The food was delicious and the staff were amazing. Got the classic herbal broth (medium). Cleaned my bowl. read more

YGF Malatang - classic broth (mild) - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

Excellent place! Promises abundant portions and satisfying taste for affordable prices. Would definitely recommend this place to friends and strangers alike! Especially the Tom Yum broth, reminds of home in Singapore. read more

YGF Malatang - Tom Yum malatang with all my favorite hot pot ingredients. - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

4.5 round up! The sweet and sour tomato soup base was great! It was very filling and the server was so kind :) The space was clean and organized. Overall, I would come back again! This is the classic malatang spot read more

YGF Malatang - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

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Very clean, very friendly service and epic size to this YGF Malatang! The ingredients were super fresh and constantly being restocked. What struck me as well? Was the impeccable cleanliness of the restaurant. Got two soups and one dry noodles. Dope. read more

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The bone broth is really good! It's really flavorful and I like it more than YinTang or ZhangLiang broths. I got mild and it was really numbing and pretty spicy for mild, so just FYI if you can't handle spice! I was kinda shocked by the spice level. The beef brisket however is not as fatty or as tender as in the other malatang spots. However I'll still be back if I'm craving a solid bone broth malatang. For some reason the bone broth is 2.99 more expensive than all the other broth/flavoring options. I asked why but the employee couldn't give me an answer. She also wouldn't let our 2 person party sit at a 4 person table even though there were plenty of those available. Minus points here. The restaurant took over the left half of BeiYuan which is interesting as both restaurants share the same bathroom. read more

YGF Malatang - bone broth mild - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

Well my friend recommended it, and I will say this is immediately a place to go, and come back for the years to come, the food is delicious, all ingredients are freshly cut, the service is prompt and even when food takes a bit of logistics the process is fast and the turn around is surprisingly quick. The ambiance is cozy and you can have conversation with friends, seats are comfy and it was full but not so caked which makes it for a good time! Incredible food! read more

YGF Malatang - Delicious - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

The restaurant is between Bei Yuan and the AYCE sushi place. It's clean, and there's Chinese pop music playing. The ingredient buffet is well-stocked, but not a lot of bean curd options, and not everything is labeled. I got the mild Beef Herbal soup, but it was SUPER spicy. Maybe the other soup options are actually not spicy? But it was NOT mild. It wasn't crowded on a Friday evening. read more

YGF Malatang - Mild Beef Herbal Soup Hotpot - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

Love the options of malatang opening up in San Diego. The inside has plenty of tables, but it shares a floor with another cafe. You go in and pay by the weight of your ingredients. Then they cook it all and bring it out for you to enjoy. Highly recommend their base flavor. It does get spicy! Service was fast and friendly. read more

YGF Malatang - Malatang mild spicy - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

I was looking forward to coming here, but from the start, it was a rough experience. I called ahead and asked for a table of 9, and the guy who answered said that when we get there at 7 PM that they would seat us immediately. At 7 PM, I checked in and the lady at the front said that they wouldn't be able to seat us until another table cleared. There were three empty tables, but she didn't want to combine two of the tables together until a customer sitting at the fourth table finished eating. That didn't make sense to us, and she said with attitude that she wouldn't inconvenience a customer. I don't understand why it would inconvenience the customer for two other tables to be combined. We decided to wait, and then they finally combined two of the tables for us. For food, we waited about 30 minutes for the 9th person in our party to receive his food. The waiter also spilled some of his broth on the way over, and didn't offer to top off the broth. I got the classic herbal beef bone broth in mild, and it definitely didn't taste mild. The numbing spice was really strong, and I only was able to get through half of my bowl. This experience was disappointing all around, and I will not be back. read more

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Delicious Serve Yourself Chinese Hot Pot. Start off by picking your table and knowing the number. getting a bowl and filling it with all the meats, veggies you want. Then head to the counter to put in your order with what kind of broth you want and give them your table number. After, head over to the sauce bar where they have recipes for certain types of tastes you would want. Then await your hot pot goodness! The portions can be as generous as you like, as you pay per pound. This shop is located in a shop that also connects to a boba shop, so this place is really casual. Definitely worth trying this experience. read more

