We've discovered an authentic Chengdu-style hot pot where everything is on skewers -- meat, veggies, you name it! It was our first time trying Chengdu hotpot 成都火鍋（ (aka Sichuan hotpot 四川火鍋), and we did some homework beforehand. Chengdu hotpot stands out for its aromatic, complex flavours and less oily broth than the Chongqing style. Yuan's Hot Pot 袁记串串香 nailed it! We ordered COMBO A ($83.99), meant for two, but honestly, it feels like a feast for three. What's in COMBO A? ~ 50+ skewers packed with meat and veggies ~ Dual broth: House Special Spicy ~ Soup Base & Pork Bone Soup Base ~ Sweet potato vermicelli ~ 2x House Special Dipping Sauces The spicy broth was bold and flavorful without being overwhelming, and the variety of skewers kept things exciting. Their signature dipping sauce with Yuan's Hot Pot Sesame Oil is a game-changer -- so fragrant and not greasy. Yuan's Hot Pot 袁记串串香 brings the bold, authentic flavours of Chengdu straight to Richmond. We've fallen in love with Chengdu-style hotpot and can't wait to return to try more! Highly recommend! Food: 5/5 Must Try! Service: 5/5 Kids: 4/5 Yay! Price: $50-$60 for two Presentation: 2/3 Parking: 4/5 Finding parking during meal hours is challenging despite a sizable parkade. Tips: * Must-Try Dipping Sauce: Pair their signature Yuan's Hot Pot Sesame Oil (in cute single-serve cans) with the House Special Dipping Sauce. It's flavorful, not greasy, and you can add as much as you like! * Customizable Spice: Their House Special Spicy Soup Base, imported straight from Chengdu, is adjustable! Use as much as you want and take the leftover package home for your next hotpot night. * BOGO Alert: Visit on the 17th of any month for their Buy One, Get One deal--perfect for sharing with friends or family! * Discount Deal: Share a review on Google and score $3.99 off a limited-selected dish. Would I Return: Yes ‍ read more

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Yuan's Hot Pot is located in the Aberdeen Mall so plenty of free parking which is always a plus. It is clean with high ceilings and pretty good ventilation which is needed as...we are doing hot pot. We went with 1/2 soup base and 1/2 extra spicy. And the extra spicy is definitely spicy...no need to add any dipping sauces with that base. Ordered a variety of proteins and vegetables. I liked that most of the items were on skewers which made getting it out of the base much easier. I did find the beef overly salted. And I really enjoyed the corn on the cob. Service was great and definitely needed a shower and a change of clothes after dinner. They were having a buy one get one free anniversary promotion. You can return and have the same items ordered for free on your next visit. It is a pretty good promotion. It was a positive food experience. read more

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My wife and I came here to try out the couples special which included 35 skewers, noodles, drinks, and sauces and ended up absolutely loving the experience. It was our first time having a hotpot with skewers and it was great. This allowed us to order a wide variety of different ingredients in smaller quantities which lead to trying things like pumpkin and different meats in our hotpot. The employees here were very helpful guiding us through the experience and offering to make us sauce (really tasty). We'll be coming back again soon! read more

YUAN’S HOT POT - Our remaining meat skewers - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

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We recommend choosing their secret spicy soup base recipe, aromatic with a great balance of spice/flavor, offset by a more mellow but nourishing white soup base, to start your feast. There are many fresh ingredients you can choose from, an extensive list of spicy and non-spicy skewers to platters of meat and seafood, all conveniently pictured and easily ordered through their tablet. The meats were especially memorable as they were seasoned well and very tender indeed. They even have spare short ribs on skewers and thick cut beef tripes on their menu, which gave great flavour and texture. If you are suckers for dipping sauce, you can make your own special blend at their dipping bar. The restaurant was clean, bright and huge. All the staff was courteous despite the busy day. Hotpot at a restaurant is definitely an experience and this place ticks all the boxes. Worth checking them out. read more

YUAN’S HOT POT - a table full of food - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

