I absolutely love hot pot and my boyfriend always goes with me. This is one of our favorite spots! Their signature special sauce is delicious, and we've never had any complaints about the service. read more

AYCE with individual pots but mostly veggies limited protein on the conveyer belt and would need to order brisket, lamb, pork belly, and chicken through waiter. Takes some time to slice the proteins. Servers walked back and forth collecting plates and lids. Self service sauce bar in front. They got busier towards lunch time. Lighting was very dim inside. read more

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If you love hot pot, this is your spot. This place is always packed. The broth is okay, but they have a bar filled with various seasoning pastes, sauce, and condiments. The house og sauce is my all time favorite. The only thing I don't really like is they don't put food out on the conveyor belt when the restaurant is kinda empty (before dinner hrs.) We went there a bit early before dinner hrs, and they have the same stuffs going around. I got one serving of clear noodle; and the next time I see the it again is 45 mins later (I sat at the individual seat area and 3 seats down from the top). Once the restaurant is filled up with people, they started to load more variety of foods out. By the time I'm done, I saw tofu skin, fish tofu, few other kind of veggies for the first time!!! read more

Nine Spices Hot Pot - Hot Pot Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

10/10 sauce station Small but very good veggie selection, having star items like watercress and frozen tofu that many other AYCE hot pot places around duluth does not have. Did not touch the seafood personally but the beef and lamb were both impressively thin and solid. This is not a place to bring kids. read more

Alright, story time. My friend and I stopped here around 2pm on a Saturday. It's quiet and relaxing. Not many people whatsoever. Only had two other tables occupied after us within an hour span. Maybe this has something to do with the holiday weekend. Sure did see a lot of vehicles heading south, possibly towards the beach. Our waitress was very kind and patient. Couldn't ask for anyone better. She was checking in on us and asking if we needed anything. I ordered the bone both base. I'm not too familiar with hot pot restaurants and the different base soups. I didn't want anything too spicy, but next time I'll venture for something maybe a little more savory. It's all you can eat. We had our fair share of pork belly, brisket, and lamb. The meat is brought out to you by your waitress upon request. There's a conveyor belt next to your table that allows for ease of access when picking vegetables and such to add to your hot pot. There is a menu with pictures to let the individual know exactly what they're looking at, as well as recommended times of cooking. If you order a soda, it is served by the can, which you pay separately for each one. So no free refills. Overall, I paid $34 for my visit. There is a sauce bar where you serve yourself. I feel there could have been more options, but I was able to make a decent little mix for myself. I would recommend this spot to anyone and encourage them to give it a try. read more

I have been looking for an all you can eat Chinese/Taiwanese hot pot joint since moving to Atlanta a couple of years ago. After watching foodie YouTubers rave about various Chinese hot pot places in NYC or LA, I had to wonder if a town that birthed the Civil Rights Movement and prides itself on racial diversity would also afford the city with some of the finer things in life, from a bucolic reference. Unfortunately, there isn't much in this realm ITP, which is sad. Buckhead could use some joints like Nine Spices Hot Pot. Which is why I love Duluth because of all the food choices that spans international lines. This used to be 89 Flavors but they revamped and reimagined themselves and yet from various other reviews, still kept up with the same style, hot pot, plain and simple. The place is simple. Walk in, sit down, choose your option (you always go for All You Can eat!!!!), choose your fillings, create your sauce, sit and enjoy. Otherwise, order one of the other options but, why would you want to when there is all you can eat?!?!?!? Like who wouldn't choose that!??!?!? If you don't choose AYCE Hot Pot, you might be racist... JUST KIDDING... So everything about this place reeks of amazingness. There is a slight salty sweet vibe in the air as there are a variety of broths cooking to suit your own pallet. I chose the spicy broth because, why not?! The way AYCE works is for $23.99 +tax, you pick one style of broth from spicy to bone to tomato to even tom yum. They deliver a tiny one man metal cauldron of the broth of your choice. You then go to the sauce bar and create a dipping sauce of your own imagination. As the pot is bubbling, you choose from a plethora of ingredients that travel across a conveyor belt to dump into your pot, wait for the items to cook, pull out the items, dip in your sauce concoction, and enjoy. Some items obviously cook more than others. The meats take anywhere from 5-15 seconds. The meat balls might take 30. The quail eggs are divine! And everything about this place is simply amazing! My search for all you can eat Chinese hot pot is over and just know that I am in deep trouble now!!!! read more

