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| - I like the Mongolian Barbecue concept... I really do. So, when my friend suggested we head to this place for dinner, I was all about it. I read the reviews that came before mine, and tried to be optimistic too...
And while it appears that GG has addressed the complaints about not being vegetarian or food allergy friendly, they can't do much about the chain feeling one gets upon dining here. They can, however, work on their service, which was unattentive and unorganized during my visit.
My friends and I went up to prepare our bowls at the buffet. I prepared mine with shrimp, calamari, imitation crab meat, vegetables, egg, and a mix of honey soy and spicy sauce. I handed it over to be cooked up and put on brown rice, and it actually turned out pretty decent. I ended up deciding I wanted to go up for seconds. This was after our waiter just threw our check down at our table without asking if we wanted anything else. My friends went for dessert and I went for another bowl after that. I guess our waiter took the check back when we flagged him down to let him know this. I was busy finding the hostess to request a new bowl for my second helping.
I had to ask several times after that for some more water, and when I was waiting for my cooked food to be delivered, the food runner attempted to deliver the wrong bowl to my table, even admitting that sometimes they get the numbers mixed up... not a good sign.
If you like dining at places like Sweet Tomatoes, (not that there is anything wrong with that... I even hit up Sweet Tomatoes every now and then), this place could be up your alley. At dinner, it's $9.99 for one trip to the buffet and $13.99 for a bottomless bowl. If you drink and/or have dessert though, it can get pricey for what it is, but again, the concept is solid... there is something for everyone to choose from whether you like meat, chicken, fish, noodles, rice, etc... I would suggest GG do a better job with training their servers and keeping the buffet bar stocked and clean. I'd also suggest they do something with recipes for sauces as we all just guessed on how much sauce to use and made our own combinations of ingredients.
I have experienced better, but I'm not saying I'd never go back. Just go in with lower expectations (it's not going to be a gourmet experience by any means), and you'll be fine!
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