Very busy crazy... There is a large learning curve to figure out the Hotspot menu...ipads are for ordering.and how toveat it...I had yom tom spicy broth..lots of mushrooms..napa cabbage.. Wife had a mild coconut broth..we both enjoyed.. * turn down the rap music* I understand it is a young person's place..but the very loud rap music is a turn off for me... There is a large sauce bar..that next time I will sample.. . read more

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I'm back! This place is $33 AYCE. You just can't go wrong. I think the BBQ is an extra $5. For my first drink, I'm having a Long Island Ice Tea made with vodka, rum, gin, tequila, lime juice and Pepsi (for the color, I assume). I am trying the Asian (Spicy) Soup broth. They have a huge bar to make your sauce, appetizer and dessert. For me, I'm having seawee salad, kimchi, spicy cucumbers and daikon radish. My sauce is a mixture of a lot of things. You can make your own to your liking! For my next drink, I'm having an Old Fashioned. The old fashioned is a cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and water, adding whiskey (typically rye or bourbon) or sometimes brandy, and garnishing with an orange slice or zest and a cocktail cherry. Well, it's not bad. Look where you are. Still, this was a great meal! read more

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It's been almost 2 years since we were last here. It's no longer chaotic, and actually very enjoyable to eat here! They now leave a personal ordering pad to place your orders, ask for refills, and call your server over. Now you don't have to feel like you're being rushed, and can order on your time, and relax with your company. Just be careful not to accidentally toggle out of English. Unless you can read Chinese! read more

Hungry Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - Barbeque Near Me - Wethersfield, Connecticut

We were really looking forward to this place but were highly disappointed. The first thing was the staff , they are in your face the ENTIRE time , just staring . Meats were tough no matter what we did . You can only pick one broth at a time but they gone so much you can't finish . The restaurant itself nice with ample seating . read more

Hungry Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - Broth tom go gai- did not like it at all and we eat this soup regularly at other restaurants - Barbeque Near Me - Wethersfield, Connecticut

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Walking into the Hungry Pot felt like I'm walking into a nightclub. They had loud music blasting and lights flashing. It looked very modern and promising. Hungry Pot is a Korean BBQ. Depending on when you go, the cost will vary. It was $32.99 per person when we went on Sunday night. For an additional $5 per person you can have access to their hot pot soups. Since it was our first time here, our waitress showed us how to order. They have a buffet with sauces, crab legs, some salads and fruit. Each table receives an iPad for ordering, you can select your category then order. The food was delivered to us quickly, then pretty soon after we felt like we ordered a bit too much. They have a large assortment of meats and seafood. I especially enjoyed the octopus and the oysters. The quality of all meats isn't up to the same level. There's no way you will leave hungry. I would love to try their soups sometime. read more

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Me and Michael decided to try the Hungry Pot. The food is fresh and bountiful. My waiter Ehdoh was awesome. He was very attentive and willing to explain how to order the food for the Hotpot and how to prepare it. I asked Ehdoh what his favorite broth is? I told him my favorite broth is Tom Hum. He told me favorite was the Tum Hum but his palate for spicy moved him to the spicy szechuan broth. Endoh and all the workers displayed excellent customer service skills. He also took upon himself to mix the two broths for me. I also ordered several different seafood and veggies for my hot potl. Michael ordered crablegs and he really enjoyed his Hotspot. The drinks were hitting. And the ambiance cozy. All the staff were friendly and attentive to the needs of every customer. It's so colorful. You feel like your in Korea enjoying an awesome Hotspot. If your in Weatherfield CT or Manchester please check out Hungry Pot Korean BBQ and Hot Pot. To my Yelpers let's continue to eat our way through the world #foodie4life. read more

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This place is overwhelming in a good way. It's the only hot pot place I've been to where I can get that AND BBQ at the same time. And vice versa. Each person has their own hot pot, and the table has a grill. Although I'll say the grill is either way too hot, or barely on. So everything either took forever, or was burned beyond recognition. Just FYI. The sauce bar is insane. Nice little side buffet. The menu is laid out the best way possible, but still confusing. And you have to do it on a tablet. I hate that. I'd like to just talk with the waiter so we understand what we're doing. And I've done this many times, just not at this place. It was all clean, fresh, tasty, and pleasant. Just, watch your bill. I'm not sure how 3 of us ended up paying $177 when it should be $33/each. Dumb of me not to look closely at the bill. But I'd still go back! read more

