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Genghis Khan Mongolian Grill
Category: Restaurants Mongolian Mongolian [Edit]
900 Don Mills RdNorth York, ON M3C 1V6
(416) 449-8228
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Lunch, Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
28 reviews for Genghis Khan Mongolian Grill
Review Highlights
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"lots of selection plus a chocolate fountain ^_." In 3 reviews -
"There was a nice selection of food." In 2 reviews -
"The sauces were fantastic." In 11 reviews
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28 reviews in English
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Review from Johnny H.
Toronto, ON
5/9/2012
Where else would I eat something like this? It's more in the fun than eating. You pick the meat you want with veggies, sauce and noodles. And you take it the giant circular steel plate. The chef tosses everything onto the plate and grill your food. No oil is used. Then he puts your food into a bowl when grilling is finished. The best part is that you can get creative with your food. You select your own ingredients, portion and chemistry. Very fun.
Ingredients are fresh and good quality. Service is rather swift at the grilling station. Servers are not attentive, but they walk by your table often. Tables are fairly large and there is decent space between tables to give privacy. Noise level is high. There are other foods at AYCE stations like seafoods and desserts.
One thing I have to mention though. This is one of the few restaurants that made me sick after eating. My ex and I both suffered stomachache the same day. We do not know why, but I think it could be combination of strong sauces and undercooked noodles. The foods were tasty though. Very clean in its flavors. -
Review from Geoffrey W.
Toronto, ON
3/16/2012 3 Check-ins Here
This is the only "mongolian grill" I've been to. The experience of having a stirfry made for you from your own selections freshly in an all-you-can-eat setting is a reasonably nice one. Their buffet food is decent but nothing to write home about, and the chocolate fountain on the dessert table is a nice touch. Their pricing is pretty good, for all you can eat, and you can indicate that you're a light eater to pay a little less.
I've been here a number of times and I'll be here again, I'm sure, but it's not ever likely to get lifted beyond solid. -
Review from Myrem D.
Mississauga, ON
5/27/2011
A friend told me about this place but I assumed it was much like the Kitchener location.
BOY WAS I WRONG.
I went here on Sunday and was excitingly shocked. This place is MASSIVE!. - think Mandarin's size and THEN some.
It's got the traditional Mongolian Bbq with a vast choice of ingredients, as well as another 3 rows of chinese, fusion, buffet style.
There's something for everyone here.
The variety is help-full if your veg only. Also if your a seafood lover, you'll get your dose. I love cooking, so this place gives me the best of both worlds. I choose my own amount of garlic, pepper, no salt, sesame seed oil, spring onion, parsley. The veggies are fresh and clean. Unlike most buffet's.
The rice and noodle selection is impressive. They have a curry broth that's a bit spicy but goes great with white rice.
Also, the desert table is fun fun fun!! lots of selection plus a chocolate fountain ^_^
For the adventurous choco lovers: They have an array of cut up fruits&veggies. Take a bit of cantaloupe, melon and cucumber and let the chocolate fountain shower the pieces with LOTSoLOVE. melon covered chocolate... delicious, choco covered strawberry - That is SO 2009 . I tried to do it to a few other veggies , but the staff started to murmur around me to each other. Annoyed, I stopped. They must not have seen the movie "girls just wanna have fun". geeze.
sake here is horrible!.
This place is great for big groups and birthdays. The service is quick, a bit TOO quick. They will come to you if you have more than 1 plate so be on the look out for them taking your fantastic hard laboured collection of food. I shook my fist at the bus boy. Twice. he refilled my water instead. Ughh.
Bill came up to $62.45 for 2 people. Not bad for the amount of food you get.
p.S This is NOT salad-eating-girl friendly. I repeat. Not for those on a diet, watching weight, counting calories etc.
If you can pack it, your in.
xoxo
M. -
Review from Karl R.
1/30/2011 13 photos
Been a while since I've had Mongolian BBQ. As one reviewer points out, Mongolian BBQ is woefully inaccurate but when you can get someone to grill up bowls and bowls of shaved lamb before your eyes, they can call it Karl Wears Panties for all I care.
Unlike most buffets were it's quantity over quality, Genghis Khan gets the quality just about right. In addition to the noodle buffet, they have some chinese favorites (dim sum weekend mornings) on the side tables. The dessert table's chocolate fountain is pretty fun. Ladle some of that on your ice cream and it forms a nice hard shell.
Service is great and prices are cheaper than Mandarin. -
Review from Teresa H.
Greektown, Toronto, ON
4/24/2011 1 Check-in Here
Lunch on holidays and weekends, $14.99 for Adult, $8.99 for kids under 13.
