I've been here twice so far, and its yummy but i dont make good concoctions myself. =/
Tonight my friends and i came here to celebrate a birthday, the workers here were very friendly and took a picture for us and also gave us a candle and plates for our cupcakes!
Our service wasn't too good but that's not the waiters fault (fully) our table was out of her section so i understand.
If you come here on the weekend, it'll be crazy packed! try to make a reservation!
they also have drink specials all week!
I think i'll come back for a special occasion but 12.99 for a bowl is a bit expensive and not really worth it for me
For lunch, not a bad value. Â $9 for the meat option and one trip through of as much as you can stack into your bowl which, if you do it right, can be quite a lot. Â That also includes brown or white rice or tortillas for the table. Â Service was average at the table and it is worth the time that you stand around the grill, waiting for your food to be cooked, because the grillers do put on a pretty amusing show sometimes. Â Oh, and you might get to bang on the gong. Â It does take some time - it's not a quick meal - but it's worthwhile. Â Even if your clothes will smell like food when you leave.
Review Source:My husband and I went to BD's in Naperville tonight for dinner as we had not been there for awhile, and the BD's in Vernon Hills had closed. We live about an hour from this BD"s as we did from the one in VH and I had been looking forward to it.  I was pretty disappointed.  We were seated right away, but then waited at least 10 minutes for a server to stop by to take our drink order (diet cokes)and then still had to wait  for him to to bring the drinks to the table before he brought us our bowls to start - bowls were kept at the start of the line in Vernon Hills - this became an issue with us when our server was not  paying attention to our table and we were ready to go up for a second round and staring at our empty plates, waiting for him to stop by to get another bowl.  Also the bowls were noticeably smaller - not sure if it is all BD's or just this one but  with the economy I'm guessing all.
The line itself was not as clean as it should have been, but not surprising with the smaller bowls. More things fall out and spill when there is not  enough room in the bowl. (every container of food had at least 2 other food items in it that did not belong)
What once was a fun place to go for fresh good stir-fry is now a messy place, just okay cooking (I remember when the cooks interacted with the customers), and sub standard service.
For something as simple as DIY stir fry. BD's has hit it on the head in delivering what should be a no brainer, as a culinary disaster. I will give them credit that the atmosphere was something that for a family, children may get a kick out of, but that's where the compliments end. Where to begin. First, white rice. A staple of most Asian cuisine. With modern day rice cookers like the ones we buy from our neighborhood Asian market (yes I am talking about non-American brands here), cooking rice can be done well even for dummies. They can't even get that right! The rice was dry, tasteless, and crunchy meaning that its been sitting in there for way too long. The meat choices look like the meat had been sitting in a freezer, freezer burned, dry, and lifeless. The veggies didn't look too bad, and there was a decent selection, but when it came down to cooking it, we'll I might as well have gone to the local vegan raw restaurant. All my thick veggies were practically raw! Sure the meat looked cooked, but the veggies looked like they saw all of 30 seconds under heat. Even the tofu was cold in the middle, which could be from the fact that they provide it in the biggest cubes I have ever seen and therefore will not cook properly through, or the person cooking, has never cooked tofu before and doesn't know to cut it into smaller pieces. All in all, for 2 people, @ $30 with water to drink, this was outrageously overpriced for the poor quality of food.
Review Source:Wish I could give 0 stars. The meat smells rancid, the noodles are slopped all over the counter...so gross. My bowl was cooked horribly, turned out black and tasted like char. When I told the waitress I was not paying the ridiculous $9 for my burnt bowl that was about 3 oz. of food and that I couldn't even eat, she had the nerve to be rude and throw her hands in the air when telling her manager. Horrible service and dirty. I was devastated when I realized Flat Top (same concept, MUCH better quality) was right across the street. Also instead of standing in a huge line waiting for your stir fry, at flat top you have your name on your bowl and they kindly bring it to you when theyre done...
