Everything was very good except the rice did not absorb the flavor of the frog meat. I ordered the frog meat/chicken clay pot rice, oyster omelette, and two bottles of soda. The soda tasted very good because the clay pot rice was so hot. The crunchy rice is what makes this dish special. The sheet of crunchy rice was at a minimum and it was burnt, but that can not be helped. In America we use metal pot to cook the clay pot rice. In Hong Kong they use real clay pot to cook the rice. The oyster omelette was deep fried. It is so good. I ordered a small order this time. Next time I am ordering a big order. 叫了個田雞/滑雞煲仔飯，烹得非常之好。底層焦好好，又薄，又少少黑。蚵仔煎炸得非常好，金黃色的蛋。叫了兩枝氣水，解蚵仔的熱氣。 Ray out！ read more

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My friend brought me to this claypot rice restaurant. There was a long line to get in. Prices have gone up to more than $100 per dish, not like the menu photo. We ordered 3 dishes, frog leg and chicken, duck claypot and chicken and mushroom. I haven't had frog legs for a long time, the one we got was absolutely tasteless, skinny frog legs with no taste. Duck claypot was extremely salty and the chicken was velvety but lacks quantity. One of the main reasons for me to want to try claypot rice is the crispy rice, but all three claypots' rice had no crisp in it. Because of the volume, they just dish out the products as fast as possible and reduce the quality of the product. In my opinion, this place is overhyped, and overpriced. Not worth the time to queue up. read more

My friend brought me here since it's a local's favourite. It's not a fancy place so don't be expecting table cloths and fine china. This restaurant seems like it'd be a place to have a lineup out the door at all times. We had gotten there after 7 pm for dinner on a weeknight and there was already a few people in line in front of us. The waitresses came down the line asking how many people in each party and what we wanted to order. Our orders were put in while we were waiting so that when we did get a table it didn't take too long for the food to arrive. I've had good clay pot rice before so I'm not sure why this place is particularly special. It was good but *shrugs*. read more

四季煲仔飯 - Cantonese Near Me - Hong Kong, HK

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I don't get it. Why is there hype on this place? We ordered 2 clay pots of rice and a large oyster pancake. Nothing was special. The oysters were small. Fried well but that's all. The clay pot rice was small. The ingredients didn't add much flavor to the rice. I prefer to have a bit of crunchy rice at the bottom but this place tries to get as much turnover as possible so even leaving it to cook more on the table after it was delivered to our table didn't work. Chinese sausage was good though Why is there a line at this place? (Head scratch)?? read more

We'd actually been trying to hit Four Seasons Pot Rice since the beginning of our trip, but on our first attempt, the line was just a little too long for comfort. We returned several days later and the line was still long but it seemed doable. Indeed, the wait was only about 15 minutes and we were shown to a table (of our own!) near the back. Was it worth all that effort, though? Most assuredly not. Before I get into the super negative, I should say that we started with the Oyster Pancake and it wasn't bad. The fried coating was flavorless and the oysters kept falling out, but this was, at least edible. Not so much my main dish and the whole reason we came. I went with the Chicken and Chinese Sausage with Rice option and it was, to put it mildly, horrible. The "chicken" consisted entirely of bone and cartilage and I think if you added up the actual meat, it would've been about one small spoonfuls worth. The Chinese Sausage fared no better, as it was covered in a thick casing that made the experience of eating it akin to a really tough and really stale piece of jerky. I ate about two bites before I gave up. But what about the rice, the whole reason one comes to this place, you're asking? It's nothing. You get this hot stone bowl that's full of plain white rice, and I suppose the idea is that the bottom gets nice and crusty, but that didn't happen with mine. Nor with my dining companion's. So basically, you're eating a bowl of plain white rice. How the owners of this trainwreck of a restaurant managed to convince people that this is worth standing in line is beyond me. It's impressive, actually. But mark my words, you will not find the tasty food you're looking for if you hit Four Seasons Pot Rice. The joint next door looked good, though. read more

