Happy Veal Hot Pot Restaurant is a unique Chinese Restaurant. Our goal is to provide authentic Chinese food with a variety of choices. We serve all day Hot Pot. Our lunch special includes variety of appetizers, soups, homemade dumplings, lunch combos and much more. We also serve BBQ dinner specials on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.

We look forward to seeing you in near future! Hot Pot is a very popular food in Asia. It consists of a simmering metal pot filled with stock at the center of the table. While the hot pot is cooking, ingredients are places into the pot and are cooked at the table. Typical hot pot dishes include sliced meat, leafy vegetables, mushrooms, noodles, and seafood.

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Ciara

Sep 24, 2021

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A roach ran across our table mid meal, the staff ignored us all night, we had no water refills, and still had to pay full price for our meal with no apology or compensation. We go here often and always enjoyed it, but this time it was the worst service and disgusting conditions. Won’t be returning here again 🤢

Fei M.

Aug 12, 2021

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A Chinese restaurant in Halifax.

The taste is very good.

Pékin Duck is good to try. I'm one duck can split for 3 dishes.

I'm surprised that we can find a good Chinese restaurant in here. Especially time try.

Sadly no AC on a hot day.

Mehdi Salimian

Jun 22, 2021

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It was my first hot pot experience and I loved it. Food and service were both very nice. If it’s your first time like me, read the menu and watch a YouTube video before going because it could be a bit confusing at first.

Katie Dunford

Jun 10, 2021

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Always amazing coming to this restaurant! They're very friendly, they offer lovely and attentive service, they have a great selection, but most importantly the food is absolutely delicious. Definitely very highly recommended!

Ray Beazley

Feb 01, 2021

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Very cozy dining experience. The staff were patient and helpful as my 6 person group clearly did not grasp the nuances of this establishment. Our server consistently helped us enjoy the meal with satisfactory and prompt service. The price was as excellent as the food was tasty.

Michelle Leblanc

Nov 14, 2020

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Amazing diner experience. It was our first time there for my husband and I and the food was amazing. Will go again. I recommend this place to anyone that want to try hot pot for lunch or diner.

William Ascroft

Jan 07, 2020

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Happy Veal Hot Pot is an amazing well established hot pot restaurant with so much more to offer. Thursday night is also Bbq night with a vast array of mouthwatering delicacies.
The Chef is well versed in authentic cuisine and the array of hot pot offerings fills the menu. If in doubt, ask the Hostess and wait staff for help. But no matter what you order, you cannot go wrong with your choices.
Even if you only visit Halifax for a day, Happy Veal Hot Pot is a " must stop " to experience the best dining experience in Nova Scotia.

Elise Bertrand-Hager The Canadian Hoser

Aug 26, 2019

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Nice decor, waitress was nice, but overpriced for the quality of the meat. A few suggestions would be to walk new customers to a Hot Pot Experience through how things work, how much each portion should look like when ordering certain items for your hot pot, and perhaps a better layout to the menu. The font was very small and hard to follow. Perhaps the quantity, or at least the approximate quantity, of each item should be listed as well. Other than that, the food was alright for our first experience and the waitress did help with any questions we had and was very patient with us first timers.

Michelle G.

Dec 09, 2018

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The food was amazing. The service not so much. I've heard so much about hot pot that I thought I'd try something new. We told the server we never had it before and are new to this. She offered zero help, but we figured it out. Never came back to see if our food was good or if we needed anything. It's a shame as the food was amazing.

William Crooks

Sep 09, 2018

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Excellent hot pot experience. Great food, nice variety, very generous portions. Service is extremely attentive and welcoming.

Minh Nguyen

Sep 05, 2018

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Pretty good hot pot but a bit pricey. A lot of meat though so the price is actually decent. The only problem I had was the spicy hot pot which had a lot of oil in it. Other than that I’d totally recommend if you want authentic Chinese hot pots.

Hison W.

May 01, 2018

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Price are so high ! But unless food good ! Wait here for 30 mins and more, foods are coming so slowly!

Aqeb H.

Mar 30, 2018

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Good service, good food however we kept finding live lady bugs in our food. The first time, the waitress replaced our kimchi and then later found another one with the rice. I'm not sure if it's because the vegetables are not washed properly or so. The staff's reaction to it was "oh my god" and that was about it.

Joy O.

Oct 07, 2017

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Ordered delivery twice from here while I was at the IWK. Both times I ordered their lamb potstickers. If you don't like lamb then this dish isn't for you. Potstickers or fried dumplings were filled with fragrant lamb and seasoning. There didn't seem to have any veggie in them. It really satisfied the craving that I had because I was tired of the bland hospital food. Good portion, but a bit on the oily side.

Elena H.

Sep 16, 2017

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Had twin side hot pot today and they tasted very well!! The rice are good but the waiter is a little bit too busy.

L. P.

Jul 23, 2017

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This was my first hot pot experience. But I enjoyed it and all was tasty.

Its on the far right side of the building. Some in our party said it was hard to find. (it seems like its part of the Good Life)

Fi Y.

