Bd’s Mongolian Grill

Avoid the egg rolls. What the hell is in this crap?
If you want to feel like crap at the end of the day… or if you like to have your daily dose of 5 tablespoons of cooking oil, then by all means, take advantage of their reasonably priced egg rolls.
If you like to have a good workout with your teeth, then try their «dumplings.» You will have strong choppers after chewing through the wrappers.
Beer selection is decent though.

I came here with a group of friends to celebrate a birthday. We agreed that since we were heading here at 5:30 p.m., we didn’t need a reservation. But the restaurant was full less than an hour later on a Friday.
When we arrived, the hostess asked us if we had a reservation. I thought she was joking, because there were several empty tables. She said, «hmm okay let me check if I have anything.» We waited another few minutes only to be seated at the empty table right behind the hostess stand.
Um, maybe make a reservation… they seem to be more efficient if you do. BD’s is a super casual chain, so we didn’t think it was necessary…
The concept is simple, and the same, at both the Bolingbrook and Naperville locations. You can order 1 bowl, or unlimited bowls, depending on how hungry you are. The salad bar is basic and not worth it. The soups are terrible. Customizing your stir fry experience IS worth it, and that’s what you’re there for! You select from a variety of noodles and rice, vegetables, and meats, and you can pile as much or as little as you want into your bowl.
The guys cooking the food are pros. I don’t know how they kept track of orders on a Friday night. The restaurant was packed, and although there was a wait for food, those guys were hauling ass! The waitstaff isn’t as great though. Our waitress disappeared a few times and was later replaced. A police officer showed up and was talking to our waitress in the middle of the restaurant. Yeah… that was strange. Maybe take your personal business in the office?
I love the make-​your-​own stir fry. I piled my bowl with tons of veggies (sugar snap peas, water chestnuts, cilantro, broccoli, mini corn cobs, bean sprouts), lots of meat (New York strip and chicken) and topped it with a garlic chili sauce marked «hot,» but it wasn’t all that spicy.
There’s also something called an «allergy zone,» most likely for those who have shellfish or gluten allergies. I’m not sure exactly how it works, but it’s there.
The food bins were very messy at this location. There was a lot of spillage of one ingredient into another bin. Everything is raw in the bins and gets cooked, so there’s less need to worry about contamination than at typical buffets.

Ill keep this short and simple. Im used to going to the Bolingbrook location, and let me tell you they do not skimp out on anything! Here it seemed they skimp you out on anything they give to you besides the bowl portion that you control the amount of. I ordered lettuce wraps and they give you the tiniest leaves ever. I ordered a second helping thinking I got the end of a head of lettuce, and nope same thing small itsy bitsy leaves of lettuce again. I ordered brown rice and they barely filled the bowl. Besides the portions they also do not give you the options they do at the Bolingbrook location. Sure, theres an egg scare going on so I understand there being no control on having egg with your dish, but at least at the Bolingbrook location they still give you the option to have egg in your dish you just have to ask. This location abandoned the egg all together. Claiming that it was too costly… whatever. The biggest gripe I had though is they did not have any curry powder! I asked and they said they ran out of curry weeks ago and forgot to order it. Wow, coming here was a big let down because the bowl I make egg and curry made my dish. I had to settle for a bland dish, and wacky small portions that are too small for even a child. Two stars for letting me down BDs, twas a sad night for dinner.

This is easily one of my favorite spots to eat in downtown Naperville. I have always been a huge fan of stir fry and the ability to craft your own bowl and this place does not disappoint. I used to go to this location religiously in high school but once ghengis grill came to Wheaton I started going there because it cut my travel time in half and seemed to be the same idea. Once ghengis closed down I came back to BDs and boy oh boy this place is HEAD and SHOULDERS above ghengis in terms of service and food quality. I forgot what I was missing!
First off their sauces are always on point. My favorite is the chili garlic. I slather that ALL over my bowl. Thinking about it now is making my mouth water.
Secondly, they have some of the best service in town. One of the managers up there by the name of Mike M. takes care of me every time I am up there! He gives great recommendations on drinks and even pointed me in the direction of their house beer which is extremely smooth and delicious. He is the type of manager that keeps the atmosphere over there real warm and welcoming.
Lastly, I would recommend this restaurant to everybody! It is great for a date night or just for lunch on a Sunday afternoon.

