I came here on a friend's recommendation, and I was very satisfied with the meal. The menu was quite extensive, and you can just tell them what you want, and they'll bring it quickly. The environment was very comfortable, and the service was very warm and welcoming. I plan to come again for my next gathering. read more

It didn't feel particularly clean - maybe cuz the restaurant itself felt a bit run down. The meat quality wasn't the greatest and I didn't care for the soup options. One person manning the kitchen and another person running the front. At times, the veggies would be missing for a long time. So it was a lot of sitting... But conveyor belt hot pot is a cute idea. Maybe if they have more man power and greater options to choose from. read more

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Went here because Daimaru Shabu Shabu was a long wait and my kids wanted hotpot so bad. Honestly I feel like we shouldn't have come here at all. I rarely give low rating reviews but this one was not to my liking. My family did not like it either. The place has quite a lot of seats with green like decor. There is a revolving belt for most of the food items such as, spinach, lettuce, pig blood, clams, muscles, shrimp etc. They have pork, lamb, beef you can order with the staff. There are no different kinds, just whatever they have all from frozen. Prices: $28.99 per person $16.99 for kids 5.99-7.99 for each soup base When I asked for a 6 beef, the staff rolled their eyes and laughed. Kind of put the mood off being our first time there. My in-law asked if they spoke Catonese or Mandarin, the lady who gave the attitude said they only spoke English, but she spoke Mandarin at the table beside us. In the end we asked for desserts which they did not have. A definite waste of money here. Would surely never come here again or would I recommend. read more

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ALL YOU CAN EAT CONVEYOR BELT HOT POT! I came on a Saturday evening around 6:30 and immediately got seating. There were some tables still empty. We got seated on the side tables facing the conveyor belts because there was only 2 of us. Each individual is required to pay their AYCE fee + a soup base. Weekend prices are $28.99 + soup base (ranges from $6-8). We ordered one pork & seafood soup base and one nourishing health soup base. There is a sauce station with lots of variety of dipping sauces to choose from. Everything is covered with lids so it's pretty clean at the station. You can pick up any dish from the conveyor belt and place it on your table. Note: you need to order the plates of meats from the staff. They offer beef slices, pork slices, and lamb slices. Each plate was pretty big and it was a lot of meat for the two of us. Some of the hot pot dishes were: luncheon meat, pigs blood, fish balls, chinese lettuce, cabbage, fish, squid, clams, frozen tofu, udon, instant noodles, vermicelli, shrimp, taro, chinese sausage, sweet potato, etc. (I had to list it out since I couldn't find a menu that has all the food choices). They do not have any dessert options besides the slices of oranges. I would recommend this place as it's a fun interactive hot pot restaurant and there aren't many conveyor belt restaurants in the area. The total bill + tip was about $38 per person which is pretty good for an AYCE place. read more

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The food was great. Pricing is okay. It was less options than other place but the conveyor is nice to have. They also have different options that arent in other hot places. Service is nice. She would always walk around and take the bowls away and refill the soup and water. The place is nice and the conveyor is a nice vibe read more

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Food, Everything was fresh except the beef was way too fat, not to my liking service was great, very professional Ambiance, restaurant is very clean and every party have their own booth, love it All you can eat for less then $45 per person (tax and tips included) I will be back read more

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Been here a few times and luckily whenever I've went, I either just missed the crowd or it comes after I'm midway through the meal. Food is good, never had issues with what was going around on the conveyor belt. Has a decent variety imo too but of course it may not compare to the proper hot pot restaurants but I haven't tried them in so long so I could be wrong too. Restaurant is decently sized with a good number of 4-6 seaters along with some single ones where you face the conveyor belt. Service is pretty friendly and quick. All in all, never had any issues and would love to return if I'm looking for a cute/fun/different experience for hot pot and the conveyor belt experience (cuz who doesn't love it?! Ok, but I love it and that's what matters xD). Price is reasonable imo too. read more

