We were all craving hot pot for lunch one day so we decided to try Boiling Point with my SIL. Portions are large here but the food itself is underwhelming, the broth is too spicy, the staff are pretty inattentive, and the prices are high so I’m not sure we’d come again. Drinks are good though.
For our lunches we all got the Beef soup at the mild spice level. The portions are generous and each soup comes with tons of add ins like tomato, corn, mushroom, tofu and tofu skins, meat ball, fish cake, imitation crab, and a few little veggie options. The tofu and veggies were decent. And while the portion of beef provided was impressive, much of it was extremely chewy and fibrous so wasn’t very enjoyable.
The mild spice level was still very spicy - so much so that it masks any potential flavor in the broth. And the water refills were infrequent so that made it worse lol. They were extremely busy so it’s understandable - but maybe they should consider water pitchers at each table or a central water station that’s self-serve.
Each person gets their own burner stove at the table - but there’s not a way to adjust the temperature and the soup is just constantly boiling heavily and overcooking everything so I really didn’t like that.
For our drinks, my SIL got a green tea (iced) that comes with the lunch and said she really enjoyed it. Hubby and I shared a brown sugar ginger tea (hot) and it had a nice flavor overall - very ginger-forward - hubby loved it but it was too sweet for my liking. The drinks were definitely the win of our experience lol.
Staff were friendly when available but definitely seemed overwhelmed. The vibes are minimalist and cafeteria-like. And the tables are packed tight so it gets very noisy and feels overcrowded.
They have a small parking lot to the side and there’s also street parking in the area.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Horacio AS
Boiling point is delicious hot pot
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rubi Rubi
Love this place me and my family eat her all the time
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joey Hernandez
Perfet place for eat 2 minutes front my house love this food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Otis Benson
New menu items not available at this location :/
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jaime Guevara
The lady working the register around 8pm on Nov.7 was rude
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Roner Chung
Don't buy anything to go from them b/c they will mess up the whole thing. Poor service
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Alan Chow
Rats in the store, bugs in the food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
F R
I don't know if it's my curse or the terrible management. We were seated, then brought back.to waited. Then skipped. Then seated then delayed utensils and food order while later seated group got it. The issues really isn't bad staff. I think they are overwhelmed. Perhaps management should get more staff. My hope is they are not maximizing profit over service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Justin T
This restaurant is very unfriendly to delivery drivers. The afternoon temperature in Los Angeles is over 100 degrees, making the drivers wait outside.
Food is great it was my second time in that location.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Diana Chang
Always hits different 🍲🔥 Back at Boiling Point San Gabriel for those cozy solo hot pots that remind me of home🇹🇼
We had: 🥢 Korean Bean Paste Hot Pot (with Meat Lover upgrade 🤤) 🥩 Beef Hot Pot 🥓 Garlic Pork Belly 🥬 Steamed Veggies 🥜 Liu Wei Appetizer 🍚 TWO Scallion Gravy Rice (a must!!) 🧋 Fresh Milk Tea
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joohlie Carter
Late on the post was here on May 25, haven't have it in while since they closed the old san gabriel location down. But the food was still good as always. I wish there were more space for parking and more tables to dine.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nicole Chen
Order to go . Vegetable didn’t cook well. Soup t aste sour . Did it look like eat $22 trash?
We were all craving hot pot for lunch one day so we decided to try Boiling Point with my SIL. Portions are large here but the food itself is underwhelming, the broth is too spicy, the staff are pretty inattentive, and the prices are high so I’m not sure we’d come again. Drinks are good though.
For our lunches we all got the Beef soup at the mild spice level. The portions are generous and each soup comes with tons of add ins like tomato, corn, mushroom, tofu and tofu skins, meat ball, fish cake, imitation crab, and a few little veggie options. The tofu and veggies were decent. And while the portion of beef provided was impressive, much of it was extremely chewy and fibrous so wasn’t very enjoyable.
The mild spice level was still very spicy - so much so that it masks any potential flavor in the broth. And the water refills were infrequent so that made it worse lol. They were extremely busy so it’s understandable - but maybe they should consider water pitchers at each table or a central water station that’s self-serve.
Each person gets their own burner stove at the table - but there’s not a way to adjust the temperature and the soup is just constantly boiling heavily and overcooking everything so I really didn’t like that.
For our drinks, my SIL got a green tea (iced) that comes with the lunch and said she really enjoyed it. Hubby and I shared a brown sugar ginger tea (hot) and it had a nice flavor overall - very ginger-forward - hubby loved it but it was too sweet for my liking. The drinks were definitely the win of our experience lol.
Staff were friendly when available but definitely seemed overwhelmed. The vibes are minimalist and cafeteria-like. And the tables are packed tight so it gets very noisy and feels overcrowded.
They have a small parking lot to the side and there’s also street parking in the area.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Boiling point is delicious hot pot
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love this place me and my family eat her all the time
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Perfet place for eat 2 minutes front my house love this food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
New menu items not available at this location :/
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The lady working the register around 8pm on Nov.7 was rude
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Don't buy anything to go from them b/c they will mess up the whole thing. Poor service
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Rats in the store, bugs in the food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I don't know if it's my curse or the terrible management. We were seated, then brought back.to waited. Then skipped. Then seated then delayed utensils and food order while later seated group got it. The issues really isn't bad staff. I think they are overwhelmed. Perhaps management should get more staff. My hope is they are not maximizing profit over service.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
This restaurant is very unfriendly to delivery drivers. The afternoon temperature in Los Angeles is over 100 degrees, making the drivers wait outside.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
Authentic Taiwanese personal pot!
Food is great it was my second time in that location.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Always hits different 🍲🔥 Back at Boiling Point San Gabriel for those cozy solo hot pots that remind me of home🇹🇼
We had:
🥢 Korean Bean Paste Hot Pot (with Meat Lover upgrade 🤤)
🥩 Beef Hot Pot
🥓 Garlic Pork Belly
🥬 Steamed Veggies
🥜 Liu Wei Appetizer
🍚 TWO Scallion Gravy Rice (a must!!)
🧋 Fresh Milk Tea
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Late on the post was here on May 25, haven't have it in while since they closed the old san gabriel location down. But the food was still good as always. I wish there were more space for parking and more tables to dine.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Order to go . Vegetable didn’t cook well. Soup t
aste sour . Did it look like eat $22 trash?
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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