It is NOT an all you can eat place anymore. The quality at this Mongolian BBQ has declined significantly. It is likely the ownership has changed. $23 for dinner or weekend but they are limiting you to two trips only. Tiny bowls. Each additional trip is $10 extra per trip. Basically means $11.50 for each bowl. Ridiculous expensive when it is not even delicacy. Furthermore, they removed all the hot entree which used to be free. This is essentially the most expensive and stingy Mongolian BBQ place I have ever been to. read more

MP Mongolian BBQ - The quality at this Mongolian BBQ has declined significantly. It is no longer an all you can eat place. - Buffets Near Me - Menlo Park, California

shut this place down. that's all i'm going to say. I have been running to the bathroom with a messed up stomach for the past week now. Someone call the health department because I feel like they cross contaminate their food or don't fully cook the food properly. Also, customer service is actually horrendous. Also, when i went to the bathroom in the restaurant, they keep a lot of their things (that are not all used for the bathroom) in a shelf in the bathroom. Why are the plastic bags used for to go boxes stored in the bathroom?????!!!! YUCK. The staff are rude and need to learn people skills or learn to be kind to EVERYONE not just particular customers. read more

I used to like this place like in 2017-2018, but now, everything changes. The food is somehow become too salty, much less types of food choice, limited two trips, and at the end, it inform me about no leftover, or food waste. Based on this taste? And it is forcing you to eat it all. OMG, such a bad experience for 2023. read more

MP Mongolian BBQ - Mixture of lamb, tofu, mushrooms and other staff - Buffets Near Me - Menlo Park, California

Went here yesterday with my friend since no other Mongolian bbq places were open on Sunday. The quality is super good. Their veggies are all fresh and you can tell this by the mushrooms. Mushrooms go south super quick but these ones were very fresh chopped that morning. Portions are huge... she loaded us up with beef, yum! Why 3 stars? Their sauce choices are bizarre... every Mongolian bbq place in the Bay Area has teriyaki and bbq. They do not. Everything was very sweet-- I used about 8 scoops of curry and a little oyster and garlic. They also didn't have green onions or baby corn (or even regular corn). Got my food, and it was insanely sweet with 0 curry flavor. My friend said he didn't taste curry either and agreed it was a sweet taste. Very odd. We also added garlic and didn't taste it. Maybe everything was super watered down? read more

MP Mongolian BBQ - Buffets Near Me - Menlo Park, California

The food is good, many options. The service is great, smiling faces. Today was my first time eating at this restaurant and i must say, the price is reasonable and the food was good. I will go back for sure. read more

This is not an all you can eat buffet - there is a limit of 2 bowls per trip, capped at 2 trips. The food offerings are similar to that of other Monoglian BBQs in the area, but pricier. However, lamb is not available here. Also, sides such as egg rolls are not free and must be purchased separately. Meat here is a little tougher than what I normally experience at a mongolian bbq. read more

This place is a great value. You get 2 trips to the buffet line (idk what else to call it) and 2 bowls each trip. You can load whatever you want into your bowls: noodles, vegetables, meat, sauces. I suggest loading up on the meat and leafy greens. They cook down and becomes less than you expect. You pass the raw ingredients to the cook and then watch as she/he cooks your meal. The process doesn't take too long. After you eat there is a soft serve ice cream machine. This was really nice because the ice cream was actually creamy and not icy. Overall that process is what you can expect from a good Mongolian BBQ restaurant. This place is quick, fresh, and a good value. read more

Just returned to this spot after having been to it many times year's ago. They still do a great job and food is good. My toddler was a fan of the rice and they even have soft serve ice cream. Plenty of beer but didn't see any wine for my mother in law! read more

Mongolian BBQ is always a myth to me. I feel like every time I try to "create a special dish" it comes back tasting the same as everything else to me...just meat and veggies tossed together in a nondescript sauce. But there's definitely better Mongolian BBQ with higher quality items, and worse. I find this place better than the other place in the bay area (well, there aren't so many of these!), in terms of cleanliness. The selection of food is pretty much the same, the sauces are a bit different, and you can eat a lot of food for an average amount of money. Oh and they have soft serve ice cream for dessert. Definitely a great place to bring a hungry person. I wouldn't come here regularly, but for the novelty... maybe once in a looooong while? read more

