Man this is one of my favorite places in all of kc . Server wasn't the best but cooks and food were next to none . Prices very affordable sauces great and you make your portions what more can you ask for read more

I can't think of a better restaurant. My family used to joke with me telling me I should just work there, since I go there so much. It's really not the classiest place to take a date, but it's a fun and good energy place. You also get to choose the amount of food you want and you customize it yourself! All the way from the meats and veggies to the sauces! Great service, very helpful especially when you don't know what you're doing because you've never been there before. Their drinks are pretty good, too! read more

BD's used to be one of my favorite places to eat. I am never very good at making a good bowl, but I still used to love the experience, until the last time I are there. Let me tell you a story. It was a pleasant warm Sunday, and nothing sounded better than some good ol' BD's. I made a Beef dish with pasta noodles and Teriyaki sauce mix, along with some pineapple and baby corn. It was pretty tasty, if I do say so myself. Our service was prompt, and the server was not bad. All in all, an okay experience, until the fun started the next morning... I have not seen that much brown, since I visited the UPS headquarters. I want to try and keep this as PG as possible, so I will try to spare the nitty gritty details. I had to push back my flight for the next day, because of my new porcelain friend, did not want me to leave it's side. I made friends with many other porcelain chairs, during my week of travel. Planes, airports, hotels, offices, I did not discriminate who or when I visited (I travelled the entire time with my new boss. Pretty awkward conversation trying to explain my frequent trips). Finally after 10 days the immense need to visit the bathroom frequently, my nightmare ended. I am seeing a therapist for the PTSD I developed in the process (this part is a joke, PTSD is a serious disease). All in all, I survived the experience, and appreciated life more afterwards, due to the fear that I would never have a normal digestive system again. I would encourage you to just skip this jewel altogether. read more

We did not have a good experience at this location. First the waitress spilled a large glass of ice water down one of our friends and over my 2 girls legs and feet. She was apologetic but we ended up cleaning it up. She did bring us more napkins but we did the majority of it. My husband ordered a beer, his friend a drink. The drink came out but not the beer. About 20 minutes went by. When we asked the waitress told us they were out of the beer he wanted. When he asked what else they had she had no idea so he had to ask for a menu again. She asked if we wanted rice we said yes and it was never brought to us. We ordered appetizers she brought them out but never brought us plates when we asked it took her quite a while to bring them. Honestly mistakes are made however in my opinion (and I've waitressed before) the restaurant was not that busy and there was way to many of them. The last thing that truly bothered us was we were watching them refill the food stations, they were not rotating the meats. They just poured fresh chicken, crab and others right on top of the old meat. That's what really made our stomachs turn. How old was the meat at the bottom?? read more

I went to BD's for the first time. When we arrived, we were told there was a 15 minute wait for 3 people. I was not aware they took reservations, and of course, those people got to be seated first. So, 15 minutes turned into 40 minutes. There is a very very tight area for waiting and only a small bench for sitting. At one time, we were forced to stand against a table of people trying to eat. After being seated, we ordered the fried rice (Brown and White rice are complementary). We got our bowls and headed to the buffet.. There is one section for meat - different cuts of beef, chicken, fish, tiny tiny shrimp, and the tiniest scallops I have ever seen. There is a wonderful selection of vegetables next. The last part is several kinds of sauces, seasonings, and spices. We realized at the end that there is a board full of recipe cards, but we did not know that and had already made our bowl. Next, we had to get in a line that wrapped around the restaurant to get our food cooked. The food was very tasty, although, we would have liked to see their recipes. So, make reservations and go early in the day or an off hour.. I will never go back in the evening. It was so frustrating, crowded, and far too long to wait. I went on a Saturday at 5:30. Also, grab some recipe cards. Maybe they would be good? read more

Bad service! It was our first time to visit. We waited for 15 minutes with a baby and no server came to our table. Even the table who showed up later got their bowls right always. Very disappointed:( read more

This place I reasonable during lunch. You have to learn how to fill your bowl correctly. Meat first, followed by veggies & any pastas. The trick is to get a big enough bowl to not have to get a second. If you are on your first bowl, you can take home food. Also if you don't like your bowl, make sure you tell them you messed it up. They will let you make another without an additional charge. read more

