Where To Find The Best Hotpot Restaurants In Melbourne
With more than 100 ingredients to choose from along with spiciness your way, guests can create endless combinations of hot pots, such as signature ma la tang with seafood, chicken, vegetables and noodles. Perhaps Sichuan hot and sour broth tempts with beef, pork or tofu; while the more adventurous may opt for offal, or chicken feet to add to silky and flavourful collagen bone broth. You’ve probably walked past Panda Hot Pot’s huge wooden doors and couldn’t resist snapping a pic or two. After taking over the old Dracula’s site in 2019, Panda has made its mark on Melbourne with its authentic Sichuan menu and free nightly entertainment.
Have you ever wished you could wash down all that spicy hot pot with an ice-cold beer? David’s Master Pot branch in Glen Waverley has just finished renovating their brand new beer garden located at the rear hot pot near Melbourne of their restaurant. After choosing your favourite ingredients from the open fridge (priced at $3.68 per 100g), follow the neon signs to the cosiest outdoor area, full of gas heaters and artificial grass.
Be careful with that soup as you take it to your lips as it's switched on the whole time and kept on the boil to keep on cooking your ingredients. Take family and friends and check out the new kid on the block. For me the platter was a good option as on the day I didn't have that much time or parking time to afford the time needed to choose every single ingredient. It came in a beautiful box filled with ice, with just one layer of the ingredients sitting on top. It was definitely a lovely experience sitting in the beautiful restaurant, marvelling at the dragon with a projection of the moving sky above it and chowing down on my hot pot.
If you’re still feeling a bit peckish, there are even ready-to-eat dishes on the train, with options like spicy cold noodles, fresh oysters and plates of sushi and sashimi. These can come in a packet frozen in your favourite Asian supermarket. But it’s “fresh” in that you need to shape them into fish balls yourself.
There's also a dedicated sauce table under the staircase that goes to the next level that houses ingredients in rows of red bowls to make your own DIY dip sauce. David’s Hot Pot combines traditional Sichuan ingredients with premium Australian beef tallow, to provide an exciting variety of soup bases. The team pride themselves on their high-quality soup bases, with options including oxtail tomato, mushroom or chestnut chicken soup.
So make sure you have plenty on hand – nothing kills a party faster than running out of gas. To avoid stress, there are also electric stoves and stock pots too. Some of my fondest memories and strongest friendships are made around the hot pot.
Panda Hot Pot is about bringing friends and family together. Food is essential to our well-being, social engagements and happiness. Panda Hot Pot is a premium hot pot brand established in the Sichuan province of China. Not only is this region of China native to the Giant Panda, our national treasure, it has also given us one of the most extraordinary dining experiences in the world - hot pot. When you are missing Melbourne hotpot or Sichuan Chengdu style meal. Visit our gallery, we have collected and shared all the memory from customers.
In late 2019, Carlton’s slightly spooky, super kitschy theatre restaurant Dracula’s underwent a $6 million makeover and became a palatial hotpot restaurant. If you’re feeling a bit strapped for cash, Damiao Panda Fan has your back. They pride themselves on delivering high-quality ingredients for a fraction of the price – their lunch buffet will only set you back $35 per person. Personalised service is at the forefront of their business model – you can expect Spice World bibs and complimentary hair ties to be offered, as well as the perfect dipping sauce concoction made from their homemade soy sauce.
By tradition, Chinese food is made to be consumed with chopsticks (aside from soups, of course!), so be sure to ask for those if you are accustomed to them. Ordering is simple, order a soup base , order some dishes from the menu (Panda Hot Pot recommends 4-5 dishes per person), create your own dipping sauce from the array of sauces on the table, and you're good to go. Pandemic or not, it’s good to have a pair of cooking chopsticks and a pair you use to eat to avoid spreading germs or mixing cooked and raw ingredients. Better yet, put the raw ingredients in your strainer and cook it from there. Everyone starts with this etiquette but you’ll soon forget and mix your utensils up. From the meats, vegetables, and noodles to the stove set up.
