Khan’s Mongolian Barbeque

The khans Mongolian barbecue! What a great place. I’ve been coming here for years and it never disappoints. If you enjoy stir fry, a variety of options and great flavor, then this is the place for you. This is my go to place when I am really hungry.
I really like munching on the chips and sweet salsa dip that is brought up before the meal. The restaurant is self serve, so you head up and grab a bowl and fill it with your choice and amount of meat, veggies, noodles and sauce. My method is to choose the smaller and less frozen meats first then do veggies and larger meat last. On top I put all my noodles so I can hold it down with my hand. As you can tell from the pic, you can go ahead and load these bowls up. You can add as little or much house spicy as you desire. Caution, the house spicy can get pretty hot.
Part of the fun is watching the staff cook your meal. They always seem very friendly and happy. I have nail the gong plenty of times and they all say thank you. Khans also has a full bar and other great appetizers if you desire more then just the stir fry. There are tvs and I usually ask them to turn a game on. You have the option of one bowl or all you can eat. Great place and location and really good food. No complaints.

First time ever to a Mongolian barbeque. I’m a really picky person and don’t like many vegetables or hot spicy foods. My husband is completely opposite.
The food looked great, veggies were full of color and fresh. Meat was cut very thin but that is to aide in cooking quickly so everything is cooked together. It was fresh and flavorful with a large variety.
The sauces threw me as I didn’t know what to choose. The friendly staff helped keep mine mild while adding heat to my husband’s.
The décor is nice and clean with a definite Asian theme. Not sure what others are talking about.
Hubs and I are already talking about coming back next weekend.

Wow this was my first Mongolian barbecue. I was thinking this was just another order off the menu place. Instead you get in line and fill up your bowl. There are many meat, noodle, veggie and sauce choices. You can chose from one bowl or ayce. One bowl was plenty of food for me. You hand your bowl to the grilling staff. On a hibachi style grill the cook the entire bowl you made. Yummy. The friendly staff will help assist you with sauces and spice levels. Kiki was our attentive and friendly server. Kiki She helped explain everything to us being newbies. The place is hidden behind Olive Garden and Joe’s Crab Shack.

After listening to my brother rave about Khan’s for months (and after having my first ‘stir fry’ adventure at Big Bowl) I finally went along with him.
First, this Khan’s location is a bit run down. It could maybe stand to do with some updating.
The only dinner option is AYCE. This is probably what I would have ordered anyway, but it’d be nice to have another choice. Dinner comes with some «asian chips and salsa», rice (I think) and some sugar filled dessert buns, as well as the self serve stir fry bar.
What I love about places like this is I can pick all my own ingredients — don’t like mushrooms? leave them off! LOVE mushrooms? pile them on! They have a variety of (paper thin) meats to choose from but the real star are all the vegetables.
I was a little thrown off by the sauce bar. Instead of different sauce flavors being offered (say, kung pao, teriyaki, etc.) they have all the components offered. They have a «standard» recipe which is like 2 spoons of this, 1 spoon of that. You can add chili oil for spice, load up on garlic, etc. The problem with this is that unless you are well verse with khan’s you never really know what you’re going to get. Will it be too spicy, not enough sauce? If you eat here frequently you can figure out your own ~secret recipe~.
The other issue I had was the method for cooking. Instead of maybe having numbers or some kind of system in place, everyone gets in a couple lines and the cooks grab bowls from the counter. Because of this, sometimes they grab 3 – 4 bowls from one line while leaving the other line waiting. Or someone will set a bowl down even though they are 3 people back in line and effectively ‘skip’ the line. This is partially to blame on the other customers, of course, but it’s still frustrating.
Overall, it’s fine. Not someplace I’d go for a special dinner like a birthday or anything, but fine for a week night.

Went today to get some lunch and noticed the prices went up to $ 12.95 for one bowl and $ 15.95 for all you can eat. Way too expensive for me to go anymore. Is it the new Minnesota minimum wage or just greed???

