Four Seasons Tea House Hot Pot

Chinese hot pot restaurant with individual and shared pot options, tea house atmosphere, and a broad selection of broths, meats, and vegetables.

Four Seasons Tea House Hot Pot makes tea part of the cooking at its Castro Street restaurant in Mountain View. Diners select a tea that can be enjoyed as a drink and added to the spicy soup base. We like how that connects the tea-house idea to the actual meal rather than leaving it as a decorative theme. Split pots allow contrasting broths, including options such as jasmine tomato, chicken with mushrooms, and sour cabbage alongside a spicy base. Osmanthus-oolong beef and Da Hong Pao smoked pork belly continue the tea influence in the ingredients. Noodles, citrus tea, and sour plum drinks provide further accompaniments. The appeal is an interactive hot pot meal with a distinctive starting point, giving a group room to compare broths, choose ingredients, and build the meal together.