Review Source:eli h below hit it on the head. Â these places are so gross i can't believe i let my kids talk me into going there. Â let's dip community tongs in raw meat and vegetables while ur kid runs his hands through the salad bar and sneezes all over my little bowl. Â
then you get to the main event....the 4 awkward teenagers huddled around the iron disk spreading e-coli while making you uncomfortable with pre-pubescent banter.
sucks. Â and not cheap.
Bd's Mogolian Grill is a unique stir fry experience. The guys at the grill are always enertaining regardless of how busy they are. During busy times there can be long lines to get to the grill and through the ingredients though. The ingredients are always fresh and tasty. Soup and salad is included with every meal which is a nice touch. Prices are a little expensive, but you can make it worth it by the variety that you put in your bowl (for the stir fry). Service is decent, maybe could be better, but overall is a good experience.
Review Source:It's a little sad how the once almost exotic novelty of create your own stir fry has since been homogenized into a filthy restaurant with poor service and an attitude of "Eh, we'll just cook whatever." Perhaps it's the rose colored glasses of nostalgia, but when BD's Mongolian Grill first opened, it really felt special. Your server would come by, explain the whole process, offer suggestions, keep your beverages constantly topped off, and just generally serve as your tour guide through what used to be a really cool experience that seemed to blend almost-teppanyaki style cooking with an all you can eat buffet. The buffet area was meticulously clean and orderly, and the guys cooking your food engaged the people waiting, making you excited to take another trip up.
But, oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Your typical Mongolian Grill trip these days involves standing around waiting for a table as the wait staff focuses more on checking their text messages than they do cleaning tables and seating people. From there, you sit down, some greasy and/or sticky menu cards are tossed your way, and your drink orders are taken. Keep your fingers crossed they have clean glasses, as the last time we went we were served with an apology and mason jars.
From there, you're given a bowl to fill up, and are told to have at it. As mentioned before, beyond a couple paintings on the wall and a few sauce selections, they've all but entirely ditched the Asian theme. Meatballs, sausage slices, and all sorts of other strange selections have joined the old standards, although it's all so poorly curated that no matter what meat you select chances are you're getting a little bit of at least a few others. The vegetables are even worse, and the saucing station (along with the floor below it) looked like it hadn't been wiped down this decade.
Once you make it to the grill area, it's not much of a surprise that it's even more repulsive. I'm sure the grill itself is fine since I can't imagine any bacteria on this planet that can survive the heat of the massive cast iron cook top, but I'm not sure the same can be said for the metal utensils they use to stir everyone's food as well as the tile floor surrounding the grill- Both of which seem to share a thick layer of black greasy sludge.
From there, interactivity is limited to continually being told to move to the left, as you stand there inadvertently judging the culinary combinations of others, and second guessing your own. Oh, also, a new monstrosity we discovered this trip is the fact that human ingenuity has resulted in people double-dipping into the salad bar to add cheese to their creations. Apparently that's a thing now, and useful if you really want to shatter your previous daily caloric intake records.
The food itself is decent, as I'm not really sure it's possible to mess up a mixture of meat, vegetables, and a random sauce. Make sure you pay attention to their beer specials too, as with soft drinks priced at nearly $3, you might as well flip out the extra 50¢ and get a tall glass of beer.
I suppose the novelty of BD's Mongolian Grill still makes it worth vaguely checking out, although I'm not sure why you'd come here anymore unless the wait at Flat Top Grill (Which is quite literally across the street.) is too long. If you get squeamish about dirty restaurants, stay far, far away from this one.
A lot more choices than Flat Top...but just not as good, in my opinion. There seems to be a quality lacking.
It seems more aimed at kids...and therefore there's always more families there than couples or adult groups.
I also don't like that you have to stand there and wait for your meal to finish...but they are entertaining at least.
But I still give it 4 stars, because the service has always been good and the food always tasted great and left me satisfied.
I came here for lunch with my parents, my brother, and his wife. We were immediately seated and the hostess had us sit at a table of four and pulled up another chair. When my mom complained, the hostess somewhat reluctantly, moved us to another table that seated six.
