T-Pot & BBQ — Restaurant in College Park

Located right on the main strip of Route 1 in College Park, LaTaO Hotpot and Sushi offers an all-you-can-eat dining experience that is convenient for anyone in the area looking for a hearty meal. Situated on the bottom floor of an apartment complex, the location is a bit tricky to find, and parking can be a hassle. The parking garage is hidden behind the restaurant and is quite small, making it a challenge for those driving larger vehicles like SUVs or trucks.

Despite the somewhat inconvenient parking, my group of 15+ people was seated immediately on a Friday night, and we were surprised to see that the restaurant was mostly empty. It took a little while for the waitstaff to get organized, but eventually, they took our drink and food orders.

The restaurant features hotpot burners built into the tables, with booths that seat about 6-8 people. The tables offer two types of burners: small ones for individual hot pots or larger ones for communal meals. We opted for the communal pots, selecting two broths – one spicy and the other herbal bone broth. Both were decent, though nothing spectacular. The hotpot ingredients were plentiful and fresh, offering a variety of meats like beef, lamb, fish balls, and squid, as well as vegetables like enoki mushrooms and bokchoy. The portions were generous, and the ingredients were good quality for the price.

A few members of our group added the $5 all-you-can-eat sushi option, and unfortunately, this was where the meal started to fall short. Some of the sushi, particularly the tuna and salmon nigiri, tasted off and had a strong, unpleasant odor. While no one got sick, we stopped eating the sushi immediately after noticing the smell. It was a disappointing part of the experience, especially considering the price.

At $30+ per person, the hotpot experience is still a good value for those who want to enjoy an all-you-can-eat meal. The hotpot itself is enjoyable, and the variety of ingredients makes for a filling, customizable meal. However, unless you’re really craving sushi, I would recommend skipping the add-on to avoid the risk of getting subpar fish.

Overall, LaTaO Hotpot and Sushi offers a solid hotpot experience, but the sushi leaves much to be desired. If you’re in the mood for all-you-can-eat hotpot and can overlook the sushi mishap, this place is worth checking out, just be cautious when opting for the...

LaTao Hot Pot is a new All-You-Can-Eat hot pot and sushi spot in College Park. For kids under 10, it's under $10 to eat lunch and under $15 to eat dinner. For adults, it's $17.99 to eat lunch and $23.99 to eat dinner.

They limit diners to only two hours, which is pretty reasonable. However, don't over order because you may end up being charged $13.99 for every pound of wasted food.

It was our first time at LaTao. Our server assumed that we knew how to eat hot pot but she should have given an overview to some first timers.

They have plenty of delicious broths to choose from - (1) Special Rib broth, (2) Szechuan Hot Spicy broth, (3) Tomato broth, (4) Mixed Mushroom Rib broth, (5) Rejuvenation Herb broth, (6) Tom Yum broth, (7) Chicken with Pork Intestine broth, (8) Tomato with Oxtail broth, and (9) Szechuan Spicy Butter broth.

For hotpot items, they had many unique items including Black Pork, Beef Stomach, Beef Tripe, Beef Throat, Pork Intestine, Duck Feet, Chicken Gizzard, Pig Brain, Pork Blood, Duck Blood, Pig Intestine, and Chicken Heart.

I enjoyed the Mixed Mushroom Rib Broth with Fish Tofu, Beef Ball, Fish Ball with Mushroom, Lobster Ball, Chinese Cabbage, Pumpkin, King Mushroom, Lotus, Chinese Yam, Fried Yam (Taro), Mung Bean Noodles, and several orders of Angus Steak.

My boyfriend enjoyed the Szechuan Hot Spicy Broth with Spicy Beef, Angus Steak, Broccoli, Tomato, and Ramen Noodles. It was nice that they asked the heat level preference. The broth was loaded countless of red chili peppers. With the broth, being red, it was hard to tell whether the red meats were cooked.

If they were to add more vegetables, I would suggest corn, japanese/korean yellow yam, and chrysanthemum greens (tong ho).

In the back of the restaurant, you can make your own dipping sauce. My dipping sauce consisted of soy sauce, garlic, cilantro, and green onion.

Unlike other hot pot restaurants in the area, I was surprised that they did not have a dessert bar that served Hong Kong Style...

So I’m going to be 💯 honest this was my first time eating at a hotpot place so I was excited mainly because of the good reviews so I called to make a reservation for dinner I asked the lady 3 times will the tip be included in my rate she ensure me that wouldn’t happen which was not true once i got to the restaurant .it took me 15 minutes to figure out what i wanted and how to order my food my server wasn’t any help at all so i went with the veggies broth and beef broth both looks like toilet water or a cloudy fish tank i also had shrimp ramen noodles scallions scallops and crab meat (which was imitation by the way )which all looked dried out and old and i couldn’t even finish it it was so tasteless and horrible no matter what sauce i add it still taste likes water. So i though adding sushi for the extra $5 was going to be a good deal but the taste was also meh and tasteless i had better sushi at Aldi. my whole party complain and we paid 35 person for 12 ppl so we’re done eating working our way to the karaoke room the floor was slippery wet they had a fan to dry it but that didn’t help maybe they should add carpet before they get a law suit or something so before we got comfortable they ask we put all of the charges on one bill mind you it 12 of us so that took all of 20 minutes getting cash app giving funds etc cutting into my karaoke’s time and they wouldn’t take any cash as a partial payment nothing either all cash or all on the card than they added a hefty gratuity with poor service and nasty food once again I was told they wouldn’t add gratuity. I’ll also add one of my friends had to leave early she left cash with my server which she kept and wasn’t applied to my bill For all those who said the food was good definitely lied and they also lied about the song selection for karaoke it was horrible and not user friendly at all took up most of our time trying to find music . I won’t be going back there hopefully the health department shut them down...