Long Men Bay Hotpot 龙门湾 — Restaurant in Newark

Solid new hotpot spot in Newark! Sharing the plaza with Lion Supermarket, it has plenty of parking available. Decor screams high end faux luxury like many new Chinese hotpot spots all around the world. You sit and order via QR code at each table. What I like is that everyone can collaboratively order on the same tab from their own phone and see what has already been selected. Once you place the order you can still add more items on the same website. Prices are pretty fair for the bay area and are portioned well. They have 7 different soup bases to choose from and their two soup base pot ($13.98) is actually cheaper than their single spicy butter broth pot ($15.98). I was surprised by how flavorful their pork bone soup base was - I liked it even more than their hot spicy butter base! I ended up ordering mung bean noodles ($5.98) just to soak in that deliciousness for the end of my meal. Another stand out item I was pleasantly surprised by was their small chicken liver skewers ($4.98). Never had it taste this great and perfectly crunchy anywhere else!! I even accidentally left one cooking way too long and it was still perfectly crunchy and delicious! I would suggest skipping their self service sauce bar ($2.98 per person) as their broth is good enough to flavor the meats. I barely ended up using my sauce concoction. It does however come with unlimited fruits and desserts so if you're into that then $3 per person isn't bad. They offer several different qualities of beef from their regular supreme fatty beef ($10.98) to kobe beef ($48.98). I tried their lamb shoulder & marbled beef platter ($12.98), and supreme fatty beef and wasn't really blown away by the quality but again their soup bases made up for it. They have a lot of ingredients for all your hot pot needs. There were only 2 waitresses working the full restaurant for my Saturday lunch - they did a great job refilling the broths when it became low but flagging one down to check on an item was rather hard. My bill came with a 20% off promotion for their grand opening which I didn't see advertised but overall a great experience and I'm looking forward...

So this was my second time going to this establishment before writing this review. The staff are really attentive and are so fast to remove completed dishes from the table. The wait times can vary depending upon the size of the party and how busy they are. Both times I have gone it's been extremely busy. I would rate it a 5 but due to the size of the building it is hard for them to accommodate the vast amount of customers they get. That being said, it's busy for a reason. The food is delicious and it's some of my favorite hot pot around. I highly recommend the spicy broth with the lamb, mushrooms and blood cubes. That is a winning...

We were there for a late lunch and we got our table right away. We ordered half and half broth base (tomato broth base and spicy butter broth base with mild spicy). Two orders of beef slices, fresh tofu, veggies, fish fillets, smashed shrimp paste, and one order of chicken skewer. They served the food very quick and the server checked on us for one time. I would say the service was pretty good. But the spicy broth was way too spicy for both of us. And the rest was like regular hot pot stuff. The total price was definitely overpriced. I’m positive that I would not want to go...