Went here for lunch with my bf on a Sunday afternoon. The place was not packed at, i think there was only about 4 other ppl in there. Anyways, its an AYCE place and you basically buid your own noodles. Love this concept! Just be careful and dont go over board on your first plate because you will get super full. They have a buffet with side dishes, but the fried rice was cold and crunchy and the orange chicken was cold and almost inedible to eat. Overall, i thought the place was OK. Not sure if I would come back, but glad i got to try it out. Oh btw, they have good soft serve! read more

MP Mongolian BBQ is a pretty solid place if you're craving some Mongolian grill. It follows the standard practice you see at other Mongo grills- there's a selection of veggies and meats and you pile them as high as you can in a bowl and douse it in sauce. Once you're done, the chef will cook it for you and it's all yours to eat afterwards. The big difference here is that it's all you can eat! When I was younger, my friends and I would go to Mongo bbq's that weren't AYCE, and we'd have to strategize on how to best pile our ingredients for maximum eats (we realized that piling the noodles on top of the meat would result in more meat and noodles that could fit in your bowl). Since it's AYCE here, you don't have to worry about that! There's a decent amount of meats and veggies to choose from and a huge selection of sauces at the very end. They even provide templates for sauce combinations if you're feeling creative. read more

Terrible service, terrible experience. We were given two bowls for the Togo order, and was told I put in too much food and they only filled the 2/3 of the togo box and asked me to pay the full price for the 2nd half of the food. read more

rude customer service, and got sick after eating here, i felt like the meat was not cooked all the way and if I said anything they would get annoyed... also felt like i was being stared at while eating. all the people i went with stomach hurt after eating as well. read more

Pretty good food, good service, and nice and clean place. I'll visit next time I'm in the area.

I'm not usually a fan of Mongolian BBQ because I felt that I would be eating similar style of food over and over again (all just stirred fried). However, I actually enjoyed my meal at MP Mongolian BBQ. First of all, the place was clean, certainly cleaner than the one in Downtown MV and the ingridients were fresh and abundance. There were shrimp, lamb, pork, chicken and beef for the protein option. For veggie lovers, there are a large selections of fresh vegetables (cabbage, onions, green onions, shredded carrots, zucchini, bean spouts, mushrooms, etc) and tofu :). You basically get a bowl or two, pile up with the items and pour some sauces over them and handed the bowls full of raw ingridients to the chef to cook them in front of you. The tricky park of mongolian BBQ is that you really have to know how much and what kind of combination of sauces that will work. They do have a recommendation of what sauces to put but you can experiment as well. In this restaurant, they also have a steam table with cooked food items that you can devour (all you can eat). When I was there (friday night), the menu was fried chicken cutlets, sweet & sour chicken, fried rice, sesame balls (dessert/sweets) and there was also a (bland tasting) egg drop soup and steam rice available. They also have an ice cream cone machine, yay! The service was really friendly. They were quite busy on that night that I went but there was no line and they constantly wipe down the buffet counter so that they look neat and clean. You can go back to cook as much food as you want. My friends and I had two rounds each lol.. yeah we were experiencing food coma afterwards hahahah. I will certainly go back to this place, love it! read more

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Read the Yelp reviews and had a craving for some Mongolian BBQ, so we headed toward Menlo Park Mongolian BBQ. The restaurant is located in the back of a shopping center with the front door facing the parking lot. We arrived at 7:15 pm and the restaurant was about 1/3 full. The decor is a bit bland but modern, clean and new. We were seated right away and got to making our food. They offer beef, pork, chicken, lamb and shrimp for the meats. The veggies were broccoli, tofu, onions, green onion, cilantro, carrots, celery, pineapple, water chestnuts, tomato, jalapeno peppers and bean spouts. They could have offered a larger selection of veggies. There was ample amount of different sauces. There were two chefs and the wait in line was short. The food was good and the selection of beers were good $3.50 for a Stella and $2.00 for a soda. The Hot bar had sesame buns egg rolls and the soup was a egg flower soup. Defiantly, a clean Mongolian BBQ and affordable meal. AYCE $14. Service was good. read more

I like buffets, I like Mongolian BBQ. Check it out, they combined the two together! Varieties of meat, veges, and sauces. You get to experiment and try different combination. There are also some hot food such as egg rolls, fried wonton. If you are hungry and craving for mongolian bbq, this is the spot! read more

