Kungfu Hotpot

This might be one of the best ayce hot pot places I’ve been to!

You place your orders for meat via an iPad and all other foods (vegetables/fish balls/tofu etc) are self serve like a buffet. The meat comes out quickly and is good quality. The servers are very attentive and do a great job of taking away empty plates and replacing napkins. There are also some prepared foods, fruits, and desserts at the self serve station, as well as a full sauce bar. Drinks are located in the fridge (non alcoholic) and self serve, and are the classic Asian drinks like milk tea, aloe drink, and soy milk.

All tables have one large burner/one pot, so I wouldn’t recommend coming with a part of more than 4-5 people

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

As long as you can get past the smell of rotting seafood in the elevator (maybe they had just taken out the trash), the actual restaurant is very good. The veggies are fresh and the meats are delicious. It is definitely a fun experience. There are a couple of things I could see as improvements- different color plates for the raw meat and seafood as you end up with a ton of plates on the table and can forget which plate had what on it. It would also be very helpful for the meats to come with a utensil to actually put them into the broth. If you have any allergies- this is definitely NOT the place for you. We will absolutely go back, I might just bring my own little hand sanitizer to have at the table and hold my breath as I enter the elevator. Also, when we went it was all you can eat- no choice, so it’s about $50/pp all in

Vegetarian options: While there are tons of veggies- the price point is high for veggies and tofu.

Dietary restrictions: Things are cooked in the same pot with only a couple of its ups for retrieving- so this may be difficult for people with restrictions in a group

Kid-friendliness: It’s a giant pot of boiling broth in the middle of the table- and lots of little plates everywhere- might be super messy with kids

Wheelchair accessibility: Yes- but the area to get salad bar items is not very wheelchair friendly

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Scallop, Seafood, Hot Pot with Beef Bone Broth, DIY Sauce, Salmon Sashimi, Salad Bar, Lobster

It is a fantastic place with amazing food ! I recommend trying it. Of course, it is not the best hot pot I have ever tried but it’s definitely one of the better ones in Philly. The food at the meat bar is fresh, only the lobster from the special menu (weekends) seemed a little older than supposed to be. But again, even the lobster was delicious. It’s not like we would have been sick. I have been already 5 times and have never been sick.
It’s really a place I recommend

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Meat Bar, Scallop, Seafood, Hot Pot with Beef Bone Broth, Salmon Sashimi

Fantastic ambience, quality of food is great, super friendly staff! We had a great time!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Meat Bar, Scallop, Seafood, Hot Pot with Beef Bone Broth, DIY Sauce, Salmon Sashimi, Salad Bar, Lobster

Very warming space to sit down with a friend and enjoy a hot meal! The place can get overcrowded at times but that just comes to show how popular it is. I’m not able to handle much spice, but the drinks help soothe, which are refreshing. This hot pot restaurant is very popular. Went here with a friend, and sometimes we had to queue up, which shows how popular this hotpot restaurant is. I can't eat spicy food very well, but they have drinks for you to drink and relieve the spicy food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The staff were really nice and the food was amazing. They have a wide variety of options.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood, Hot Pot with Beef Bone Broth

best all you can eat hotpot in Chinatown! Love the selection, free drinks, and quality of the ingredients. 👌🏻🫶🏻

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It was okay.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

The images were very good when I came here before, but today a different person took the initiative to ask for tips and it didn't feel good to me. Also, I will tip you based on how you feel that day. Sometimes the food is fresh and sometimes not...

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Wanted to go out for a date night! Called in the early afternoon to ask if we need reservations. The person who answered the phone said no. Get there at 8 o’clock on a Saturday night and it is packed with an hour waitlist. I’m beyond pissed. Why do they not Have Reservations with a deposit if they know that it gets this crowded and busy? Ended up going to seafood hot pot on 10th and arch and had a delightful time!

Service: 1

Food was good. Service was great. Love the free unlimited drinks.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We went on Sunday around 2 PM for a party of 2 people. There were at least 8 other parties seated when we arrived but definitely not rush hour/dinner-time busy. It took some waiting around before we were seated as there was no one at the front/reception area and there seemed to be only 1-2 waiters working. We did not have any troubles finding the restaurant. The entrance is down Cherry St, just past the grocery market. You have to take the elevator up to the 3rd floor.

We got the double pot with Extra Spicy and non-spicy Beef Bone Broth. The non-spicy/regular Beef Bone Broth was good but did seem a little diluted. It has ginger slices in it, so do be diligent if you’re not fond of eating raw ginger. Both broths are refilled with the non-spicy beef broth base.

You get a selection of specialty items when you first sit down, which includes dishes such as Wagyu, oysters, and clams. We were able to select 4 dishes and decided on getting 4 orders of the Wagyu. Not sure if the number of specialty dishes changes per party size, maybe 2 special dishes per person?
In any case, the Wagyu was good but definitely not the best quality (compared to the Wagyu from Chubby Cattle). It was good but didn’t “melt in your mouth” as anticipated, which is fine considering it’s AYCE and not a Wagyu-themed hotpot restaurant like Chubby Cattle. The Wagyu was more tender than the AYCE beef belly slices and was a good choice to try.
You also get an iPad to order the AYCE meat, which includes beef belly, pork belly, and a few other options.

There is a little area to grab appetizers, vegetables, and other hotpot items. I couldn’t help but feel like the food wasn’t as fresh as it could be. Or maybe it just felt left out, though still perfectly edible. For example, the fried chicken appetizers appeared old and soggy, though not sure how it actually tasted since I opted to not get it. The fried tofu skin were also a little damp. Everything was edible though and tasted fine after cooking in the broth.

There is a whole fridge of drinks to select from, all of which are included in the hotpot price and is unlimited. Just be wary about some of the drinks since we noticed a few had expired dates (for reference we ate here in March 2025). I think more popular drinks, like the aloe, won’t be a problem with their expiration dates. It’s not really a health hazard to drink unopened bottled drinks, but it’s always a bit of a turn off and makes you wonder what else is being left around or unchecked.

Overall, this hotpot restaurant was a good experience but easily forgettable for me—a one and done-type of experience. The broth, meat, and available food selections were good, but not as high quality to me as Feng Hotpot’s soup broth or Chubby Cattle’s Wagyu.

I do think Kungfu Hotpot is one of the better AYCE hotpot restaurants in the area and the price ($40 pp) is well justified for what it offers/AYCE. However, seeing expired drinks and unappetizing appetizers makes me wonder about the overall quality.

Parking: Free metered street parking on Sundays in the city. Nearby paid parking lots and garages within walking distance available.

Wheelchair accessibility: Single elevator access to restaurant

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Hot Pot with Beef Bone Broth

Coolest most deliciously authentic hot pot ❤️‍🔥 everything was so perfect & loved the service and atmosphere. Just make sure you’re not a picky eater and don’t expect to be coddled through this process 😂 our server was so nice and explained things but yes you’ll have to get up to go get your veggies/noodles/toppings/rice… the whole vibe is SO fun and the price was incredibly reasonable for how much food we got! COMING BACK ASAP

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Meat Bar, Scallop, Seafood, Hot Pot with Beef Bone Broth, DIY Sauce, Salmon Sashimi, Lobster, Live Large Prawns Oysters Rockefeller

Great food, great service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

the bathroom was really nice. I dropped my hairclip in the sink but the bathroom made up for it‼️