Lai Lai Mongolian Barbeque

oak park , Illinois

432 reviews

The food, however, is good, both the chinese buffet and especially the mongolian BBQ. For the money, choose this over the place across the street (katty-corner) ;)*wink* but if there are people smoking here and you still would like to ENJOY chinese food, might as well pack up and go north on 35th (across Northern) and take a right into the Safeway parking lot. No smoking in there.

56944 reviews

I used to live within walking distance, so Lai Lai became my regular hangout. The Mongolian BBQ is not quite as extensive as some I've seen (for example, YC's... which got me hooked on Mongolian BBQ in the first place) but the food is very good, and the Chinese buffet is included. The shrimp, as mentioned before, is extra but to my recollection it wasn't much extra for the shrimp... and they were nice and big and worth the price. The restaurant's ambiance isn't the classiest, but the times I've been there it was clean and the service ranged from adequate to very attentive. I've been missing their Mongolian BBQ... while I've been to many others, this is one of the best I've been to. I will be visiting Phoenix in two weeks and I will definitely make a point to have lunch there!

Phoenix , Arizona

31 reviews

Score would be higher except that they don't have adequate separation of smoking and non-smoking sections, and my children are asthmatic so we have had to leave before when people were smoking. The food, however, is good, both the chinese buffet and especially the mongolian BBQ. For the money, choose this over the place across the street (katty-corner) ;)*wink* but if there are people smoking here and you still would like to ENJOY chinese food, might as well pack up and go north on 35th (across Northern) and take a right into the Safeway parking lot. No smoking in there.

Phoenix , Arizona

2 reviews

For healthy food vs. dollar value this is great. I've been eating here about twice a month for about four years. The typical Mong. BBQ setup (shrimp is extra), plus the price now includes an added tasty Chinese buffet (not quite so healthy). There's also a separate menu which I've never tried. Owner and staff helpful and friendly. Small smoking section in the back booths. Can get a bit crowded and kid noisy around Sunday Brunch time.

Phoenix , Arizona

1 review

Wonderful food. I've never had mongolian food quite as good as this is. Plus you get an all-you-can-eat Chinese food buffet which is really good. I try to make it there once a week when I can. The food is fabulous.