We took our daughter here for her birthday dinner and we're pleasantly surprised. All the tables…read morehad hot spots to cook your food in. There's one for each person in our group and beside us was a conveyor belt with different types of vegetables and desserts and noodles, different mushrooms, different vegetables anything you wanted. You would reach out pick up what you wanted, and as your soup began to boil, you would put all of your food food into your hot pot to cook. It was a very interesting and different type of restaurant and if you haven't tried this, it is very unique and fun. They have tables for large crowds. Bathrooms were clean areas for disabled folks. Plenty of parking plenty of handicap parking. Children were there and they were having a good time. our waitress was very helpful. We never ran out of drink and as we use the plates, they would immediately come by and pick up and make sure we had more room. And in the center was a barbecue pan and we could barbecue our meat. Which they had a extremely large selection to choose from. It was chicken, pork, shrimp, different types of seafood. There were crabs, scallops, crayfish, huge shrimp to choose from. They had then sliced cuts of beef also brisket and pork. They had tripe octopus different shrimp. And another section they had all the sauces and different spices you could select from. The food was absolutely delicious. We had such a good time, but we ate too much. In the end, our birthday girl they came out with a cake and sing happy birthday, and we were really surprised that they gave her quite a few gifts. The gifts consisted of a rather large bag that you could carry different things with, a teddy bear with roses, a keychain, a crown, glasses that were funny that lit up and a couple other little things was very very pleasing. If you have not tried Mr. hot pot put it on your must try list because it's definitely worth it. You'll have a great time great atmosphere it's clean. The staff is friendly. The food is fresh and you will not be disappointed. I promise you that. I highly recommend Mr. hot pot and we will go back.

First time today, the wife and I selected the hot pot plus the barbeque. Each table has 4 burners…read morefor hotpots with a large barbeque in the center. You have a choice of 5 broth item which is the base for your customize soup. In addition to a rotating conveyor which has plates of tasty item to cook in your soup, there is a hot pot bar with seafood of many items to make your special soup. If you also selected the hibachi, there is a great selection of beef, pork, lamb and seafood you can cook for yourself on the hibachi. They have a large selection of sauces to kick things up. Service was friendly and quite attentive. I liked it so much, I was already to go back when I got in the car to leave. This place is a gem!!!!

The experience was amazing and a server named jacky was very kind and helped us the entire time…read more Most of all, the food was so good and there was so much variety.

Love this place! Attentive service, theyre always checking…read morein on you, cleaning, making sure buffet is refilled. everything is so tasty and kept fresh. we usually get the bone broth or mushroom soup. its set up for great solo dining, date night or groups. really versatile and open late!

If you're looking for variety, Hot Pot Korean BBQ in Ocala delivers in a big way. We opted for both…read morethe Korean BBQ grill and the hot pot experience, which let us enjoy the best of both worlds. The concept is simple: choose from an enormous selection of raw ingredients and cook them yourself either on the tabletop grill or in one of several flavorful broths. The selection was impressive. They had a huge variety of meats, seafood, vegetables, and mushrooms. One thing that immediately caught my attention was the hanger steak, one of my favorite cuts, and it was excellent on the grill. The pork belly was another standout, cooking up beautifully with great flavor. Seafood lovers will find plenty to enjoy as well, including scallops and even crab legs. As someone currently following a keto diet, there were plenty of carb-heavy options I skipped, but it didn't matter. The selection of proteins, vegetables, and mushrooms was so extensive that I had no trouble filling up while staying on plan. By the end of the meal, I felt completely satisfied and genuinely felt like I got my money's worth. Between the quality, variety, and interactive dining experience, Hot Pot Korean BBQ is a fun place to eat and one I'd happily visit again.

Let me start off by saying we just moved here from Hawaii…read moreWhen we enter the restaurant, they greeted us with the menu. We absolutely had never been to this K-pop before they were very hard to hear initially, and she briefly showed us the front in the back of the menu so we quickly chose something because we didn't know how it operated.. we quickly chose barbecue and when we sat down, the waitress came over and explained that we just get up get our food and then we we quickly realized that there was way more options for the K-pop and there was the actual barbecue section. The student bother us as we have in Korean barbecue before however, when we looked at the slices of meat, they were completely fat. The port was all fat. The Bulgogi had lump of fat on it and the chicken were tenders, but they were all with the tendons intact. The kimchi was not completely fermented. It was actually horrible. The daikon was so thick. I don't understand where the seaweed salad even came from as it was overly salty.. The french fries were called to the touch. I brought my one year-old in with me and he didn't even touch them. The rice was probably the most upsetting part because it was damn near porridge too much water in the rice that my son couldn't even put it on his spoon.. I also wanted to note that our stove top turned off and we weren't even aware . the only thing that they did not mess up was Gaza and I want to make this very clear. The dessert menu is watermelon pineapple orange slices a piece of store-bought cake we ended up paying almost $80 with tip for 2.5 people and everything we tasted was disgusting as soon as I left the restaurant I threw up everywhere.. I took my waitress out of courtesy but we literally didn't get our water filled. I think this was a zero out of 10 experience if I could not rate it at all and put 0.0 stars it would get that before leaving I told my waitress how disgusting everything was and she actually agreed. She said she only ate there one time to say she did and she wouldn't eat there either. I'm not sure if people are just extremely unexperienced with how Korean food should taste as we have that culture immersed in Hawaii as well as my daughter coming directly from Korea, but this experience could not have been any worse.