I ordered a Pomegranate Raspberry lemonade and as the refills kept coming the ratio kept changing until I was just drinking raspberry lemonade.
The concept of this restaurant is really interesting. It's an interesting twist on an all you can eat buffet. You order a bowl per person, the next one is two dollars, and any one after that is free. You put together everything you want to eat in the bowl and there are plenty of sauces and spices. Then you give it to the chef and they cook it there right in front of you.
I found it only to be good if you are trying to eat traditional Mongolian. I tried some of my brother's firecracker shrimp and it just didn't taste right. I got two bowls of duck and sirloin and both meats were good (I liked the sirloin more) and I just mixed spices and sauces willy-nilly style and it turned out good. There are suggested recipes to make certain dishes but I wanted to create my own inventions. Afterward, I tried to make mahi mahi fish tacos but the mahi mahi cooked on the same surface as all the other meats just tasted burned and charred so the fish tacos were a failure.
I didn't get to try either soup of the day.
If you're looking for an asian fusion type meal, look no further, but it's going to get old real fast and trying to do something new (my brother tried chicken fajitas also) will be either hit or miss.
I like this place. It's very casual and a great stop for lunch to avoid all the dinner time crowds. They have daily drink specials too, which is nice if you are looking for some cheap drinks. It's a create your own stir-fry restaurant, so you grab a bowl from your server and head up to concoct your dish.
I always make one bowl of stir-fry with some chicken, beef and vegetables. The veggie and meat selection is always fresh and diverse. There are meat options such as chicken, sausage, beef tenderloin, sirloin, duck, shrimp, calamari, etc. Veggies are great too- I love that they have waterchesnuts here! They give the stir-fry a nice crunch. One bowl (full to the top, mind you) is always more than enough to satisfy me- although my boyfriend really likes the AYCE option.
The desserts always look tempting, but by the time I'm finished, there's no room. They have massive desserts that are really good for sharing. This is a great place for a group of friends to go for a celebration, or just a night out.
The service is sometimes spotty, but overall, the place has a good vibe going on.
We went there for a Sunday lunch. The food and concept is pretty good, and the grill masters decently entertaining. Unfortunately, they were messing around too much and ended up mixing up three of the dishes and, thus, passed them on to the wrong people...
Other than that though, our server, Marcus, was great! The lunch price-point is under $10/person if you get the one-time bowl, but it fills you up so that is great! Sometimes it gets a little too noisy with how crowded it is and the periodic ringing of the gong and so it is hard to even hear the person across from you.
Taste-wise, I prefer it over FlatTop Grill though.
In a battle between FlatTop grill across the street and Mongolian BBQ, Mongo would win every time! The grilled taste that their stir fry technique gives to the food is way more satisfying to me. I love that it's not a soupy consistency. Also, I think that the quality of their meats is top notch!
The grill masters are very entertaining and try to help everyone have fun during the short wait for your food at the grill. They sometimes do tricks with their grill sticks, sing, etc. They do more stuff if they see you give them a tip, and then they bang the gong a little bit!
Great place to go with a group! See you soon!
When I've been in a hurry for some stir fry, I've usually defaulted to Panda Express, not because they are gourmet, but rather because the experience from store to store is fairly consistent.
A friend that works in the area introduced me to BD's, and quite frankly, it is a step up from my beloved Panda Express. Go munch on bamboo shoots Panda girl, you're about to become an ex. Well, not quite, as there aren't that many BD's around. Okay Miss Panda, will you take me back?
Anyways, where were we? Oh yes, BD's Grill. The format is simple. Mix and match your meat and greens, toss it in a bowl till it is overflowing and then hand it to the chefs to sizzle to perfection. Imagine Old Country Buffet style, only with much fresher ingredients and then add an 800 degree grill with massive sword style tongs to toss your goodies. Hungry yet? You bet.
Three tips for the savvy connoisseur of grilled goodness:
1. These folks are busy on the weekends, get here early and park your car on the Chicago St garage, there isn't any street parking left if you arrive later in the evening.