Scoured the net like everyone hoping to find Hong Kong's best clay pot rice. Almost all results pointed to this restaurant, but I digress. First thing you notice near dinner time was a hole in the wall with plastic covers at the entrance, and a long queue formed. It left an impression of a makeshift quarantine station, but民間美食is usually found in the most unexpected of places, so we joined the bandwagon. Inside was super loud; you get an array of visitors from all over. I know I shouldn't be nosy, but mainland guest beside us was speaking so loudly about his extra-marital affair for the whole world to hear that our ears couldn't help but perk up as we subtly inched over to八卦about why it was alright for him to be involved in a harem but immoral of his wife to divorce him over for it--enjoyed hearing this self-involved bigot talk all the while judging him (so hard) and consumed our food quietly: [Hot damn! ] 炸蠔餅(Oyster pancake) $30 HKD: Best item on the menu. The red sauce and the fish sauce made it taste so heavenly as it blended in with the greasy oil still sizzling. A must order! [MEH & pricy] 白鱔煲仔飯(Eel Claypot) $74HKD: Good flavouring, but didn't quite like the soy pieces as it was overpoweringly salty. Also found it quite expensive and totally unsatisfied with only 5 pieces of thin eels. Think we got too hungry and opened pot too early otherwise the bottom would have formed a crispy shell. [MEH] 臘腸滑雞煲仔飯Chinese Sausage & Smooth $53HKD: Smooth chicken was tender but the sausage was too greasy. Points docked because no crispy rice shell at the bottom. However, the soy sauce was savoury and sweet at just the right level. While this joint was not " the best," we did enjoy ourselves "overhearing" juicy gossips of other patrons. It was a damn shame we didn't get to hear the full story, but it did make the food taste better. read more

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While the tourists are packing the nearby Temple Street Night Market, the locals are queue'ing up a fierce line here for some of the most popular rice bowls in Hong Kong. The lines are never ending, but that's the allure of Four Seasons' (四季) delicious dedication to claypot rice. Most of the lines are usually from their weekday dinner hours and weekend all hours. I avoid the people by going at off hours (#1) which results in better service (which isn't great to begin with) and faster orders of the food. It's worth noting that one pays upon receipt, as opposed to paying when finished. The ambiance is not much to revel in despite the usual full house, as most people are sharing tables and sometimes the bowls are a tad filthy. The food is as good as advertised. Their version of the fried oyster pancake (蠔餅) is super tasty and packs a lot of crunch. I would recommend dousing a lot of vinegar to counter the saltiness and to be careful as the fritter bits will likely go all over the table. For healthier options, their stewed spinach (腐乳通菜) is very tasty and actually goes well with the rice. Speaking of rice ... It goes without saying the star of the show is the claypot rice. No one should bother waiting in line for so many hours if they're not going to have at least one. There are lite and veggie versions, but I highly recommend anything with juicy bits of meat for maximum deliciousness. Good choices include pork ribs (排骨) but my favorite is still their sausage combo (排骨飯), which consists of a blood sausage and Chinese sausage. Bonus: Add an egg and lots of vinegar / soy sauce upon arrival. The cooking of the egg and saltiness of the soy is going to add lots of pleasurable aromatic elements to the already very filling dish. Let it sit for awhile and once you're ready, dig in and take your time. More than likely, you've waited long enough. Other things to know would include the fact there are no drinks served in house, beyond tea. As a result a lot of folks will buy drinks from 7-11 down the street and bring it straight in. I've seen everything from beers to sodas to milk teas. Like many popular spots in the local Kowloon dining scene, it's straight cash only here. _______ (#1) The benefit of making your own schedule. read more

This is the only spot I go to for their claypot rice dishes & fried oyster pancake. Visiting this spot in November was a great time because the weather wasn't that cold where guests line out the door for it, at least that's what my cousins in HK tell me. You can't go wrong with any of the claypot rice dishes but I do wish it had the crispy rice at the very bottom of the pot. Besides that, the oyster pancake can be heavy at first since it's all fried but if you mix it in with the rice, it should be a good combo. read more

