Shancheng Lameizi Hot Pot - San Gabriel, California

Mia N.

The decor was on point — warm yellow lighting gave the whole place a cozy and welcoming vibe. Their self-service bar is just $2.98 per person and totally worth it. It’s packed with snacks, desserts, tons of hotpot ingredients, and all the spices you need to make your own custom sauce. Just a heads-up: don’t go for the beef combo if you’re expecting the usual thin-sliced hotpot beef. It came as a whole beef steak — super tender and flavorful, but not the easiest to chew if you have braces like I do! Other than that, everything was amazing. Highly recommend!

Jay W.

Feels like waking into some historic Chinese eatery. All the wooden shelves with Chinese herbal decor feels really warm. Soup base really good and their mala is really numbing. Great snack and sauce bar set up. Ingredients are all super good. Low key better than HDL. One of my fav hot pots for the future. Their restrooms are stocked with oral care so you can make out with your girl after hot pot lol

C N.

This is a chain Mala hot pot restaurant. The decoration is that of a library. They have an extensive sauce area with snacks and a few desserts. The soup base was tasty and the meat/vegetables tasted fresh. Overall a good experience

Jeff T.

One of the better hotpot places locally and possibly a new favorite. Ingredients are fresh and the sauce bar has a plethora of snack choices. Although not all you can eat, the prices are very fair and surprisingly low for such quality.

Service was pretty fast. The atmosphere is historic in a very cozy way.

Henry C.

Cool and historic interior. Service is excellent, food is not bad but where I come from - Vancouver Canada definitely has better hotpot restaurants there.

Portion is generous, price is reasonable, soup base is a bit bland. The dipping sauce and snack bar is amazing, has so many options there. Parking could be challenging. It seems very popular too, so be sure to get on the wait list early as they don’t take reservation.

Overall, we had a good time here.

Sophie X.

The coconut ice jelly is delightful, and they offer a variety of domestic snacks. The medium spice level is already delicious. The bone broth is excellent, and I plan to try the pig brain next time. The service is also great.

Harry Z.

Chongqing style hotpot which typically means very spicy. We ordered half mild spicy and half non spicy broth and the mild spicy broth was quite strong. Good decorations inside. Not all you can eat style. You need to order individual items. A bit pricey but there are some free snacks at sauce bar. The spicy broth was quite greasy (real Chongqing style). Would be nice to have some fresh fruits at snack/sauce bar. Overall a good place to try Chongqing style hotpot.

Hotwired999

Great assortment of food and desserts. Very good service.