Hong Kong Clay Pot Restaurant

Amazing!!! My family came to visit and we read the reviews for Hong Kong Clay Pot Restaurant and well what can I say the food was excellent. Egg soup, long green beans with beef, shrimp rice, and broccoli beef was delicious. Their Jasmine tea was amazing too. The best part, very affordable. The ambient was amazing even though it is a tiny place. It was full of customers.

After looking at Unilocal and seeing that this restaurant not only had good reviews but also only 2 $$ we were in. I love a great deal! The won ton soup was delicious!!! You know its going to be good when the broth alone is delectable! We ordered way too much food but had a nice meal again so really made it cheap with all the leftovers. Trying to be healthy we ordered the Vegetarian Clay Pot and it was awesome! My mouth is watering thinking about it now!!! We had a very nice server and a great seat at the window for people watching.

Very nice spot, pay attention or you may walk right past it. Food was delicious and warm and the service was very good as well.

Wait stop. You just probably just walked past this little, beautiful hole in the wall staircase that leads to the Hong Kong Clay Pot. This restaurant is the real deal. We were lucky to come here right after the lunch rush, so we were able to get our food quickly and had no problems with seating. It’s small, can be a little cramped if it’s very busy, but the food is well worth it. Since I don’t eat meat I ordered the Vegetarian Clay Pot. The food came out still boiling (do not touch anything) and I enjoyed a beer while chatting and waiting for it to cool down.
Once it cooled down enough to not send me to the ER I dug in and was very delighted. Despite the dish basically just being vegetables in a stew more or less, it was fantastic and left me feeling not hungry but not bloated and full either.
If you’re using your GPS to find the place, make sure you look for the staircase in the wall and try not to walk past.

Really quick service, good food and lots of variety! Definitely order just one dish and share with whoever you’re out with (the serving sizes are quite large). We had some communication issues with our waitress and the bathrooms were awful but all in all, it was a good dinner.

On New Years, all dim sum restaurants were so busy, so this was an alternative. At first, I wasn’t so sure because I never considered this place before. When we were sitting inside, there was only a small family aside from us. I was surprised though, because the food was absolutely delicious. I love the noodle and fried rice! Don’t judge before you’ve eaten

I went to this restaurant a long time back. We were strolling down on the streets of Chinatown. I was looking at Unilocal and figuring out which restaurant to try out. Clay pot sounded interesting, so gave it a try. The restaurant gives a homely feeling. Our server was really sweet. We were served with complimentary tea, which had nice herbal taste. I ordered lobster in clay pot, don’t know if they still have it on menu. It was served with vermicelli. I was asked if I want my lobster to be cracked open and I said yes. Well, I should have said no as because of this my dish had many pieces of shell in it. Otherwise, the dish tasted yum. I will recommend this place.

When in Rome… oooops, I mean, when in Chinatowm… why not go with a local restaurant tucked up a steep staircase on the second floor above a souvenir shop!!!
I loved the adventure. We were among local folks eating lunch in their neighborhood. People watching was awesome.
I ordered the chicken and tofu in a clay pot… I got chicken and curry in a clay pot. Ha. Who’s to argue… I was more than pleased with the mix of flavors and the size. Wow! Luckily I had a willing participant to help me out with the quantity. Lol
The women’s bathroom was tucked behind a small flowered material curtain (yes, there was a door behind the curtain!) It was very private.
I’m glad we ventured in to this place. I would def recommend it. It was clean and our server was cute and charming. She spoke little English but was more than willing to take pics of us at our table. SMILE… click click!!!

Excellent and authentic China town experience. Don’t pass over an opportunity to eat here. I was travelling so dining alone. They made me beef and BoJ choi on rice — no onions or garlic because of fructose intolerance.

This is a really good place with fair prices… It was full of locals which drew us in on a late Sunday evening. Everything else had people trying to persuade us to their restaurants (kind of pushy). We ordered the B for two. There was plenty of food and the atmosphere was a bustling little place above Grant. You really can’t go wrong. By the way, this is very family friendly.

