Hot Pot King

My favorite Maryland hot pot place so far! Everything is fully buffet style, where you pick your base and can get unlimited meat/seafood/veggies for the price of $32 per adult. Overall a very good deal for AYCE with free soup refills as well! I personally really enjoyed the mushroom soup base, but also heard great things about the tom yum, szechuan spicy, and healthy herbal bases from my friends that I went with. The service is also great, with chicken karaage served immediately after being seated, and refills of soup base occasionally and also when requested. The winter melon tea is also excellent, and the dessert selection includes ice cream, fruits, and sesame balls (a personal favorite of mine). I sometimes struggle at hot pot places to find food I can eat as someone that doesn't eat beef/pork, but was pleasantly surprised to see such a large seafood, vegetable, and non red meat selections.A very classic sauce bar, which is ofc one of the most make or break aspects of any hot pot restaurant. The ambiance is very cozy, especially when seated in the side booths with bigger groups. Looking forward to my next trip here!

This place is inside the Asian Hub.Positives:Broth seasoning was great.We ordered Thai Tom Yum, classic Thai flavor with lemongrass. If you like spicy, you will like this one.Pork bone broth is savory and comforting, I think I liked this one better, but both broths were very good.Ambiance was great. The decor felt like you were in China. Not sure if I liked the big tv screen playing a Chinese movie. Did it add to the ambience, maybe?Service was great. Our server was very attentive, checking in with us to see if we needed anything and someone came by every 5-10 mins to take our empty plates and bowls.The sauce station is right next to the lemonade and melon tea drink dispenser.Negatives:The location of where the food is. The space is tight. It's in the back of the restaurant, you enter on the left, grab a tray and some tongs to get the food for your hotpot. You take the entire plate or bowl that has the food in it. I found this to be wasteful, 2 pieces in a big bowl.The tables in the center can be very loud, so if you want more privacy ask for one of the tables in the alcove, but I think these are reserved for larger parties.Where we were sitting, there's not much separating us from the other side, so we could hear the other party's conversation and it was loud and disruptive.Desserts were ok.Overall, we did enjoy the food and service. Space issue, not sure if they can do anything about it.

Individual hot pots with a large selection of veggies, noodles, seafood and meat! The first thing I liked about Hot Pot King was their vast selection of vegetarian friendly soup options. One thing about going to hot pot is I find there's only 2-3 options but here's there's 5 (spicy kimchi, fresh tomato, golden pumpkin, mushroom, and healthy herbal). Another thing I liked was that every item they had was pre portioned in a container which you could easily grab. It made it quicker to grab everything I wanted and plus if you're new to hot pot, an idea of what the item looks like. If you're in the area, def try them out!!

This hotpot restaurant is located inside another building called the Hub, which is very convenient if you want boba afterwards! We sat down and we were immediately served some popcorn chicken! It was very bland (not even salted!), but very crunchy.This hotpot place is very different in that EVERYTHING is buffet style, including all meats and seafood. No order from a menu/app except for soft drinks and the soup base. Everything is included in the price of $32.99/adult (child is $16.99 for age 10 and under 5ft), but soft drinks and alcohol. Soda is in a can, so no free refills. Dining time is limited to 90mins. There are buttons at every table to call a server over for more water/soup, bill or all other services; however, the servers were very attentive in that we rarely had to press the button to get help! The times that we did press the button, we were helped immediately. One thing that I really enjoyed about this place was that everything was proportioned out into small portions (except for veggies), so after grabbing one dish of something, I grab a dish of something else, and in the end, I end up eating a larger variety of food! I left feeling like I really got my money's worth since I felt like I ate a lot of different foods. There is a standard sauce station. I normally really love the restaurant house sauce, but I didn't really like the one here. It was pretty bland. There are fresh cut fruits, yellow and ice cream as dessert! I think ice cream is limited to one per person.

Phenomenal food and experience.I went with a group of 8 on a weeknight. Generally I do not recommend taking that many people to hot pot and there was only 1 table large enough for us all but they were able to accommodate. I've done hot pot before but not with an individual hot pot, for some people it was their first time. The server explained a few things to us - we all picked broths and then it was time to get the goods!There are a TON of protein options. Loads of seafood, beef, pork, tons of mushrooms, tofu, veggies, all kinds of noodles, things I couldn't even imagine would be at hot pot! That alone was worth the price but there's also a ton of sauce options and a few desserts.No real complaints. I'd recommend coming on a weeknight to have the best experience. I will definitely be back!