This is such a gem and probably one of the best places to go for skewer hotpot. Each skewers we got were all marinated so well and super flavourful with the broth. The skewers in the hot spicy broth was chef kiss. Those who love a good mala skewer and spicy hotpot this is the place! * I also love how they give you mini cute cans of their house sauce to add to your sauces and the sauce was sooo good it really made the skewers and the hotpot meats even better than they already are. The sauce is legit a key feature to this place! * I highly recommend coming here if you're on the verge between hotpot and skewers cause it's the best of both worlds here. read more

I love going to this hotpot place because of their skewers. It's easy to only order what you want so you're not forced to have an entire plate of something if you only want a little bit. Their sauce bar was clean and the ingredients seemed fresh, which isn't always the case. Servers refilled the broth fairly regularly and they were quick to take away any finished dishes. It's a bit hot in Aberdeen in general and this restaurant wasn't much better. I recommend going in the cooler months if you don't want to overheat, especially if you're unlucky and the hotpot's steam is blowing towards your seat. read more

A wonderful experience! Most tables are comfortable booths and several have floor-to-ceiling views of either the mall courtyard or neighboring street. Servers are professional, knowledgeable, quick to offer advice and discuss options in either English or Mandarin. The soup base is great (both the spicy and not spicy options) and they were good about refills. The dipping sauce was amazing (you can mix your own or they will do it for you if you ask). Everything was clean and prepared fast. The flavors were rich and diverse. The skewers are an awesome touch and make cooking and transferring easier than at most hotpot restaurants. Our favorites were the beef, lamb, black mushrooms, corn, taro, and bean curd, and side of fried rice. Still, there were tons of choices for every person's taste. Really appreciate how kind they were to our 4-year old child too. It was only his second time enjoying hotpot and we now know he will want to come back. Thank you!! read more

YUAN’S HOT POT - Half-and-half spicy and non-spicy soup base. Starting off with the lamb. Small bowl of fried rice on the left side. - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

4.5/5 Hot pot is something one has to prepare for. Everything needs to be washed, and it's hair wash day for us ladies post meal. Even with the superb ventilation at Yuan's. Koodos as this is the most ventilated and chilled hot pot restaurant in America I've been to. Service was excellent in both fluent English and Mandarin. Very attentive staff who deliver and explain in a timely manner. Food was super fresh and much of it was frozen which is a norm for northern style hot pot. Landmark Hot Pot is more "fresh" in the sense it's rarely frozen solid, and higher quality in base soup and premium soups. Yuans hot pot base comes from a packet. It's pork broth looks legit, but basic. I appreciate how ordering is on a tablet and is clearly priced and described. I would return, as it's ambiance is clean and airy. Easy to park and friendly staff. read more

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Decent hot pot place with reasonable price. This is not The Dolar Shop or Halidao quality for sure so don't come with that expectation. They have summer special combo for $69.99cad for 2 people but you can use for family too. We ordered that combo and added more meat and seafood. For a a family of 5, the bill was about $117US, I was pleasantly surprised. read more

YUAN’S HOT POT - Summer special combo - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

Came here for vacation, as we are from socal and are always looking for good food. We came here as a recommendation after watching strictlydumpling on youtube! Definitely a good pick. I'm quite surprised about the location, first of all, because in socal area it seems most mall foods (both restaurants and mall cafeterias) are not impressive or anything more than good. But in Vancouver it definitely seems the opposite- the food actually looks good. Food was amazing! The canned Seaseme oil along with the garnishes (cilantro, garlic, peppers, etc) was seriously the best. My gf mentioned this is normal in China, and thank goodness it is a standard at this restaurant. My top picks for the skewers were the beef tongue, frog leg, frozen fried tofu, and the fried bean curd. Everything was premium ingredient quality! Service was great! Our server spoke to us in chinese (both mandarin/canto) which we do understand along with English. Waiters would frequently be checking in on us. Price point was a little on the pricier side, but the entire experience was worth the value. read more