Indoor dining was finally open again. Me and my group of friends went for dinner yesterday. The food was delicious. The service was great and the workers were very covid safety conscious. I cannot recommend enough! read more

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Food: 4 Decor: 3 Service: 4 Came here with a party of 20 for a friend's birthday for lunch Saturday (AYCE for $12 pp). Chefs: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/IccyNXafP876EY6vkHetbg?userid=2fN8mN7uUjOw-QqtcgYqXQ#Rg9JlwVARFuU6KChLY_iLA http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/IccyNXafP876EY6vkHetbg?userid=2fN8mN7uUjOw-QqtcgYqXQ#Jf3u-uzt8HT4l1nUaFfG_Q Food: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/IccyNXafP876EY6vkHetbg?userid=2fN8mN7uUjOw-QqtcgYqXQ#wv6s2YG4wuO1ccLEuTNzog http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/IccyNXafP876EY6vkHetbg?userid=2fN8mN7uUjOw-QqtcgYqXQ#rKPVOI08mA2hP8M-rn7nPw Pros: -decent service for a buffet -cheap Cons: -some shrimp still had shells on, and some meat was frozen together -didn't replace meat on time when it was running low -soft serve was watery and tasted a bit weird -long lines (only 1 person preparing food) Tip: go with their suggested sauces, then add some chili if you like it hot read more

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Good food. Relaxing setting. Easy parking. Worthy. Variety of food. Convenient. Friendly.

I really enjoyed the lamb and beef with noodles topped with shredded Long stem carrots, cabbage, spinach, onions, mushrooms, pineapple, sliced jalapeños, water chestnuts, broccoli cilantro, sprouts... with soy sauce, garlic sweet and sour sauce deliciousness! THANK YOU... So gOOd I had a second serving! read more

Ample parking, no line, effective social distancing. Easy self-serve vegetables, noodles, & sauces with many vegetarian options. Quick, friendly service with fresh, steaming hot, delicious food. During COVID-19, I felt totally comfortable dining here. My only complaint is that a dine-in meal (consisting of just noodles & vegetables--no sides or desserts) for 2 vegetarians cost $50 tonight. I wouldn't consider going back unless vegetarian options were cheaper, or maybe if a more full menu were available. read more

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My boyfriend loves this place and we usually go here together at least once a month. AYCE Mongolian BBQ with a wide selection of meats and vegetables that you can choose from. You pile them in 2 bowls, pick your sauces and wait for your turn to have your food grilled. This place is usually pretty crowded for lunch and dinner on the weekends. I'm not sure about the weekdays for lunch, but dinner on the weekdays may be busy depending on the time you go. They also have side items to choose from such as fried rice, chicken, soup and egg rolls. I enjoy the side items, but they are pretty filling. If it is your first time here, I recommend that you stick to the sauce recommendation lists. read more

I can't believe that you pay for your meal and you're not allowed to take what's on your plate home so you have to throw all your food away that you don't eat when there's people that are on the street starving that can't afford to pay for food and by the way My fiancé wasn't feeling well and we still had to pay $65 for the food and wasn't allowed to take it home unbelievable I will not eat there again! read more

Listen, this spot is lovely! Pile on all the meat you can (it shrinks so double or triple what you want) and enjoy! Honestly I love the noodles, but people sleep on their fried rice- there's not much too it onions, carrots and Egg + protein but they season the rice so well and it's got the perfect texture! They have wonderful pick up/takeout service during COVID shut down ( the only thing to note is the noodles absorb a TON of the sauce so if you're taking out be sure to eat right away or you'll feel like the sauce disappeared) read more

This place is super easy to get to and has a ton of parking. They are open during covid for take out which was super easy to do. With that being said itbjabharder to make your mongolian bbq plate your own since you are not controlling the portions of what goes on your plate. Still a decent neal, ton of food, amd enjoyable experience! read more

Never been before great food and quick service. Food was fresh and the vegetables had a great crunch. Drive San Jose to Menlo Park just to eat, would highly recommend. read more

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Negative 1 star. Really bad experience just now with the check-in person!!! He scolded my son for holding the door open for me (really?!) and then after we got in line continued to talk down to my son a second time. I went to intervene and asked him to stop and the rudeness continued. Our party of 6 walked out!! We are regular customers and bring many of our friends to this place. What is going on? Major customer DISSERVICE. Some training in decency and respect is definitely called for. read more

