My partner and I were in the mood for soup or ramen and this place was the perfect place for us. The staff were super friendly and gave us their suggestions. We got the 2 base pot (one spicy and one regular). At your table, you can do individual pots or a big pot (I believe you can have up your 3 different bases) and order all the veggies, noodles, and proteins you want. The food was so delicious. I will definitely be back!

The quality is always amazing here. I've come quite a few times and have brought many of my friends, most saying it's the best hot pot in Maryland. I'm originally from LA where there are a plethora of hot pot restaurants, and I would say this is on par with some of my go to places back home. The broth is soooo hearty and delicious! While I and most of my friends prefer either of the spicy broths, I also enjoy the tomato broth a lot. Everything always looks and tastes fresh. Service is always fast. You don't wait for anything for too long here (except maybe to get seated during busy times). You can ask for a table with an individual or shared pot. There are limited tables with individual pots, but you can split a shared pot two or three ways and treat it as an individual pot. Decent workaround for allergies. Casual atmosphere, great for a small-medium sized hangout. Parking is easy in a big shared lot. Would absolutely recommend anybody come here!

It's in the strip with Honey Pig in Ellicott City that seems to be an Asian corner of deliciousness. Parking is plentiful. The restaurant is quite small, but cozy for a gathering of couple of friends to enjoy hotpot on a cloudy day. The serving staff was super friendly and smiled a lot. I'm always thankful for friendly people. We used the tablet to put in our order of meats and veggies and made our way to the sauce tray to create our own concoction of spices, peppers and sauces. Our soup base was herbal and spicy broths. It took just a few minutes for them to start boiling so started putting pork bellies, brisket slices, shrimp, clams and all kinds of veggies in. My favorites are the pork bellies, glass noodles, bokchoy, pumpkin and mushrooms. Delicious. It is a buffet price but was a bit pricey I thought. My friends felt it was reasonable to pay around $25 each though for lunch. Definitely go hungry and order lots of meats and seafood to make it worthwhile.

I've been to most of the hot pot places and, I think this is the best hot pot place in HOCO area. Hot pot is all about broth, however you gotta have fresh meat to complete the hot pot adventure and this place does it. Meat and veggies are always fresh here and they have great selection of sauce. You order by iPad and food comes out pretty quickly.

Ate here last weekend while visiting my son's family. The setup was different than the only other hot pot place I've been to. There was a large bowl with two sections over a burner for the broth, so two flavors could be ordered. There were less protein choices, but more veggie choices, and the food was very fresh. The service was very good. I didn't check out the buffet, but the family did bring fruit for dessert. The decorations were fun to look at, abstract paintings of superheroes. There were also a lot of TVs, and we were seated in front of one playing a cartoon series that appealed to my granddaughter. I would come here again when I'm in the area.

Okay so this is probably one of the best hot pots I've had! Came out here a little further out after reading reviews and the wait was about 30 to 40 minutes -- but it was definitely worth it! The split broth pot is definitely cool and the servings are a lot fresher than other hot pots I've been to. I house broth was so good!! Definitely recommend and would come back.

There are so many hotpot restaurants in the DMV area, it can be difficult to choose when comes to which one is good and where to go. For us, there are certain criteria we look for when come to a hot pot restaurant. And here is why hot pot hero is one of our favorites. Meat: the most important. Beef and Lamb mainly. Thin, fresh, flavorful in a way you can eat it right after cook it even without any dipping sauce. Seafood: fresh, with decent variety. Veggies and others : they have to have the signature vegetables, mushrooms, variety of fish, and meatballs, corn, taro, quilt eggs, tribe, etc. Service: they don't need to be super attentive in a hotpot restaurant, because most the time when people go to a hot pot restaurant, they want to communicate and have a good time with the people they went with. It's completely different than if you go to a steakhouse. So the best is to leave these customers alone and only comes around when they need something. Cleanliness: eating hot pot can be messy, with sauce drizzled all over the table and seats, splatters come from the pots. Therefore a thorough cleaning after each customer is essential to keep a hot pot restaurant clean so the next customer can enjoy. And hotpot hero does meet these criteria which was confirmed after our several visits . Keep up the good work, highly recommend by @winedinenvacay

We had been to a place further down Route 40 that gets rave reviews and we were NOT impressed with them! You can find that review in my Yelp if you are interested. Because of that, I was very apprehensive about trying Hot Pot Hero. Turns out we probably should have come here first rather than going to the other place. We were shown very quickly to a table. This restaurant has a very cool vibe which we were definitely feeling! We were handed a iPad to order what we wanted. While the prices are a little higher on the all you can eat, we got a nice amount upon ordering, where in comparison, the place we had went to previously on 40 gave us a third of what we got at Hot Pot Hero for four people!! We ordered two of the spicier broths....when we go again, it will be one hot and one mild, if for no other reason, a break for the tastebuds! :) Even if you like hot, these are SPICY, so just know that going in. We ordered beef, chicken and pork belly along with an array of veggies to include King Trumpet Mushrooms. We got a lovely amount on the first round and when we ordered a few more things on the second, it was just as nice! Staff was very pleasant and it was a very nice switch up to some of the other Asian places in the plaza. Definitely no complaints! We will definitely be back!

As an Urban HotPot stan, I had to diversify my AYCE hotpot experiences in the area, so this was next on my list! Visited on a weekend around lunchtime and got seated right away. The decorations are very nice and give a modern Chinese vibe that makes it feel fancier. The vibe here felt more chill than urban hot pot for some reason. For two people, we got a Yin and Yang pot with mushroom and tomato soup bases. You get one big pot, so they're not individualized. They have a sauce bar that included some types of sauces I don't see at other places (and sesame oil comes in a cute little can!) You place your order on an iPad and the order comes out relatively quickly. The meat portions are pretty good but not excessive. I got the mushroom broth because I like trying vegan options and it was pretty good. My partner got the tomato broth and I was initially weary since I don't love tomato based soups but it was surprisingly savory and flavorful (and makes it more visually appealing too!) They are pretty good at clearing up your finished plates and refilling water. There's also disposable chopsticks at your disposal (lol) so you don't need to ask someone if you drop yours or need more for meats vs veggies. For dessert, they have a station where you can build your own. It included things like lychee jelly, grapes, lychee, brown sugar, and aiyu jelly. It doesn't quite hit the same as a coconut sago, but it was a refreshing ending to hotpot.