Name：K-POT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot

Add：789 Franklin Mills Cir, Philadelphia, PA 19154

Reviews：

This 5 star is for Aiden. I'm breaking a personal policy here in my usual Yelp review guidelines for rating on service over food, but Aiden brought service to a whole new level during my visit here, eclipsing anything I have ever had before in my life, including fine dining. And yes, I'm aware that at many Korean BBQ places, servers will help you cook or in some cases, handle all of the cooking for you (if they don't trust you), but Aiden struck the perfect balance between helping manage the BBQ when we were tending to hotpot and eating, while also letting us take the reins whenever we could without being overbearing or anything like that. Anything we ordered, whether it was hotpot, BBQ, or banchan, came out almost instantly, and the same goes for refilling our waters without us asking. Normally, I feel like AYCE places try to make it hard for people to get their money's worth through wait times and other things, but Aiden demanded complete fullness from us, which was a nice change of pace as a gesture. I'm sure it helped that we came during an early Friday lunch hour, but nonetheless, I feel compelled to highlight Aiden for going far above and beyond during our experience. My man deserves a raise.
If I were just going by food, I'd probably put this at maybe a borderline 4 star. My expectations are never super high for AYCE KBBQ/hotpot places, especially when they're lunchtime deals, but I think this place sufficed with having rather plentiful options (no kalbi though) and banchan at a good quality for the price. I should note that the pork cheek was a definite highlight of all the things we got, and I would call it a must-try for anyone coming here... probably one of the my favorite things I've ever eaten off a grill. For everything else, I would recommend the standard lamb, beef, fish (roe) balls, which are generally my favorites, and I'm sure you'd have a decent time just getting what you would normally get. But man, that pork cheek... something I have to steal for my own cooking.
Anyway, like I said, this one's for Aiden. You're in luck if he ends up being your server here, but even if it's not him, it seems like a quality culture for this new place. I'm from out-of-town, but I'd love to see this place stick around for the next time I'm around.

My husband and I had two hours to kill on a Saturday afternoon in the area.   After driving around a while we passed this place for the second time and said "why not?".
All you can eat.  Great quality ingredients.  Knowledgeable staff who asked someone else when they were not sure of the answer. This was our second time (first time over five years ago) having Korean bbq.  We plan to return.   Phoebe was our waitress,  she showed us how to cook at our table and made good recommendations. The very attentive staff made for a pleasurable experience.
We had the rib eye steak,  beef Bulgogi, spicy white fish,  spicy salmon,  jumbo shrimp, pork belly, short ribs,  zucchini,  onions, and potatoes.  We finished our food with the k-pot sauce,  chili sauce and prime rib sauce.   Accompaniments at the table included bean sprout salad,  spicy cucumbers,  kimchee, edamame and radish.
Food was tasty,  delightful experience all around. Peach ginger mojito was good as well. The free blue moon on draft for checking in went well with the meal.
 

1. Great K-Food, fresh seafood, fresh and quality meat. Love the crab, jumbo shrimp, fried scallop, Kobe beef, brisket, very fresh mushroom and veggie.
2. About 1 hour wait on a Friday night, but need to check with their rep often. They told me wait another hour after 1 hour but lucky I received a text from their system. I showed the text to them and they let us seat right after
3. Customer Service seems overload. Our server always in a hurry. But she let us order with no limit item. So we don't have to take time too much between rounds.
Definitely recommended!

Amazing service and all-you-can-eat hotpot and kbbq!!!
I did not catch my wonderful waitress's name but she was the most attentive and nicest woman ever, would definitely come back here just to see her again! Consistent refills and grill changes!
The selection for korean hotpot/bbq meats/seafood are freaking great! First place, I have ever seen offer an actual nice sized sirloin and comes with little to no fat!! The kobe beef slices just melt in your mouth. You need two servings of it just for yourself, trust me. Loved the fresh vegetables and the meat variety along with crabs, squid, swai fish and etc. Get yourself some garlic shrimp! Cooks fast and tastes delicious even when you think it looks unseasoned. If you want your grill to be somewhat nice and free from sauce residue, stay away from the seasoned bulgogi, teriyaki salmon and calamari. They fall apart too easily and there's no way to tell if they're cooked or not because they are deeply smothered in sauce! The butter is definitely what threw me off because usually there's a stick of butter other than little containers and it's more work to get it out the plastic.
Will most likely come back every week if I can, LOVE this place already!

Our server Amanda was great and very attentive. The Google listing for K-Pot says it opens at 11:30 am but it really opens at 12:00 noon on Saturdays. There was a small line already formed which speaks for the place. The portions are great. I do recommend the pork belly and steak cuts. We only did BBQ but I would definitely want to try the Hot Pot. It's very spacious unlike Nine Ting in Center City which is more crowded. There's also ample parking space. I'd definitely go here over Center City for a Korean BBQ fix.