I’ve always liked Mongolian it’s definitely a fun concept however in recent years it seems to have went downhill I’m not says it’s bad by any means it just could use an update. Mongolian is a good place to have an Inexpensive meal with decent service and a decent environment.

Had a fantastic birthday meal here with my waitress jessica and the manager Patrick was very kind.
Always a good time, great food and service.
Don’t forget to check in for your free Oreos and more importantly put the honey lime sauce on your shrimp and peanut sauce on your beef and thank me later.

The food wasn’t bad until we noticed the poor effort with the cleanliness there. We were sitting by three tables that still had dirty cups and dishes on them. The people that ate there left a half an hour earlier. There was still food on some of these dishes and small flies gathering on them. There was one server attempting to clean these tables. However, all she did was take the used utensils/​napkins but didn’t even bother with the dirty dishes and just left them there. When we left and got our cars, we drove past it and still saw those same dishes there (including ours).
It would’ve been a decent experience overall had they put a little more effort in keeping the place clean. But overall, we left kind of grossed out.

This place used to be the weaker sibling of flat top, however since flat top has gone on a cost cutting rampage, this is the last place to get a great stir fry/​add as much meat as you want experience in the Chicago area.
Even though I live in Chicago, I’ll still make the trek to Naperville now that they are the last man standing.
In absence of their competition, this place now gets five awesome stars for delivering one of my favorite dining experiences! Don’t change what you are doing BD, soon you’ll be buying up all of the closed flat tops and spreading your greatness throughout Chicagoland!

This is best grill place I have visited recently. Good number of options for veggies, meats and spices. Only bad option is the non availablity of rice for the bowl.

Mongolian Beef a.k.a BDs is a great place to eat just to relax, eat, drink and just to rid the day of your every day routine. Ask for «MOUSEY» the server. Great service, she is awesome server and was very attentive to my needs and daughter needs. Thanks again Mousey for a great experience. I’ll be back again.

I met up with some friends here for lunch on a Friday afternoon. What a great experience!
Bd’s specializes in, you guessed it, Mongolian BBQ! They do have appetizers, drinks, and desserts, but it’s mainly all about the bowl.
They have separate lunch and dinner menus. Lunch is cheaper and has the same things.
They give you a relatively small bowl to stack up as much meat and vegetables as you can. They have a variety of sauces and spices, too.
We all decided to do one bowl with the unlimited soup and salad combo. I had chicken, two eggs, and a ton of different vegetables. I didn’t have any sauce but I added some cracked black pepper with my meal. You can also request white rice, brown rice, tortillas, or lettuce wraps with your bowl. I went with the latter!
For the soup/​salad, they have an iceberg/​romaine combo along with spinach for the bases. They have your typical salad toppings with a few different dressings too. As for the soups of the day, they featured a tomato parmesan and a garden leek soup. I had the garden leek and it was good; not great, just good.
Back to the bowl… it was very good. Lots of flavor even without a sauce! I put lots of my bowl (which turned into a plate once cooked) into lettuce wraps. Very good!
My only complaint is some of my friend’s noodles ended up on my plate. It wasn’t a huge issue but if someone had an allergy or didn’t want something, that could be a problem.
Overall, I was extremely satisfied with Bd’s and I’m looking forward to returning. Service was good as well. Restaurant wasn’t crowded but it wasn’t empty, either.
If you’re in Naperville and looking for something relatively healthy, head here!

Note that this is my first time at this restaurant and probably will be the only time I visit. My visit was on Saturday Feb.7, around 7:30 PM. I suppose it was a busy night for the place. We were part of a rather large birthday party. We were seated in the front section of the restaurant right next to the bar. The space was definitely overcrowded with our party and other patrons. They could have done away with at least 4 or 5 tables in the room. I felt like I was crammed into a clown car. Seriously. This over crowded dining area only had 1 server manning the floor. Unacceptable. I mean, I can read the menu. I can grasp the concept of walking to the sections and grabbing my own materials to make my on creations, I don’t like that I had to ask for a water refill. I had to ask for tortillas, and what is up with tortillas (South American) at an «Asian» inspired restaurant? I had to ask if I could have ice with my lemonade. The server was doing her absolute best, she was a sweetheart. But management could have sent another person to help her on the floor. The concept and idea of the restaurant is very cool. Loved the giant grill and watching the cooks work their magic on the foods. Ingredients were fresh. Food tasted fine. They have these little cards that tell you what you can mix in there. But, overall experience… meh.

