Start with the good. It's a very nice place you enter from the outside of the mall. The server staff was great, very helpful and informative on the process. The food bar was clean, fresh good selection. The not good is the sauce section and the cooking. I feel the sauce is watered down and premixed to give a flavor profile a name. They suggest at least 7 ladles to get flavor. Other grills have a separate sauce you can create your own flavor profile. I did get a good heat from the sauce but no flavor or dark color. I tried 4 times. The cooking is rushed and not cooked down in my opinion not mixed well. The vegetables are firm and not softened. We did enjoy the experience but that's over and will not return. read more

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Stopped by with my friends and we had no idea how it worked. It was semi okay, wasn't too sure if we could get another plate considering it was 17.99 for the meal. It was loud considering where they cook the food is outside where we eat and the server was kind. They had plenty of veggies and tofu as an option. Basically like a buffet style but you choose all your veggies, proteins and sauces. So it's super customizable which I liked. They cook the food in front of you and share the grill with other guests. It was interesting and nice to try out for the first time but it wasn't to my liking. read more

HuHot Mongolian Grill - Chinese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

Made a reservation for 25 of my family members and I and we drive an hour to eat only to find out when we all arrived there that the restaurant was closed due to "the hood of the cooker being broken". We were not notified or called that they were not going to be open and that we were unable to eat. big waste of time for our family very disappointing. read more

They take gluten free precautions hover in always get sick eating here. The service is good and my bf loves it. It's fast and fun but I don't recommend it for gluten free read more

Food is terrible, I got grossed out the second I got in the restaurant. Service is not bad, our server was nice and respectful. But there is nothing Mongolian about it except the walls, they play Mexican music which is weird for an Asian restaurant, that's all. read more

Just wanted to add that there is NOTHING MONGOLIAN about this. Food is prolly okay. PS. I am Mongolian. read more

It's fine if you're really hungry and shopping at the mall, but there's little service and the food is just OK. Good for families

I've never seen this concept before. It's a buffet of all you can eat "make your own" noodles and rice. You can add several different types of veggies, sauces, and meat. The line moves very fast, and the cost is really good for all the food you can get. The service was great; the cooks ring a gong every time someone tips. Typical casual ambiance. I highly recommend! read more

I love HuHot! One of my favorites, and the bowls are unlimited. I love getting to make my own noodle dish. So many options of ingredients, and at this one they were on top of making sure everything was fresh. Our server was great too, no complaints. The lines move super quick. read more

HuHot Mongolian Grill - Chinese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

My wife and I had a long day of shopping and were really hungry. We had been here a couple times prior and didn't have many issues. The other day is a bit off a different, and very disappointing experience. We walked in and there were 3 hosts that met us at the entrance. It was mid afternoon and wasn't busy, which we found it to be a bit of a surprise that we were told that it would be a "10-15 minute wait" even though there were many booths and tables open. So, we sat and patiently waited. About 5 minutes into our wait, a family of 5 came in and stated they had "8 people and a baby". They were told it would be a 25 minute wait. They agreed and joined us. Not 2 minutes later, the hosts began pulling 4 tables of 2 together and sat the large family. I had asked how that worked being we had been there longer and was only a party of 2. The host walked away. 3 minutes later, we were sat at a table near the bar. We began our wait at the table and had numerous wait staff walk by the table. The bartender also continued looking at us, but never said anything but would serve tables around us. The family seated ahead of us had service, drinks, and were on their way through the prep lines, and still not a word from anyone to us. No staff stopped or even made contact to say "Hey, how are you? Sorry about the wait, Your server will be right with you." No, we waited an additional 10 minutes and attempted to stop the passing wait staff to see if we could get started, and everyone continued to walk by. After 15 minutes at the table with not a word from anyone, we left and went to a different place to eat. If it were busy, understandable to a point. If they were short staffed, also understandable to a point. But there were staff just standing around taking amongst their coworkers. This was hands down the worst dining experience we've had in a long time and will not be returning. read more

It has become better over the years with an expanded food and sauce line. It is generally pretty clean as well. It takes a while to accumulate rewards, but it is still pretty good. Decent vegetarian and gluten mindful place as well if you monitor either. read more

The buffet allows you to explore many different flavors. They had good customer service. Watching your food cook is very entertaining.

I love this place, the wait staff are so Nice. I love I Can get whatever I want the rewards program is great.

