TheOldSpot Hot Pot & Grill

523 Jersey Ave, Jersey City
(201) 706-3813

Recent Reviews

Amber S.

We were actually walking to a different restaurant and saw this one. We are Hot Pot lovers and this is by far one of the best we have ever eaten. Great portions, friendly staff and the broth was AMAZING. We chose their house broth (regular and spicy). The spicy is SPICY so I would go for medium spice.

Yulu H.

I've ordered takeouts from this place since the beginning of the pandemic and actually have never dined in before. And I've only ordered their rice sets and cold dishes so I can't speak of their hotpot. For their rice sets, they are packaged well in those bento style boxes and always come with a small black sugar jelly as dessert. I did think their chef might have changed at some point in 2021 cuz my once favorite hot pepper chicken tasted quite different and not as good as before. I still order from them a lot as I think they do taste authentic. My favorites now are the scallion marinated beef cold dish 葱拌牛肉 (tasted very authentic), stewed beef brisket with radish 萝卜炖牛腩 (tender beef and flavorful) and then lastly once my favorite but no longer but still not bad green pepper stew chicken. The marinated egg now is more just like plain boiled egg. Veggie is always cabbages.

Xiang S.

WORST service I have ever seen! I made an order via HungryPanda (this is a terrible app with fake reviews!) at 12pm. I went to the restaurant to pick up my order later. But I was told that they were not even opened and were not accepting any order! They said that they cannot cancel my order on their side. I then reached to HungryPanda's customer service. But there was no responding. Later the app showed that my order was ready to pick up. It was 6pm so I went to the restaurant, thinking I can still have a dinner. When I reached to the restaurant, they told me that they are still working on my order, which should be ready in 10min. But after 10min they said my order was still not prepared. Later they said that they did not see my order! And I still did not get my money back!

Tom M.

Visited on a Friday night and was seated in no time. Staff was super helpful and polite (thank you, Keith!) Food was delicious! Will definitely come again.

Alon H.

This place is VERY dirty!!! I cannot recommend to anyone, especially those with weak stomachs. Our sauce trays were not washed and there was a BUG in the vegetable tray. There were blotched stains on the chairs and the table was not wiped. Even the water had particles floating in it. It is one thing to have bad service and high prices. It is a totally different thing to put the population at risk. Children and elderly stay beware!!!

Allen Y.

Had diarrhea after dinner. Will not go back ever! Utensils and plates/bowls were dirty.

Nahima A.

Love this spot (hehe). Went there a few times pre-Rona and they are just as good now! Very good staff, don't rush you, and you get to have delicious soup. I went recently to celebrate my husband passing a work certification and it was exactly the way we remembered. Hot Pot isn't a thing you can order in so I'm glad we go to enjoy the amazing food. Will be going back there soon I hope!

Jep J.

We had a great meal there. We chosen the least spicy option but still was pretty spicy but enjoyable. Very flavourful broth!

Tony J.

I ordered a braised pork set lunch special. There was a good balance between pork belly, cabbage, fried tofu, and rice. Flavor was overall pretty good, though I would have preferred a little more color on the pork and a hint more sweetness. 3.5 stars

Jun Kim

This is the best hotpot place in the jersey city area. Their basic beef broth is really good and I recommend it to everyone

Amy B.

Could've sworn I've reviewed this place before, but guess not. I went here with my partner about a year ago. We didn't understand what the difference between the mini and regular hot pot were, and after asking the server we were told there was no difference. Okay, cool! We went ahead and ordered a bunch of items, and began our wait.We got a few dishes, but after 30+ min of nothing else coming out, I asked the waiter what was taking so long. I was told some of the items I ordered weren't available with the mini pot.... okay, but I ASKED what the difference was before ordering and they told me there was no difference. They could've explained this to me when they saw my order sheet. I then asked if I could upgrade to the full pot so I could get the other items, and they told me I couldn't upgrade.For the service, quality, and quantity, there are much better options available. My partner and I now uber to Fort Lee every week to get hot pot. Yes, we pay $40-60 to uber to Fort Lee for hot pot, but its well worth the money (and actually works out to be cheaper than eating here).

Keagan Padilla

The food and service were beyond our expectations. We really liked the atmosphere of this place. Awesome place to take the family out for lunch.

Perk H.

It's a okay place decent. Needs more steaming spice more hot peppers pleases if u know what I mean.

Slawa Reiz

эти люди походу забыли мясо в манты и в самсу засунуть.......одни жилы вместо мяса,а может и подошва сопогов....фу фу фу

Michael B.

If it was a year ago, I would have given this place a 5 star. It started as a pretty authentic Chinese skewers, tapas and hotpot place. We used to order takeout often, and even made nice acquaintance with the young owner who delivers in person. But that's the good old days. Now this place has really bad service, not sure if the owner had changed. One takeaway order can be delayed for one hour, probably they just forgot to make it. Many times we are trying to give this place a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th chance, it screws up all of them by either bad services, or careless mistakes in the order, or one time, they served dough spot soup with no DOUGH and crawfish fired rice with NO CRAWFISH. The reason why I still give them 2 star is because they are trying to come up some new menu items still, up to now. But it really needs to improve services and start caring about your customers.

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