I used to love the Mongolian Grill back when it wasn't a franchise (and the only location was the one beside Pacific Mall) but things have definitely changed for the worse!
If you're not familiar with this place, their main selling point is that you create your own dish. You walk around with a bowl, place in some meat, vegetables, sauces, garnishes, etc and pass it to a chef who takes your bowl and cooks it all on a HUGE table stove in front of you in a minute and passes it right back to you. Annndd that's where the good things end and the ranting begins.
First off... $22 Dinner on weekends!!! ARE YOU SERIOUS? Seems like they're trying to take over some of Mandarin's business but dear lord with $22 I was expecting so much more. Their own "make your own" dish is still the same which is good but the food at the buffet was old and stale and almost inedible. Coming for lunch on weekdays wouldn't be bad as it's around $9-10 but I definitely would not pay more than that for what you're getting here.
My second biggest disappointment was that this location doesn't have that ice shaver with all the sweet toppings as the P-Mall location does!! (I know this one doesn't really count but I used to come here just for that haha).
Third, big mistake on my sisters part but she ordered a coffee to have with some of the buffet dessert and it was honestly so bad she spat it all over the table with her first sip. With a complaint to our server, it took two trips to the manager for him to "offer" to remove the coffee from our bill!
Argh, just disappointed in Mongolian and probably never going back.