Welcome to Kungfu Hotpot
Kungfu Hotpot, located in Philadelphia, offers a unique hotpot dining experience with a focus on fresh ingredients and variety. The restaurant provides a modern and casual atmosphere, perfect for groups and dinner gatherings. With a diverse selection of meats, seafood, vegetables, and specialty items like lobster and wagyu beef, customers can create personalized hotpot dishes. The self-service section allows patrons to customize their meals with sauces, seasonings, and a wide array of beverages. Despite occasional wait times, Kungfu Hotpot's attentive service, good value, and flavorful broths make it a standout choice for hotpot enthusiasts. Make reservations or join the Yelp waitlist for a memorable dining experience.
- 1008 Cherry St Fl 3 Philadelphia, PA 19107 Hotline: (215) 606-1899
Kungfu Hotpot, located at 1008 Cherry St Fl 3 in Philadelphia, is a popular hotspot for hot pot enthusiasts. This Asian-owned restaurant offers a wide range of hot pot options, including seafood and Chinese cuisine. The restaurant provides a variety of amenities such as delivery, takeout, and wheelchair accessibility. With moderate noise levels and a casual trendy atmosphere, Kungfu Hotpot is perfect for group gatherings, dinner dates, or special events.
Customers have raved about the delicious variety of hot pot items available, from fresh seafood to specialty meats like American Wagyu and bullfrog. The all-you-can-eat pricing includes lobster, crab, ribs, and more, making it a great value for your money. The broth options are flavorful and the service is attentive, ensuring a satisfying dining experience.
One standout feature of Kungfu Hotpot is the self-service station where diners can customize their hot pot experience with a plethora of vegetables, sauces, and beverages. The restaurant also offers unique drinks like herbal teas and soybean drinks, adding to the overall dining experience.
While the wait times can be a bit long during peak hours, the quality of food and service makes it worth the wait. Whether you're a hot pot aficionado or trying it for the first time, Kungfu Hotpot is a must-visit for a memorable dining experience. Make a reservation or join the Yelp waitlist to secure your spot at this top-rated hot pot destination in Philadelphia.

Honestly a great deal for decent hotpot. The wait can be a bit long. There's nothing specifically wrong with it to make it 4 instead of 5 stars, but it's not "knock-your-socks-off" amazing. I'll likely be back at some point, but won't be rushing back.

Very tasty hot pot place with great variety of items. On floor 3 for the elevator in the Cherry St alley. Good drink assortment that's included with the hot pot. Price for all you can eat includes lobster, crab, ribs, on top of the special proteins, so there is only the one price level. Other places may have 2 tiers for regular or premium but this only has 1 so be ready. Nice inside and the tables are big for all your plates and such. Staff good at bringing out more things for you or filling up broths. All the food trays were nicely kept and refilled when low. All the standard hot pot items veggies, noodles, fish balls, etc. The sauce cart was well stocked as well.

Food was good. Nice atmosphere. Decent food. I feel it was a bit pricy but they do give you lobsters and other stuff. I'd rather it be cheaper and not give those things for "free". Enjoyed the variety of drinks available in the fridge Depending on when you come there can be a really long wait. The I've also heard about the smell of the elevator but they much have fixed that because it wasn't bad when I went. Maybe don't come on trash day.

There was a lot of different meat, vegetables, and seafood you can chose from. But for me I quickly lost interest and didn't eat as much.

Delicious hot pot! Love that I can get my own vegetables, drinks and seafood, sauces and more. You can also order off an iPad which you have tons of selections of meats and cooked food. You also get a whole lobster for every 3 guest, and specialty selections. we came out more than full. Service was attentive and friendly, places was packed, so I would also recommend making reservations or getting on the yelp waitlist. Definitely recommend.

Hotpot is AYCE for $33.99 per person. There is the sauces/condiments bar, fresh veggies you can get yourself. There are various meats & seafood to order off the iPad. You get your pick of broths too. They have desserts too & it comes with drinks - sodas, herbal teas etc. All the food items are fresh. Good service & good value. Weekday price is $33.99. Weekend price is $39.99. We will be back.

Walk down the terrible Mango Mango alley and take the small, slowest elevator up to the indicated floor. Each hotpot area fits many so if you're here for 2 it can be a wait. AYCE where you order meat and all the other items are buffet pick-up (veggies, fish balls, sauce, appetizers, etc). The hotpot setup heats up well and the broth is well done and flavorful. They don't have the optimized hotpot setup (spices separates, utensils with hooks, easily controlled hotpot settings, etc) but it still works. More unique is they have a fridge full of Asian drinks (tea, soybean, kids drinks, etc) for AYCE. It's built into the price but I think it's fun to try the different drinks that I would never normally try. I'd make different ordering decisions next time, but no real complaints. Service was helpful, didn't have any problems with time limit, or ordering items. There was some special (?) and we got to choose some speciality meat items which was neat (american wagyu, bull frog, prawns, etc). I am looking forward to taking another person here and trying more drinks.

I've heard a lot about hot pot but didn't think it could be a worthwhile experience for me since I'm pescatarian-- I was so wrong. I LOVED this experience! First off, this spot is on the third floor so their entrance on Cherry St. is just an elevator. Upstairs, it's a big and bustling space. We came on a Friday night at 8:30pm for a pre-Lunar New Year parade dinner, and it was crowded because a lot of people had the same idea! We had a to wait a bit even though we had a reservation but we didn't mind because they had benches by the front. We got to pick two broths (we went with the spicy broth, tom yum) and since we were a group of three, we got a free lobster too. We ordered some other specialty seafood and meat to the table on a little paper sheet as well as on the iPad. We did order salmon sashimi and never received that unfortunately. We had to remind our server about some of the other things we ordered (they were swamped, to be fair), but we had more than enough food to eat. A highlight for me was the help yourself section towards the front. They have a ton of different vegetables, seasonings, sauces, fruit, and a fridge of great beverages that you can get at your leisure. Like I said, we had more than enough food to eat! Pricing was $39 for the AYCE, and total per person came out to around $53 with tax and tip. Quick Recommendations (from my first hotpot experience): - the spicy broth gets spicier as you use more, and even with added water, the flavor got a little overwhelming by the end of it - be prepared to google cooking times for the seafood, they don't provide recommendations so it's really on you - wear clothes you can wash easily in the event of spills and also smell (because the sauce can be potent)

This has got to be the best hot pot establishment in Philly (if anyone knows otherwise, feel free to message me). The food is fresh, as plentiful as you wish, and easily accessible. It's setup where all meats are ordered via an iPad (as much as you want) and everything else is buffet-style, including the beverages, which is a pretty sweet deal. You can get as many packaged beverages as you want. It's a good time for $40 a person. Highly recommend. Each party gets a number of special/premium items as well, wagyu beef, scallops, clams, etc. Among the other items for grabbing are seaweed knots, udon/ramen noodles, fish balls, sausages, mushrooms, tofu, tofu skin, squid, potatoes, fruit, and bok choy among a ton of other stuff. And of course, there is a sauce station. The only downside is that they don't accept reservations for parties less than 3 or 4 (I can't remember). So if you happen to go during a rush, very likely you will be waiting an hour for a table. Value: 5/5 Quality: 5/5 Quantity: 5/5 Service: 5/5 Atmosphere: 4/5