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Where to Enjoy the Best Hot Pot in Melbourne
If you're looking for a warm and satisfying meal, the array of delicious hot pot in Melbourne is the answer.
For the best hot pot in Melbourne, Panda Hot Pot in Carlton, David’s Hotpot in the CBD and Haidilao in Box Hill are the heavy hitters: big broths, big tables… a dinner that quickly turns into a group sport.
This dish has a particular genius: it arrives bubbling and fragrant, then hands the night over to you: Sichuan chilli oil, paper-thin beef, mushrooms, noodles, dipping sauces, fish balls, tofu and whatever else your table decides is absolutely necessary after the second round of ordering.
Cold weather makes a strong case for it, but hot pot hardly needs winter as an excuse. From Thai and Japanese to Mongolian, Cambodian and Sichuan-style restaurants, these are the best hot pot spots in Melbourne for steam, spice and a very good time.
Zhu Guang Yu Hot Pot
Zhu Guang Yu Hot Pot brings Chongqing heat, colour and generosity to Queen Street, making it a new winter favourite for group dinners in the CBD. The Tri-Pot lets everyone find their lane, while the Buttery Mala broth delivers rich tallow depth, chilli warmth and a slow-building tingle. Add marbled Angus brisket, shrimp paste, truffle beef and bright fruit drinks, and the table becomes a bubbling, sauce-splashed celebration.
422 Queen Street, Melbourne
Wong’s Late Night Hot Pot
Craving a midnight feed that’s a little more special than a Macca’s run? Wong’s Late Night Hot Pot has you covered. Dishing up premium hot pot well into the early hours, this buzzing spot brings the bold, fiery flavours of Chongqing straight to Melbourne. Their signature broth is rich, spicy, and seriously addictive, best shared over laughs and late-night chats. Don’t sleep on the Sichuan and Chongqing desserts either. Post-date or post-party, this is your ultimate after-dark fix.
208/210 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
Dainty Hotpot & BBQ Buffet
If Las Vegas did hot pot, it would look a lot like Dainty Hotpot & BBQ Buffet. Beneath a glowing digital aquarium, with a sweeping curved screen casting an underwater world across the 220-seat dining room, dinner becomes part feast, part spectacle. Fire up your broth and BBQ grill, then make your way through the all-you-can-eat spread: wagyu, oysters, sushi, dim sum, fairy floss and plenty more. Maximalist, colourful and built for big nights out, this is one to arrive hungry for.
149 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Running Pot
Running Pot in Glen Waverley brings the fun of sushi train dining to the world of hot pot. For just $29.90, you can feast for 90 minutes as over 100 fresh ingredients glide past on a colourful conveyor belt — just grab your picks and cook them in your own bubbling broth. Halal-certified, open late, and endlessly entertaining, this sweet spot is a must for casual hangs, group dinners, or spontaneous soup cravings.
Sitchu Tip: Don’t skip the sauce station or soft-serve.
99 Kingsway, Glen Waverley
Divine Hotpot
Divine Hotpot turns sushi-train logic into an all-you-can-eat hot pot sprint, with plates of meat, seafood, vegetables and noodles sliding past while your own pot bubbles away. Choose one of eight broths, then pace yourself through the conveyor belt, dipping sauces, drinks and ice cream. It’s interactive, easy to overdo and made for diners who like dinner with a little movement.
246 Bourke Street, Melbourne
102 Hopkins Street, Footscray
David’s Hot Pot
David’s Hot Pot is Melbourne’s CBD fix for Sichuan hot pot with real depth. At the La Trobe Street à la carte restaurant, signature soup bases are built on traditional spices and premium Australian beef tallow, with tomato and oxtail, mushroom, seafood and fish maw chicken broths softening the blow for chilli-shy diners. Need guidance? The team will happily steer your order.
Sitchu Tip: Don’t confuse David’s Hot Pot with David’s Master Pot. Same Sichuan universe, different mood: one is a sit-down hot pot restaurant, the other is the fast, build-your-own malatang/mini hot pot sibling.
Multiple locations across Melbourne — check the website for details
Dragon Hot Pot
Dragon Hot Pot turns malatang into a delicious little strategy game. Grab a bowl, work the fridges, then build your own mix of meats, seafood, noodles, mushrooms, greens and tofu before choosing a broth and spice level at the counter. The kitchen takes it from there, sending everything back in a steaming, Sichuan-laced soup. Just remember: it’s pay-by-weight, and enthusiasm gets heavy fast.
