I visited with 4 friends for lunch. So it wasn't super busy. This is an AYCE place with so many options! I got the chicken broth, and we shared many different meats & veggies. I really liked the beef and chicken. The watermelon soju was good! Came in an actual watermelon, and we got about 3-4 shots each out of it. Safety precautions: the back side tables have plastic dividers between them. QR code for the menu. Staff wearing masks. Sauce bar open, but need your mask & use of wax paper to get sauces. read more

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This place looks nice but the quality was bad. The pot broth was charged additionally and taste was terrible. The meat was not fresh and sliced very thin. The food choices were very limited. The waitress was nice but busy so we couldn't order food faster than we ate. I will not recommend this place. read more

Hot Spot is a fun and delicious place to eat - just make sure to bring your appetite! This is one of those great places where you get to craft your own meal so it is kind of fun activity and yummy dining at the same time. First you pick your broth which happily bubbles and steams right in front of you in your own little cooking pot. Then you start to order what you would like to swirl around and cook inside it. There is so much to choose from - a wide variety of meats and seafood and fresh vegetables and dumplings, noodles, rice cakes - you get the idea. You will run out of room in your stomach before you can every try everything they offer! On top of all of these choices, Hot Spot has a sauce bar where you can choose and/or mix and match a selection off sauces to dip whatever you cooked in to. Again - so many options! The only problem is finding enough room on the table on which to put all the various plates and bowls and sauce dishes! Although it can seem a bit pricey - again - you can eat and eat and eat! Plus, Groupon almost always has a coupon which we put to good use. We always enjoy a great meal at Hot Spot {plus, with all the steam from your cooking pot - you almost get a facial too : -) } read more

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This hot pot place is pretty good! The servers were fast and I highly enjoyed their sauce bar. The only reason why I'm giving a four star is because their broth (Tom Yum) was okay. I've definitely had better in the area. My boyfriend, however enjoyed his broth, I'm just a snob when it comes to broths! On the plus side: they had a lot of options for vegetables and meat, including lamb, which I'm always appreciative of. Not a lot of places carry lamb or they charge extra. For two of us, the bill came out to $63 and some change, which is pretty average for the area on a weekend evening. Overall, not a bad experience. And I really appreciated the vibes, but for me, personally, I like the broth elsewhere. read more

Hot Spot - Receipt for two adults - Asian Fusion Near Me - Fairfax, Virginia

This place went way downhill. The meat quality is not great. The seafood for dinner include crabs, but the crabs were so gross and no flavor who knows how long they have been frozen for. The beef tongue was disgusting. They didn't even take the outer layer off so you're eating the 'hairs' of the tongue. There's literally a black ring around the meat. super chewy. Gross. The sauce selection also shrunk. They use to have a lot of items to choose from and now it's just a few basic things. The pot came out with broth half full and took forever to get a refill. The mala broth was bitter... not my fav, had better elsewhere. The staff was friendly, tho. Haven't been here a while and gave it a shot due to convenience... big mistake. read more

Man-o-man... this place has got to be an Asian's version of the fondue chain, Melting Pot but wayyyy better. I will drive several hours just to come here(and I have, several times since this draft). Lol It's approximately $22 for AYCE Hot Pot! We love the dumplings. I highly recommend calling ahead to see if they have them. They had no dumplings on our second visit. They are made fresh. I haven't been in awhile and heard they renovated since this draft. Can't wait to go back! read more

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Called the number linked to the Fairfax location but Chantilly picked up instead. I couldn't understand them over the phone so I thought I called the right location. Showed up to the Fairfax location and was told I made the mistake and that I should call the Fairfax location next time. Was also told that the number online is not correct and I should call the number on their window/card. It's a little hard to make a reservation that way but that's just my opinion. They said we had to wait 1hr and so we waited. The food wasn't bad and the server gave us a little attitude. But overall was an okay experience. read more

This place is delicious. I ate so much food and left very full. Prices are reasonable and the staff was very friendly m kinda sad when I went they didn't have ramen noodles but that's ok. The table really only accommodates 4 people, we had my friends daughter with us and one of us sat in the issue which was at sometimes we got bumped when people were walking to and from. The meats, broth, temperature everything here was delicious. I will most definitely come back with an empty stomach and friends. The ordering is pretty simple 1. For less, 2. Medium, 3. For more. We mostly stuck with ordering between 1&2, because we eat like birds. The broth here is really good. I kinda just wish the seating area was a bit better. It felt like it shrunk since our last visit. read more

