They newly added a Szechuan brothless mix haha - I realized too late after the fact but I'll definitely be back to try it. It really gets so packed in here now and the servers are bussing tables, serving the food, bringing water and takeaway boxes and utensils, and also prepping the orders that come on digitally I think. They are still very nice and helpful even when huge parties come in and are loud and rowdy and that are yelling as they talk. read more

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For a dry pot/szechuan lover, I had to try this casual spot. There is a lot of seating ingredients looked fresh. The staff was friendly. It's cool because you can also make your own dipping sauces (similar to when you go to hot pot). The one i did not like is that the rice they served felt a bit old. Not soft at all, chewy. Maybe it was just an older batch, but it would definitely improve the experience if they had better rice. Overall I would give this a solid 3.8/4. Would I come back? Yes, but hopefully they have soft rice next time Great for groups to share a bowl! read more

With over 4,000 locations worldwide, this malatang spot is a favorite for many. I have been meaning to try it ever since it opened in New York, and I'm so glad that I finally did. They have plenty of fresh options for you to choose from with different meat, veggie, fried foods, and seafood options. If I were to give one recommendation, I would like for more non-marinated meat options to be provided (more than half of the meats were marinated). They have a good variety of soup bases, with some stir-fry options and service is quick. Casual ambiance and good for a quick bite. read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

Ample seating, no wait. Heard this place was very popular in China and glad to be able to try it out here. How to eat here: Get a bowl with tongs and choose what you want. Not every ingredient has a tong so there maybe cross contamination if you are allergic to anything. Get it weighed. It's $18.99 per 100 g Choose broth base or you can get it as a dry pot. I choose the mushroom broth and it was very flavorful so much that I didn't need to go the sauce station to make my own sauce. It was a tad salty though so the white rice helped. Rice is free by the way. I did try the spiced veggie at the sauce station and it wasn't super spicy. It was good but not my favorite. Cashier was very friendly and helpful with recommendations. Overall, I recommend people come and check it out if they are in the area. read more

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This is a casual, well-priced, hot pot restaurant. You get the ingredients yourself. The ingredients are so fresh, and there is a good selection. The staff are kind and very helpful. I highly recommend! read more

Sanku Maots’ai - ingredients - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

Build-your-own malatang at $3.99/100g, plus there are snacks, skewers, desserts, and drinks options. I love the concept of customizing your bowl to your taste palette, they had variety of options to choose from and at least 9 different broths. My personal favorite being either tomato or pickled cabbage broth (as someone who can't handle spice). The Szechuan broth is their most popular but also comes in 3 different spice levels. The place has a good amount of seating and is great for the winter! Super comfy and delicious! read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

If you love hot pot, but want to try an individualized quicker experience, while still being able to pick out exactly what you want, this restaurant in East Village is the spot for you! You get to choose your own broth that everything gets cooked in which allows the meats and veggies to soak in all the flavor. They even have a sauce station for you to make your own sauce and your hot pot meal comes with a bowl of white rice. Payment is based on the pound, so you can control how much goes into your hot pot too! There's a lot of seating inside and the food was ready in roughly 10 minutes. It wasn't a long wait! read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

Sanku Maots'ai is a nice causal spot where you can build your own malatang or dry pot. They offer a wide variety of fresh ingredients, and you can pick your preferred broth before paying by weight. The sauce station has a good range of options, and they provide complimentary rice and appetizers (which includes shredded potatoes and pickled vegetables). The flavors were excellent overall, though it is a tad bit spicier than my personal preference. Service was quick and efficient, and our food came out without much wait. All in all, it's a great choice if you're craving something quick that's both flavorful and customizable. read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

