[W2K]

New hotpot place just opened up on Victoria/35th called Fatty Cow Hotpot.

Anyone tried out this place yet? Comments?


http://dinehere.ca/vancouver/fatty-cow-seafood-hot-pot

[JSilver]

Probably try it soon since I live around that neighborhood.

[hotong]

prob gonna try it out this weekend.

[TRDood]

did west lake close down then?

[CRS]

did west lake close down then?

No, why would it?

They are completely different places with completely different food.

[TRDood]

same street, same location

and there aren't many "stores" vacant.

[Vansterdam]

^ you deserve 2 fails from me from the posts you made but i ran out for the day


i live literally 5 mins from there.

western lake is on 34th and victoria ACROSS from the dairy queen

the user stated it was on 35th and victoria.. its litereally on the same side as dq/donacata and fatty cows is located about 3-4 stores down from dona cata like right on the corner of 35th/vic

and wtf are u talking about arent many stores "vacant" i counted 2 that arent vacant if u count the old doctor place beside western lake and the old tea place inbetween dona catas / fatty cow

[Vansterdam]

i also wonder if chubby lamb and fatty cow are somehow related lol

[CRS]

i also wonder if chubby lamb and fatty cow are somehow related lol

Same owners.

[veeh]

Same owners eh... Can't wait for reviews... Since this place is much closer than going to Richmond for hotpot.

[TOS'd]

Sweeet if it is the same quality and service as the richmond one. gives me mre to choose from in our area.
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[CRS]

Same owners eh... Can't wait for reviews... Since this place is much closer than going to Richmond for hotpot.

1 fake review is up! hahaha

[W2K]

I was curious the other day and popped in to have a look. It was FULLY packed around 830am on a tues night. Prices are the usual 20$ weekdays and 21$ friday sat sun. Going to have to try it out sometime soon!
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[dimsum119]

Richmonds better. Service is shitty, noone asked us if we needed a table or anything. Dropped our pop on the way to giving it to me, picked it up and put it on my table. Had to ask them to get me another one!

This place charges $1 for pop, not expensive but comapred to the all u can drink for $1 at chubby lamb and 2 for $1 at little cow in richmond.

Then they charge .50 for green onions, .50 for parsley, 1.00 for egg, and it all adds up. Came up to $35 a person. I recommend Rich

[TOS'd]

I was curious the other day and popped in to have a look. It was FULLY packed around 830am on a tues night. Prices are the usual 20$ weekdays and 21$ friday sat sun. Going to have to try it out sometime soon!
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Are you high? 830am on a tuesday night and its packed??

jkk i think you mean 830pm. imma give it a try soon, maybe in a couple days.

[Awesome]

i saw their grand opening announcement on the front page of the Chinese newspapers. wow I wonder how much that cost for the advertising.

[bcrdukes]

Is this all you can eat hot pot?

[J-Kilo]

i have yet to try it out

[CRS]

Is this all you can eat hot pot?

Yes, it is.

[TOS'd]

So, who has gone and how was it. I went last week but the wait was way too long and we didnt have a reservation and we were all starving so we left.

[winson604]

Tried it last night. Called like 30 mins before arriving to ask for a table in which the manager was more then happy to save the table for us.

Quality of food - From my one experience it was good. Everything was fresh looking and nothing looked sketchy. Variety wise it's pretty much the same as any other hot pot place in addition there was no limit on oysters. The soup base however wasn't as strong in taste as I would have liked but it wasn't like crazy watered down from the beginning wher you can tell right away they cheaped out hard.

Service - Both the 2 managers and all the servers were very nice to us. They were all on top of things, responded when we asked for them and promptly gave us what we asked for every time in a timely fashion.

Price wise very typical at $19.95 and $20.95 on weekends. Decor wise well it's a new place so it looks decent and the tables are not cramped together. Nice to have a choice in the area where I don't need to get road rage over finding parking like in RIchmond. Lots of parking in the area with nothing else around and the residendial streets don't have restrictions.