The food tasted decent, but the buffet was not sanitary. The vegetables were unwashed, the meat was dumped in frozen. They had limited sauces and most were not even labeled. You also had to put your watery sauce in the bottom of the bowl so when they dumped it on the grill, it all ran off, leading to blander tasting food. Not impressed, and won’t go back.

Very bland with their choice of sauces. Use to going to HuHot! This was VERY disappointing! Left 2/​3rds of my food on my plate and I NEVER leave food on my plate! The drink I ordered tasted weird and my daughter ordered a soda that she never got. Well never be coming back, sorry, finding me a HuHot!

its been a few years since I ate here, but I happened to be at the slumber land across the road and couldn’t help myself,.despite having read a lot of bad Unilocal reviews.
the food isn’t bad.
the place is pretty gross.
the veggies aren’t the right color (old), the peppers still have the veins and seeds in them, most of the food on the buffet isn’t labelled, the shrimp looked very not right and everything was just kind of dirty. they use those brown paper towels to hand off the plates, which is weird. the same brown paper towels are just in a pile in the dirty bathroom on the counter.
it’s just so weird that there’s absolutely no quality control. everything that’s shitty about this place would be pretty easy to fix. it’s just kind of depressing.

I would not recommend this place. Meat wasn’t fresh, and it ended up dry and chewy. The variety of vegetables were old, with the exception of maybe 2 – 3 that looked ok. I chose to put some pineapple in my stir fry– when I took a bite I knew it was spoiled… Rotten. The cooks asked if I wanted peanuts as they did with everyone, I said yes, but my plate was overwhelmed by the amount of peanuts they added– eck! All I could taste was peanut flavor.
They give you rice in tiny individual bowls– which our batch turned out to be under-​cooked. Even though the staff was very nice and attentive towards us– it was the quality of food that needed attention the most. It was a sad and belly churning disappointment for $ 12 a bowl. I don’t know how well they keep up at their other locations, but I would not risk going here or any other locations again.

This is a decent place for a stir fry lunch. I don’t think this is the most sanitary establishment as the menus are sticky and I e seen people in the back simply chopping veggies straight from the box and not washing them before putting them on the food line. Though, I’m a firm believer of you put enough dragon pepper oil on it, it’ll kill anything I the bowl! I keep coming back be a use the staff are friendly and I love the ability to add your own ingredients and spice. I wish they would bring back the free chicken wings appetizer instead of the fried wonton appetizer.

Great food, reasonable price.
I’m really disappointed they don’t allow you to take home the extra food that’s left over???
Why waste it???
Or better yet. Why not have take out???
I would gladly drive by, fill up my bowl and bring it to work for lunch.
Why would you not think of doing that? Makes no sense to me???
I drive to Gengis in Eagan just to be able to do that and it’s not nearly as good!
You’re missing out on a lot of business.

The experience of the Mongolian grill is cool, but the overall food experience could be better. It’s all you can eat but usually the second plate is when you stop. Just an advice on the mix drinks, don’t get them, they’re expensive and watered down. Once every two years isn’t bad but I wouldn’t waste my money.

So disappointed. I’ve been coming here for a few years, but hadn’t been in for almost a year. Wow have things gone downhill! We arrived during the lunch time on a Saturday. They no longer give you buns with every meal only with the dinners. Which is fine, except for my husband got a second plate, which was charged to us as a dinner. So when we questioned the waitress on where the buns were that come with the meal she said they aren’t any because they don’t make them at lunch time. She said we could get some, but it would take a while. We agreed to wait, and when they bring us the buns, it was only one. I remember being able to get multiple refills on them. I’m disappointed because of how stingy they have become, and because they tried to charge us for things they weren’t going to provide to us. Plus, the table next to us was experiencing the same thing. She was charged for a drink she didn’t even order, or receive. Just watch your bill, and know what you’re paying for!

Pretty good veggie selections and offer tofu as a protein option, which is great for vegetarians.

