Overall, I enjoy the food here. I like the self service + variety of food choices.
I also think the facilities here need some updates. The restroom has a revolting smell, and it feels very unsanitary.
For food safety purposes, someone of the servers did not change to new gloves before-after they touched food and used their phones or wiped down tables.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Corinne H
Completely misleading business hours. They claim to close at 9:30, but in reality they shut down much earlier and had already cleared everything out. I wasted half an hour driving here only to find the place closed. Extremely unprofessional and disrespectful to customers’ time.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
Dan Swezy
I’m a huge fan of Malatang, and Zhangliang in San Mateo has the best in the Bay Area. It does get busy, but the wait is always worth it. The ingredient selection is extensive, and I always go for the classic bone broth—it’s rich, flavorful, and has that perfect numbing kick. Orders come out quickly and are piping hot, ready to enjoy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Malatang, Classic Bone Broth
AnPhu Dung
Nice place, good soup. You get a bowl, fill it up with meat, noodles, vegetables, and then you choose a soup base. Price charged by weight.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christina Griffin
The food was great. I got the bone broth with medium spice. You service your own water, pick your own toppings, and make your own sauce. I loved the concept. I wish you could’ve just paid at the counter after it gets weighed because the waiter forgot about me so it took a while to get the check.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Ziling Mai
Sadly, this place was pretty underwhelming. I was really excited to try it, but the flavors just didn’t live up to the hype. Props to them for offering a great selection of toppings and a free sauce bar, but the soups themselves were bland…which might explain the need for all the sauces. Honestly, I’d recommend checking out Tang Bar down the street instead.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Dharma M
Love this place. This is the place to go when I am craving for malatang. It is a non pork restaurant if I am not mistaken as they don't serve pork meat. You choose your carb, protein, and veggie, and select soup based. It is by lbs. I usually choose the bone broth one for soup and spicy dry wok for dry. I also like the choice of sauces and free fruit. Will come back anytime.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Malatang, Spicy Dry Wok
Jimmy Ma
Dry pot is excellent and service is quick
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Theo Wiggin
SOO YUMMY!! So much selection, they had all different kinds of fish, veggies, meats, and fishcakes that were so delicious! The broths were good and the sauce bar was awesome. So much food, it lasted me like 4 meals, and was $32.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eithun
Food was pretty good. Got tomato soup but it wasn’t my favorite. Really good portions but adding a lot of carbs with increase weight.
Service is not so great. There's one guy at the register who is rude. But their vegetarian dry ramen is incredibly tasty and we love the well stocked salad bar.
victor francis salvana (Victoriously Epic)
If you love soup, this is the place to go. The thin strip of meat is delicious, simply choose a wide range of ingridients place it in the bowl and choose your soup all ready to go
Quinland Wong
If you are smart enough to get the total weight down without getting all the heavy items. You can get a big bowl of noodles for around or under 10 bucks. Service is pretty decent. Staffs are helpful.
Monkey Awer
Staff are nice. Food is excellent. Free fruit and sauce. Way better than Tang bar (who eats malatang/ hot pot with no sauce?)
Overall, I enjoy the food here. I like the self service + variety of food choices.
I also think the facilities here need some updates. The restroom has a revolting smell, and it feels very unsanitary.
For food safety purposes, someone of the servers did not change to new gloves before-after they touched food and used their phones or wiped down tables.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 3
Completely misleading business hours. They claim to close at 9:30, but in reality they shut down much earlier and had already cleared everything out. I wasted half an hour driving here only to find the place closed. Extremely unprofessional and disrespectful to customers’ time.
Atmosphere: 1
Service: 1
I’m a huge fan of Malatang, and Zhangliang in San Mateo has the best in the Bay Area. It does get busy, but the wait is always worth it. The ingredient selection is extensive, and I always go for the classic bone broth—it’s rich, flavorful, and has that perfect numbing kick. Orders come out quickly and are piping hot, ready to enjoy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Malatang, Classic Bone Broth
Nice place, good soup. You get a bowl, fill it up with meat, noodles, vegetables, and then you choose a soup base. Price charged by weight.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was great. I got the bone broth with medium spice. You service your own water, pick your own toppings, and make your own sauce. I loved the concept. I wish you could’ve just paid at the counter after it gets weighed because the waiter forgot about me so it took a while to get the check.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Sadly, this place was pretty underwhelming. I was really excited to try it, but the flavors just didn’t live up to the hype. Props to them for offering a great selection of toppings and a free sauce bar, but the soups themselves were bland…which might explain the need for all the sauces. Honestly, I’d recommend checking out Tang Bar down the street instead.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Love this place. This is the place to go when I am craving for malatang. It is a non pork restaurant if I am not mistaken as they don't serve pork meat. You choose your carb, protein, and veggie, and select soup based. It is by lbs. I usually choose the bone broth one for soup and spicy dry wok for dry. I also like the choice of sauces and free fruit. Will come back anytime.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Malatang, Spicy Dry Wok
Dry pot is excellent and service is quick
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
SOO YUMMY!! So much selection, they had all different kinds of fish, veggies, meats, and fishcakes that were so delicious! The broths were good and the sauce bar was awesome. So much food, it lasted me like 4 meals, and was $32.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was pretty good. Got tomato soup but it wasn’t my favorite. Really good portions but adding a lot of carbs with increase weight.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Good taste, but I got diarrhea right after！
Service is not so great. There's one guy at the register who is rude. But their vegetarian dry ramen is incredibly tasty and we love the well stocked salad bar.
If you love soup, this is the place to go.
The thin strip of meat is delicious, simply choose a wide range of ingridients place it in the bowl and choose your soup all ready to go
If you are smart enough to get the total weight down without getting all the heavy items. You can get a big bowl of noodles for around or under 10 bucks.
Service is pretty decent. Staffs are helpful.
Staff are nice. Food is excellent. Free fruit and sauce. Way better than Tang bar (who eats malatang/ hot pot with no sauce?)
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