Hot pot in Brisbane is not one thing. It splits by format, and the format sets the night as much as the broth does: build your own bowl by weight, get your own pot at an all-you-can-eat buffet, or settle in around one shared pot and order by the plate.
Four rooms below, cheapest first, from a twelve dollar malatang out in Sunnybank to a wagyu sit-down in Milton. All four were trading this month.
1. David's Master Pot
Build your own malatang by weight, the cheapest way into hot pot in the city.
● Shop 28A, Sunnybank Plaza, Mains Road, Sunnybank · @davidsmasterpotqld · Get directions
The one that gets you into malatang. You walk the fridge, pick your own skewers, greens, tofu puffs, noodles and thin meat, then it is weighed and cooked in the broth you chose. It runs about $4 per 100g, so a full bowl lands around twelve dollars, which is why the regulars keep it quiet. Not to be confused with the all-you-can-eat David's Hot Pot buffet people mix it up with. This is the build-your-own Master Pot, and that is the one.
Going. Open daily, roughly 11:30am to 9pm and a little later Friday and Saturday. Walk in, no booking. Also at Elizabeth Street in the city and Westfield Mount Gravatt.
2. Shabu House
Your own pot, six broths and a loaded sushi bar, all you can eat.
● Level 1, 70 Mary Street, Brisbane City · @shabuhouse_brisbane · Get directions
An individual-pot Japanese shabu buffet with six broths to choose from, katsuobushi, malatang, tom yum, miso, tomato and shoyu ramen, and you can mix them. Then you work through thin beef and pork, prawns, clams and greens, with a loaded sushi bar on the side. Start with the tom yum. Sessions run an hour and forty-five.
Going. All you can eat, from $35 at weekday lunch up to $56 for a weekend dinner. Book ahead, especially Friday and Saturday.
3. Haidilao
The all-you-can-eat one everyone books, and the closest thing hot pot has to a show.
● Market Square, Level 3, 341 Mains Road, Sunnybank, and Level 1, 140 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane City · @haidilaosunnybank · Get directions
The famous one, and it earns the queue: a live noodle dance at the table, a free manicure while you wait, hot towels and a birthday routine you did not ask for. Split the pot and run the tomato against the mala. Two Brisbane rooms now, Sunnybank and the city.
Going. All you can eat from around $46.90 a head, with cheaper lunch deals near thirty and a full feast tier near sixty. Open late, past midnight. Book or expect a wait.
4. Miss Chilli
A proper Chongqing sit-down, ordered by the plate, for when the broth is the point.
● 16 Park Road, Milton · @misschillihotpot · Get directions
Chongqing hot pot done a la carte: pick your broths, and people come for the golden sour-and-spicy broth as much as the classic mala, then order plate by plate, including paper-thin M6 wagyu that cooks in a few seconds. It is the priciest way to do it here, closer to sixty a head and up once the wagyu lands, and worth it when the broth is the whole point.
Going. Open seven days for lunch and dinner, bookable online. There is a Gold Coast store on the same account, so check you are booking Milton.
A note on the picks.
All four were checked against their own pages and recent signals in July 2026, and all four were trading. Hot pot prices and all-you-can-eat tiers move with the season and the day of the week, so treat the numbers here as a guide and check before you go.
Carousel photos are via the venues and local Brisbane food photographers, credited on our Instagram.
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