101 Grill Bar + Hot Pot — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

Not another Hot Pot place

"Hot pot!?" Was my irritated response when my wife dragged me here and when I heard that it was an all inclusive with drinks I was flabbergasted. At HKD388 per person it was quite an expensive meal. That is until I started eating the food and taking in the breathtaking site from the balcony.

101 GBH (grill bar + hotpot) is not an easy place to find for tourist. It is located on the 29th floor of a building on a street packed with restaurants of all walks. Asking around my Cantonese speaking wife finally found the place and we were briskly on the 29th floor. She had already booked a table and the friendly staff quickly took us to our seats.

We chose a chicken hotpot which was sufficiently crammed of all sorts of tofu, chicken, veg, fish balls and red onion rings. It was slightly spicy but was flavoursome with a taste of star anise sechuan pepper corns and a host of other spices. As with any hot pot meal we were given soy sauce and a variety of condiments to mix with it (chilli, fried onion etc). Personally I find that the soy makes the food more salty and complicates the flavour already in the hot pot. An extravagance that I try to avoid. The beef slices were generous and were thin enough to cook quicky and to be infused with the flavours of the hot pot. The beef was probably from the pate or brisket as it has senewy fatty areas that helped to accentuate the taste.

My personal favourite were the tofu skin and the fried fish skin. Both could be soaked in the hot pot. In the case of the tofu skin it became a soggy towel that was pulsing with the heat and flavour of the hot pot. The fish skin stayed to its fried nature even after being drowned in the hot pot. Both were just delicious and we finished them almost immediately.

The drinks are just superb at the 101 GBH and a sheer pleasure for choice. They have the traditional soft drinks, including the tea with ball drinks. They had a wierd cola drink with the cola bottle prominently displayed, they had two great beers and some exceptional made cocktails. The mixologist here were fine fellows.

We later went to the balcony to get a view of Kow Loon from the balcony. This area was beautifully lit with about 7 bar tables looking into a gorgeous cityscape. We spent about half an hour here before we even paid for the meal having informed the polite staff that we would like to take in the view.

I am not and never have been a fan of hot pot but this place had the best hot pot I have tasted so far. If you are looking for a place to try out, having arrived in Hong Kong Island, and you want to go local try this! Even the menu is in english.. what else could...

Went here twice. The first time was for class gathering, while the second time was with colleagues. . For the first visit, all of us ordered the Handcraft Shabu Shabu Set. Since we had more than 10 people, we were allowed to choose three types of soup bases. We decided on mala, sukiyaki, and pickled vegetables with pork.

The set also included appetizers, such as Shredded Chicken in Spicy Sesame Sauce and Fungus. The chicken was cool and well-marinated.

The set offered a wide variety of ingredients, including Angus Prime Grade Beef Chuck Slice, Taichi Mushroom, Triple Cheese Shrimp Balls, Homemade Deep Fried Fish Skin, Bean Curd Rolls, etc. The beef was tender and sliced evenly, which paired well with different soup bases.

For my second visit, I went there for lunch with my colleagues and ordered the Taiwanese Noodle Lunch Set, choosing the Taiwanese Mala Soup Base.

For the ingredients, I tried Taiwanese Chicken, Honeycomb Tofu, and Fish Dumplings. The chicken was smooth and meaty, while the tofu became incredibly tasty after soaking in the Mala Soup Base.

I had mixian noodles and a Chocolate Milk Shake with Pearls. The portion of noodles was generous, and the milkshake was quite large. Particularly enjoyed the oreo crunches in the milkshake. . The price of the lunch set was truly economical, which explains the long queue during lunch time. We were lucky enough to be offered a room during our visits, allowing us to enjoy the view of the Victoria Harbour...

it offers all you can eat hot pot with unlimited time! that's very tempting so we went in a group of 5. the menu was like half set - they first served us some appetizer and food in a fixed amount for 5 people. after finishing all fixed items, then we could order our own food for hotpot. but to be honest, the fixed items made us half full and some are not welcomed by us, what a pity. the deep fried fish skin with salty egg was good. then one of them was like dark squid ink fish-cake? that one was awful. the unlimited beef and pork was up to standard. so we kept repeating it afterwards. the drinks were offered unlimited too, including alcoholic drinks and house wine. together with the unlimited time, we then stopped with the food and chatted till late with the drinks. nonetheless the view...