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Wow I love this place. I didn't mind the longer drive to Fairfax for an AYCE hotpot because there's none close to me. I especially enjoyed the sauce bar and creating my own sauces. So you pick your broth and we picked the spicy and the regular shabu shabu which were both good. I will try the kimchi one next time! I recommend the lamb and the fatty brisket, and dipping them in the sauces made it even more yummy. I particular loved the mini dumplings they were so tiny and cute and so good. So pretty much I ate those and the meat. I tried the app cabbage and other vegetables but I liked the enoki mushroom the best because it's got a bit of crunch into it. This place is perfect for when it's cold and rainy out. They don't do reservations but they do call ahead so do that. It gets pretty crowded during the busiest eating times of the day. I really enjoy the food, the service was great and the place is clean and pretty classy for a hotpot place! I would come back again! read more

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honestly the food is good but the server I just dealt with was so rude like damn bro...... u lowkey just made me not wanna eat no more. God forbid I got confused on the menu. The ambience just feels awkward I frequent this place often but this ruined the beginning of an outing. Even when paying you stayed on your phone and yes, I did write you were rude on your receipt because at the end of the day you can at least be a tad bit hospitable. Food service employee to food service employee I can understand why it's always empty in here. Rather spend couple more bucks at urban hot pot cuz at least they'll smile and greet me properly instead of making me feel bad for questions. read more

Good service, good price, good selection. I've been coming here since 2015 or so and I have yet to find a better hotpot place.

Great spot! They give you the choice to do family style or individual pots. We got the family style with two broths the spicy and mild flavors. They had the sauce bar with a large selection of flavors. The meat was frozen, but amazing. Fresh veggies. Overall it was a great experience the staff was really accommodating, and friendly! For Covid: they do take your temperature at the door, and offer hand sanitizer. I also saw them taking temperature's of the staff when they showed for their shift. They do enforce wearing your mask when you leave your table! Will be back! read more

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Food is awesome. They're my favorite for hotpot. I should've entered the sauce raffle! I was alone on a Sunday and seated at the single pot bar. The girl server was very nice to check on me all the time but I only needed a single serving of all my orders. It was satisfying! read more

THE BIG: All you can eat Hot Pot with a laundry list of quality food items. THE BLACK AND WHITE: This place does get jammed very quickly. However we got here at 6:30pm on a Sunday before the dinner rush and was able to grab a table pretty quickly. You're able to choose from 6 broth types. I got the Herbal which is actually infused with Chicken Broth, so if you're looking for a pure vegetarian/vegan, choose the veggie broth. Tons of sauces but my favorite combination is the sesame sauce w/ a splash of spicy, sesame oil, and scallions. Yumm The only suspect food item was the dumpling. You have to leave that sucker in the broth for about 5-10 mins and even then the meat tasted like it was a week old. THE FINAL BAMBOO: $22 for ayce and decent quality items, not bad not bad. read more

Hot Spot - Ayce! - Asian Fusion Near Me - Fairfax, Virginia

Obviously our first venture out to eating at a restaurant again during the pandemic would be at our favorite hot pot spot! So here's my quick COVID-19 update: Face masks are required to enter, they are spacing everyone out at tables if you are indoors and they've revamped their small patio to be able to seat more people and added umbrellas for shade. There no more physical menus but instead a QR code at each table that pulls up the menu on your phone. The sauce bar is closed but they've added all the various sauce ingredients to the menu so you can request them to bring them to you, and they also leave a pitcher of water for you on the table now. All in all, I thought they've made some really great choices to adapt to the new normal, and I felt safe eating there with my family. It was like a small touch of almost-normalcy! read more

Probably one of the best hot pot places in the DMV. I was impressed with the quality, quantity, and options that Hot Spot had to offer. They have many different tables, ones there offer personal or a family pot that can be split. The husband and I got seated at a family table and split the pot for two different but both delicious broths. I was really impressed with the efficiency of service and the phenomenal customer service. The sauce bar also had a lot to offer which is always a plus. Highly recommend Hot Spot! read more

Hot Spot - Asian Fusion Near Me - Fairfax, Virginia

I missed AYCE hot pot so much!!!! Hot spot hit the spot. New restrictions: Only certain tables were used, for social distancing purposes. Take note of the waitlist on Yelp, but once you get to the restaurant if there is a line, you sign up for the waitlist there as well, and it texts you when you're up. The wait didn't take longer than 10 min for my party of 2. For us, sauce bar was open. Make sure you use the wax paper provided to use the tongs so you're not touching it with your bare hands. There is a QR code on the table, no physical menus. When the waitstaff comes by, you let them know what you want. Waitstaff and owner was constantly checking in our us, to see if everything was okay, if we wanted more food etc. A water pitcher was provided at the table so we could refill ourselves. By the end of the night, I was STUFFED with good food- no complaints. Really enjoyed the beef and the marinated pork meats. Ordering the straw and enoki mushrooms was a good move too. Had the mala broth and it hit the spot with its spicy + flavorful taste. I did get the meat sweats by the end for sure. xDD read more

