Haidilao Hot Pot Bellevue

Definitely our favorite Hot Pot place. They do the little things well here. Like the consideration to supply aprons, hair ties, glasses wipes, etc. It is pricier than other places but so worth it. The Tom Yum and tomato broths are excellent. They’ve got a large selection of meats, seafood, veggies, and mushrooms. Ordering is done through an iPad which is great because it makes it vary easy to add on if you need a little more food to get you through

Came around 8:30pm on Thursday night. Was told have to wait 20-30 minutes. Didn’t want to wait. Had to pay 6 dollars for 15 minutes parking.

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Tried again. This time put in the waiting list until it’s ready but still have to wait from 6:45 till 9:20pm. Good food but spicy. Service was good. Changed from 2 star to 4 star because of the wait time and Non free parking.

This was our first visit to Haidilao Hot Pot. We have been to quite a lot of hotpot and this is hands down the best place!!! We love the restaurant decor, the cleanliness, attention to detail from providing us with hair tie if needed to a ziplock bag for our mask and even an apron to wear so we don’t get our clothes stained!! That’s amazing customer service! Our waitress was very attentive we never have to ask for anything. They have a great variety of food choice selections and the prices are reasonable compared to other hot pot places in Bellevue. This is our new favorite hot pot place to dine! Thank you Haidilao for an amazing service and great quality food! 🥰

It's not as expensive as I thought, given inflation has racked up prices. Our group spent $43/person and there was a lot of food, we even had 3 extra containers to bring home. Great services, very nice servers. No hand massage service at this location though. They gave me a free dancing noodle as a birthday gift. The noodle maker/dancer put on a great show, we enjoyed it. There are bags for masks, and aprons to wear. We ordered 3 soup broth flavors, which is plenty for 5 people. One of them is vegetarian. In fact they have quite a few available vegetarian broth options and many vegetarian ingredients. When they brought the pot out, they even asked me my preferred orientation. Will be back.

This is probably my new favorite hot pot. And that's really saying a lot considering how many we've been to. Haidilao is certainly more expensive than some others, not as expensive as the super posh HP, what sets them apart are all the small things that add up to an amazing experience and value. Our server Rachel was the most wonderful blend of attentive, polite, informative, helpful, funny, and at the same time not overbearing. When we ordered spicy and mushroom broth she brought out extra bowls and dished some scallion and Cilantro then spooned a bit of mushroom over it for each of us as a drinkable soup, our friend was waiting a few minutes for us so Rachel (server) brought orange slices and prawn crackers. And was constantly bussing empty plates, cleaning surfaces, adjusting boil temp to be perfect.

The sauce bar had all the ingredients you could possibly want, the spicy broth had exactly the right heat level and touch of numbing peppercorns, just enough to experience it but not overtake the flavor. The mushroom broth had great savory and earthy yet clean flavor. And of course the meat and vegetables were all delicious.