I came here with a large group of couples for a birthday dinner. They easily sat us and the place…read morewas gorgeous. The waitress explained how this place worked and took our orders and everything arrived very fast! It seemed as though as soon as we ordered. We didn't feel rushed and everything tasted delicious. The soup bases could be more flavorful but once I put in additives from the sauce bar it was really good! Would recommend for larger groups!

I usually do not write negative review simply because I prefer spending my energy to promote good…read morebusinesses. But this one is bad. Right after a ceremony at USF, Hong on Fowler was the logical choice. Good reviewd. Convenience. There were supposed to be 9 of us in total, but 2 PAs who got out of a late hospital shift would need 30 more minutes. The policy of this establishment is not to sit until everyone arrives. The manager and the hostess went on and explained their 2-hour limit policy by which they time us exactly 2 hours fir our meal. I asked what if it would take us more than 2 hrs since we might chat a lot during this family gathering. They said a penalty up to $500 might be enforced. I looked around. The dining room was empty. There was only one more table besides us. Setting policies with restrictions when your dining room is empty is the silliest thing that you can do to harm your business. The staff never smiled. I walked around and saw chicken feet was served next to desserts and smelled the burning food from bad exhausting system. I advised the group to drive an hour to KPot in Terone, meeting the 2 PAs half way. We had a great dinner at KPot. Not sure if I would recommend Hong. Sorry.

My daughter and I just got into town for a business meeting and this is the first place we stopped…read moreat to grab dinner. Lovely resturant with a great atmosphere. The two ladies at the counter were very pleasant and provided great service. The food was excellent as we both ordered their Kalbi (beef short ribs).

I am rating this a 4 because although the food was good but there were a few things we were a…read morelittle disappointed. We wanted to order kimbop but they were out. They were also out of the crab egg roll, out of sweet tea, and out of lettuce in which we like to wrap the bulgogi. We ordered mandu, it was good but a little bit doughy because of the wrap they use, not as crispy as we would expect. I ordered the dolsot bibimbop. Mine came out first and was sizzling hot. No complaints, the egg had a runny yolk which means it was not overcooked like many I have had in the past. The bibimbop sauce is delicious with just the right amount of kick. Waitress brought out banchans, there were six different types, pickled eggplant, nori, broccoli, kimchi, bean sprouts, and cucumbers. Son ordered pork bulgogi. The plate was heaping with pork, and the sauce was nice and thick and stuck to the pork. Spouse ordered beef bulgogi and it took about 10 minutes for his to come out after our son and I had our meals. The plate was heaping, but spouse said the beef was a little bland, but some of the bibimbop sauce took care that. Son and spouse took leftovers with them. We were kind of disappointed in the items they did not have, but the lady waiting on us was nice and we realize they are a small business and when things are busy, it is easy to run out. The interior was a little dark, did not go to the restroom so cannot comment on the cleanliness but what we did see looked clean.

Came here for my husband's birthday lunch. Lunch is free for those with a birthday on their exact…read morebirthdate. One additional paying entree is required. They do ask for ID to show your birthday. We both got the hot pot and k-bbq combo, mine was 34.99. Our server was Sky and he was awesome and helpful and friendly. We had chicken and mushroom broth for our hotpot's and it was nice that they were two smaller pots on the side while we had our grill in the middle. They also have a salad bar and sauce bar on the side. They bring you your meats that you choose from their menu. They also bring you hot pot items, there are also some hot pot items on their conveyor belt. We don't do hot pot & kbbq often and after getting a hang of it's fine. It does feel like a lot of work at first. But hot pot you are just throwing stuff in the pot and bbq you are flipping them over, we also made fried rice on the grill too. My husband and I enjoyed it. He often doesn't want to do it and we both thought it was tasty. They have desserts here as well. He had a strawberry cake and I had a mango cake. We were both so full when we were done. It's stylish inside with large and small booths. It was two of us. I would have wanted a bigger booth bc of all the plates and bowls we had.

