Mala Hotpot Hilliard

Mala Hot Pot is located around the Hilliard area and just right by the CAM International Market. The interior is very open and filled with booth seating. You will start ordering by scanning the QR code at the table. It can get confusing at first, but they also provide a list of instruction on the side. It take me a minute to get how it works, but the server is there and patiently answer my questions.Basically, you would need to start with at least one combo meal. For each combo meal, it would need to select the one broth and one protein. Of course, you can order additional protein as well. All the condiments, veggies and desserts are included and self-serve. Each person would have their own individual mini pot. You can also control the heat level from the control panel on the table side. Also expect a little robot server deliver food to the table.I love their wide range of veggies option and most important all of them are fresh. For the condiments, there are some basic must have such as soy sauce and sesame oil. They also have a couple pre mixed sauce available as well. Remember to leave some room for dessert, which is ice cream and my favorite sweet red bean soup.With all thing consider, I would highly recommend Mala Hot Pot. The pricing is decent with the fresh and variety option of protein, veggies and dessert. If you haven't try hot pot before, this would be a great place for you to ease into the new experience.

Great place! You will be seated and scan the QR code to order. A Bot will bring your bowls and utensil and then bring out your food. You can go to the veggie buffet and pick out as much veggies as you want. There is also a table with sauces, pot stickers and other sides.

It is a clean and warm place. The food was decent. Combos were enough with a reasonable price. Fish and shrimp tasted fresh and meat was amazing with its sweet sesame sauce.

Very friendly and helpful staff. If you're new to the hot pot experience, i would recommend Mala. They will show you the way. They genuinely want their customers to enjoy the experience. And there is a robot server!!!Freshness of the food was outstanding. Lots of options. Veggies are included and the veggie bar includes many many finds. Several great sauces to work with when the food comes out of the broth.The cost of the dinner comes with a lot of food plus some thoughtful extras. You can take your broth and some food home. I think it was 6 Oz of veggies with the protein. I thought it was a great value.My wife and I LOVED this restaurant.

My mom hates this place but yk I realize that that 's not a fair assessment because my mom actually hates all restaurants. Except Chipotle.Personally, I think this place is ok the ingredients are decent quality and they even have pan fried dumplings next to the sauce bar! I 'm gr8tful bc I 'm a hungry lad who cannot wait for food to reach a safe internal temp. I also enjoyed the structure of the place: You pay for a meat soup base, and the veggies, tofu, and fish balls are all you can eat.Regarding the vegetarian option, I failed to confirm if the miso soup base contains dashi which is typically made from bonito flakes . I mean, in general, I think miso as a hotpot base is very weird. But my primary gripe with the vegetarian combo is that the menu states that it comes with a variety of tofus. In reality, though, those tofus are in the same place as the other free for all ingredients so everyone has access to them. So you 're paying the same price for the vegetarian combo as the meat combos...but you actually get less?? In the words of my friendo who shall not be named for privacy purposes, I think this would count as Violence Against Vegetarians TM. Ig luckily ? since I 'm not vegetarian, I requested to switch to a meat combo and the server was very chill about it I don 't make the menu . Service in general was very patient our group got the closing time wrong and didn 't realize that we were keeping them late but they never rushed us or anything : ' very kind ty Overall, a very clean establishment! The slow jazz did kind of throw me off a bit though. Like hotpot? And slow jazz? What, are we about to make out over these boiling pots? Ahaha...ha?