Where to Enjoy the Best Hot Pot in Melbourne

While summer may win when it comes to sunshine, there’s one thing the cooler months do better: soulful comfort food. And nothing warms you up quite like a steaming bowl of hot pot. But let’s be real—this classic dish isn’t just for winter. Whether it’s Sichuan-style, Thai, Japanese, Mongolian, or Cambodian, hot pot is the perfect all-year-round comfort food that hits the spot every time.

So, why not gather your friends and family for a cosy dinner, or treat yourself to a warming solo lunch? These Melbourne spots serve up the city’s best hot pot, guaranteed to heat you from the inside out.

David’s Hot Pot

For an authentic Sichuan-style hot pot in Melbourne experience, David’s Hot Pot is your go-to! With multiple locations across the city, they focus on traditional flavours, blending premium Australian beef tallow with classic Sichuan ingredients to create a variety of mouthwatering soup bases.

Choose from their signature spicy beef tallow, rich mushroom broth, seafood-infused goodness, or comforting tomato and ox tail base—just be sure to watch those spice levels! 

Not sure what to add to your bubbling pot? The friendly staff are ready to help, recommending the perfect meats, veggies, and condiments to elevate your meal.

Sitchu Tip: Don’t confuse David’s Hot Pot with David’s Master Pot, their sibling restaurant serving up delicious Sichuan Malatang. Both are fantastic, but they each have their own unique flair!

Multiple locations across Melbourne—check the website for details

Dragon Hot Pot

Dragon Hot Pot puts a fun twist on traditional Sichuan hot pot—here, the talented chefs do the cooking for you! This unique dining experience, known as Malatang, takes the hassle out of hot pot and serves straight up street food vibes.

Step inside and you’ll feel like you’ve entered a grocery store and restaurant hybrid. One wall is packed floor-to-ceiling with an array of meats, veggies, seafood, noodles, and fungi. Grab a pot and tongs, then fill it with all your favourite flavours before choosing your broth at the counter. You pay based on weight, making it a tasty adventure!

Sitchu Tip: Those pots are massive, so don’t get carried away filling them up! Focus on what you can actually enjoy to avoid an unexpectedly pricey soup!

Multiple locations across Melbourne—check the website for details

Haidilao

Craving a steamy hot pot? Head to Haidilao in Box Hill 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—perfect for the whole family, including the kids.

Sky One Plaza, L2-01 Level 2/545-563 Station Street, Box Hill

Damiao Hotpot Melbourne

All you can eat hot pot for $39.90? Say less. Damiao Hotpot is offering a lunch buffet for an affordable price, serving up two hours of all-you-can eat hot pot – which is a LOT. Pick the meat, produce and noodles you want before taking it back to your table and cooking it in the bubbling broth of your choice – Sichuan style. If you’d rather come for dinner, the all-you-can-eat still stands, for $49.90. Either way, that’s one affordable buffet!

Level 1/388/396 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

Tan Hot Pot 

For those seeking the best (and hottest) hot pot in Melbourne, Tan Hot Pot undoubtedly deserves a spot on the list. With its innovative concept, mouthwatering dishes, and vibrant atmosphere, it's no wonder it's become a favoured destination for food enthusiasts across the city.

It's the only restaurant in Melbourne that offers duck blood hot pot, but if you're not so adventurous with your palate, fear not, for this Sichuan spot can do it all when it comes to ingredients you can cast into their flame-hued broth. From truffle beef, pork belly and prawns to Sichuan green pepper beef tripe, M9 wagyu and lotus roots, flavour is key here.

The only question you have to ask yourself is...can you handle the heat? 

Sitchu Tip: Get the brown sugar rice cakes on the side. 

130 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Cambodia’s Kitchen

Cambodia’s Kitchen is one of the first Cambodian restaurants to step foot into the CBD. They specialise in Cambodian noodle soup and have a hot pot deal that’s $45 for two people that’s quite distinctive in flavour and impossible to confuse with other types of hot pot, such as Sichuan and Thai. You also need to try the Cambodian fried chicken on rice – it’s delicious!

175 Russell Street, Melbourne

Nana Thai Hot Pot & BBQ

Where hot pot meets barbecue. Nana Thai Hot Pot & BBQ. Here, you’ll find all sorts of authentic Thai dishes, including their delicious range of mookata and moojum – Thai style hotpot. Here, you’ll simultaneously boil soup and barbecue meats using a portable stove at your table, experiencing herb-heavy, rich flavours. Expect to be waiting a little while to get in, though. This joint is so popular, there’s often lines out the door.

169 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Panda Hot Pot

When you think of the best hot pot in Melbourne, you think of Panda Hot Pot. This traditional Chinese hot pot spot is a showstopper, and a go-to for many families who want to celebrate a special occasion. Here, you’ll not only find authentic, packed-with-a-punch flavours, but salso a 1.5 tonne floating dragon suspended above your head as you eat. There’s also live entertainment, with performances on nightly, so you’re coming here for a full-blown show!