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YGF Malatang is a decent spot, though it didn't completely wow me. I tried their classic herbal beef bone broth, which costs an extra $2.99 per bowl. The broth was alright, but I found it a bit lighter in flavor than I personally prefer; especially compared to Zhangliang, which I think sets a really high bar for me when it comes to broth. The overall experience wasn't bad, but I think I would've enjoyed YGF a lot more if I had never tried Zhangliang before. The concept is still solid, and it's a good option if you're in the area. YGF shares a space with Bei Yuan, which I assume means they have the same owners. It's super convenient to grab your meal and then stay for tea, or just relax and hang out with a drink afterward. read more

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I always enjoyed malatang and this place hit the spot. You just grab a bowl, choose ur ingredients, choose ur broth, make ur sauce and that's it! Service was super fast and the staff were very attentive. It is also connected to BeiYuanTea so perfect to grab a drink from there and enjoy your malatang at YGF. Would definitely come back read more

YGF Malatang - Original broth malatang - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

Big chain malatang comes to convoy, same place with boba place. Clean, orange color deco as Malatang, came at 5 pm so no line no crowd so good ambiance to enjoy the food. Classic herbal is the best but $3 more. free strawberry oolong tea is a sweet thang to water down the hot soup. And no minimum weight is also a plus to have room to enjoy the dessert later. Ordered classic herbal beef bone soup and another grind pleasant spicy dry mix. Soup is tasty but very salty and overwhelming tongue numbing Szechuan peppers. The dry mix is nice but underwhelming. Probably will need to order more veggies and carb to balance out the sodium. read more

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03/23/2026 Found a great DIY hot pot spot! It's similar to Zhangliang Malatang, but better in my opinion. The standouts were the tender frog legs, shrimp paste, and complimentary strawberry oolong tea. Both the Classic Beef Bone and Tom Yum broth were delicious, the bass was perfectly cooked, and the intestines were savory and flavorful. The only downside was the sauce bar, which had a smaller selection than expected. Conveniently connected to Bei Yuan Tea & Boba. read more

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YGF is adjacent to Bei Yuan, and they share the same space within the plaza. It's quite a small space, but they still have a variety of meats and veggies to build your own malatang bowl. One thing to note during my experience was that we came right as they opened (5pm) but some of the veggies were brown and lacked freshness, so I chose to not put any in my bowl. I chose the classic beef bone broth with medium spice, which was an extra $3. The medium spice was numbing due to the Szechuan chili oil. It was great that we received complimentary iced tea, which was refreshing and helped with the heat! Overall, it was a pretty good experience but I prefer Yin Tang over YGF due to fresher ingredients and richer flavors from their bone broth (without the extra charge). read more

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I was looking for galbi tang and found this place instead, what a dream. Broth is so delicious and they helped me figure out how the place works. They give you a big bowl and tongs and you choose amount the veggies, meat, mushrooms, noodles, etc and then choose your broth and condiments. Very cool experience and so delicious! The classic herbal bone broth comes in a variety of spice levels, I got the mild and then added chopped bird chilies so it ended up being quite spicy:) highly recommend a visit! read more

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This is the first time I have ygf malatang and I would definitely come back. The place is clean, there are lot of ingredients for your hotpot, and another thing I love is that they're right next to boba place so it's very convenient to grab boba while you're wait. The food tastes fresh and yummy! The service is great as well, they're friendly! read more

YGF Malatang - Stir fried and soup hotpot. - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

Had herbal bone broth and tom yum. It was delicious. Good selections and nice ambiance. Service was nice as well. Great spot, would recommended! read more

YGF Malatang - Had herbal bone broth and tom yum broth and it was delicious. Good selections and nice atmosphere. Great spot! Would recommended. - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