Absolutely love this restaurant! The Rochester location has some of the best options to choose from... including an egg and rice on the line! I love HuHot and make it a point to introduce this to other people. We went for lunch during the week and we were able to get through quick. read more

Unassuming place to get good all-you-can-eat Asian stir fry. The trick is not loading up your bowl with noodles and selectively choosing complimentary sauces. Always worth a trip while visiting Rochester read more

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We got there at a good time in the evening. Not many people when we got there around 4:30 PM. Our server was very nice and attentive. You can go through the line as many times as you like. There is a lot more choices for veggies and sauces then other Mongolian places I have been too. Even when more people starting showing up the cooks were fast with the serving. Loved being able to select what I wanted in the bowl. The restaurant was clean and not too loud. read more

I feel like having to justify a 3 star experience is kinda like torture. It lacks the fire you feel for throwing two or one stars around like a ninja, knowing its impact will stab something. Three stars rewards nothing. And I have to think hard about a meal that was unremarkable, but didn't violate any principles I hold dear in obtaining a meal. It was late, after 7pm, and I was driving cross country w/ my dad. Its the times of COVID still so stuff is closed, and we just want to sit down and eat for a second. Get to the Ho Hut and its only open for another hour. Fine. At least they were open. Server was nice and attentive and explained the rules. Go up and the ingredients are depleted. Not gone, just depleted. There are so many reasons why this is OK, at the end of a day. But my heart was sad that I had to scrape the last of the meats from the bottom of the bin, knowing that they werent going to restock it. The place wasn't empty, it just felt like a dine in fast food experience. The workers were talking loudly to each other. I'll invite anyone to question my biases and include they were talking loudly in spanish, but to paint the picture: these three fools manning the hot surface and across to the buffet kept uttering "No trabajo, miercoles", to which I would have figured they were excited after the first, second or third time it was uttered. I'd be happy about not working on Wednesday also, all right fine. But no they kept it up like an inside joke at outside volume for a minute or two while me and my dad are grubby and tired picking through the buffet, having to make executive decisions on how many calories we want in our sauce, or if what we were making was the culinary equivalent of soda pop suicide. My dad liked the tip gong, and the chant they have to holler after the tip gong is rung. The waiter got my beers out timely. The bathroom was clean, though the flusher was broken so it kept on whooshing after like a water park ride. I dunno, it was fine, i guess. But I was not having that day, and I was not having Ho Hut. read more

We just love us some HuHot!! During COVID we got Togo plates, and boy did they load up the box!! Only disappointment is they will not allow you to get a Togo box for what you couldn't eat!! I payed for it, I should be able to take it!!! read more

We love this place! We've been here many many times, and will go back many more to come! We go here a lot after my son's sporting events with the family. Everyone can find something they like with all the different options of meats, noodles, veggies, & sauces. You get rice and/or tortillas with your meal, we usually do both. At dinner the grill meals come with your choice of soup or salad (lunch time you pay extra for this option). They have recipe cards on the table you can follow, sauce recipes on the sign over the sauce station, or you can create your own combination! You can make your meal healthy by staying away from the "oil" sauces and loading up on veggies. How does it work? It is served buffet style. You grab your bowl(s) and load it up with meat, noodles & veggies and move onto the sauce sation. The sauce station has a big selection of all different types of sauces, and they are all labeled with burn ratings so you can make your meal as mild or as spicy as you can handle. Once you finish your sauce you then proceed to the grill line (this line gets pretty long during peak dining hours - but they tend to move people through pretty quickly). After your meal is cooked, you can garnish it with a few select toppings (wasabi, peanuts, coconut flakes, sunflower seeds, etc), and take it back to your table to pair it with your rice/tortilla and ENJOY! go back as many times as your belly can handle trying new combinations or sticking with your tried and true! The service has always been good as well! Friendly staff. Drinks are refilled in a timely manner, and the servers always ask about food allergies, appetizers & desserts. For the most part they are on top off keeping the buffet options well stocked (I've only been there once where this was lacking out of the many times we've been here). They are also very careful when it comes to food allergies. Why not 5 stars? the layout between the sauce station and the grill line is too crowded. They need to space it out a little bit more and have a better space to transition from sauce to grill. It would also be nice if they could make some sort of label for the sauces to denote which ones are gluten free, as my mom and sister both have gluten allergies (they do have this on their website and on the recipe cards, but it would be nice to see it at the station especially with their seasonal sauces that change). read more

HuHot Mongolian Grill - Egg Drop Soup - Chinese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

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The egg drop soup is horrible and gray with no flavor.Tons of little kids groping the food and slop all over the counters.ill be shocked if I don't have food poisoning. The big grill is nasty. read more

Man I miss HuHot! I really wish there was one in the Denver Metro area. This location is right inside Apache Mall just waiting to serve you lunch or dinner. I used to go there for lunch at least 3 times/ month. Healthy food and loads of it! Mongolian BBQ with a large selection of meats, pastas and veggies. The Sauces are the real key to your HuHot experience-- assemble your meal with a pre-planned recipe or go with a more free-form attack (that's how I like to roll!!) Then its off to the circular gill which always seems to frighten children and strike awe into the hungry who look on and drool in expectation. Now looking over their website I see that there is a Colorado Springs location!?! http://huhot.com/Locations/Colorado/Colorado_Springs Whoa-- well I'll definitely have to get a group together the next time I'm down there to visit my family. read more