Jul 17, 2017

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Compared with their food, the price is high. However, at least, we had hot-pot in Halifax!!!

Graham Frost

Jul 11, 2017

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Nice atmosphere and very interesting setup with the personal hot pots. It was a first for me but I believe it could have been better with more fresh ingredients. The fish were in perfect scooped balls as if they had been unpackaged from a bag. Meat was good but I couldn't get over the price for the quantity. Too much for too little in my opinion. Definitely worth the try though.

Richard T.

Jan 02, 2017

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This is mainly a hot pot restaurant. The main clientele appears to be Chinese students. The menu is in Chinese with one page in English - with the tamer menu choices.

The wait staff speak predominantly Chinese. Went on a Monday night and it was exceptionally busy! Felt bad for the one waitress who was running around to every table.

Ordered off the menu - wow, the portions were large. Also authentic Chinese - don't come here if you want combo one or two... That isn't the population this restaurant is catering too.

The food came out fast, hot and fresh. Had a ton of leftovers

Walter J.

Jun 16, 2016

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This place is a super fun group activity, and the food is super tasty.

The standard half and half broth that they recommend is a great way to try a two of the broths if you aren't sure what you like. The original broth is great, as well as the spicy one, however the spicy one is a bit oily if that bothers you. The is another spicier chongqing broth that you can try if you are adventurous, but I have found that the "tingly spicy" feeling can be unpleasant to those who aren't accustomed to it.

As per the food selection, its is vast and cheap. My favorites are the pork belly

Joshua E.

Feb 01, 2016

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We have eaten here several times. My wife (Shanghai Ren) loves this place and every time we are in the area, she wants to stop in. I'm not personally a fan of HotPot but its done very well. Its hard to find REAL athuntic places like this anywhere in Canada.

Corey T.

Sep 24, 2015

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Great, authentic hot pots. The recommended mix is a good choice. Overall, it's very flavourful with great meat (and other protein) options. Portions are large and best for 2 people. Very casual. Excellent value. And likely for these reasons, it was quite busy on a week night.

Robin S.

Sep 05, 2015

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Alas and alack...I'm afraid I have to temper my enthusiasm for Happy Veal after recently returning for lunch. Between the two visits, I'd rate it at a 3.5. Dinner was delightful, lunch...well, the soups were 70% noodles with a tiny bit of meat and bok choy. That was especially disappointing considering how generous the hot pot is with veg and meat quantities. In the light of day it was also easier to see how the furniture was in disrepair. One of the bathrooms was also incredibly dirty. Service was also poor. The TV was very loud and we had to fight for the server's attention.
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Neal G.

Aug 11, 2015

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The food here is as good as the many "huo guo" or "fire pot" restaurants in New York, including the Chinese implant, "Xiao Fei Yang"-"Little Sheep" which is a popular chain in China. If you're new to "fire pot", it's like a fondue in some ways. A boiling pot of broth is placed in the center of the table, and an array of meats and vegetables are cooked in the pot and shared by each diner. You use a slotted spoon to remove your foods. You might place your plate of lamb, or beef in the pot and then dip it in a sauce-the sesame sauce being

Emily N.

May 26, 2015

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This is the first authentic hot pot experience I've ever had.

We got the mix of spicy/mild broth with pork belly and beef, shiitake mushrooms, bok choy, bamboo shoots, chives, and 2 beers which came to $65 (taxes in, no tip yet) for the 2 of us which we thought was a little expensive.

The broth was tasty and the meats were thinly sliced and all delicious as well. The spicy broth was the appropriate amount (no need for Kleenex here!) and the mild one was a good switch so you don't get bored. I found when I put the veggies in, it got lost in the broth and that was sort of annoying.

Anna H.

May 21, 2015

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This place is awesome!!! I will definitely be going here as often as I can in the future. We went after work today and had a hotpot with a variety of vegetables and meats (too much probably) and some pork dumplings. They serve the hotpot on a hotplate and you add vegetables and meats to taste.

The flavor was incredible, the portion was massive, and although we definitely spent too much money it was totally worth it. Next time we will probably scale back our order, because we had no idea it would be so much food.

Noemi W.

Jul 17, 2014

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So... a friend and I went here and I was starving, so I started ordering everything off the menu. We ended up with enough food to feed 8 people, so we took the rest of it home.

We got the half/half spicy and not spicy broth. The spicy broth (and keep in mind i like things spicy) was extremely spicy. So be warned. I ended up cooking most of the items in the non-spicy broth and using a bit of the spicy broth in my bowl to flavour it after.

So what happens is that you walk in and choose what type of hot pot you want. Then you select items to put in that hot pot. We got the two meat special and

Lachlan B.

Mar 19, 2014

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I had a fantastic, cheap bowl of noodles with beef brisket here - probably the best I've had in Halifax. The noodles tasted home made but weren't. Still delicious, slightly spicy, served in a great broth with Chinese greens and green onion. I could see the dough being rolled for the dumplings through a window to the kitchen. I will try these and the hot pot next time I visit. Although the restaurant is in a great location, it's easy to miss. It's on the ground floor of Park Vic at the south end of the building.