Made In China Hot Pot

We visited today Tuesday Jan 26, 2016 at ~7 pm. Outdoor temp minus 2. Only 2 tables were occupied. By the time we left at 9, there were 5 tables full.
²⁄₅ — Quality of the ingredients
Neutral on service
⁴⁄₅ — Ventilation
No raw eggs on the menu :(
# of items on the ingredients is kinda skimpy.
$ 17.99 + tax
Unlike some AYCE, tip is not automatically included.
Will definitely come back again … in 2026.

I come here regularly and although the quality can sometimes be a hit or miss, it always satisfies my hot pot craving.
Food: pig’s blood, pork intestines, beef tripe, oh my, if it can be boiled in the delicious soup broth I will eat it. Variety is pretty good here with all the key staples (i.e beef/​lamb slices, beef balls, large veggie selection (although quality can be iffy), and assorted noodles). The Satay broth is really tasty and not as oily as other places I’ve been to. The dip selection is also really good and i like how the dips are in trays and dropped off at your table. I also like that drinks (including pop and plum drink) are included in the price and they also offer ice cream among other desserts on the AYCE menu.
I only wish they offered more unlimited seafood on their menu. You get a *free* seafood platter but it only includes 1 shrimp, 1 oyster, 1 salmon, 1 mussel and 1 fish paste per person. A couple other places offer unlimited shrimp and that would make this place 5 stars for me if they offered that.
Service: servers provide limited eye contact and do not check up on you (as with most Chinese establishments) but they have a lot of staff and it’s quite easy to flag someone down to get something.

Does this review belong to Korean Grill House next door, or does it belong here? Probably here, because I ate it here.
Came for lunch. Ordered a la carte. What’s kinda cool is that the Korean Grill House menu is here during lunch, and we got to order from it. They have lunch bento boxes that begin at $ 5.99 (grilled pork or chicken). I ordered the chicken. It came with a good amount of rice, chicken, marinated fried tofu bites, pickled radish and carrot, and sprouts. It was also served with a bowl of beef broth, and a drink (Horlicks, etc. costs an extra $ 0.50, and cold drinks are $ 1.00 and up). Tasty and cheap! Service was not bad. Efficient. Would come again.

If I could give this place a no-​star. I certainly would.
My friends and I came here on a sunday evening around 5pm for an early dinner. We came here on my friend’s suggestion. At a first glance, It looked good. But as time went on, I became more unimpressed.
For 5pm on a sunday, this place was EMPTY. Considering that, you’d expect that the employees be a little more attentive, since they have no one else to attend to. Wrong. They were only helpful when we called for them. Typical for an Asian place right? I guess. Keep reading if you want the real knitty gritty. It get’s worse.
Their selection of food is not bad, they have all the typical staples of a AYCE hot pot place, the quality wasn’t bad. Not the best though. Ordering is through a form, and the servers brought you the food. So you’re thinking, okay, sounds like a mediocre Asian place? Correct.
It wasn’t until we saw a COCKROACH on the wall next to our booth, where I completely lost my appetite. It went from hungry, to zero.
So it wasn’t in our food, or in our soup. But who knows? That cockroach must’ve came from somewhere?
This cockroach hid in the crack of the wall during our entire meal. It eventually came out, and one of the people in the party were were in, killed it.
Please keep in mind, a waiter full saw this happening. And shrugged it off, as if it were nothing.
So…if you want to have a meal with a cockroach by your side. I highly suggest this place.
Otherwise. Stay away.
I’m honestly surprised this place hasn’t had the red safety food regulation posted on the outside of their door.

If I’m not having hot pot at home or at a friend’s house, this is the place to go. Very reasonable price, and true unlimited all you can eat experience. They have a constant supply of beef and lamb, and specialty hot pot items like fried gluten, pig intestines, and pork blood jelly. If you’re into that, this is definitely worth a try.
One only thing is you might need to make an little effort to get the server’s attention if it gets busy. But they are polite, well mannered and provide good service whenever they can.

