The food was delicious and savory. The restaurant fits a lot of people and the restrooms are really clean. The workers speak a variety of English Cantonese and mandarin, fluent in all of them. They are really negotiable and understanding of what you want to order. The pot they serve you is perfect for pictures. Not sure if the uncooked noodles are straight from instant ramen but with all the other flavors they add, it's worth the 10 dollars. Had no trouble wondering what to order from their simple menu. Would recommend other friends to come here next time I come to Davis. read more

Uniboil - Noodles Near Me - Davis, California

Amazing food! Service is a little slow but the foos is worth it. I would highly recommend going with friends it's a whole other experience.

I am a HUGE FAN of the place. Not to mention the great food, the owner is really easy to talk to and all very kind. The place can be heavily packed during holidays and weekends. I would recommand going there on noon. read more

Great service. Delicious food! Love the new BBQ. Every dish is so unique! Only BBQ place open until midnight in Davis!

one of the best place in Davis!!! come here all the time, nice hot pot and great service!!

This is better than Boiling Hot for sure!! We ordered Tom Yum soup base and Szechuan Pepper Base, and we love them! It can get expensive tho... But i m so glad that I come!!Definitely will recommend to my friends and come back! Also have really good music when i am eating!(like a crazy remix mashup thing) read more

Uniboil restaurant is a fun place for hotpot. Theirs soup is yummy great customers services they are super friendly & very cleaned restaurant. read more

Came in with my girlfriend craving hot pot and we decided to check this place out. As soon as we walked in, we had to wait for about 5 minutes because no one would seat us. There were plenty of seats open too. When we were finally seated, it was like the servers were purposely trying to avoid us. We raised our hands multiple times to no avail because all the waiters would look away just in time. So after about 15 minutes of sitting, we finally flagged down the blue haired waitress. We started to make our order when the waiter rudely interrupted us. She asked "you guys didn't fill this out?" referring to the laminated order sheet on our table. If someone had come by our table earlier and informed us that that's how we were supposed to order, then maybe we would have known. But no, no one did. She continued to take our order in the most rude tone like she did not want to be there at all. Once she was done she snatched away our menus and walked off. Wow. Thankfully, the food came out rather quickly and the other waiter with a ponytail saved face by providing good service to us and making us feel more welcome. The food itself wasn't bad, I got the Hot Satay Soup with kurabuto pork which i felt needed more flavor, and my girlfriend got the tomato soup which had a lot more taste to it. All in all, it was a below average experience ruined by the waitress with a bad attitude. Won't be coming back. read more

Overpriced and poor quality of food. Service is whatever. Meat is NOT fresh: both my friend and I got stomachaches after eating here. Soup base is bland af, the only thing that can save the flavor is the sauce station. Spicy version of hot pot is probably from some kind of concentrate/powder, so it tastes somewhat spicy but without the real red chili oil color - that is unnatural and will mess with your stomach. And the price for one hot pot can feed 4 people if you make hot pot at home. Definitely not worth it read more

Finally a new hot pot place in Davis! I've been to the Monterey Park location two times and I was so excited to see a location open in Davis. The new menu is a little confusing at first. On one side, you can choose individual hot pots, where you select your broth and choice of meat (and it comes with fish balls, veggies, vermicelli or rice, etc). On the other side they have soup noodles served in a hot pot called "noodles on fire," which comes with an egg, spam, choice of noodles, etc. They also have sizzling rice plates. I got the Szechuan pepper hot pot with angus beef. It was pretty good! Same quality as the SoCal location, however they gave noticeably less food in Davis. My friends got the satay beef hot pot and the satay beef noodles on fire. They all really liked the broth! However, one of my friends ordered the satay noodles on fire and turns out it contains peanuts, which she's allergic to. Only one side of the menu states which broths contain peanuts, and the noodles on fire section doesn't have any peanut warnings so beware!! read more

