out the broth you want and they cook it and bring it to your table. i got the medium beef broth and enjoyed it - they give free rice and jasmin green tea which was a plus. overall, i really enjoyed it and believe it's better than all you can eat since i can't eat that much anyway. definitely recommend & will be back! read more

Love this place. The food is always good and fresh! The sauce selection and drinks are on point as well read more

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Really nice workers! They are never hesitant to switch out your soup for a different one that's mild.

yummy food, i highly enjoy the woodear mushroom. need to try other locations, yay soup

I've been seeing this place whenever we drive by and been wanting to try it out. I never realized that it was a hotpot place and that it's a chain. So, after reading the reviews, we decided to try this place out. Upon entering, we see that the walls are a gorgeous shade of light teal, with one of the walls looking like the top was cut off. This wall has green foliage on it as well as the name "Mala Town" in lights. The walls in the dining area are also covered in designs of bowls and food and the tables can seat up to 4 people. We all got our food from the "bar" and paid it at the cashier. What was strange was that she assigned us our table. We couldn't pick a table of our choice. She gave us a number and told us to leave it there so that our meals would be brought to the right table. I didn't understand why we had assigned tables. I guess it's to guarantee that we don't hog the bigger tables. Whatever. Daughter ordered hers with tomato soup broth. I ordered mine with Beef Bone Soup (medium) and Hubs ordered his Malaban, which is a dry mix. His came with peanuts. Originally, I wanted Sweet and Sour Tomato Soup but they didn't have it. Daughter loved hers and the fact that she got to make her own and not share. LOL. I liked mine but medium came out a bit spicy for me. I have to remember to get the mild next time. Hubs loved his a lot. There were some cute items at the bar. We got this "money bag" item. It was pretty cute and tasted pretty good. I forgot what was in it. Even with the assigned tables and number sign, they gave Hubs the wrong order, anyway. He got the people in back of us and vice versa. He told the cashier and she had them go back to the food bar and get their items again and they cooked them another order. They were told to keep the wrong order. I thought that was nice of them. This place is like a nice version of Chipotle. You pick what you want and they make it for you. Service was friendly and quick. We were pleasantly surprised that there's a fast casual hot pot place in the area. Will definitely return to try other items on the menu. read more

Best spot for hot pot near me. I love the beef bone broth. I got a bunch of beef belly meat and boy choy. Everything is clean here and the ambiance is very nice. They open late too. read more

Food - delicious flavors we love the bone broth and spicy peanut fry mix -love how you can pick what you want and how much you want (love the mushrooms and seafood and noodles) -love the self create sauce bar!! Service -very kind servers -fast!! Ambiance -cozy! read more

Love a good malatang. Pick ur own ingredients and it isn't too pricey. Service is always good too. Clean and designed well. Could call me a regular here now. read more

Nice meal! I would definitely come over again! I'm so happy that I come over here with my friends!

The place is lovely, with excellent food that's both fresh and affordable. It's a great spot for enjoying delicious meals without breaking the bank. read more

Mala Town - Place - Hot Pot Near Me - Edison, New Jersey

Amazing here, love the mala town, flavorful broth, fresh ingredients, highly recommend trying it!

Fantastic food! Quick service too. I never have an issue here and everyone is very friendly too.