This was my first time to this location. I've tried the Manchester sister location, which was always really good. This spot also did not disappoint. Sauce bar was very clean. The service was amazing the broth options were really great and I liked the choices they gave. The meat and the portion sizes were doable depending on your party size. I definitely come back here again. read more

Service is very quick. Has a sauce station with some minor apps and a tray of dessert. A decent boba tea menu but drinks were pretty sweet. I like that they have an iPad to choose all your options: broth, meats, veggies, noodles and rice. Worth the money and trip. It's in a small shopping strip so there's parking. read more

Everything was great. Pork belly could not get enough ,snow crab super ,lot of cooking Kevin was a great server. read more

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We were seated quickly on a Saturday during typical lunch hours. I can't believe how quick the service was. Once you order from the tablet, even multiple times the food is at your table before you have time to finish mixing your sauces at the sauce bar. So much selection!!!And everything was fresh. My daughter and I enjoyed the hotpot and bbq option. My personal favorites were the pig cheek and short ribs. Looking at what we ordered I thought there's no way we could finish, but we did and ended up ordering two more times. Next time I will opt for barbecue only. I tried two different broths and they were great ( tom yum was a bit spicy for me). And the pork broth was mild. I just loved sizzling everything up on the grill and dipping in various sauces. The staff were great and joked with us. I highly recommend. read more

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$40 pre tip for both all you can eat KBBQ and hot pot dinner menu is decent (pretty good deals offered during lunch too). This included broths, sauces, snow crab legs, crawfish. Menu is on the website and there is a very good variety. Items came out immediately after you placed an order on the iPad. After 2 large rounds of orders, the waitress came back and asked "is that it?", surprised that we were already done Favorites: Marinated short ribs, shrimp, and spicy pork belly. read more

Hungry Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - AYCE Snow crab legs, crawfish, and fried popcorn chicken as "side dishes" - Barbeque Near Me - Wethersfield, Connecticut

After leaving CT and living in the Bay Area for 3.5 years, I was pleasantly surprised to come back and see much more AYCE Korean BBQ and hotpot options now available in the central CT area! I came to Hungry Pot after a few friends of mine had raved about the good deal - it did not disappoint! For only $32.99, you can choose between AYCE Korean BBQ OR Hotpot - and for only $5 more, you can have both! Both options include full access to the snack/sauce/app bar which includes massive snow crab legs and crawfish for dinner which easily lets you get bang for your buck. I ended up going with both the BBQ and hotpot and found that overall meat quality was fresh. Service was quick and I left FULL. I will be back the next time I'm in CT! read more

Hungry Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - Barbeque Near Me - Wethersfield, Connecticut

Great and fast service with good meats and veggies. I've enjoyed hungry pot's manchester location, however they have been a little bit more strict on their policies as of late. So my girlfriend and I decided to make the trek to this location to give some of their other places a try. The decor of this place is very much the same as the manchester location, only smaller. lots of LED strips, space themes and random knick-knacks strewn around. This specific location gives the user the tablet so they can order what they want. After ordering, you go up to the sauce bar and get your sauces and the staff rapidly delivers your foods. The service here is significantly quicker than the manchester location. we had a flurry of plates delivered in a very short timeframe. The meats were all of good quality, the soup bases had a good amount of flavor already, but the sauce bar had plenty of options to allow one to customize their meal to their pallet. They offer crab legs at this specific location, which was a nice tasty treat to enjoy while cooking the rest of your food. Overall, a great dining experience. We will be back here again when we get the mood for bbq! read more

Save your time and your money. Place was visibly dirty. 1:30pm on a Monday. Simultaneously reeked of cleaning product everywhere. Hard pressed to call out a single thing that tasted good or fresh. Server was excellent. She merits at least 1 of the 2 stars. read more

