🍲 Best hotpot in Australia

14 cities ranked by the strength of their best hotpot. Follow any city through to its full ranked list.

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: on the numbers, Sunshine Coast has Australia’s strongest hotpot — led by HAIDILAO HOTPOT SUNNYBANK (4.8★ across 4,242 Google reviews).

#	City	Its best hotpot	Rating	Reviews
1	Sunshine Coast	HAIDILAO HOTPOT SUNNYBANK Sunnybank	4.8★	4,242
2	Canberra	Gaon Korean BBQ Canberra city CBD	4.9★	1,542
3	Adelaide	Go-In Hotpot CBD	4.7★	971
4	Sydney	Spice World Haymarket	4.6★	1,184
5	Perth	Zhangliang Spicy Hotpot Perth CBD CBD	4.6★	283
6	Gold Coast	The New Hotpot Helensvale	4.8★	168
7	Melbourne	Haidilao Hotpot - Emporium CBD	4.9★	5,082
8	Cairns	Suan Suan 涮涮牛羊 Cairns City	4.7★	825
9	Geelong	GOGI Korean BBQ & Hot Pot Buffet CBD	4.7★	720
10	Hobart	Monsoon Shabu Shabu CBD	4.5★	269
11	Newcastle	Hao Chi Newcastle CBD	4.6★	486
12	Wollongong	Seoul Mate Wollongong CBD	4.8★	128
13	Brisbane	Mountain Hot Pot 蜀道山老火锅 Calamvale	4.9★	510
14	Darwin	BUB & SOOL Korean Restaurant Nightcliff	4.5★	295

How this national table is built: it is not a separate opinion. Each city contributes the venue that currently tops its own hotpot ranking, and the cities are then ordered by that venue’s score — review strength above a 3.8 baseline weighted by review volume, plus community mentions where we hold them. Cities are only listed where we actually rank the dish, so an absent city means no ranking yet, not a bad one. Rebuilt weekly.

City by city: Sunshine Coast · Canberra · Adelaide · Sydney · Perth · Gold Coast · Melbourne · Cairns · Geelong · Hobart · Newcastle · Wollongong · Brisbane · Darwin.