Which is better for hotpot in Brisbane: Mountain Hot Pot 蜀道山老火锅 or Sono Japanese Restaurant | Portside Wharf?

Q: Which is better for hotpot in Brisbane: Mountain Hot Pot 蜀道山老火锅 or Sono Japanese Restaurant | Portside Wharf?

Mountain Hot Pot 蜀道山老火锅 ranks higher on BestDish (36 vs 35 points). Pick Sono Japanese Restaurant | Portside Wharf if it has more Google reviews (2,360 vs 510) or you're closer to Hamilton.

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Mountain Hot Pot 蜀道山老火锅 vs Sono Japanese Restaurant | Portside Wharf

the top two for hotpot in Brisbane, compared properly

● Updated September 2026

The verdict: Mountain Hot Pot 蜀道山老火锅 beats Sono Japanese Restaurant | Portside Wharf for hotpot in Brisbane — it leads our ranking by 1 points (1 community mention · 1× called the best · dish praised in 1 of 5 recent google reviews). Pick Sono Japanese Restaurant | Portside Wharf if it has more Google reviews (2,360 vs 510) or you're closer to Hamilton.

Mountain Hot Pot 蜀道山老火锅 vs Sono Japanese Restaurant | Portside Wharf — hotpot in Brisbane (September 2026)
	Mountain Hot Pot 蜀道山老火锅	Sono Japanese Restaurant \| Portside Wharf
BestDish rank	#1 🥇	#2 🥈
BestDish score	36	35
Google rating	4.9★	4.7★
Google reviews	510	2,360
Price tier	—	$$
Suburb	Calamvale	Hamilton
Known for	—	—
Community mentions	1	1

Go deeper: Mountain Hot Pot 蜀道山老火锅 dossier · Sono Japanese Restaurant | Portside Wharf dossier · the full Brisbane hotpot ranking

How we score: Google review strength (rating above a 3.8 baseline weighted by volume), blended with community-consensus mining on high-traffic pages. No pay-to-rank.