YGF Malatang Hotpot & BBQ — Restaurant in Dublin

Are you Team Hot Pot OR Team Dry Pot? If I can't have both, then I'm prob Team Dry Pot when it comes to malatang! For those who love building their own bowls, you have to bookmark this place! The concept is fun and simple. Grab a bowl, fill it with ingredients you want, weigh it (they charge by weight), then let the cashier know your pot preference (soup or dry) and spice levels.

The spice levels are serious here, so be ready to break a sweat. They have a little sauce bar too which adds a nice touch to both types of bowls. Pricing is fair here, especially if you get mostly meat, and I definitely had enough leftovers for another meal...

Wow love this YGF! Parking is easy in the strip mall lot, and the people behind the counter are SUPER friendly! Just don’t come at peak rush hour cos you gotta wait, it’s that popular! The place is nice and clean and quite comfy.

We loaded up on veg and seafood, and added noodles. The lady weighed it and mine was about 1.5 lbs and hers a little over 1 lb. Total was just about $40 with tax and tip.

Got the dipping sauce and waited about 5 mins for them to bring it out pipping hot! Slurped it up to the last drop and she brought home her remnants for...

If you are open to try different food, and like soppy based food, I would definitely recommend this place. It’s an interesting concept of taking different food elements, choose a variety between veg / non veg / vegan options… they weigh all you take and charge by weight.. min is 0.8 lb.. then they toss all you give in a soup of your choice. We tried the mild spicy beef broth. There are other options, even tomato based soup. You then choose spice and other toppings like cilantro and green onions. Overall a great experience, will...