On a cold Pittsburgh day, few meals are as satisfying as hot pot. This interactive style of dining has found a home in the Steel City, with restaurants across Pittsburgh offering bubbling broths, endless ingredient options, and a DIY experience that turns dinner into a social event with those around you. Pittsburgh is full of these all-you-can-eat destinations perfect for groups of friends, students, families, date night, and so much more. Many of these restaurants also have table grills where you can cook your own BBQ beside your hot pot. So come hungry and get ready to experience dining like never before.
Simmer in the Steel City at These Pittsburgh Hot Pot Restaurants
Little Corner Grill House
This Oakland restaurant lets guests choose from a variety of rich broths like fiery Sichuan and tangy golden sour broth. They also have Korean-inspired BBQ skewers, grilled fish, and homestyle sides for sharing. The best part? They’re open till 2 a.m. every night.
Hong BBQ and Hot Pot
This isn’t your average hot pot restaurant. Hong BBQ offers all-you-can-eat hot pots and all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ that you can cook right at your table as well. This gives you plenty of opportunity to try different ingredients and flavors from hot to spicy to sour and everything in between.
Shabu Shabu
Looking for a Japanese hot pot experience? Shabu Shabu lets you indulge in both at-the-table hot pot and grill options with a range of Japanese broths like yellow curry and tonkatsu. Not to mention, their drink mention is beyond extensive with milk teas, fruit teas, smoothies, lattes, fruit ades, and even yakult yogurt drinks.
Top Pot
Become the chef you’ve always wanted to be with Korean hot pot and BBQ at Top Pot. Currently, they’re running a food challenge where customers try to finish their Meat Stairs featuring eight pounds of every protein the restaurant has plus plenty of veggies too. If you complete it by yourself then your meal is free and you get a gift card to come back another time.
Mala Hot Pot (Malaxiangguo)
At this Oakland restaurant you can get the mala hot pot flavor without the trouble of having to cook the soup yourself. Instead, you’ll handpick your ingredients and then give it over to the counter with your choice of broth. Your price is by the weight of your ingredients so just be mindful of what you choose.
KPot (Coming Soon)
Aanother hot pot and BBQ spot is coming soon to Squirrel Hill. This national chain carries over 100 options from meats like sliced lamb to add ins like rice cakes. There are even dumplings, fish roe bags, signature pork cheek, mussels, and plenty more to fill your bowl with.
Story by Kylie Thomas
Photo Courtesy of Hong BBQ and Hot Pot
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