Tagged along with my coworkers who had some serious hankerings for some claypot. The place they WANTED to go to happened to be closed on a Tuesday (random) and a quick Unilocal search revealed to us this place as a another great option.
Our dining experience was exactly as we should have had because we did not do research prior. Since it was a cantonese hole in the wall family restaurant I suspected that things would be served family style here– my coworkers didn’t believe me and insisted on order a WHOLE clay pot each. (too much food alert!) Our server (though nice), didn’t fully understand us when we order 4 of the chicken and Chinese sausage claypot. After some discussion with her in Cantonese she suggested we maybe bring that number down to 3 and add a garlic pea shoot dish instead. My coworkers and I ended up sharing family style the veggies, the 3 GIGANTIC same chicken and sausage clay pots, and 1 tofu and chicken claypot. We also received free soup from the lovely waitress as an appetizer– delicious!
Though not a huge fan of the 3 chicken and Chinese sausage clay pots (it was 70% onion) I DID love the pea shoots and tofu and chicken claypot. The tofu was not the fried kind– it was soft silky tofu mixed with minced chopped chicken and green onions. Paired with white rice, it was fantastic. And at $ 8.95 a pot?! It was such a steal.
Overall, nice service, great affordable pricing, hole in the restaurant that is a bit hard to find, delicious clay pot; and lessoned learned– ITS FAMILY STYLE don’t be afraid to share all kinds of dishes with each other!

One hell of an experience.
Going up the stairs, you’re probably wondering what you’re getting yourself into. Then you’re in a bustling dining room.
Our servers were adorably aggressive, up-​selling us from 2 appetizers to 4. But then we were too full for anything but tea so we missed the clay pots.
The pot stickers were a little under-​cooked. We didn’t finish them.
The fried wontons and fried prawns were excellent!
The spring rolls were meh.
Pro tip: the chile sauce looks much like the sweet sauce, as I discovered rather catastrophically.

I’ve been to a small theater located on the second story of a hotel, wherein I had to traverse a seemingly narrow staircase.
Why not eat at a Cantonese restaurant located on the second story of a narrow staircase as well? What have I got to lose?
The theater was great and made a distinct impression on me, in spite of its oddity. Why should this place be any different? Or at least I tried to tell myself that.
When I am in Chinatown, I normally eat at normal places such as the House of Nanking. But this time, I wanted a change. A departure from the norm. Therefore, I sought out this odd, unassuming restaurant on the second floor.
I was prepared to be greatly surprised; especially since I was famished after a long walk.
Needless to say, my expectations were met with utter disappointment. The service was less than marginal, and the foodwas probably the blandest Cantonese cuisine I have ever tasted in my entire life. It was totally uninspired, and under cooked.
I had the Chicken Curry, the Chicken Lo Mein, and the Fried Rice. Besides the fact that it took forever for them to navigate through the myriad of patrons in this small place to take my order, they also took forever to get me my food. At least, if the food was great, it would’ve made up for the aggravation of having to wait.
Such was not the case here. Every aspect of my expectations where completely unsatisfied.
With the myriad of places to eat in Chinatown, I was hoping that this would be a great find.
The only thing worth finding here was the exit!

This restaurant was quite underwhelming. We tried a bunch of dishes for dinner but there wasn’t anything that stood out. I think the food could have used more seasoning.
The beef chow fun was oily and had some flavor but I’ve definitely had better ones before. The chicken clay pot tasted like generic chicken and broccoli. The bok Choy was standard. The corn soup also lacked flavor so I had to add some salt.

I came here yesterday for take-​out food. Everyone raved about the hot & sour soup so I got it. I didn’t think it was particularly amazing… barely any «sour» to it. It did have the right texture though compared to a lot of other places in Chinatown, which tend to be watered down.
I wanted to get the lobster noodles that I saw on their menu online. Turns out their menu is super outdated. All the prices have increased dramatically. The lobster noodles, listed at $ 16.95 (or something close) turned out to be $ 25.95. Um, no thanks. I think the soup increased to like $ 7 or $ 8 too.
I got the beef chow fun instead which was pretty good but I’m just disappointed with how much they charge now.

HK Clay Pot was a decent Cantonese-​styled restaurant. The service here is above average as compared to other Chinese restaurants. We ordered the fish and bean curd clay pot and one of the veggies (sorry, not sure what the English name is). The clay pot tasted good, but was definitely laden with MSG which made me feel guiltier as I kept eating. I needed a lot of white rice to balance it out. The veggies I got were just okay. They were a bit too stringy for my taste.
3 stars because the food is decent, but nothing amazing.

