Located on MacLeod Trail, Hot Point is a typical bubble tea-based restaurant that also serves hotpot, snacks, and dessert.
AMBIENCE/SERVICE: This place feels like Destination before they closed down, except it smells like hot pot gas and burnt hot pots. Nothing special to say about the servers. 1.5/2.5
FOOD: I ordered the green bean red bean ice milk smoothie (~$5), and it had no sign of actual green or red beans in it. No problem, the drink itself was not bad. We got 4 appetizers: Taiwanese fried chicken, Curry fish balls, Japanese dumplings (gyoza), and original egg puffs. These would be fine if they were $3.99, even $4.99, but they were $6.99 each. The portions were small and the quality was even worse. The gyoza tasted worse than store-bought frozen dumplings, and were even a bit burnt. The egg puffs were chewy and not crispy. The Taiwanese fried chicken and the curry fish balls were fine, but they are impossible to mess up and taste pretty much the same everywhere. My friends each got a bowl of noodle soup, which was actually a decent portion, but they both thought everything was not worth what they paid for. Total for 3 was $63 before tip. 0.5/2.5