I was super excited to try this place because of the conveyer belt gimmick but sadly it didn't live up to the hype. Pros: the broth was delicious and everyone got to have their own pot and there is an extensive sauce bar. But the variety in the ingredients was lacking. It is all you can eat and the servers put out huge plates of sliced beef, lamb, and pork out for you. If you are unable to finish, you are allowed to take it home at no extra cost. Me and my brother and our friends went on Christmas day for lunch, we were the only people there and here was what was offered on the conveyer belt: instant noodles, udon, canned quail egg, whole chicken egg, tofus, lettuces, clams, shrimp, spam, red sausage. We were looking for enoki mushroom, cuttlefish balls, but surprisingly there wasn't any. Unlike most hotpot places there is no ice cream at the end, dessert is just a few sad pieces of melon under saran wrap. It's worth going once for the gimmick because there aren't many conveyer belt places to eat in the GTA but I wouldn't go back to this place. read more

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We came on a weeknight and had to wait for tables, but didn't have to wait too long. I liked how they had tables facing the conveyer belt so you came just pick the food you see that comes along. This is a cheaper way to eat hot pot. Quick and easy and I liked having individual pots. Service was good too as they had enough staff. read more

Who doesn't love hot pot on a cold winter day. A friend recommended checking out this place. I went for lunch which was quiet but was pleasantly surprised. Neat thing about this Hot Pot place is that it has a conveyor belt to bring you various items for your hot pot. I only heard of conveyor belt sushi, but never heard of it for hot pot, but it totally worked. Everyone gets their own pot which is nice. The meat is ordered from the server and is brought separately. Everything else you are used to getting for hotpot come around on the belt. All Veg, tofu puffs and skins, noodles, some seafood, mushrooms etc., etc. Restaurant itself is small but nicely decorated and the food is fresh. All you can eat at $28.99 + base is reasonable these days. I enjoyed hot pot here and the conveyor concept was super fun. Would definitely come back. read more

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Food runs on a single conveyor belt so if you're sitting at the back of the belt you sometimes don't see what you want for a while or the item only comes out once or at the end. Servers are friendly and welcoming and washrooms are clean. To be honest, it is more of a 4.5/5 stars review! read more

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Great good needs more option I did enjoy the service. The lady was very nice, but she had a hard time understanding what I was saying other than that the food was really good. The service was fast. I wish there was a little bit more options. The atmosphere was clean the place was very welcoming. read more

Side By Side Hotpot - Good experience needs more variety but over all good - Do-It-Yourself Food Near Me - Markham, Ontario

We were searching for a place to eat in the area and passed by this restaurant at Langham Square. There was one table left when we walked in at 7:15pm. I thought it was a choose-your-own sushi place but it was actually a hot pot place. This was our first time having hot pot outside of our own home. Everyone has their own pot and you can choose your soup base. The soup base has some Chinese herbs too. There were some different meats to choose from, but the beef and pork came from the kitchen as they're frozen in thin rolls. There was quite a selection of things to cook: tofu, gluten puffs, a variety of mushrooms, different veggies, and seafood options. The kids had fun taking things off the belt. read more

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This is an all you can eat conveyor belt hotpot place. Besides the buffet fee, you must pay for a pot of soup per person, so dining here is more expensive than it seems (and more expensive than other AYCE hotpots). You can mix 2 soups in one pot. The soups are awesome, but otherwise this place falls short. The first row of soups is spicy, but the next two are non spicy. Had Pork seafood and nourishing herbal in one pot and tomato oxtail and mushroom chicken in another. All were very tasty, especially tomato oxtail. And even though they were topped up repeatedly with master stock, they still retained their flavours, likely due to their containing many ingredients (so the flavour could re-develop). Thinly sliced beef, lamb & pork are served, but you pick other items off the conveyor belt. Unfortunately the variety of items isn't great and they're not always replenished promptly (e.g. we only saw corn once throughout dinner). Unlike other AYCE hotpot places, you don't get cooked dishes either. The quality of items wasn't all there either. While the chicken thigh was good, the shrimp was not fresh, so it's better used to sweeten your soup than to eat. The you tiao (fried dough sticks) are soggy. Mung bean noodles (dong fen) are good, since they cook fast & absorb the soup's flavours well. You get to mix your hotpot sauces yourself, which is refreshing. The sesame sauce is super dilute. Otherwise the sauces are passable - it might be a better idea to eat your food with the soups. For dessert you only get sliced orange - they were big & juicy but had a limp flavour. You don't get water, though their drinks are not pricey. On the up side, service here is above average for a Chinese place, and their English standard is good read more