KPOT Korean BBQ was incredible! The hot pot and Korean BBQ were both absolutely delicious, and the…read morewhole experience makes this the kind of place you want to come back to again and again. This is the perfect spot to bring the whole family to celebrate just about any major holiday--birthdays, Thanksgiving, and especially Christmas. Nothing says holiday spirit like gathering around a table full of sizzling Korean BBQ, bubbling hot pot, and taking advantage of the beer tower special. And if you're looking for an escape from the Florida heat, KPOT has you covered. They have six air conditioners keeping the place nice and cool. Yes, I counted. (Picture in the comments) Great food, fun atmosphere, family-friendly, a great beer tower special, and possibly the most climate-controlled Korean BBQ experience in Florida. Easy 5 stars!

The food was delicious you can choose, either Hot pot or Korean BBQ, service was excellent, they…read morewere very friendly, and my service was very patient. The environment was calming and relaxing, very clean.

Theeeee worst Korean BBQ I have ever been to!…read more The food quality was absolutely horrible, and the service was mediocre at best. The only reason I'm giving the atmosphere 3 stars is because they were playing K Pop. And before anyone says, "Well, it's all you can eat. What did you expect?" I've been to other AYCE Korean BBQ restaurants, and the difference is night and day. I've had places with great quality, variety, and service. This place doesn't come close. It's also way overpriced for what they provide. The quality and selection do not justify the price whatsoever. To make matters worse, I'm actually feeling nauseous after eating here. I can't say what caused it, but I definitely did not leave feeling good about the experience. There are plenty of Korean BBQ restaurants that do AYCE right. This is not one of them.

We had an amazing experience at The Melting Pot, and a big part of that was our server, Hannah…read more From the moment we arrived, she made us feel welcome. I had noted in our reservation that we were celebrating my son's birthday, and the staff immediately greeted him with a happy birthday, which made him feel so special. Since we hadn't visited in over 12 years and it was my son's first time, Hannah took the time to explain the menu, make recommendations, and walk us through the entire experience. She was patient, knowledgeable, and so kind to our family. She even sang happy birthday to my son, which was such a sweet moment and nearly brought tears to my mom's eyes. Thank you very much, Hannah, for making his birthday dinner so memorable. We truly appreciated your outstanding service and will definitely be back!

We had an amazing waitress who was so kind and thorough with explaining all of the options…read more This was a fun and interactive ladies night out! The food was good overall- we had the 4 course meal and it was a lot of food. Each fondue was delicious - the meat was average for quality. I wished the dessert tidbits were more high quality - they seemed more cookie cutter /premade quality. Overall we enjoyed ourselves and now that we've done it - I would order the favorites next time instead of the 4 course meal.

Great food, friendly & prompt service. Look forward to another visit!…read more Easy to locate and convenient hours. Very clean and frequent service during our meal. Richard

This is in my opinion the better location out of all of them. Food offerings on the conveyer were…read morenice and plentiful, and the soup base very tasty. Our server was very friendly and cleared the empty service bowls adequately. The inside was pretty generic, but the whimsy of that big food carousel is just nostalgic for me :)

I admitted that ordering from an iPad gave us a different experience than seeing the food on the…read morebuffet then picking what you want to eat. But my review is dedicated to Kevin and Abgela who served our table last night. We left another Korean VBQ on Fowler in Tampa and drove an hour to this location, frustrated at the rude attitude of that place over their 2=hrs limit policy and the $500 penalty (hix!). Our group had 9 of us. KPot's largest table could accommodate only 8. The hotess wanted us to sit at 2 tables, one 8 top and another 4 top. It was not convenience for a family gathering after a school ceremony. We asked Kevin if we could pull another chair and sit together. We did mind two of us sharing a hot pot. Without hesitation, Kevin pulled us a chair and made it happen. Throughout the dinner, Kevin, Angela and another tall male server who brought food, refilling beverages, and checking on us. The manager stopped by, and we ket him know how Kevin's quick solution made our date. The food was good. I picked the Fresh Herbal broth and liked it. Most other guests liked the Tom Yum. Thanks, Kevin.

I went to KPOT BBQ & Hot Pot in St. Pete with a friend for dinner. It was his first time trying hot…read morepot and my first time at this location specifically and I'm definitely a hot pot connoisseur if I say so myself! This place is really nice and unique. The wait wasn't long at all. I put my name on the list and got called within about 15 minutes. Since it's connected to a mall, we walked around a little while we waited. Our server was Jess and she was the bomb! She was super knowledgeable, attentive, and knew her stuff. I'm used to the conveyor belt style for fresh ingredients, but here you order everything from a tablet and the portions are very reasonable. They have a great variety of ingredients for both hot pot and barbecue, plus a hot bar, cold bar, and plenty of sauces to create your own combination. The drinks? Impeccable! I really enjoyed my experience here. The blue crabs and snow crab were definitely some of my favorites. 10/10 experience. I already know I'm coming back to stuff my face! KPOT has several locations, but this St. Petersburg location is definitely a must-try.