Happy Lamb Hot Pot, Mississauga

I've had Little Sheep Mongolian hot pot years ago and I really didn't like the flavor of the soup bases. I didn't like strong 'herb' aroma as I enjoyed the Cantonese hot pot soup bases much more. But I always like to try things again after some time has passed because a foodie's taste buds do change!😄🤔 I'm happy to say that I'm glad I gave Little Mongolian hot pot another go beacuse I really enjoyed it this time around!🤗

Wow what a nice restaurant! Spacious and big compared to other typical hot pot places! I hate to feel like a sardine, crammed in a tight space in the steamy air.😣 So, it was quite refreshing to enjoy my hot pot meal in a spacious dining room. I also really enjoyed the 'do it yourself' sauce station! I can customize my sauce to my heart's content!🤗 I actually really loved the soup base this time around! I opted for the large pot with the spicy soup base and regular bone broth. I like the spicy one better but the bone broth was also quite good. I mean I can still taste the 'herb' but I do like it now! There was a large variety of food to choose from. I particularly loved the beef and lamb. Thinly slices of fresh meat was perfect to cook in the rich broth!

I didn't regret revisiting Little Mongolian hot pot again! I look forward to coming back again now that the weather has been so chillingly cold!🤗🍜

I've seen a lot of groupon deals and that's how I found out that this hot pot location has opened up in Mississauga. And, I have to say worth the money for a wonderful all you can eat experience. Wide selection of goodies. There are food items on the side that are an extra $0.99 for those who are interested, but i wouldn't recommend it with all the other variety available in their normal dinner menu. Had to Mongolian squid tentacle and lamb skewer, both were delicious. This place can seat 210 people total, with large tables available for larger party sizes. Staff are very helpful, and stoped by the table often to clean up and refill drinks . Would definitely recommend!

This is my second time with this franchise, the first time I went was to the one located in Markham/Scarborough area.

For those who do not know what hot pot is, it is a popular fondue type meal typically eaten during the winter months. The meal is a communal one, where the soup pot is shared amongst several people and you heat up raw/cold items in the broth to eat.

At this MIssissauga location, my party of 6 spent about 15-20 minutes trying to understand how the pricing works. Basically they have a base price per person and there was an extra cost for the number of pots per table. If you are concerned about cost, choose a table with less burners. The soup broths prices are also different if you want the regular broth vs spicy.

Overall the food was good, but the ordering system was very confusing for us. We didn't know how much food we were ordering (based on size) and I'm sure the servers were very confused as well since they were bringing us the wrong items every so often.

We also went in for lunch, but they told us that it was the dinner pricing and we were allowed to order from the dinner menu. This was really confusing to us. I don't know the reason why, we still enjoyed our meal, but wasn't expecting to pay for dinner.

Overall the place was ok, the servers were super friendly and answered all of our questions. They just need to change their ordering system/prices to make it easier for customers to come in. It would also help the servers so they don't get confused. It would be much easier to have a buffet style where people can choose what food they wanted and whatever quantity they wanted because we wasted a lot of food. It felt like a bait and switch because we weren't expecting to pay for dinner when we came in for noon today.

FOOD:
We had come here on a Sunday evening at around 6:30 pm therefore, we were able to order from the dinner menu. We had first been asked if we had wanted our soup bases to be spicy or not; we had all chosen non-spicy. The soup base came quite quickly, within five minutes, along with small dishes of starters, such as lettuce, sweet buns, and some cold meat. Our server had turned-on our burners for us in order for them to warm-up before the food arrived. We each had a bowl, spoon, flat dish, chopsticks, a glass, and napkins at our place-setting. I liked how they placed a large jug of water on the table for us, instead of us having to ask for refills once our glasses were empty.

There was quite a good selection in terms of the food however, we had mostly ordered the meat and fish dishes; beef, fish, shrimp, and pork balls, beef and lamb slices, shrimp, beef tripe, and chicken. We also settled on tofu, mushrooms (whole and sliced), tong ho, wontons, and dumplings. All of the food was very well-prepared, fresh, and tasty; we were quite pleased with the way the food items tasted, which was a plus. We also liked how the menu system was divided into rounds, with each round usually coming all at once (there were three rounds in total). The station for mixing the sauces was located near our table therefore, it was easy for us to access it when needed, with many options available for mixing. Compared to other locations, this location surprised us in terms of the food quality, which was a definite plus in my books!

ATMOSPHERE:
This restaurant had just opened about a month ago therefore, it was quite busy for a Sunday evening. The décor of the restaurant was chic, with large hanging lights peppered throughout the dining room, sheep wallpaper, and
comfortable seating. There were servers running around quite quickly as people continuously came into the restaurant however, it wasn’t too noisy. There was also a bar near where we were sitting which offered assistance to the servers by providing them with dishes, glasses, etc.

SERVICE:
The only downfall with this restaurant was the service. When we had first arrived, we were given the menu, then our soup bases within about five minutes. After that, it began to go downhill from that point. We didn’t receive all of the items that we had ordered, and had to ask any server walking-by for the items that we had requested as we were hungry and craving them. When we had placed an order, it sometimes took 10 to 15 minutes for the items to arrive. We were confused as to why it took so long considering that there were so many people working. Also, the servers didn’t seem too friendly when we had asked them to bring over the items that were missing. Definitely a huge loss to the restaurant as it may turn people away from coming in the future.

COST:
3 Non-Spicy Soup Bases ($2.00 Each = $6.00 In Total) + 3 Weekend Dinners ($22.99 Each = $68.97 In Total) = $84.72 (Taxes Included)

WOULD YOU RETURN?
Being that this is the only hotpot restaurant in Mississauga, I would certainly give it another try however, I would like it if the service were better as this could be a great addition to the Mississauga community.