Although Hungry Pot is both a Korean BBQ and Hot Pot restaurant, I visited for lunch BBQ. I've had Korean BBQ a few times at a few different places, which certainly is not enough times to make me an authority. With that said, I found my food experience at Hungry Pot to be generally enjoyable but somewhat mixed in terms of quality. With an all you can eat lunch deal of around $20 per person, Hungry Pot isn't priced to be a high end Korean BBQ experience, but the BBQ part of the lunch was pretty good. For lunch, you can select from meats and fish like beef, chicken, salmon, squid and pork and vegetables like mushrooms, corn and zucchini. The meats may be sliced very thin for Bulgogi style or a bit thicker like pork belly. They may be marinated, seasoned or more plain. You grill the meats and veggies on a heated metal surface in the middle of your table. The outside of the circular grill surface has some vents which seems to allow for the equivalent of faster and hotter direct grilling. The middle does not have the vents and seems to be for more slower indirect heat grilling. I like to cook, so I found the process of cooking Bulgogi style chicken and beef and pork belly fun. There is a sauce station where you can mix your own sauce from various ingredients or choose some pre-made sauces. I like to mix sauces at home and I'm used to working with Asian sauces and condiments. So again, I enjoyed this. The same area has a buffet where you can select things like daikon radish, seaweed salad, popcorn chicken, squid, Spring Roll and kimchi. The versions of these things were at best average and weren't really a selling points for me like they are in some Korean or other restaurants. The meats and seafood seemed like decent, but not exceptional quality. The pork belly was my favorite followed by the beef Bulgogi. The squid, which was in larger sections than say something like calamari and was tough to chew. The chicken was OK. The sauces definitely help improve the experience. I was surprised at how busy and lively the restaurant was for a Friday lunch. There were many tables and about 80% were taken. Service was pretty good, but they're a new enough restaurant that they're still working out some things. The place had a fun vibe. I recommend Hungry Pot for the experience and the food is overall pretty good too. I suspect people who are very experienced with Korean BBQ would find the food quality about average. Less experienced people like me are probably more likely to focus on a cool experience that is not found in abundance in the area. 3.5 Stars read more

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Noticing "all you can" on the sign was the selling point that pulled me in; but frankly, I should have resisted. Upon entering, I was greeted with Korean rap music. Yes, I thought that K-pop was annoying; but, the fact that this music had me pining to hear Black/Pink should have been enough to make me run back to my car. None the less, I trekked on; and, there's irony in my having said "trekked". A very pleasant hostess seated me immediately, giving me a moment to take in the space themed decor. A large moon bulged from the wall over the buffet table, and rocket shaped neon lights illuminated the back wall. Had I somehow been transported to one of the fast food places in the Tomorrow World section of Disney World? Before I could finish that thought, a waiter appeared, asking if I had been there before, and if I knew what this place was all about. Handing me a tablet, he explained I would order by checking my selection, and that my choice would be brought to quickly. Choosing the barbecued pork bellies, I went to the buffet. The food was on my table when I returned. Ok, so, I'm not proud of this. Please consider this a cautionary tale; but, I foolishly assumed that when food is presented at a restaurant, it's presented ready to eat. Needless to say, I took a large bite of uncooked pork belly, believing this was prepared in some exotic, foreign way, that I was unfamiliar with. Yes, I can see some of you more worldly types cocking your eyebrows as you draw one side of your mouth into your cheek. All I can say is, well, dopey me. The hostess quickly appeared telling me I had to cook it first, and indeed, there was a hot plate on the table (again, dopey me). Whether or she meant that I personally had to cook it or not, I don't know; but, a quick look around made it seem that was the case. In any event, she was the one that actually did the cooking. Ok, so finally, I get to the point. The now cooked pork bellies had a soft, chewy texture, which I found enjoyable. The sauce that covered it had a distinctly sweet flavor with dash of pepper. And, that's about all I can say about it. Nothing stood out, except the after taste, which stayed with me the rest of the day. As for the buffet food, the kimchee was crisp, fresh, and what I would expect. The seaweed was of a variety I hadn't had before. Flavored seemingly, and lightly, with vinegar, it was otherwise bland, as was the crispy spring roll. I did try a smattering of the, quote, "yummy yummy" sauce, which had a creamy appearance, that turned out to be watery and without flavor. All of this cost just over twenty bucks, without tip; and frankly, I left with the feeling that my money would have been better spent just about anyplace else. Bringing us full circle, as I glanced in in the rearview mirror, my eye caught the words that drew me in, "all you can eat". The words of the great Lou Costello describing what a diet is came to mind: "That's where you can have all you can eat of food you don't want" read more

Drove an hour out from Groton to try this place as I was craving both KBBQ and Hot Pot so I had both. You do pay extra if you do both. Something I liked about this place is that you get to choose your own broth and you have your own cooking pot that heats up. So you and someone else can both order your own broth and ingredients you can put in. The bulgogi for hot pot was a bit too sweet for my liking though. read more

So different from any other restaurant I've ever been to! Fresh delicious ingredients and they will bring you as much as you want! We did the hot pot (everyone at the table must pick the same - either hot pot, bbq, or you can do both for an up charge). We had everything from broccoli to sirloin to shrimp to gyoza that we cooked in our individual broths that you could spice as you wanted. Then there was the "salad bar" - full of spices and sauces and then fresh fruits and CRAB LEGS! They were so tasty! It was such a fun night, with families all around us celebrating birthdays! Saw a few couples on dates as well. Delicious, clean, professionally staffed and while $32 sounds expensive (to me) for dinner, it was well worth it! read more

