Was in the mood for some spicy, authentic Chinese fry pot and was lucky to find General Pot while waiting for my other takeout order next door. They have a pretty extensive menu and I thought their lunch specials was a good price: $14.99 for a mini pot with rice and soup. I ended up ordering the beef dry pot, shrimp dry pot, and a tofu with veggie dry pot to go (about $48 before tip). When I went home and opened up the order, I was surprised to see the dishes were all massive. The flavors were great and not too oily. I liked that they included a good variety of veggies with each dish and that they also deveined the shrimp, which is not common for many Asian restaurants. Unfortunately, half way through the meal I found a long piece of hair in one of the dishes and that was a little off putting. This made me question the cleanliness of the restaurant and their quality control. If I was in person and had this experience, I would've definitely pointed it out to the staff. We did not finish the dish and tossed it out. Overall, I have mixed feelings about this experience. I still would like to go back to try other dishes but I am also skeptical of their overall cleanliness. read more

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We keep coming back for the dry pots. We rarely order other dishes unless we go with a big group. We always go with either the dry pots or the fish pot. I often pick up take out for dinner when I dont want to cook as well. My favorite order is beef dry pots then add large intestine and beef tendon, plus a couple veggies options. read more

General Pot - Beef dry pot with large intestine and beef tendon - Chinese Near Me - Fremont, California

Stopped in on Saturday for dinner little before 6pm but it filled up pretty quick. We decided on ordering a beef dry hot pot and added potato chips, noodles, and lotus roots. Price is reasonable and portion size is huge. Three of us couldn't finish it and we still had about half for leftovers. Let me say that this is probably the best dry hot pot I've had from any restaurant, and I've been to three other restaurants. Watch out this place doesn't shy away from spicyness, level 3 was pretty hot. Service was good and quick. If this place was closer I would be visiting pretty often. read more

Highly recommend this place!! I came here many times already, lost count the numbers because I always go back during lunch for the weekdays. Lunch Special weekdays: served you free cup of soup and cup of rice Pay cash: Discount Offer Service: Friendly, fast service, food is hot Ambiance: simple decoration, clean, neat and comfortable to dine in Food: big portion, taste is very good (Wok Air) , come with many different kinds of veggies in the dish 配菜 Price: Very reasonable read more

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Super authentic Sichuan cuisine! You know it's a must try when there is a line 1 hour before they close. We ordered: -General style spicy chicken wings with chili pepper ( one of the best I have found in the bay) -Spicy lamb slice in dry pot (very solid) -Stir fried string beans I highly recommend if you are in the Fremont area and would love some authentic Sichuan spicy foods! General pot is located in a little plaza across from Costco. Parking can be difficult during lunch/dinner hours, but know that there are some parking spots in the back. ***********My Overall Rating********** Taste: 4.5 Price: 4.5 Environment: 4 Service: 4.5 read more

General Pot - Chinese Near Me - Fremont, California

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Unbelievable Sichuan deep fried fish with optional beef strips, potato noodle and cabbage with medium spiced with red chili pepper and cumin. The fish is extremely crispy and crunchy to the bite and the flat hot pot is heated from a light flame. The fish skin crust is marinated in the chili oil to perfection! Service is fast and attentive. Ambiance is adequately clean and comfortable. I strongly recommend this treasure restaurant and we will be back soon! read more

Amazing food and friendly staff. I especially recommend their salt and pepper fish and garlic pork! Rathin read more

Came here with a friend midday during the week. It was pretty empty, but I get the feeling they get more business during dinner. My friend and I ordered two mini pots and shared (it was still way too much food, but I'm not complaining ). Good service, tasty food, definitely will come back when I'm in the area! read more

General Pot - Beef mini pot - Chinese Near Me - Fremont, California

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If you like mala spicy food, here you go. I opt for mild spicy, sliced beef dry pot (mini) $17.63 after tax. It comes with rice and tomato egg soup. A satisfying meal. read more

General Pot - Sliced beef mini dry pot - Chinese Near Me - Fremont, California

Got to this area at 2:30, the 2 other restaurants next door are closed, try here, to my surprise, it was pretty good. The spicy beef noodle has a clear colored soup and little chilli in sight but it's spicy, good spicy. The tripe was not entirely cold, lukewarm warm with lots of cilantro that I like too. The beef mix chill sauce was quite well done too. Shang is still better but this is not too far behind and they open while others are closed, I gave my support. read more

