RED BOWL MONGOLIAN BUFFETT & GRILL

I'm so happy this restaurant is in Columbus. I love Genghis Grill so Red Bowl was exciting. The food was great! It's $17 for all you can eat on the raw and hot buffet. Update: My third visit didn't go so well. The server was not nice. The food was good but we hardly made it home before we all felt sick. Then I found out the food made my friends sick as well. We aren't going back. I DO NOT RECOMMEND.

First off the food is phenomenal from both the grill and on the buffet. I did get my tea refilled once. My complaint comes from the to go box delima. I had went previously with my mother-in-law and was not charged for a to go box. I was excited to take my mother because her favorite place use to be Mongos (which by the way did not charge for to-go boxes) she is from Birmingham so having a good place to take her is fun for us. The lady sitting behind my mother was charged $3.00 for a to go box and we were charged $7.00 for 2 to go boxes. When we were getting ready to leave, the same server was charging the gentleman behind us $5.99 for 1 to go box. What frustrated me the most with his was that he had paid $16.95 (I believe is the cost for dinner) for a whole nother bowl from the grill. I fe

The food was really good! There was a ready station with wings, fries, green beans, etc. The fries were stale, but everything else was good. Nice variety of meats & veggies that you choose for them to cook on the grill. Would be great to have gloves at the station for patrons who would prefer after so many people are touching the tongs. It is pricey unless you can catch it at lunch. $17 for dinner. $9.95 for kids. Any food to go will be weighed at $5.99 a lb & that does not come out of your check. I think that's insane to charge so much for food you couldn't eat after you've already paid. Automatic 18% gratuity for parties of 6 or more is highway robbery. The staff was nice. If I go back, it would have to be during lunch.

Clean! Professional! Waitress was very nice, very clear about instructions. Make sure you put enough sauce. (You can do like two or three sauce cups.) Buffet portion was very nice addition and nice quality. Surprisingly large amount of seafood. (I would not recommend for anyone with allergies. Doesn’t seem like there is any way to make sure everything is kept separated.)

We were excited to find a new Mongolian place on this side of town. Everything looked good and fresh. Amazing seafood selection for building your own bowl. The traditional Chinese buffet area was good too. We will be back.