Reviews for LaoJie in Brooklyn, NY
A strange find on the side streets of 8th Avenue. I went here before the pandemic and I am happy to see they have survived and... are busy as usual. They offer a nice variety of soups with diverse flavors and a lot of different things for your hotpot, aswell as barbeque. The quality of these ingredients is serviceable, though supply chain issues may have impacted their freshness,particularly for some seafood and vegetable options. However, servers are prompt and friendly. They don't take much longer than10 minutes to bring stuff to the table, and are always vigilantly going around to help people add stock or skim their soup ofscum! For someone's birthday, they turned the music really loud and everyone was sort of just clapping along. It was a fun andraucous atmosphere, with pop songs blaring in the background and your table being an island of light amid the dark. They have avery expansive sauce station so you can go nuts with whatever pleases your palate. Read more
I came on Christmas Day! I called ahead and made a reservation between 8:30-9pm and waited about 10min once I got there. AYCE... hotpot (meat and veg to choose from) came out to about $25/pp. Great service and quality. I highly recommend! Read more
You know you?re Asian when Christmas means hotpot! Hotpot is all about the broth and they have really good broth here. I got... half bone soup half spicy. Servers, dressed like one piece, are attentive and bring the food out fast. Read more
One of the best restaurant service ever! They were soooo attentive on every little thing. We loved the service so much. We chose... the hotpot which is all you can eat. There is so many amazing ingredients to choose, from meats to seafood to veggies tonoodles! Everything was super fresh and delicious. The atmosphere was so nice and cool! So happy to have found this place anddefinitely come back her again and again!! Read more
ame here with a friend who specifically insisted that the Sunset Park area of Brooklyn had superior hot pot to Manhattan. After... our experience here, it's kind of hard to disagree! Sorry Manhattan, we still love you tho. We got two different broths - bonecylinder and a spicy one. I enjoyed both but was really blown away by the spicy one. It was so flavorful and had just the rightamount of heat on a 40 degree day. There was a good variety of meat, veggies, and starches and I pretty much enjoyed all of it.I also appreciated the little side station with a bunch of sauces and sides like garlic and scallion. I think the best part ishow relatively cheap it ended up being per person for how much we ate. Service was very good and usually pretty quick. Iappreciated how attentive they were to getting dishes out of the way and managing the pot. Also, I went with people who reallyknew their way around the menu and could order for me, but I do I think you can get by with only English if you hadto. Overall, I felt as though this place was more authentic and had better overall food than the places I've been to inManhattan. Will definitely come here again on a cold day! Read more
It was really good and great service! All you can eat lunch hotpot was about $25/person, but the quality of the meat and veggies... were great. (Tried beef and lamb, didn't try seafood; fish balls were good) They also give you dessert which was also reallygood( second picture). Will definitely visit again. I recommend getting the spicy & herbal soup broth. Don't forget to makeyour own sauce :) Read more
So after going to a ?popular? hot pot in manhattan that disappointed me. I decided to try a more local/ authentic one. It took... me over an hour to get there from the Bronx but it was 100% worth it. It was located in a predominant East Asian neighborhoodwhich was great cause I knew that meant more authenticity. The staff were super nice and made me feel welcomed. The waitress waspatient and helped us pick out our foods and gave us some suggestions. She constantly checked on us and didn?t hesitate to askus if we needed more items. All the foods we ordered came in and everything was super yummy. Despite it being pretty packed inthere, they catered to everyone. I loved the vibe and the music(really diverse). Despite it being far I plan on going there moreand more. It was a lovely experience. The only minor issue was it was hard to adjust the heat setting due to a malfunction withthe table we were seated at but that didn?t take away from the experiences I highly recommend this spot! Read more
This is the spot to goto if you?re in sunset park area. The decor is like going back in time and the food selection is great.... They really have a lot of choices including the soup base. The service is amazing too. They really accommodate the birthdaydiscount, before and after 3 days. Most importantly, the price is really good compare to other places. Read more