My review update changes little from my last review, only to add that the service is noticeably up. Not only are the chefs super friendly while you are watching your food cook, not only was my waitress always nearby, not only were nearly all the food trays full, but management was constantly hovering, making sure the lunchtime madness didn't turn into chaos. Nice job guys. read more

Have eaten at this location 4 times and all 4 times I've felt like the food quality is decent, the service was okay, but the price is just kind of high given the fare. A couple bowls of food with rice and tea ran me $25 after a tip and that's just too high given the other fantastic options in that price range close by. Have to really be in the mood for stir fry and super hungry to eat here. read more

A favorite for a "nice family dinner", and probably the best Mongolian Grill I've been to. I love eating here when I'm in KS.

I started coming here after my weight loss surgery as my diet was a meat only. I advise anyone to only come here before lunch 4pm. Paying more for the same meal is just dumb. My recent visit they had changed things up a bit. No longer are the bowls out for picking. Your server has to bring you one. Crap! The reason given was the bowls were not getting totally cleaned and this way your server can make sure your is. Yeah, ok. I believe the real reason is too many people were taking two bowls at once on their first and only trip. My roomie use to do this. If you go only one trip and have leftovers you are able to take them home. If you go more than twice, you can not. Well, lets just say my roomie always had plenty of leftovers. But in her defense she's a veggie addict (nicknamed rabbit). You can only get a couple broccolis in a bowl and you're done. Also they had replaced one of my favorite meats, lamb with their special Italian pickings. I did enjoy the Italian sausage replacement. They have appetizers now. I didn't try this and seems a little wasteful when you get a whole buffet meal. But what I know...? Now they also just give your hot tea in huge to-go coffee cup. Nice in not burning or spilling hot water from the tiny kettle. I have always loved the apple cobbler. Yum Yum! Don't ever take this away! Signup online or comment card to get emailed specials or birthday freebie. read more

I don't know what it is, but I'm always attracted to places like this. I like the idea of deciding every element of your meal. Maybe it's a control thing. bd's is a good stop with plenty of variety. If the food doesn't taste right, honestly, it's your own fault. You need to figure out how to make it better. My last stop, I needed to brighten mine up a bit. It was a bit on the bland. Maybe more teriyaki. What they need to add at their bar is hoisin sauce. That is what I was missing. I would give this place 4 stars, but what knocks it back a bit is the price. 1 bowl is expensive enough. There is an upcharge for a bottomless bowl, however I can understand why. Even at the price, I saw a couple eat their meal and make up a second meal just to take home. Since the last time I was there, they added white rice and tortillas upon request, which is nice. You can go asian or you can totally go Mexican and make yourself some fajitas, which is an interesting idea. I'll still come back, but at the price, it will only be once in a while. read more

We had gone there several years ago and I was not impressed, yet when it was suggested this time - it sounded like a good option to give it another shot. I am really glad we did. The service was great and the food was really good. I enjoyed the cooks and how well they monitor and call people up. The flavors were good. My only complaint was that I feel they overcooked my chicken a little - it was way too dry to eat and enjoy, so I wasted the chicken and don't really like wasting food. I guess the one suggestion I wish they had (and maybe I do but didn't see it) was suggestions on how to mix the sauces. I tend to like a combination of spicy and sweet and while my first plate was good - my second had a weird taste I wasn't expecting. The only reason I am not giving all 5 stars is because of the selection - not enough variety of noodles - I like mine a little thicker and not rice noodles. I also wish much of the meat was frozen like it tends to be at huhots - I just think it's a little safer. This is definitely a place I will visit next time I am in KC. read more

