YGF Malatang has become one of my favorite comfort food spots. I love being able to choose exactly what goes into my bowl, and there are always plenty of ingredients to pick from. Everything tasted fresh, the soup base was flavorful, and the spice level was really satisfying without overpowering the food. The best part is that the meal feels personalized every time, so it never gets boring. The staff moved pretty quickly, and the whole ordering process was smooth. The restaurant was clean and the food came out hot, which made the experience even better. Definitely a good place to go when you're craving something warm, filling, and full of flavor. I'd happily come back. read more

YGF Malatang - malatang - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

YGF Malatang is honestly one of my go-to spots when I want something warm, flavorful, and customizable. I really like that you can pick exactly what you want, so it feels easy to make a bowl that matches your mood. The ingredients tasted fresh, the broth had a nice rich flavor, and everything came out hot and satisfying. What stood out to me was how comforting the whole meal felt without being too heavy. There were plenty of options to choose from, and the staff was efficient and helpful during the ordering process. The place was also clean, which made the experience even better. If you like malatang or want to try something different from the usual takeout, this place is definitely worth checking out. I'd come back again. read more

YGF Malatang - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

There aren't many customizable malatang spots around the area, So YGF Malatang definitely stands out. Good prices, plenty of selections to build your own bowl, and on top of that... they also have takoyaki. And what I love most are their skewers. I usually get at least one or two orders on top of my soup. They also have other fried snacks, so kids and non-spicy lovers still have plenty of options IG: socalhkfoodies read more

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Here's a tighter, more polished version that keeps your voice: Cool, authentic Chinese hot pot spot. I've been to their Cerritos location and didn't realize they had one in Chino Hills. The concept is pretty fun--grab a bowl, load it up with your choice of proteins and veggies, pick your soup base (spicy miso, bone broth, miso, etc.), and they weigh it out for you before you pay. You'll get a number, find a seat, and hit the sauce bar to customize your dips. I've definitely had better hot pot, but this place is great for a quick, casual experience and still enjoyable overall. read more

YGF Malatang - Hot Pot with Spicy Miso base and loads of proteins and veggies. Gotta have your customized dipping sauce too! - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

We come here often as it's one of the only Malatang options in the chino valley. Very good soup, but sometimes the wait is a bit long, so be prepared to sit for a little while before getting your food. Overall a pleasant experience as always read more

I loved the food. We went on a cold day after a rainy day, so it was the ultimate comfort meal. It wasn't crowded on a Wednesday night, so we were easily able to grab a bowl and start building. Unfortunately, it took 30 minutes for the food to arrive after we gave it to them, which was a bit odd to me since I thought all they had to do was boil the food in the broth. My favorite ingredients were the original beef (so tender), fern root vermicelli, and tendon. I intentionally packed my bowl full to the brim so that I could make two meals out of it. I chose the classic herbal beef bone broth with mild spice, but I would make it medium next time since I didn't taste any spiciness at all. There's a build-your-own sauce bar if you want to add additional flavor and I appreciate that you also can get fried entrees or desserts from the kitchen. As for drinks, there's a fridge near the cashier where you can take out a drink yourself. read more

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Great little spot for malatang with broth options that include tom yum, herbal beef bone, herbal, sweet & sour tomato, and spicy dry mix. You can choose your spice level. The meat, seafood, and vegetable selection is not huge, but does offer everything I would want. There's also a variety of noodles including packaged ones. The self-serve condiment bar has all your essentials, such as green onion, garlic, chili oil, sesame oil, bbq... I will definitely be coming again! read more

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My current hyperfixation and with the cold rainy days this spot hits extra hard! The staff here is so sweet. They're a bit short staffed, seems like there's only 2 staff at a time. There are huge dinner rushes but they try their best. I haven't had any issues with items running out and sauce bar is always refilled. Minimum one pound per bowl. I like to weigh my bowl and add as needed. One pound is just enough for myself but I know others may grab around 2 pounds. Classic Herbal Beef Bone Broth -doesn't come non spicy, mild isn't too spicy if you can't handle heat. I love the herbal taste mixed in with the creamy bone broth. Has been one of my favorites. Grind Pleasant Spicy Dry Mix -sooo good! So flavorful, tons of spices added into it. I think they cook your food in broth then stir fry it after. Also one of my favorites if I'm not feeling like having soup. Tom Yum Broth -very tangy, which I personally prefer. I feel like this broth isn't as easy to down as the bone broth maybe it's because of the tanginess. But still very good. Lemongrass shines throughout. read more