With malatang starting to pop up everywhere in San Diego, it was honestly exciting to see YGF Malatang open. I really like this style of restaurant because everything is fully customizable. You grab a bowl, choose exactly what you want, and build something that fits your mood. Located inside the Independence Square shopping center on Clairemont Blvd, YGF Malatang shares a space with Bei Yuan Tea. We were greeted right away and seated. The ingredient station is on the right side, where you grab a metal bowl and tongs and build your selection. The topping variety felt on par with other malatang spots, but I did notice items I don't usually see, like egg dumplings, fish dumplings, and soup-filled beef meatballs. Everything looked clean, organized, and fresh. There is no minimum weight requirement, which I really appreciated since most places require at least 1 lb. Pricing is $13.99 per pound. After filling your bowl, you bring it to the register, they weigh it, and ask what soup base you want. I paid the $2.99 upcharge for the beef bone broth because I wanted something rich. Before sitting down, I stopped at the sauce bar, which had a lot of options like garlic, green onions, cilantro, sesame sauce, satay, chili oil, crushed peanuts, and sesame seeds. I made a chili oil and sesame sauce combo, and adding the crushed peanuts made it even better. The station was very clean and easy to use. When I got back to my table, I noticed they had placed complimentary sparkling drinks there for us. It tasted fruity, maybe passionfruit, and was really refreshing, especially with the spicy broth. That small detail made the experience feel more thoughtful. Beef bone broth (medium spicy): This was the highlight. The broth was rich, deep, and flavorful, and tasted like it was made in house. Medium spicy was actually pretty spicy, so I would probably go mild next time and adjust from there. The broth coated everything well and made each bite satisfying. I added honeycomb tripe, potato noodles, tofu, and beef, and everything was so good in the soup. The potato noodles were especially good and had that chewy texture I like. Dry pot: The dry pot is more like a stir fry version of your toppings, coated in a nutty, sesame-forward sauce. It was very flavorful and well cooked. The noodles were cooked perfectly. I personally still prefer the soup version, but this was a fun option and worth trying. I think this would be a great way to try different noodles. Service and ambiance: Service was beyond great. The employee at the register was friendly and helpful. The space felt clean and comfortable and being connected to Bei Yuan Tea makes it easy to grab boba before or after your meal. The complimentary drink was also a really nice touch and made the place stand out more to me. This is easily my favorite malatang spot so far. The broth quality, topping variety, and overall experience were all amazing. I already know I'll be coming back. read more

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this is one of my fav places to get malatang in convoy! I love the variety of ingredients I can put in my bowl. It's super affordable too! The service is very fast here and the seats are nicely spaced out so I don't feel like I'm in people's way. One thing I wish they'd have is udon noodles. I'm just a sucker for udon :/ but regardless it's always delicious! read more

YGF Malatang - Classical herbal bone broth in mild :) - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

The owners of Bei Yuan Tea & Boba have converted the next door suite to its left into the San Diego branch of YGF (Yang Guo Fu) Malatang which is a chain franchise that has locations across several states. This spot debuted at the beginning of the month and will continue its soft opening phase until some time in February. The expectation is that it will operate seven days a week, but currently the business is only running from Wednesday to Sunday. Similar to its larger competitors, orange was the predominant color used like the chairs, lining on the bowls, menu screens, etc. There were about a dozen tables for seating with the condiments bar along the left wall and the raw ingredient stations in the back right. The concept was a self-serve, build your own bowl at a price of $13.99 per lb. After the dry selections were weighed at the service counter, you then chose from one of four different broths for the soup base. The kitchen then took your components and cooked them before delivering a hot and steaming product to your table. In the meantime, you could pick up various oils. sauces, spices, and toppings from the condiments bar to enhance the flavors in your bowl. After picking up various proteins, seafood, noodles, and veggies, the dry weight of my bowl contents was about 1.5 pounds. I did notice that the variety of raw items wasn't as extensive as the more established places around town. There was also no labeling which was a simple fix that needed to be done. If you are going to expose new customers to this style of eating, then identifying the raw ingredients and condiments is a must. For my soup base, I picked the Sweet & Sour Tomato Broth which I found to be neither sweet nor sour. The Classic Herbal Beef Bone Broth cost an extra $2.99 per bowl. That was disappointing because only the Sweet & Sour Tomato Broth and the Tom Yum Broth came at no additional cost. The fourth "broth" was a spicy dry mix that turned your ingredients into a stir fry versus a hot pot. I gave a 3.5 star rating for my dining experience at YGF Malatang as there were some aspects that could be improved before I consider it on par with similar local eateries. read more

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Really yummy and great service - this is definitely one of my new favorite spots. Will be coming back! read more

YGF Malatang - Bone broth herbal , medium spicy - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

Great place with ample parking. Overall I had a great experience, mainly because of the friendly workers and large variety of options you can choose to put into your malatang bowl. The broth here is more flavorful than other malatang places I've tried- you can actually taste the mala in this broth! All of the ingredients to my bowl were also perfectly cooked, nothing was over or undercooked which made the meal so much better. The place was also clean and the bar was well stocked and maintained, which is a huge plus too. I will definitely be coming back! read more

YGF Malatang - Malatang bowl with medium classic broth - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

What can I say. As far as Malatang goes, this is the standard I'm looking for. The soup is decent, the ingredients are fresh. read more

