Genghis Khan Mongolian BBQ

Fountain Valley, United States

3.9

Closed now

20 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards

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+1 714-968-4027
Address:
18900 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley, CA, 92708
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
250 ft35, 172
0.5 mi172
0.8 mi35
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Good For
Dinner
Parking
Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Casual
Noise Level
Quiet
Alcohol
Beer & Wine Only
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
No
Has TV
No
Waiter Service
Yes
Caters
No

Today

Today 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Closed now
Local time (Fountain Valley) 4:09 AM Friday, June 13, 2025

Business hours

Monday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Thursday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Friday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Saturday 11:30 am – 2:30 pm
5:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Sunday 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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20 reviews of Genghis Khan Mongolian BBQ

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Place rating: 5
Seal Beach, CA
Very friendly staff. Good food. What’s also nice is that for one of the dishes (I forgot which one; the staff will tell you), if you choose to eat more of that specific dish to order, they’ll give you the one all you can eat price rather than paying full price for a second meal.
Place rating: 2
Huntington Beach, CA
Ok, I’m with the review down a few. I really don’t get how this place gets decent reviews. It is gross. Seriously. Went for dinner Friday night. The place is just dingy as hell, and dirty. The walls have food on them, the seats are ripped, the carpet is nasty. The bar with the veggies in it had fruit flies. It’s NOT cheap for dinner so I don’t know where that comes from with in the reviews. The egg flower soup was gross, the sesame pocket bread was cold and stale, the egg rolls were mushy. The rice and beer were the only good things. I really hope you save yourself a trip. I’m not a food snob, this place really sucked the joy right out of our date night. Could’ve gone for Shabu Shabu or Samurai Burrito. ugh!
Place rating: 3
Los Angeles, CA
All of lunch special are less than $ 10!!!
Unbeatable price!!! You have to be careful how much you put sauce over it. It gets so salty if u put too much.
Place rating: 5
Fountain Valley, CA
Everyone knows that the ingredients for the bbq are fresh, but their best kept secret is the lychee ice cream! It is definitely a must try. The texture is smooth and gelato like and the lychee pieces really bring it above and beyond.
Place rating: 5
Fountain Valley, CA
I love this place. I love this place. I love this place.
The food, the servers, the 70s style design. I love it all. I can eat here every day if I had the time.
Place rating: 4
Fountain Valley, CA
This place is awesome. The food is fresh (except the meat which has to be frozen)
The service is excellent the waitress is very attentive and friendly. The only reason for not 5 stars is the décor needs a little help. The place is older but the prices are so cheap which is probably why the place isn’t all fixed up.
Place rating: 5
Fountain Valley, CA
Amazing food still to this day. eating here for the last 30 years and always good experience!
Place rating: 4
Costa Mesa, CA
It’s funny because all of the pictures from the inside, I assumed it was from people going at night. Ha! Nope, the place is dark, dingy and completely stuck in the 70’s. The wall paper is definitely original… and some of the food splatters could have been from opening day. The pictures DO it justice — it’s exactly as represented in those dreary images.
I don’t base my reviews on the place itself… technically. I mean, you kind of know what you’re getting yourself into — especially if you run through reviews on Unilocal first (which most of us do!). If you’ve checked the place out before you came, don’t talk shit about how dated and ugly the interior was/is…you knew that going into it!
Anyways — that leads me up to another point. The place is a DIY deal — you add whatever you want (as limited by the choices). It has all of the standard veggie fixings and a little more options with the liquid flavors than I’ve seen at other joints. I always think with this that you kind of want to go a little overboard there, liquid wise — I can’t recall the exact combo, but my concoction was yummers. The real only bummer is that there are no noodles. Although, the little sesame pockets sort of made up for it. You can just munch them as is — or you can do like me and rip ‘em in half and stuff your meat & veggie creation in there (I had to type meat & «veggie» because just saying ‘stuff your meat in there’ is inappropriate — not that type of place).
And plus, you can’t beat the damn price. Seriously…$ 8.00 for a huge bowl of 2 choices of meat and veggies, rice and 2 sesame pockets. Just eat it, watch the other loners eating by themselves and enjoy the darkness.
Place rating: 5
Huntington Beach, CA