Hungry Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - Meats ready to be cooked - Barbeque Near Me - Wethersfield, Connecticut

So good!! Will definitely be coming back. I loved all of the food here, it was so delicious and they had a great selection of choices at the food bar & also the menu to order. They bring food out lightning quick so you're not sitting around waiting. For anyone worried about blood sugar/diabetic - I have gestational diabetes so I was a bit worried eating here because the bulgogi's marinade tasted a little sweet & I also tried the chicken nuggets and cake but after checking my blood sugar it was perfect so I know that the food actually isn't doused in a lot of sugar which I was happy with. read more

Hungry Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - Korean BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Wethersfield, Connecticut

This is currently the best hot pot in the Hartford area. The table is set up for individual hot pot and shared bbq grill. We opted for hot pot only and tried their special broth and spicy broth. The spicy broth was just the right balance of flavors. There is a good selection of meat and veggies even with the more limited lunch menu. You order through the ipad and food is brought up pretty quickly. There are occasional mistakes but nothing major. Will definitely be back for hot pot and will try their korean bbq too. read more

Enjoyed our meals but not as good as other Hot Pot/KBBQ spots we've been to. It's all you can eat but the meat selection was pretty limited. You order everything on a tablet and they bring the food to your table to cook. Everything came out very quickly! Not a bad price but was disappointed in the selection. This location specifically used to be a Friendly's and it still has the same layout which is a little off putting. I'm happy we have a spot like this nearby, but it won't be my first choice. read more

Great experience in which the customer cooks their own food. Buffet is offered and the environment was good. I will return but next time leave the little one home due to lots of smoke. read more

Hungry Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - Menu - Barbeque Near Me - Wethersfield, Connecticut

Food is so good, ambiance is fun too, our server Gia was soooo nice, super helpful, and dependable if we needed anything!!!

Absolutely flawless. The waiter was nice enough to give us some brisket even though it is not on the Korean barbecue menu. This location is very spacious. There are plenty of options in the buffet section. I really like the meat options as well. My go to would have to be the ribeye and beef ribs. The staff is very friendly and accommodating. I highly recommend hungrypot! read more

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Food was excellent! My 11 year old had a blast I honestly hate this kind of food... lmaoooo I just hate having to PAY TO COOK MY OWN FOOD!! I digress!! It's phenomenal and authentic Been too a few of these k pot places. This one does not iffier oils.... Only little butter squares lmaoooo I thought that was super ghetto. Lol Waitress was cool she forgot to tell me about the buffet appetizer section... SO DONT FORGET TO CHECK IT OUT!!! (She said I thought you know... I was like huh??? Why the hell would you think that?? Either easy My son enjoyed his first experience and unfortunately wants to do more k pots where I pay to cook for him.... Drinks were ok I had passion fruit margarita it was ehhhh I got a passion fruit popping boba to go. I have zero complaints!! read more

Bad service. They don't bring you everything you order. Too expensive for mediocre food

All-You-Can-Eat is a dangerous game, especially when it's KBBQ AND hot pot! We were SO excited for the Wethersfield location to open up as it's much closer to us than the Manchester location. This location is clean and spacious! We've already gone twice in 1 month because this place is great. If you get David as your server, you're already guaranteed a 5 star time. He's the best! He made sure our drinks were filled and that we always had food on our table. Super attentive and kind guy! The staff did multiple grill changes for us and would always take our empty plates! I am always super impressed as they always have someone circling around to clear dishes. My weakness is the crab legs which are in the buffet area where the sauce bar is. I love that we can get as much as we want and I know I definitely get my fill. Great customer service, great quality, and great spot overall! We will be back! read more

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Absolutely worthwhile and always leaving here full and satisfied. As part of the Hungry Pot group opening a few locations, I'm also super happy with the latest opening in Wethersfield. Can't beat a $20 lunch price for all you can eat Korean BBQ or Hotpot. (Or add $5 for both). Having taken my parents here or even taking a little solo lunch to contemplate life over some soup, it's all been enjoyable. The staff here is super attentive in making sure we all get what we want. Additionally the selection even at lunch can get me full. Having done both Korean BBQ and hotpot (and having done both lunch and dinner here), I'm really glad we finally have a spot in the area to satisfy the cravings without breaking the bank. For me personally, I'll always be down for my tom yum broth with every hotpot meat noodle and watercress and be so satisfied. read more