麻辣火鍋！真好吃！ For the uninitiated, this is HOT hot pot! Choose your soup, choose your meat, and you get your own personal hot pot. (Other hot pot places are communal hot pots where everyone shares, at this place you don't have to share). The service we had was excellent! (Hate to stereotype, but authentic Chinese restaurants have a less than ideal reputation...this place was a welcome exception!) Perfect meal for a cold December day! read more

This has become one of my favorite hot pot places to go to, and this is coming from someone who will drive all the way to San Jose to go eat at Boiling Point. There is a slight language barrier at times but the servers were pretty consistent with checking up on us. All of the hot pot broths have a chicken broth base so the soups are all pretty tasty. It's hidden right next to the Nugget Market and I never really noticed it until I yelped it. I think that if more people gave this place a chance, they surely won't be disappointed. read more

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I have been here for couple times, this is the best hot pot restaurant so far. Food is fresh, delicious, most importantly, good quality.

BAD SERVICE, BAD FOOD This is the worst restaurant I have ever been to. More than 1 hour wait for foods. You have to come up to the register to get the order. Continuously asking for water then We had to find the water and serve it ourselves. Half way of waiting, waiter came out and said they ran out of udon, so we had to change it to ramen and they brought out INSTANT NOODLES ??? We saw our food came out, but the waiters stop and WENT THROUGH OUR FOODS with chopsticks. Why did they went through the food right in front of us?? Foods was disgusting. I couldn't even eat it because they already sticked their chopsticks in there. Instead of placing the check plate on the table, the waiter just threw it so it sled across the table. read more

I came here during soft opening, they have many varieties of individual hotpots. The wait time isn't too bad and the order came relatively fast. The satay soup is very flavorful. They have a sauce station so I can add spice to my hotpot. Definitely come back again read more

Not good at all, The portion is too small, it's mostly water with barely any chunks. The service is really bad. I will not come back again！if I would I would give no star! One star is even too much! read more

Came to try again on Thursday. Tasty spicy hot pot. Service was good and servicing food much faster than before.

Found another treasure restaurant in Davis. Uni Boil is a real cultural tastes of Asian Soups. I had the B3 Spicy Hot soup with Vermicelli. My daughter had H2 Uniboil Spicy Noodle and they were serve on flaming burners. So delicious! My husband had the Uniboil Szechuan Pepper Numb Pork Feet and T1 Sizzling Plate also delicious! read more

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First I wanna know why hometown is closed and replaced by Uniboil. If you ever tried tasty pot or boiling point, you'll find out the food here might look alike but the taste is definitely not even close. Your mouth can immediately figure out that their soups are from concentrates, all the MSG just dancing inside your mouth. Their food is also overpriced, like, 50% of the little hot pot is filled with cabbage then topped with five slices of the beef. And be aware of their dipping sauces, they are super salty! read more

I like it . Food is good, drinks are nice and price is fair.

I really like the server Clarin. She is so nice. Great attitude and serves food fast with a smile. One pot is good to share with extra add on's. I like the numb hot pot soup. The best! read more

A little dirty, table is sticky. Hotpot fire went out 3 times during lunch. Red lighting is a bit unwelcoming. Spicy pot is not really spicy. read more

Came here for my roommates bday dinner and it was great ! We all ordered different soups & we all were super satisfied The wait time is a bit long once you place your order as others in the reviews have also mentioned. However, it was busy but we thought it was totally worth the wait. Definitely plan on coming again back soon ! read more

