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14.5/20

Haidilao

Updated ,first published

The hot pot chain hails from Sichuan.
1 / 9The hot pot chain hails from Sichuan.Kimberley Low
Ready to be cooked in the hot pot.
2 / 9Ready to be cooked in the hot pot.Kimberley Low
Made fresh.
3 / 9Made fresh.Kimberley Low
Choose your ingredients.
4 / 9Choose your ingredients.Kimberley Low
The hot pot dining experience.
5 / 9The hot pot dining experience.Kimberley Low.
Choose from a range of condiments.
6 / 9Choose from a range of condiments.Kimberley Low
The restaurant is inside the Sky One Plaza.
7 / 9The restaurant is inside the Sky One Plaza.Kimberley Low
Fresh seafood.
8 / 9Fresh seafood.Kimberley Low
You can even get a manicure at the restaurant.
9 / 9You can even get a manicure at the restaurant.Kimberley Low
14.5/20

Haidilao Hot Pot Box Hill

Chinese$

Hot pot spot with the lot.

Do you like your anaesthetising Sichuan soup served with a side of pulsating dance music? How about a live performance of noodles twirled like a skipping rope? Perhaps you’d settle for a complimentary manicure? Fasten your bib, because this billion dollar global hot pot chain is going for sensory overload on all fronts.

Customise your broth and its additions – mushrooms stuffed with shrimp paste, paper-thin rolled raw lamb, the preserved greens gong cai – then conjure a dipping sauce from a profuse self-serve range.

The dessert buffet, loaded with ice-creams, tropical jellies and pearls, encourages more DIY. Dig around online for code words to unlock menu hacks and freebies, or settle for on-the-house popcorn while you wait for a sought-after table at this delightfully unpredictable hot pot theme park.

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