Overall Id rate it a 4 out of 5. It didn't WOW me but there wasn't anything wrong for me to give a bad rating either. Price good, location good, food good, service was good. What the hell else can I really ask for?

Will go again for sure.

[bcrdukes]

^
Thanks for the review! I made a reservation tonight with my co-workers for dinner. :)

[Awesome]

^
Thanks for the review! I made a reservation tonight with my co-workers for dinner. :)

Nice, I was also there from 8:30 to 10:30 tonight. It was packed with lineups. Suggest making reservations.

[bcrdukes]

Here's a quick summary of my experience at Fatty Cow Hot Pot:

1. Made reservations for 8 people for 7:45. Got our table at around 8:15.
2. We were served very promptly. They took good care of us but forgot a few things like hot sauce, soy sauce, but nothing serious.
3. Food always came on time and was fresh. Quality cannot be complained about.
4. Price was decent
5. Everybody at our table had more than enough to eat and were satisfied
6. Overall, a lot better than we had expected.
7. Would go back since there's nothing else in the area (other than Richmond.)

:)

[bd0n]

victoria drive is slowly turning into the place to eat.

[CRS]

victoria drive is slowly turning into the place to eat.

Kind of like the new Commercial Drive but of Asian food.

[bd0n]

Kind of like the new Commercial Drive but of Asian food.

dont forget tacos and blizzards! lol

[winson604]

Here's a quick summary of my experience at Fatty Cow Hot Pot:

1. Made reservations for 8 people for 7:45. Got our table at around 8:15.
2. We were served very promptly. They took good care of us but forgot a few things like hot sauce, soy sauce, but nothing serious.
3. Food always came on time and was fresh. Quality cannot be complained about.
4. Price was decent
5. Everybody at our table had more than enough to eat and were satisfied
6. Overall, a lot better than we had expected.
7. Would go back since there's nothing else in the area (other than Richmond.)

:)

Pretty much lol hard to complain so far.

[bcrdukes]

Honestly, all 8 of us at the table were expecting A LOT worse. With our experience for hot pot in the GVRD, typically, it's either terrible service (80% of the time) and/or terrible food. This establishment far exceeded our expectations but considering it is a little smaller, we were pretty happy. :)

[mangopudding]

i liked it there! definitely a lot more convenient than going to richmond

[CRS]

Going tomorrow. Will post a review when I can.

[MelonBoy]

^ Beat you to it sucker

Give it a 8.5/10
- It was clean
- Pretty good deco/plates
- Good service (they had so many waiters/waitresses)
- I would give it more but they ran out of freaking fish skin!
- Overall food was pretty good

Will be back for sure, its like a 5minute drive from my house.. scooore!

[CRS]

^ Beat you to it sucker

Give it a 8.5/10
- It was clean
- Pretty good deco/plates
- Good service (they had so many waiters/waitresses)
- I would give it more but they ran out of freaking fish skin!
- Overall food was pretty good

Will be back for sure, its like a 5minute drive from my house.. scooore!

:lol

Yeah, it was pretty good.

Had to wait a little bit after our resos (like 10mins) and then got seated. Pretty much what MelonBoy said and at the end they charged us for 6 people instead of 5 but that could be because a friend pulled a no show.

They can't seem to figure out how we ordered. It was actually pretty funny since they left out some food but then randomly gave us others.

Either way, it is the best thing in the area and now, I, no longer need to drive to Richmond to get my fix.

[[jsx] sky]

I give it a 7/10
-quality of food better than expected
-service was bad (they left out our second order for half an hour and told us the 2 hour limit was up half an hour before our reservation time and actually handed us the bill)
-decor was quiet nice
-very clean, but that's probably because it is new.
-no fried fish skin

Note that sauces will be charged extra from $0.50 - $1.00
-eggs are $1, quiet a rip.

[fliptuner]

Are oysters included in the AYCE price at this place?

[[jsx] sky]

Are oysters included in the AYCE price at this place?

yep

[Leopold Stotch]

dont forget tacos and blizzards! lol

very very slowly.