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Love the place. Have been a big fan and twice in 1 week. Staff is really nice and food is delicious read more

Amazing food and great service Super awesome host and nice spicy food! Highly recommend to everyone read more

Great tasting dry pot, generous portion, good & fast service. Some might find the place not clean enough. I've heard about this place for a long time and it's been here for a long time. I didn't expect it to be good but it's actually the best dry pot place I've had here in the bay area. The interior is quite cozy and nice, but I find the floor and the table a bit slippery, typical for a long-established small chinese place. They offer dry pots, roast fish as their special, along with some dishes which are not from a particular region in China, but a pretty good selection of Spicy/non-spicy food. We ordered: Spicy sliced beef & (supposedly) innards: The flavor is on point, chili oil is very fragrant. The sliced beef is tender and well marinated, however, there's supposed to be tripes in this dish, but we found none, only with some tendons inside. Dry-pot beef with pork intestine: we added lotus roots and tofu skin. They dry pot already has some veggies inside such as cauliflower & cabbage. The Med-spicy was quite spicy already so if you're not a chili eater maybe order mild. They flavor is very on point, spicy and fragrant, with hint of chili bean paste and pepper. The portion is quite big, they give you a lot of meat & veggies. We ate half and we're pretty full already, but we stuffed ourselves so we ate more but we still have 1/3 leftover. It's very comforting & satisfying food and we definitely would come back for more dry pot goodness. read more

General Pot - Cold dish, beef & tendon slices - Chinese Near Me - Fremont, California

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The food is delicious and authentic. The dishes are made to order and I can smell the freshness. Most of the dishes are spicy, but the spice level is open to be customized. The plates are nice with beautiful flower patterns, making the meal more delicious. The restaurant provides discounts for cash payments. read more

If you walk around Boscell rd near Auto Mall Parkway, try this place and enjoy Chinese food. Most of their food items are spicy. We ordered the fried rice, Tofu, and eggplant. Both the Tofu and eggplant had minced ground pork and taste delicious. It's a labor day weekend and the place is almost full so we waited for our food to arrive. There are more choices around this block but we decided to check this place. We will try their other items if we do come back here. The food we tried is good and aside from the spiciness, it's sumptuous. Try to order with less spiciness so that you'll not be surprised if you're not used to it. read more

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Excellent dry pot Chinese restaurant. The flavor is improving especially post pandemic. Whenever we are craving spicy pots this is our go to place. The cost is reasonable compared to many similar restaurants in peninsula and south bay. read more

General Pot continues to be a delicious, not-too spicy option for good Chinese food in Fremont -- and I'd also say that it has pretty good customer service as well! The waiters were very attentive to our needs and friendly as well. The best items to get here are the fish in spicy chili pepper oil (it is so soft and the bean sprouts/mushrooms in the oil are so good too!), cumin lamb, eggplant stir fry, and their namesake dry hot pots (which are so large and come with plenty of veggies in addition to whatever else you choose to put inside). read more

Their Lunch special mini combo is a good deal. You can select mild mild spicy if you can't eat very spicy.

Take these reviews with a grain of salt including mine. The food and service was fantastic and if you go for the lunch special the value for money is superb. The sliced lamb with onions and green onions at medium spice was just what we were looking for along with the fish gluten as a bit of a sampler. Would definitely recommend and return to eat here. read more

Very tasty, I always come here. The price is a little bit high, but they do have big portion of food.

Ordered to go the dry pot with intestine with added cabbage, black fungus and other veggies. Portions are big for dinner enough to share between three adults and have leftover. Also got the spicy boiling beef, very flavorful. If you want authentic szhechuan spicy level of food this is the place to go. Customer service is good and efficient! read more

The dry pots are very delicious. The fried pork with Sichuan flavor is my favorite. There are many spicy levels, ask server to pick the right one. The price is very reasonable especially the lunch menu. The service is also good. read more

DELICIOUS! It doesn't matter what protein you crave as long as it's creation was made by the chef's at this establishment. Their style of cooking entails a lot flavor and heat which makes you want to eat more of it. If your like me always looking to fulfill your palet with great eats I highly suggest you try this place!! read more

Amazing dry pot in Fremont, CA. Will be back. Super courteous service as well. The spiciest place I've been to so far and I loved it!