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I came to visit Vancouver from Seattle for the weekend for my birthday and casually ended up at this restaurant upon arriving somewhat late and craving hot pot. I was so blown away by the food here that I literally cancelled my upscale/formal birthday dinner in downtown the next night to eat here again because I knew I would regret not eating here again before leaving. First off, almost all hot pot places only have pork-based broth, but this place had chicken broth and veggie broth substitutions (which is perfect since my boyfriend doesn't eat pork). Second, the restaurant provides aprons and covers for your jackets because (as all hot pot lovers know) the soup can splash/get all over your clothes. Third, the food was INSANE, from pricing to quality, this is a one million out of ten recommend. You can also order "skewers" of food so if you want something but don't want to pay for an absurd amount of it, this is the perfect way to order just enough of each side/addition. Lastly, the service was unmatched. All of the servers were clearly attentive and helpful, but the manager...he was next level. He was unbelievably kind and very genuinely was happy to hear that we enjoyed the food so much. Everyone needs to experience the food here. This is forever going to be a required stop whenever I'm in Vancouver. read more

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Wow! This is simply a delicious dish on earth! It's so delicious! Authentic enough to make people scream uncontrollably! I can't stop at all! read more

YUAN’S HOT POT - exxellent ！ - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

There's no shortage of hotpot restaurants in Vancouver, but Yuan's Chuan Chuan Xiang hot pot stands out because the food comes out in bamboo skewers You can make your own dipping sauce but they suggest sesame oil, garlic, green onion and cilantro. I'm not a fan of cilantro so I skipped that. The sesame oil comes in a small can which is really cute. I ended up taking a can home A must order item is the deep fried pork crisps. It has a nice crispy outside while the chicken is tender and juicy. I would also dip the pork crisp in the hot pot. I suggest you to not order the spinach because it really is a few spinach leaves skewered. You will laugh if you see it. Skewered-style hot pot has its advantages because you don't need to go searching for the items. The spicy soup base is premade and comes in a packet that they pour your hot pot. Let that boil a bit before you start eating. read more

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I had THE BEST time here! So much fun, the hot pot was amazing, as was the service and the overall atmosphere! The manager Steve and the rest of the staff made it a night to remember for my friends and I. Would highly recommend! Also very economical. read more

Hard to believe that I have never been to this place until now! Hot pot and skewers are on the list of my top 10 food items, and now they have been combined into one (((mind blown))) If this is your first time here, ask one of the servers to explain the process and make recommendation on how much to order. When you sit down you are given a order sheet where you can choose your soup base, skewers and additional items. We picked the double option with the non spicy and spicy broth. You can also pick whether you want seafood flavour in the broth or not. Just a warning that the level of spice is high and the regular spicy is plenty spicy for someone who does not have a high spice tolerant. I would highly recommend picking the $2.95 dipping sauce mixing bar option. You get to mix all kinds of goodies like garlic, coriander, green onion and chili into the sesame oil (which comes in an individual serving can - how cool!) my recommendation is garlic, green onion, coriander and a little bit of chili with sugar and oyster sauce - YUM! Similar to most hot pot restaurants, you get to order all types of meat and veggies. My favourite was the bamboo shoot, quail eggs, and the wings! This place has TONS of vegetarian options from different types of veggies, mushrooms and tofu so it's very accommodating to most diets! One more thing, all the drink options are so cheap here! Pop is less than $2 and most beers under $4 - great way to quench that hot pot thirst! The quality of the meat is fantastic and the service is prompt as it is a worldwide chain. The restaurant is very, very clean and well ventilated and you will not leave smelling like hot pot from your hair to your clothes. The seafood plates are great and I highly recommend the sliced sole! read more

