Celebrity Hotpot

One of my go to places for hot pot. It’s an all you can eat hot pot place, so don’t expect top notch service … Like any other all you can eat places, but it’s very decent! The food is always good. My favourite broth is the tom yum. I like the self serve sauce bar, so much easier than having to ask your server for more sauce! The all you can drink comes with honey green tea, soy milk & plum which is a pretty great idea. Overall I would definitely recommend this place, the manager Dat is extremely helpful & nice. This place can get really busy so if you plan to go call ahead!

Really enjoy this place! Price is good, the food comes out at a reasonable time. The service is really friendly. Best part is the unlimited drinks that they have!

So it was my first time here as well as my first time eating hotpot and I have to say, it was pretty good. Drinks and side sauces are self serve so you help yourself and you get your own individual pot to cook in which is nice. I went with a group of 11 and we ordered a lot and still didn’t manage to finish it all. Wait staff was attentive enough to refill our pots when it reduced down, however, I did take a star off because we put in an order for steamed rice that never came and when I inquired they said they would bring it out and they never did. Other than that I thought the food was good.

First time having ayce hot pot downtown and it was as expected — not that great.
Pros:
— Drink station with unlimited honey black tea, soya milk, and plum juice.
— Sauce station has a wide variety of sauces to choose from.
— Individual pots.
— Good meat/​seafood balls.
— Selection of food was decent.
Cons:
— Our booth for 6 people was VERY small. You have very little space between you and the table when sitting down. I was surprised I even fit after seeing how much space was left when my very thin friend sat down.
— Beef was disappointing.
— Multiple items on the menu were at extra charge (including some mushrooms…).
— Service is slow and the wait staff is not attentive. You have to constantly ask for more broth because your pot is almost a frying pan. Then some of the wait staff who pour the hot broth from the kettle are scary af because they allow it to splatter.
— Poor organization. You do not receive all the food you order. This happened on every occasion we placed an order. Also, the portions they serve are inconsistent. They should either do it by piece or serving, not pick and choose as they like.
Basically if you really crave ayce hot pot and there is nowhere else to go, then by all means, dine here. It’s not horrendous but it’s not great.

«It’s not perfect, you know what I mean?»
–Dining Companion–
In reference to the fact that
1) service is rather slow (if you know what you want, just order it all at once)
2) amount ordered is not always what’s delivered
3) service is rather slow
But!
It’s fun, and it fills you up!
A perfectly reasonable option downtown when only hotpot will do.
As mentioned, around $ 25 per person.

As far as hot pot goes, the food was pretty standard, the price was ok.
We were seated by the door, and it was super drafty. They refused to close the outermost door (we tried, they explained to us why the outer door must be propped open…). With every order, we had to wait 30 minutes for they do deliver some RAW FOOD, I don’t understand why it takes so long, and about half of the stuff we ordered never came. The plum juice was watered down, there was never any cilantro in the bucket,
Pro: Their magnetic plates that only heat up the pots are cool
Cons: Pretty much everything else except service/​servers attitudes, service was solid.

Came here for the lunch special in the afternoon, doesn’t seem like anyone wants to review this place’s lunch special, it was pretty awesome for the pricing, for $ 8 on a weekday you can get a personal pot with one choice of meat, one noodle and one veggie or the same thing with the exception instead of the meat you can have a choice of 8 meatballs, and there’s quite the variety .
Something light but it was still sufficient, I left here very pleased and all for under $ 10 with tax and tip but I left a little extra for that very personable service.
This place does get super busy on the weekends, I suggest making reservations to avoid the line up at this place.

I’m a big guy, so I might know a few things about food lol. I was a huge fan of little sheep hot pot as I’ve gone to those in Canada, USA and in China for the authentic stuff. I’ve got to say, of all the Hotpot places I’ve been to, Celebrity Hotpot is definitely the top in my top 5 favourite places to eat at for an AYCE. The staff there are super friendly, and have always catered to whatever my friends and I have requested. Their iced tea is literally the best. Freshly brewed, made in store several times a day. The iced tea runs out but gets filled up quickly. I rarely ever come here with less than 4 people. The manager there is super nice too, he’s working there every time we come. He always suggests us different sauces and soups, making our Hotpot experience really unique. I really hope Celebrity Hotpot comes to Mississauga, because the Hotpot we have there is mediocre compared to celebrity Hotpot. I would recommend this place 100% if you’re looking for great Hotpot. The place is open late, just make sure you go before last call, like any other restaurant!