Sanku Maots'ai offers a blend of the DIY malatang and individualized hotpot experience. Upon entering, one chooses amongst a selection of fresh ingredients, opts for a broth type, pays by the pound, at which point a chef cooks the food in the broth of choice. Sanku Maots'ai offers a nice array of sauces and even two appetizers, including spicy shredded potato and pickled radishes and carrots (slightly spicy). The raw ingredient selection was good, but not as extensive as at YGF Malatang on Third Ave.. Nevertheless, they had the essentials, ranging from various fish balls, offals (e.g. beef tripe, ears, intestines), tofu types (skin, fried, firm), quail eggs, chicken, basa fillet, mushrooms, green leafy vegetables (romaine, spinach, watercress, parsley, Chinese cabbage), bamboo, corn, taro, pumpkin, noodles (potato starch, instant, rice cakes), and many others. The broth selection is also more extensive than at YGF Malatang. For my toddlers, we went with the light three-fresh hearty broth, while I ordered the spicy gingery tropical golden broth. My husband got a "mild" Szechuan broth, which was still very hot! Although the broths were all good, they were all oily. We did not finish them. Sanku Maots'ai charges $18.99/pound, whereas YGF Malatang charges $15.99/pound. That said, it is nice that they offer the free appetizers and even free bowls of rice. Service was friendly and efficient, seating was ample, the two bathrooms were clean, and the overall environment clean and comfortable. The restaurant does offer high chairs. My kids loved choosing their own ingredients, and it was great to see them select items they normally wouldn't eat if served to them, such as offals and taro. My husband loved his spicy Szechuan broth. Overall this was a hit, and we would definitely return. read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Three-fresh Hearty Broth DIY with free rice - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

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Build your own malatang or dry pot. Lots of options you can choose from to fill your bowl, very clean and orderly. It was really busy at dinner time so it took a while to get our food after ordering, but theres some pickled veggies you can eat while you wait. We got medium spicy but it wasn't too bad. Only comment is that each protein/veggie did not have its own tongs, you probably shouldn't eat here if you are sensitive about cross contamination. read more

A fully customizable dry hot pot and Sichuan-style hotpot restaurant opened in the East Village. It's actually a super popular chain from Chengdu, China with over 4,000 locations worldwide and this is their very first U.S. outpost, so I had to give it a try. The concept is great, you pick from a huge variety of fresh ingredients yourself, and the food is priced by weight ($3.99 per 100 grams) so it's easy to get carried away. You also get to choose your spice level along with either a broth or stir-fry base (dry hot pot). There's even a sauce station, though I barely touched it since the dishes were already so flavorful on their own. Overall, I really enjoyed my meal but thought it was a bit expensive. read more

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Newer spot that opened up in the area! I think it's a popular chain from overseas. Place is very clean and modern, which I appreciate. They give you a table first based on availability and then you go ahead making your bowls. I absolutely love the whole concept and flavor profile, nothing beats picking and choosing exactly what ends up in your bowl and paying for what you get. Only small concern from me was that the place was fairly busy, therefore the time from when we handed over our bowl to when we got it back to eat was a pretty long wait. As pictured we just loaded 1 bowl and shared between 2 of us! SOO yummy. Definitely giving YGF Malatang a run for their money haha. Will definitely come back. read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

If you love hot pot but don't have anyone to go with, problem solved! You chose all your toppings and then pick your own broth and they will prepare it for you (similar to a mala pot). They also have a make your own sauce bar. The only thing is that because they charge you per weight, it becomes incredibly expensive very quickly. The benefit is that since it's in the east village at least there aren't a lot of other competing hot pot spots nearby. I'd come again because I love hot pot but it's not necessarily bang for buck or insane quality. read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

Everything was really fresh and reasonably priced. My bowl came out to $20 and I was satisfied and full. You build your own bowl and seat yourself. My partner got the signature and I got the mushroom, both were really good! I think having a mix of both would be good, so I recommend going with someone else. I tried my friend's tomato broth and it wasn't nearly as good as the mushroom, the signature, or Hai Di Lao's tomato (for reference). read more

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We came here on a weekday and got seated pretty quickly. This place is DIY hotpot where you choose your own ingredients. We got the tomato and the sichuan special. The tomato mala tang was pretty good. The tomato flavor was really nice and flavorful. The sichuan mala tang was a bit disappointing. It pretty spicy and numbing but it was lacking in flavor. Overall, a decent malatang place to grab a quick meal. read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Rich Tomato Broth DIY - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

