MLBB Hot Pot

On April 26 my husband and I were visiting Philadelphia and stumbled upon MLBB Hotpot.  We had never experienced Hot pot.  It was quite an experience. It was a self-serve restaurant with a variety of meats, vegetables, and sauces. Our amazing waitress Nini walked us through every aspect of selecting the right soup base, meats, and sauces. We opted for a  half mild and half spicy, soup base, selected our meats and sauces, and proceeded to cook our meats by immersing them in the soups. Nini went above and beyond and exceeded our expectations by providing excellent customer service, which enhanced our experience. The service, the quality of the meats, and the atmosphere of the restaurant will ensure we return to MLBB Hot spot whenever visiting Philadelphia. Thank you, Nini, for making our experience amazing!

Great experience at MLBB! Service was quick and everyone was nice. Decent selection of meats to choose from. I did really like the classic spicy broth. The skewers were kinda bouncing around the broth a lot, interesting experience, but not the worst thing.

This is a newly opened restaurant in Chinatown. I saw a reel about them and wanted to give them a try. I believe they are a franchise from China. Parking: The restaurant doesn't have its own parking lot. It is either street parking or park at nearby parking garages. Service: The waitress was on top of it. Once anything gets empty out, she would come right by to clear up the table space. Stop by frequently to see if you need anything. Pays close attention when you seem like you needed something. I didn't have a bowl or spoon to try out the soup base, right away the waitress brought them over. I have long hair, right away the waitress brought over a hair tie and ask if I needed it. Food: Everything is pretty much self service. You get your sauce from the sauce bar. All the food and skewers are across from the sauce bar. There are many, and i mean many, varieties to choose from. My husband and I did a split pot with one free pork bone soup base and a paid $7.99 fish maw soup base. That fish maw soup base was gooood!! At least I feel worth paying for. The only problem we have was we got a little confused by the menu when we're choosing our soup base. Took us a little time and Q&A with the waitress. And there are plenty of food on the menu that are basically self served in the back. We didn't even have to look over the entire menu. Overall, it is a good meal and I am definitely full. Food coma! Will I come back? Possibly. But I might question if I want to bring my young kids here because I'm afraid they might play and mess with the sharp skewer sticks that are on the table. But definitely a nice lunch date I had.

This place has been open for a few months and I finally had time to try, me and my friends went there did the all you can eat package, the broth was very flavorful especially the tomato one, would definitely go there again for the broth. They also provide personal pot for those who doesn't like to share, there are a good selection of food and sauces on the buffet table, just make sure you don't waste too much food( for those who doesn't know they do charge by weight if you have a lot of untouched food at the end)and it's not gonna be pretty.

Very cute concept inside and very decorated. We came here for my dad's birthday with a party of 7 and the experience was OK. First off, 90 minutes for 7 people is defintely not enough especially since we all had to share one huge pot. The hotpot skewer concept is fun but I think its very complicated with 7 people trying to share one pot. I also gave them the cake to store in the fridge when being seated with the expectations to be able to cut it at the resturant and at the end when we finished eating and asked for the cake, they told us that we are not allowed to cut the cake and did not allow outside food. The food was good, the few items that stood out to me were the golden lava fish balls and mochi fish tofu. They had a buffet selection for majority of the hotpot items and we can order some of the meats on the menu with the host. They had fruits and desserts at the buffet.

Great food! We really enjoyed the portions and the quality of the meat. The soup base was also very delicious. Would highly recommend & don't forget to try the delicious desert !

The atmosphere is great! The food is fantastic! We're from out of town and visited last year. We've been dreaming of coming back and it was just as good as it was before. Best hot pot in Philly!

Terrific restaurant - very clean and well-organized with delicious ingredients and broth. All the sides were terrific and we especiallyloved the quail eggs. Will definitely tell friends to go - we miss Happy Lamb down the block and now have a great place to enjoy instead.

I'm usually not a big hot pot fan but MLBB really changed my perspective! Can't wait to go back! The broths were very flavorful and the skewers made it so much easier to get the food out once it was cooked. That alone was a huge advantage. They had a great selection of meats, seafood, and veggies, and noodles to choose from. The service was very attentive and the music and ambiance had great vibes!