I go here pretty often when i want to treat myself. The portions are okay sometimes it's a hit or miss with the food and service but i'd rather go here than anywhere else. The broth flavors are fairly simple but they have a lot of sauces at the sauce bar to flavor it up. The meat is fresh the bar is nice. Overall good food. read more

Soooooo excited that Hot Spot reopened after their renovations! Two of us arrived right before 6pm on Saturday and we were able to be seated right away. The individual tables were full but there were spots available in the middle area. Within a few minutes, Hot Spot filled up so quickly and there was a decent wait! A few changes that we noticed was that the tables now have built in hot plates for the individual pots. I really like this update! I like being able to control the heat since the fires that they used previously to heat the pots could get aggressive boiling and steaming. With the pot sitting in the table, it makes it easier to actually see what you're cooking. Also, the individual pots seem deeper. I am disappointed that they changed the bowls for the dipping sauce. The ones that they use now are pretty shallow so it was difficult to mix a bunch of items from the sauce bar and i spilled a lot. The food was consistent like previously. We were pretty excited that they had dumplings available as the last few times we went before, they were always out of the dumplings. I didn't remember seeing this item on the menu before, but I just noticed that they have ramen noodles now. I typically try to not fill up with noodles but I had to order it to try it and i actually really enjoyed the ramen noodles. Super excited Hot Spot is open again! read more

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We were visiting Washington DC and wanted some hot pot. So glad we found this place. Their AYCE was very reasonably priced. As of March 17, 2023, it was $32 for adults, $15 for kids and kids under 6 eat for free. We love their veggies and food selection. My favorite was the watercress and dumplings. They are like tiny dumplings that are so flavorful and cute. Their slice beef was melt in your mouth. They have the sauce bar where you can mix your own dipping sauce. We liked it so much we came here two nights in a row. Service was better the first night. read more

This has been our go-to place for hot pot for years! We always get the Tom yum broth and they have a wide selection of meats, veggies, and noodles. Service has been good. Ambiance is great when they are not blaring loud music. We love this place. read more

If you've never tried hot pot, this is a fantastic place to start! You can either get a large soup pot and have two different soup bases or you can have your own individual small hot pot. We had the large pot with the Tom yum and Sichuan mala (regular spicy). They were both delicious but the Tom Yum was my favorite. We had most of the meats, plenty of veggies, seafood and noodles. It's all you can eat but be careful with the noodles; they'll swell up and you won't be able to eat anymore. They also had a sauce bar! The workers were extremely helpful and even made us a special sauce that catered to our tastes. For two people, one coke, one green tea it came to $57 before tip. It was such a great experience! read more

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I really enjoyed the AYCE selection. We were very full afterwards. The staff was also very nice and attentive. Our waiter even brought me an apron to wear because I was wearing a white sweater. We will definitely be coming back! read more

Amazing service everyone was so friendly! The food was delicious I highly recommend. read more

Summary: We hit this place often- good meal. Low prices. They have cold beer with your hot food I'll make this short- we go here often. I love the variety of ingredients and how they accommodate my vegetarian wife. To me that is essential. Being friends here for a good time. They are Covid conscious also read more

Decent place for hot pot! All of their meat and produce taste fresh. Meat is frozen, but it doesn't taste old. I've found that's a problem at some places. Also their dumplings are the best dumplings that I've had at a hot pot place! They're probably store bought, but whatever brand they buy is way better than other hot pot restaurants. Only 3 stars because the broths were very underwhelming. I got kimchi and chicken and felt like both were bland. They relied heavily on salt for flavor. Service: not the best. We would mark 3 for portions of some things, and then we'd still get the amount that came when we marked one. I also had to ask 5 times for more broth and for menus to mark our items. read more

Hot Spot - Kimchi and chicken broth. You can barely notice a difference!! - Asian Fusion Near Me - Fairfax, Virginia

Hot Pot! Hot Pot! Hot Pot! In my opinion, I'll choose AYE hot pot over KBBQ any day. This was my second time at Hot Spot. A​ lot has changed since I've been here a few years ago. I love the new hot pot table and space. It's a nice setup! The little cutouts help​ with spelling hot broth on you. There is a 2-hour limit so I suggest coming early. The last time I was here, we came during dinner and had to wait over an hour to eat. I went during lunch this time during the early hours and had no problem getting a table. There's ​enough hot pot to go around. The choices of meat, vegetables, and noodles are just enough. It's not overwhelming but enough to get you to order again. I could only handle 2-3 rounds. The cuts of meat are quality as well as the vegetables. The sauce bar is a plus! Make your own sauce! How fun is that? I can't wait to stop here again during my next visit. Go here very hungry! You'll love it! read more

