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Rolling Pot
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
9 reviews for Rolling Pot
9 reviews in English
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Review from Sahra G.
3/12/2011
Ok so they get an extra star because the name of the restaurant is "Rolling Pot" and that's exactly what I did before going in for some all you can eat.
Same deal as other hot pot places, however a little cheaper than my fave "Mongolian Hot Pot", there is no buffet you order off a paper menu and then they bring you the food to cook. I sort of wish there was a fruit bar for after the soup. Price was right however. See you soon Rolling Pot *snicker* hehehhhehehe. -
Review from Trinity M.
North York, ON
12/2/2011
Crappy food and soup for what you pay for. Its one of the worst tasting hot pot place that I have ever gone to. Went here 2 times for a friend's Bday and would never return. The taste and food quality is not good.
Dow's Noodle is a lot better and I love the seafood, food and soup there. I also heard that 100 degree hot pot is good. -
Review from RJ S.
Mississauga, ON
Winter time! Bring on the soup!
This is one of my favourite places to visit during the winter season. Nothing is better than curling up to a nice pot of soup with ayce meats and veggies!
Plus its boiled food perfect for the winter time when you trying to keep those dreaded pounds off haha!
The moment you walk in you can just see the steam coming out from all the pots on the table. Nothing else really grabs your attention in terms of decor or look, just plain and simple and right to the point. The tables that you sit at are equipped with burners with a control knob underneath.
So the idea is you have a choice of what kinda soup broth you would like to cook your food in. It varies from non-spicy to spicy, seafood, lamb, chicken, or beef broth and a whole lot of other different types of soup. With me and my friends in the beginning we picked different broths to see which ones are the best ones as we visited the place more and more we found out which ones our favs. As well with the broth I think that it makes or breaks it whether or not you will like the food.
So once that's done you pick the different kinds of meat; veggies or noodles you would like to eat. I can go on and on with the list of foods available but I won't, ill put down my favourites like I always do at the end. As for drinks it's aycd, but you have to get the drink yourself. The cups are located at the front so are the drinks, the one thing that was different was that they had the 2L pop bottles on a cart at the front. So instead of getting up all the time to get a drink we just took all the pop bottles we liked and left it at out table. Lastly you can create you're own sauce to dip your food in but personally as long as you get the right broth your good w/o the sauce.
Fair warning this place gets very busy after 1900hrs (7pm) but if you have to wait trust me it is definetly worth the wait. And don't be wearing too many layers b/c you're just gonna end up taking it off.
Items to definetly get:
- shrimp ball
- squid ball
- beef ball
- fish ball
- beef
- udon noodles
- spinach noodles
- bean curd
- tofu
- shrimp
- tripe
- definete must for the soup is something with spice I would suggest the Tom Yum -
Review from Bijan V.
10/24/2009 ROTD 1/28/2010
** 3.5 Stars **
15 Word Review: "A fun experience with good food made better by leaving your jacket in your car!"
Generally when you start walking towards a restaurant and realize you can't see inside because of the steam from the food inside, it should be a good indicator to go inside with as few items of clothing as possible unless you enjoy doing laundry!
However regardless of this fact, Rolling Pot is a great hot pot (or Shabu Shabu, whichever you prefer) place and if you've never been it's a fun experience!
1) You start out by ordering your broth in which your food will be cooked in
2) Order up all the items you want (raw meats - pork, lamb, beef, shrimp, veggies, greens, etc, etc)
3) Walk up to the "Make-Your-Own-Sauce" counter and mix as many possible types of sauces as you can and pray it turns out for the better
4) DUMP EVERYTHING IN!!!
5) Consume with your specialty sauce and enjoy!!
Good thing was the food tasted really good but I would've preferred if this place was cleaner. They served us water with murky glasses (others with raw beef chunks on them) and a lot of the place looked like it hadn't been cleaned in ages!
And I'm taking another 0.5 star off for the rather slow and off service. Given the place was full and it's an AYCE (all-you-can-eat) place so the servers are running around but I was hoping they would be a bit more attentive.
All in all though, Rolling Pot provided a group of us Yelpers with a good time and good food so I can't complain! And I'm sure I'll be back here again soon! -
Review from Jay G.
Toronto, ON
11/10/2009
Gather as little clothing as possible and start rolling your pot because Rolling Pot serves up some "Shabu Shabu" or "Hot Pot".
This hot pot place has something I have yet to see - individual pots! All my previous experiences with hot pot involves a communal bowl and someone stuck with the chore of cooking everything.
This place gets packed and gets fairly grimy. Steam clouding the windows and spilled soup on the floor. Most hot pot places look the same with hot plates, a sauce station, and as many tables and chairs that can fit. You feel like you're in a chaotic environment because of the loud conversations, the sounds of boiling water, steam in your eyes, and servers that disappear like ninjas.
The service was sporadic to say the least. I found it very hard to get the attention of a server to order more food or get a glass of water. There were some issues with bits of raw meat on someones glass, which I found unsanitary but not unexpected considering the location and the look of the restaurant.
The food was good, as good as hot pot could be. Basically boiled meats, vegitables, and noodles. I found the broth to be more akin to water but the self-made sauces available made up for the lack of flavor.
Overall, this is one of the better hot pot places to go since you get your own pot to make the flavors you like. $18/person makes this all you can eat hot pot a great destination for those cold winter nights. Just try to leave your jacket in the car or you'll have a hefty dry cleaning bill. -
Review from Katrina L.
