Sanku Maots'ai 三顾冒菜

Restaurant · New York, NY

This East Village spot offers a unique self-service hotpot experience, letting you customize your meal with a wide array of toppings and broths. Regulars rave about the phenomenal taste and variety, with many highlighting the strong vegetarian options. Just remember to specify veggie broth if that's your preference, as some reviews mention a default pork broth.

Self-Service Hotpot
Vegetarian Options
Good for Children
Wide Variety

Ratings & Reviews

★ 4.6208 Google reviews

Greg Farrell★★★★★
Interesting place. Strong veggie options. Make sure you tell them to give you veggie broth and you’re all set. They mix them all with pork broth so make sure you let them know not to. Wound up costing less than i expected. Interesting concept. Never had it before. Would go again and fine tune my choices.
4 months ago

Pamela D.★★★★★
As you can see I basically live here lol. I love how there’s such a wide variety of things to choose from, and everything tastes phenomenal! It’s also perfect if you want to go by yourself. Super casual and comforting and the staff is very friendly. If I had to recommend a broth, it would 100% be the Szechuan sauce. I’m literally obsessed.
4 months ago

Anna D★★★★★
I’m so so so excited that there is a dry pot / hot pot place in the area!!! The gentrification of dry pot with Mala Project is too real - this restaurant supposedly has tons of locations in China. It’s priced at $17.99 a pound ($3.99 per 100 grams) and you get to pick whatever you want into a bowl and then chose your broth, and they cook it for you. I’m very pleasantly surprised at the diversity of the offerings - many kinds of beef, chicken, fish, shrimp, tripe, chicken feet, quail egg, 3 kinds of mushrooms, veggies, tofu, and stuff I wouldn’t even normally get but the options are amazing. I got a dry broth less option this time, with mild spice I was able to chose. It was delicious and they ask you if you want white rice or not. It was so so so good, and mine weighed just about a pound. I appreciate that they take off the weight of the basket when weighing. I didn’t love the ice pudding - it was a bit too sweet for me but good for cooling down spice, generally speaking. There’s plenty of seating and it’s very comfortable and bright and spacious. I love that they have the tissue packets just like in Asia. The service was also really good, the staff is super helpful and kind and walks you through the process and answers any questions. Next time I will definitely get the tomato broth, and try the sauce station!
10 months ago