Get the lotus roots in your dry pot!!! It's sooooo good! Our server was really great and attentive. The restaurant is smaller than I expected when I first walked in but they have some family style table in the corner. Overall it was really good I'll come again. read more

General Pot - Chinese Near Me - Fremont, California

Super empty when I walked in Tuesday for lunch. Tried their mini sliced lamb dry pot special with the fish gluten (fish balls) with bok choy. "Sliced Lamb" - I started digging at the dry pot so eagerly I forgot to take a photo - but I am super pleased! The flavoring is spicy and numbing as expected. I used to frequent a spot in SoCal that tasted like this that was BUSTLING, so I was surprised that it was so empty. "Fish gluten with cabbage" - could have been named better but it's not bland, super fat fish balls you're used to.... It was a good complement to the spicy and oily spicy dry pot. Tea was served with the meal and soup was given to me and BF even though we ordered just one spicy pot special. I am gonna try and come here more often. I thought I had to go all the way to SF to get smaller sized dry pot. Which by the way serves 2 comfortably :P read more

Quite possibly the best dry pot restaurant I've ever been to this far. My mom loves this place and is her go to everytime we eat out for dinner. Our usual is the beef dry pot, and we always get medium spicy(I personally prefer extra spicy but my parents don't) and we load it up with extras. There is an additional cost for add ons depending for what you get but what you get is enough to feed a family of 4 possibly for a week. The original beef dry pot I believe came with glass noodles, beef slices, and cabbage. Everytime I go I usually add on prawns, beef tendon, gluten balls, dried tofu bean curd slices, and wood ear. Everything tastes amazing! I highly highly recommend this place to anyone that likes spicy food and wants to try a dry hot pot for the first time. The spiciness is actually the numbing spicy, or mala, and not the usual spicy. All the flavors work super well and all in all, it's literally a giant wok of pure umami. read more

General Pot - Beef dry pot with add ons - Chinese Near Me - Fremont, California

Best Chinese food in Bay Area! All the dishes are absolutely delicious. Highly recommend!!

One of my favorite places that serves authentic Chinese dry pots. My go to choices are either the bullfrog ($MP) in which they use fresh meat, not the frozen thigh only kind, or the large pigs intestine ($25) that is cooked to a Chinese style spicy skewers type of texture which I love. The dish is large enough to be shared between 2 or 3 people and contains a lot of cabbage, bean sprouts and some wood ear mushrooms and cauliflower. My favorite add-ons are the "potato noodles" ($4) which are clear/glass noodles made with potato starch, lotus root ($4) to provide that crunch, and potato chips/slices ($3) that soak up all the excess sauce and flavors. Great with a bowl of white rice or by itself but my PRO TIP is to go next door to Shang Cafe and get the Rose Ice Jelly ($6) to enjoy with your meal! It's the perfect sweet cooling deliciousness to pair with your spicy meal. read more

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I rarely ever give a low rating. I've been here twice and I'm not coming back. We came on Mother's Day, party of four, and we were seated right away around 6pm. I was ready to order so I did the typical hand in the air signal. ONCE and only once. Then the guy yelled from afar and said "one minute!!! Even if you order now you'll still have to wait a long time!!!" Okay? It's not like I was signaling him more than once. I was totally fine with waiting. We arrived at 6pm and so it was a bit earlier than our dinner time anyways. Someone had a huge attitude but it got worse... An older lady took our order. Let me pause here. Huge language barrier. I've been here before so that's totally understandable so I pointed at the menu. We wanted the non spicy fish and I wanted to make sure there wouldn't be a lick of chili. Cus the spicy version has chili covered all over the fish. She got so loud and said "no spicy no chili right!!!!" Super belittling and rude. I just wanted to make sure. She could've just acted like a normal person. The next incident had me wanting to leave immediately. We were a party of four and we've had the same fish before. SHE wanted to upsell apparently which is fine but she kept repeating in the most impatient way to let us know that the fish only feeds two people! It was irritating to say the least. Also, I ALMOST forgot to mention that the guy was walking around maskless a few times and he would actually be at someone's table, reaching his arms in there and mixing peoples dishes. No thanks! Lastly there was absolutely no social distancing. I was able to turn my back directly at a stranger. Not to mention, they have spicy foods here so you will hear people cough up a storm. I guess I'll end off my review with a positive note and say that their fish was good. And another star for being seated right away. BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. read more

Great customer service! We were running pretty late,so we decided to give a call to the restaurant at 9:05 PM to confirm them that we would be able to make it to the restaurant by 9:20 PM. The owner was very friendly and helpful and suggested us to order the food on the call so that he can get it ready by 9:20 PM. We ordered chicken dry pot with noodles (medium spicy) If you like spice I highly recommend it!! However, They did mess one time item on the call. Nevertheless it tasted good! read more