YUAN’S HOT POT - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

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Always up for the next big hot pot opportunity, I gladly came by to try this new place right as it opened. Parking is plentiful in the Aberdeen Centre parking lot. The location is actually a bit tricky to find as it's at the end of the mall, out of sight of the main atrium. The interior is (obviously) brand new, and and reminds me of a modern Asian-style living room. Nice trim and decor, but otherwise "clean" other than a few pieces of artwork on the walls. Very classy. I had a chance to meet the owner and head chef. Both are definitely from China, which makes this place the real deal. One nice touch is that the staff offer aprons to the guests here. Definitely useful, as many have learned after trying to wash off spicy soup stains. Another special mention goes to the dipping sauce, with their nice portions of oil and garlic. The ingredients are very fresh, and among the best I've had locally. The spot prawns were already dead, but very few places do the live ones. We had so many skewers and other goodies I couldn't keep track. Beef, enoki, squid, quail eggs, beef balls, pork, mushrooms, pig intestine, lotus roots, and who knows what else. Variety is beautiful. The soup broth is nice and light, with plenty of fresh ingredients. Another special mention goes to their watermelon juice. This is made from the real thing. The dishes kept coming, and we all gorged ourselves. The quality was there but this place is not cheap. Maybe I'm just used to the AYCE variety, but this is quite a premium over the competition. Expect to spend about $40 a person. Come for the quality, not the quantity. read more

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My friends and I recently visited Yuan's China Chuan Xiang for dinner and we had very good experience there. This is a place where you are eating hotpot but instead of putting everything in the pot you actually have the meat and other vegetables on a skewer stick and put the stick into the pot to be cooked. They have a sauce bar where you could mix your own sauce as you desire. Given that taste of food is a very personal thing I think I'll just say that we liked the food there. The service was also very good. The waiters and waitresses were very attentive and were always on the look out for our needs. read more

This location gave me food poisoning. I was there for lunch today and the meat skewers didn't seem fresh. The texture was slimy and it tasted old. I wouldn't trust this restaurant's hygiene practices. The skewers in general have an off-colouring. I felt sick by dinner time and barely ate anything. Then the vomit came. I highly do not recommend this restaurant. read more

A pretty cool hot pot place that is based with using skewers and also traditional plated items. This place is located on the second floor of Aberdeen Mall. The interior is quite spacious and has a modern feel to it. They also have lots of spicy items that are on the skewers. They give you a tablet to order what you want. Its also nice as there are pictures of the items. The skewers generally are $0.90 (CAD) each, but keep in mind that the portion size is small. If you want spicy broth, they have this special pouch of spicy liquids that they empty into your broth. They also have a sauce station or you can opt out and let them prepare it for you (which we did). The special part about the sauce is that it comes in a little can that you often and pour and mix with the toppings. Overall, it was a great experience and we were able to try out many different items as the portion size was just right. read more

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We enjoyed a really good a la carte hot pot. The quality of the food was better than buffet style. We paid extra to create our own sauces. The spicy soup base was flavourful. Service was very good and I was quite pleasantly surprised how often the staff stopped by to check up on the tables. It really depends if you like quality or quantity (buffet). I usually go for the buffets, but do appreciate the a la carte style once in awhile. read more

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This restaurant is one of my favorite Chinese hotpot in Vancouver.The ingredients are good,fresh,well marinated.The fried popcorn chicken is my favorite appetizers.Mhala spicy soup is tasty.The dipping sauce are variety for mixed and match by yourself style. read more

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This new and hot (pun-intended) hot pot place is the authentic darling of the town, even in our "unofficial Chinatown" Richmond, where it's saturated with all sorts of a la carte and all-you-can-eat hot pot places. I've tried Yuan's Chuan Chuan Xiang Hot Pot EST 1995 when I was visiting Chengdu, and upon dining at this place I've transported back...everything seems to be almost exactly what I remembered: from the bamboo chopsticks, to spicy pepper powder, to the fragrant and mouth-watering broth. The subtle, or rather significant differences among the start-up or history hot pot houses are in the broth. At Yuan, the secret is its special sauce that comes in a package, which is imported from Chengdu to here, scissored-open in front of you and squeezed into the pork-bone base. It is composed of Sichuan Canola oil, butter, fermented bean paste, dried pepper, ginger, garlic, green onions, all simmered into a paste along with cane sugar, start anise, long-an skin, fennel etc over hours of medium heat. You can definitely smell the layers of flavors that build on to of each other. Most of the signature dishes are skewered onto thin bamboo sticks and you would place them into the pot all together to boil. I'd highly recommend the house-marinated beef and ribs, but I'd caution that they are authentically spicy and salty. Which brings me to another point - please expect the food to be salty - as they are originally in Chengdu...perhaps the owner might tone it down to better accommodate our tamer taste buds. The wood-ear mushroom are flown from Chengdu, and so are all the marinates, as well as the spicy pepper powder - all sourced and made in the Chengdu way. The owner apologizes for the pot that slowly comes to a boil and is looking to replace the stoves or the pots soon...which is a torture because I waited forever for my food to be cooked. Cheerio! read more

