Coriya Hot Pot City (Reported Closed)

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Zjedi

Joined 2 years ago

They shut down. :'(. They have been replaced by a place called Young Young BBQ & Hot Pot. This place has individual hot pots for each person. You have a soup base which you can't choose. You choose the meet and the vegetables, etc. But the are all individually priced. I went to a simular restaurant in China that has a buffet along with the individual hot pots and also you can choose the soup base. Young young turned the buffet bars into counters which you can sit at. Upstairs I'm not sure if they remodeled it, since I've never been up there. I believe it was for like over flow of customers or a huge party.

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eastbayguy

Joined 7 years ago

Double the fun - All You Can Eat - Korean BBQ and Hotpot. I love Korean BBQ and Enjoy HotPot.

My friends and I go here every so often. It's great because you pick the food you want to cook from the buffet. Mix your own sauces. Then throw the food on the BBQ plate or into the hotpot.

The food is average to above average for a buffet, but the fun and the atmosphere of cooking with your friends is great.

I do not recommend the sushi or the bubble tea, but the fruit is very good.

Go with a group. Good for all ages.

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cha_cha_heels

Joined 11 years ago

Tried this restaurant as an experiment... ...and won't be going back anytime soon. A friend had recommended this place, so a group of us went. We knew we were going to have to cook our own food, but I don't think the notion really hit us till we were trying to make soup. You can get all your fixing in a buffet-style setting, and a member of the waitstaff will put margarine on your hot plate, as well as put a pan of water on top so you can cook.

It would have been helpful if there had been some kind of guidance - either by written instructions or word of mouth. But there wasn't.

I can do this type of stuff at home. If you're adventurous, and already know some recipes by heart, you might want to give this a try. Otherwise, stay with traditional "pay someone to cook for you" restaurants!

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Chef_Marc

Joined 11 years ago

Blame yourself =(. Well considering that if and when you decide to go and eat here you are going to be the cook you can only blame yourself if you don't like the taste of your food. You cook on a hot plate to grill and you use a 'hot pot' in center to boil other items.

It is all you can eat but taking your time to cook can lead to impatience. So be prepared to wait. The proteins are sliced thin so they cook quickly but what about cross contamination? LOL

I guess no one has got sick yet.

All in all it is more a fun way to have a meal and makes great conversation.