2. Sign up for their email newsletter for discounts.
3. Come in on your birthday for a free meal on the house!
Panda Grill, when my other lover is not in neighborhood, will you have me back? Please? I hate to beg.
The bf LOOOOOVES Mongolian cooking, so for his birthday a few months ago, we HAD to go.
I'd been there once before and what I like about it is that you totally control what goes in your bowl. So, it's a good choice for those who prefer not to eat meat or are watching carbs. Â (However, bear in mind that EVERYONE's food gets cooked on the same grill.)
I was able to whip an incredibly hot and firey seafood stirfy and leave out the rice, for example. The bf was free to create his usual Mongolian beef.
And for those of you who are not culinary whizzes, they've got recipe cards that give you a hint about how to combine foods in the right proportions so that your dish will  turn out tasty.
The only criticism that I would make is that the first time when I went on a Wednesday nite, the food seemed fine. However when I went on a Saturday afternoon, I thought there was a lot of carbonized bits in my food. I think they should have scraped the grill surface a bit more stringently that day.
Pros: You control the bowl.
Cons: You gotta stand in line and wait for your food to cook.
We went here because a couple of our friends work(ed) here - I guess if I'm being completely honest (hopefully my friends won't read this), it wasn't that spectacular. If I had to choose between Flat Top Grill and this place, I would go with Flat Top, and for one simple reason: here at BD's you get all of your stuff together in a bowl just like Flat Top. The difference is that here you stand in line while they cook your food and at Flat Top, you can go back to your seat and enjoy talking with the people you came to the restaurant with. We went here on a busy Friday night and we spent a solid 10-15 minutes standing in line waiting for our food to be done rather than relaxing at our table...not a big deal, but I go to a restaurant to have dinner with people, not to stand in line and watch them make my food.
As for price, my wife and I both had one drink and between that and the meal...it was $50 - which isn't bad, but it's not great for what you get. Again, Flat Top is more reasonable in this regard.
A word for BD's Mongolian Grill Mgmt: I get that your food is made in a Mongolian style, but that's where the comparisons end...you really don't need the ambiguously Asian pictures on the wall, or a gong that is occasionally hit at random.
As I re-read this review I realize that it is a bit negative. I would suggest watching the people at the grill once, they are very skilled with their instruments and the way they toss and egg around, crack it and dispose of the shell is very entertaining. Also, without a doubt you will leave here full, unless of course you don't put enough food in your own bowl.
This is a really hit or miss place. If you like to make your own food, and are a good cook then its great. If however you are not a good cook, its going to be bad. The food sits out but it always seems fine. The price for what your going to get is a great value. The cook are usually ok, but once in awhile they burn your food.
The drink specials are good.
The servers are also hit or miss. Sometimes they are amazing, other times just clueless. I think that is normal for a lot of places.
Obviously a lot of people love this place, because it is always packed.
It's a great place to eat and hang with friends, but the food is BLAH! It's a nice idea to pick out the ingredients in your own dish and have someone cook it in front of you but for those who don't know how to mix and match ingredients; then it's a waste of a dish and MONEY...it's just going to taste terrible! Second time i went which was a couple days ago I got a terrible stomach ache. Mongolian bbq is a terrible place to go.
I wouldn't go again, not my kind of restaurant and it was pretty bad a gross.
Germiphobe's nightmare.
I feel a little conflicted about this place. Â And no matter how many people tell me that somehow it is safe, some voice inside always screams to me that it is never okay to let raw meat sit around or let people cross contaminate the non-meat items by touching the meat with their tongs as they put more crap in their bowls.
Aside from that, the one sauce I wanted to try, garlic chili, was empty, so I had to substitute with the kung pao. Â It had a spicy kick to it, but was otherwise lacking in flavor.
I got my bowl filled and brought it up to the counter and the griller tried to do something fancy with his tongs and my bowl and managed to spill the top half of my bowl onto my feet. Â Yes, I was wearing sandals. Yes, there was meat juice.
I tried to go back and refill it, but the line was so busy and I just gave up. Forget it. Â Good food at a restaurant shouldn't take this much work.
