IPOT 1420 Irving Street, San Francisco, CA 94122

"IPOT is such a cute restaurant. Loved their variety of options in their menu. The soups were amazing and the chicken, spam, ramen were phenomenal. Loved the lamb skewers food and the fried chicken. You have a time limit for all you can eat and we also got a holiday season discount of $13. One of the better hot spots places in this neighborhood!"

"My group of 9 came around 7pm and sat down but it took awhile before we got any service. We were all pretty cramped in a small booth. The servers didn't really explain things well so we were pretty confused at the beginning. The hot pot was good but the kbbq was just ok. Not a lot of marinated meats. Maybe that's why there's a sauce bar but I like my bbq meats marinated."

"The Food Hot pot restaurants are abundant in the area, but few are unique. IPOT seems to have brought a slight twist to create a different experience. IPOT has 3 pot types, the BBQ Pot, the Regular Pot, and the Chafing (split) Pot. My friend and I got the half grill, half soup BBQ pot, and the Regular Pot. We choose Salty Pork Bone w/ Winter Melon and Chinese Herb respectively for the soup base. For the meat, lamb and beef was the popular choice with a bit of pork. I got their BiangBiang Noodle because it seemed to be a must order. We also got a lot of miscellaneous selections from their menu along with some small dishes. The meat was very good, as well as the other ingredients, with good variety. They also have quite the selection for their sauce bar. I would return to this again if I get another hot pot craving. The Miscellaneous Despite the restaurant being quite big with a good amount of seating, there are long waits at peak hour. But the good thing is they do have a Yelp waitlist, so you can join the line via mobile. The service can slow down during peak hour with limited staff, but the service and staff was not bad. A good variety of selection on their menu for soup, ingredients, appetizers, drinks, and so on. It is not the most expensive hot pot restaurant, but is also not the cheapest. But with the quality and selection, it is a good place to experience."

"Pretty solid spot for hotpot. You can also ask for a grill in addition to the hotpot. The meat select was good and the quality was definitely very worth it for the price (~$33.95) We had the pork bone soup and the spicy Sichuan soup. I really liked the pork bone soup but the spicy sichuan soup could be overpowering for some people (still went pretty well with the lamb though) On top of that, the service was amazing. All the staff were very attentive."