Really enjoy this hot pot place! Nestled in the hub Asian food hall. I was kinda surprised how big the place was being it was in a food hall. Once you walk in, you were transformed into a little Chinatown with all their decor. They start you off with karaage that was yummy. I like how they have this beautiful covering around the pot so you don't burn yourself! Since the pots are on top of the table. I ordered the pork bone broth was I enjoyed. I heard my friends liking the Tom yum soup broth. I liked how it was self service so you could pick up what you want! Love the options! But for such a big space, one line of food, tucked away in a corner, isn't the best spot. There was always this long line of people getting their foods and make their sauces. Also the trays should've been made like a puzzle pieces so you could easily stack your food somehow. Like bento boxes that could be stacked. Or instead of picking up plates of food, maybe have the trays be where you put the food on top of. I enjoyed this but when I got back to my large group table with all of us having trays of food, it was tough! We didn't have enough space and they had small tables to put foods on that was behind our seating, but it just wasn't convenient. So if you go in a large group, maybe coordination with your friends would help! Share the foods you pick up so it'll save on table space.

Ok so this place is located inside an Asian food hall. It's mostly food court type places but this is obviously a sit down restaurant. It's all you can eat, usually $39.99 I think but it was on sale when we went, $31.99. Great decor and ambience. First of all, the service was excellent. We were immediately taken to our seats, and before we had even fully taken off our coats and gotten comfortable our server came over and brought an appetizer. Yes appetizer included in the all you can eat. And the appetizer in question was fried chicken. It was delicious. The perfect amount of crunch and the chicken was super juicy. Could've maybe used a finishing salt. 4.5/5. There were like 9 different soup options. I personally got the porkbone broth which was really good. Nice and flavorful. My friend got the mushroom one and he really liked it. For all you can eat, there were so many different options for veggies and meats. There were some meats I'd never seen at other hot pot or shabu shabu places. I'm talking frog legs, blue crab, beef aorta, lamb. If you're looking for variety, this is the place. You can view the full menu of options on their website but we definitely were not disappointed. There are also many different sizes of tables, I think max they could sit 8 or 10 people together. Will definitely be returning again.

I really wanted to fall in love with this place. I was really intrigued by the concept and couldn't wait to eat here. Had a family dinner here for 10 people. 7 of us were present and we called ahead but couldn't be seated until every single person was there. Instructions weren't clear on how to do the cooking properly. Only half the table heard instructions and they were still confused. The menus were taken after we were given instructions and someone asked for a menu again and we realized we were not even doing it right. You are charged for left over food $11.99 per pound so don't be wasteful. Only get items that you really think you'll eat. Also the seafood isn't fresh. Raw oysters tasted freezer burnt and clams too. Raw shrimp were not deveined so that was an unwelcome surprise as I began to eat my food. The restaurant is BYOB. It's not on anything but you learn when you show up. They do have water on the table but it's not refilled once empty. There are dispensers for tea and lemonade with child sized cups so you can drink this but you will need several cups to quench your thirst. The menu states you have a strict 90 minute time for eating. We definitely felt very rushed the entire time. Our waiter hovered at the table most of the time. Maybe it's for someone but it just wasn't for me. Parking is easy. Free Wi-Fi is available and it's easy to find in a shopping center located in the rear of an interior food court.

We came with a group and young kids. The restaurant has a lot of seating. Dark lighting. The restaurant is set inside a food court. The soup broth is very rich. The meat and veggie selections are self serve and very fresh. The sauce station is clean and offered a good variety. There weren't many wait staff people but it didn't affect our experience. Everything is set up for you at the table and everything is self serve. I can't wait to bring my husband here.

This use to be our go to Hot Pot place. During our recent visit on a Sunday night, it is obivious that they no longer offer the same food varieties. The shelves half empty. It was not a busy night- what happened? Love their winter melon tea and the sevice is still impaccable though. Hope they regain the popularity since it is a beautiful restaurant to dine in..