89 Hot Pot is gone. Now it's Nine Spices Hot Pot. My friend had gone and told me about the conveyor belt. I was excited. This would be more convenient than relying on the waitress to come back to our table. Two other girlfriends and I dined in a Saturday night. It's AYCE. $23.99, not bad at all. Two hours time frame. We've never exceeded it and always are done before then. We sat at the "bar" so the revolving conveyor belt is in front of us. There are two of them on each side. The larger parties sit at a table. It's easier to conversate than at the bar. We chose our soup base and then it's brought to us. The sauce bar is in the front. It is basic, nothing spectacular. So if it sucks, that means you suck lol. After a few rounds looking at food options on the conveyor belt, I could not find any chicken! I don't eat beef cause I never liked it and wanted to cut back on pork. I asked the waiter to bring me slices of chicken. I was so happy. My friend asked for corn and napa since we didn't see it. They gladly will bring you anything you haven't seen on the conveyor belt. For me, if you want AYCE, come. It's great. When it was 89 Hot Pot, even though I was still a fan, service was slow and customer service wasn't as friendly. 255/2019 read more

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My friend & I walked into this restaurant @8 on a Monday. We sat and waited then after ten minutes I asked a server if we just seat ourselves. He said they didn't have any seats for us.... I turned and looked at the empty restaurant & back at him... I asked if something was wrong with all of those empty tables. He said those are only for tables of six... (It's all about same size tables & bar seats) I looked over to the parties of two, three, and even one that had a whole table. Though I wasn't going to argue with someone to give them my money. So my friend & I left and had a great dinner where we here welcomed 5 minutes away at I luv Hot Pot. It's been a while since I've walked into a business & they stopped me at the door and refused me business. Though that's life. I posted a pic of the half empty tables & bar seats also. read more

Nine Spices Hot Pot - Half empty restaurant - Hot Pot Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

Decided to come and check this place out after stumbling upon a Groupon offer! We went in around 630 ish on Monday and it was not too crowded so we were seated in a booth. There were not that many meats and sides on the conveyor belt for a bit but regardless you can request something to be brought out(from their menu) if it is not on there. As soon as more people started coming in there were more selections coming out. There is a variety of broths and a good selection of meats and veggies plus the toppings/condiments area.The service was alright, although there was barely any interaction since we were doing our own thing. They do walk around picking up your empty plates giving you a chance to talk to them if needed be. Some people have commented on the owner being somewhat rude when customers are using a groupon so I came in expecting to be treated with disgust when I showed my groupon . Happily to say that was not the case, They were very friendly. ****Just note that you can only use two Groupon per table(if I remember correctly)***** Overall it was great! I will definitely be back with some friends in the near future!!! read more

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My friends and I wanted to eat some hotpot and wanted to try a new place. We came upon this all you can eat hotpot for 26.99$ per person. As we walked in the greeted us and checked our temps and sat us down right away. There's an conveyor belt that comes around to give you food, such as all types of seafood, meatballs, veggies and noodles and we had to ask the server for the meats! I got the tum yum soup.. it was VERY bland! It tasted like water only with color. I had to throw so much sauce in there for it to taste good. As for my other friends... we all agreed we probably won't come again. The service was okay. The guy seemed like he didn't like his job. read more

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Prices have gone up, while the quality and service has gone down. The service here was not friendly at all from my past visits. read more