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Super late on this review but it was worth posting about. Be prepared for a line outside this hole-in-the-wall clay pot rice restaurant. The price for a bowl is around 58 HKD. But because of it's fame, this place is a magnet for foodie tourists. I am not sure it lived up to the hype though. After a 45 minute wait, we were brought to a small table that barely fits too. It is very crammed and loud inside but at least we thought it'd be worth it for the food but it was a bit disappointing. We got the spare rib and sausage clay pot to try. The ribs barely had any meat on them and the sausage was very dry. There was not that much meat all together, just a heaping portion of white rice. The part I love about clay pot rice is the fact the bottom creates crunchy semi-burnt rice. However, I guess this place has to power through the customer queue so quickly there's no time to really let the rice sit and cook a bit more. The rice just wasn't there for me. Even after adding the seasoned soy sauce on top, the flavors of the whole dish just didn't meet my standards. I feel like my mom could've made a better version at home. The staff of course is swamped so they're not going to pay attention to you. There are a lot of other vendors around this area, if the line here is too long, I'd suggest trying another food stall out. read more

四季煲仔飯 - Spare ribs and sausage - Cantonese Near Me - Hong Kong, HK

Okay, I know people may hate my review but from my experience I am being generous. Since I don't speak Chinese I am glad they have a menu that was in English. I was able to point to what I want and my husband spoke in Chinese what he wanted. My pot rice order came out which we had to pay for before she gave us the food. Okay fair enough, we paid for it. Fried oysters came next which we didn't order. My husband said that is not what he ordered and pointed that he ordered the same thing I was having. The lady said okay but the pot rice never came and we were ignored. Not a good experience and the pot rice was nothing special. I will try another place next time. read more

四季煲仔飯 - Chinese sausage and chicken clay pot rice - Cantonese Near Me - Hong Kong, HK

After googling for the best claypot rice in HK, this came up to be the contender. After waiting in line for 20 mins (short compared to 1-2 hrs) we were in. The oyster pancakes are the best part of the meal. It was freshly fried and not oily. The fermented veggies were not great as it was way too salty and the veggies were really tough to chew. We ordered the sausage &chicken and the sausage&short ribs claypots. The pots looked sad without any flavours and my rice bottom was way over burnt. Similar rice at any dim sum place tasted much better. We left with 1/4 of our food finished. I don't understand what the hype was about. It's definitely a pass for me. read more

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The tourists you will find at this place are those who got baited by Google Maps or using a travel guidebook from the 2000s. If you know some real clay-pot places that doesn't suck please send that DM because i am desperate. Non Clay-pot stuff: Oyster Cake was alright. Good filler to eat while you wait for your rice. Pretty much guarantee to order. Always order a side of Choi. Doesn't matter if you're eating solo (even better in group). This place does their stir-fried veggies well. So get it. Clay-pot: Rice: All evenly cooked, but lacks in fluffiness. Meat: Pork was decent, i can almost bite through the bone. No stinky aftertaste means the pork is fresh enough (knock knock) Crust: Failed. Absolutely zero crust after covering the lid and let it cook for 5 more minutes. Sauce: Passable. I actually like it but I am sure some real canto can point out the lackey. If this place already have bad Yelp review, chances are, it probably isn't very good at all. Just. Don't. Trust. Google. Map. Reviews. read more

This place usually has a line and one of the well known clay rice pot restaurants in the mong kok area. A lot of locals and tourists come to satisfy their fire burned white rice with your choice of toppings. I wish I could could this more stars but I felt I couldn't justify the hour wait. The staff is friendly enough and move the queue along well. They count how many and seat you according to what spaces they have available. However when we got seated, they got so distracted by trying to find the 1 laminated English menu they forgot to take our order and didn't take it until we finally successfully flagged someone down, close to 20 minutes later! The rice wasn't crispy and even though we let the rice sit for a sufficient enough time, no burnt bottom which is the best part of the rice! The Chinese sausage casing was sooooo tough you could hardly break the skin. Once we finally managed, the meat felt... uncooked? The oyster pancake with egg was delicious but felt overly oily and burnt. Ha. Maybe this is one of the cons of being so busy; it seemed like things were done in a rush and mediocre. I don't think I'd go hungry but it it's BYOB and there's a Japanese yakitori place next door where you can get snacks and drinks... while you wait because you're going to need it. read more

