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| - Well, unlike Stephanie, I actually ate here. It wasn't packed, but it wasn't dead. It was juuust right. I was a little weirded out by the theme and the faux bronze bust of Genghis Khan at the grill. Er. What's next, Stalin's Salon? or maybe Hitler's Hummus Hut?
My only other Mongolian grill experience is with YC's, so I was impressed to see they had an extensive selection real, fresh protein (very, -very cold- fresh meats, reassuringly...even sausage and scallops), spices, veggies, egg!, sauces (all sugar-based... ehhhh), and starches.
They even have a little guide system showing you which items to pick if you want a particular bowl (teriyaki, Cajun, whatever). I just filled mine with whatever looked good. After they grilled it all up they served it in a bizarre asymmetrical bowl that first looked like I'd just dump my food all over myself, but it actually proved to be quite conducive to... shoveling. And it was delicious.
The flat screen TVs are weird. Their placement is such that the employees can probably watch them just fine, but most of the people actually eating here can't. Very odd.
A single bowl is about $8, while all-you-can-eat is $12. I was full after half a bowl and took the rest home (no charge for a to-go box like YC's, yay!)
Edited 5/26/08-
Okay, service here is almost always terrible. I've only ever had one really attentive server, a really petite friendly woman who chatted with us and checked in often. Otherwise, service has always sucked. So bad that I've ended up fetching my own food (normally your server brings it to you) and my own water (!!). A couple times the food area was a total mess with food all over the floor and counters... which, I understand, is part of the problem of telling people "here's your food, quickly pile it as high as you can!" so maybe I was just there at exactly the wrong moment.
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