I love AYCE hot pot restaurants that have mini individual pots for everyone. I get to choose my own broth and choose what ingredients goes in without having to worry about what others prefer. I'm also a bit picky or particular about sauce bars, specifically preferring sauce bars with sa cha jiang, the "Chinese bbq sauce" that's popular in Taiwanese hot pot. The only downside, hence the 4 stars instead of 5, is that we came in on a Sunday night at 6:15pm, and one of the workers came by at 7:30pm to let us know to clear our table to make way for other waiting guests. Food -- for $23.99 a person, everyone could have their own mini pot in front of them. I chose the spicy broth, and others chose the bone broth -- both were awesome, but I really liked my spicy broth. The revolving ingredients on the conveyer belt included clams, mussels, shrimp, quail eggs, chicken egg, chicken, pork belly, thinly sliced beef, thinly sliced lamb, fish balls, meat balls, sausage, wood ear mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, Napa cabbage, watercress, bok choy, baby corn, corn on the cob, udon noodles, glass noodles, instant ramen noodles, medium thickness flour-based noodles, rice cakes, and dumplings -- there was more than than this, but I'm only including what I remember. The sauce bar had a variety of options, including sa cha jiang. I'll post pics of the selection, albeit a little blurry. Service and ambience -- the servers were very attentive, dropping by frequently to pick up empty plates, to fill our drinks, or to add more broth. We also requested conveyer belt items if we felt like we didn't see the item in a while. The only weird part was at the end when a woman, potentially a manager(?), asked us to make way for waiting guests after we had been seated for about an hour and 15 min. Some of the table booths accommodate 4, other table booths accommodate 6 people. There is also "bar-style" seating for groups of 2 or 3. I really love this concept of not having to order hot pot ingredients piece meal from the server. It's a very comfortable and inviting space, and I'll definitely be back. read more

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Went there with some friends a few weeks ago. Food was good and we overall had a good time there. The price is good for the quantity of food you get. read more

ALL YOU CAN EAT?? I went there with my family on Sunday after taking a long trip from another state. It was nice at first, nice tasting soup and delicious dishes. But it turned out really frustrating because they STOPPED putting more ingredient dishes on our chain by some reason. It was not their busy time at all, just few tables had customers. Their employees walked around doing nothing most of the time. There are 2 chains with ingredient dishes moving around in the restaurant, and the other side was full of dishes but my side wasn't. I even saw one of their employee took the dish from our side to put to the other side. It's so ridiculous. I wasn't expect that kind of treatment. I totally don't recommend this place. read more

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The services here is not friendly, they are so mean. They behave rudely, grumpily and difficulty, The foods are fresh but not yummy, nothing specials. Never come back again. read more

Unlike other conveyor belt type restaurants, this is an AYCE, and the color of the plates don't matter. All you can eat for less than $25. That's not a bad deal, especially since the ingredients are fresh. The tom-yum soup base was spicy and had great flavor. The ingredients were diverse but were not that consistent in coming out. We were waiting for a certain vegetable that we have seen on the belt before, but it just stop coming out until we requested for it. Maybe it is based on demand of the customers? We were sitting at the beginning of the conveyor belt, so it's not like everyone before us grabbed all. The staff was pretty attentive and was consistent with taking away our pile of empty plates. read more

I am pleasantly surprised by this hot pot place. It was the first time I had tried hot pot and it was amazing ! my husband and i went on a date together, everyone was very kind and it was very clean ! The selection of veggies, seafood ,and meets was great ! They even had fish tofu (highly recommend trying!). will absolutly come again. ****although they close at 9:30 not 10:30 read more

The staff were rude to me & my friend! We were ignored & treated poorly compared to the other customers who were Asian (we are not Asian - to add context). Also, you are not initially provided a bowl, nor are you told that ladles are available to dish out your food. Really? The table can get very messy, because of the overcooking of the pot. The water splashes everywhere including on your shirt/skin. Why isn't an apron provided? Lastly, the quality of the food isn't worth the price you pay! Honestly, take your business elsewhere. There are plethora of other hotpot places. read more