Multiple locations across Melbourne—check the website for details
Haidilao
Craving a steamy hot pot? Head to Haidilao for some of the best in Melbourne — just check the glowing reviews! The friendly service is a standout, featuring wait staff who even perform a noodle dance show. Plus, there’s a sauce and dessert bar you can visit as many times as you like. Everything is fresh, delicious, and utterly comforting.
Box Hill, Glen Waverley and Emporium
Tan Hotpot
Tan Hotpot is not here for the faint of tongue. The Bourke Street Sichuan spot is known as Melbourne’s only duck blood hot pot restaurant, with a flame-red broth that means business and a menu stacked with M9 wagyu, tripe, pork, prawns and duck blood jelly. Bring the spice fiends, order boldly and let the chilli oil do its worst.
Sitchu Tip: Order the addictive brown sugar rice cakes.
130 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Nana Thai Hot Pot & BBQ
Nana Thai Hot Pot & BBQ turns Bourke Street into a late-night mookata party, with golden grill domes, soup moats and queues that tell their own story. Cook pork neck, belly, prawns and calamari over the flame, then let the drippings season the broth for noodles, veg and egg. Moo joom brings the lemongrass-laced hot pot route; Thai milk tea is your chilli insurance.
169 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Panda Hot Pot
Panda Hot Pot doesn’t do dinner quietly. Inside the old Dracula’s site in Carlton, a 1.5-tonne dragon hovers overhead while Sichuan hot pot takes the table through broths, sliced meats, seafood, vegetables and more than 100 dishes. Live Chinese performances add to the occasion on select nights, making it the big-swinging choice for birthdays, group feasts and hot pot with drama.
100 Victoria Street, Carlton
1060 Dandenong Road, Carnegie
QQ Chicky Pot
QQ Chicky Pot makes dinner a two-act affair. First comes the dry claypot chicken, glossy, garlicky and built for rice, with the option to go richer, spicier or full frog-pot if you’re feeling brave. Once the good bits are gone, broth is poured in and the same pot becomes hot pot, ready for noodles, vegetables and whatever else the table is still pretending it doesn’t need.
The Glen, shop 006/235 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley
Fishpot
Fishpot is Chinatown’s very edible magic trick: press a button and the hot pot lift brings your seafood back from the depths, no fishing around with chopsticks required. The signature grouper-based broth is clean, silky and built for prawns, scallops, vegetables and wagyu, with nearly 100 ingredients in play. Our go-to seafood hot pot in Melbourne.
9/206 Bourke Street, Melbourne
914B Doncaster Road, Doncaster East
Soi 38
Soi 38 has left its cult car park days behind, but the spark is still there. Now settled on Bourke Street, the Thai street-food favourite keeps things loud, fragrant and wonderfully unfussy, with boat noodles by day and Moo Kra Tha by night. Load the hotplate with meat, seafood, noodles and vegetables, order something sharp and spicy on the side, and let the whole table get involved.
Tivoli Arcade, 38 Royal Lane, Melbourne
Happy Lamb Hot Pot
Happy Lamb keeps things generous on Exhibition Street, with Mongolian-style hot pot, a 36-herb broth and plenty of choice for halal and vegetarian-friendly diners. Go all-in on the AYCE menu, or order à la carte and build the table your way with lamb, beef, seafood, vegetables and dipping sauces. The tomato broth is a handy veg-friendly move, while the bone broth brings the comfort.
173/175 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Ten BBQ & Hotpot
Ten BBQ & Hot Pot loads Southbank with the rare all-you-can-eat double act: Korean BBQ on the grill, hot pot bubbling beside it, unlimited bingsu waiting at the finish. Choose from more than 25 BBQ staples, including brisket, belly pork, chicken and prawns, then pick one of nine soup bases and raid the sauces, sides and toppings. Big table, bigger value.
143 City Road, Southbank
If you’ve loved our guide to the best hot pot in Melbourne, you’ll be sure to enjoy more winter warmer favourites, including nourishing bowls of ramen and steaming glasses of mulled wine.