I left Uniboil feeling bad about my time here. The experience was awkward and the service was poor. They are quite disorganized and every person is treated differently. Some are sat immediately, others have to ask for water, food wait times are inconsistent, etc. One thing I ordered was forgotten and I was charged for it? The waitress was impatient with me then outright ignored me. I walked inside and someone was paying at the register. When they were done I was spoken to in Chinese and after saying I didn't speak Chinese I was told to wait for a clean table. As I stood there waiting while other diners kept staring at me, the table was sprayed and cleaned right in front of me and I was seated at this damp perfumey table despite the numerous empty tables around me (some needing to be cleared, some clear). The menu is confusing but I marked my choices and the menu was taken from me. Then the same lady came back to tell me in Chinese something (once again I made it clear I can't speak the language) and was told I need to pick a spiciness level. There's no place to mark this on the menu. I asked how spicy medium is, she replied "Noooo. I SAID. You can pick a spicy level. Medium, mild, or very spicy." The pickled cucumbers I ordered was never brought out, and neither was water. The flowering tea I ordered was brought out in 5 minutes. Then someone who came in after me was brought their hotpot. Another 20 minutes and my hotpot came out, and I asked for a water. People came in during this time and were seated immediately at all the other clean tables. I saw checks being brought to tables, water being brought to people immediately..... There were two guests that clearly knew the lady who sat me (or were return customers) and they went up to the register to pay, but were told to sit and the check would be brought to them. Someone had just gone up to the register to pay and was taken care of there. Some are brought checks, some go up, it is different for everyone. When I was ready to leave, I went up to the register to pay since I was not checked on once after my food came out and I didn't want to flag someone down and wait. I stood in front of the register while the lady prepared someones receipt and ignored me. The other person working there was busy with something else. After more minutes pass by, I was asked what table I sat at. The cashier looked back and forth between my table and punched in numbers, so I assumed they didnt pre-enter my order and I didn't need to mention the pickled cucumbers. They charge .50 for cards and 1.00 for international cards, so I paid cash. I was FINALLY given my receipt and the total was ~25.00. I guess I was too tired to do math correctly in my head because I just wanted to leave. My hotpot was 14.99 and the drink was 3.25. My total with tax should have been around ~$20.00. I just gave her my bills and this lady, didn't have change, so dug through a receipt box to find some spare bills at the bottom and took so much time to get the correct amount in change back for me. And before counting my change she took the time to place all those disregarded spare bills back into the register. I just wanted to be out of there..! I am beyond disappointed in my experience here. I felt so awkward, and other times ignored. The service was enough for me to say I will never be back here. I hate writing bad reviews and I wish I could have liked this place which is in such a nice location downtown. Potential wasted! Also I forgot... there was not that much meat in my hotpot and I normally don't finish meals when I go out but I finished everything and was still a bit hungry. Even with the drink! read more

BEWARE IT IS CLOSED!!! Closed until 16 July without ANY warning, I love the place had a whole car of people drive all the way from Sac to dinner to arrive at closed doors and scribbled note about closure taped to them. No mention of closure on Google hours, on their own website, anywhere - this arrogant and mean and ruined my day and all our plans. They are nice folks but I can't believe that they would treat customers like that, at least they could bother to indicate a sudden 2-week closure on their own website, which I checked before going!!!! read more

You can tell this place recently opened, since they are a little disorganized. The waitress couldn't tell us that much about the menu, and they were missing some appetizers. However, the main event was super tasty. I had the numbing broth -- it was perfectly hot-numbing and got better as it condensed. My friend had the satay, which was a nice option if you don't like spicy. I will go back! read more

Service was not good (although they didn't have enough staff), we were forgotten multiple times. Order took 40 mins, food was ummm not great. read more

Stopped by this restaurant after visiting the college. This is my first time trying hot pot soups but it was fabulous, and jing and Vicki helped recommend items to try. Prompt service, large portions and prices were reasonable Will certainly be returning again and again read more

A most enjoyable dinner experience among group of friends. The food was great. You can cook your own meats and veggies in your choice of delicious broth. The staff is very attentive and courteous. Our food came out in a timely manner. My favorite is the beef in chili broth. The broth was done at right balance, not too spicy to subdue the freshness of meats and veggies. We'll definitely come back to this place in near future. read more

Uniboil - Noodles Near Me - Davis, California

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Really good. Strong authentic satisfyin flavors (thats coming from a second gen Vietnamese American). I had the thai style tom yum broth with seafood and one order of udon. My boyfriend had the uni boil szechuan pepper numb hot soup which was really strong in flavor. With two complimentary bowls of rice with each soup ordered. His complimented the pork chunks which were delicious but the flavor of the soup on its own wasnt for me. We both enjoyed the thai style lots which complimented the seafood. Dont forget the side sauces, recommended satay and chilli. read more

