Tasty authentic food. Lots of options on the menu. Big portions
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dmitri Cara
Sliced pork ears is a must try. Service was just ok.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Odalys Benitez
I’ve been coming here for years. Delicious. the worst review you’ll find is the service…. small price to pay for delicious food. thank you Mala 🙏
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mikey (Mikey)
Very bad service
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Richard Liu
Authentic spicy food, love it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Manik M Ullah
Great seafood choices and best sea food soup
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jea Kim
Came in on a Sunday evening when every other hot pot spot in Allston had lines out the door. This was the only place where we could sit right away. Based on the name, I assumed it was strictly a hot pot joint, but the menu was much broader. Standard QR code ordering system, food came out fast.
Most of my friends recommended the dry pots, so we went with pork and beef versions, plus a regular pork hot pot for comparison. All pots come with six toppings by default (vegetables and noodles), with proteins as add-ons. Even with extras, each pot was under $25, and the portions were huge. The regular hot pot was fine, but the dry pots had way more flavor and heat. Since I don’t have dry pots often, it’s difficult to say whether this was top tier, but most of the toppings were good quality.
We also tried the stir-fried string beans and chili wontons, both solid. But knowing how big the pots were, we probably could’ve skipped the sides.
Overall not as flashy as the big-name hot pot spots nearby, but way easier to get into and much cheaper. Might come back for the dry pots.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Euphemia Li
I’ve been a loyal customer of this restaurant for years and always enjoyed their food. But this time was beyond disappointing. I ordered two roujiamo (Chinese meat sandwiches) in the same container — I ate one in the morning, and today when I took out the second one, I found a dead fly pressed into the bread, soaked in meat juice. I felt sick to my stomach. Absolutely unacceptable.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Name’s Nomad
Must try the meat and vegetable pot Recommend sharing for two Servers are primarily Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) speaking
Have visited this place for a couple times, used to love the taste and freshness of their food. But decided won’t come back again after today’s experience. They have terrible customer service. If I can give 0 star for their service I will. There is literally no service, you scan the QR code on the table and place order by yourself. They brought out the food from the kitchen to table and then sat down far away with their cell phones without saying a word to you . When you look around and try to get some help, they ignore you until you wave your hand and ask for help, they still sit far away and ask you: what do you need? That was not a busy time, there were 3 staffs in the front desk and only 2 tables with customers. I actually feel a little bit uncomfortable at that moment . And when I was doing the check out, without any of my permission or notification, they clicked on 18% of tips for me and asked me with rude attitude: just sign your name on the bottom. I felt offended and asked them is there any sign in your restaurant that tells customers you mandatorily charged customers 18% of tips. The staff who helped me check out gave me an annoying face and told me the minimum option is 15%, and asked me so do you want to give a tip or not! I told them of course I would, but I don’t think you give me a good service and I should have right to put a custom tip. I left 14% at the end and received unhappiness . Anyway, won’t come back again and won’t recommend this place to anyone anymore. There are lots of good restaurants nearby. It doesn’t make sense to anyone that they pay a 70+/ person price to receive a rude service and a bad mood.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Jeong-Wan Choi
Dry pot is great to share. The chili wonton and cold spicy noodles are an underrated combo
Amirhassan Shams-Ansari
Best Asian restaurant in Boston!
Yang Wang
Best Si Chuan food at Allston area. My family all love it.
Cici
The crab we ordered this time was extremely sweet-so sweet that it was inedible. We’ve ordered this dish before, and it tasted normal. But the restaurant’s attitude this time was very poor. They denied any fault on their part and refused to apologize or issue a refund.
Fast service and reasonable price.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Tasty authentic food. Lots of options on the menu. Big portions
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sliced pork ears is a must try. Service was just ok.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
I’ve been coming here for years. Delicious. the worst review you’ll find is the service…. small price to pay for delicious food. thank you Mala 🙏
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very bad service
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Authentic spicy food, love it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great seafood choices and best sea food soup
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came in on a Sunday evening when every other hot pot spot in Allston had lines out the door. This was the only place where we could sit right away. Based on the name, I assumed it was strictly a hot pot joint, but the menu was much broader. Standard QR code ordering system, food came out fast.
Most of my friends recommended the dry pots, so we went with pork and beef versions, plus a regular pork hot pot for comparison. All pots come with six toppings by default (vegetables and noodles), with proteins as add-ons. Even with extras, each pot was under $25, and the portions were huge. The regular hot pot was fine, but the dry pots had way more flavor and heat. Since I don’t have dry pots often, it’s difficult to say whether this was top tier, but most of the toppings were good quality.
We also tried the stir-fried string beans and chili wontons, both solid. But knowing how big the pots were, we probably could’ve skipped the sides.
Overall not as flashy as the big-name hot pot spots nearby, but way easier to get into and much cheaper. Might come back for the dry pots.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
I’ve been a loyal customer of this restaurant for years and always enjoyed their food. But this time was beyond disappointing. I ordered two roujiamo (Chinese meat sandwiches) in the same container — I ate one in the morning, and today when I took out the second one, I found a dead fly pressed into the bread, soaked in meat juice. I felt sick to my stomach. Absolutely unacceptable.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Must try the meat and vegetable pot
Recommend sharing for two
Servers are primarily Chinese (Mandarin/Cantonese) speaking
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
Have visited this place for a couple times, used to love the taste and freshness of their food. But decided won’t come back again after today’s experience. They have terrible customer service. If I can give 0 star for their service I will. There is literally no service, you scan the QR code on the table and place order by yourself. They brought out the food from the kitchen to table and then sat down far away with their cell phones without saying a word to you . When you look around and try to get some help, they ignore you until you wave your hand and ask for help, they still sit far away and ask you: what do you need? That was not a busy time, there were 3 staffs in the front desk and only 2 tables with customers. I actually feel a little bit uncomfortable at that moment . And when I was doing the check out, without any of my permission or notification, they clicked on 18% of tips for me and asked me with rude attitude: just sign your name on the bottom. I felt offended and asked them is there any sign in your restaurant that tells customers you mandatorily charged customers 18% of tips. The staff who helped me check out gave me an annoying face and told me the minimum option is 15%, and asked me so do you want to give a tip or not! I told them of course I would, but I don’t think you give me a good service and I should have right to put a custom tip. I left 14% at the end and received unhappiness . Anyway, won’t come back again and won’t recommend this place to anyone anymore. There are lots of good restaurants nearby. It doesn’t make sense to anyone that they pay a 70+/ person price to receive a rude service and a bad mood.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Dry pot is great to share. The chili wonton and cold spicy noodles are an underrated combo
Best Asian restaurant in Boston!
Best Si Chuan food at Allston area. My family all love it.
The crab we ordered this time was extremely sweet-so sweet that it was inedible. We’ve ordered this dish before, and it tasted normal. But the restaurant’s attitude this time was very poor. They denied any fault on their part and refused to apologize or issue a refund.
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