It's been a long time since I've been here and we had to hit it up for a business lunch just last week.
I feel as if they've streamlined it back a bit over the years as they probably had too many options for people and no one knew what the heck to do when putting together their bowls.
So although there are still a wide variety of meats and fish to choose from, they've cut it down and also tried to get creative by encouraging you to make a pasta bowl (with meatballs and marinara) or other ethnic type dishes.
If you only want to make one trip ($9.99 versus $12.99 for multiples) then you need to really pack in that bowl as once everything hits the flat-tops it tends to shrink up pretty good. Â It still gives you a good quantity plus you get rice and/or tortillas at the table to accompany your creations.
Waitstaff was really attentive and not too pushy. Â I really do love this place but I guess I liked it more when it had more spices/sauces/meats and less of the pasta-inspired things.
I went after a long time and all i can say is AWEEEESSOOOOMMME!
Yummy. If you are a big eater--come here. If you are a big meat or even just a vege person-come here! The restaurant is BIG. You can smell the wonderful spices from outside. Right in the middle of downtown Naperville, this is the perfect spot to spend 12 bucks for non-stop food.
I went tonight, a Tuesday night, and it was pretty full. The service is excellent, they are very friendly and make you feel comfortable. When creating my own stir-fry bowl, I added pasta, chicken, some veges...but I definitely put in the mango marinara (its sweet with a kick!) They have eggs, amazing sauces (you can sample some!) Teriyaki and BBQ are pretty popular with loads of spices. A tip is to fill small bowls (like pair up steak with veges) then fill the next bowl when you go up with shrimp, and so worth!
They provide you with your choice of rice (brown, white) and warm tortillas at the table! If you tip the guys heating your food, give them a tip! They work hard, and fast, and are sweating while being super friendly! They will a bong on the drum thing? Haha.
People that love the place, literally love it because it's the only restaurant they eat at when they come to downtown Naperville. Trust me, I know, I've been living in this town for awhile, and the same people keep returning!
I know it can get busy on weekends, like all restaurants, but don't wait, just come hungry EARLY! So it doesn't get TOOOO busy.
Well anyways, I'm stuffed, so I'm going to go relax now!
BD's Mongolian Barbecue is a type of restaurant that plays on two very instinctual American feelings. Â The first, and possibly the most exploited at this particular joint, is the idea of getting your money's worth. Â The phrase "getting my money's worth" is probably uttered more than drink orders. Â The waiters push the extra bowls like a dealer, where the first taste isn't nearly enough for satisfaction, and by the second bowl you're hooked.
When I eat here I suddenly become ravenous. Â I pile my bowl high with meat products and the occasional broccoli stalk (to avoid any judgment from the staff and other patrons). Â In the past they've had trouble with putting out ingredients that are still frozen, but my last particular visit featured fully thawed food, which is a marked improvement. Â
The nice thing about this place is that if you find the food to be less than tasty you can only blame yourself, and you're offered a second chance to get it right. Â I recommend eating here if for no other reason than to get in touch with your subconscious American desire to stuff your face for as little money as possible.
Service was pretty bad but my meal was pretty good. I'm torn. Since I actually created the meal myself, but they grilled it up for me who deserves the credit here?
Ok, 5 stars for me 2 for them. Using an equation that I would like to keep secret i'm going to make that 3 stars.
Truthfully, next time I'll probably just go across the street to Flattop. Same idea except that I don't have to stand there and watch the cooks talking to each other while waiting for my food.
Friendly service and food that is as good as you want to make it. If you're like me and can't cook your way out of a box of Hamurger Helper, there are recipe cards that tell you what to use for different dishes (sweet & sour chicken, BBQ pork, etc). Watching them cook everyone's food is fun in a novel sort of way. Endless returns to the buffet are a big plus, too. Â $9 a plate is a great deal, when you consider how many times you can refill that plate.
The only down side is that it's in Naperville. I and many of my friends live in Oak Park and Forest park, and driving to Naperville for a meal is a bit out of the way.