Checked out this Mongolian BBQ spot where you make your own noodle bowls like Flat Top Grill. I dunno why, but I really suck at this… ALWAYS! Parking is annoying here which is weird because it’s in a gigantic suburb! The restaurant itself was also freezing where I kept my winter jacket on the whole time which was annoying.
The waitress recommended potstickers as appetizers. Being asian, I’m always skeptical about ordering these at non asian restaurants, and I was right to be here. Even in the picture it didn’t look appetizing… but she said it was there #1 seller and everyone loves them. They came out looking like they came right out of the bag and you could see the freezer burns. On top of that they were still a little frozen and tastes god awful!
We get unlimited soup and salad along with our unlimited bowls, but all the soups looked gross and the salad bar didn’t look fresh… so we just stuck to noodle bar. I tried 3xs to make a bowl and didn’t like any of them… that is my own fault.
I do love the concept though, but I just can never be happy here! I also find it annoying that you have to flag down your waitress everytime you want to make another bowl. And everytime you make a bowl the guys who cook the food say stuff like «this is your second bowl right?» Why are you counting??? It’s unlimited bowls! stop judging me!
We also got the deep fried oreos for dessert for free for checking in on Unilocal Probably the best part of the meal!

Pros: nice concept of a create your own from buffet station
Cons: poor quality of ingredients, shrimp was not deveined, and everything tastes the same. Waste of money.

Great place. I have gone to other BD locations but didn’t know about this one until we stumbled upon it.
Place is well kept, during their busy hour they kept the food moving right along in the cooking area and kept the food choices well stocked. They have just about everything to drink you can think of soda wise. Great desert choices too.
The only reason I can’t give this place five stars is because the server was slow. It just drives me berserk when I have to track down the server to get a drink refill.
Give the place a try. It’s in the heart of downtown Naperville so the area is nice for a long walk after your dinner.

My recent trip to Mongolian BBQ was a great experience overall.
I was very happy with my service from our waitress Taylor as she was quick to refill drinks, ask if we needed anything and all while having a very bubbly demeanor.
The food was great and the skillful display of the cooks was pretty awesome to see. The restaurant was clean and I felt like the flow of service was quick even though it was rather busy.
I will be back again!

Our waitress Emilce was wonderful! Keith the cook was very attentive to our needs, being that it was our first time!
The food and drinks where reasonable and the atmosphere was really nice!
I will be back!

I had never been here before but my boyfriend insisted we go. I was really impressed. It wasn’t too crowded so we didn’t have to wait for a table and the line for your food wasn’t too long. The servers were pleasant and the good was good. They had a nice drink menu with suggestions. My favorite part as the free deep fried Oreos for checking in on Unilocal!Thanks Unilocal

Love this place! Not a fan of this location, mainly because of the lack of parking, and it’s a lil cramped inside. I had some egg shells in my eggs from the salad bar hah the stir fry itself is Awesome :-)

We sat in the back room where they have the Blackhawks playing on a big screen TV. The waiter brought us bowls and we went to make our dishes. The bowl is pretty small, so it’s hard to put all the stuff you want in it and try to juggle some noodles on top. They and to be free and don’t want to stay inside the bowl. It’s much easier if you forgo the noodles. The waiter will provide a side of white rice, brown rice, or tortillas with each bowl.
The dish I made turned out alright, but definitely not worth the $ 12.99. Maybe I should have just eaten a bowl of scallops. As for the sauces, they provide a good variety of them. I went with the Chili Garlic Sauce, Peanut Sauce and Shiitake Mushroom. I guess you’re supposed to put the sauce in a separate small bowl, but I didn’t know that until I went to the cooks to hand over my creation. All they do is stir fry the stuff in the bowl together on a large heated surface. I like Flat Top better because you have other options like adding soup or making a lettuce wrap. And I just remember the overall taste and experience being better than here.
One Bowl of Stir Fry-​$ 12.99
Unlimited Bowls of Stir Fry-​$ 14.99
If you read some of the older reviews and saw the $ 1 Miller Lite pint, that is NO more. No dollar pints here (they are $ 3), but there is a bar nearby that was serving $ 1 drafts.
This restaurant is located in downtown Naperville near Flat Top grill. There’s a free parking deck close by if street parking isn’t available.