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This spot is a nice take on conveyor hot pot. It was fun for my little ones and I. The service was great. Nice design to how the food flows throw tables to tables. Must try. read more

This place was my thoughts came true! When you think of conveyor belts, you think of conveyor belts sushi (other than your luggage at the airport), but why can't you have one for hotpot as well? Side By Side Hotpot was a small AYCE hotpot place where all your ingredients arrive on the conveyor belts, waiting for you to pick'em. As it's an individual pot style, you pick your soup base (mushroom soup on my visit), and you order your meats with the server (only beef or lamb), make your own sauce at the sauce bar, and while you waiting for your soup to arrive, you can start picking out the ingredients from the conveyor belts. They have seafood (shrimp, clam, mussels, fish, squid), veggies, tofu, fishballs and noodles. It was a fun experience, but the reason for 3 stars here we gooooo... 1) seats are narrow, not suitable for a big party 2) from meats (no pork??) to conveyor belts ingredients (no dumplings or wontons) to desserts, not many choices to choose from Though, service was great and attentive, always came by to pick up our empties and refill our soup with SOUP not water. Roughly about $36 per person plus tips. If you never had conveyor belts dinner, you can give it a try. But for hotpot, there are other places that cost you similar yet many more varieties of ingredients. read more

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This restaurant's hot pot experience was surprisingly good. I was in the mood for some spicy hotpot so I dragged my fam here on a weeknight figuring it would be less busy. I was right. Came at 6 pm and only one other table there so I was a bit weary. Mind you, by the time we left at 830 pm the place was almost full. It's not a huge place either booths fit 4 to 6 people so any parties beyond 6 will be split into multiple tables. This is an individual hotpot place aka Xiao Huo Guo so everyone gets their own mini pot of soup to cook in. There's lots of spicy and non spicy soup bases from 4-8$ or so I think if I recall but you can find their menu online. It was $25.99 pp on weeknight plus soup base. I tried both the spicy mala base (too spicy not good for cooking but good for quick dip IMO) and the bone broth which was sooooo good!! You order the meats by the platter from the server and the rest you wait for the conveyor belt to bring you a random assortment of item. There were different kinds of mushrooms, tofu, udon, rice cake, vermicelli, vegetables, fish paste, Chinese sausage, spam, corn, taro, winter melon, potato, tripe, crab stick, clams, shrimp, mussels, and finally saw some fish balls. Besides the white fish balls, no other balls in sight. The clams and shrimp were so sweet and fresh and so was the corn! To some, the selection might be a bit more limited and sporadic than other AYCE hotpot places but in all honesty how much of everything are we going to eat? Unless you are looking for specific items or want wagyu pot or seafood pot, you will enjoy it. They have beef, pork, lamb from the kitchen and chicken pieces came on the conveyor belt. We sat there for 2.5 hours and had a blast. Everything tasted fresh, soup base was delicious, make your own sauce bar was clean and whatever concoction my mom made for me should be bottled straight up! Service was wonderful, attentive and quick. Food was great, place was clean (all items on conveyor belt was wrapped in cling wrap), and it was a fun time. After tax and tips around $33 pp on weeknight. #worthit read more

The wife and I came here for dinner on a Friday night around 6:30 it was busy yet probably about 3 more tables at the time. We thought it was pretty interesting the concept. They offer AYCE hotpot here but with a rotating conveyor belt that carries the food around the whole restaurant similar to a rotating sushi concept. The food was ok when you order directly from the server like the meats. We found that the other items on the belt just kept looping and didn't look too appetizing, maybe if it was busier and the items are moving and being replenished with new items. The price is not bad for AYCE $26 for adult weekday and $29 for adult weekends and holidays. But you can also get better premium soup base for an extra fee. Everyone has an individual pot for cooking. Overall this place is not bad decent food service is good. FeiJai Out! read more

