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    4.5 (48 reviews)
    Closed • 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Mushroom soup base with veg, shrooms, sprouts, tofu
    Robin R.

    This is a familiar concept: choose your raw food and have someone else cook it for you. (This is also my favorite way of "cooking.") In particular, I love Movoc's simplicity. You really just walk in, get your bowl, throw whatever you want to eat in it, choose a soup base, and pay for what it weighs. No appetizers, no alcohol, no fountain drinks. Soda in cans/bottles. Free, self-serve water and rice! There's so much to mix and match, you could eat here 20 times and never fix the same dish! For the two of us, it was $35. Service was fast and friendly. Eating area was clean and pleasant, with plenty of customers coming and going. Highly recommend!

    Sweet and sour base
    Sarah A.

    Food is pretty good! Quick service. Food area was clean and stocked well. Food tasted fresh. I would get a vase a teeny bit less spicy just so I could eat it faster though

    Grace O.

    Summary: Good in theory, but could be executed better. Our dry hotpot had undercooked seafood. The brightly lit restaurant was packed with many small tables that were set up with hotpot warming trays with small candles. On a Saturday night, they were pretty packed. At Movoc, you grab your ingredients yourself, choose the type of cooking method/seasoning, and pay by weight. Most of the ingredients were labeled, but some were not, which was fine with me as an adventurous eater, but could be scary for others. I noticed my first concern at the ingredient station as people were swapping the tongs and the juice from items like intestines (which I actually find delicious) or raw seafood were being mixed into other ingredients. It should be okay since everything will be cooked, but I had concerns for people who have allergies or dietary restrictions. The restaurant would benefit from tongs that are labeled to be used specifically for certain types of ingredients. After adding our ingredients into a bowl, it was weighed and we chose the type of seasoning/broth. We chose one to be "spicy flavor soup" and the other to be a "spicy dry mix". The hot soup version was very flavorful and delicious, however, the dry pot had good flavor but was lacking spice and the ingredients were undercooked. This was concerning since we had put a lot of seafood in that pot and I could see that the scallop and fish weren't cooked. We thought we could cook it at the table over the candle after mixing it in, but it didn't work, so we packed it up to reheat it at home. We considered asking the staff to reheat it for us, but it was so hard to get the their attention since they were super busy and felt bad holding up a table for longer than necessary as the restaurant was full and there was no waiting area. Although in the end the food was okay, I was disappointed by the undercooked seafood and lack of spice in the drypot especially for paying $70+.

    Sunny P.

    Such a unique and fun concept for hot pot! You pick out all your own ingredients, they weigh everything, take it to the back, cook it up, and bring it out to you. It's a great place for friends or family or alone too. They to takeout as well or order delivery. The ingredient selection is really impressive and very vegetarian friendly. Everything looked fresh and they refill often. There are also lots of soup base options to choose from plus a stir fry option if you want to mix it up. The make your own sauce station is a great touch too. The staff works incredibly fast at turning tables and keeping everything clean. They only have one bathroom (it's clean) so just be aware for wait times. They also give you one free rice bowl which is a small but good bonus. There's a good amount of seating though I've heard the line goes out the door on weekends. Overall I really loved this place and I am already looking forward to coming back.

    I had the crab leg, corn and a variety of different meats with the original noodles.
    Yolanda M.

    Very much so! The food was amazing, the atmosphere was fantastic. The employees were helpful and friendly. I will definitely be going back.

    My bowl! Yum 10/10 highly recommend
    Brittany T.

    I love this place. So many options and variety of ingredients. The staff is really nice also. Always fresh ingredients. Must try if you have never been

    Hotpot
    Ninh N.

    I came in right at lunch rush. It's super bright and modern inside. You get in line and fill up the bowl with toppings and they will go cook it for you and bring it out. The price is $16.99/lbs... which isn't cheap if you put too much in the bowl. There's free rice to eat with your order. I think the flavor could be better but I love the concept.

    Nhu N.

    This place is delicious! It is a build your own hotpot place where everything is weighed by the pound. You put in what you want in your bowl and they make it for you in the back. The prices here are reasonable and there is plenty of seating inside. Rice is free but if you want noodles you have to add it to your bowl. The only downside to the place is that there can be a language barrier with a couple of the staff members but it was not a problem for me at all. I will be back the next time I am in the St. Louis area!

    Oil splash mala hotpot. Ingredients included lotus root, tofu, bean curd, quail eggs, beef aorta, tripe, potato
    Stephanie Z.

    Still one of my favorite places to eat in St. Louis!!! They recently added new soup bases (spicy and non-spicy), so I wanted to update my review. My new go-to is the spicy dry mix (#10), which is not as spicy, deeply peanut-y, garlicky, and savory. Highly recommend if you love garlic!

    Carol W.

    This was my first time at the restaurant. It is small and cozy. I was with 3 girlfriends. We were given instructions how to prep your bowl before it was cooked. There were so many meats, and veggies to choose from, Ostrich Eggs, if that is your thing. Only caveat for us, there were labels which were hard to understand or writing was very light. After we chose all items and type of noodles, the bowl was weighed and you pay accordingly. We were asked what type of broth, which could be hot to mild. I chose mild and added some sauces to it. Our table was prepped with a hot pot and sterno food warmers. The bowls came out piping hot. The meal was delicious and the meats were all cooked perfectly. It was a big portion for us and we were given take home bowls to enjoy for later. The service was great and everyone was so patient with us while in line. This is a fun place to bring friends or family. This was during the week after lunch, not very busy. The parking will probably be more of a problem during the weekend. I will definitely will be back. ,

    Leah N.

    I saw this place while driving through in the loop during the opening day and the line was super packed therefore I waited until now to try it out. Parking spots varies but we were lucky to secure a spot right in front of the restaurant on a Saturday afternoon. There were quite a variety of options of choice for ingredients for the hotpot of meats, vegetables, seafood etc. After picking the ingredients along with the dry noodles then you weight the selection you had. The weight of the selection has to be at least 0.9 pounds or more. Then you picked a broth and paid for your food choice. We each picked the spicy broth with our own different choices of ingredients. Be warn that the spicy broth was all spice. The taste seems to be from lots of Sichuan peppers taste which overpowering the food. My next trip i would pick a different broth to try eve though i liked spicy a lot i do want more flavors than just the Sichuan pepper taste.

    Marissa T.

    LOVE THIS PLACE, me and mom went here on accident and we've going back since. the service is 10/10, food is fresh and soooo good, only down side is the space, kinda cramped. overall 9.5/10

    Stephanie K.

    I got to check out Movoc during the Grand opening week! My friends and I went around 5:00pm on a Wednesday when it was starting to get busy. There weren't a lot of seats already so we had one grab the seats as soon as it opened. Since it is opening week, I didnt want to give them such a low score, so I gave them 4 stars. There wasn't a lot of Vegetable options and I didn't know what the meats were because there are no labels. Flavors were just not for me, but y'all might like it! Friendly service! My advice to the customers: If you're done eating, please be considerate of the people standing and waiting for a table to eat. Place is small with not that many tables. Soup is difficult to eat standing, not that they will allow it, but just think of others while there.

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    Best casual hotpot place in town. It's a self-service, casual dining setting. Great value, wide variety and spice options as well!

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