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So YGF is another build your own hotpot restaurant where you can choose your own ingredients and choose whether you want the beef broth in mild, medium, or spicy, or tomato, or dry style. So between all of the YGF in the area, it's not the biggest one but not the smallest one either. The selection of ingredients aren't all there either compared to the others. For example taro and nagaimo root isn't there, which are like two of my favorites. The food quality itself is good. A mild here is like a medium in spicy elsewhere. It's a bit on the salty side too. But it was really flavorful and I didn't really need a dipping sauce. Service is a bit slow. There was only 1 person doing cashier work and bringing the food to the customers/refilling water. Parking for this place is pretty good. It's a big lot and it's shared with multiple businesses. Overall, decent YGF, some slight differences on what's available compared to other YGF. It's just a bit on the salty side. Solid 4/5. read more

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I feel like this place is going down hill. They're rated B now for health inspections. I couldn't finish my food because their beef tendon and quail egg tasted spoiled like it had a sour taste and I feel bit paranoid now if im going to get food poisoning. Hopefully it just ends with bad stomache. I could see why they dont do proper food item rotations probably. I can see the food not being chilled properly and see mixed items in another for cross contamination. I dont think I'll be back read more

YGF Malatang - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

Took the homie here to try malatang for the first time. It was my first time at specifically YGF too. We both got the Tom Yum broth. My only issues were that the seasonings get dusty as you get to the bottom of the soup, as well as the options are a lil more limited than other spots. However overall the soup was bold and tasty and the ingredients themselves were fresh as can be when it comes to build-your-owns. The format is mostly self service for the food. The most I gotta say about the service was that our bowls came out fast and they were on top of refilling our waters lol The restaurant is bright, simplistic, and smaller than other similar spots. It's also not as crowded so no wait times for us. Overall a solid place to start your beginner friends onto some malatang read more

YGF Malatang - Tom Yum Malatang - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

My go to malatang spot! There's a minimum of 1lb of food and it's a lot of food but they have containers to take any leftovers home! They have a self service sauce bar so you can make any combo for sauces! They also have a card to keep track of how many pounds of malatang you get and every 10lbs is 1lb free! Great service and lots of seating inside but they do get busy during dinner time read more

YGF Malatang - Mild beef broth - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

Went after lunch on a weekday and the place was 3/4 full. Probably roughly 30 people could eat inside comfortably.... You basically get a bowl and get all the ingredients you want. You then go to the counter and they weigh it for you. A soda is 2 dollars and a cup of rice is 2 dollars as well. They have a sauce bar and some free fortune cookie. Options wise, they have all the basic. From lamb, beef, etc. to balls, veggies, noodles as well. I tried the tomato based broth and it was not bad. Compared to other places, like in Irvine... this one is okay. Options aren't as plenty and the sauce bar was just okay. Would I come back? I probably will just because it's closer to my place. I paid 16 for the bowl, 2 for soda , 2 for cup of rice. + tip = i paid around 24usd. read more

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Top 3 Wins: 1. Cleanliness 2. Portion size 3. Sauces But the portion size is up to you! (with a minimum of 1 lb weight). Twas our first time eating here, walked in, and a nice lady set down water cups to reserve our table then showed us how to scoop up what we wanted and they would boil it up for us. I don't think she said a word, she just used pointing and gentle direction. I peaked to the kitchen where I saw their chef running broth through a sieve. Well done! Also, the cilantro and spinach came with super long stems but they were chopped off and veggies were cut up before serving (I'm guessing to add to the weight of your ingredients - haha!). My bowl was 1.35 lbs and moms was 1.25 lbs so about $18-19 each. The price today was $14.56/lb I believe. Ok, well, now the bowl came out steaming HOT and stayed HOT for a long time! I forgot all about their sauce bar until halfway through - it was SO good, they have the best selections here! I would absolutely come back and we even had leftovers. ONE issue I had was that if you don't like any kind of spice level, your only option is Tomato broth (what!?) So they need to have something else, even a chicken or water broth option is fine. Ingredients were fresh and worth every penny. read more

