OAO Leeds Hot Pot & Cantonese Restaurant

You're sat at a table with a burner built into it, a steaming broth bubbling away, and suddenly dinner feels like an event rather than just eating. OAO brings that interactive, slightly chaotic energy of Hong Kong hot pot culture right into the heart of Leeds city centre. Order your raw ingredients—thinly sliced meats, leafy greens, tofu—and you're in control of the whole operation. The Cantonese kitchen does the heavy lifting on broths and sauces, but the cooking part? That's on you, and honestly, it's half the fun. It's the kind of place that gets louder as the night goes on, your table getting messier, everyone leaning in with chopsticks out.