Walking in at 1:00pm on a Sunday, the tables were rather empty, but soon fill up.
Dim sum is not the reason to go to this buffet. The rest of the food is rather disappointing. But the reason to go is for a nice stirfry meal. I had the noodles with beef, lamb and seafood with a meddly of vegetables. Then went back for seconds with a just vegetable stirfry.
The sauces were fantastic.
Now I know where to find my stirfy fix. -
Review from Michael S.
Scarborough, ON
1/5/2012
Not only is this an all you can Buffet...You get to prepare your meal with choice meats, vegetables, sauces and spices. You fill up your bowl with the freshest ingredients, sauce and spice it up and then they cook it right in front of you. This restaurant is beautifully set up, service is good, a lot of fun and buffet is quite good as well. I highly recommend the Genghis Khan Mongolian Grill experience.
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Review from Brenda S.
10/28/2010 ROTD 12/7/2010
The gimmick is the grill, included in the price of the buffet. You take a bowl and load it up with protein, veggies, rice or noodles, and a ladle of sauce, and then you give it to the chef who stir-fries it on a huge flat teppan-table thing. Meat-eaters have said the grill is great; the tofu, however, has been frozen and is tasteless and spongy. The sauces are meh and the noodles are soggy. I've been here twice and tried the grill both times, and this was my experience both times. I think I'll avoid the grill and just stick to the awesome buffet.
It's a huuuuuuge Chinese-Canadian fusion buffet with really tasty food -- everything from North American staples like chicken balls and chow mein to more authentic steamed scallion buns and dumplings. The desserts are what you expect from a Chinese buffet -- a few meh egg tarts and sesame balls, plus lots of napoleons and cream puffs and fruit and flan. Good for filling in the cracks.
(Oh yeah, the flan. Really really tasty. Hilarious if you forget to pick up a spoon and try eating it with your chopsticks.)
The place is huge and high-ceilinged and when it's full it gets loud. We were there at 5 on a Wednesday, and just after we got our table a bus pulled up and the place was jammed.
I wish I could do half-stars, because I would like to give it more than a three because the food is just plain tasty. The parts of the food that are not tasty are what take points off. It's not all consistent, but you'll find your faves on the buffet and keep going back for more.
Incidentally you can book the place for large groups. I attended a club awards banquet there a couple of years back. They did a great job for us. -
Review from Alice T.
Warning, this review might be a bit bias, I have a soft spot for mongolian BBQ as my parents owned a Mongolian BBQ restaurant growing up and I went here with my childhood bff who spent many meals w me at my parents place.
I think I must of had 4 or 5 helpings! It's all you can eat which i usually hate but this time i totally pigged out! I didn't bother w the other buffet item except the sesame pastry, a classic w Mongolian BBQ.
The funny thing about Mongolian BBQ is if u don't like it, you got no one to blame but yourself! You pick your own ingredients, make your own sauces, and they cook it on a big grill.
They have a great selection of vegetables, meat, tofu and condiments. I particularly like the tofu because they freeze it first which is the traditional way to serve tofu for hot pot because it absorbs more sauce and has a great texture.
They do have a variety of pre made sauces so you don't have to do it all yourself. And if u don't like it you can just try again.
The location is clean, and well ventilated so your not gonna be too smelly. Ok, you'll be a little smelly but it only makes you want to go back again. :) -
Review from Cindy C.
Toronto, ON
2/13/2011
A great place for big groups, those with kids and people who like noodles!
I personally always love Mongoli when I go and get so full, I am tapped out for a week but it is great value for the price.
There is 2 main buffet tables with stuff like rice, veggies, meats - your regular chinese buffet items. I can always fill at least 2 full plates with variety so this is a plus (this is not Mandarin, please don't compare).
Then there is the MONGOLIAN BBQ part - starting with proteins, you get a choice of chicken, lamb, beef, shrimp, calamari, tofu - there is lots to choose from for everybody. Then onto your Veggies, there was everything you can humanly thing of. Then the sauces, I like the fact that you can custom make your own desired sauce and taste - there is tons to choose from and you can make it as saucy or as bland as you would like it!
Then the cool part - the grill masters toss your food back and forth on a big Mongolian bbq grill - then they swipe your food into a bowl - then bon appetite!
This is always great, I am a big noodle fan so this is great for me when I want a stackin' meal! -
Review from Downtown D.
Toronto, ON
5/18/2011
I went here during the week for lunch.
