Brother Laoguan is the most popular hot pot restaurant in Shanghai in recent years, opened more than a dozen stores, the average waiting time of each store is still about 2 hours, and its Yangpu Binjiang Bailian store in 2017 was also closed for rectification in less than two days because of the chaos of the scene and customer conflicts at the time of opening. The popularity of the restaurant at the beginning of its opening is not unrelated to its 3.8% discount on dishes, but the fact that each store has been able to maintain its high popularity is also due to the stability of its own products.

Different from Chengdu Xiaolongkan and Chongqing Dezhuang, which belong to Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot brands with clear affiliation, Ge Laoguan is a fusion of hot pot in the two places. It not only absorbs the practice of Chongqing hot pot to improve the taste according to the region, but also has the characteristics of Sichuan hot pot oil dishes and diverse ingredients. The two red pot bases also include Sichuan and Chongqing flavors, the signature classic flavor is Sichuan hot pot, which is spicy but soft, and the devil pepper hemp flavor is Chongqing style, which is numb, spicy and rich in flavor. Butter can be ordered separately, and even if you choose the signature classic flavor, customers can also order another butter to add to the bottom of the pot, which is more flexible. Ge Laoguan's hot pot is a pot in a pot, and the combination of red pot borscht is the most classic, and borscht, which is improved according to the local taste of Shanghai, is highly recommended by customers.

More than a dozen old officials who have opened have a super high customer flow every day, which ensures the freshness of the dishes to a certain extent, and the ingredients such as silver carp head and bullfrog in the store strive for quality, and almost all of them arrive at the store every day. The same care is also taken in the processing process, the ingredients are processed cleanly, and the internal organs such as yellow throat, duck intestines, and hairy tripe will not have any peculiar smell.

The frog and fish head are the signature dishes of Ge Lao Guan, which are slightly different from other hot pot restaurants, and the beautiful frogs and fish heads of Ge Lao Guan are directly put into the bottom of the pot when the chef makes the bottom of the pot and stir-fry them together. Although this method prolongs the time for the bottom of the pot to be served, the dishes that are more delicious because they are fried in advance completely offset the anxiety of customers waiting, and the store has always had a "order 4 bullfrogs to give the bottom of the pot", bullfrogs are basically a must order at every table. It is also worth trying, yellow throat is the aortic blood vessel of the ventricle, and the bezoar throat selected by the store is thicker than ordinary pig yellow throat, and the taste is more crisp and crisp. One of the signature dishes is the scallop salted egg yolk shrimp slippery, which is filled with scallop salted egg filling, although it is creative, it is particularly easy to get greasy, and it is only suitable for tasting.

The service of the elder brother has been maintained at a good level, and the "welcome to the elder brother" shouted by all the service staff when they entered the door was exciting. When ordering and serving, the service staff will explain the dishes in detail, and the customer's questions can be answered one by one. A service staff generally takes care of 2-3 tables of customers, and basically each table can be served in a timely and active manner, and there will be no situation where customers cannot find a waiter. The decoration style of different branches is different, with both antique farmhouse style and black sharp industrial style. There is not much difference in taste and service between branches, but the reservation system is not the same, some stores can make an appointment 1-2 weeks in advance, and some stores cannot provide reservations, it is recommended to communicate with the merchant in advance to confirm.