Chong Qing Qin Ma Hot Pot - Burnaby, British Columbia

I give 1 star because I can not choose 0. The food is extremely salty. Food didn’t taste very fresh. We are the only one here. Every bite became a burden so I decided to give up. It cost us $100 for 2 people.. It‘s the worst restaurant experience ever.. If you ... also feel guilty about wasting food please don‘t come😭 Read more

We ordered one spicy and one mushroom soup base. Both were incredibly salty, though full of flavours, they left you thirsty. Some items were not available but they wouldn’t tell you. They’d just not come. The appis were decent, though not for me. Thee soy sauce was also very salty… ... so I ended up not using the soy sauce for my dipping sauce. Read more

AVOID! The pot came with a layer of foam bubble from dishwasher cleaner on the top. I asked waitress to change it but she refused to do so and insisted their pot is clean. The soup tastes awfully salty after asking for water refill few times.

First time here although I’ve noticed this place for a long time. This place looks quite small but when we went we got our table right away. Food price was normal, all you can eat is around 25 per person plus the price of the soup, tips and tax you’re ... looking at around $40 per person. Service was quite slow as at the time I visited, there were only 2 servers. Servers were friendly and did their best in spite of being under staffed. I wasn’t too happy with the accuracy of the food I ordered, true, this was an all you can eat place but when I ordered 12 pieces of tofu, only 2-3 came. Encountered the same issue when we ordered the beef and pork slices. I’m not sure if it was just an oversight or if the owner was afraid we may not be able to finish our order so they deliberately cut down the amount of food. Overall this is a fair place, not too good but nothing too bad either. Read more

The shrubs in front of the restaurant provides privacy for junkies to shoot up and discard their used needles on the ground. Other assortments of trash were also littered in the entrance - it was not a pleasant first impression. After being seated, the tables were dirty - stained with water ... markets and a bit sticky. We got the all you can eat menu and the first round of food was surprisingly good. I started getting my hopes up - big mistake. The service slowly decreased when we ordered seconds (server forgetting certain dishes, etc). We decided it's time to go when they brought us a platter of angus beef that looked suspiciously like pork (look at that fat) and it smelled like it's gone sour from being left out unrefrigerated for too long. If I wanted to risk stepping on needles and eating shoddy food, I would walk around DTES and go to the Balmoral. Would not recommend this place. Read more