Bomba has such a great vibe, amazing cocktails and delicious Spanish tapas! We love a great Spritz and the Bomba Bellini is delicious. Decoy Cafe is a great little coffee shop that offers amazing breakfasts and delicious coffee that is all roasted in small batches on site. Unlike other Chinese business owners who were forced to close down after being hit hard by the pandemic, Mr Zhou has managed to keep all his restaurants afloat.
Have you ever wished you could wash down all that spicy hot pot with an ice-cold beer? David’s Master Pot branch in Glen Waverley has just finished renovating their brand new beer garden located at the rear hot pot near Melbourne of their restaurant. After choosing your favourite ingredients from the open fridge (priced at $3.68 per 100g), follow the neon signs to the cosiest outdoor area, full of gas heaters and artificial grass.
Be careful with that soup as you take it to your lips as it's switched on the whole time and kept on the boil to keep on cooking your ingredients. Take family and friends and check out the new kid on the block. For me the platter was a good option as on the day I didn't have that much time or parking time to afford the time needed to choose every single ingredient. It came in a beautiful box filled with ice, with just one layer of the ingredients sitting on top. It was definitely a lovely experience sitting in the beautiful restaurant, marvelling at the dragon with a projection of the moving sky above it and chowing down on my hot pot.
If you’re still feeling a bit peckish, there are even ready-to-eat dishes on the train, with options like spicy cold noodles, fresh oysters and plates of sushi and sashimi. These can come in a packet frozen in your favourite Asian supermarket. But it’s “fresh” in that you need to shape them into fish balls yourself.
There's also a dedicated sauce table under the staircase that goes to the next level that houses ingredients in rows of red bowls to make your own DIY dip sauce. David’s Hot Pot combines traditional Sichuan ingredients with premium Australian beef tallow, to provide an exciting variety of soup bases. The team pride themselves on their high-quality soup bases, with options including oxtail tomato, mushroom or chestnut chicken soup.
So make sure you have plenty on hand – nothing kills a party faster than running out of gas. To avoid stress, there are also electric stoves and stock pots too. Some of my fondest memories and strongest friendships are made around the hot pot.
Panda Hot Pot is about bringing friends and family together. Food is essential to our well-being, social engagements and happiness. Panda Hot Pot is a premium hot pot brand established in the Sichuan province of China. Not only is this region of China native to the Giant Panda, our national treasure, it has also given us one of the most extraordinary dining experiences in the world - hot pot. When you are missing Melbourne hotpot or Sichuan Chengdu style meal. Visit our gallery, we have collected and shared all the memory from customers.
In late 2019, Carlton’s slightly spooky, super kitschy theatre restaurant Dracula’s underwent a $6 million makeover and became a palatial hotpot restaurant. If you’re feeling a bit strapped for cash, Damiao Panda Fan has your back. They pride themselves on delivering high-quality ingredients for a fraction of the price – their lunch buffet will only set you back $35 per person. Personalised service is at the forefront of their business model – you can expect Spice World bibs and complimentary hair ties to be offered, as well as the perfect dipping sauce concoction made from their homemade soy sauce.
By tradition, Chinese food is made to be consumed with chopsticks (aside from soups, of course!), so be sure to ask for those if you are accustomed to them. Ordering is simple, order a soup base , order some dishes from the menu (Panda Hot Pot recommends 4-5 dishes per person), create your own dipping sauce from the array of sauces on the table, and you're good to go. Pandemic or not, it’s good to have a pair of cooking chopsticks and a pair you use to eat to avoid spreading germs or mixing cooked and raw ingredients. Better yet, put the raw ingredients in your strainer and cook it from there. Everyone starts with this etiquette but you’ll soon forget and mix your utensils up. From the meats, vegetables, and noodles to the stove set up.
Bomba has such a great vibe, amazing cocktails and delicious Spanish tapas! We love a great Spritz and the Bomba Bellini is delicious. Decoy Cafe is a great little coffee shop that offers amazing breakfasts and delicious coffee that is all roasted in small batches on site. Unlike other Chinese business owners who were forced to close down after being hit hard by the pandemic, Mr Zhou has managed to keep all his restaurants afloat.
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