[SpuGen]

Is the soup base as shitty as Posh?

Cause everytime I go to Posh, it's fucking soysauce and water. That is NOT HotPot.

[CRS]

Is the soup base as shitty as Posh?

Cause everytime I go to Posh, it's fucking soysauce and water. That is NOT HotPot.

Its not sukiyaki.

You can choose whatever soup base you want. There is like 8 give or take soup bases to choose from.

[skyxx]

Better go there now before the service depreciates. ;)

[_inwonderland]

Do they serve plum drinks there? I went to Top Gun a couple of weeks ago and they didn't :S

[JulyZerg]

Plum Drinks FTW!

I know Sa Bo doesn't have that drink :(

[Obsideon]

Is the soup base as shitty as Posh?

Cause everytime I go to Posh, it's fucking soysauce and water. That is NOT HotPot.

"Everytime you go" ?!? ... LOL I've only been there once years ago and I would NEVER step foot in there again. Such a rip off for soy sauce + hot water for $14.

You can pay $5 more for unlimited seafood and a GOOD soup base anywhere else!

Do they serve plum drinks there? I went to Top Gun a couple of weeks ago and they didn't :S

Last time I went they didn't have plum drinks ... quite a bummer ... but made up for it with Heineken! :D

[winson604]

Do they serve plum drinks there? I went to Top Gun a couple of weeks ago and they didn't :S

No they don`t. They only have this and I forget the name but it`s a kind of tea. Will report back the name when I go again in a couple days if I remember lol.

[_inwonderland]

Is it something like ha goo cho? Anyway, I've made reservations for tomorrow :)

[winson604]

Is it something like ha goo cho? Anyway, I've made reservations for tomorrow :)

You know what I think it is.

[JulyZerg]

Plum Drink = Suen Mui Tong

[_inwonderland]

So no plum drink...just "chicken bone grass" tea.

[SumAznGuy]

Just had dinner there with the wife.
Servings were very big. Some of the stuff was pretty fresh and some of it was frozen. Oysters were big and quite sandy.

They had 3 waitresses and the manager in such a small establishment, so service was pretty quick.

I did like the sweet peanut sauce they had.

But I prefer going to Top Gun HP over this place.

[winson604]

So no plum drink...just "chicken bone grass" tea.

Came back from there today again and yes it was in fact Chicken Bone Grass they have.

[hal0g0dv2]

gotta try this place out

[Razor Ramon HG]

Do they have hot pot during lunchtime hours?

[CRS]

Do they have hot pot during lunchtime hours?

Don't think so.

Only open at night, IIRC.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Hmm, interesting. But at least Little Cattle is opened starting lunch hours on the weekend (the only time I'd be able to go anyways).

[SpuGen]

"Everytime you go" ?!? ... LOL I've only been there once years ago and I would NEVER step foot in there again. Such a rip off for soy sauce + hot water for $14.

You can pay $5 more for unlimited seafood and a GOOD soup base anywhere else!


Alot of girls I know love that place and every single time I go it's thier birthday or something. I kinda HAVE to go to those, and I complain every single time lol

Last year was especially bad. I probably went to 4 birthdays there. Ugh.

[willystyle]

I went to Fatty Cow tonight, it's not bad, pretty decent. I'm gonna start going here now cause I dun wanna make the drive down to Richmond.

[UnDeadMage]

at least there's finally a hot pot place in vancouver that is relatively good and decent

[willystyle]

Alot of girls I know love that place and every single time I go it's thier birthday or something. I kinda HAVE to go to those, and I complain every single time lol

Last year was especially bad. I probably went to 4 birthdays there. Ugh.It's your friend's birthday, she's the reason why you're going, so why does the food even matter? everything else should be secondary. If you don't like the food, order something else, or choose not to eat.

[CP.AR]

Alot of girls I know love that place and every single time I go it's thier birthday or something. I kinda HAVE to go to those, and I complain every single time lol

Last year was especially bad. I probably went to 4 birthdays there. Ugh.

