KPOT: What’s Vegetarian Editorial Review

KPOT works for vegetarians if you know to steer clear of the shared tabletop grill. This all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ and hot pot chain is built around pork belly, beef bulgogi, and shrimp, but the hot pot side lets you build a real meal from tofu, mushrooms, and a genuinely long list of vegetables.

What to order at KPOT

Skip the Korean BBQ grill and choose hot pot instead. Build your pot from Soft Tofu, Fried Tofu, or Frozen Tofu, along with Fried Tofu Skin, Bean Curd Stick, and Fried Dough Stick. The self-serve islands carry bok choy, napa, spinach, mushrooms, corn, lotus root, taro, and yam, plus vermicelli, sweet potato noodle, fresh pho noodle, rice cake, white rice, udon, and ramen noodle, all vegetarian and vegan. You pay the same all-you-can-eat price as everyone else at your table.

What to watch out for

KPOT doesn’t print a vegetarian menu or mark any dish with a leaf icon, so you’re building your own plate from the raw ingredients rather than ordering off a set list. The Korean BBQ side is raw meat and seafood cooked on a shared grill, not much use to a vegetarian beyond a few grilled vegetables. There’s a two-hour dine-in limit and a food-waste surcharge if you take more than you eat, so pace your hot pot the way you’d pace a buffet plate.