Kpot at Franklin Mills Mall was BANGING!!
The food is great, the price is fair but it's mainly the location, having a spot like this CLOSE to us is so great. They're probably doing mad well by their location alone. It's pretty much the common response by all my friends in Bucks County that not only is it good but its close.
Overall very satisfied w this spot. The big question is 'is it better than Seorabol in Northeast?' and thats rough. It's all you can eat which I prefer and being newer, the building is really nice. For me personally, the All you can eat factor is what makes this spot the winner. Food quality is equal.
Nice having some updated Kpop to dance along with while l eat. This is already becoming a spot where you run into your friends when you go. One of my friends has gone there 4 times in 8 days already.
If you wanna save a few bucks, go for lunch but some items are Dinner Only menu which when you see which items, you'll probably want to go for dinner to be honest.
 

Eat everything for 2 hours until you get the meat sweatssss. So seriously. This place was so good. Super friendly staff, and very clean place. The meat come out fresh, and flavorful. Worth every penny. Loved the sauce bar. Prices increase for the weekends. Wasn't too packed for Sunday lunch time.
Def recommend!

So I went to K-POT like 4th time and the service is really amazing! One of my fave is the hotpot!!! So flavorful and so many choices!
The price is really reasonable and so many food choices!
They also have a desert/ fruit bar! Love love !
The waiting is between 30  min to an hour but it worth a wait !
Everyone in there is super nice and make sure everything it okay and they also make sure the grill is change .
This my new hot pot / k bbq spot !!!

This is my favorite AYCE hot pot restaurant. I love their Szechuan spicy broth, I get the same old every time.. and I go there at least once a week. Food tastes fresh and everyone that works there are nice! My fav servers are Jason, Elvin and Aiden!

Best new AYCE Korean BBQ & hot pot place to hit Philly! Lunch specials Mon-Fri 11am-4pm is $16.99, which is honestly the best priced AYCE I've seen in Philly so far.
Our visit started off with a selection of banchan such as kimchi, pickled radish, potato salad, fish cake, etc. The kimchi definitely tastes homemade and packs a sour spicy punch that contrasts wonderfully with any sort of fatty meat you're grilling. The Korean BBQ dishes are served in small portions so you don't feel restricted in the amount of food you can try off of the menu. This was honestly the best surprise for me, especially considering how stressed I feel for AYCE restaurants because I hate food wastage. You can easily try a good majority of the items off the menu without feel the pressure of eating past what your body can handle.
The meat and veggies were fresh and delicious. There's a wide selection of different marinated pork belly slices and seafood. The sauce bar has a large selection of sauces to try. I highly recommended the beef brisket sauce!
The service was amazing as everyone we interacted with was very helpful, accommodating, and nice. Our waitress was very attentive and made sure that our orders were filled correctly. She and other employees at the restaurant made sure our grill was changed frequently as particularly sauce-y meat can turn the grill into a crispy burnt mess.
I'm so glad an AYCE Korean BBQ and hot pot place opened up in the Northeast! No more stressful and traffic filled trips into the city nor is there a Mario kart race to fight for a parking spot as parking is plentiful. I only tried the Korean BBQ this time around, so I'll definitely be visiting again in the future to try the hot pot as well.

Love the food a lot!!! I did the hot pot and also korean bbq combo. For the hot pot, the broth taste amazing! I got the tomato broth, I enjoy that broth the most! My family had the Tom yum broth and also the spicy broth, they said it's pretty spicy but just enough to enjoy it. So be careful if you can't handle spicy.  For the korean bbq, I enjoyed the marinated meat the most! All of them is great! And the server can help you cook the food if cooking is not your forte.
Hannah the server is awesome! She's the bomb diggidy! She was very attentive to my table and gave us a great dining experience!
The manager is also awesome! His favorite song is "shape of my heart" by Backstreet Boys. Yes they have karaoke there!  And they have a bar!!! Omfggggg white grape soju!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get that white grape soju!!!!!!!!!!!!

My girlfriend and I regularly visit the location in Brunswick, NJ. It's about a 2 hour round trip just to get our KBBQ Fix. We were absolutely thrilled to discover one was opening here in Philadelphia!
K-POT delivers traditional flavors in a modern styling that rivals most if not all other KBBQ restaurants in the greater Philadelphia area.
We ordered the japchae, short rib, bulgogi, smoke pork belly & garlic shrimp. I spent the first 10-15min enjoying my pork belly. Seasoned and marinated to perfection it's definitely a must have! The short rib is a close second. Tender, juicy, sweet! The garlic shrimp was big and well seasoned. The bulgogi was very tender and marinated very well. The bon-chon is pretty good as well and pairs well to any of the entrees you order. The server Phoebe was extremely helpful and nice. A couple servers periodically checked on us and cooked our food as we were stuffing our faces. There is NO other restaurant that pairs "All You Can Eat" with quality like K-Pot!
The fact that this is in the upper northeast also makes this spot amazing. Parking is plentiful, near malls, stores etc. The restaurant itself is pristine. The decor has a nice modern theme. The TVs play sports and random Korean dramas. The music is usually upbeat kpop. They play some American pop hits too. We will be back very soon! Thank you KPOT for getting a location out here!
 

