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Chongqing is famous for its hot pot. There are tens of thousands of restaurants specializing in the hot, spicy dish to choose from, but if you’re looking for the most impressive one, look no further than Pipa Yuan. The hot pot restaurant covers an area of 3,300 square meters, and most diners require directions to locate their reserved table among the hundreds of tables available. Pipa Yuan had long been praised as the largest hot pot restaurant in the world, but last year Guinness Records made the title official. Because of the big size of Pipa Yuan, and the fact that it is on a steep hillside, diners can take up to 30 minutes from the parking lot at the bottom of the hill to one of the 888 tables currently available at the restaurant.

However, that doesn’t seem to affect the popularity of this place. In fact, despite the massive capacity of the restaurant, finding a table without a reservation, especially during spring and summer, is almost impossible. People from all over China come to experience the world’s largest hot pot restaurant in person, and it is said that on a busy day Pipa Yuan serves more people than the inhabitants (居民) of a small county.

Interestingly, Pipa Yuan is just as busy at night as in the daytime, as many tourists come to experience at night, because of all the colorful light fixtures that bring the entire hillside to life. As for the hot pot, according to online reviews, it’s surprisingly good for such a large restaurant. Serving times can be a bit long, especially at the most busy hours of the day, but the fresh ingredients, the mild spices, and the view from the hill apparently make up for it.