If you're in the area, check it out. It's a fun place for groups of friends or for a family outing.
Good
-friendly service
-lively atmosphere (more for groups vs dates when you want an intimate setting)
-you get to choose whatever ingredient you want
-unlimited soup & salad if you get the stir fry meals ($12.99/1 bowl or $14.99 for unlimited bowls)
-a lot of ingredients to choose from
Bad & ugly
-the "grill" was pretty much our food put in the grill and left there for a few minutes --- the grillers did not really constantly move/watch the food which resulted to my veggies being burnt & my chicken being super chewy like rubber
-quality of meats not very good (for the price you pay for the very small bowl they provide, you'd expect quality ingredients --- not so much)
-POOR QUALITY OF MEATS
-POOR QUALITY OF MEATS
-POOR QUALITY OF MEATS
-did I mention: POOR QUALITY OF MEATS?
Bottom line
- Run...run...run away. Â This is the "bastardized" version of a mongolian grill! Â Yikes!!
Mongolian grill my ass!
Now, I've done plenty of Mongolian grilled food while living in Cali. They even have them at the malls and you get a big steaming hot container of goodness w/all the fixins you like for like $5. This place is an insult to the real thing. They should be slapped with a glove and challenged to a duel for their impiety! Pistols at dawn!
It's like Applebee's attempting to go Asian, but got their info from Wikipedia instead of a reliable source. This is nowhere near coming close to possibly tasting like the real thing. Nuh uh, not at all. Â
[1] You pile up your bowl yourself, which is grand and all, but in Cali it's better for them to do it because they are skilled at getting the most in your bowl. Seeing as they do it day in and out. Â All the beef looks the same and none of the meat is marinated. NONE. Sigh.
[2] Â You pick your sauce too, which I opted for their lowest calorie sauce (shittake mushroom) which equaled tasteless and you can add some spices too. Â Sooooooooooooooo. . . Â Aren't I doing the prep work for you BD? Why are you charging me the price of a place that's doing all of it? Â
[3] You get up there around the cooking drum and I can tell you right now they let the food sit unmoved on the drum too long. The authentic places in Cali keep the food moving constantly. That's how you have a high level of overall doneness. Â
Many of my veggies were burned and unpleasantly chewy. Â Adding spices didn't help at all. I could have done way better at home and was tempted to get on the cooking drum and show them how it's done. Â Move over wannabees. They served rice and tortillas with it at the table. Huh? Once again, NO! It's supposed to be a noodle stir-fry anyway so what is up with the lack of proper noodles first, then the rice, and are you kidding me with the tortillas?
The only things I enjoyed was my company and my apple cobbler sundae at the end. Â I'll say the service was pleasant as well and they can't be held responsible for this terrible injustice. Â I'll be waiting for this "BD" at dawn in an open grassy field, pistol at the ready. Â He'll pay for this.
Obviously , as previous reviews have said, this is basically a create your own stir fry place. Â It's a little pricey, but the food is pretty good. Â It's nice to actually go to a buffet that has fresh veggies and meat, and everything isn't deep fried. Â It's a nice change from always going to the usual buffets. Â
I've tried most of the sauces, and seasonings, and they are really tasty. Â I understand when someone said it was "Applebee's attempting to go Asian"...but this IS Naperville...come on, of course it's going to be like that. Â Either way though, it's a decent place to eat, especially if you love stir fry, and love to make your own creations!
Do you like to eat? Â Do you like to cook? Â 'cause if you liked to cook why are you reading a review about a restaurant? (huh...interesting)
Anywho, if you like to eat and you like to cook And you're adventurous ANd you are part Mongolian AND if you like stir fry - you will really like this place. Â
You get to basically make your own meal. Â Mix and match everything you could ever want. Â Fish with chicken, lobster with roast beef - noodles with fruit, WHATEVER your heart, eyes, and stomach desires. Â Imagine you're a little kid and you are presented with a buffet line, what do you do? Â You grab all of your favorite things, throw them on a grill, toss on some sauce and hope that in the end - it all will taste good. Â (this is where your cooking skills are most likely going to come in hand, as I don't cook, it was surprisingly good)
The price isn't too bad, I had a few drinks to numb my taste buds (that's how much I don't cook!!!) and I left there full and content.
