Orion Hot Pot

We took my dad for his 79th birthday and we're excited to try this new place on a cold winter night. Parking was very easy in front and it was easy to find. We came in early at 5pm and were seated immediately. My niece and nephew have food allergies so they didn't have any options for food outside of the AYCE hot pot options so they left and came back to join us later. I really liked that we all got individual hot pots and could choose our own broths. I went for the pork broth but I was a little mild for me. I wish I had gone for the spicy soup instead. The server took our meat order and told us we could only order 2 meats per person and would get charged for leftover food. We were a little concerned we wouldn't be able to finish with such a stern warning. Once the meats came, we noticed some were more fatty so we hoped we weren't going to be charged for not eating those pieces which we weren't! The broth heated up quickly. We liked the cleanliness and the staff seemed very attentive to making sure dropped items were promptly cleaned up and areas wiped down. The fried dumplings were good. Fried egg rolls were just okay. I liked all of the sauce options. I wish there were a signature dipping sauce like a sukiyaki dipping sauce that we've salivated over at MK Suki. I made my own concoction with cilantro, ponzu, soy sauce, lemon, sugar and hot peppers. I loved all of the veggie options. They looked so fresh and I applaud all of the work to clean and cut them up! The seafood options were plenty and surprising. Loved the dessert ice cream options! We will definitely be back again!

They have a good assortment of vegetables, meats, and seafood. They do offer blue crab too. I would give him five stars but I think the meat slices are a little bit thin and when boiled become small.They have single serve ice cream at the end from Blue Bell which is nice.

So happy to see more hotpot restaurants in the area so that people living in the Northwest don't have to drive so far to get their hotpot fix! If you are looking for quality, or you're a hotpot connoisseur, this is not your place. But if you live in the area and you're craving hotpot, it will do.Inside is way bigger than it seems, lots of tables available and there's a free parking lot. BROTH - good selection of broths to choose from - total of 7! Only thing is that they don't have Tom Yum, which is my favorite. Not a big deal. I went with the Herbal Broth which yummy. Had chinese herbs and dried fish. MEAT - they have different meats you can order with the server. You can only order 2 meat plates at a time per person which is probably their way of preventing waste. Really small amounts of meat per plate. They have seafood options you can order as well such as oysters and blue crab. The oysters didn't seem fresh enough to eat raw so I'd be a bit wary. Blue crab was probably previously frozen so it's just okay.SELF SERVE FOOD - for the rest of the food like noodles, mushrooms and veggies, seafood, you can go up to grab to the fridge to grab as much as you want. Good selection. I was sad to see some mold in the mushrooms, so just double check quality before grabbing. The self serve seafood were probably all previously frozen as well so the quality isn't good. Like the shrimp was kinda mushy... but can't really expect much from an AYCE place.SAUCE - there's a pretty expansive self serve sauce station. Lots of different sauces and toppings to choose from for your sauce My suggestion is that because this restaurant is in a primarily white neighborhood, they should provide instructions for people who are not familiar with how to enjoy hotpot. I sat next to a family who had no idea what they were doing and it didn't seem like the server helped to explain anything.

10/10!! Great new Hot Pot spot in Arvada! All you can eat for $27.99. We were attended quickly, our server was great and the music was awesome. Love the broth and meat variety. Plenty of appetizers and sauces to choose from. The only thing was that they did not have a good selection of noodles (just 2 options) Other than that everything was excellent! Golden chicken broth and the spicy broth were both delicious! Very flavorful and super tasty. We will definitely be back!

Finally made it here to try out this place today. There was 6 of us and we arrived about 11:30ish. We were the second ones there. The place is very nice, modern and clean. We were greeted by a hostess and taken to a table. Our waiter was friendly and provided good service. From the menu we had to pick our broth, meats, and beverages. There was 3 of us who had the beef bone broth, 2 had the chicken broth, and 1 had the spicy broth. Everyone said that their broth was good. For meats, we ordered lamb, fatty beef, beef eye round, beef brisket, pork belly, and beef tripe to share. Vegetable, noodles, and sauce condiments are set up in a separate area. The condiments are self serve and unlimited. They also have ice cream for dessert and two fruit choices. We all enjoyed our hotpot. Definitely would be a place I come back again.

I really wanted to like this new hot pot restaurant because it looks great and it's always awesome to see new Asian local businesses open up shop, but everything from quality of broth to how they served the veggies/meat and service was disappointing. The only reason the rating is a 3 and not a 2 is because the ambiance was fun, veggies were fresh, veggies were stocked most of the time, and they offered sides like (cooked) dumplings and ice cream for dessert.Setup of how to order: All veggies, noodles, and most seafood are self serve. Great in theory - you don't have to wait on your server and you can grab exactly how much you want. These veggie/noodle shelves are completely open though, so we saw multiple people cough (accidentally, but still) towards the food.You order the meat from the server and they bring that out to you. I got the beef brisket for 2 rounds and each time the beef was sliced so thin, after cooking, all the beef could fit on my 1 spoon.Broth:The spicy broth just tasted like spicy water. It was missing some serious depth.Service:The service was inattentive most of the time. Only towards the end when we were almost done, did we get regular visits from our server. The worst part was that they charged our card for someone else's dinner (on top of our actual dinner). It wouldn't have been caught if I hadn't gone through our credit card statement. They, of course, reversed the additional transaction (after a good amount of back and forth), but then didn't proactively offer any reconciliations. After I asked if there was anything they could do for the inconvenience, they offered 20% off our next visit. Unfortunately with everything else stacking up, we won't be returning. There are other options nearby.

SOOOOOO happy to have this place in the neighborhood! I am obsessed with hot pot and Orion is !The AYCE is affordable and includes choices of meat and seafood. Also included is the vegetable and seafood bar with tons of choices including shrimp, baby octopus, and a variety of fresh veggies.

There's so many new hot pot places that opened up around town! I like this place for sure. Clean, good selection of hot pot items, and tasty broths. This is a good contender against the hot pots we have in Colorado. Try it

So glad more and more asian options are moving more north and west!! As a certified hot pot lover, I will say I was disappointed in their broth. In comparison to other hot pot restaurants, I didn't find their broth to be up to par with the others. However, I am a big big fan of their self serve veggie/seafood! I find that it is so much more convenient than having to order from the kitchen. They also had self serve ice cream cups for dessert, also very convenient!The space is big and I like their vibe! Our server was very helpful and attentive and always checked in on us. I think we did run into a hiccup where she likely went om her lunch break right when we were ready to close out, so that was a little bit of a wait for the bill and I wonder if they could have had someone cover her break while she was out. I'm not sure I would pick this spot if I was craving hot pot. But it is nice that it is so close by!

Really great new Hot Pot! Went around 5:30 on a Saturday and there wasn't a line. As we left after 7 there looked to be a long wait so I think we timed it really well. Buffet style to get veggies and seafood options. You order your meat with a server and can only get two servings per person at a time. I will say our server did a good job of coming by to check and see if we needed more meat, though each time we ordered the same thing the meat looked different so we weren't quite sure we were getting what we ordered. It was all good whatever we got though!One thing we were a little bummed about was that you can't mix broths. My husband and friend enjoyed the spicy. I thought the beef broth was good and our least favorite was our other friend's who got the golden chicken broth.Looking forward to going back once it starts getting cooler!