HuHot Mongolian Grill - Chinese Near Me - Rochester, Minnesota

THE freshest vegetables, cards on the dining tables to tell you how to sauce your dish based on the flavor you want, prompt service, large selection, and a bar! What more could you ask? Yummy! read more

"Hu" would have thought Rochester would have a HuHot? We are so glad we found it. There's really nothing bad you can say about an all-you-can-eat Asian restaurant that allows you to choose your own ingredients and then adds to the fun by letting you watch spatula flipping chefs cook it up in front of you. Pay a tip to these food ninjas and you get to bang the gong and listen to them shout their approval. The food is delicious with vegetarian options for protein, and gluten-free options, too. read more

Love this place. Great ingredient options, friendly staff, clean. Even the kids love it. Not an order off of the menu place.

DO NOT GO here it has horrible service found a live bug in my food never have I ever been more disgusted. I tried to talk to the manager about it and he did absolutely nothing but gave me my check and told me to leave. Food wasn't good tasted very dry. DO NOT RECOMMEND ever going there. read more

Love it! I always have great service. If the food is bad..it's your own fault. great selection on the bar. I always get the same thing, but you can't mess with what works. I finally tried having the tortillas with my food along with the rice. Loved it...ready for it again. I didn't give it 5 stars because I only have one complaint. This is that when the food is on the grill, they mix too many things into other people's food. I don't like to pick other people's things from my own food. During this visit, they mixed half of my daughter's stuff into someone else's and then separated it out. I understand that they're trying to get a lot of people through, but they need to be a little more careful. read more

Food is great and accommodating to food allergies. I took off a star because it took at least ten minutes to get a glass of water and a glass of iced tea after we were seated and it wasn't overly packed or anything. read more

The service was great but the food not so great. Everything tasted good considering you pick everything out yourself and season/sauce it yourself and they just cook in on the hot grill BUT after leaving and eating 2 small servings the entire tables stomach started hurting badly. We didn't think nothing of it, we all thought we just ate too much or too fast (which was not the case we weren't full) our stomachs continued to hurt all night, I figured me, my bf, and my sister sleep it off, the next morning we all were terribly sick. I myself was nauseous and in the bathroom all night and morning. I got no sleep from it, and it's lasting longer than usual. I always recommended this place when I'm intown but after the last time, I would say eat here at your own discreet. Just keep in mind you might get sick/food poisoning, I consider this with any buffet style restaurant.... Not sure how long everything sits out for (we came an hour and a half before closing) read more

We ate here twice last week. They are something I wouldn't want all the time but are great for a change.

Just a fantastic experience all the way around. So many fresh cut veggies and the politest of employees. They had tofu which I appreciated being a plant-based eater. Scallops, salmon you name it. Unlimited visits was great, you could taste a little bit of everything. A+ read more

Horrible server! Asked for rice when I ordered and when I came back from getting my food, asked again, no acknowledgment.. Then asked a third time, she went to bus tables and cash out a customer before finally bringing me the rice after 10 minutes. Horribly aloof employee that should not be working here! Will not come again! read more

Best Hu-Hot I have personally been too. Grill workers take more time to further cook your food than any other and food is great! Waiters / Waitresses never seem to friendly but more so due to the busy store I'd say. But great variety and ability to make it your way! Love HuHot. read more

My son and I went to this restaurant due to his swim team dinner after a State meet. Because the restaurant was in the mall, I was not expecting too much out of it and thought it would like an over priced Chinese-Americana-Mongonian fusion affair. Furthermore I thought it would not be very kids friendly kind of a place especially we had the swim team with us (a party of 22). Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised how well it received by everyone as well as my picky Asian taste buds. There were plenty of choices as well as different spices/sauces to satisfy everyone including 'non-human' teenagers. I was especially/pleasantly surprised my son loved the Mongolian General Tso's fish combination... No, I cannot make that up. My dish - green fish curry with hot chili sauce and coconut flakes and crush peanuts... YUM! Here is cool thing - you can go up there as many times you want and try different dishes and spices/sauces. Yes, fish curry is an actual dish in my culture. But that is usually a soup style, not Mongolian style. Needless to say I think I have found my new favorite restaurant. Unfortunately, it is about 2-3 hours from my house...Maybe that is a good thing because I would be big as a house. read more