It gets busy with working folks in the area - the draw is the make your own noodles. The vegetables shrink after it is grilled, the way to do it is bring 2 bowls with you otherwise you'll have to line up again.
I'm not big on all you can eat so unless you eat a lot you will get your fill.
Like Neil T said be careful about the sauces some might be too salty or too spicy. -
Review from Justin M.
Milton, ON
9/14/2010 3 Check-ins Here
Quick note: Mongolian BBQ is neither Mongolian nor BBQ. It is, however, awesome.
Genghis Khan plays both sides of the street, offering a traditional Canchinese buffet as well as the Mongolian BBQ. You pile meat and veggies in a bowl, ladle them with sauce ingredients, and awaaaaayyy you go.
The food gets cooked on a large flat surface (like a wok, only not round), but it definitely ain't BBQ esque. Or even that much like a grill.
But, seriously, it's all you can eat. That is as good as you let it be. I've gone to my limits and beyond at another Mongolian BBQ, and you don't want to do it. -
Review from Sharky L.
Toronto, ON
9/11/2010
Went here for dinner. I don't eat a lot so I'm not a big fan of buffets but I got one of those deals online so I decided to check it out. It was pretty good, I didn't each much from the actual grill but the other stuff that was there. There was a nice selection of food.
Despite what one person mention the process of selecting your food is pretty easy, they have "Chef Mixes" for you. The plates where you get the food is small relative to the bowl you end up with, but you can take 2 bowls but I find that one is enough for me, I don't eat too much. Also the food is not too badly charcoal as she mentioned.
Because we got the coupon deal we ended up paying $36 for 2 with drinks and tips. That's pretty good deal for me.
Make sure to make reservations for priority seating. -
Review from Marie F.
If there is one thing I have had lots of in my life it's buffets; as a child, my parents had a quantity not quality approach to restaurants which resulted in lots of mediocre meals. Perhaps this is why I am choosing to be a little kinder to Genghis Khan... because as a buffet it's pretty good!
As previously mentioned mom and dad love buffets so I decided to treat them to lunch for father's day. At $13 a person (and $11 for my mom because she's a senior) I thought we got good value for a Buffet (I am in no way rating this compared to a conventional restaurant...)
To reiterate on the concept mentioned by my fellow yelpers the main focus of this buffet is the DIY dish. Pick your meats, veggies, noodles and sauces and watch while it all gets cooked on a huge flat grill while you wait (about 30 seconds).
It should be noted that there is only one cooking area so if you are a vegetarian and you are concerned about cross contamination with cooking areas this is NOT the place for you!
The second piece of this restaurant is a traditional buffet.
Although I wouldn't say the buffet part is terrible I definitely think it's forgettable and as Lan pointed out the dinner price points are a rip off (at $22 a person) especially when you consider that it's the same food!
In any case my meal was good and I liked the do it yourself options.Listed in: Who's down with ROTD? Yeah you…
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Review from Bijan V.
5/7/2009
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. -
Review from Benny F.
Richmond Hill, ON
9/21/2011
At this all you can eat restaurant, the main attraction is picking your own ingredients for a Mongolian-style stir fry. The food is always cooked well and never burned. Aside from the wide selection of food for the DIY stir fry, there's also dim sum, fruits, and dessert. Great place for large parties, especially birthdays (they give you cake and play a song).
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Review from Neil T.
Toronto, ON
7/22/2009
This place is ok, provides lots of food and decent value for lunch. It's popular with the business crowd in that area throughout the week, though never really too busy not to get a seat.
The Mongolian grill section is decent, though you really need to be selective in terms of what sauces and liquids to use. It's sort of a game of Russian roulette. I enjoy the lamb, and I do recognize that all the meats are frozen (what are you gonna do for a $12 lunch?).
The traditional buffet table is small, but is more of a side-show compared with the grill. There's a few quasi-dim sum items there, which is a nice touch.
Overall, not bad for a lunch spot or business lunch, but I wouldn't go out of my way to visit it either. -
Review from Ariel G.
6/10/2009
This buffet is a bit short of a typical big Chinese buffet. It features a Mongolian Grill, which is a large flat cooking area. You select the ingredients you want to use, and they are cooked while you wait.
The selection offered is that not extensive, and I guess that they have reduced it to accommodate the 'mongolian' part of the operation.
Its is just plain and undistinguished, not at all to the standard of Buffet Mandarin or Buffet King. If you are looking for a Chinese buffet there are better choices.
We tried this location, because we had previously eaten at a North End location. The food had been awesome and the selection fantastic. This was probably due to the fact they were shooting a commercial for the establishment that night. They must have really 'layed it on'.