Came here for their afternoon tea/​lunch special. They seem to have a wide variety of foods from HK style breakfast to AYCE kbbq/​hot pot. However, for their extensive menu, they definitely need to invest in more waiters. There were only 2 waiters in the entire store at lunch time. When we tried to call them because our food was finished and our drinks haven’t arrived yet, they pretended not to see us and acted busy. Funny thing is, when we were about to pay for the bill and had money on the table, they ran and attended to us right away. So they are quick in collecting money but terrible in catering to other needs.
Anyways, for the food, we ordered a Maggi salmon rice dish (6.99) and all day breakfast Satay beef rice noodle with egg sandwich and lemon tea (7.99). Keep in mind, if you want soup/​drinks, everything is extra and not included in the already expensive price. I thought the all day breakfast was pricey for something so simple and the noodles came in a pretty tiny bowl. Egg sandwich was bland and flavourless. Salmon rice dish had only 4 pcs of fish, and small kimchi at the side. Nothing special for the pricey dish. However, I gotta give it that the place was modern, but I guess that’s what you pay for and not the food itself. If you’re looking for value, this is not the place to be. Would not recommend or come back for lunch. Maybe to try hot pot but was overall really disappointed.

Who knew they had breakfast here… Not that I go out much for breakfast but it’s neat to see that they have a variety of offering. I always like how spacious the restaurant is, especially once the steam starts up. So for breakfast, I had their bodies and toast. Warning, the thick toast is not hong Kong style thick toast. Is literally a thick piece of bread. Not bad or anything, but just not what you might be expecting. Food is average. Nothing special but definitely not bad. :)
I’ve also had hot pot here before. Again, not bad. Service is fast and it’s good value. :) nothing special, but good for lazy days in the winter.

Would return for their hot pot.
Came here with a group of friends & had a good time.
Good soup base for the hot pot. Good selection of dipping sauces which u can mix at ur own table.
Friendly & attentive servers.
Welcoming atmosphere.

3.5 stars really. Came here with my dad on a saturday night. I was hesitant to come here because the last time I went I ended up getting terrible food poisoning. But, decided to give it another try.
It was 19.99 for AYCE beef and seafood (not AYCE). The food was good, there is a lot of variety and it comes with refillable fountain drinks and dessert. I like how you can make your own sauce mix.
The service was pretty bad. There was a ton of waiting, for a table (even though there were open ones), for a MENU (really?) and for the food and bill. The waiters weren’t really attentive and it was nearly impossible to flag them down. It really dampens the whole experience.
Overall, food was good so I’d give it another try.

I’m very disappointed at my recent hot pot experience here! The quality of food and service definitely went down. First of all, many items are removed from the menu (such as tang ho). Second of all, it takes forever for the food to arrive. When the food does come, it is in ridiculously small portions (I ordered fish balls, and I received a plate of TWO fish balls .just TWO). Third of all, the waitress tried all she could to ignore me when I try to wave her down to place an order. She also has NO expression on her face when I speak to her. She doesn’t say anything when she puts food on the table or when she refills the soup. She is like walking dead and can’t be bothered to even acknowledge customers. After an hour of waiting for food and small portions, we left hungry and frustrated.
I will never come back.

Reviewing for afternoon tea.
While they specialize in hot pot, they have a great lunch/​afternoon tea selection for a great price. We especially enjoy their Ma Po Tofu rice and their lunch boxes. The only downside is that their food tends to be a bit too greasy and salty.

MEDIOCRE.
Stopped in here earlier today for dinner with relatives. I must say that the overall experience was very underwhelming.
Pros:
— The décor doesn’t look half bad
— The seating is spacious and it doesn’t make you feel like you’re stuck in a red-​meat sauna with a ton of other people
Cons:
— The ingredients came out with very POOR quality — the meats were hardly staying together and appeared oxidized /​discoloured; the vegetables were yellowed and wilting
— Service was very sparse and we had to repeat requests at least once, if not twice
I wouldn’t be surprised if some of those meats were rejects/​leftovers from Korean Grill House (literally next door).
I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone.

Good place for afternoon tea and lunch special. Wesley ordered one Hainan style chicken w rice, Brian ordered grilled pork chop w cheese rice, both look good. Feel so regret I didn’t try their dishes because not familiar with each other. Mine is tomato egg beef rice. Too sweet for me maybe because too much ketchup

Do not ever try their lunch or afternoon tea there, its actually terrible. The french toast i got there was the worst french toast I’ve ever ate and seen in my life.
Hotpot there is below average, its cheap but its not good quality

Overall, I enjoy this place as a regular.
Maybe it’s because the only experience with AYCE hotpot is at Little Sheep on Warden BUT:
1. Servers at China Hotpot is attentive & they are always running around to place orders, refill drinks, or clear off your tables
2. There variety is acceptable
3. It’s comfortable seating as they don’t crowd the tables
4. They give you a complimentary seafood platter
5. They give you free drinks when customers would probably be willing to pay extra.
Downfalls:
They only have one stall for the washrooms.
Their parking lot is the smallest thing you’ll ever see.

