Clay Pot Cafe is a Cantonese styled Clay Pot restaurant located near Super88 in Allston, expanding from its other store located in Boston's Chinatown.
The staff are friendly. It does help if you speak Cantonese, but staff treat you the same if you speak to them in English as well. The food comes out quickly, and the place is cleanly.
We got a wide range of clay pot dishes as well as vegetable dishes. The Clay Pot style was replicated very well here, and it tastes like traditional clay pot dishes found in Hong Kong or other enclaves. The price is good for the portion, and the meats were flavorful and went well with the...
Read moreClay Pot is a Chinatown institution so I was excited to see a second location closer to me. This location is much larger, and they were able to accommodate my group of seven for a late Sunday lunch. It was only about a ten minute wait when we got there around 1pm.
We got three large clay pots as well as a serving of their eggplant. The sauce and the texture of the eggplant were perfect. The eel and pork clay pot was my favorite between that and the beef clay pot.
Overall I enjoyed the meal and the service was super friendly and efficient. I'd...
Read moreNot going to lie, I was so excited for this place to open after eating at their Chinatown location. There's no other place in Allston serving mainly clay pot. When I went to the Allston location, this family-owned place did not disappoint! Consistently great service and food came out so fast. My friends and I got the scallion pancakes, shrimp rice noodle, vegetables, pork clay pot rice. Absolutely delicious. This is a great place for big groups of 9 like ours or even small parties of 2. This place is for sure on my favorites list...
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