Pretty good for AYCE Mongolian BBQ but slightly pricey for dinner at $17...create your own noodle, meat, and sauce combinations and they cook it in front of you! My brother loves this place so finally went with my family for a Sunday dinner stop. Compared to some other Mongolian bbq places I have been, this one is more spacious and has more comfortable seating. What is fun is being able to create your plates by grabbing an empty bowl (or, pro-tip, two) and filling it with their frozen sliced meats, veggies, and sauce combinations. Upon first glance, the egg noodles are fresh and not stuck together at all. There is chicken, pork, beef, and lamb (only on weekends) which you can grab as much as you want of before heading to grab veggies such as onions, mushrooms, spinach, and baby corn. The final stop allows you to ladle your own flavor combination, choosing from diluted versions of soy, garlic, oyster, and other sauces. While it may take a couple trips to fine tune your desired flavor, it's pretty fun and interactive (especially for kids). My only disclaimer is that I wouldn't bring friends with major food allergies, vegetarians, and individuals extremely sensitive to spicy food here. Since everything is cooked in one large flat-top, vegetarians uneasy about meat touching their food would not enjoy it here. While I don't mind, I'm always in for a surprise when I don't add any spicy sauces but my plate ends up spicy--It's residue from the large amount off chili oil the person in front of me adds to their plate (most of the time it's from my dad, but still be warned). Overall, the workers to make and effort to keep the bar clean as people rush in and out to grab their food options. They also have a hot food bar with some options for okay-fried rice, orange chicken, and fried egg rolls which are all good for a break from noodles. Their ice cream soft serve is actually pretty good--a creamier version of McDonalds soft serve to me. For $17, it's a little pricey for me based on the limited bowls I can eat. For others such as my older brother who can devour like 45 bowls in one sitting, this place is perfect. read more

This is my go to place for lunch or dinner, as they have so many options (including gluten-free friendly) that you can pick and choose and have them grill it, to your flavoring. I am gluten intolerant, so I just grab only the meat and vegetables, and then I fill my bowl with rice (they have both steamed rice and fried rice). It's very reasonably priced, and you can get a lot of food, as many times as you want. I recommend that when you're grabbing ingredients, use many bowls and fill them sparsely. This'll make it easier to add ingredients and condiments. My only complaint is that they removed bell peppers in 2017 and never offered them again. Bell peppers tasted so good with everything. I understand that they are pricey, and I would be willing to pay extra to add bell peppers to my bowl. read more

My son really enjoyed a Mongolian BBQ place close to our home so I decided to take him here while we were visiting the area. Service is an issue. When you walk in you are not sure if you just grab a bowl and go through the line or wait until you are seated. We didn't see any employee so we got in line. I believe at a Mongolian BBQ the sauce combinations are what can make or break the overall experience. I somewhat followed the guide for "first timers" except I added more spice to mine. It still came out less flavorful than I wanted. As other reviews stated it was more sweet than anything. Not wanting to waste food, I didn't go through a second time, however I paid for a to-go order for my wife and made the appropriate changes I thought were needed to make it taste better. She ended up still not enjoying it. My 11yo son was charged the full adult dinner rate, which I thought was weird. Total for 3 meals was $73+tip. I am now reading that there was soft serve for dessert--no one informed us of this while we were there. read more

39 cents. 1 star for customer service. We walk in. Asked how many, I said 4. Our group of 4 people sat next to 3 people we knew. So we were charged 18% service charge at a place where I seat myself and get my own food. Except a cooking station with a separate tip jar. Spoke to the guy at the register who didn't care and was willing to ruin our mediocre experience with even worse customer service. He said read the fine print. "* parties of 7 or more will be charged 18%". 39 cents. That's the difference between the mandatory 18% service charge vs the standard 15% tip. And the food. The serve yourself meat, veggies, and noodles was 3 stars at best. My creation. But also the sesame hockey puck bread was tasteless and dense. The hot and sour soup was the worst tasting ever. Flavorless colored water. Fried rice was a joke. 1 egg in a big platter of rice. I won't be coming back. Too many other choices in the Bay area to have to deal with mediocre food and crap customer service. read more