Located beside Sprouts, personally I would say this is a lower end malatang spot you walk in, grab a bowl, pick your toppings, they weigh you, you grab your sauces, and then wait to eat your food. they have plenty of toppings for you to choose from, but my gripe is that the spiciest level isn't spicy and the soup is just plain bland. even when adding the chili from the sauce area its just not flavorful. I've experienced some rude servers here, but they have stamp cards available if you do like the food. there's never any music playing, just silence. read more

Great food and I really liked the atmosphere. I would recommend this food to everyone.

The taste is average, everything is prepared ahead of time then heated up for you. Good for a quick bite. read more

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Had a bad experience where the staff would not honor my free 1 lb stamp card even though I've more than 10lbs already. The excuse they came up with is that they cant honor it because its for a specific location even though all the locations are stated on the card which includes this location. Make it make sense. read more

I forgot to take a picture. But when I arrived on Thursday, my son took me for dinner. Even though they have fewer selections than in Texas, their food taste and broth are actually not bad, and the cost is much better and cheaper than in Texas! Will I return? For cheaper prices, yes, I would. read more

First time trying this place. Yelp has a good review. But here's mine. I gave 4 stars because it wasn't cleared and the staff wasn't seem friendly to explain anything. Assuming we knew what to do, which we don't. Food takes a little bit to be cooked. However, it looks great and it's delicious. I think the broth is fairly salty before I even used any of the sauces and condiment choices. Two bowls of food cost us basically $50, which if I knew how the ordering system works I may not pile in as much food. That being said I would come back again and be more thoughtful of the amount of food I put in and try different item combinations. Place is bright and roomy. read more

YGF Malatang - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

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They updated their menu and finally have the tom yum broth! It was so flavorful. My go-to is the medium spicy beef broth but the tom yum broth is a very close second. read more

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This place feels like cheating. It's a simple-looking place with cheap tables and seats, but the food it serves really hits the spot when you're looking for hot pot. Service is fast and polite. Instead of all you can eat, here you grab a bowl and fill it with hot pot ingredients, and at the end you pay based on weight. It's very cheap, I only spent $25 and ate way too much, I could probably comfortably eat here for $20. The soup base is also delicious, the mild bone broth is exactly what you want in a soup base, and of course you can make your own custom sauce (which I always mess up by adding too much vinegar, don't be like me). The only downside of this method is that it's hard to gauge how much you can eat, and so you usually will get more than you can to be safe. For the sake of science, and of course for all the lovely readers of this review, I have come to the conclusion that about 25 rolls of meat is a good amount for me, plus plenty of veggies. For most men about 1.7 lbs of food is good. read more

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We go here for malatang craving. The food is freshly cook and the sauces definitely add deliciousness! read more

YGF Malatang - Tomato base soup - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

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You pick your own food to add to your soup. At the end they weigh it for you. I got the tom yum soup it was very delicious. If you add to much food they actually give you a second bowl to fit all your food in there. Service was great and fast. The area is small so plan ahead of time. They do get busy. Ambiance was nice and cool inside. read more

Great service! Seating is comfortable. Love the soup choices especially the tomato. I will come back

Lots of food choices! Love the tom yum soup. Sour and spicy is right balance and keeps open appetite

Came here with a friend after hearing a few people hype up their skewers and yo... it lived up to it. Great variety and food quality, especially for a little spot like this. The grilled skewers were super flavorful, nice char, juicy inside, I kept reaching back for "just one more" lol. Also tried the bone broth mala tang - rich broth with that slow-building heat, not just salty or spicy for no reason. Portions were solid, prices fair, and everything tasted freshly made. Definitely adding this to my regular rotation :) read more

