Wei Lai Spicy Hotpot • Ipoh — Restaurant in Perak

We only come here once a month because it is considered as “luxurious food” for us due to the current economy situation. Haha usually will need to spend a minimum of RM30 per pax without the steam boat. If we add on steamboat later on after the main dish then it can go up to RM50/pax as their add on dishes for steamboat very overpriced. Taste is superb, soup also very nice when u converting it to steamboat later. Whenever we come for dinner time usually super crowded. They have extra place at the back but it will be very noisy and hot! We sincerely like it but due to price issue we couldn’t be visiting so often. Recently visited again we noticed that the amount of vegetables they put in the main dish sort off...

Came here during dinner time, right after a light drizzle perfect weather for hotpot! We decided to go with their chicken hotpot and tried something new from the menu, the cheese hotpot 🤩

To my surprise, it was really good! The cheese blended so well with the chicken and added a nice creamy twist to the usual flavour. We also ordered the fish head hotpot, which was pretty solid too (though I totally forgot to take a photo of it)

We ordered both in small portions, just nice for four of us, and it paired perfectly with rice and a glass of beer.

After finishing the first dry pot, we added some soup, plus extra veggies and fishballs, turning it into a mini steamboat session. Super satisfying...

The restaurant ambience can be improved. Lighting & decor are pedestrian. Service can be improved. The lack of a supervisor is evident when the many foreign waiters give conflicting suggestions on table seats. The hot pot style serving is good but the portions are small. The chicken dish had more bones than meat. The price is reasonable and amenities are clean and well maintained. A novelty dining...