Side By Side Hotpot - a variety of food on a table - Do-It-Yourself Food Near Me - Markham, Ontario

The conveyor belt concept is definitely neat cause you won't waste food as the portions are standard and consistent. We had a large group (of 8) but had to sit separately (4 and 4) but overall is a good AYCE hotpot place. read more

Came here cus of the conveyor belt and it was tons of fun eating here. I like that it's portioned smaller which makes you eat more and the service was great. read more

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Very nice and fresh modern ambiance. The whole concept is very green with comic story line on the walls. I felt like being back in Hong Kong again. You can watch TV and there's one video game to play in the waiting area too. Street fighter, bomber man, bubble bobble. The food is served on the conveyor belt and AYCE all you can eat, you can pick up any dishes you like on the conveyor belt and cook it yourself. The only items you order with the staff are the beef and lamb. There is a sauce station, you can select your own garlic, soya sauce, and extra chopsticks where you can ask for the wooden ends to insert yourself to pick up raw food. Very thoughtful, clean and unique idea, each individually wrapped. For my soup Base, i chose the light spicy soup base ($5.99) The hot pot place serves lots of variety, oyster mushroom, enoki mushrooms, tofu, squid is a good size, the fish balls are good because they are unique and stuffed. There are mussels, clams, fish paste, spam, vermicelli and the list goes on. Very good variety of food. Lots of greens options, different types of mushrooms and watercress. Friendly and nice service. This restaurant is at the location of where Champions Cuisine (一品海鲜烧烤) used to be. They even have the Pineapple Fanta that we can't get outside! For the dessert, they serve fruits , such as red grapes and pineapples. These are the variety of soup base that you can choose from: Bone soup Base $4.99 Pickle soup Base $4.99 Pepper corn soup base $4.99 Mushroom Soup Base $4.99 Yak Butter Soup Base $8.99 Mix Butter Soup Base $7.99 Double flavour Soup Base $5.99 Weekday: Adult $24.99 Senior $22.99 Weekend: Adult $27.99 read more

Even on a cold Wednesday evening, this place was 80% full which I found surprising but there's no better meal and hot pot when it's cold. This place is similar to Surely Up Vegetarian hot pot with the conveyor belt bring out each dish, except this place is AYCE and you're not sitting in a circle. The conveyor belt moves around the entire restaurant and people can sit in their own groups. The only downside is the people sitting on the edge of the table won't be able to reach for the food and they'll have to ask someone who's sitting closer. There's also a sauce and dessert station, as well as a gaming area near the front entrance. The decor is pretty and green. Their chopsticks also come with a wooden extension to make it longer (it was annoying at first cause it kept falling out but it was fine afterwards). You can order beef and lamb but you can pick everything else from the conveyor. There's a nice selection and more variety than other places and if there's something you want but don't see it or hasn't come out in awhile, you can ask them. They also have items that you wouldn't see at other places such as chicken feet (those white ones), pork skin, and beef tendon. It's probably better to sit closer to where the food comes out because since it's an AYCE hot pot, people tend to grab a lot of food and if you're sitting by the windows, it might take a little longer/you don't get the best selection. On the plus side, they give multiple dishes of the same kind so you still have a chance of getting what you want. It would also be beneficial to have labels on their dishes cause I honestly don't even know what some of them were, but it's probably difficult to have to label so many dishes. I did find that the soup made me quite thirsty, probably from the MSG. They recommend pork bone soup as their favourite, but we opted for the mushroom, tomato, and pickled soup. Soup base are roughly $5-$8 and the cost on weekdays and weekends is $25 and $28, respectively. Service here is amazing! And you don't find that usually at any hot pot/AYCE restaurants. They explained their soup, cleared dishes, refilled water and soup without having to call them over. There's really no complaints! Overall it was fun coming here for dinner and I would come here again! read more