I was excited when HuHot started advertising it was coming to town. At dinner, you start with either soup or salad. I've not tried the soup yet because the Asian Salad is so tasty. Mixed greens with some crunchies and mandarin orange and an Asian dressing. Very tasty. The potsticker appetizer is very good. It can be alot, though, if you get an appetizer, so either go just for appetizers or get an appetizer on an occasion that you're very hungry. There are three parts to creating your entree. First the meat station. Several types of meat and fish are available. Then there are three types of noodles you can add. Next up is the veggie bar with a nice assortment of fresh veggies to add to your meat. Finally, there's the sauce bar. They do have some recipes for house sauces or you can mix your own. I like to add the garlic sauce (making sure I get a good scoop of the minced garlic, as well. And I add lime juice, as well. The rest of the sauce I create usually varies, but the garlic and lime are my staples. Once you've filled up your bowl, you bring it over to the grill. The cooks here are very friendly and it is really fun to watch them work. You also have your choice of steamed rice or wraps (tortilla style). I always get the rice but the wraps are a neat idea. If you have room after all of that, you can have dessert. There are several selections. I'm always too full but I am thinking I'll go some time with the aim of having an appetizer and a dessert. A very good addition to the food selections here in Rochester. I usually go once or twice a month. Great for people who are picky eaters because you can pick and choose what you want to eat. read more

Hu Hot is by far the best mongolian grill I've ever eaten at. The choices for sauces are amazing. I highly recommend the peanut sauce. We went at noon on Saturday, and the line moved very fast. Go conquer your hunger at Hu Hot. Oh, and they serve Mountain Dew! read more

My hubby and I recently went on a much needed date, leaving the little munchkins with grandma, to head to the new eatery in Apache Mall - HuHot. Wow! What a find! It is so fun to come up with your own plate! If your hungry enough, your second plate usually tastes even better as you refine the mixture of food and sauce to your liking. I love their Thai Peanut Chicken!!! Man, was I stuffed! I couldn't believe it when the hubby went up for plate 3. It's so good, it's hard to stop eating so go with a big appetite! The waitress mentioned it was not uncommon for some of our big Norwegian locals to conquer HuHot by eating 6-7 plates! If you love them as much as I, don't forget to sign up for their HotClub so you can get the latest HuHot news and promotions. read more

This is one of my favorite places in town. Love the idea of making several different plates of my own using such a variety of sauces and flavors, all in one dine in! I usually use a lot of vegetables but never forget the meat. It's great that they do offer many vegetables to choose from, covering a spectrum of cooking schools and backgrounds. Great variety for many options for an overall dish. Meat wise, they've got the basics as well as some unique options too. I really appreciate the dire tion s for the sauces they have in place. I don't usually go for the realky spicy stuff, but do include some of them just for a great taste. They are often busy in evenings, but not at all during lunch time. So my pals and I mostly visit during lunch time. Service is OK. Price is good. Environment is OK, but very smelly of the spices since the grill is huge and in the middle of the hall. That's their signature I guess, which is nice. read more

As Mongolian grills go, HuHot is small but mighty. There's just the right amount of selection for sauces, meat, veggies and noodles. The best part was at the end of the meal you don't smell like BBQ grill smoke! Amazing! We came for dinner. For the price of $12.99, including a salad/soup to start, you really can't go wrong. The Asian salad was especially appetizing. It included a dressing, veggies, toasted noodles and canned mandarin oranges. The toasted noodles is genius, since it substitutes for croutons perfectly. For first timers overwhelmed by the choice, I highly recommend following a few of their suggested recipes. The recipe contest is really quite smart, because it makes sure people experiment and come back often. Pro tip: Don't pile on ingredients in the order they've set out. Choose the meats you want, add 3/4 of the sauces, select the veggies/noodles, then add the remaining 1/4 sauces. This way the meat marinades while you decide whether adding pineapples will wreck your recipe and becomes tastier. I also love the Bangkok Curry sauce in combination with their pad thai noodles, which are pre-soaked and come out delicious. One of the grill chefs also put together sausage and eggs, which I thought was a neat spin on breakfast items. I would have really given a 4.5 star, but unfortunately the sauces don't come out as savoury as I've experienced at other Mongolian grill places. The spicy sauces are especially watered down. The meat is also not as tender and occasionally the cut is quite thick. Come here if you are starving and want your money's worth! read more

Usually when I visit from the Twin Cities they do a decent enough job to make it worth while until today. The cooks were more interested in watching the World Cup than cooking the food, so the food was mixed with others. Be careful paying with cash instead of card since our waiter took it upon himself to tip himself with my change. read more

Okay so I'm not really drawn to ANY restaurant with the name Mongolian in the title---I'm not sure if the word just is too close to Mongrel and Mongoloid for me but all of them sound derogatory and just don't appeal to me--similar to the word moist--but I better stick on track here. I went here a couple times and I am most unimpressed by the frozen shaved meat. You walk thru and get what you want similar to big bowl however it just seems like there are a ton of kids hanging out breathing all over the food and the meat if frozen and shaved not fresh---I don't like that.... read more