100 Victoria Street, Carlton

1060 Dandenong Road, Carnegie

WeLive

Tucked away in the CBD above Dragon Hotpot (look for the discreet entrance next to the Feng Shui store), WeLive offers a refined hot pot experience. This intimate venue features a beautifully crafted menu led by seasoned chefs, celebrating authentic flavours with a touch of elegance.

At WeLive, the culinary journey begins with traditional Japanese sukiyaki, where pan-frying and boiling create a rich broth. Enjoy diverse set menus, including options for meat lovers and vegetarians, starting with an appetiser and ending with a delightful dessert.

They’ve also introduced lighter soup bases, like a refreshing tomato broth, perfect for enhancing premium Wagyu beef and seasonal vegetables—a harmonious blend of tastes and textures.

1/217 Russell Street, Melbourne.

QQ Chicky Pot 

A claypot with double the happiness - QQ Chicky Pot is a one-of-a-kind, lively restaurant putting mouthwatering flavours to the forefront. While they specialise in a dry pot of delicious chicken straight from the bustling streets of Hong Kong, the reason why QQ Chicky Pot is on our list of best hot pot in Melbourne is this: once you've relished every last bite of the savoury chicken, QQ Chicky Pot will effortlessly transform your claypot into a sizzling hotpot.

With the addition of a slow-cooked, umami-rich soup base and an assortment of the freshest ingredients cooked to perfection, you can be sure to enjoy a soulful and nourishing hot pot, best paired with a beer or soju. 

11 Heffernan Lane, Melbourne

The Glen, shop 006/235 Springvale Road, Glen Waverley

Fishpot

In Chinatown's vibrant hotpot scene, Fishpot is the new late-night addition offering a clever solution to prevent ingredients from getting lost in the pot. Each table in the restaurant features a button that activates a hotpot lift, effortlessly straining and lifting up your prawns, wagyu, fish balls and veggies, revealing everything once hidden beneath the bubbling surface.

Uniquely known for their hotpots with fish-based soup, with signature options including coral trout, grouper and parrot fish, this is one of the best spots for hot pot in Melbourne if you're a massive seafood lover. There are almost 100 ingredients to choose from, with various platters of fresh seafood, premium wagyu, vegetable and tofu being sent out to your table. 

9/206 Bourke Street, Melbourne 

914B Doncaster Road, Doncaster East

Wong’s Late Night Hot Pot

Want a late-night meal that’s not a Macca’s run? Wong’s Late Night Hot Pot is serving up premium quality hot pot all night, right into the early hours of the morning. Their Chongqing hot pot is bursting with flavour, with the goal of transforming patrons to the streets of Chongqing in China. Come for the hotpot but stay for the Sichuan and Chongqing desserts. It’s the perfect midnight feed post-date or night out.

208/210 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Soi 38

Soi 38 is another Thai hot pot and barbecue spot in Melbourne, and it’s incredibly delicious. Here, your chocices are Moo Kra Tha, which is a set of mixed meat, seafood, noodles and vegetables served with a barbecue hot plate, or Thai hot pot, which is served with a bubbling pot of stock instead of the barbecue plate. Food that’s as colourful as the interiors of its vibrant restaurant? We love to see it.

38 Mcilwraith Place, Melbourne

Happy Lamb Hot Pot

For Halal and vegetarian-friendly hot pot, head to Happy Lamb. This Mongolian style hot pot restaurant in Melbourne is all about good food and great vibes – plus a whole lot of dining deals! You’ll regularly find all sorts of specials here, such as all-you-can-eat starting from $31.90 (the price shifts depending on what time you go). Not feeling like a buffet? Happy Lamb also has an a la cart menu for you to choose from. Bring the whole gang here, because if you buy five bowls of hot pot, you get the sixth free!

173/175 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

Spice World Hot Pot

Don’t like sharing? Spice World has got your back. Instead of one big, communal broth that you and your friends cook your food in, you can choose your own individual mini pot of broth. So, you all also stay happy if you’re after different flavours! Spice World went viral on social media a couple of years ago for serving up Barbie Dolls covered in thinly sliced Wagyu beef, but their food is so much more than something to gawk at. Think melt-in-your-mouth meats and perfectly flavoured broth. You need to try it for yourself.

172-176 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Ten BBQ & Hotpot

$54 for unlimited wagyu, KBBQ, hot pot and bingsu? Ten BBQ & Hot Pot has it all! Tucked away in Southbank, select from an array of over 25 BBQ staples, including marinated beef brisket, belly pork, chicken, prawns, and more. With nine diverse soup bases to choose from, alongside a variety of toppings, sides, and sauces, you're in for a culinary adventure. Cook up a storm right at your table on the hot pot and grill - it's the perfect group dinner you won't want to miss. 

Sitchu Tip: Don't skimp out on the unlimited bingsu—a delightful milk-based shaved ice dessert adorned with sweet toppings.

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.