Thank god my GF hates that place to hell - she claims that it's nothing special.. which is VERY VERY true

[calbeeee]

they are serving plum drink today.
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[TOS'd]

^ o.O where are you sitting?
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[_inwonderland]

they are serving plum drink today.
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That's great news! I'm going again tomorrow so I'll definitely get it this time around :p

[Obsideon]

It's your friend's birthday, she's the reason why you're going, so why does the food even matter? everything else should be secondary. If you don't like the food, order something else, or choose not to eat.

Well considering the establishment only serves AYCE, I don't think he has a choice. It's standard rules that everybody that sits at the table must pay the AYCE fee, it's to prevent ghetto superstars from claiming "Oh I'm just chilling with my friends" then the moment you turn around they start stealing food off other plates haha. Also considering if you're already there and you were forced to pay like $15 or whatever outrageous amount for the cabbage and corn then you might as well have some (however bad it is) rather than sit there like a tree stump. :p

Thank god my GF hates that place to hell - she claims that it's nothing special.. which is VERY VERY true

Aahahah so true, same with my GF! *high five*
She'd much rather have regular Hotpot!

Oh and they finally have Plum Drink now? Sweeeet! IMO that "Chicken Bone Grass" isn't very good ... even the name of it screams "wtf?"

[calbeeee]

^ o.O where are you sitting?
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i was sitting at the corner round table.

where were you sitting??

[dicecube]

$20 8.5/10

[TOS'd]

i was sitting at the corner round table.

where were you sitting??

left side at the booths, i looked up but couldnt pin point someone as an rs member haha.

[Galactic_Phantom]

i like it there, its food was pretty decent and came in big proportions. however, i just don't understand why would there be extra charge for things like onions,satay and cilantro and other add ons....

[hotong]

gonna try this place hopefully this week.

[Obsideon]

i like it there, its food was pretty decent and came in big proportions. however, i just don't understand why would there be extra charge for things like onions,satay and cilantro and other add ons....

Don't they do that at all the Hotpots nowadays? I remember back in the day even AYCE Japanese restaurants were charging 50 cents for extra lemon slices!

[keifun]

went there today. They charged us $7.50 for clear soup base, wtf?

I've been to other places and clear soup base is included in the price, unless you want the others (spicy, satay..etc.)

[Obsideon]

They put stuff in the clear soup base don't they?

[carisear]

went there last night -- first thing i noticed, THEY ALL SPOKE PERFECT ENGLISH ... wtf?!

i'd go again, simply because it isn't as busy as richmond places (yet) although it was a couple bucks more than i'm used to paying.

[calbeeee]

they are pretty busy on the weekends.
I really like their fried fish skin, everytime i go they have it.
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[umpadupa]

its pretty decent actually,

they we booked at 7:15 got our table at 7:30ish thats fine
fast service, good food, im not a sea food buff.. but my mom loves oysters and she said they were fresh as fk.
didnt get any orders mixed up... always around pouring tea and adding hot water for the pot

price is better then little fat lamb? i dont remeber but its pretty good.

i would definetly go back since the stupid ruckus cant go over 55km/h so i cant go 2 richmond....

[calbeeee]

I went there for dinner last night, it was packed with people around 7ish.
I went with 3 other frds.
We tried two soup bases, hot & spicy and spare ribs broth. i personally like the hot & spicy one more.
the foods came out fast.
their seafood was fresh and the oyster was HUGE.

when we leave, the manager gave us a red flyer.

starting from Feb 20, they will give out a scallop per person for all you can eat hot pot.

I've called the next day to reserve a table already on Feb 21.

[calbeeee]

I was there for dinner last week, they gave out a scallop per person. Those scallops are live ones not those frozen one.

did anyone else went to fatty cow for free scallop??

wondering if they would have kingcrab...

[calbeeee]

my frds went to hotpot there last week, the free scallop is over. :(

but they will have also have chinese dishes instead of hotpot for mother's day. they are promoting 5 different set dinner, 2 for 4ppl, 2 for 6ppl, and 1 8ppl set dinner.