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Happy Lamb Hot Pot, San Mateo 快乐小羊.

Chinese, Mongolian hot pot · Downtown San Mateo · $$ · Staple · verified

215 S Ellsworth Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401

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Happy Lamb Hot Pot, San Mateo 快乐小羊

A chain hot pot room on South Ellsworth. The company's own directory confirms the door, and that is the extent of what anybody has published about it.

Good to know

  • It trades. The brand's own locations page carries 215 S Ellsworth Ave, San Mateo.1
  • On the food, I have nothing to hand you. Nobody I could read has eaten at this address, and the company's page has no menu on it, so I will not tell you what to order here.
  • Which door. The brand runs other Bay rooms, including one in Mountain View. Anything you read about Happy Lamb elsewhere may not be this one.

Verdict

listed — One fact is established: a room under this brand trades at 215 South Ellsworth, confirmed on the company's own directory. Nothing else is. Nobody has written about this door, the brand page carries no menu, and the one first-hand rating I hold belongs to the Mountain View room and stays there. Listed is what a confirmed address with no cooking behind it earns.

At a glance

  • Booking: walk-in
  • Timing: lunch, dinner
  • Best for: groups, dinner, family
  • Verified 2026-08-28

Where

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215 S Ellsworth Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401

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Key: what the badges mean

★ Michelin star · Bib Bib Gourmand · Green ★ Michelin Green Star · Michelin in the Michelin guide, no distinction · J Jeff's own note · Jeff ★★★★☆ 2019 his own rating out of five, and the year he gave it · new the venue itself opened recently · just added recently added to Jeff's list, whatever its age · 2◆ independent chef/industry recommendations · ! hygiene caution in force · ? no current public hygiene record, not a caution · keep walking Jeff has been and would walk past it · the line under a name says when to go: Destination (plan around it) / Solid (the dependable send) / Listed (on the radar). Under it, where the entry states one: how the room takes bookings, and the date I last checked the entry.

Record

page id
happy-lamb-hot-pot-san-mateo
city
San Mateo
group
Restaurants
category
Restaurant
cuisine
Chinese, Mongolian hot pot
area
Downtown San Mateo
price
$$
editorial class
Staple
verdict
Listed
how I know
verified
confidence
medium
status
Open
address
215 S Ellsworth Ave, San Mateo, CA 94401
coordinates
37.565509, -122.323551
last verified
2026-08-28