YGF Malatang in Arcadia

I like this place. $13.99 per pound of food. You get to choose all your toppings. I recommend going heavy on the meats and light on the carbohydrates. That’ll be the best bang for the buck. They also have frog meat if that’s your lingo. I tried their beef bone broth and I like it a lot. I’d come back again.**UPDATE**Just a heads up. If you can’t eat mild this place won’t be for you. They can’t alter the broth. The only option is the tomato broth which is no spicy.

I have been wanting to try this hotpot place and finally got to go this weekend. I came around 12pm and there wasnt a wait to get your table. The employee first assigns you a table and then you can grab a bowl and start choosing your hotpot ingredients.They have lots of options for vegetables, meat, and other hotpot toppings. I would say their noodle options are a bit lacking though. They have beef, lamb, and seafood options. A lot of Asian vegetables and others like mushrooms, baby corn, etc.After choosing, you give it to the employee to weigh and choose your soup. After that, they give you a key tag with your bowl number. You can also order their drinks and other side dishes here. I got the tomato broth since it is the only non-spicy broth and I wasnt sure how mild their mild is. I also ordered the brown sugar rice cake ($6.5).Then you walk inside and find your table and make your sauce as the sauce station. They have plenty of tables and the seating area is designed nicely and atmosphere is comfortable.The food was ready in less than 10 minutes. The broth tasted a lot like tomatoes and wasnt super special. The ingredients I chose were cooked well and did taste alright. I cant tell if the beef slices is good quality but it was quite fatty. And the brown sugar rice cakes were pretty good, not too sweet and fried nicely.I would consider coming back another time with other family to try another broth and see if that was better. I do like their hotpot system where you pay by weight so you pay for exactly how much you can finish and what it weighs. Their service is also pretty good, employees are friendly with good attitude.

Not too bad. Easy to order n the place is casual b comfort. Waitress is friendly n prompt to serve.

Food was absolutely amazing! They have so many choices to create your own spicy hot pot. I was so impressed about their selection and uniqueness. Price was very reasonable, they charged by the weight. I was not expecting the drink, but strawberry tea slush was surprisingly good. Overall I had the best spicy hot pot in town and it was really authentic. They have so many seats inside and it is really clean. Definitely will come back!

My wife and I came here for dinner and loved this place! There’s a bar where you pick out all of the veggies and meat that you want (there is quite a wide selection), then you pick a soup base (2 soup options and 1 dry option), and the restaurant cooks it for you. Cost is by weight at $13.99/lb.Love this concept as you can customize your dish however you want. For example, wife and I like to have a bit more veggies, decent amount of protein, and little to no carbs.Lastly, the restaurant is very clean and the service is great! Will definitely come back!

They changed the plates. I was so worried the flavor might be changed but it wasn’t. Always good and clean. Great services!

Buy far the best Hot Pot restaurant I have ever been to.. The food is so fresh, the restaurant is so clean, the staff is so friendly. I had the bone deep broth it was absolutely amazing. I would suggest this restaurant to anybody. Very family oriented. Make sure you try the coconut jelly. Wow...the flavor is amazing.

Quick service, we didn’t need to wait for so long until our food was ready. Saw one of the branches in Singapore but finally get to try here

Great selection to customize your own bowl of hot pot! I got the medium spicy beef broth and it was pretty spicy! Will probably get mild next time. Overall experience was great and service was outstanding!

Awesome place to get a group of people together for hotpot! Friendly staff and fast service. Clean and spacious interior, lots of parking available. The setup is pretty typical, you get a large bowl you can put a bunch of ingredients in, they’ll weigh it/charge you, you pick a soup base, then they cook it for you and you can go to the bar to create your own sauces to dip in. We tried the mala (numbing spice) dry pot. It was pretty strong on the mala side but blended nicely with all the other sauce options. You can ask for rice too. The veggies, meat and carbs were cooked well. Drinks were pretty cheap. Lots of bang for your buck when you split the bill with family and friends. Highly recommend and would definitely come back!