What an amazing restaurant! There's not many places one can get ostrich, kangaroo, duck, lamb,…read morecrocodile, etc. And to top it, this meat (and other items - veggies, etc) are UNLIMITED. You will not find this in Germany but here. The way it works is you receive an empty bowl, you select a sauce (highly recommend the curry!), and then walk over to the food bar and help yourself to meats, veggies, fruits, etc. My advise, since this is unlimited, try one or two meats at a time, take small portions, and keep going back for more - this way you can try all the various sauces & meats without mixing them together.

Food is great but service is awful. Waiter was rude and dared to say "when" we could get to eat…read moresomething which was very stupid and gave a lot of attitude, one of the most rude experiences in my life. Will never come back.

super nettes Personal und super leckeres Essen. sehr empfehlenswertread more

From the owner: Mongo's ist Cross-Culture pur und das außergewöhnlichste Restauranterlebnis für Entdecker und…read moreIndividualisten. Kreieren Sie Ihre Speisen, wie es Ihnen gefällt. Immer wieder neu, immer wieder anders. Im Mongo's Restaurant sind Sie Küchenchef! Mit unserem All-you-can-eat-Klassiker Mongo's Total können Sie endlos probieren und kombinieren! Stellen Sie sich einfach nach Herzenslust die Zutaten für Ihr individuelles Gericht an unserem Buffet, dem Food-Markt, sooft Sie wollen immer wieder neu zusammen. Zu jedem Gang wählen Sie eine unserer abwechslungsreichen hausgemachten Mongo's Marinaden: Ob europäisch mild oder asiatisch feurig, rein vegan oder vegetarisch, immer gluten- und glutamatfrei - Sie haben die Wahl: Es ist für jeden etwas dabei! Unsere Köche bereiten Ihre Auswahl dann blitzschnell und schonend vor Ihren Augen zu. Und schon wird Ihnen das fertige Gericht mit einer Portion Reis an Ihrem Tisch serviert. Alternativ zum Mongo's Total können Sie auch à la carte aus unseren verschiedenen asiatischen Hauptgerichten wählen. Und in vielen Restaurants bieten wir mit Mongo's Select auch für Gäste mit weniger Hunger endloses Probieren, bei dem Sie aber nur zahlen, was Sie verzehren!

Wonderful selection of food to please everyone. The Peking Soup is to die for. It is a much better…read moreversion of hot and sour soup with more spice and stuff in it. They have a Mongolian Grill. The only suggestion is they are missing the noodles. The meat and seafood are high quality with lots of choices. The sushi could be better as there was too much rice than sashimi chunks. There is no wasabi so this might have been toned down for the elderly or those not familiar with Japanese horseradish. Still staff is friendly and food is delicious. I had the curry chicken dish. The chicken was thin and all white meat. The veggies were crispy. We had lunch and would return.

If you need a place to get your belly full before you crash in your hotel for the flight next…read moreday... this is the place. Huge buffet, great service and splendid high quality food. I will be back!!!

If you are traveling through Luenen and have a craving for a mix of Chinese, Japanese, or Mongolian…read moregrill... this is your place. The service was good and the food turned over on the buffet at a fast enough pace where you feel good about the quality. Not always easy to select sushi when traveling where there are no oceans around, but was fresh and tasty. Worth stopping by.

AMAZING! I went for my birthday and had a bonus 50% off my meal :) we did the all you can eat…read moreoption. So many bases (noodles, rice), veggies, proteins, etc to choose from, so there really is something for everyone. The spicy garlic sauce is HOT. Way spicier than I anticipated but very yummy. Second round I got Thai curry, and was disappointed in the sauce. Cocktails were delicious and so was the starter soup: coconut lemongrass. It was served with curry bread and some kind of dip. We also got the homemade raspberry sorbet which was super yummy. I definitely will be back to try out more sauces and flavor combinations! The service wasn't amazing, but the restaurant was packed so I'm not deducting a star since everything else was great.

It was at Mongo's that I discovered the wonderful, delicate taste of crocodile. I was a bit…read moreskeptical about trying Mongolian barbecue in this small city in Germany, but after so many business trips during which I ate only bratwurst and schnitzel, it turned out to be a welcome change. We were a group of ten and so made reservations (though it seems that reservations are a must for groups of any size), and most of us picked the winning formula: a 25€ all-you-can-eat buffet. The drinks were extra, and we shared a bottle of red wine (not amazing) and each had cocktails (these were good). The self-service bar had everything you could think of, from the typical bean sprouts and mushrooms to okra, jalapeño, pineapple, different types of noodles, seafood, and then meat. I wasn't expecting to see crocodile, camel, kangaroo, turkey liver, and ostrich among the choices (hello sustainability?), but I was curious to try them. Once you pile your bowl with these raw ingredients, you set it on the counter before the chefs and in a few minutes it arrives, steaming hot, on your table. We ate and ate and then ate some more, but at some point we had to stop. The benefit of the buffet is that you can try so many different flavors and toppings, but quickly I found a favorite: a noodle-heavy, vegetable-heavy bowl with lots of crocodile and chili garlic sauce (my fellow diners also seemed to prefer this sauce to the others. It was genuinely garlicky, but if it isn't spicy enough, you can add more chili on top of it from the small chili bar across from the main serving station). I would come back to Essen just to eat here again. I haven't found anything like it in Paris!