Lao Ma Tou Hot Pot 老码头火锅 - Irvine

4230 Barranca Pkwy, Irvine
(949) 336-8988

Recent Reviews

Don juan

Very good

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Faliang Wan

Food is one of our favorite with good price. Complimentary foods are beyond expectations.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: 火锅蘸料

eva fu

The decoration is very good. There are five tables in the hall at noon, including us, and most of them are customers with Chengdu accent, Sichuan. But the taste is very bad. The red pot is bitter. I don’t know if it’s due to the ingredients used in the stir-fry. In addition, one of our friends had diarrhea after eating it! There is something wrong with the oil. Lack of management, no waiter took the initiative to add soup, no waiter frothed the soup.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

hehe hehe

Either the minimum is one star or there will be no rating at all. The food is very bad. I even saw the waiter chasing the customer for a tip. I am very disgusted with this behavior. The waiter is ignoring the customer. It is very bad not to take the customer seriously. !Everyone must avoid this restaurant!!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Sunny Huang

Food sucks! it was a very painful experience. Our child was eating tomato hotpot, while mine was slightly spicy. As a result, our family had stomach pain that night and had diarrhea for two consecutive days. This restaurant is too scary!

Maxim Ivchenko

We got two types of broth: a regular one and a spicy one. You choose your spice level on a scale from 1 to 5. We got 2 and it was hot but very good. Their selection of meat cuts and vegetables is pretty large, you won’t get bored.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wei Tang

Their employees said "they would rather throw away the food than let customers take away the leftover food"

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

Chunchong L.

Good food and service. Seems to do their best to accommodate family with kids. Have been going to this place at least a few times per monthh

Helen Plant

The taste is good, the environment is good, and the atmosphere of eating Sichuan hot pot is great! The short crispy pork is so well done?The duck blood is very tender, and the small sesame balls and ice powder are also really delicious. The only regret is that the sweet potato noodles are sold out and I didn’t order them. I will come again next time ??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mickey “Feliz Vida Sigma”

Pretty good place for hot pot. Very good service too. Delicious broths and quality meats. Reasonable prices especially compared to the other hot pot place.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Sandy C.

This is a traditional Chinese hotpot place with one big pot in the middle and the option of splitting in middle for two different soup base. I like how they take order electronically using QR code like many other Chinese restaurants. The service was average, I had to ask for broth refill many times when my soup is getting really thick. They didn't offer apron upon arrival until I asked for it. Sauce bar is self-service. I think the food is not very fresh compare to other hotpots I have been to. The soup base is comparable to other places like HaidiLao. It didn't really stand out. Their highlight is the crispy pork 現炸小酥肉,it was very crispy and fresh. One thing to note is that although it seems like a huge plate, there were barely any mouthfeel of pork. When you take a bite, I feel like i only had batter. The decor of the restaurant is nice, like any other Chinese hotpot place with some elements of red. Again, nothing stood up for me. This is not a place I would get out of my way for.

Omead Pooladzandi

They don't have an alcohol license which is absurd for a hot pot place. They forgot to bring out our soup base and gave many other people their soup bases after we told them they forgot ours. The spice level was off and far too much msg. The hot pot place that existed before in the same location had significantly more fragrance for the spice level. This was too spicy while not being fragrant at all.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

Joseph L.

Warning: NO BEER OR BEER LICENSE HERE. How are we to eat our Ma La Huo Guo without lager? The chili oil here is also questionable, lacks fragrance and tastes like a chemistry experiment. Significantly worse compared to the Huo Guo place that used to be here. Drive five minutes further down Culver and go to Shancheng Lameizi. They have beer and actual herbs and chilis swimming in their soup.

Stena W.

My favorite place to get hotpot around this area! The meat quality was really good with big portions compared to other places. The broth was so savory and yummy. Service was fast and nice. Def my go-to!

Gus F

A nice Chinese hot pot place. The yin-yang divider in the pots was a nice touch. Nice fixings bar The place definitely smells strongly of hot pot but what did you expect at a place like this?

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

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Lao Ma Tou Hot Pot 老码头火锅 - Irvine

4230 Barranca Pkwy, Irvine, CA 92604
(949) 336-8988