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I came here for my birthday because they offer a deal where you get to dine for free on your birthday if you have a party of 4 or more. They also have a sign and bring you free cheesecake for dessert with the "Happy Birthday" song playing for the whole restaurant to hear! I loved dining here. There was a good variety of sides ranging from kimchi to seaweed salad to crawfish. I also think $32.99 for AYCE hotpot or KBBQ or $37.99 for both is a great deal. All of the meats and other options were fresh and delicious. My only complaint was a lot of the items I ordered were wrong or they weren't available. However, everything they did bring out was good anyways so it wasn't too big of a deal. Everything was also brought out quickly and there were plenty of servers around in case we needed anything. I'm so glad this is in Wethersfield now! read more

Today was my birthday and I came with a party of 10, only providing about a 45 minute headsup and immediately we were seated and took only minutes for food to start arriving after we placed our order through the tablet. However, the shining star of my experience here at Hungry Pot was our server, Peter. I have never left a review on a restaurant ever until today because Peter was such a delight to have as our server. He was constantly checking in on us, providing us new grills without asking, we never asked for utensils or plates, and were provided with everything we needed. He still managed our whole party of 10 like it was nothing more than 2 people. He was incredibly kind and patient with all of our orders, and was incredibly funny, which only added to our incredibly positive experience here. Thank you Hungry Pot for a wonderful birthday experience and thank you especially to Peter for helping make it so wonderful. If you get Peter as your server, look forward to a wonderful night of dining. read more

First, our waiter was spot on. I'm not a fan of any AYCE. I went to this restaurant on a recommendation... Like most, if not all of these eateries are bottom of the ladder IMO....with that said nothing here impressed...to me it was a waste of money better spent at a real restaurant....would I go back?...absolutely not... read more

Just like any other all you can eat Korean bbq which isn't a bad thing because kbbq is amazing. Meat quality is not bad and everything is well seasoned. We went for Mother's Day so they also had crab legs on the side buffet, not sure if that is always the case. For $30 pp, you can't beat this. You order from an iPad and meat comes out almost immediately. Pace yourself because you can fill up really quick! read more

I went here on a Saturday afternoon with some friends they had plenty of parking. The table you sit at is a large flat top. You are able to cook your bowl of food or grill your food. You order your food on an iPad and it's all you eat. The all you can eat cost about $25 per person and if you wanted the hot pot it was $5 extra. The hot pot is basically ramen with meat and veggies. This place you are able to pick your meats noodles and veggies and they have a wide variety of choices. They even had a buffet. The buffet had a variety of sauces, and few spices, they had warm crab legs and crawfish. The place was nice I would go again. The service was nice and quick. read more

went there last night for dinner service was bad trash on the floor grill was Burt and made bad smoke quality went down from the last time we ate here follow me at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/share/1BW6YdMDzo/?mibextid=wwXIfr read more

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This is a fun place. My guess is that lunch is a better "deal" than dinner. This place is not inexpensive, but the food is good. We have never called ahead for reservations but they do take them. This is a cook your own food Korean Hot Pot or BBQ place. One orders from a tablet and the food comes out almost instantaneously. The spicy pork bulgogi is great (my favorite) I would steer away from any of the potatoes as they just ain't gonna cook in time. My only suggestion is that small kids who can't keep their hands safely away from the in table grill might be better served elsewhere. read more

Giovanna is the best waitress ever!!! Great service, brought us 5 cups of rice, she was eating our food but she was kinda funny so we let it slide. Give her a raise ASAP. read more

Um really good until we found like 30 dead flies in our hot pot broth!!! They didn't even discount us. We (two people) shared one pot, and they charged us the full price for both of us. Not coming back! read more

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We come here at least once a week,, great food and even better service! Definitely recommend to anyone wanting to try something new! read more

Hungry Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot - Kimchi and bulgogi lettuce wrap! - Barbeque Near Me - Wethersfield, Connecticut

Stopped in randomly for dinner one night recently with my husband. While the price is on the high side, it is totally worth it. We got the Korean BBQ option and plate after plate after plate of food just kept coming. Tons of meat, seafood and vegetable options to cook, and it was so much fun to do it yourself right at your table. Price also comes with unlimited trips to the extra food station that had more seafood, some fruit and desserts on it. Staff is very attentive and changed out our cookimg tray often if we let our food get a little too toasty on the grill. Was a great experience and we will be back to try the Hot Pot option of cooking. Would definitely recommend! read more

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