David’s Hotpot Restaurant

In Melbourne and craving some hotpot and with 3.8k reviews and 4.8 stars, I thought we can't go wrong, but I'm honestly not sure why it's so highly rated. It's not bad, but I think it's far from a 5 star. The meat quality and selection is not that great. Also, at that price, I expect fresh house-made meat balls, not something out of a packet. Most importantly, the soup was not good. We got the chicken and fish maw and tomato and ox tail. Maybe some people will like this but I really did think it was way too salty and oily. They did have big chunks of the ingredients in the soup though, which was pretty quality (chunks of ox tail, fish maw, chicken etc) For sides, we got the pigs ear, brown sugar rice cake and braised ribs. All of them were so-so only, the ribs were particularly disappointing, dry and flavourless. Sauce options were limited, the house canned sesame oil was only 20% sesame oil. Seating and decor was unique and comfy though and presentation of the food was really nice.

I was very wowed during my dining experience at David's Hot Pot. The quality of the food was amazing. We had the set menu which offered a huge range of food, I particularly loved the wagyu roll and seafood. The homemade noodles were beautiful in texture and the soup broth was also very good. Everything was fresh and delicious. I liked the decor, felt very authentic. Thanks for the invite, we loved it!

Been wanting to try out David’s hotpot since I moved to Melbourne finally managed to go on the weekend. We ordered hotpot with 2 flavours. You got the option of 4 different spice levels when choosing the spicy hotpot and we went for level 2 but got served level 1 as per receipt. I love eating spicy food but I think their scales need adjustment as it would be pretty spicy for average eaters. The mushroom flavoured pork hotpot was super nice! Service was friendly and knowledgeable. I liked that this place is one of the few places with a good table size and enough room between tables and other customers. Portion size on the other hand could have been a little bigger for the amount of money you pay.

I like the decorations inside. We tried the normal beef tallow base and tonkatsu base. The base soup was really nice. We ate the nine dishes set as well. I didn't really like those. But I think if you like multiple options, then you could try. There are different sauce you can choose but charge $2per person. Totally, it's little expensive for us. But still recommended for someone who likes spicy hot pot.

first time tried this one!✨ One of the the famous hotpot in town! 💛 ——— Got their Tomato Ox-Tail Soup and Mala obviously! 🌶🌶 Really love their sauces selection especially the XO Sauce!😚😚 also their Deep Fried Pork! YUM!💕💕 One thing that they might need to improve is the selection of foods are so limited, so not really much things that I could explore! But overall, it’s just good🤗

The food was not only the good part about this restaurant but also the experience. Selecting the ingredients which you would like to eat was a fun and easy way to customise the meal to your tastes. If you have not been there before ask for some assistance so you know exactly what you need to do. When choosing your ingredients consider that the price is based on the weight of your pot which holds the ingredients you are choosing. When selecting your soup base be in mind that even the mild soup is quite spicy and if you cannot handle spice this restaurant is not for you.