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Not a consistent experience. Pretty good on the good days but below average on the bad days. The broth/sauce flavor is not always the same spiciness level even when ordering the same broth. Went recently and they were heavy on the numbing spice and not the hot spice, which has never happened before. Self serve. Pick your own toppings and your own broth and check out at the counter. They bring your prepared bowl to you after a decent wait (when busy). Self service sauce bar. Had to ask for water refills and extra napkins Very bright indoor light. Super casual place for a quick meal read more

Changed my mind - went back a second time, got less fish balls and got a delicious bowl for a reasonable price. I'm a fan, especially with the winter months coming, this place would be amazing on a cold day. read more

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This hit the spot for an early solo dinner on a Saturday night. If you have never had malatang, this is a great place to start, since you can come solo or with a group and everyone makes their own pot, so they can pick the exact ingredients they prefer and specify how you'd like it prepared from their assortment of hot pot soups or dry pot. Since you pay by the pound (a little more than their nearest competitor) you can determine the exact portion size of your meal and you can request a to-go container if you have leftovers. Almost all the raw items were clearly labeled with a good range of beef options (the tender beef stayed really moist and tender in my soup), fish balls, pork, chicken, lots of mushroom option, pumpkin, noodles and various options for greens. You have your own set of tongs to select items from the bar of raw food, but there is definitely some cross contamination (for items like the spicy Szechuan beef they have dedicated tongs). The broth selection had a good variety but I had to have the Szechuan soup. They offer mild, medium & hot, which on a scale from 10 being the hottest, 5 being medium and 2-3 being mild., I opted for medium, which set my mouth ablaze. The peppercorn flavor was there, but in some other places it would be called hot; next time I'm going for mild. Silly me, I thought this global chain would tamp down the heat for the American market. There was more soup broth than I could finish but pouring some over the (free) bowl of white rice was super tasty. There's a good appetizer station and desserts (which I didn't try). read more

You load a bowl with what you like, pay at the counter and choose a broth. You take your seat and within minutes it is brought to your table. Fun and interesting concept! read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Mushroom Broth DIY - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

I love hot pot and this style where you can pick what you want in it via buffet style choices so couldn't wait to come here. It's a fairly new place. Very clean inside. I went with the Rich Tomato Broth and my husband went with the Three-Fresh Hearty Broth. My broth was a little lukewarm but I was too hungry to ask for it to be heated hotter. Both broths had a nice flavor. The buffet choices were great! Very versatile for meat eaters and vegetarians. When I asked the cashier for the lemon tea w/ no sugar he warned me it would be too bitter so advised I have it w/ some sugar in it. I did 50% and enjoyed it. Happy he was able to tell me that. There were some labels missing so you either had to guess or just go with it since it was busy when we went. Other than that, I would come back for a quick bit to eat. Informal setting. read more

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it's a solid place if youre craving malatang, i still think xin la gong fu is the best though! overall i would say i like it better than panda mala and three pot food: you just pick and choose your ingredients, i was sad they didnt have roe filled fish balls but they did have roe filled fried tofu which was really good! the szechuan style broth is yummy the space: very spacious the service: nothing memorable read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

I really enjoyed this place! It's a casual malatang place, but they do also have dry pot option as well. You pick what you in a buffet area and then you pay by weight. I felt like there was a good variety of options to choose from - there were more protein options than what I would have expected. There's also several noodle options as well! I got the tomato broth but would be interested to try the dry pot next time. read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

This build your own malatang spot is definitely received with a warm welcome. You get to choose your own ingredients and how much you want, which is charged by $4 per 100 grams, or about $20 per pound. It can be affordable or very exquisite depending on how heavy you go on the ingredients. You choose the desired broth you want at checkout with the ingredients you picked out and then it's brought to you if you're dining in. It's probably one of those casual spots where you can grab a quick lunch or dinner. read more

yummy clean place for build your own hotpot/drypot. i think pricing is a little more expensive than others but ingredients do feel fresher. read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