This is the place for clay pot rice in Hong Kong and it's a well known factoid amongst HK foodies. There was maybe a 100 meter long line the whole time we were there, but it moves along at a steady clip, and they are geared and organized for the steady crowds. We waited maybe 35 minutes. You place your order in line as you approach the entrance. Seating at bench tables is communal and you sit on stools which is not uncommon in these tight and very casual spaces (i.e., do not expect anything remotely fancy!). We counted that the place holds about 100 people. The value and food quality here is world class awesome - we had two delicious clay pots and a vegetable dish with spicy bean sauce (fu yoew) for 118 HKD or $15.23 USD. There's no tax or tipping, so that's the whole bill. The flavor is distinctively fresh with the mild burnt flavoring of the rice typifying the fired clay pot cooking. We had one clay pot with eel and chicken and another with liver sausage and pork spare ribs. We'll probably never have a better clay pot serving anywhere else. Cash only here and they collect when the food is served. Evening hours only, so don't come here for lunch. If I ever return to HK, I will allot time to stop here again! Yelp is still growing in HK, but I'm still surprised to be the first to review this place as it shows up on other sites like Open Rice, Four Square, and Trip Advisor. read more

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The line is loong here. Because they have limited seating and make you wait outside until you can sit. Staff is more or less friendly though and try to move fast. On a weekday around 6, locals are lining up to get their hands on this no frills restaurant specializing in pot rice. Essentially, it's rice baked with meat of choice in a clay casserole pot that goes right on the fire. I'm from NYC so they have this in our Chinatown... 3.5 stars for this place. I was expecting better pot rice but then again maybe I am just more lukewarm on pot rice in general. The bottom of the rice was crispy which was a plus but I think we made the wrong meat choices. We should have gotten Chinese sausage and/or chicken but we instead got salted duck which was hard to eat and pork. The pork was actually steamed with the rice and looked funny but it was tender and tasty. I did see some locals putting in soy sauce and letting the rice steam more at their seat, which we did a bit. We ordered that to share and we ordered a fantastic duck egg oyster cake which was fresh, not oily and had plenty of oysters inside. I would have given this a 4 star I think if we had the right pot rice topper. The chicken seemed to have been where it's at. It wasn't too pricey so it was fine to have this and have dinner 2 around the corner. read more

This place was featured in the travel channel in US so very surprised there isn't more yell action. I found it to b good but not great. We ordered a bok choy, oyster pancake, eel clay pot and chicken and eel clay pot. The rice didn't have as much flavor as I was expecting and the eel was with bone, which is kind of a pain. The table next to us had a tofu soup and raved about it so might be worth trying. Very efficient and speedy read more

Love the duck egg oyster omelette - a must have! These ingredients are blended very well together and the extra crispiness sealed the deal for me. They provide chili sauce to pair with this but don't get over enthusiastic about pairing these two together! It's too salty for me. But still five stars for this! The clay pot rice had more rice than ingredients and would have preferred it to be more burnt. Three stars for the clay pot. read more

四季煲仔飯 - Awesome duck egg oyster omelette - Cantonese Near Me - Hong Kong, HK

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Went to four seasons for a clay pot rice last night. It was terrible. No taste. I had the Chinese sausage with spareribs. Looks like they cooked the rice and put the sausage and spareribs on the top of a clay pot. The rice didn't had the traditionally crispy bottom. The spareribs were season at all. Worst yet, you need to put the seasoned soy sauce on the rice by your self. Honestly, don't understand the long lines. Maybe this is the new style of eating clay pot rice. read more