The Bronze Empire

When I made a reservation I noted it was my husband's birthday. They wished him happy birthday at the door brought over a great big lit happy birthday sign and a dessert. Service food was excellent highly recommend this restaurant Parking: Plenty of parking

I'm long overdue to write this review, but this is my favorite hot pot spot here in the Denver metro area. I've been to almost all the hot pot spots in the DMA and none of the other hot pot restaurants have beaten Bronze Empire in my book. A couple of my friends and I go here so often the wait staff recognize us now. LOL. I've brought pretty much all of my local and visiting friends/family here for dinner and it's always been a hit! It's definitely way more expensive compared to the all you can eat restaurants, but the atmosphere, the always super friendly wait staff, the quality (and huge variety) of ingredients, soup bases, the excellent sauce bar, etc. are worth the extra money you're spending. I used to eat hot pot all the time when I studied abroad in Shanghai and I always missed the authentic taste of spicy hot pot and the huge variety of sauces that you typically find at most hot pot places in China. Out of pretty much all the hot pot places I've tried, I'd say the spicy hot pot here tastes exactly the same as the hot pot I used to eat in Shanghai. I like that everyone has an individual pot, and in my opinion, it's a great option for big parties because everyone can pretty much customize what specific ingredients they want, and share other ingredients together. If you ever decide to come, I definitely recommend the pan fried dumplings and the scallion pancake for the appetizers! I literally randomly crave the dumplings some nights that's how good they are. I'd also highly recommend booking a reservation (super easy with their online booking) because this place gets filled up really fast, and wait times can be quite a while as it's definitely a great place to relax and chat as you cook your food so people tend to linger while they eat. It's also not the largest space, so there's a pretty limited number of tables. Overall, I always come back to Bronze Empire whenever I want my authentic hot pot fix and I'm never disappointed! Vegetarian options: I'd say this place is pretty good for vegetarian options. I believe there is a vegetable broth (with a separate refill from the bone broth), there's a ton of vegetable, tofu, mushroom, rice, and noodle options. I'm not vegetarian though so I can't say for certain. Parking: It's located in the corner of the shopping center so there's a decent number of spots by the doors, but also in the general parking lot for the rest of the shopping center is pretty large.

Fun experience.Our server was really nice and patient my son really enjoyed himself.