5PM Lalapot (Austin) 五点炭炉火锅 — Restaurant in Johor

After patronising the other more popular lalapots, decided to give this one a try. There was no queue around 5pm. Quite a contrast vs their more famous counterpart. The ventilation is much better too.

The modus operandi is the same, starting with soup selection and a fire lit-up show. One unique thing they have was the stitched metal plates that enveloped the charcoal fire to block out the heat. It also helped to boil the soup faster. Well done.

I was happy to find that their soup was just as tasty, and even the refills were tasty too, with the full flavours of seafood. At the other famous lalapot, the refills tasted bland.

The ala carte items were fresh, with a good selection. Notably, their shrimp paste was excellent.

Pleasantly surprised that their sparkling Oldenlandia water came with sour plum. Nice 👍🏼.

The boss must be a thoughtful businessman. They also provide disposable floss, tissue paper and other amenities at the toilet.

I had a wonderful experience at this lalaport.

One thing they can improve is to include Thai green chilli dipping sauce. It goes well...

The atmosphere and service here is definitely better than a famous lalapot in M.Austin. It wasn't hot or too warm inside that I perspire. The waiter took initiative to observe the duration of food being cooked in the pot and assist dinner to cover or uncover the pot while boiling.

The food is mostly fresh although it could be a little pricey, yet cheaper than M.Austin. The soup is also tasted good. It has a sweet taste of the clams without smelling too fishy. They also provide options of condiments.

Overall, if you don't want to queue for 30min at some other overrated famous lalapot, this is a good alternative to have hotpot with family and friends.

They also provide complimentary snacks before your food is served. After the meal, they also serve free marshmallows for you to roast and pair it with cream crackers, it's a...

Sgrean discovering good food in Johore

Overall it's OK, well it's hotpot, nothing too fancy when u put everything inside. The "exciting" will be at the start, where the service crew perform a live LaLa cooking and the flambé part. 😄 Soup is flavourful, intense at the end of the day, however the tiger prawns feel and taste mushy after cooked, I denote as not fresh, the management really need to do something about this before someone get into trouble. ❎️

Ever wonder why there's an unanimous 5stars rating by many since the start ? Lol 😆, they offer some food benefits previously, now "promotion" is over.

Neo's tip: Austin Crest, It's a new and nice area, plenty of other food establishment you can explore...