Avec un groupe d’amis, nous avons été très déçu par ce restaurant. Les critiques dithyrembiques sur Unilocal sur la cuisine et le personnel nous ont attiré dans cet endroit en plein coeur de Chinatown. Premièrement nous n’avons pas bien été servis, le personnel a été peu aimable et nous a quasiment jeté les plats sur table. Deuxièmement, il s’agit plus d’une cantine chinoise que d’un restaurant. Les plats né sont pas très raffinés ni d’une grande qualité. On né s’attendait pas à beaucoup, mais l’ensemble était vraiment plutôt décevant.

Pretty good Chinese food. Service was average but food was pretty good. We ordered kung pao chicken, pan fried chicken noodles, and shrimp fried rice. BTW– the restaurant is on the second floor.
KUNG PAO CHICKEN 5÷5− The kung pao was quite good. It was simple yet flavorful. I was really surprised to see that they actually gave enough chicken in the dish! Most Chinese restaurants rip you off by giving you two pieces of chicken and a bunch of vegetables. This place actually gave a lot of chicken with a fair amount of vegetables. Much appreciated!
PAN FRIED CHICKEN NOODLES 4÷5− Good noodles. Not great, not horrible.
SHRIMP FRIED RICE 4.5÷5− Shrimp was awesome. Rice wasn’t sticky rice, but regular white rice. A little bit more soy sauce would have been nice.
Another plus: This place is one of the nice restaurants in Chinatown (as in it’s not rundown like most of the other places.)

Awesome spot. Definitely dated but excellent food with huge portions. Soups are big bowls, orders are easily 2 – 3 people and prices very cheap. Try their honey walnut prawns, beef chow fun, hot and sour soup, string beans, mustard greens, wonton soup, etc.

Went on a Sunday early afternoon around 1’sh with two friends. This restaurant is located on the 2^nd floor with a very narrow opening to the stairs on ground floor so you would easily miss it. The Chinese (金堂閣) and English names of this place are totally unrelated.
This place is pretty tiny and features mostly big tables sitting 8 – 10 people each. When we arrived there were only 3 big tables opened, and 2 of them were filled with leftover dishes from previous customers — I guess the staff was really busy then. So us 3 people were seated to this huge table next to the entrance.
#Braised Beef Stew 紅燒牛腩煲: B.
The taste was very typical. Usually when it comes to 紅燒 style there should be more flavors to it but it turned out to be typical beef stew. The beef’s tenderness was okay.
#Fish Filet Pot 斑腩煲: B.
It tasted very similar as the braised beef stew — really wonder whether the fish filet and beef were either braised together or used the exactly the same soup/​source base. Besides the fish, every other ingredients looked almost exactly the same.
#Curry Chicken Pot 咖哩雞煲: B+.
Although it didn’t taste like curry at all but more like Portuguese style chicken instead; the flavor was pretty good and the chicken was impressively tender. It’s also good that finally there was a pot didn’t taste like the braised stew style above.
Also got the noodles and vegetables; they were okay but nothing spectacular or memorable. I guess overall their clay pot dishes are decent but definitely nothing stands out and a lot of competitors can meet the same standard easily.

I love this place despite of its shady-​ness. I’ve been there 4 – 5 times, every time I loved the food but wished they had a better dining environment.
This is a real Cantonese experience. I once dined with just us and a big table of gangster looking guys at the big table, drinking and eating, and at the end, the chef joined them at that table LOL.
I always get the lobster noodles (not lo mein, but e-​mein). So good! When crabs are in season, I order crab noodles. I’ve tried other things too, but nothing beats the lobster noodles.
Service is… interesting. I felt like I was taken good care of by a rude mom.

it was really delicious. We came a bit too late after lunch time, but nevertheless got served very friendly and fast. We enjoyed an excellent Wonton soup, shrimp fried rice, chicken chow main and chicken with tender greens.

Typique traditionnel chinois. En plein milieu du fameux quartier chinois. Malheureusement je n’ai pas beaucoup aimé le «duck clay pot» sur lequel nous avions beaucoup d’espoir. Serveuse super sympa qui nous fait plein de suggestions.

Kung poa is great! Great staff!