Honestly, I'm always in the mood for hotpot, but not always ready to drop $35 on it. Sometimes, I'm just craving my favorite ingredients in a comforting, flavorful soup. That's when I head to YGF. I've brought my family here several times, and we always leave feeling totally satisfied. They offer a great selection of proteins, noodles, veggies, and all the sauces you'd want to customize your perfect malatang. Once you've loaded up your bowl, they cook it for you in your choice of broth: bone broth, tomato, or even as a stir-fry! I also really appreciate that you can pack up your leftovers to go. It's a great value, delicious, and always hits the spot. We'll definitely keep coming back! read more

YGF Malatang - medium spicy bone broth - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

Great value. Short wait. Hot pot u can choose what u want and pay what u eat u can pick your own soup and ingredient .

The food is amazing. My favorite is the mild spicy herb bone broth with various additions like beef, oyster mushroom, fish tofu, and yam noodles. The service is great too and the food is very fresh. 5/5 stars. I love the restaurant environment, it's very cozy. 特别好吃. 我推荐这个地方。 read more

YGF Malatang - Mild spicy beef bone broth with various additions. My go to order for malatang. - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

This place is DELICIOUS! Price at $13.99/lb with a 1 lb minimum. However it is very easy to hit 1 lb since there is so many options to chose from! Only 2 soup bases: bone broth (which can have spice added to it) and tomato (no spicy option) and a dry spicy mix (like a stir fry I think) Their pork blood was by far the show stopper! I instantly regret not putting more after the first bite... it's one of those things where when you have had great pork blood dishes in China .. all silky and soft... 9.5/10 places always over cook and serve bad pork blood. But this place... AMAZING! Service is great! I can't wait to go back! read more

YGF Malatang - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

Absolutely love the beef broth malatang at YGF! But I tried the spicy mix dry pot out of curiosity and unfortunately it's not great :( it's coated in a thick sauce and tastes a lot like bean curd. Def will always come back for the soup though! read more

YGF Malatang - Spicy mix dry pot - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

I like their beef bone soup in mild spicy which is the reason I keep visiting this place. There are plenty of ingredients to choose from and I'm sure you can find your favorite meat, mushrooms, veggies and noodles: Another great thing is that they offer lots of different sauces too which is great for sauce lover like me The only down side is the tables are pretty close to each other. read more

YGF Malatang - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

I love service, the lady explained how the process work. I love dining in taste much better. I never getting tired eat this place during my lunch break read more

YGF MALATANG quiet, fast service , friendly staff , good prices, good selection, clean read more

YGF Malatang - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

I was skeptical at first since I don't like Szechuan spices typically but I think this may be my favorite hot pot place now. It's in the Sprouts plaza with a bunch of parking and seating inside. I like the concept of choosing your own ingredients then paying by weight. It's efficient and it just makes sense depending on how hungry you are. I get the medium beef bone broth and my partner for mild. Both are really good but have to warn people the medium is pretty spicy! The flavor is creamy and comforting. We pay on average around $20 per bowl depending on weight. You also get to make your own sauce which is nice but personally I don't need the sauce when I get the medium spice. read more

YGF Malatang - Spicy and regular mild beef bone broth - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

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The broths here are all delicious, the meat and seafood are fresh, the restaurant is clean and tidy. read more

YGF Malatang - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California

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Think of this place like Mongolian bbq, but hot pot style. You get to pick the protein and veggies u want (1lb minimum) and put them in a big bowl, then the soup base or they also have a dry pot style, and they cook it in the back for you. While they're doing that you can prep our sauce at the sauce bar. They also have rice if you want to add that on or noodles that would be cooked together with your other ingredients. We got the beef broth medium spicy and it was delicious! it's nice to be able to choose exactly what you want in your dish. They also come around often to refill your water and see if you need anything. Will def be back to try the dry pot and skewers. read more

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The quality of the ingredients was quite good. Service was good as well. I ordered my meal to go. The restaurant was not too big with about 15 tables. I will definitely be returning. read more

FAVE MALATANG SPOT! Such a comforting food and worth the price. I love the variety of options and the beef bone broth soup. Just wish they had a more diverse sauce bar. read more

YGF Malatang - Chinese Near Me - Chino Hills, California