Made in China Hot Pot is the hot pot place that you go to when you just don’t care. The place itself is HUGE and there’s tables everywhere so I don’t think you’ll need to worry about it filling up. We arrived pretty late and there was still lots of room. The menu isn’t only hot pot as there are small box meals as well. The hot pot menu has a nice variety of sauces but most of the good ones are $ 5 extra.
We opted for the satay and chicken/​pork broth combo in a mix and match. The broth was disappointing as I found the chicken/​pork broth bland and the satay had a funky kind of taste. The menu of options for the hot pot wasn’t that great, but at least it had all the staples that you look for. The other problem is that the quality of the items weren’t the greatest. The lamb and beef were decent enough, but the pork and chicken were awful. They also come with a plate of seafood options being some salmon slices, oysters, mussels, and shrimp (shell on). They also offer some other items like appetizers (curry balls of beef, squid, pork, etc) and items to throw in like crab meat, veggies, noodles, wontons, and dumplings.
Prices are standard and they have a nice selection of soup bases, but I don’t like that you have to pay extra for sichuan spicy base or some others as well. For the quality of the food, I’m not sure I’ll be back. Better places to go to.

I know the name of the place is called MADE IN CHINA HOT POT however they don’t JUST serve hot pot here. Try out their LUNCH MENU! I always go there for their KBBQ Bento Boxes. You get to choose between beef, chicken or pork. You get some sticky rice, bean sprouts and some fried tofu and pickled carrots. I love coming here for lunch. It’s cheap and the food isn’t bad at all.
The décor at this location is pretty unique. Amble amount of seating and the service there is friendly and fast. I’ve never had to ask for refills on my tea or even try to get the attention of a server. It’s like they know when you need something. Most of them speak Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) however they do speak English just as well.
If only there were .5 points on this thing. I would give them a 3.5÷5!

This use to be my go to place until I found Kim Tao.
I returned to Made in China and was not impressed by the condiment selection and how it keeps getting taken away.
The food comes in very small quantities which doesn’t help my appetite. And there is not a lot to choose from.
The concept is open so you can join in your neighbours conversation and food. Not my idea of hot pot dining.

Yes I agree with Jen K, I do not at all like the Hot Pot here. No thanks!!!
Their menu is so small (literally, a small hand-​sized paper) with SO LITTLE items. For a seafood hot pot dinner, you’d need to add some $$ but it’s days-​old grocery store frozen seafood that tastes like it’s been in the fridge and absorbed all the cold air.
The meats (most important item in a hot pot restaurant) were not good! They are thick and chewy, and light pink /​a bit coral in colour? The tiny, non-​flavourful fish balls were not so good either…
YUCKY
Décor is pretty strange for a hot pot place, it’s (I guess) modern, cute and colourful? It’s like a bubble tea place! I like that the pot is quite close to you –even for larger groups and larger tables.
They offer your hot pot in different kinds of soups AND they can do two soups in one pot (split in the middle). The soups aren’t very flavourable (which is sometimes good so it doesn’t cover up your food)
The dipping sauces were pretty decent. You DIY your dipping sauce with ingredients that come on a large tray (that gets passed around the entire restaurant…) –ex. green chili, satay, add egg… And the service (very young staff) is shockingly nice!
Unfortunately, I will not come back.

I think it is a good thing that Made In China having a Hong Kong Style Café menu most of the business hour because if it is going to be solely on their hot pot menu, it would have went out of business for a long time…
Late Night Special ($ 13.99) though sounded like a decent price but not worth it at all. The food quality is just pathetic. And the satay soup based was just tasteless with zero satay taste. The thinly sliced beef has this funny looking colour and texture. I even have my doubt if they were beef…
No I am not going to come back for Hot Pot. ever… They might as well take the word Hot Pot out of their name.
The only reason it is not getting a 1 star because at least their none hot pot offering at the none hot pot hours are decent!