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Scuse me.. token white guy in the house! The lovely Sophia Z arranged a dinner for 6 prior to the official opening as they want to work out some issues. Yuan's Chuan Chuan Xiang comes straight out of China with its first international location. In fact, the decor, including chairs, came from China to match the locations there. Even the sauces and marinades are the same. Authenticity is the goal here! There are a couple of differences when compared to other local hot pot places. You can get skewers to dip in the hot pot. Skewers you ask? Mother fukkin skewers I answer! The numbing meat was delicious but I didn't really feel the numbing effect. Perhaps I'm already comfortably numb. We ordered a metric shit-tonne of food so I can't really go through it all. It was all pretty awesome. The other unique aspect is the dipping bowl/"sauce" which you dip your cooked food into. It's more like a mash of garlic, green onion, and a bunch of other stuff. Oh ya it's on. At first I didn't find the hot pot too spicy or salty (it's spicy, I just don't think it was too spicy) but towards the end of the meal I found the saltiness factor cranked up. Another add of hot water would have done the trick.. Service was very friendly and prompt, prices seem quite reasonable. I'm impressed. read more

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First time had food at Yuan's Chuan Chuan Xiang, the food was so tasty. My friend and I ordered Double flavor pot soup base with some stick vegetables and meat. The spicy soup was really authentic Sichuan style hot and the non-spicy soup was very tasty with the strong flavor. I love the non-spicy soup so much even though spicy is my favorite. The prices the food were not so expensive. Since the restaurant just opened few month ago, the environment was quite of clean. After the first time, we decided to come back again. After half year, my friend and I went back to Yuan's Chuan Chuan Xiang again. We had non-spicy soup this time, which was cheaper than double flavor soup base. Since we had three people this time, we ordered more food Food still tasted like before, but we had to pay for the dipping sauce. It was my first time pay for the dipping sauce, but it was totally worth for the prices. If you want traditional Sichuan Style Hotpot, You should definitely go to this restaurant. read more

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Great Sichuan style hotpot, your order the meats, veggies and other type of hot pot items on a stick, you can either pick per stick or a order of 5 sticks. We over ordered and the manager actually came over and told us that he thinks we are ordering too much for three ppl and he took the liberty and reduced some orders' quantities. That was very thoughtful of him. All the wait staff were very attentive and friendly. The hot pot itself tastes very good. We will be back again next time we are in town. PS: they are located on the 2nd floor right above H Mart. read more

This is probably one of my new go to for hot pot places. The skewers and beef that they provide is very good quality. I really like the home made seasame oil that they provided you with in the can. Those are reallly good and you mix it with the sauces. It taste excellent along with the beef and other dishes. This is a really unique way of hot pot with skewers. It is not too pricey compared to other hot pot places. It's roughly around $35 per person and left with a full stomach. Their original house soup base is perfectly flavoured and addicting. I would highly recommend this place for hot pot! read more

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Found this place here on Yelp and it I'm thankful for the previous reviewers because it didn't disappoint! We don't do hotpot very often but we will definitely come back here. We were here to celebrate my dad's birthday so we had 4 tables in our party. The servers were nice and explained to us what we should order and even verified our orders. Everything we tried was delicious and I can't rave enough about the dipping sauce! The sesame oil, nuts, cilantro, other things mixed in this concoction that our server gave us was so tasty! I highly recommend this place! read more

Soup base was tasteful (especially the spicy one!), the dipping sauce that the staff helped us made was a plus; we liked most of the dishes we ordered (pork stomach is a personal favorite!) except the lamb slices - too thick and not properly defrosted. read more