Delicious All you can eat Hot Pot Price per person $26.. better than being charge individual plates. read more

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Went here for the first time last night. It's more like 3.5 stars than 4. Got there around 6:15. They open one side and opened the other side when they got busier. The good: -The food on a belt concept is always fun -Wait staff is friendly and attentive -Pretty good sauce bar - nothing to complain about -The broths are yummy - spicy is good and so is Tom Yum anyway. They refill your broth -The woman's bathroom was clean -Plenty of free parking -Veges are fresh The bad: -If you are sitting towards the end of the conveyor belt, make sure you ask the staff for things because you won't get them - noodles, sliced meat, certain veges. You can put your hand through the little opening and grab a plate on the other side but you will get death stares -The things that should have been plentiful they ran out of (they had to slice more beef), ramen noodles, other noodles like shanghai noodles and udon, eggs, corn for example. Only a few dishes and then few and far between. -The lamb is a bit gamey -Two hours seems like a long time but it's not (We went to get boba and pastries after) Extra stuff- they have hot tea ($1.80), can soda ($1.50), they have other drinks too. Make sure you ask for extra napkins, you'll need them. read more

$24 for all you can eat. I first thought a two-hour time limit was... limiting so our group just kind of stopped talking for the first 30 minutes and stuffed our faces instead. I went with a large group of +12. Two hours is more than enough. I overestimated my abilities. So did everybody else. You get your own pot and a conveyor belt of random assortments of food flies down. We have concerned our friends at the other table in front of the conveyor belt would take all the good stuff but that concern quickly dissipated. The belt moves pretty fast. I tried the spicy soup and my wife tried the herbal soup. I ate a lot of lamb and beef. The fish was also pretty good. Honestly, I think it's hard to screw up hot pot unless you cheap out on the ingredients or just have really bad servers. Our server was great. We piled up the small dishes at the side and he was attentive and fast. The Pot Pot hot pot a few doors down to the right is cheaper but a set menu. They range from $12-16 for an individual pot. I would go there for a small lunch but I would come here if I were hungry. I like the concept of this place and how it's AYCE but I have to cap my buffet limit to once every other month or else I would end up obese. Would I come here again? Yes. I think my parents would like this place because they like having choices and variety like me. read more

We love the location in Orlando whenever we vacation, and we're so excited to see this location. It's the exact same. You pay a set price ($23.99) and get all you can eat. I love that you can pick your own items up from the conveyor belt. They're not labeled but our waitress was very attentive and explained to us what each item was, and brought us anything else that hadn't come around in a while. She was very accommodating to me as a vegetarian which I appreciated! Most of my hotpot consisted of ramen, spinach, tofu, mushrooms, pumpkin, and corn. My partner had nearly everything from lamb, pork, clams, shrimp, udon noodles, and bean sprouts! read more

Nine Spices Hot Pot - Tomato base broth - Hot Pot Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

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The owner so rude. 90 minutes limit for buffet, I came at 6pm, i about to finish at 7:15pm still drinking the soup and the owner came by my table, slap her hand and told me and my friend have to leave right away because others are waiting for the table. Not yet 90 minutes limit time. Never come back again! I hope she change her attitude, not because she running the business but because everyone deserve to get treat polite. read more

I really liked Nine Spices Hot Pot. It's a nice quaint restaurant. The different ingredients circling around on the conveyor belt is a nice touch. I thought I wanted it to be more spices but after I got my groove of what to mix, I was very pleased read more