This place is my favorite Korean Hot Pot and BBQ place. We had both for only $19.99 per person. They have a wide variety of choices even at lunch. I love their sauce bar, there are so much to mix from and their sago is delicious!
Excellent service at the table and many parking available.

This is probably one of my favorite places to go in Philly. It has my favorite things, hot pot and kbbq. The service is extremely fast and by the time I was done picking my sauces, most of the things were already on the table. everything was quite delicious and the staff was very friendly. my server, ryan asked nearly every time he passed my table if we were doing alright, if we needed to change our grill, etc., which was very well appreciated. They also had sago soup which I had never seen any other asian restaurant have. Overall, we had a great time here.

We eat out frequent, esp Korean bbq buffets. This is by far our most fave to go to. Decor is beautiful n modern. The food and service there is out of this world!!!! AND you eat for free if it's your birthday, do don't forget to bring your id. The meat selection is fresh and delish!! Everybody get their very own little hot pot. The only thing I don't like is, everybody have to order the same selection. I.e., if one get hot pot only, then EVERYBODY have to get hot pot only too. So we all got hot pot and bbq. Which isn't bad. Just there's A LOT of food. Still cheaper than 9ting in Chinatown and no need to look for parking. The wait staffs are super friendly and very attentive to your needs. Even when it's super busy in there. This is my 2nd times here and DEFINITELY won't be my last. They even have anime characters come out for your birthday celebrations. I think that's cute(see pictures)

I came here with a group of 4 during dinner on a Saturday and we were seated promptly after barely a 10 min wait. There's a 2-hour dining limit so there's a constant flow of people in and out. For $3 more, you can do all you can eat hotpot AND Korean BBQ. The food came out super quick and everything was fresh. The ventilation is actually pretty good so it's not too smokey inside. The grill heats up a bit unevenly so you will have to play around a little bit before cooking the food perfectly. Overall, it's a great deal for the price and quality. There's amble parking as well. Highly recommend!!

Best Korean style restaurant. Amazing service, amazing host. But most of all good food.

I've been to a Korean buffet in north Jersey which was nice but didn't have too many options for my fiance whom is a vegetarian. Plus the over 1 hour drive makes it a bit of a hike to get food. Searching for a all you can eat hot pot spot near me I fell upon the K pot location in East Brunswick but to my surprise this location is almost brand new so we had to try it!
Fast forward to this location and we arrived on a Sunday evening thinking it would be super busy so we would have a bit of a wait, so the hostess took our name and told us we could sit at the bar while we wait. Before I even had a chance to sit the hostess told us our table was ready. I was super happy about that cuz we were both hungry.
Our waiter whose name I believe was Hai, super friendly, very helpful, the whole shebang. We ordered the Korean bbq and hot pot combo. I got the Tom yum soup base and my fiance got the vegetarian friendly tomato base. Both were very good,  mine being a little spicy but with a nice sweetness to it. You have a very good assortment of hotpot meats such as:  Beef, pork, chicken, lamb, spam, mini sausages and for you daring people can get the tripe, brains, and tongue. Seafood is also an option such as mussels, squid, crab meat, a bunch of different fish balls, cuttlefish balls, etc.
For the bbq you can of course get the pork bellies, regular or spicy bulgogi, spicy chicken, garlic pork, red wine pork I think was another but my absolute favorite is the KPot pork belly. They come rolled up in usually 2 or 3 pieces but the flavor is just a must try!  All the meats and veggies we ordered for them tasted fresh along with the ramen we ordered to put into the hot pot. Warning about the noodles, they're very filling so if you get rice, don't get the noodles or vice versa so you don't get full on noodles and rice.
I don't know what else I can say but I'm a fan and can't wait to get more in the future!
 

Very great food fun atmosphere and friendly
And knowledgeable staff! Winly was amazing and very patient with us as it was our first time having hot pot/ Korean bbq. I will definitely come back when it Philly

This place is amazing!! All you can eat hot pot and Korean bbq!! Great food ,spirit , price and staff!! They have so many selections on what you want for your hot pot soup base and Korean bbq. Always packed and they just opened. If you want a great social experience while eating -this would be the place!! Can't wait to share this with my family!! You must try!!

Great service. Plenty of variety and tons of sauces at the sauce station. 10/10 would recommend
 

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