Or to be totally fair if this is a franchise operation???...there is no consistency. -
Review from Daniel K.
Scarborough, ON
3/30/2011
This place is really good...I like how you can make your own dish and have the chef cook your dish....The buffet is good too if you don't trust yourself...This is a great place to take a date.
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Review from John F.
North York, ON
2/5/2011
Sister restaurant to the Great Khan in Markham (see my review of that as menu and offerings are similar). We liked this one more as it is a bit less barnlike and the service was nicer. Food seemed just a tad better as well.
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Review from Monica K.
North York, ON
2/11/2011
Not the best buffet for your buck.
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Review from Jessica L.
North York, ON
9/1/2010
Food is good. A lot of choices, vegetables and meat are fresh. Always have people clean the sauce area which is really nice. If you don't know how to use those seasonings, the waiter will help you. Lunch price is a very good deal. A clean and comfortable place to go to.
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Review from Jerry C.
Markham, ON
5/4/2010 1 Check-in Here
I'm almost certain that Genghis Khan did not conquer much of Central Asia and China by feeding his subjects a dizzying choose-your-own-adventure of meats, veggies, sauces and condiment sauces to be grilled on a giant stone lifesaver.
I've come to expect the same from buffets no matter the cultural twists. Generally you're talking about a long line of steam trays, sneeze guards and deep fried foods. As Marie F. puts it, we're talking about the "quantity not quality approach". The novelty with the Mongolian Grill is that you are presented with a wide variety of raw meats (beef, pork, chicken, and lamb) and vegetables, some seafoods (shrimps, fake crab and squid rings), noodles (egg, rice, udon, etc.) and a stupefying selection of soupy sauces (spicy, curry, honey garlic ... more than 10 in total) and condiment sauces (ginger, garlic, oyster ... more than 20 in total). The idea here is that once you've cobbled together what you think would be a tantalizing concoction of ingredients you hand over the cooking duties to the men at the grill. The grill is a large round stone cooking surface where the "chefs" use to prepare your carefully chosen delectables. You stand along a bar and watch as the magic happens. Sounds very exotic and fun doesn't it?
The problems begin about 10 steps before you get to the grill. You really have no idea what's going to make a good dish. I'm not a good cook so I threw together a bunch of ingredients that by themselves looked pretty good but quite possibly a potential disaster here. When it comes to the sauces a loud mouthed hostess lady was happy to scoop all kinds of liquids into my overflowing bowl of mounding food. She was even kind enough to carry it over to the grill and hand it to the chef.
Once at the grill itself the chef first scrapes off the caked on charcoal of past delicacies from your designated grill area. In the centre of the grill goes the blackened sludge (more on this later) down a hole to god-knows-where. Then the chef throws your bowl of assorted num-nums onto the grill and proceeds to move it around with what looks like a very large wooden chopstick. He shuffles it around and flips it every which way and eventually slides it into a larger bowl with a deft hand, only losing maybe 10-15% of it off the side of the grill.
Ok if you haven't guessed yet I've found a few problems with the formula here and I'll dispense my opinions now.
How am I supposed to know what goes into making a good Mongolian dish? I'm no cook, why should I have to make this kind of decision? In fact, the very reason I chose not to stay home to eat is because I am either unable or unwilling make the critical decision of what to cook at this time. Isn't the reason you go to a restaurant is to eat food that is based off a recipe you don't know and have it prepared for you?
Assuming you get past this, the bowls they provide are way too small. You end up having your selections falling off the side and then get your hands all dirty pouring the sauces on. Clearly they know this a problem because they have ample napkins around the grill area to wipe your invariably filthy hands. Also notice that the bowl they slide the food into after it's cooked is much larger than the one you brought over. Coincidence?
However the real deal-breaker here is that once you get back to your table and chow-down on your cleverly devised dish, you'll notice that there's an alarming amount of blackened crud mixed in (remember that sludge?). It makes everything taste like ashes. Kind of like barbecuing at home without thoroughly cleaning off your grill.
Finally the "chefs" appear to be a surly lot. They speak Cantonese and when I was there I noticed that they were cursing at each other a lot. Just so you know, in Cantonese "di-you" is basically the F-word. Maybe I'm being harsh as there's not much culinary talent that goes into dumping a load of ingredients on the grill and cooking it to death.
