B.D. Chilipa Restaurant 1 Brighton Avenue, Boston, MA 02134

"Great dry mala pot! You can customize what you want to add in your pot and choose the spice level. I recommend mild spicy (小辣) for people who don’t eat that spicy! The portion is big so you can share with the others. Their bento box is okay. Delicious and authentic but since every dishes were premade for you to choose sometimes it’s not very fresh."

"One of the best dry mala places in Boston! Their mala is very rich and flavourful aka spicy, so it is advised to get medium. Overall the selection for meat, seafood, and vegetables were plenty and it was also cooked well."

"To be fair, you get what you pay for, which means their quality matches their low price. The whole place is run by Cantonese people so don’t expect anything authentic. The vegetarian mala tang was somewhat bland with a lot of msg, ingredients are extremely cheap but the quantity and taste were alright for the price."

"Some of the menu items come with a soup of the day, and my soup was just cabbage water. I was able to fish out 2 slices of napa cabbage with the rest literally water."

"Meanest cashier ever. I ordered a large size for vegetables, and was told to order another set when I requested to get some additional green leaves. I made a complaint about the size at the counter and guess what? this is what I got for ordering mild! I had to wash everything with water twice. As you can see the water looks crazy hot. The craziest and worst experience ever."