Dalongyi Hot Pot Dà Lóng Yì Huǒ Guō

I've been to DaLongYi 4 times (paused for a couple of years due to COVID), never had a bad experience. I'm from Sichuan, and my hot pot experience is 30+ years. I can attest that the flavor is absolutely authentic. This is my favorite Sichuan Hot Pot in LA. I took my American friends there, and they all liked it too.A couple of tips for first timers:1. The spice level here is comparable to the hot pot restaurants in Sichuan. Translation: medium is already very spicy, even to me. Stick to little spicy if you are used to medium elsewhere. If you can only eat mild in other places, choose little little spicy. There's no shame in sticking with non-spicy options, either. Their mushroom soup base is delicious as well.2. They offer half portions, which is a huge plus. I often overorder when eating hot pot because there are some many varieties that I want. Having the option for half orders made is so much more friendly for smaller groups. The best part is that the price for their half portion is actually half of the full portion, so you can enjoy the variety without paying a premium.Maybe I'm lucky, but I also have never encountered bad service. In fact the service during my most recent visit was top notch. Not only were the two servers attentive and courteous, the owner was super nice to all the guests (we sat near the entrance and saw she greeting customers as they walked in). There was a mix up of the soup base for the table behind us, the owner apologized right away and had it taken care of. She came to our table a couple of times to ask for feedback and check on us, even gave my two kids complementary yogurt. My kids liked the place so much that they asked to go again even before we left.Not saying the other reviews quoting bad service was false, just that those were a long time ago, and not at all the same as my personal experience. Maybe they hired new servers since. The owner definitely has the right attitude to make your visit a pleasant one.

Sad to say, I have been looking forward to coming here. Da Long Yi Hot Pot is one of the worst ones I've been to. The food, you can get at any average grocery store. The quality of the meat is just not good. And the place barely has any AC cuz it was kinda a bit hot and I'm not talking about having the hot pot in front of me.

I love this hot pot restaurant, probably one of the best in SoCal. It's not cheap but the quality is good. I especially like they offer half orders. You can try many items for a smaller portion and price. I also love their sauce bar. Lots of sauces and deserts. I have been here twice and I enjoyed both of my visits. They also have tons of authentic Chinese hot pot items that you can't get at other restaurants.

Came here on a Monday afternoon for lunch with a group of 7 people! We got 2 pots for all of us and we split each pot 3 ways. We got the mala spicy level 1 and level 2, two bone broths, and 2 tomato broths. We got mushrooms, spinach, Napa cabbage, fried Chinese donut, lots of meat, soy milk, and a passion fruit juice pitcher. The level 2 spicy is INTENSE, very spicy, but delicious. I really enjoyed the bone broth too, to my surprise, since I feel like a lot of other bone broths taste like nothing. The passion fruit juice was perfect to wash the spice away. Service was speedy and the value and price were great. Also, I'm a sauce lover and I was so happy to see such a huge sauce bar.

When we arrived on Saturday, December 10, 2022, the restaurant was closed. We weren't certain whether this was a permanent closure, as there were no signs to indicate what was going on.