Richmond Hill, ON
10/26/2009
I LOVE hot pot. It was my favourite thing to do when I was a kid. We'd set up our pots and all the food we were going to make. This was all at home, before the invention of places like this.
This was my first time going to a hot pot place in which each person had their own individual pot to cook in, instead of the communal pot. I do believe that this trend started right after SARS hit. It never made a difference to me since I always went with my family but clearly it came in handy when going out with my fellow Yelpers.
We waited for approximately 10 minutes, which wasn't bad for a party of 6. While we waited they gave us the menu to tick off what we wanted to order so we could sit and have our order placed immediately. There was a bit of disorganization after we sat down as we should have gotten our pots first to start boiling the water and then have the food come. But we ended up getting our food with no pots to cook them in, uh hello water needs time to boil.
Another thing was that there were drinks on the menu that we could tick off but found out much later that drinks were serve yourself and the menu clearly stated that there was hot tea, I did not see any hot tea and I think that you had to ask for it but what's the point of having a beverage station then?
As always, you get to go up and make your own sauce. Allergy sufferers beware, there is peanut sauce in the sauce bar and well, let's just say that sometimes people use the cutlery for more than one thing. And cilantro lovers/haters there is raw cilantro and you will get a whiff of it as you pass.
If you've never been to hot pot, it's quite simple. Order food (meats: beef, lamb, pork; veggies: napa, spinach, watercrest...), put food in to boiling water, wait for it to cook, take it out of boiling water, add your special 'homemade' sauce and devour. It is all you can eat and there is no extra cost if you don't finish everything.
The service was ok, there were many times when I would look up and not see a server in our area and had to wait to wave someone down but it was busy in there. There were some funny misspellings like "Spinash" for spinach, the rest of the night it was called spinash and I do believe I will be calling it that for the rest of my life.
Reminder: don't wear nice clothing unless you want your dry cleaning bill to be high, I left my jacket in the car which isn't smart for the 2 degree weather but it was for the sake of my nostrils for the rest of the night.
They need to get better ventilation in there but hey, maybe they have a great one but people just keep cooking up a storm. Just don't go in here freshly showered with nice clothing on that you will be wearing out.
All in all a great time had with great friends. Definitely will take my parents here one night, but I do miss the communal ones as it lets my laziness creep in while my mother makes my food and feeds me.Listed in: Asian Sensation, Yelp Made Me Do It
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Review from Stephen C.
Scarborough, ON
4/19/2010
tasty food, funky environment when filled with steam.. but after our 3rd and final visit.. i watched them recycle the food (fish balls, meats, etc)from all the customers left overs from the night back into the display case.
Dude! At least hide the fact you are recyling the food. -
Review from Wil Y.
10/5/2010
Checked this place after walking the nearby mall and inspecting the other food places nearby. The place was kinda neat I was expecting a communal pot for everyone but this place uses induction hotplates at each seat so everyone gets their own broth. Not a big fan on boiled meats since you are responsible for its done-ness it still was tasty with the variety of sauces available and cuts of meats, dumplings. seafood, and veggies. My major gripe was the drink service, you get your own drinks from 2 liter bottles like you were at a picnic.
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Review from susan c.
11/1/2009 2 photos
The place is called "Rolling Pot Shabu Shabu" but it's not a place for marijuana cigarettes or shabu shabu in the traditional Japanese sense. Rolling Pot serves up all-you-can-eat Chinese hot pot for $18 per person[1]. Each diner gets an individual glass-top burner with their choice of broth to simmer any or all of the following on the menu[2]:
Beef* Pig blood
Lamb Pig kidney
Ox Tounge* [sic] Tofu/ Fried Tofu
Pork/ Shrimp dumpling* Squid
Pork/ Beef/ Shrimp/ Fish/ Squid ball Octopus
Pig liver Pig intestine, skin
Noodle Honey Comb [3]
Short Napa* Chicken
Spinash* [sic] Fried egg
Watercress Rice cake strip*
BUT WAIT. There's more! Winter melon, Mushrooms, Shrimp, Saugage [sic], Taro, Lotus roots, Fried Gleuen [sic], Corn and several other items.
After you've ticked off your choices on the order form, you prepare your little bowls of dipping sauces at the buffet that includes: soy sauce, hoisin, sesame sauce, cilantro, preserved eggs, chile oil among several other options. The abundance of choices will make you pop a few Ritalin tablets just to keep focus.
Soon the waiters will bring plate after plate of thinly-sliced meats, seafood, vegetables and starches. Don't bother asking what each item is (unless you speak Cantonese). Just drop it in your pot, swish it around, dip in your sauce, and chow down.
I had a gay ole time with the five other Yelpers I went with but a few things you should be aware of:
- This place was bursting at the seams on a Saturday night which is good in that you're guaranteed a high turnaround of ingredients but bad in that you may wait a while to be seated and then wait even more to get your food.
- The waiters are not going to win any Best Server in the Suburb awards and since the place was packed they seemed especially absent-minded and forgetful.
- You will leave reeking of EVERYONE ELSE'S hot pot. Now take a good look at the above ingredient list. You've been warned. (I got a full-on stank stew sauna when the lady next to me kept her pot on a furious roil and somehow the overhead ceiling fan blew her stank-stew steam directly into my hair and face.)
- The experience is akin to visiting a whorehouse; You will leave satisfied but also feeling a little dirty and gross.
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[1] $17 on weekdays; includes AYCE drinks and dessert
[2] I'm gonna bring a fine-tip red Sharpie next time to correct the typos
[3] Probably not what you think it is
* My faves of the nightListed in: Epic Suburb Crawl of October…