Really a fun place to eat and hang out with friends. Lots of food, salad, deserts, and full bar - The first time you go here, you may find it odd to see a full bar of raw vegetables and uncooked meats. I myself was slightly taken back. BUT, after you select your food, just take it to the back where it is cooked hot right in front of you. It is fun to watch the guys crack jokes, sing and move in a circle while cooking your food. - food bar has a nice selection of meats, vegetables, spices and salad. - salad bar is extra - table service is good. I've only had one bad experience over the last 6 years. - i do hate that your food can get mixed together with your 'stove neighbors' food. When the guys cook they are sloppy so you can get bits of food from neighboring plates mixed in with yours. THE FIX... Tell them you have an allergy and they will put up a metal guard around your food. Really I hate living about this but it ticks me off how sloppy it can get. I wish it would be standa - Tortillas, Lettie's wraps, and white or brown rice available with meal. Just tell the waitress when they take your drink orders. - Don't get hung up with BD's dish suggestions. Just get what you want and you will be happy. The recipe cards are really just suggestions. - small lobby so call ahead if you have a big party. - My one complaint is the noise level. It... is... Loud! Seriously, If they put up some soft materials on the wall, ceiling it would make the place much quieter. This is a bad thing for large groups as you are soon forced to shout just to be heard. But that said, if you come during the off hours, less people will be there and thus less noise. I dinged one star for this issue. - good parking... though construction is occurring near the store which could yield more traffic later. read more

BD's Mongolian Grill - Main food bar - Mongolian Near Me - Overland Park, Kansas

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I understand it is a chain restaurant and I understand it lacks a certain level of authenticilty. I also know for 10 bucks at lunch, it is a lot better than running home for a Lean Pocket. I first ate here 6 or 7 years ago, and it has become a favorite due to convenience and the newness that is offered by choosing your own food. I have always found that the service is good, not great, but again I set appropriate expectations. Maybe I am just a sucker for subtle entertainment, but I love watching my food cook. Overall, it is a fun little restaurant across from the Mall and sure beats the food court. read more

Great variety of meats, veggies, sauces & spices. I like their mini desserts too. Just the right size after stuffing yourself. The bowls are on the small side though, especially compared to Great Khans, and you might end up waiting awhile for a table. They need those pagers so you can wander off and not lose your place in line. read more

What makes a Mongolian BBQ good? Cleanliness, good selection of fresh food, great service and good atmosphere. This place has it all. Their sauces are pre mixed with so many to choose from. I tried Kung Pao on my first plate and Pad Thai on my 2nd. Both were very flavorful. The only downside is the wait to have your food cooked can be very long and their wine selection is pathetic. The bowls they give you are very small. They're a fine size for kids, but once you have noodles and meat, there's not enough room for many veggies. They should offer a slightly larger bowl for adults. read more

Nice, big variety of ingredients to choose from. Have a plan going in. It's easy to throw a bunch of stuff in your bowl and before you know it, the flavors get muddied. If you care about that sort of thing, have a plan. They even encourage this, suggesting folks select one meat, a few spices, etc. They never brought the tortillas I ordered. To the waitress's credit, she was stretched a little, covering quite a large section. The manager was visible and talking to folks, which I noticed and appreciated. The cooks always try a little too hard to be cool- the excitement of making food in front of folks perhaps.;) Pretty solid experience. I have yet to go and not enjoy the food. read more

BD's Mongolian Grill - Rib-eye rice noodles. - Mongolian Near Me - Overland Park, Kansas

As far as chain places goes, this one impresses. Word to the wise, if you have a problem with how the food tastes, you messed something up in the process. Decent selection of various materials to make your mongolian exp. exceptional. Strip steak, whole raw eggs, squid, Mahi mahi, as well as the old favorites. Can get kinda busy if you hit them at one of the rush times, but during an off time, no waiting at the grill, go nuts. read more

This is not our first trip to BDs. Smaller than usual number of cars in the parking lot. Perhaps that should have been a hint. The hostess seated us in the only crowded corner of the restaurant. Server was prompt, but things still went downhill. The ingredient bars were poorly stocked, no tofu at all. The guys at the grill haven't the slightest how to thoroughly cook the ingredients. The service...had to ask her to bring our drinks when she finally came back to the table (several bites into our meal) to see "how we were doing". How difficult can this job be, I ask. You bring bowls, drinks, side and check. When she realized, our check wasn't going to be more than cost of two bowls, she dropped it (the check) as we placed our forks on our plates. To bad our drinks weren't as quick. My guy and I are great tippers....when we feel the experience/service was great. Not sure this location deserves another chance. read more

