I took my family our for our first Mongolian Hot Pot experience last night. I purchased the Groupon that was $19 for $40 for 4 people (basically one person free). Two of us got the split pots with both regular and spicy broth and the other two just got the regular broth. I really liked that they had the split pot option so you get the best of both worlds. Our server brought our pots and turned on our burners and we were good to go.
First we brought our cups up to the self serve beverage machine to fill our cups. Then we brought our plates up to the raw food buffet to fill up and bring back to the table to begin hot potting. After that we went back up to fill our bowls with the sauces of our choosing.
I was not too adventurous, but my Mom and sister were and tried a lot of the more interesting options such as the fungus and both really enjoyed it. I liked the wontons and dumplings and vegetables. The noodles were great as they really soak up the broth and it's flavour, but proved to be difficult to get out of the pot once cooked. Don't bother saving room for dessert because it's nothing special.
Service was great, they were always coming around to fill our pots whenever they got low and always asked if we wanted more beef or lamb when our plates were empty. It was quite busy, but we didn't have to wait for a table around 6:30. However, there were people waiting when we were leaving.
We all decided it was good, but we were not overly impressed or have any plans to go back any time soon. It was a lot of work, but a great experience none the less that I think everyone should try especially with a Groupon so you don't pay full price.