My friend and I ate here on a Saturday afternoon. The weather was fair and there are options for indoor and outdoor dining. There are plenty of ingredients to choose from: bok choy, fish balls, imitation crab sticks, fish cakes, tofu, ramen and/or egg noodles. The ingredients look fresh and well-maintained. Once you are finished choosing your ingredients on a large bowl, the cashier will have it weighed and you'll choose your preferred broth on the menu. I opted for chicken broth and chose it to be not spicy. The total price varies per weight, but it's worth it especially if you're craving authentic hot-pot like soup. Once you finish paying, they'll lend you a buzzer and it will beep once your order is ready.
We only waited for less than 10 minutes, and I was impressed with the presentation and service. I added some green onions on top, right before eating it outside. The broth has an umami flavor, while the egg noodles and vegetables I chose were not overcooked. I also love the chewiness of the fish balls and tofu. I'll be back again if I'm craving some Fast Hot Pot by UC Irvine.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jared Lyon
i committed to uci because of this restaurant
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Xiaowei Wang
This restaurant was recently renovated, and the environment is now much cleaner and tidier. The sauce station also offers a wider variety of condiments. I especially love the music they play — it’s soothing and beautiful. Plus, they’re now open until 2 AM, with late-night discounts available.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jason Yang
Food is fine, but the service is the real problem. The server left the tong on the plate when weighing (adding extra cost) and then argued it was “supposed” to be that way. On top of that, they got the flavor wrong and forgot to pack it to go until we reminded them 10 minutes later. Not honest, not attentive.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Laxman Godthi
Food was awesome, it reminded me of my 2019 days in China
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Adit Kantak
Simply goated food, very fairly priced by weight. They have a great selection of various meat products and other toppings to add to your bowl. Spice levels are actually good, other malatang places I've been to always get spice too low. Could not recommend more. Only downside is that it does get busy sometimes, and I've had to wait an hour for my food to get ready before, but on average not more than 10 minutes.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Robert
Kind of sloppy serve yourself awkward hole in the wall that has no ramen ? But college kids on a budget loading up on slop. I went to the counter to get one of their cheap laminated menus to look at, put it down and left, then the owner / manager / cashier proceeded to chase me out of the restaurant accusing me of stealing the menu. Truly memorable for the once in a lifetime rudeness and oddity. This place with people eating dishes that look like nothing you’d recognize deserve only the college kids looking for a bowl to slurp on the cheap. If you aren’t them, I’d advise a pass. There’s a wonderful ramen place 10 minutes away. Hori Nori. Go there
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Kirill Shirokov
Closed till March 18 for renovation.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
DUCC DUCC
I got a dine in meal around 10:50pm here. If you come around this time the ingredient trays will look pretty empty. I did put a lot of food into my bowl which prompted the cashier to exclaim with worry about how much I could eat in one sitting. I took out my spare container to store the leftovers in. So the cook put half of my food in the container and the other half in my actual bowl.
Overall, the soup was greasy but coated the ingredients well with chicken flavor. The food was throughly cooked.
Fast Hotpot has BBQ and hotpot with different options, like spicy, tomato soup, or Sichuan chili. It tastes great and it has lots of different vegetables and meat. Really good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Zhaorui Lyu
they have pretty and cheap good bbq and hotpot. A good place to eat dinner or lunch after class.
tianle su
Nice food nice people
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Yan Zhang
Very good restaurant!!! Love it!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lillian Shi
A great hotpot. Fast and delicious. You can choose the food you like. My favorite is tomato soup base.
My friend and I ate here on a Saturday afternoon. The weather was fair and there are options for indoor and outdoor dining. There are plenty of ingredients to choose from: bok choy, fish balls, imitation crab sticks, fish cakes, tofu, ramen and/or egg noodles. The ingredients look fresh and well-maintained. Once you are finished choosing your ingredients on a large bowl, the cashier will have it weighed and you'll choose your preferred broth on the menu. I opted for chicken broth and chose it to be not spicy. The total price varies per weight, but it's worth it especially if you're craving authentic hot-pot like soup. Once you finish paying, they'll lend you a buzzer and it will beep once your order is ready.
We only waited for less than 10 minutes, and I was impressed with the presentation and service. I added some green onions on top, right before eating it outside. The broth has an umami flavor, while the egg noodles and vegetables I chose were not overcooked. I also love the chewiness of the fish balls and tofu. I'll be back again if I'm craving some Fast Hot Pot by UC Irvine.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
i committed to uci because of this restaurant
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This restaurant was recently renovated, and the environment is now much cleaner and tidier. The sauce station also offers a wider variety of condiments. I especially love the music they play — it’s soothing and beautiful. Plus, they’re now open until 2 AM, with late-night discounts available.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food is fine, but the service is the real problem. The server left the tong on the plate when weighing (adding extra cost) and then argued it was “supposed” to be that way. On top of that, they got the flavor wrong and forgot to pack it to go until we reminded them 10 minutes later. Not honest, not attentive.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Food was awesome, it reminded me of my 2019 days in China
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Simply goated food, very fairly priced by weight. They have a great selection of various meat products and other toppings to add to your bowl. Spice levels are actually good, other malatang places I've been to always get spice too low. Could not recommend more. Only downside is that it does get busy sometimes, and I've had to wait an hour for my food to get ready before, but on average not more than 10 minutes.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Kind of sloppy serve yourself awkward hole in the wall that has no ramen ? But college kids on a budget loading up on slop. I went to the counter to get one of their cheap laminated menus to look at, put it down and left, then the owner / manager / cashier proceeded to chase me out of the restaurant accusing me of stealing the menu. Truly memorable for the once in a lifetime rudeness and oddity. This place with people eating dishes that look like nothing you’d recognize deserve only the college kids looking for a bowl to slurp on the cheap. If you aren’t them, I’d advise a pass. There’s a wonderful ramen place 10 minutes away. Hori Nori. Go there
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Closed till March 18 for renovation.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
I got a dine in meal around 10:50pm here. If you come around this time the ingredient trays will look pretty empty. I did put a lot of food into my bowl which prompted the cashier to exclaim with worry about how much I could eat in one sitting. I took out my spare container to store the leftovers in. So the cook put half of my food in the container and the other half in my actual bowl.
Overall, the soup was greasy but coated the ingredients well with chicken flavor. The food was throughly cooked.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 2
Good food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Fast Hotpot has BBQ and hotpot with different options, like spicy, tomato soup, or Sichuan chili. It tastes great and it has lots of different vegetables and meat. Really good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
they have pretty and cheap good bbq and hotpot. A good place to eat dinner or lunch after class.
Nice food nice people
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very good restaurant!!! Love it!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A great hotpot. Fast and delicious. You can choose the food you like. My favorite is tomato soup base.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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