YGF Malatang - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

Another new malatang place to try in San Diego! I really loved their shrimp balls, definitely my most favorite and their tomyum Broth is so delicious! Only downside is that they charge $3 extra for their beef broth even though that's typically the standard broth at other malatang places and it seemed like there was only 1 person working as the cashier and also food runner so it made us get our food late. It was very clean space and I liked that they had plastic covers for their sauce bar to make side nothing gets inside. read more

YGF Malatang - Tomyum soup base - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

The food was really good. The hospitality here at the restaurant was really great and was on top of their service. The whole area it self was nice and clean. read more

YGF Malatang - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

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Great service. Great food. My kids like BYT Boba and my wife likes spicy hot pot. The establishment allows both under one roof. read more

YGF Malatang - Tom yum broth. - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

The food was really good we ate it all!!! Highly recommend this place! Parking is also very big. read more

YGF Malatang - hotpot - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

We came around 5 pm on a Saturday and were the only ones but it got busier later on. Clean and spacious interior with a good amount of tables and a bar full of fresh ingredients. We all got the herbal beef bone broth but my gosh, it was so spicy despite being the lowest level of spice at mild. It was rich and flavorful but numbing and unbearable that I couldn't even eat half. Disclaimer that my spice tolerance is pretty low lol though my dad who can eat spicy said it was spicy for him too. Service was nice and they offered us complimentary tea. I wouldn't come back again. read more

YGF Malatang - Herbal beef bone broth - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

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Was pleased to find my search for new restaurants off the 52 area was on point ! This place was an excellent experience all around. It's kind of like a hot -pot experience without having to cook the meal yourself. They bring you juice as you come in,...You grab a bowl some tongs, and some fixins, and sit and wait. All the ingredients are super fresh, and there are many to choose from. Everything that you want is in front of you. Very Asian in its flow, everything is modern and new. The final outcome was delicious especially the tom Yum broth. (they give you four options of broth.) We will definitely come back. read more

YGF Malatang - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

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The food is delicious! Our second time here so far!‍ The staff are friendly and good service. read more

YGF Malatang - This spot soo good! Our second time back so far ‍ - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

Excited they opened a location in SD! We were the first ones in when we came for a Saturday dinner around 5PM but it got busier as we ate. I liked the shrimp paste, beef, and scallops and the veggies were fresh. The broth was rich but we all thought the mild broth was SUPER spicy though, to the point it was almost unbearable. I couldn't finish my bowl, but I am on the weaker side for spice tolerance haha. Service was good and I like that they offer complimentary tea read more

YGF Malatang - Herbal beef bone broth ($13.99/lb + $3 for beef broth) and complimentary lychee tea - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

Yummy! Could have shared one with my daughter. Just have to be mindful because it's by weight so it can add up at the end. They do offer complementary fruit tea, which is pretty good and it's refillable. read more

YGF Malatang - Beef broth medium spicy and Tom Yum. - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

The spicy hot pot is really delicious. I've tried spicy mixed dishes before, but I still think spicy hot pot is way better! The place is really clean! I had a great meal! read more

YGF Malatang - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

Tom yum broth definitely hit the spot. The restaurant is super clean and well organized. Also liked how it was connected bei yuan so that we could get dessert after! read more

YGF Malatang - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

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We were craving malatang hot pot and this place really hit the spot. Good variety of meats, fishballs, noodles, and veggies along with a decent sauce bar. I would highly recommend if you like to pick and choose what goes into your hot pot. They will cook everything for you so you don't have to do anything once you choose your food items. We chose the beef bone broth which is spicy if that's not something you can handle but super delicious. read more

YGF Malatang - Beef bone broth mild - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

Great variety of meats, veggies and more! The beef broth is very flavorful and my son loved the tom yum broth! Will definitely come back read more

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So yummy! Great value and really fresh and the staff were really nice. We'll definitely come back! read more

YGF Malatang - Tom yum broth and beef bone broth - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California

It is amazing to see my favorite Chinese Malatang brand is now in San Diego! And it is really delicious, as authentic as the one I had in China. The bone soup is super flavorful, and the spicy level is nice as well. They can make it real spicy. My baby and I enjoyed the tomato soup base. They have a lot of stuff to choose from. You can also order cold drinks here, super helpful to pair with spicy Malatang. read more

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Checked out this new malatang place. Love how easy, simple and delicious it is! Just grab what you want in your meal, pick your broth and they'll cook it for you! Great service and clean environment. Can even grab boba or desserts at Beiyuan (next to it) after read more

YGF Malatang - Custom hot pot in tomato sauce - Hot Pot Near Me - San Diego, California