Flame Hot Pot and Sushi

1001 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
(617) 945-0080

Recent Reviews

Madison Landry

Variety of delicious dishes and aromatic flavors, the food was lovely and beautifully presented/plated. The menu offers entrées, sushi, and hot pot options. The staff, although understaffed, are very friendly. The atmosphere is decent, yet the highlight is the food and socializing with friends.

alicia y

This is an great restaurant for authentic Chinese dishes if you dine in. Ask the waiters what produce is in season/freshly arrived and they will have wonderful recommendations for you, they can make any dietary accommodations. Some of their dishes can run spicy or oily (I’m coming from a Taiwanese/Shanghainese/Cantonese palate), but that is in line with regional cooking styles of parts of China (ex. Sichuan, Hunan), and the staff are more than happy to adjust dishes to your taste so long as you specify what you’re looking for. Recommend their seafood, veggie dishes, soups, dry pots. Prices are higher than they were previously but they are in-line with other post-Covid restaurant prices. The atmosphere is a bit quirky with One Piece decor around, but there is always an abundance of space/seats and staff is friendly and responsive. Having seen other reviews, I’m not sure about the fusion/non-authentic Chinese dishes, as that’s not what I eat. I’m also not sure about how well the food translates to take out as most authentic Chinese dishes are best enjoyed fresh off the stove. If you’re familiar with authentic Chinese food and go in with the expectation of a typical authentic Chinese restaurant setting, you won’t be disappointed!

Jenny

This place is a hidden gem! The staff was friendly and helpful and made sure to accommodate for our allergies by letting us know which items were gluten free. The food was phenomenal (we loved the mushroom broth) send very reasonably priced! We will absolutely be coming back for dinner again.Dietary restrictions: Gluten free hot pot broth and most items do not have soy sauce automatically added.

Mary Carmona

Service was great place is nice but noodles were super oily.

Rajesh Prabhu

Tried this place for the first time through Uber eats. Got the Kung Pao chicken and spicy chicken fried rice. The food was tasty and spicy. But had lot of soya sauce, sweet syrup, oil and lot of oil lol ??? the fried rice was good though but quantity of chicken was like very very less. Hardly saw some chicken in that dishes lol but it was substituted with vegetables instead. I don't understand why chicken is included in the dish name lol. 20 bucks for each of those dishes, the quantity and quality was not worth the price. Very disappointed and wish it was better.

cat

I’m surprised that this place is still surviving. Their so called hot pot is terrible, broth was watery and food portions were small. Seating is dated and service was poor.

Songlei Liu

Very authentic Chinese food! Definitely underrated. Surprisingly few people considering how great the cooking is.

Steve Carr

Great place for hot pot with options for Chinese food as well. Staff was great and food was tasty. This place is kinda hidden but we'll worth the time to find it.Vegetarian options: You can order vegetarian options for hot pot and some broths are vegetarian

Pengbo Zhang

The special flavored chicken is my favorite. Beef is also great

Kit Kat

Went here for lunch on a Friday afternoon and it was completely empty! The atmosphere was nice and the hot pot was amazing. I also ordered a Thai Tea and fried rice, they were both very tasty. I would definitely go here again.

Ira Yao

Great authentic Chinese cuisine! Service is also five star.

William C.

It's been awhile since I last checked in to a place. This restaurant is awesome! The staff is polite and the portions are HUGE. The Naruto art on the wall is pretty cool too. I'll be coming back to try their hot pot next time

Renee W.

I ordered through DoorDash, and had a lovely experience as usual. When I open my order, imagine my surprise when the chicken dish was nothing like the one that I had ordered. I called the restaurants immediately, and was not taken seriously at all. I was told that the mushrooms were hiding under the chicken in the picture that they have on their menu online. I think I can tell the difference between spicy Szechuan peppers, and green bell peppers. Thankfully DoorDash was able to refund the amount that I spent on this meal. I can't even eat it, because of an allergy! It is definitely not what I ordered. The food is tasty, what I can eat of it, but really bland. I definitely wanted something a lot spicier.

Mimi S.

This place is a perfect candidate to go on that show where Gordon Ramsey flips miserably failing food establishments. It is a tough time for any business to succeed right now. You can tell this place is hurting. I feel sorry for them but I agree with all the negative reviews this place has. It is no excuse for a restaurant to run this way. Everything was definitely off about them from the moment we walked through the door. Staff is extremely poorly trained, food is bland and old, way overpriced, and there were rat droppings on the cart where they served us food. We ordered hot pot so the woman wheels over dipping sauces all in open community containers so who knows how long those condiments have been in those things and not only that but there were rat droppings on the cart. I immediately felt sick to my stomach. Then we also ordered beer which I'm pretty sure looking at the expiration date, it was from 2017!! Everything else tasted like old freezer burned meat and old produce. Not only that but their prices are high for the amount and quality you get. PLEASE STAY AWAY.

Ioannis Zafiropoulos

Familiar tasty Chinese recipes, attentive staff, huge plus the privacy (we were almost the only ones in the restaurant) for whoever worries about covid. We will be back.

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