No.9 Alley Hot Pot - Seattle

This new hot pot restaurant is fantastic! I tried the two flavors of authentic soup base and absolutely loved it. The portion of Wagyu beef was generous. The interior design was beautiful and one of my favorites. The sauce table had a good variety of options. I will definitely be coming back with friends. If you love hot pot, this is a must-try place!

Enjoyed the hotpot experience. Fresh ingredients, variety choice of broth, delicious food, and great service. Ordering on my phone was confusing first, but they kindly explained and helped us:

This is my absolute favorite place to get all you can eat hot pot. It's so filling and everything is so delicious. I love how they have quail eggs and tofu skin. My favorite sauce to pair everything with is the BBQ sauce. The sauces and desserts at the sauce bar are $3.99 extra per person. You order everything through a QR code on the table. It's a fixed price so you can keep re-ordering meats, veggies and other side dishes. We've had the complimentary wagyu beef and it's delicious. I love the variety they offer and how you can split between half spicy and non-spicy. Highly recommend checking this place out. It's perfect on a cold night or just when you're craving hot pot. I love how you don't need to make reservations either and you can still get seated fairly quickly. I've brought so many friends here and they love it as well!

Food/Taste/Flavor: 5/5 ordered the AYCE bone broth. Didn't get the sauce since the broth was very flavorful. They were out of quail egg :(Good: lamb, fatty beef belly, pork belly, fried fish cake, beef tripe, beef artery, napa cabbage, tong ho (arugula), shiitake mushroom, king oyster mushroom, and fresh fish paste that you scoop into the broth and make fish balls (more like lumps in our case :p)Meh: choice ribeye and chuck beef were okay but not as good as the fatty meats in the broth. The fish tofu was salty and too big of a serving for the two of us.Ambience: 4/5 mostly Jay Chou songs playing. Nice and spacious but you can tell some furniture is older. A bit odd that the plates, bowls, and utensils are wrapped in plastic... feels like not enough customers come through or they leave things sitting outService: 3/5 might be a language issue but not much was said or explained just that there was a QR code to scan after asking if it was our first time. Wasn't too difficult to figure out but we were expecting a little bit more details. When we asked for a fork, the female server just stared blankly and then walked away muttering fork. Think she had to ask someone else what we were asking forValue for price: 4/5 a bit pricier but good food overall. They're a bit inconsistent in their cuts for the protein and the serving size of the dishes given

Taste: 4 Quality: 5 Service: 5 Quantity: 5 Price: 5 I actually loved this place. Price aside, you really can't beat the food options and quality of everything. We did the meat for $28 which is all you can eat, we did the sauce buffet for $4, and did the basic bone broth. What I loved about this spot is that our servers were always checking on us, we were visiting with friends, and we weren't ever pressured to get up and leave.