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Asian Fusion · The Strip

The X Pot

Group dinners with attentive server guidance.

Closed now $$$$ Group FriendlyFamily FriendlyUpscale Dining
8.2/10
№ 13 on the List Issue № 140 · 9 wks · Scored by Hal Brennan Full List →
№ 01 · The Brief

The Strip Hot Pot Room That Delivers

The X Pot sits in the Strip-adjacent Paradise corridor and operates as a high-end hot pot experience built to compete with the room's price tag. The format is interactive dining: guests select from a range of broths, then work through the table with wagyu beef and seafood platters assembled and cooked at the table. The kitchen's job is sourcing and setup; execution lands in front of the diner. That dynamic requires the room to function as a guided experience, and service here carries real weight.

The broth program is the foundation. Multiple options are on offer, and navigating them benefits from direction. First-timers report that the servers who know the menu well make a measurable difference in how the meal lands. The wagyu beef is the prestige order, the kind of protein that justifies the price point when handled correctly. The seafood platters extend the spread and keep the table moving through multiple courses of cooking.

The room runs upscale and reads as a destination for date nights and celebration dinners rather than a casual drop-in. The price is high-end and the experience is calibrated to match: attentive tableside service, a structured progression through the meal, and a kitchen program built around premium proteins. Late-night availability makes it a viable option for the Strip's service-industry crowd after a shift elsewhere.

The X Pot sits in the larger Las Vegas hot pot landscape, which runs deepest in the Spring Mountain corridor, but this room is after a different audience. It is Strip-adjacent dining that earns its positioning by treating the interactive format seriously rather than using it as spectacle. The room is for guests who want the communal cooking experience with full-service attention and are prepared to pay for it.

№ 02 · What to Order

The order, from the record

№ 03 · Insider Tip
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First-timers should let the server guide the broth selection before committing. The wagyu beef is the table's anchor order; build the seafood selection around it rather than the reverse.

Hal Brennan · Top of Las Vegas
№ 04 · The Verdict

What earns the 8.2

01
Broth program

Multiple broth options anchor the experience, and the selection is serious enough to reward attention.

02
Wagyu and seafood

Premium proteins justify the price point when the table is run correctly, which the service here consistently manages.

03
Full-service format

Guided tableside service separates this from the self-directed hot pot rooms in the Spring Mountain corridor and makes first-timers feel oriented rather than lost.

The record

Insider Score history

On the List 9 wks Current № 13
How we score

The Insider Score is our own 10-point editorial rating, set by the writer who covers the room. It is never an average of other sites’ stars, and it is never for sale. It weighs three things:

01Track record

How highly a kitchen rates, across how many diners, over how long.

02Consistency

Whether recent diners still agree with the long-term verdict.

03Distinction

What the kitchen does that its category does not.

The X Pot earns a 8.2, excellent on our scale for Asian Fusion in Las Vegas.
Hal Brennan
Hal Brennan
Editor at Large

Hal covers the rooms that earn their reputation the hard way: the long-running kitchens, the specialists, the places Las Vegas quietly agrees on. His reviews start with the record and end with a reason to go.

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