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My first time at a conveyer belt restaurant, so convenient and really cool how we can pick all of our sides coming through the belt. Everything was really fresh and there were a lot of options. This was the first hot pot restaurant I visited where each patron had their individual pot and I prefer this to sharing a pot. I would definitely come back (the spicy broth is really spicy though so please go with lightly spicy) read more

Side By Side Hotpot - a variety of food on a table - Do-It-Yourself Food Near Me - Markham, Ontario

My boyfriend and I came here after the gym. This was our third time and we really enjoyed it the first time we came here with 4 other friends, however this time we realized there is a lack of selection versus the first time we came here. Not sure if it was due to the lack of customers, but the second time and this third time we dined here, we were the only people in the restaurant. The service was good as we were the only people dining but some vegetables looked dull and stale and the meat they serve are frozen like the ones you could purchase from the supermarkets already rolled and packaged. We enjoyed the soup bases moreover most places we've dined in but that was it for us. This will be the last time we will dine here unfortunately. read more

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Been here 4 times the last 3 months. Consistent quality and reasonably priced. The selection is great and quality has maintained. There used to be a similar place in Markham named Shirley's Up. But covid has left them folded, this place has been my new go to for vegetarian Hot Pot. Try the bone broh. You'll fall in love. read more

Cruising on Yelp for a new dinner spot and come across this place... AYCE conveyor belt hot pot. There are disposal chopstick tips so you know that the utensils you are cooking and eating with are new. I went with the Bone Soup Base and lamb to start. The lamb was a good quality with a balance of meat and fat marbling. There were many options on the conveyor belt, like yam noodles, clams, tofu, mushrooms, and other veggies. If there is a meat or food option that you would like more of, you can ask the staff to bring it to you and don't just have to wait if it has not been coming around for a while. Overall, I would definitely be coming back. read more

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I don't normally go out for hot pot, mainly because of the price and the cleanliness (of food and dishes). This place was surprisingly good. We waited half an hour on a Saturday night, which wasn't too bad - they offered to take down our number and said we could walk around the plaza until the table was ready. The entire night, I saw only one waitress serving all the tables. Mind you, she was very nice and helpful - we just felt bad that it was just her. Everything is self explanatory. You pick your own broth (everyone gets one) and the prices start at $4.99 for the broth alone. The tomato one was really good! And the pork bone was a good, simple broth if that's what you are looking for. There was a good supply and variety of food circulating that night (around 8/8:30), and our pork, beef and lamb platters were refilled by the waitress very quickly (these are brought to your table and not on the conveyor belt). When they refill your pot, they refill it with some sort of broth and not water, which I like! They had a good variety of food circulating, but nothing too special (duck liver, cabbage, chicken, quail eggs, shrimp, mussels, shrimp paste, pork blood, clams, vermicelli, spam, squid...) I think overall it came to be about $35 or a little under $40 a person on a weekend. I guess thats standard pricing for hot pot now, but I'd definitely pick this place over other places for cleanliness and being able to have my own pot :). read more

Side By Side Hotpot - Pork bone broth - Do-It-Yourself Food Near Me - Markham, Ontario

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I ordered the tomato broth and loved the taste. The selection of ingredients was good and there was a nice variety for me considering that I am a pescatarian. Unfortunately I cannot comment on the meat but everything else seemed to be quite fresh. Taking food from the conveyor belt was pretty fun. Of course, if you wanted a specific item you could also ask the workers directly to order it. Workers at the restaurant were incredibly kind and made the experience so much better. read more

I wanted to try something different, I kept searching the net for "dinner and a show" but i had no luck so I decided to search the net for a restaurant that has it's own uniqueness instead. Side By Side Hot Pot restaurant was suggested online just to be sure I watched a quick YouTube video of the restaurant and I was 100% committed to trying this place :) I was there that evening! I was greeted and seated immediately by a nice waiter he was completely understanding I am new to this hot pot thing and he went out of his way to make sure i was comfortable and happy. Hands down he was the best waiter I ever came across a full 5 stars, there was also a waitress working that night and another waiter that was on his break and they also made sure I was happy and asked if I needed anything or any help with anything. They showed me the sauce bar area and helped me pick my soup base "i picked the spicy soup" and they showed me the conveyor belt. It was such a great experience for my first time the conveyor belt for the hot pot and the staff is was made this experience a memorable one. They served crabs mushrooms lettuce spinach liver chicken beef shrimp muscles noodle rice and many other options off the conveyor belt. After purchasing 2 ice tea drinks and about to purchase a 3rd ice tea drink my waiter knew that the soup was too spicy for me and offered the 3rd drink on the house :) Our bill came out to $90 for 2 adults -2 base soups -2 drinks Thank you, I highly recommend this restaurant read more

