Dragon Hot Pot — Restaurant in Melbourne

This restaurant offered something that I never had before. It was my last resort as most of restaurants were usually full during weekend in Glen Waverley.

I was hesitating to enter the restaurant as the name of the restaurant was not so special. I am always being sceptical and stereotype about a Chinese restaurant contains a word "dragon" in it. Pardon me, but my personal experience with name of restaurants with a word "dragon" in it is always bad or disappointing. As if there is no other choices of name apart from "dragon"?

My wife asked me to check if the restaurant might had something to offer which I might like to have. Then I saw a couple eating two big bowls of soup which smell amazing. I was briefly talking to the couple and asked how to order the meal.

Basically, you just pick anything you want and the restaurant weighs your pick and cook them for you. There are only two styles of cooking; in soup or stir fry; and the level of spiciness. So I chose one of each. And OMG, it truly blew my mind. The soup broth was nothing like I ever tasted before, so tasty and delicious and the stir fry was amazing too.

I will definitely come...

This restaurant is a big lier that they don't weight the pot you are using to pickup foods for weighting! Last night I specifically went to find out if that's true that they don't weight the pot. I chose little food. However even with the few selections, the total cost was $43! Plus weekend service charges and card commission charges!! Total cost is $45+! They said they don't charge the soup base! Do you believe their lies? Thought we're dumb? Then gave a ticket for getting a free soft drinks! Do you think that doesn't add in the cost? What I'm suspicious is they must have charged according to what you selected, more costly foods and cheaper foods such as tofu and vegetables! I won't return to the Dragon Hot Pot restaurants anymore because they ripped off people!! With almost $50 for one person (I was alone) its worthwhile to go to next door Korean Wayu Barbecue restaurant!! I don't recommend people to go there. That signature ma la tang we can cook it at home...

We went here for our weekly date night. My wife was pretty tired and wanted to eat elsewhere, but we went ahead with our original plan anyway. When we entered, there was a MASSIVE GROUP of people, but we still ordered and had a good time.

If you are thinking of participating in this experience, consider (a) sharing a bowl with your partner/ good friend (signature something special we can’t remember), (b) don’t sit near the door when it is cold and (c) be aware that it is a little bit on the pricey side (10% surcharge on weekends) when all your ingredient dreams come true. We did not buy the mango juice, but it seemed like a pretty cool thing to buy.

I told my wife many stories about work and she shared about her many conversations with friends. When we checked the time, my wife was surprised that it was already after 9pm! This place has a very young vibe with energy and...