Ingredients seemed fresh and filling my bowl was fun and straightforward. I got the dry pot spicy mix and I liked how there was the option to adjust the spice level. The sauce bar was out of half of the stuff both times I went but sauce would probably taste bomb if everything was there read more

Great food! Broth was hot and fresh, and the toppings were plentiful! Customer service was great, and I had a great meal here while visiting NYC! read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

Solid build your own malatang or dry pot spot in East Village. There is an area where you are able to select different meats and vegetables to fill your bowl and then you are able to select your seasoning options. The ingredient area was very clean and organized with minimal concern for cross contamination. Similar to many new hotpot places, there are a couple of pickled vegetable options as well as a sauce bar. Food is prepared quickly, I believe the experience is more of an individualized fast paced casual restaurant. read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

It's $18 per pound of raw ingredients. The amount of ingredients I got came out to around $15. Which left me still hungry. So aim to get at least a pound. For ingredients, there are a lot of different beef options and lamb. And spicy things. The only chicken they had was spicy. Since I don't like beef and spicy things I got some fish fillets. I got the tomato broth which was flavorful. We came in at a time when the best stuff was not yet restocked. I saw Great looking ingredients get refilled after we left. Chicken fried rice is only $8.95. Tasty with lots of rice but little meat. The tofu pudding was excellent with some fermented wine/rice and red bean topping it. The pork belly skewers were fatty and not that impressive so I would not get that again. My friend got a lot of beef and lamb in a mushroom soup. He liked the broth and said the lamb had a strong muttony flavor. read more

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This is my fav DIY dry pot / malatang spot in Manhattan. Great value, high quality ingredients, and service is always fast

This was one of my first DIY malatang restaurant experiences, so maybe it's just an acquired taste but I was honestly pretty disappointed with my dry pot (the broth-less spicy mix on the menu). I found the seasoning spicy but lacking complexity, and the amount of chili pepper in the seasoning led to the whole dish tasting gritty and unpleasant in texture, which I've never experienced before from dry pot anywhere else. My husband joined me later to help me polish off my lunch, and he didn't want any more after a couple of bites. Maybe I just went on an off day? That said, I did like the buffet of ingredients to choose from. The thinly sliced meat was decently tender, while the fish fillets were the highlight. The restaurant itself is very clean with plenty of seating but it does give off fast food vibes, so not exactly a date night spot. I'd come back to try one of the malatangs but definitely not the dry pot again. read more

Foods good, but my girlfriend was recording a video and watching it back it was clear they cheat you out of your portion.

The food is very fresh and there are many varieties. There are many flavors. I chose tomato, which is sour and sweet and refreshing. The soup tastes very delicious. The store is very clean and the service is good read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Tomato flavored - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

Absolutely blown away by SANKU MAOTS'AI--again! This place just keeps raising the bar when it comes to authentic Sichuan hotpot. The flavors are bold, the ingredients are top-tier, and the atmosphere is effortlessly stylish. This time, we tried their Mojiao Golden Broth and the "Family Feast" combo, and they were both next level. The amazing citrusy kick from the wood ginger, with just the right touch of heat. The Family Feast was packed with variety--perfectly sliced meats, crisp veggies, fresh seafood--all super fresh and beautifully arranged. The space is clean, modern, and thoughtfully designed. Warm lighting, comfy seating, and a great playlist in the background--it's got that upscale-but-inviting vibe down to a science. SANKU MAOTS'AI is hands down one of my favorite spots in NYC. read more

Sanku Maots’ai - Hot Pot Near Me - New York, New York

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Price really good. And also they have more flavors than yangguofu matalang. The service is good as well. Atmosphere is really warm and comforting. read more

A really fun and quick spot to grab hot pot. We had one Szechuan broth, hot pot, and one stirfry both were pretty spicy at the medium level spice. Good variety of proteins and noodles and veg to put in there and the service is very quick and polite. The spot is very clean and well-maintained. Great addition to the New York hot pot scene. read more

Very oily broth, I would rather spend the money at a A la Carte place than here. Pricing is not displayed correctly before we start picking the items. Quality is really not good. We couldn't finish it because it was really not edible after a point. read more