Food was okay, the proteins were frozen not fresh. The vegetables were a bit bland and stale. Atmosphere was crowded as well. Probably good for the area, but perhaps I’ve been spoiled by Flat Top Grill in Chicago. That is a place to check out if Mongolian Grill is your thing!

The food here is pretty good and selection isn’t bad. Definitely not the highest quality ingredients but again decent. Recipe/​mix selections aren’t bad. Atmosphere is not great… could definitely stand some upgrades.
Of all the Mongolian grill/​BBQ I’ve been to — its average. Being that my favs aren’t in MSP… I will continue to go to Khans.

My family loves going here. Everyone gets exactly what they want — hand selected by you and cooked fresh on the spot. The steamed sesame buns are so delicious — we are grateful for the few family members who don’t like them so that those of us who do can eat more!
The restaurant itself could use a little TLC. It’s shabby, but generally clean. The service is always excellent and the prices are very good.

One of those must visit places every time I am back in the area for a few days. My dad loves it here and never fails to put too much on his plate…
Standard fill bowl with meat /​veggies /​noodles etc. .. put juices of the treats. .. go to big gong /​cooking area (remember the gong). .. go eat hot food bits — hit the gong
They have a sugary sticky bun thing. .. tastie unique treat

From Seattle Washington. That is my disclosure… Seattle has been known to me as the hot stone stir fry KINGS. You can find Phở and Mongolian places that have the best variety of veggies, meats and quick chefs.
So… This was rather disappointing. But since it’s the only Mongolian place in town…
The veggies, meats and sauces…
Veggies are cut so large! How the heck do they cook them uniformly if the veggies are almost whole!
Meats. if you are allergic to shrimp like I am… Go somewhere else! Unless you want a reaction… Shrimp always gets mixed in with the pork and lamb.
Sauces… Must be the Minnesotan handicap to not know how to blend a sauce to make a delicious stir-​fry. The owners do not have soy sauce, oyster sauce, siricha, pureed garlic or ginger here… WTH? This is not Asian! They make their own BLAND dragon sauce… I go to the table and grab the soy sauce and make my own blend. They keep the Hunan sauce at the table with the soy sauce and Siricha. Makes sense to keep these where the sauces are eh? Sheesh!
Eh. I am starting to realize how much I dislike this place. Only reason I go is because the boyfriend likes it here. I’d rather go to the Asian market and make my own. Besides I do have a wok at home… Hmmmm
Oh Oh oh! They use chop sticks to cook your food on the hot grill. Huh? Where is the large spatulas? Making those poor Mexicans stir frying our meals use chop sticks. Wow. That’s got to be punishment. I feel bad for the guys grilling… I’d have arthritis by the end of the night in my fingers cooking with chop sticks.

Will have to put this place more into rotation. Ever since we returned from our Milwaukee BBQ visit, we sought out similiar cuisine locally.
Hadn’t been here in years.
Besides the frozen mini sheets of meat, I like all of the following «fixins» and fresh ingredients:
–Bok choy
–cabbage
–Mini– Corn
–Frozen Corn
–Onions
–Green and Red Peppers
–Pineapple
–Mushrooms
–Pea Pods
–Bean Sprouts
–Broccoli
–Cauliflower
–Tofu, Beef, Pork, Chicken, Lamb, Seafood: Calamari, Tilapia etc
— Many more things…
Sauce suggestions on a board, or if they’re not busy some «sauceologist» will come out and offer their expertise.
The won ton strips are good. The dipping sauce not so much.
The sesame buns are ok as was the plain white rice.
I wish they had knives on the table. Cutting those little sheets of meat is a pain with just a fork.
Mustard upon request. That «shizzle» is HOT! Could probably clear out a bad cold in no time.
Cooks are pretty fast. They appreciate the tips and the gong. They deserve it for having to clean that big circular thing off at the end of the night. Ugh…
Service was pretty good. Will return.