Shiweixian Hot Pot — Restaurant in Chongqing

We came on a Thursday evening for our dinner. There was no waiting time as there were plenty of seats available (this place holds a Guinness record for its huge space that holds five thousand tables!). Upon arrival, there's quite a steep stairs to climb up to the dining area (knees crying, but it's a norm here as stairs are everywhere). Ordering was via the menu. Basically, just write or circle the items you want and hand it over to the attendant. The food took about 15mins to be served, which was pretty fast. For the taste, there's nothing special to shout out about as it tasted pretty similar to any hotpot you can find in ChongQing. But the commendable part is the scenic views and also the service (one waitress offered to peel our prawns! very thankful for that). Overall, I'd recommend a try if you don't mind the distance to travel here. The price was affordable too. Total about 450rmb for 2pax. (We had 2 plates of beef, 1 plate of prawns, fish and some vegetables, and 2...

Actual restaurant name: PI Pa Yuan Shi Wei Fresh Hotpot 枇杷园食为鲜火锅. This restaurant is more for tourists to come over for photo taking & social media postings. We were brought to this restaurant as part of our tour group itinerary. The meat served at this hotpot joints are mainly animal spare parts such as cow stomach, chicken gizzard, liver, etc that we do not typically consume but are favored by locals. We only ate the beef slices, prawn sticks, beef shortplates & vegetables. Definitely will not be back for...

World’s biggest Hotpot restaurant. Impressive to look at but food and service was only so so. Complaints: 1. You have to climb up so many flights of steps to get a table 2. Chinese menu with unclear explanations to the portion. Eg, 1 portion of beer= 1 tower of beer! Waitress was not helpful in explaining. 3. Unfriendly and clueless staff 4. Loud music- karaoke blasted from the carpark. Yes, imagine bad singing from the Didi drivers broadcasted to the whole restaurant. A waste of time driving up...