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The new policy that prohibits us from ordering the same item twice in an order is just ridiculous given that there is already a policy to have 3 items max per section. Why would you care if I order 3 different things in the same section or order the same item 3 times in an order? I'm sorry, this place should no longer be called AYCE. You got to re-order as soon as the protein is delivered to your table If you are lucky to track down your waiter/waitress. This kills much of the happy eating mode as you are constantly at 100% awareness to locate your waiter to replenish the food. We have a few guests that can only eat 1 protein on the list. By not allowing guests to order the same protein more than once in an order creates troubles for both the guests and the staff. We were one of the very first super fans to visit Hot Spot a decade ago. Sad to see how 1 policy makes or breaks a good business knowing that new and existing competitions have no such policy. read more

The staff was amazing! It was a crazy night and they were swamped, assuming like it is most nights there, and they handled it amazingly. They were quick to acknowledge us, hostess was polite and clearly very comfortable, waitress was prompt, and once we were seated everything cam out quickly. Eating lower, however, as it was my first experience with hotpot and honestly everything I heard was true. It was boiled meat. I got the mala broth expecting it to be spicy but honestly primarily just tasted the peppercorn. Mild spice at best and everything that went into the broth just was attracted in peppercorn. Received no numbness either. If I ever decide to try again it'll be here because of the staff, but over all an underwhelming experience. read more

Hot Spot - Asian Fusion Near Me - Fairfax, Virginia

First of all, they open at 11:30am on Wednesdays, not 12pm like I read somewhere. I haven't been here in over a year so I noticed the renovations which were nice. Not only did it seem more modern, especially the bathroom area, but I noticed you boil the broth right on the table. I also like that the menu is reusable with a dry erase marker. My husband and I ordered the shabu shabu broth and the spicy broth. I liked the shabu better since you can add your own sauces/spices on the side. Speaking of which, I think the sauce trays are smaller than before so you may need two or three of them. The price was also a bit more pricey than I remember- maybe due to all the renovations. Nevertheless, it's still my favorite hot pot restaurant in the area! Wish it was less busy during dinner hours so I could bring my kids :) read more

Hot Spot - Asian Fusion Near Me - Fairfax, Virginia

This was my first visit to a hot pot restaurant. We went with 3 people (including a vegetarian). Two of us got the shabu shabu broth. This was a great experience where we got to choose 6 vegetables and 3 from the other 4 categories (meat, seafood, noodles/rice, and misc meats). We each were given a bowl of rice. You can order more of each later and can ask for small portion of an ingredient to keep down waste. They do have a disclaimer that if you are wasteful they can add 10% but they apparently only do that to keep people from overloading on requests for food they will not eat. This is essentially a buffet they bring to you. This place was so much fun and making your own food let people with different tastes customize their meals. We were at a table for 4 with each person having their own hot pot but I believe family style is an option. Dinner cost more than lunch and weekends are at the dinner price. Service was really excellent and we appreciated our server patiently explaining and checking in frequently. Very good with drink refills. Already planning another trip to the area so we can go back! read more

This is the spot for AYCE hot pot! If unfamiliar with hot pot, you get to choose one broth that stays boiling at your table. You can add various toppings to your broth like slices of beef, tofu, seafood, veggies, and noodles. Hot Spot servers are extremely attentive if you need more toppings and giving more water to the tables. There is a sauce bar where you can serve yourself. My favorite sauce was House Sesame because the broth I picked was spicy Szechuan. The sweet sauce was a great offset to the hot broth. If you order shrimp, it comes with the head and tail on, which requires peeling. I enjoyed the fish balls, fish cakes, scallops and sliced beef. Can't wait to try a different flavored both. This is a great place to take your friends and eat some warm, delicious soup. A great value for AYCE food! read more

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Celebrated the holidays with my family here on a Saturday night and we had such a great time! Even though we had a huge party of 14 people, our servers Tim and Evelyn took amazing care of us! They were really attentive, patient, and checked in on us regularly to make sure we had everything we needed! Can't thank them enough for the A+ service. read more

Amazing food. However the floor by the sauce slef serve area is always slippery. Wait times are reasonable if you don't have a reservation.