Not much choice in the hot pot world, so if you’re hankering for some hearty AYCE downtown, you’ll most likely end up here.
It’s a bit steep (but typical) for AYCE, so come hungry. You’ll be greeted with a large selection of seafood, vegetables, and mystery meat balls. You do have options to upgrade your soup base, as well as your toppings.
Pro tip #:3214
Order the standard soup base, don’t upgrade. They have a free sauce station, so just jazz up your broth without the additional cost.

Came here on a busy Saturday night and there was about a 20 minute wait for a table even though we were told it was probably a 10 – 15 minute wait. I usually don’t wait longer than 10 minutes for a table merely out of principles, but my friends wanted hotpot and at the same time, I can’t fault the restaurant as it was really busy.
Once my friends and I were seated, chose our broth and food items, everything was brought to our table promptly. While there’s a lot of choices for broth, majority of them are extra charges, only the beef and chicken, and vegetable and tofu broths are free. Seafood items are also charged extra, except they’ll give you a tray of seafood (salmon, mussel and squid; a piece each) at no extra charge but limited one per customer. There are a lot of choices for meats and vegetables though.
We also discovered that we didn’t get some food items we ordered and got more of certain items (i.e. ordered 2 trays of beef but got 4 trays of it). We didn’t bring it up to the staff as we figured it may be a hassle, so it’s likely best to order a few items first and then order more later on.
So while there are a few misses, we did like the fact that there’s unlimited refills on drinks (self-​serve) and service from the staff was pretty prompt for a busy restaurant when asking for more water to be filled in the pots or getting the bill. Overall, a decent hotpot place in downtown.

My favourite place in the world, their tom yum soup base is the reason I started liking hotpot. Now I come here almost every week.
The staff here are awesome, the restaurant is new and clean, food is fresh, service is fast, and the price is very reasonable for all-​you-​can-​eat. Great place for a warm meal with good friends! :)
I grew up in North York/​Markham and I’m still trying to find a comparable place uptown.

Unlimited green tea! You can make your own sauce with many options. There were many side dishes to choose from too, and the soup was soo good. A very good and filling meal ^^

Great place and the waiter was so helpful since it was our first time having hot pot. It was so fresh and filling and they kept brining more and more! It’s all you can eat for a good price! I will come back if I’m ever in Toronto!

The Dat sauce was amazing. Waiter made a special concoction for us as well and it was delicious. Must go!

3.5 stars rounded down.
While Celebrity Hotpot hit the spot on a rainy and cold day in Toronto, it’s certainly not the best hot pot I’ve had. The selection is also not as great. They also forgot some of our items and it was sometimes hard to track any of the employees down. Price is okay. Restaurant is fairly newish and clean.
Celebrity Hotpot seems to charge extra for anything from mushrooms (enoki mushrooms are $ 2… are you serious?) to squid to extra seafood. Everywhere else I’ve been, they don’t charge for this (in NY, in Ottawa, Atlanta, etc). While the base price for eating here (per person) is reasonable, the extra charges for random things is a little meh.
Free drinks — plum, soy milk, and green tea. Plum was delicious!
They have a variety of «free» items to choose from on their all you can eat menu. There’s the usual lamb, beef, vegetables, etc, and they give you a decent amount (but not way too much) each time. I like that they don’t overdo it with the servings because I feel bad when I can’t finish. Their ordering system is strange though… you put 1, 2, … depending on how many what… servings? you want? Or is it how many handfuls? Or if you put 1, do you get like 1 fish ball? It’s a little confusing for sure and I can’t imagine how a hot pot noob feels about eating here and the ordering process. Quality of the ingredients was pretty good, I’d say.
The spicy broth — I’ve had better ma la tang at a lot of other places. It’s not got enough of the spicy oil in the broth. However, still tasted good.
They have your usual ingredients to make your sauce, but I found it weird that their scallions were soaking in water. They even have eggs for those who like to make the traditional hot pot sauce with a raw egg.
I was mostly turned off by the ordering process, the fact that we didn’t receive a lot of our items, the unreachable attendants, and the so-​so broth. That being said though, still a decent place for hot pot.