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Amazing service and variety of foods for hot pot. Items come on a conveyor belt. Family owned business and owners are very friendly.

It's absolutely freezing outside which makes it the best time to have hot pot! Conveyor belt style hot pot at Side by Side (排排坐旋转火锅) has arrived in Markham, Toronto. Aside from having to order the meats - all veggies, fishballs, seafood, noodles etc. are placed on the conveyor belt for you to just grab onto whenever you have your eyes set on an item. This is definitely an innovative take on hot pot! . Tip 1. Grab the items you want as soon as you see it because you won't know how much longer it will take before the next batch will come around infront of you. Tip 2. Choose a seat closest to the start of where the food comes out of the conveyor belt in order to get first pick on food preferences. Cons: Things I didn't really like about my experience here was how some of the certain foods I wanted to have more of stopped passing by on the conveyor belt. This made some food options and food variety limited in a way. Second, they really need to rethink their chopsticks idea because the bottom half of my wooden chopsticks kept falling off into the hot boiling pot while I was eating which really irritated me. Then I had to scoop the wooden part back out and reassemble the chopstick again... read more

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A cool concept where you could grab your veggies, seafood, and noodles. They bring out the sliced beef and lamb for you, to ensure that you don't waste that much food. We had no issues with this - it was enough to make us full. I think the conveyor options were a bit less than regular places (ie. no corn). Food was generally good. I think the overall experience is unique, therefore it also comes with a price tag. Compared to other Hot Pot places it's a bit pricer- your soup base is not included in the hot pot price. Therefore expect per person to be at least $45 with tax on a weekend. There's only 6 tables with a side bar. A small little restaurant so expect to wait. There's a cute TV where you can play some games as you wait. Overall not bad, just pricey. read more

Side by side Hotpot! It was an awesome experience! Tried the mixed butter soup base and it was yummy but spicy. If you're not a fan of peppercorn, the spicy soup bases might not be for you because they are generous on peppercorns. The ingredients on the conveyor belt vary but it's basically roulette because there isn't a menu showing what items they have. Halfway through the meal, we found out they have squid. The meat slices they bring out though is either beef or lamb so not many options. They have a tiny dessert bar beside the cash where they have deep fried bread with condensed milk or spring rolls or fruit. Service was really good though and they were efficient in clearing out our empty green containers and giving us water refills. But overall really good experien read more

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Been to conveyor belt sushi, but our first time for hotpot! The restaurant was airy and bright. It was empty when we first arrived at 5:30pm but it filled up really quickly. Service was good, and food came on the belt promptly. We ordered a light spicy and tomato/oxtail soup base combo. As other posts mentioned, you need to order sliced beef and lamb through your server. Variety of food items was great, quality varied a bit by items (most seafood I tried was good, veggies didn't look fresh though and not a lot on the belt). I did have to ask the server about noodles as they did not have any, and they brought them out towards the end of our meal. So a tip would be to ask your server early if you want something but don't see it on the belt. Overall we enjoyed our meal and experience here, will come back! A bit pricey for my not-so-good-at-AYCE stomach though, maybe they can consider offering 2 pricing structures: AYCE and price per colored dish. read more

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Individual pots with a few soup base to pick from. There is no free soup base they average from 4.99 and up if I remember correctly, soup base is very flavourful. Lamb and beef is not on the conveyor you just need to order from the staff. Rest of the food comes in the conveyor. The concept is fair new but there was time that there wasn't much food as people took most of them just all depends on where you sit and how many people is closer. Food variety is lacking some item I only saw once and other over and over again and again. Compare to other hot pot you get about half of the selection of food. read more