Love Mongolian BBQ at BD's. Great food. Great atmosphere. Friendly staff. read more

BD's Mongolian Grill - Mongolian Near Me - Overland Park, Kansas

The staff are friendly, the grillmasters are consistent, and the food is great! Learn to build a house of cards, play Jenga, or stack pencils end-to-end before you go. There is an art to stacking the most food into the bowl as you can. read more

Very good food and service,it could be a little more cleaner.Went the day after July 4,Was not that busy and tables were left unclean

The food is always amazing. The desserts, drinks, and stir-fry options are delicious. The service, however, is always hit-or-miss. Sometimes I've entered, when no other customers were waiting whatsoever, and had to stand awkwardly waiting for a hostess to come to her post and greet me, for a full five minutes. Sometimes, I've had friendly and helpful waiters, and other times, I've had to wait 15 minutes for the check. It's got a "trying too hard" atmosphere, when it could be really classy, considering the quality of the food. Oh well, I'll keep going just to fill up on the delish stir-fry! read more

This is not fine dining, this is a "Hey, let's get together for an adventure" kind of place. BD's is known for their Mongolian BBQ style grill where you are given a bowl (a small bowl but that's the fun part) and you stack several types of meat and vegetables into it as well as the variety of sauces they offer! It's almost as if BD's encourages you to get creative and challenges you with "I bet you can't add anymore to that bowl!" BD's only wants to hear 2 things come out of your mouth: 1. This place is awesome, and 2. Challenge accepted! Don't forget to add the egg to your entree before bringing your plate to their astonishing grill where 3 to 4 cooks stand around it with long metal spatulas that could be confused for crazy thin katanas........ I mean, it's Mongolian after all! read more

I went here with a co-worker and was pleased with the meal in general, though it was a bit more expensive than other Mongolian BBQs that I've been to. The Atmosphere of this place is ok, it's fairly crowded and a tad loud, but they do have TVs with the news on for your entertainment while you eat. The servers are pleasant and the environment is fairly clean. My co-worker told me that he, in the past, has taken clients to BDs for lunch / dinner so it seems like a good enough place for an activity such as that. The service was a little lacking. Our waitress didn't seem to be all together there in her job. Having said that the interaction we had with her was friendly. The wait for refills on drinks was a bit long, and the wait for the two trips to get out checks was rather long. She appeared to be covering four tables during the lunch rush hour, so that may have been what the delay was about. The grill operators were fairly cursory in their interactions, but cooked the food very well. The facilities seemed to be clean enough. Someone had dropped their cup of sauce at the buffet, but the staff got it cleaned up very quickly and were quick to make everyone aware of the area affected. Tables were cleaned off quickly after customers had finished their meals, and all of the cutlery and plate ware and glassware were all clean when they were given. The food was good and cooked well by the grill operators. The scallops and squid that I got were cooked to perfection, which I find to be somewhat rare. The selection of items to put in your bowl was rather extensive and I felt quite nice. The seasonings I though were comparable to most other Mongolian BBQ places that I've been to. The only thing I found to be somewhat lacking was their sauce choices. They have a large number of sauces to choose from, however unlike a lot of the Mongolian BBQ places I've been to most of these sauces were premade premixed concoctions so you couldn't really choose for example the heat level or flavors involved with your sauce. Having said that, I did enjoy what I ended up with. All in all it was a pretty good lunch experience. I had one bowl and one iced tea for a grand total of $12.47. Like I said it was a bit more than typical Mongolian BBQs that I've been to considering that they charge you per bowl, but by no means was it a bad experience. I'd go back to BDs, but it won't be a staple for me. read more

Me and my wife were seated, we got menus that were all wet, server was nice, food was cooked but dry and nasty, rice was old and I mean very old, restaurant smells like an old towel...I would not recommend to anyone, but if y'all hungry then eat. read more

We have been frequent patrons of this restaurant for several years. We were not happy when they switched from Coke to Pepsi but the food was still excellent. After our visit today, we probably will not go back. I make my food the same every time I go. Today the teriyaki sauce was watered down so much it had no taste at all and didn't coat the food. Sorry, cheaper ingredients or watering down sauces isn't the way to save money. read more

My favorite spot to go to on my birthday. Service has always been good, food fresh, and love watching them cook my meal.

