雄柒 Xiongqi Hotpot Birmingham

Wonderful tastes - excitingly different from the normal Anglaisiced Chinese restaurant.

Wandered in off the street as a stranger to Bham on a Saturday night expecting a standard Chinese restaurant and had a great time sharing a new eating experience... Never heard of hotpot before so it all took a bit of time working out the menu and what to do...think of it as Chinese fondue ;) Bit of a language barrier but the staff were lovely and did their best to help us order the right amount and taste combo. Easy to overorder so don't go mad as portions are decent. Great night out! Vegetarian options: Plenty for pesces and veggies Dietary restrictions: Vegan options

The ambience of this restaurant was really good, the food was mind- blowing, the dip that she made for us made every food better there. The lady who took our order really helped us with almost everything, others were sweet too. Their service was really fast. We were clueless what to order and the staffs were really helpful with it. We told her what we don’t want to eat(dietary restrictions) and she helped us to make our order. There was that typical Chinese ambience with some light soothing music and it was a great plus point. We do love spicy food and were a bit nervous here but hands down they didn’t fail to impress us. Not noisy at all and very helpful staffs. My friend left her scarf behind by mistake and lady from there came outside running with it. That felt really sweet. Can’t wait to visit them again. The drink that I’ve shown you here in the picture was lychee flavoured, didn’t feel great in the beginning to be honest but when we drank it after having few spicy food, oh boy that drink felt like heaven. It actually cut down the rich after taste flavours of the schizuan pepper or maybe created the balance of taste on the buds. Absolutely loved it. I forgot to ask their names so I could write them here and appreciate them, but there were 3 girls and all cool with their jobs( everything on the point). I didn’t take much photos of the ambience but trust me this place will look much better with your eyes and feel much better in your experience. Definitely recommend!! Vegetarian options: They have variety of vegan options which can be very helpful to vegetarians and vegans. Dietary restrictions: We could order according to our dietary preferences and the staffs were really helpful and keen to explain what are different ingredients contained in the things we ordered.

Really relaxed lovely time here for my partner's birthday. Staff were friendly and let us take our time. Very intimate Venu and the food was amazing!

While the food was okay at best, the service was absolutely terrible. Reserved a table, for 5 people(the first table the provided for us had a dead spider on it) and we all sat at the smallest table, with one of my friends being given a stool to sit on, in addition to this it was a friends birth we was celebrating and they did not clear the table for us after telling them twice so we could cut the cake. It was absolutely terrible service, all of the other customers got treated better than us. I would not recommend going here at all.

Food great, staff are a bit strange, not welcoming at all. Water served in old plastic jugs that really need replacing. Atmosphere could be improved with a different layout and adequate fan to take the cooking smells out- you will go home with all clothes and skin smelling of soup.