Reviews for Liuyishou Hotpot (San Mateo) in San Mateo, CA

Walked in with my friends on a Thursday evening and this place was extremely busy around 7:30 pm. They did not take reservations... on phone when we called, but after a 25 minute wait, we were seated on our table. One of the heat source on our table was notworking and so getting our soup piping hot for the meat to cook faster was a bit of a challenge. Vegetarian and non-vegetarianbroth were served in the same pot (half and half) and we would've liked this to be separate ideally. Service was ok, noiselevels at average. Read more

Good hot pot and the broth is very spicy. Food is very fresh. They also have the ingredients bar which has wide selection of... sauce and fruits. I recommend most of the items but not the shrimp paste with fish roe - the fish roe disappeared in the brothright after you put them in so you actually only have the shrimp paste left. It's much cheaper if you just order the shrimppaste alone and there is no flavor difference at all. Service is mediocre though. They are too busy to listen to any requestsand not attentive either. Read more

A bit of a wait & quite a hefty toll on your wallet. This is not your typical AYCE hot pot, no they charge a la carte but the... quality is superb & legit. Warning on getting the hottest ???? level spice... DON'T do it unless you want to suffer. It'spretty dang hot even for us hot sauce lovers. Read more

This was our second visit in the last 2 weeks. We came here with our 2-year old, the staff were friendly and provided kids'... tableware for the little one. Good selection of sauces for you to mix and match, the appetizers were different each time wevisited. The broth was flavorful and ingredients were fresh. We'll definitely come back again. Read more

Amazingly, their fruits, strawberries and oranges, were so sweet and great. Hotpot was good as well, especially the spicy butter... one. The meats were tender and fresh. Read more

Very authentic Chinese Sichuan style hot pot! The ingredients are fresh, soups are clean, flavorful and do not have the... “chemical taste”. They let us do a lunar new year game and we spun a wheel and won a free shrimp paste which was extremelytasty. The assorted vegetables, bamboo fungus and thin sliced beef were also tasty. Read more

We go to dinner with friends, and we can get a table without an appointment. And sanitary and safety measures are well done.... Every table is separated by transparent plastic plates, and the tables are equipped with disposable alcohol. The bottom of thehot pot is delicious, and there are many ingredients. You can take it from the table where the ingredients are placed. Put it onthe ingredient table with peanuts, edamame, fruits, etc. You can eat it at will. But the waiter's service needs to bestrengthened, with one star missing. Read more

In A Nutshell: -Liuyishou Hot Pot is a fantastic hot pot restaurant. -The location is on the corner of 3rd Ave & San Mateo... Drive in downtown San Mateo. -It's a modern-designed building that invites you in. -Inside feels exquisite & that is before thewonderful hot pot smells enter your olfactory system. -The menu seems basic, but let me tell you that the choices are very good& bountiful. -One word of caution is the spicy broth, it's VERY SPICY, becareful. -The mushroom based broth is the best choicesince you can walk over to the sauce bar & grab the spice there. -There's also a nice selection of fruits, the watermelon wasvery good. Overall, this is a top-notch hot pot restaurant! Read more