MP Mongolian BBQ - The same guy at the register who insisted on charging 18% because we sat beside some people we knew. - Buffets Near Me - Menlo Park, California

Very clean place, nice set up, all of the different meats are presented in clean and well separated bins. For $2.99 extra above the $17.99 you can have shrimp. Two bawls one for veggies and one for meat. Just enough for one time. Kind of expensive for once through. They have small veggie rolls fried and some donut holes , rice, hot and sour soup. Way too much food for dinner. But tasty , and fresh. Will come back when I am really hungry! read more

I gave it 3 stars mostly because of the value. For $13.99 for lunch you get all you can eat mongolian BBQ, plus there's a side bar with fried rice, egg rolls, white rice, a few other fried things, hot and sour soup, and then a frozen yogurt machine. However the actual BBQ portion is just ok, and I say that mostly because of the sauces. The ingredients are pretty good with the thinly slice (and pre frozen) cuts of chicken, pork, or beef (there is an add on of white shrimp for an up charge) and then there's noodles if you want, and then a whole slew of fresh stuff - broccoli, onions, mushrooms, zucchini, pineapple, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, spinach and others. And then at the end you create your sauces from a bunch of different liquids like chili, curry, soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, sugar, garlic, ginger, hot oil. But it's all these really thin liquids, so even if you make the curry sauce, it's not a real curry type of sauce because it's a thin liquid only. I prefer the mongolian BBQ places that offer the thicker heartier sauces and things like coconut milk and actual garlic and ginger paste to bring more flavor and heartiness to your dish, but it seems in the Bay Area there aren't many mongolian bbq places to choose from. Not super crowded on a weekday lunch but there was a fair amount of flow through so people seem to know about this place. Friendly service, although not a lot of it since it's just greeting you and then refilling your water, but they were friendly. Tons of free parking in the lot off of El Camino. read more

One of my favorite place to eat and talk with my wife, the price is right and it an all you can eat place. We love the environment and it a good place to bring family and friends to for a chat. Healthy ingredients and they also have awesome sides too and a creamy ice cream to top it off. I just love the place. read more

MP Mongolian BBQ - A mix of love(Mongolian BBQ) - Buffets Near Me - Menlo Park, California

Hello dinner to-go for 4 north of $100.00???0ther than that 4 stars. Fresh ingredients. It's a buffet all you can eat.I will go back for lunch menu, to investigate further. read more

AYCE mongolian bbq. that alone says it all. come for lunch and its only ~13$. just keep making your bowls and they will cook it for you. add as much or as little sauces as you want. they have signs to help if you dont know what youre doing. i just do lots of garlic and hot sauce. for lunch besides the bbq, they have soup, rice, fried rice, and sweet and sour fried chips. and of course they have soft serve ice cream when you are done and so full you are feeling guilty. the meats are good with chicken, pork, and beef. plenty of veggies and noodles. cooks really fast so you dont have to wait too long. for the price its a great place. you make it taste how you want. water comes in beer mugs. hehe. come with an appetite leave with regrets. lol read more

MP Mongolian BBQ - Buffets Near Me - Menlo Park, California

A surprisingly great place to grab some Mongolian BBQ spot quite closet to Menlo Park Cal train station. Cheap price and AYCE like most Mongolian places. Go heavy with the sauces because you tend to lose a lot of taste in the cooking process. read more

Wish I could give zero stars. Super expensive for Mongolian bbq, and they give you a huge attitude if you want to take your leftovers home. I understand if I had loaded up but I had ONE tiny bowl, not even full because I didn't want to waste food. Crap business, I can't believe they're still here. read more

I am not an expert in dining Mongolian-style meals. But for $11.99, you get to be creative and choose any raw Asian pasta, meat(s), vegetable(s), and any combination of sauce(s) and condiment(s) to have your dish grilled in a (give or take) 2,500 degree heated round stove cooked thoroughly by the professional chef. Of note: Raw pasta and some of the raw items are expanded in size and may require more than one bowl. But once the chef cooks all the raw ingredients, the items will shrink. In addition to the pasta buffet, you can also get a choice of appetizers; such as pot stickers, egg rolls, fried won ton skins and white and fried rice. There is also a frozen yogurt machine too for dessert!\ The pasta dish was indeed cooked completely well to my liking. The restaurant also sells a few bottle beers. Beers and Chow Mein...mmm! read more

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