I'm still in a food coma after eating here. The service is great and the food is plentiful and delicious. Soup: when choosing a soup, keep in mind that the spicier soups cook a bit faster. Even the spiciest soup isn't super spicy- especially when you consider that you are eating food cooked in the soup rather than the soup itself. I chose the Tom Yum Soup and highly recommend it. It has a decent amount of spice with a nice lemongrass flavor. Food: all the food is good and I recommend trying everything (it's unlimited so why not?). However the following are my favorite items: - fatty brisket & Ribeye- nice and flavorful - house marinated pork- hands down my favorite - egg- who doesn't like eggs? Cook for about 1-2 minutes, take out the egg, and dip meat into the runny goodness. - mushroom- all of their mushrooms are delicious - scallops- they soak in the flavor of the soup! Can't recommend this place enough. Go here early to avoid the long wait. read more

Hot Spot - Asian Fusion Near Me - Fairfax, Virginia

Great place to come to when I'm craving some hot pot. It's all you can eat so come hungry! Not as many to select from as some other hot pot places. Don't let that deter you though, there's still a good amount of items to choose from and their flavorful broths more tha make up for it. Try mixing the sauces together to create something new and to your liking. ;) read more

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Takes forever getting here from D.C., but gosh it's good!! At Hot Spot, you can do either family-style hot pot, or have your individual hot pot. You have to tell the host before you're seated because not all tables have the family-style feature. It is AYCE - yayyy, but they have a reasonable 2-hour limit for this. 6 different broths you can choose from. I went with the Tom Yum broth which was delicious and definitely had a kick to it. There are a range of items you can order, all included in the AYCE price, to add into your broth. Our favorites were: house marinated pork, fatty brisket, lamb, scallops, jumbo shrimp, udon noodles, cabbage, enoki mushrooms, straw mushrooms, and king oyster mushrooms. You can order as many of the add-in items as you want - no limits! As you get low on the broth, your server comes around adding more water to your broth. I was worried the broth would get watered down, but it didn't. NOTE: They have a sauce bar which is fun! Includes topping essentials such as cilantro, spring onion, garlic, and hot chili oil. Sky is the limit in terms of making the hot pot your own! It gets busy so prepare to wait if you're in during peak wait times. read more

Hot Spot - Asian Fusion Near Me - Fairfax, Virginia

We were able to walk right in with the waitlist feature. The service was very good. We didn't have to wait for any of the orders which came out very fast. The sauce bar is on the modest size but has most things you'd need. I was impressed with how thinly shaved the meat was which could cook in seconds if your pot is boiling. The middle tables have plastic shields in between stalls which made me feel safe to dine indoors. The small portions are actually a benefit because it let us order exactly what we wanted and not over order. Our waitress checked in many times to make sure we were attended to. Very happy with the service. The fresh shrimp were a nice surprise and really enhanced the broth taste. The lamb as well was superb. All the vegetables seemed fresh and were cut nicely. We went for dinner around 6 pm and it wasn't busy but it was getting busier at around 7. Definitely would recommend and go back especially as the weather cools down. read more

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Typically stop by here when I'm visiting DC. There's plenty of parking and great for big groups or for those who prefer variety. There are many veggie options and all. the. meats! The portions are big and the servers are very nice. I would say though, we stopped by on Christmas Day and this place was hopping and maybe they were short staffed but it was hard placing orders as we rarely saw our waiter. We often had to flag someone down and we only got half the things we ordered. I've noticed that it's easier to order all that you want on the first order because after that you might not see your waiter for a while. I'm not saying it's all the time but the times I've stopped by, it's been a trend. read more

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I have been here about 4-5 times in the last 3 years( including last night) This is my go to hot pot place and will continue to come back! This place is an Asian fusion hot pot spot. Hot spot is about $23 for AYCE and 2 hr limit Pros - good food -lots of variety - pretty decent broths( herbal & spicy are my favorites) -good service - good drinks(a little on the expensive side) -big sauce bar -good atmosphere Cons - wait time can go from 30- 60 minutes on average - always run out of dumplings - sometimes forget things in orders( but if you tell them they're really nice and fast about rectifying the situation) Recommend -making a reservation as soon as possible - going right when they open for lunch or dinner - both beef options - puffed tofu - potato - king oyster mushrooms - beef balls, shrimp balls( all balls) -scallops -shrimp -put an egg in your hot pot sauce( not uncommon/as gross as it sounds ) -udon noodles(at the very end) -sauce bar looks intimidating but almost any combination goes great with meat and veggies -get the family style pot! Skip Clams/mussels( frozen and sometimes have sand) Overall great atmosphere, food, and very fun! read more

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