To cap off this review the other buffet items that don't get grilled on the giant stone life-saver are only OK at best. Deep fried chicken wings, soggy stir-fries, appalling dim-sum dumplings (they are truly heinous), and the usual variety of "asian" buffet foods that you'd normally find at a Mandarin just with less selection. The dessert table fairs the same with a selection of fresh fruits (most of which were decently fresh like the strawberries) and little snack cakes (not great) and ice cream. There's also a chocolate fountain that is very appealing to young and old alike.
To top it all off the price of $20+ for an adult plus drink and tip is not very compelling. Do yourself a favor and go to Choco Korean BBQ in Markham if you want to grill your own meats and eat all you can for about the same price. I think Genghis would mourn over his name being associated with this poor establishment. 2 stars for good strawberries. -
Review from Peter R.
Richmond Hill, ON
8/25/2010 1 Check-in Here
I am surprised that they closed down, I really thought that this corner finally found a permanent resident.
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Review from Andrew B.
North York, ON
1/28/2011
The first time we went it was lunch. For $12 it was fun to make our own stir fries. I must admit, I was a little confused about the concept at first, so gave up and moved on to the buffet. The buffet was average, nothing great but for the price, OK...and then I went up for a second run at this str fry thing. This time around a server came and helped me, enthusiastically filling my bowl and directing me to the grill. The chef was quiet but energetic. The stir fry was great; I loved being able to add some extra spice! We finished with an average dessert and I left with a 4/5 experience.
A couple weeks later we returned for dinner. We figured for $20 this time we may be in for something extra, like crab legs or something... It was the same thing, only this time the servers and chef all seemed slow and depressed to be there. There were two tables of guests, us and another couple.
After feeling ripped off on the dinner, I probably won't return for a while, if ever. -
Review from Chantal m.
Scarborough, ON
6/21/2010
Went here last night with my dad for Father's Day. He suggested it and I have never heard of it so I was intrigued to go.
Basically they have 2 rows of pre-made food that you can choose from at any time, I got the lychee shrimp and the pepper beef both were really good. Then you get in this line where you pick your meat (choice of lamb, beef, chicken or pork), then you pick your vegetables, then noodles then whatever sauce you want. There are about 6 already made ones and then there is a section where you can make your own sauce. They the put it on a huge flat top and cook it.
I had two different bowls I both really enjoyed, its not so hard to think about what will go with each other, it's pretty much whatever you like and some common knowledge.
I really liked the celery and pineapples both were a bit off the beaten track but didn't get mushy on the flat top and tasted good with the teryaki.
The service was great, very speedy always asking us if we wanted refills or help building our bowls in line. Very hospitable.
The total came to 61 bucks with tax, but we got $40 in coupons at the end of the night so it was basically just taxes and drinks we paid for.
Overall a great place to go and mix and match, try some new creations. -
Review from Rao R.
Brampton, ON
6/19/2011
When I came into the restaurant, I I had a feeling that this restaurant was going to be great but I was proved wrong. This is a traditional Mongolian Grill restaurant. To start off, the food taste fresh but not many choices of raw items to choose from. I hope they add more ingredients because I was disappointed with it. During my dinner, I went up to get more food when I saw a dead fly in the vegetables. The servers quickly replaced the vegetables and assured us that everything was safe to eat. However, I lost my appetite from the dead fly. Also, the servers are friendly and very quick to respond to your order. The restaurant decor feels comfortable and nice to eat in. The chairs are comfy and very spacious. I gave this restaurant a 3 because the menu and buffet does not have much variety in it and really disappointed me. The fly really ruined my appetite. However, I recommend this to people who enjoy Mongolian Grills.
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Review from Bernard Y.
11/24/2008
I came here with a bunch of the coworkers during lunch. I've eaten at many mongolian type places before so I know the routine. It's an AYCE place for the Mongolian grill and they have a separate aisle that serves up your typical your Americanized Chinese food like your sweet so-wa pok and broccoli beef, egg rolls, and whatever you think of. This place had a lot of options and shit so many sauces to try that when i got to the sauce part of the area I just stood there confused. I didn't know what to use so I just started to pour a little bit of everything. I still came out really good. I had two bowls and left with a food coma. So much for being productive for the remainder of the day.
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Review from Mike P.
Brampton, ON
11/6/2009
Mongolian Grill is a good place to eat with friends or a group. I have been here for lunch a few times with groups from work and I think they have something for everyone - seafood, veg, different meats, styles and spice.
I think what I like most about this place is that theres many different things you can try - sauces, ingredients, etc and every time it tastes a little different ... now if your boring, i guess your selection will be boring, but eating here gives you an opportunity to eat something a little different and taste the various flavours from Mongolia?
I think the price for the buffet is a little expensive - $20 per person i think?? but the experience is nice.
