YinTang Spicy Hot Pot

We came into Yintang on a Sunday night after the wait for Zhangliang Malatang was up to an hour. You have to join the waitlist in person — we joined it at 7:20pm and were seated at 7:50. The main server was on top of it, running around between very table. For hot pot, first you grab a bowl and tons, then you pick your ingredients, and finally, you go to the register to weigh your bowl (pay by the pound) and pick your broth or dry mix. They show you the total first, then you pay after you eat — in case you want to add more food later. My bowl came out to 25$ and my friend’s to 27$, and we both took home leftovers. Their beef selection wasn’t as varied as other spots we’ve been to, but my favorites were the tripe, tendon, carved squid, and sea urchin balls. The bone broth (mild) was super

We chose to dine without a reservation, a party of two. The wait was manageable, about 10 minutes. Parking is quite difficult here. The restaurant isn’t stroller-friendly, as it has very small tables for two, making it a bit cramped next to other diners. You can serve yourself all the meats and vegetables you'd like to add to your hot pot. Once you've added everything, you take your bowl to the cash register and specify your preferred broth. This is one of the best hot pot places I've visited, and I highly recommend it.

+ good variety of ingredients, delicious - each stock is spicy (except maybe tomato one) we got a beef stock for a child saying it’s no spicy, but it was spicy. Recommended to visit 🌟 my soup on photo was 25$ (1.8 pounds). It’s nice they have take away option

It’s refreshing to have a rainy day in the middle of the summer here in San Diego and eating hot pot sounded like a perfect lunch idea. So, we decided to try Yintang Spicy Hotpot on Convoy Street. The waitstaff greeted us as we walked in and asked us to grab a seat/table for our group. We then were advised to get a big bowl and tong by the buffet like bar wall and then put in the bowl with all the customized hotpot ingredients (meat, noodles, veggies, seafood, fried dumplings, etc.) we’d like. After that we went up to the register to weigh in the ingredients, at $13.99 per pound (minimum 1 pound). We had to choose what broth and the spice level we wanted for our individual hot pot. In a separate bowl, we also picked 5 skewers of veggies options (minimum is 5 skewers) for them to fry them

An interesting hot pot because you pick out the ingredients (you place them with tongs into a wet bowl), select the broth, and they cook it up for you. They also give you the option of skewers which were very tasty. And you can select spice level, so you have a lot of control over the meal, which is great. Some of the ingredients were suspect, like the crab sticks which seemed like crab-flavored tofu. That aside, was a positive experience. The place was very dirty. There was a dirty cardboard box on the floor, the bowls for the food weren’t clean, the table wasn’t wiped off. I guess that adds authenticity? Music was kind of loud in the restaurant too. Also I thought it was pricey— two hotpots one round of skewers and water (no waiter service, your on your own for water) was $52. They charg