A good place to stuff yourself. Perhaps overpriced, but their choice of sauces for the Mongolian grill is unbeatable. I eat here several times a year, and I STUFF my face LOL. read more

Nice place to go with your family and have a cool experience you decide what you want and they cook in front of you. Sometimes it can take a little longer than you think so go there with time! read more

I'll never go to BD's Mongolian BBQ across from Oak Park Mall again. I saw one of the workers walk out of the bathroom after he took a dump. He didn't wash his hands. I then saw him carrying clean bowls out to customers. I couldn't get out of that place fast enough. The hostess didn't even seem concerned when I told her what I saw and why I was leaving. read more

My husband and I have eaten here every so often for the past 5 years. It has really gone downhill over the years. Most recently, we ate here on a Sunday night. We had to stand in line for 10 minutes at the grill, but it did not seem like the restaurant was that full. Also, they ran out of noodles, so I didn't even get what I wanted. On top of all this, this place just looks dirty and run-down -- the finish is worn off the tables, sticky menus, etc. Bleh. Our server was slow to refill our drinks. And it is expensive for what you get. Our bill, before the tip, was $43.23 for two bowls, a crab Rangoon, and two drinks. It's just not worth it to spend that much for poor service and so-so food (that you have to get yourself and stand in line for), to sit in a run-down dirty place. Go elsewhere! read more

This is the absolute worst "mongolian grill" I have ever been to. Inside, it is basically a very low quality buffet with food that definitely does not taste or look fresh. The tofu was sitting in a tub of water - if you know anything about tofu prep, it is supposed to be pressed to REMOVE water, not immersed in it. The available sauces taste like something that might accompany a frozen dinner. The staff was inattentive and unprofessional, although it wouldn't surprise me if this place is unable to retain employees older than 17. I am never going back here. read more

The fish is old and slimy. The rice is microwaved. The noodles are slimy as well but also like rubber bands. The Tofu is sitting in water, which needs to be dry to stir fry. It feels like a corporate food mill in here. Would not recommend this place to anyone to eat unless you want to get sick from the poor food standards. They also sat us right next to the bathroom/kitchen (why they put both entrances in the same location is beyond me). read more

The most distubing thing is when you find food on your plate that you did not put on your bowl. The lack of attention to detail from the cooks allowed my food to be mixed with eggs, that I did not have. The bowl before mine did. I have no problem tasting food from my wife's plate but I am not going over to a stranger and eat off their plate, which is how I felt when I found corn and scallops in my food, did not add either to my bowl. read more

i like this place a lot. but really, if you want true mongolian, go to ghenghis khan in the KU med area. nonetheless, i ate two plates, which is unusual for me. you get to pick your own pairings and add different sauces and spices as you wish. they cook it on the grill and then you're good to go. they get crowded at lunchtime, the service is GREAT and it's reasonbly priced. read more

Used to be my favorite restaurant in Kansas City. Due to the slow decline of service and new fresh items over the years it has slowly declined in my all time favorites. Not to mention the fact that I now live in L.a. and have expierenced so many different flavors of awesomeness this place is bound to take a significant hit. Nonetheless, everytime I get off the Plane in Kansas City the first thing I do Is call my mom tell her I am safe and then i am off to Bd's. For a chain it is pretty awesome. I look forward to my December Visits read more

After not going to BD's we were very excited to come back. Friday night at 6:00 I was wary when there was 10 people in the restaurant. The bar of food was very unappealing. The chicken was floating in a pool of liquid. Half of the items were out. The bowls were a lot smaller than before and the prices were much higher. The food was not even cooked in the middle. The tortillas were hard around the edges. The only uplifting part of the restaurant was the pleasant server, Courtney. $75 for 3 adult bowls, 1 kid bowl and a senior soup and salad was outrageous. read more

I love this place, great food. I love being able to pick and choose exactly what goes into my meal, from meats and vegetables to sauces and seasonings. Overall, a good restaurant experience. read more