All-you-can-eat hot pot ($25.99pp) Need I say more? The sauce bar was nice and filled with a variety of sauces - try the special sauce, it's delicious. Don't believe me? Ask the dishes. Anyways, the sauce bar included all the basics you find at other hotpot places: peanut sauce, chili sauce, fermented tofu sauce (red & white), chili paste, soy sauce, fish sauce, garlic, cilantro, green onions, etc. A lot of people have complained there is not a good rotation of the "premium" items such as shrimp and clams. Maybe it was because we were the only table there at opening but there was a conveyor belt was kept full of ALL the food items: shrimp, clams, mussels, veggies, noodles. Everything that was pictured on the menu was readily available. You can also order beef brisket, lamb or pork belly to go with your meal. These are also AYCE. There are a few soup broths you can choose from. We ordered bone broth and spicy but was served bone broth and original instead. Other than a piece of meaty bone in the bone broth, there wasn't much difference in the two. Other than the broth screw up, everything else was good. I would definitely recommend this establishment if you have an appetite. read more

This place went well beyond my expectations! All of the dishes were fresh and there was a good variety of meats, seafood, vegetables and noodles. I would've never thought pork belly would be good boiled in a hot pot, but because they cut it so thinly, the meat doesn't become chewy. Other protein options were brisket, chicken, lamb, fish, clams, mussels, tofu and eggs (chicken and quail). For all the sauce lovers, they even had a really good sauce bar. Seating options were for 1, 4 or 6. It couldn't get much more because of the individual burners for each seat. The server was very attentive and checked on us regularly, which was good because they don't leave the meats on the revolving belt. Once thawed, the meats wouldn't look too appetizing, so I appreciated this business decision. But since she came by so frequently, we were never waiting to order more meats. This has become one of my top hot spots and I'll be back sooner than later! read more

Nine Spices Hot Pot - Individual seating - Hot Pot Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

So delicious and welcome attitude. I always love this spot. U won't regret if you've never tried such creative sushi style hotpot. read more

Nine Spices Hot Pot - Amazing sushi style. Fresh food, so love it. - Hot Pot Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

They missed lots of items on menu: crab stick, mashed shrimp, mashed fish, potato, mini sausages, lotus root, ... The price is increase but the quality go down every time I come. The services is not good. When I came, Girl in counter just asked "How many" instead welcome or say Hi. Not recomment for trying. read more

Nine Spices Hot Pot - Hot Pot Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

It was an Ok hot pot place. I've been to better. I got the herbal soup base and it tasted like water. The servers there were not attentive. The sauce bar is nice and so is the selection of items, but for $27 I could find somewhere else that better. read more

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I freaking love this place. Period. I've been here probably 6-7 times since discovering it recently, (December 2020). I went during the pandemic, and here are the things the place is doing: Social distancing, spaced out tables, enforcing mask wearing when entering and getting sauce from the bar, and temperature check. This is an All You Can Eat hotpot with a fun twist: conveyer belt. The first time I went, it was during an off hour, so the conveyer belt was not in operation, so we just ordered what we want from the menu. They have the right to charge extra for extra food taken without being eaten. There is a 2 hour time limit - but I don't think you would need to worry. This was in the same location Choong Man Chicken, Sweethut, and Snowflake Tea House. I love ordering the beef bone broth, and my SO orders the spicy. There are a good amount of foods that goes down the conveyer - but there is sometimes inconsistencies in the food being brought. So, I just asked my waiter to bring us any items we haven't seen in awhile. They will deliver it to our table or on the belt. Items I find that I ask most common are: the crab sticks, the noodles, wood ear mushroom or dumplings (the dumplings come out pretty often, but depending on where you sit, it could be all gobbled up). I felt like the sauces were delicious/typical. I love the seafood variety they have. And I LOVE all the veggies! I eat a very heavy mushroom/seafood heavy hotpot and my SO eats a very meat heavy one. haha. I love it here, and it is finally dubbed my favorite hotpot place in Atlanta. There was much hesitation, because I really loved the previous favorite. I mean, I celebrated my birthday at the other place. But I would bring my parents here because it is perfect for quick-ish service/food, delicious food, great quality at a great/reasonable price. We would drive almost an hour just to come here. read more