Enjoy!
Your best bet is to come here wearing sweat pants. Once you have a bowl from this place you're not going to be able to stop and end up busting the button off your jeans. So many choices, quality, fresh ingredients. You can't top it the endless combonations of entress and tastes to  tickle your pallette. You just can't!
Can't say too many bad things about this place. I really like the remodel. But the place is so popular for dinner, you always have to wait almost an hour, and the lines to get your food grilled are always daunting and slow. Luckily the food makes it all worth while!
I think maybe the first time you are here, you'll enjoy the banter of the chefs while they cook your food. As you move down the line you almost forget why you were standing in line in the first place, then BAM! Â Your food is done, and you can FEAST. The second or third time, however all you want are the cooks to stop bothering you with their witty quirks and their chirpy demeanor. Of course that's only because you know what you're missing by standing in line. Mmmmmm..........Mongolian Barbeque :::drools:::
I have to say this is one of the best Mongolian restaurants I have been to. Â My wife is a huge fan of Mongolian places so I have been to many of them. Â The nice thing about BD's is the following:
1. It is clean... a big change over most Mongolian restaurants.
2. Lots of different spices and sauces.
3. Lots of different kinds of meats.
4. You can actual taste the different meats once you food is cooked!
I am surprised this chain has not found its way to the west coast. Â I know one guy below said "food-court-ization of ethnic foods".... I do not know if he has ever been to Mongolia, but there are not a lot of Mexicans in a booth cooking over a round stove... so I do not think there is a "real" Mongolian restaurant in the area. Â
At the end of the day.. this place is good food. Â I do not give a crap if you call it Berma-golian!
There once was a BD's Mongolian BBQ on Clark Street in Lakeview. I liked them vrrry much, all awesome and good. Then BDs closed, replaced by some hookah bar. Bah, I would never have them again. Or would I? Ah yes, Naperville has one too and we went there a couple nights ago.
They are the foreign, exotic cousin to the all-American FlatTop Grill on Southport and I love them for it. While FlatTop has a beef, a chicken, a pork and a fish option, BDs tempts you with different cuts of beef, even aged meats. And shrimp and calamari. And scallops. Plus BDs has a better selection of sauces with more thought and time put into them. The level of heat and spice is well conceived and a definite step up from what FlatTop offers.
The only downside is after putting your veggies, meats, spices and sauces together you have to stand around the grill with everyone else waiting for your food to be cooked up. FlatTop lets you sit down and waitron will bring your dish to you. I can't do half-stars so it's gonna have to be a solid four for BDs.
I LOVE bd's. Asian cuisine at it's best because those hot guys "do it on a grill." It's lovely. I can never find a combo of certain sauces and foods that I haven't enjoyed, but sometimes I make a plate that is too spicy. The restaurant is always loud, but it makes for a fun atmosphere. Everytime someone tips at the grill, which you stand around while your food is being cooked, the chefs hit a huge gong. That's always fun. They'll sing Happy Birthday to you too.
Technically, it's all you can eat. There's a price for one plate, a price for two plates, and then everything after that is a single price. I can never finish two whole plates, but you shouldn't let anything hold you back. XD
The shrimp is very good and so is the Peanut and Marinara sauces. Always remember to add ranch dressing (in the salad bar) to everything as well. Also, stop by Coldstone (turn left and it's right around the corner) on your way home!!
OK for a Mongolian BBQ place. Â Atmosphere is a step above a cafeteria; service is about the same. Â If you are into watching sweaty guys wearing tee-shirts cook your dinner, it's the right place for you. Â
Don't get me wrong. Â I eat here often. Â It's unique and does have some fantastic aromas. Â It is a fun place to eat. Â The kids love it. Â
However, since you choose your own ingredients, you have no one blame but yourself if your food doesn't taste good. Â
For what you get, I think it is over priced.
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