Walked here from the Automall while getting my car's oil changed. Had the dry fish fillet dry pot lunch. I got hot and it was hot and it was the right heat, I probably could have handled extra hot but that probably would have hurt. It was salty but it was good. It is served in a pot over beansprouts and lotus root, I was glad to have some vegetables. The lunch meal is a pretty good deal and good portion. Also had green onion pancakes but that was just average. read more

General Pot - Dry Fish dry pot lunch special. It is atop bean sprouts and lotus roots - Chinese Near Me - Fremont, California

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Medium spicy is very spicy. But it tastes very good. We ordered the beef pot, it is good. We have been here twice recently, no queue at all. read more

General Pot - Chinese Near Me - Fremont, California

Ordered two large family size dry pot to share for a company luncheon of 7 ppl. Good variety of vegetables found in both dishes. There's a great amount of flavor in both of the dishes. It comes with individual rice and the seafood even has vermicelli noodles at the bottom. Next time I would like to try their fish dry pot. read more

General Pot - Seafood dry pot - Chinese Near Me - Fremont, California

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General Pot specializes in Dry Hot Pots. It's good with large groups when you can order a bunch of ingredients all mixed in a big pot. It's pretty economical especially for students. General Pot is filled with young people. There are other things on the menu but the main dish is the Gan Guo. We had the beef Gan Guo with a bunch of other items in it. The whole pot is way too much for two people. You can choose your level of spicyness. Service is good. Plenty of parking. read more

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This place has really tasty dry pots! I'd have to put them in my top 3 for sure. They might even be the top at this time. This dry pot place existed before all the other ones popped up but the last for me to try for some reason. It's a no frills type of place but recently just added new booths with built-in stovetops for the dry pots. For those who don't know what a dry pot is, it's a pot of stir fried meat and veggies that are further heated up more by placing the pot over flames at tableside. And you eat it while it's sizzling hot. There are levels of spiciness and we always go for the Extra Hot! This place hands down has the spiciest dry pot so far and I love sitting there drowning in sweat with my tongue numb, while I attack this thing head on! It's pretty meaty here and the pot feeds at least 2 people. The flavors and spice are pretty intense. It might be on the salty side but just wash that down with some ice cold Tsingtao Beer! They boiling fish in chili oil is also delicious and tongue numbing as well. Will be back again soon! Happy Grubbin'! read more

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This review is not for their dry hot pots, as they're pretty much all really spicy and I don't really eat spicy food (my parents, who are China natives and are avid spicy eaters, say that the dry hot pots are pretty good though). I like the feel of this medium-sized restaurant. It's clean, casual, and the menus are adorable. The only thing I would watch out for is that it can get really loud in here, as a lot of younger people come here in groups to eat hot pot. They also have the tv turned up really loud sometimes, and there's always some Chinese drama or show on. The tea here is your normal tea bagged tea, which was a little disappointing because I was hoping they would at least have loose-leaf, but the flavor wasn't bad. The waitress was even nice enough to change the tea bag for us after our third refill because the flavor was fading. Service here was a little slow, but the waiters and waitresses are pretty nice and attentive. Sweet, sour, and spicy potato appetizer with slivers of cucumber: (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/general-pot-fremont-2?select=MHMBJg2n0U1Pwx8DPymBaw#MHMBJg2n0U1Pwx8DPymBaw) I only had a bite of this chilled dish because I don't really eat spicy food, but it's not incredibly spicy as there is only a bit of chili flakes scattered throughout. The potato and cucumber slivers are mostly mixed with white vinegar, sugar, and some other spices. This was really good, incredibly refreshing, and light. My mom (who is super duper picky about Chinese food) even liked it! Loofah squash with fish gluten puffs: (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/general-pot-fremont-2?select=MHMBJg2n0U1Pwx8DPymBaw#-fQI40wjPJVXew2RRNGpog) If you've never had fish gluten puffs, they're basically gluten puffs with fish paste stuffed inside. I liked this dish. It was light, flavorful, and not too sticky. I really dislike it when chefs put a lot of potato starch in after the vegetables are cooked so that there's seemingly less juice; it all just turns to this sticky, gelatinous mess that clings to the vegetables and makes them taste so heavy and soggy. The loofah squash was cooked well, tender but not soggy, and the fish gluten puffs are some of the best I've had. Stir-fried large pea sprouts: (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/general-pot-fremont-2?select=MHMBJg2n0U1Pwx8DPymBaw#W_irCzIdA5Us8lrnVpiaPA) Large pea sprouts are some of my favorite vegetables, so I've had them at a lot of places. This wasn't the best I've had, but it's not the worst either. The pea sprouts themselves were a little tough, but the cook on them was nice, not too oily and not too overcooked. A good dish if you're looking for some simple, healthy vegetables. Spicy stir-fried lamb: (http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/general-pot-fremont-2?select=NHOMSbk3QTghZzqHPB_82A#NHOMSbk3QTghZzqHPB_82A) I didn't actually try this, but my dad (who grew up eating traditional spicy food) said that it was the best dish of the night. If you don't like the gamey taste of lamb, you can also replace the meat with beef, but the cook and pairing will be the same. read more