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Stumbled into this conveyor belt AYCE hot pot inside the Langham Square plaza on Kennedy. Its all you can eat so you cannot expect the quality to be super amazing and it's more for the experience of grabbing food along the conveyor belt while you eat which I thought was pretty unique, as we dont have many restaurants like this in Toronto or Markham. We were seated immediately on a Sunday evening, although the place was already half filled. Every person gets their individual personal pot and you choose your soup base along with the type of meat you want (beef, lamb or pork). The rest of the food selection is AYCE. There's a counter where you can choose your condiments as well. Everything in this restaurant was super tidy and clean, and there was plenty of ventilation so my clothes did not smell too bad at the end I ordered the tomato soup with ox tail soup base, and it was delicious! I didnt even need that much condiments to go with my food since everything I boiled was tomato flavoured. The selection of food was a lot bigger than I expected it would be and everything came in small portions so that you could try a little bit of everything without wasting any food. There was a wide selection of veggies, seafood, meats, noodles and hot pot favourites. However it was a little on the pricier side...you had to pay an additional $6-$8 for the soup base on top of the individual AYCE pricing which I thought was weird so it came to around $40 per person including taxes and tips. I probably wont come back in a while but it was worth the experience once or twice in a lifetime. read more

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First time visiting here. Very good experience in terms of food quality and the conveyor design. It is nothing new compare to those conveyor type of sushi place. BUT I'm sharing with you that our kids are SO motivated here for hotpot dinner :) simply because of not just food variety but also the fun factor of the conveyor belt. Definitely recommended for a fresh touch in hotpot business. read more

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Neat little restaurant nestled in Langham. Portion sizes are small, but then you can grab as many as you like without bothering anyone lol read more

Side By Side Hotpot - Neat little conveyor belt - Do-It-Yourself Food Near Me - Markham, Ontario

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Worst hotpot ever! Entire night we only saw 2 pieces of shrimp, one tiny piece of shrimp paste and no dumplings, fish balls, nor any meat balls to be found. I had to ask for the server to bring us some slices of beef. I also asked what else i need to ask for that he brings and he said only beef and beverages. All other stuff on belt! None of food was substantial! All soup base extra! Dining time limit is 2 hours and it goes by so quickly when u constantly have to see what is the next tiny portion on the belt or if they even get to you...I feel sorry for the people at the end of the belt. Not worth the money at all, just a gimmick! I would rather pay a bit more to dine in an AYCE hotpot where I can place my order. read more

TLDR: Yay! I am a fan! A bit on the expensive side, but fresh ingredients and the quality was not bad at all! It was also SUPER cool... I mean, who doesn't think conveyor belt hot pot is cool?! I was craving AYCE hot pot the other day and decided to scroll through Yelp for some help! I landed on this page and was sold by the pictures (and the conveyor belt)... it looked so modern and yummy! I came here on New Years day at around 12:30PM, thinking it would be super packed... but nope, we were the only table for about 15 minutes, when another group of two came in. When we were about half way done, another two groups came in (total of four tables, and about 12 people), not too busy - I was very surprised. The restaurant isn't as big as you would think, so on a busy day... it may have longer wait times! The food was very fresh and the quality was definitely better than other AYCE places (not saying it's the best, but it's not bad - the beef and the lamb were sooooo good)! I am not too sure how many dishes they have, but as more people came in, more dishes came out - but it was more than enough for me - I just like to see a lot of things... It was also very nicely portioned out, especially for people like me, who would like to see more or have a taste of something, rather than over ordering and not being able to finish it! I also want to emphasize that the shrimp was very fresh. They had a couple of weird dishes that I was not a fan of - I believe it was beef marinated in a type of Chinese mustard sauce, and a dish that kind of looked like deep fried chicken. Overall? It's pretty good - will definitely come back - hopefully the quality stays this way! P.S. 5% off if you pay with Cash - I also got a 10% off for your next visit :) read more

Side By Side Hotpot - Do-It-Yourself Food Near Me - Markham, Ontario

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