Kung Fu Hot Pot — Restaurant in Minneapolis

Solid little corner restaurant. Fair selection and standard pricing. Makes good use of their space. Detailed review below:

In terms of things to praise, I do quite like the standard formula of you getting to see and pick out what ingredients you want to use for your hotpot and how much. I know this is the standard, but nonetheless it’s a plus and worth a mention since some places aren’t like that. In terms of the selection as well, it’s quite solid, it covers most of the bases. I would have liked a bigger variety in regards to tofu, but all in all it’s quite solid. There’s also a wide variety of sauce and paste variety, there’s 0 complaint in that regard. It’s solid. Their tomato soup broth is also fantastic, a great flavor. The lychee slush is also something I’d recommend even if I’m not typically a fan of slush, it’s fantastic.

In terms of cons; Ill get a quick nitpick out the way and get onto the actual cons. I don’t quite like the decor and how the seats are. It’s comfortable but can also be annoying. It’s not a big deal but small nitpick. Their fountain drinks are truly fountain drinks, bottom of the barrel. I could taste the fountain and water and my diet pepsi, and 2$ for that is just…ugh. In regards to their Thai milk tea, it’s easily the most…unlike Thai milk tea I’ve had? It was exactly bad, but it was very distinctive in the sense it wasn’t Thai milk tea. It lacked the signature taste that all thai milk tea tends to have. Their tapoica is also subpar. The consistency is nonexistent, as some pearls are very hard whilst others are soft as normal.

All in all it’s not bad, solid restaurant dedicated to hot pot, there’s nothing else in terms of steamed buns or anything. Just...

I am very impressed with the AYCE Hotpot at Kung Fu Hotpot. My partner and I were skeptical at first about this place as it was self-serve for everything. To our surprise, everything from the veggies to the meats, and even the tripe was delightful. They have all of your veggie and meat fixings in clear-door refrigerators/freezers. You go up there and choose your favorite hotpot items by yourself. I found myself loading up on the beef, fatty beef and enoki mushrooms. They were of great quality!

As for the broth, we went with the hot and spicy broth and the spicy beef tallow. Both were delicious! I favored the hot and spicy broth and my partner favored the spicy beef tallow. He said it was a heartier version of the hot and spicy broth. Out of all of the AYCE hotpot places in Minnesota, I will confidently say that this establishment has the most flavorful broth in the market right now. It is not watered down like the other places.

Everything here is self-serve but our hostess/server was very kind and attentive. She came by the perfect amount of times. Not too much, not too little. She always made sure we had water and our plates were cleared regularly.

The establishment itself is very clean and the decor really goes well together.

We went for dinner on a Monday night so it was quiet but that is just how I like my dining atmosphere.

Overall, I give Kung Fu Hotpot a 5/5.

We paid $80 for 2 people. It’s about $40 rounding it up to the nearest 10.

We definitely will be back.

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So, my kids, niece, nephew and I came to this restaurant (Kung fu hot pot ) tonight. We sit down I order a couple appetizers (egg rolls, and beef dumplings) and drinks. Get the drinks I’m almost half way through my Sierra Mist and notice it’s something stuck on my cup. I tell the waiter and he take my cup; never brought me clean up either. Ok on to the appetizers… Now, the menu lists the proteins for everything else except the egg rolls. Egg rolls come out and I break the egg roll apart and notice meat. I ask if it was pork and the waiter tells me yes. I apologize and tell him I didn’t know it was pork bc it wasn’t on the menu the other appetizers with pork specifies it’s pork. He asked what else did I want I told him we would take the vegetable spring rolls. A couple of minutes later the waiter returns and tells us the owner doesn’t want to serve us! I responded with “ok but why?!” He said bc we’re asking for too much!

It was a teaching moment for the kids who were exceptionally well behaved btw. I remained calm and respectful and expressed to the waiter they could have told us we had to pay for the egg rolls and asked if we still wanted the vegetable spring rolls but yet we were asked to leave bc I asked for a CLEAN CUP and vegetable spring rolls(only after the waiter asked what else did we want)! I can’t help but think the outcome would have been a lot different had it been a...