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Very pleasantly surprised! This is a gem. The food: very interesting, this is Hunan style pot I supposed? It is another style besides hotpot/claypot, which is also pretty yammy. This style is more flavorful than hotpot, dryer than claypot, and often spicy. We wanted spicy and the waitress warm us even "little spicy" would be challenging, she was right, mildly spicy was right for us, though I eat Sichuan/Hunan cuisine often. If you want a challenge try their Hantai spicy which "crazily spicy" probably can't describe the heartburn you will experience. The catfish pot was a lot for two of us, good for 4. And love the veggies and variety of add-ons, and they do give a lot! (Except the catfish, which more will be great) Even the beef noodle that I thought were totally not their specialty they manage a pleasant surprise, the texture of the noodle were as good as freshly made with superb skills. The extra star is for our waitress from Beijing, look at the bowl of rice in the photos. Yeah it is just a bowl of rice but only 2/3 left, I absolutely hated the restaurants to nickle and dime on rice so that you would order more for their pure profit, mostly people ended up eating less and dissatisfied. Folks this is just simple basic service decency, I instantly know this is a 5 star upon seeing that, restaurants have NEVER given enough for a bowl of rice, they expect 2 bowl of rice when you need to order rice. read more

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Love the food and the ambiance. Service was fast and good. Will definitely come back and try other dishes out. read more

General Pot - Mongolian beef - Chinese Near Me - Fremont, California

I forgot how I stumbled upon this place, but it is easily one of my favorite Chinese restaurants at the moment. A couple visits in, I realized the manager looked really familiar. It was then I realized that I had met him almost a year ago at AT&T and he had given me his name-card to promote his new restaurant...General Pot! I guess it was fate that I would fall in love with this place. Rating Breakdown: 2/2 Stars for Taste -- OK several disclaimers here. I don't eat super spicy. I've never had their dry hot pot. Wow. A lot of the other reviews focus on the dry pot, but let me tell you, their other dishes are not shabby either. If you order anything on the menu and you see that it has Chinese celery, cilantro, and is covered in red chilies, it's going to be delicious. I highly recommend the cilantro beef and the cold noodles as an appetizer. I don't know what's in that tangy red chili sauce, but it is what's CRACK-A-LACKIN'! You also can't leave without trying their sauteed pig intestines. It comes in a dry hot pot, but the smaller plate ($9.99) is totally enough for me. It has a slow spiciness that builds! The crispy outside and the chewy inside has you gasping for more...or is that the spice? If I ever were to try a dry hot pot, it would be with the intestines, hands down. The crispy tofu dish is also amazing. The fried tofu comes smothered with a minced meat sauce. It goes great with rice. In fact, everything here goes great with rice because the dishes tend toward the salty side. I love that, but others may not. 1/1 Stars for Value -- At around $10 a dish, not bad for authentic Chinese food, especially with the large portion sizes. We usually spend about $12-15 dollars per person, but we end up taking boxes home. The dry hot pot is usually $15-20, but it can feed up to 4 people easily when paired with one or two other dishes. 1/1 Stars for Customer Service -- One time, my sister and I came specifically for the intestines. When we ordered, the lady informed us that the intestines wouldn't be ready for another hour or so. The devastation must have been written all over our faces because she apologized, back away from our table, and gave us a moment to re-think our order. When we came back the next time, she saw us and immediately reassured us that there was intestine that day. Also, they get that star just for putting up with my Dad's Dad jokes. Ugh. haha Bonus Star because I cannot get enough of this place! I come more than once a month, for sure. I dream about those intestines and cold noodles. Mmm....maybe I should head over for dinner. read more

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