Worst place ever. Sat down and ordered but three people around us who sat down after us got their food first. We asked about our food and they said it will be right out. This was after waiting about 20 minutes which wasn't unreasonable because of how fast the other people got theirs. "Right out" turned out to be another 20 minutes and we had to ask again! Sensing they messed up they brought some of our add ons of raw meat and veggies. Wow so appetizing. But still they wouldn't bring out the soup, so we just walked out and left. Never coming back here again. This place will never live up to the Hometown Restaurant that was here before. read more

I like the food and atmosphere. Everything was clean and good quality in my opinion, but one of the older employees asked me a few questions I thought were just small talk, but she started shit-talking me over what I said right as I left. Not sure if she's the owner or what, but wtf? Let's ask questions about your life so I can gossip about it with my coworkers. It created an unwelcome atmosphere. read more

The service here sucks!! Don't recommend going. As soon as we walked in the lady just looked at us, didn't greet us or anything. I told her a table for 2 and she told us to sit anywhere. It took them close to 15 min to take our card from us when the workers were just standing and talking by the cash register. They don't ask you if we have been to that restaurant or help you with their menu. Which sucks because the first time we went we didn't know how to order and had to figure it out. When I finally flagged one of the workers she didn't even say anything, just took the menu card and walked away. Didn't ask us if we wanted anything to drink, my gf had to call her back while she started to walk away to get a tea. I had to wait 15 minutes after we got our food to get someone to bring us some water. read more

Decent hotpot, good prices for college students. Have a good variety of hot pot and choices for people to choose from. Love the atmosphere and the services read more

very good! the food is delicious and the waiters are very nice. i definitely recommend coming here if you like chinese food !!

Really really bad service. I know there are a lot of people there. Very slow and make mistakes on my order every time. Hope they will close soon. I miss hometown so bad. read more

Waited for half an hour for some service and no one came. Waitress just looks at other tables and ignored ours. More like discrimination. Left and they didn't notice. read more

This was my first time having hot pot and it tasted pretty good. I got the seafood hot pot and the broth and all of the seafood was cooked perfectly and very tasty. The staff was very friendly, however the restaurant was very crowded and it took 15 mins just to be served water. It took the food a very long time to arrive as well. It was also very hot inside the building. read more

This place looks nice and it's a dope idea. I am rating it 1 star because of the service. It was trash, we stood for a bit before someone even noticed us (btw the restaurant was empty). We got sat down and we told the waiter it was our first time and if he could explain to us how it works but he just smiled and said just order on here and printed and the menu card and walked away. We waited for the waiter for a while before someone came back to our table. Normally this wouldn't be any issue but what bothered me was the fact that they sat down 3 other customers, took their orders right away brought them drinks and their food before they even came back for our order. To top all of this off we never received our drinks that we ordered. I reminded the waiter 2 times and he didn't bring them, I also asked for cups to cool down our food several times but again he never brought them. This has got to be by far one of the worst places I have ever spent money on food in my life. I have been to over 20 states here in the country and I have never had such bad service. Oh and the food was nothing special, the broth lacked flavor and the ingredients didn't taste fresh. For a restaurant in Davis, Ca this establishment clearly lacked quality. Something you wouldn't expect in a town as diverse and full of flavor as Davis. You want a real hot pot go to Blue House Korean BBQ in Sacramento near the Arden area I promise you this place is a hundred times better plus their service is one of the best. read more

Horrible service. Food isn't even that good. The soup broth is bland. Me and my girlfriend waited almost an hour to get our check. While eating no one even checked up on us to see how we're doing or if the food tasted good. The place wasn't even busy at all. There were many tables open and there were only 4 of them filled. When we ordered our food the waiter looked like he was eating food and talking to us at the same, I already knew the service was gonna be whack right when we got here. Very unprofessional and unpleasant. I don't usually do yelp reviews but this is by far the worst restaurant service I've been through. I was skeptical about the three stars, but they deserve it. We also weren't greeted when we left or walked in. read more