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I like their taste since I like spicy, their food full fill everything I want for spicy food. But I think they need to improve service, I have to ask for everything every time I need. read more

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A Sichuan/Chongqing style hotpot restaurant in Richmond. We had spicy soup plus no-spicy soup, and ordered a lot of Chuan Chuan, including meat and veggies. We made our own sauces, which made the Chuan Chuan more delicious. Also loved the rice dumpling, which was soft and sweet! read more

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This restaurant met and exceeded my expectations! I'm a big fan of all food skewered from kebabs to yakitori, so I was very excited to try this place out. It's brightly lit with lots of open seating available. They have booth tables & round tables - all great options for sharing family style hot pot. You can select the soup base from several choices. We decided to try the half-half: the pot is divided in half, one side is spicy, and the other side has regular broth. The spicy seasoning comes prepackaged by the restaurant chain to ensure consistent taste with the original recipe. The skewers can be ordered individually or by serving (5 skewers/serving). There are so many options for what to order: vegetables, tofu, seafood, mushrooms, meat, etc. Each skewer is the same price whether it's a nice cut of beef or a couple slices of potatoes, so a good tip is to order the meat/seafood choices first before filling up from the veggies (especially starchy ones like sweet potato & taro). I would highly recommend coming here for any skewer, hot pot, and/or spicy food lover! read more

YUAN’S HOT POT - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia

The food was delicious and very typical Sichuan hotpot, the homemade spicy soup is very tasty and i love the homemade spicy beef which is a must try! the flavour got stronger after a while. Which is perfect for people like me who love spicy food, but not super/crazy spicy. I went there with a group of 5 people and 2 kids, we ordered a mix of non-spicy and spicy soup base, the non-spicy soup base is very good for the kids. Kids liked it. We all loved it. It was a quite good deal for 5 people. they have quite big space and nice, clean decor. I will definitely go there again! it is a kids friendly res! It is worth to try! read more

I'm originally from Chengdu so I can tell the difference in the authenticity of the food. It's not bad but I honestly feel like it's really overpriced for the quality and portion. I don't mind paying more for great tasting food, but the experience is really not worth the price tag in my opinion. After a few visits all my friends agreed with me, don't think I plan to return. read more

Great twist on a familiar concept! Particularly enjoyed the beef. Spice level was pretty high given that we chose the standard pot (not the extra spicy one). Definitely recommend for all hot pot fans! read more

Very tasty! Another kind of hot pot Super spicy! Love it If you like hot pot, you will love this one. By the way, soy milk is the perfect drink to match spicy hot pot! read more

This restaurant is where I eat the most authentic Sichuan hot pot in Vancouver. I strongly recommend it. If you do not know how to order the first time, do not worry, you can ask the server, they will be very patient to tell you how to order. In addition, the restaurant environment is very clean and cozy. read more

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Service was awesome! Have the staff put together the sauce for you with the addition of the sesame oil. It made everything we ate delicious. We went two days in a row. read more

Always excellent service. I love how professional the staff is and how well trained they are to answer my questions.

Booked their private room for a family birthday dinner for 23 people and couldn't have been happier. The service was excellent and the entire staff is very friendly and helpful. When we arrived, the room was decorated with balloons and a birthday banner! The room was perfect for kids who had enough space to play while the adults socialized and ate. It was our first time at the restaurant and they helped us order a nice variety of meat, seafood and veggies. The food was very fresh and the broths and sauces are delicious. (Medium is spicy enough for most people!) They even presented the birthday girl with a "bouquet" of skewers as a gift. I was pleasantly surprised at the bill which was quite affordable considering the number of guests and the large amount of food and drinks. I was very impressed with the experience and would definitely return! read more

the best soup bases!!!! worth going all the way to aberdeen!!! can get busy for dinner on weekends, but usually don't need reso for afternoon. offer several private rooms for larger groups and a great selection of meat, and veggies and the best ramen handmade noodles that i recommend read more

YUAN’S HOT POT - Hot Pot Near Me - Richmond, British Columbia