Was really excited to try a hot pot place with the "conveyor belt"! The spicy soup is very good - flavorful but not too over-the-top spicy. The "original" was a mix of beef and chicken broth, but too bland for my liking. If it's not spicy, it's not hot pot! Just as advertised, the converter is constantly bringing an assortment of seafood, tofu, mushrooms, vegetables, chicken feet, and more. Servers bring meat to the table at your request. We tried beef and lamb - and preferred the taste of the beef, but both were nice and fresh. I read some negative reviews about service, but when we went for an early dinner, it wasn't too busy, and the staff was friendly and attentive. All you can eat for $26! Not bad! read more

I have been wanting to try this place and finally did today! It's all you can eat and the revolving belt is super cool! Broth was very flavorful! I've been to other hotpot places where the broth had no flavor and this broth is probably some of the best! They also had a bar to make your own sauces which I always enjoy! I highly recommend going with friends or on a date! read more

I am 100% sure they REMOVED my initial review. This is my second review after i have them 3rd tried. It was 89 HotPot before it changed to this revolving atmosphere. Still under the same owner, so food and service is still awful (staff of course). They rarely put up any seafood/beef because I felt like they want their customer to load up with noodles and cheap food. I feel like you have to race against other customers to get the food, since this place is all you can for $25, again with the service and the food quality, not worth it!. The staff, they don't want to do ANYTHING! All they do is standing there, and when you get their attention they tried to ignore your eye contact or give you that "sigh" when they walk up to you. The owner did nothing to fix this. Maybe it was family. There are other places like J Mini's and I Love Hot Pot close in the area, give those a try. read more

Not too crowded which is nice, but once you eat here you can see why. Broth is bland, selection is for ayce is average, and some of the older waitresses are cranky. Too much competition in the area for hot pot, this place needs to step up their game. read more

Food is great and service is wonderful . I read some of the reviews on here and its just a reminder that most people are really stupid. You pay 25 dollars to eat your heart out. what else can you ask for? Look of some of the reviews.... you are not provided a bowl, Incorrect. you can grab one of many bowls. You are not told the ladles are available to dish out for your food--- INCORRECT. when you walk in there is literally a thousand sitting on the counter for you to grab. It would mean the world to me if americans didnt eat here, yall are too stupid to figure this out.This business will thrive without your support and negative reviews. Take your business elsewhere if youre just plain dumb. read more

Pretty good broth, food is on conveyor. I would return. Location via map not quite cut and dry, but worth it read more

I was hesitant to come here because I saw some reviews and I've never had good experiences with all you can eat hot pot or bbq but this is one of the best AYCE got pot places I've ever tried. The have a wide variety of vegetables, meats, seafoods and other dishes for your hotpot. Their hot pot soup is flavorful and spicy. We ate here 2 nights in a row for our trip and if we had stayed longer, we definitely would've eaten here every night. Highly recommend for anyone who loves Asian hot pot. read more

Nine Spices Hot Pot - Hot Pot Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

First time going to a revolving hotpot restaurant and I wasn't disappointed. Staff here are very attentive and friendly. Giving 90 minutes to an AYCE hotpot was very manageable. Large selection of vegetables, some dumplings, seafood, and noodles here and there, and the extra meat you pay separately. Decent price and clean establishment. read more

Fam & I wanted to check this AYCE hot pot place out. Food was "okay", but customer service was complete garbage except for the one homegirl that was super nice that served our table! I was tryna stack these lids and plates on the side and whoever homeboy who works there told me how to stack my shit so it don't tip over needa take his sorry ass to the kitchen. Obviously the stack was steady until you came over to try and re-organize the stack that almost fell. Also how tf homeboy not know how to use a debit card "gift card". Came back and told me it was denied...30 minutes later we're at Target and I used that shit perfectly fine. Once again that guy can gtfo, but to the rest of the employees - much love for being polite. read more

The veggies and meat were not fresh and served on filthy bowls/plates. The soup base was too oily and unbelievably salty. They use low quality ingredients from China. The service was terrible. Not attentive and rude owner saying we eat too much in Chinese. This place legitimately pays Yelp $500/month to get four star rating. Just don't waste your palate and money by coming to this nasty restaurant. read more