For the cold weather, Hotpot is the favorite of Beijing people. From the quantity and quality of Beijing Hotpot Restaurants, we may conclude how Beijing people love it. There are basically two kinds of hotpot restaurants in Beijing: Mongolian style and Sichuan style. The staple of both types of hotpot is mutton (yáng ròu). The meat is usually sliced frozen so that it curls up into a tube shape. Then you place the meat into the hotpot, which is a copper pot containing a boiling soup base. After a few seconds the meat is cooked and you dip it into a sesame butter sauce. The verb describing the action of cooking the meat this way is called 'shuan'. Other shuan-ables include beef (féi níu), frozen bean curd (dòng dòu fǔ), Chinese cabbage (bái cài), bean sprouts (dòu miáo), and glass noodles (fěn sī). Spicy Sichuan hotpot has a soup base which can be described as either super spicy or mildly radioactive, but the pot is often divided into half spicy, half non-spicy soup pots. The soup base for Mongolian style is not spicy, and usually consists of some vegetables and seafood.

Restaurants of hotpot

Tian Yi Shun
Chinese name: 添一顺（tiān yī shùn）
Everyday, the restaurant is crowded with hotpot lovers. The boiling soup is delicious, with tangy hot flavors, and the mutton is fresh. Sheep's backbone stewed in the pot is extremely delicious.
Average Cost per Person: CNY40
Recommended Dishes: Sheep's Backbone
Tian Yi Shun (Yiheyuan Branch)
Location: No.88-11, Beisihuan Xilu, Haidian District
Tian Yi Shun (Wukesong Branch)
Location: No.9, Fushi Lu, Haidian District

Golden Paddy
Chinese name: 金稻谷（jīn dào gǔ）
The hotpot served here is highly praised for its genuine Sichuan flavor. Cold Pot Fish is the recommended dish. The big pot is brought in with a cooked fish which should be eaten first. After that, the waiter will pour some soup into the pot and boiling it. Then, you can put some mutton and vegetables into the boiling soup for a short while and dip them into various sauces.
Average Cost per Person: CNY45
Recommended Dishes: Cold Pot Fish
Location: north of Bldg 713, Section 7 of Jinsong, Chaoyang District

Flaming Phoenix
Chinese name: 火凤凰（huǒ fèng huáng）
The restaurant offers the hotpot with bullfrog, braised chicken and rabbit meat. It has lots of hot flavor.
Average Cost per Person: CNY70
Recommended Dishes: Bullfrog, Braised Chicken
Flaming Phoenix (Xinzhongjie Branch)
Location: No.50, Xinzhong Jie, Dongcheng District
Flaming Phoenix (Dongzhimen Branch)
Location: No.15-8, Dongzhimennei Dajie, Dongcheng District
Flaming Phoenix (Dewai Branch)
Location: No.18 A, Deshengmenwai Dajie, Xicheng District
Flaming Phoenix (Yonghegong Branch)
Location: No.62 A, Yonghegong Dajie, Dongcheng District

Hongyuan Rinse Meat Restaurant
Chinese name: 宏源涮肉城（hóng yuán shuàn ròu chéng）
Average Cost per Person: CNY47
Hongyuan Rinse Meat Restaurant (Tiantan Branch)
Location: Bldg 13, Yongneidongjie Dongli, Chongwen District
Hongyuan Rinse Meat Restaurant (Andingmen Branch)
Location: Bldg 3 B, Andingmenqiao Dongheyan, Dongcheng District
Hongyuan Rinse Meat Restaurant (Nangongfang Branch)
Location: No.1, Nangongfang Hutong, Xicheng District

Hai Di Lao
Chinese name: 海底捞（hǎi dǐ lāo）
Average Cost per Person: CNY50 – CNY60
Hai Di Lao (Da Hui Temple Branch)
Location: 2, Da Hui Temple Lu, Haidian District
Hai Di Lao (Mudanyuan Branch)
Location: No.2, Huayuan Donglu, Haidian District
Hai Di Lao (Jinsong Branch)
Location: No.29, Nanmofang Lu, Chaoyang Disttict
Hai Di Lao (Baizhifang Branch)
Location: Bldg 1-2, No.42, Guanganmen Nanjie, Xuanwu District
Hai Di Lao (Beiao Branch)
Location: 3/F, Beiao Mansion, No.2 A, Huixin Dongjie, Chaoyang District
Hai Di Lao (Xidan Branch)
Location: 7/F, Xi Youyi Emporium, No.109, Xidan Beidajie, Xicheng District

Little Sheep
Chinese name: 小肥羊（xiǎo féi yáng）
Average Cost per Person: CNY50
Little Sheep (Caishikou Branch)
Location: No.43, Guanganmennei Dajie, Xuanwu District
Little Sheep (Tiantongyuan Branch)
Hours: 11:00 - 22:00
Location: No.21, Tiantongyuan, Changping District
Little Sheep (Xiaoxitian Branch)
Location: No.37, Wenhuiyuan Xijie, Haidian District
Little Sheep (Yayuncun Branch)
Location: Bldg1, Yayuncun Anhuibeili Yayuan, Huizhong Beilu, Chaoyang District
Little Sheep (Jinsong Branch)
Location: Bldg 811, Section 8, Jinsong, Chaoyang District
Little Sheep (Guozhan Branch)
Location: No.34, Xibahe Zhongli, Chaoyang District

Yushanfang Hot and Spicy Pot
Chinese name: 御膳房麻辣香锅（yù shàn fáng má là xiāng guō）
It is not the common hotpot. The meat and the vegetables here are fried together with hot flavor.
Average Cost per Person: CNY50
Location: No.26-2, Beifengwo Lu, Haidian District

Jing Fu Hua
Chinese name: 京福华（jīng fú huá）
Average Cost per Person: CNY46
Recommended Dishes: Fat Beef
Location: North of Panjiayuanqiao, Chaoyang District

Neng Ren Ju Restaurant
Chinese name: 能仁居（néng rén jū）
Average Cost per Person: CNY60
Hours: 11:00 - 23:00
Location: No.135, Xi Da Jie, Qianmen

Mr.8 Rinse Meat Restaurant
Chinese name: 八先生涮肉坊（bā xiān shēng shuàn ròu fǎng）
Average Cost per Person: CNY60
Location: Bldg 14, Section 3, Sanlihe, Xicheng District

Chongqing Jinshancheng Hotpot (Huayuanqiao Branch)
Chinese name: 重庆金山城火锅（chóng qìng jīn shān chéng huǒ guō）
Average Cost per Person: 40 Yuan - 80 Yuan
Hours: 11:00-23:00
Location: 12, Bei Wa Lu (inside Zhongzi Mansion), Haidian District

Tiandu Chongqing Hotpot Restaurant
Chinese name: 天都重庆火锅城（tiān dū chóng qìng huǒ guō chéng）
Average Cost per Person: CNY 50
Hours: 11:30 - 22:00
Location: 86, Xueyuan Nan Lu, Haidian District

Huang Cheng Lao Ma (Dewai Branch)
Chinese name: 皇城老马（huáng chéng lǎo mǎ）
Average Cost per Person: CNY100
Hours: 11:00 - 24:00
Location: 9, Jiaochangkou Jie, Xicheng District