As usual — this place was delicious.
This time we ordered the spicy and chef special soup base.
We tried the following items:
–sweet corn (cooked in the broth is actually the most amazing thing there)
— wood ear mushrooms
— coriander
— lamb
— sliced pork
— sliced beef
— sliced lamb
— sliced pork jowl
— taro noodles (my favourite)
— deep fried tofu
— pork and leek dumpling
— wonton
— beef/​pork/​shrimp balls
— tripe (it was cut way too thick and was hard to eat — wouldn’t order again)
This place is great to gorge on meat and gorge we did. The meat was yummy and the soup base and custom sauce flavourful. Their cold tea drink was very refreshing but honestly the cold water felt much better because of the steam from the boiling pot.
I double tipped as usual because honestly my favourite waiter works there and he is one amazing and dedicated person. He is very personable and very helpful — an asset to this establishment. It’s the sweet bubbly guy — you know who you are!
I recommend trying as many new foods as you can when you go because I’ve been doing this and found I have new favourite foods.
My only recommendation to this establishment is cleaner bathrooms and seats that are abit cushioned because their food is great — no complaints here!
This place is great for couples, families and people just looking for a great filling meal.

After reading about the hype for Celebrity hot pot we had to try it out. We have only done hot pot at home and wanted to try eating hot pot elsewhere.
We dined on a Monday evening so it was pretty much empty when we arrived. The server was friendly throughout our visit and occasionally came by to top off our broth. My favourite things to cook were the seafood items. There’s nothing special to say about the food because you just cook it and it hasn’t been seasoned. What I didn’t like right from the start was that the utensils, bowl, and plate didn’t seem very clean. They felt sticky and not washed thoroughly.
I think next time we’ll just stick with eating hot pot at home because for almost $ 50 I can eat way more seafood and everything is clean.
PS: Remember to redeem the 10% off coupon when you check-​in! I forgot :(.

Comfy sofa seats. Comfy environment. Great service.
Went on a Thursday. Got to choose to sit on wherever I want at time like 3.30pm.
Love the sweet soy milk. (Unlimited)
Well organization — food stacked in square plates — increased my appetite when I see the table of food.
I nearly chose all the food on the menu! All perfect!
Aware when you chose organs: they taste good but I can not accept the smell of them before putting into the pot.
The spicy soup base was too spicy for me.
It’s a nice place to spend with people you love.

We were both feeling for hot pot for a while and decided to try out celebrity hot pot after work on a Monday. We left work fairly early and ended up going to eat around 4:45pm when it was not busy at all.
I have never eaten out for hotpot before so I was interested to see what the hype was about. We were seated right away and had he menu explained to us. There were two menus; one for the choice of broth, and the other for items to cook in the broth. We were also told about their free self-​serve drink, as well as a sauce station with a good number of ingredients to make your own hot pot sauce. I just went with water and some garlic hot pepper sauce.
We ordered slices of chicken, beef, sausages, beef and fish balls, seafood tray, instant and vermicelli noodles steamed rice and some random veggies. Honestly it wasn’t bad, but there was nothing amazing about the food. They did forget to bring us our rice and vermicelli… so we had to remind them.
Overall the food was just like any other hot pot. I think next time I crave hot pot I will do it at home with friends versus going out and spending $ 24 per person after tax for AYCE.

First time trying hot pot and it was a good experience. Quite tasty and good overall.
Update: Went back here for new years eve and the service was much better. 3.5 Star at least.
Food: 3/​5, a lot of variety in meat, veggies and sauce to really get a bit of everything. They did however have a lot of add-​one for extra which was a bit weird for an AYCE. The honey tea was really good along with the dumplings and sliced beef.
Service: 2.5÷5 to 4/​5, nothing special, similar to most AYCE but they could smile a bit as most of the staff looked angry for some reason. Update: nicer staff on the 2^nd run and during new years eve when they were busy, great service
Ambience: 3/​5, big tables but the seats can use some cushioning. The place gets really steamy so they need better ventilation.
Price: 3/​5, about $ 25 per person. They do however charge you for tip already in the bill which was a bit odd.