Love the good and the way you get to pick and choose what you want. Nothing really like this around. Great place for a laid back and fun date.
Place rating: 5
Downtown, Los Angeles, CA
Still my favorite Mongolian BBQ! The secret is 3 ladles of mild, 3 medium, 1 BBQ oil, 1 garlic.
I’ve been to lots of Mongolian BBQ in LA. Not only is this the only place in our area (one full star for that), the sauces/​flavor are better here than those places. No, they don’t have noodles of a huge selection of veggies. But I’ll take taste over all that any day.
Place rating: 4
Los Angeles, CA
You won’t walk out hungry. Food is excellent. Décor is a bit dated but the service and food more than make up for it.
Place rating: 5
Huntington Beach, CA
God how I love this place. I am the most pickiest person in the world and I think this place is to die for. Sure the décor is 70s and old but that doesn’t even matter. If I could eat one thing for the rest of my life it would be this place!!! I don’t even meat but just all of those veggies with the mild sauce is insane. I’ve been coming here regularly since I was in like 4th grade. Even when I did eat meat I LOVED it. The service is great the ladies are so cute and nice :). Honestly don’t judge a book by the cover when you come to this place the food is amazing!
Place rating: 1
Panorama City, CA
Most Mongolian new places are dark and dank, but that doesn’t bother us too much so we walked in. I honestly don’t understand what the other reviewers are saying because this place was awful.
We’re not from around this neighborhood and my husband wanted Mongolian bbq cause he loves the AYCE noodles. 1) After ordering, he realized that there were no noodles around. He asked the cook and he just said, «No.» So I asked one of the waitresses and she said, «No, we’ve never served noodles. That’s why we have rice.» We thought that was the weirdest thing cause ANY OTHER MONGOLIAN BBQ WE’VE BEEN TO SERVES NOODLES! I should’ve read other peoples’ reviews because someone said that just 4 mos ago, they had PAD THAI STYLE noodles. So, she either flat out lied or has worked there less than 4 mos. I’m inclined to believe the former.
2) My husband also asked for more soda and the same server said, «It’s a dollar extra for a refill.» On coke? Really? Maybe it was on the menu, but we didn’t know that. That sounds really cheap, considering we paid for AYCE.
3) The women’s (and also the men’s according to my husband) had no tissue paper and one of the toilet stalls had no door. FOR A WOMAN’S RESTROOM.
4) Finally, we asked for our check to get out of there ASAP. Another waitress gave us our check, scanned the card, and returned with only the merchant copy, asking, «Would you like a copy, too?» Yes, of course I do. Rule #1 of paying by card is to keep a copy for yourself to make sure they’re charging you properly. That was the oddest thing to finalize this weird place. So, we paid and will now be checking in a few days to make sure they didn’t screw us out of our money.
Nope, never going back there again.
Place rating: 4
Los Angeles, CA
Came here for my first time last night. Food is good but the sauces are EXTREMELY salty so use them sparingly. Ambiance is awful… If they painted the place, added bright lights, and changed the chairs, it would make a world of difference. Staff was kind. Inexpensive, good food. Worth trying at least once.
Place rating: 3
Huntington Beach, CA
Prices– Unbeatable! All of the lunch specials cost less than ten dollars.
Ambiance– Dreadful. It’s a dark, dingy, quiet little hole in the wall. Some better lighting could brighten things up a bit.
Food– Decent. I always come away feeling satisfied, but I’ve experienced better.
Service– Slow, but friendly. I get the impression that they can’t afford to pay for more staff.
I come here a lot because of the low prices. I would bring friends for a quick bite to eat, but not to impress.
Place rating: 1
Huntington Beach, CA
WORST FOOD EVER, even for a place that caters to a «we think asian food=bland» palate. Sauce has no flavor, wait staff is rude (yes you idiot, I may look white, but I am fluent in two dialects of chinese), paltry assortment of vegetables, raw «pocket biscuits,» (think crappy substitute for pita bread), white rice is DRY to the point of nearly dehydrated, no refills on drinks, no offering of water or to refill water, wontons have disgusting cream cheese, thankfully the filling is so miniscule you barely know it’s there. Egg rolls are awful – soggy, leaden.
We were in starving in line at Shi Shen Gumi up the street and my son said «hey there’s a mongolian BBQ down the street, it’s never crowded.»
That’s because there’s a DAMN GOOD REASON. If you like this place, you’re either a fake reviewer, or you have NO palate.
Place rating: 4
Norco, CA
I’m giving 4 stars because there’s a better place closer to me, but for those in the area, Genghis Khan is tough to beat!
For just $ 6, they’ll let you stack a towering bowl of meat and your choice of vegetables, then cook it up to perfection.
The hot sauce is great, the ambiance is unique, and the pricing is excellent, but it’s not the best OC has to offer so I can’t give it the full 5 stars!
Place rating: 5
Cypress, CA
Been coming here with family and friends ever since I remember.
Friendly staff. Quality food. Affordable, amazing and delicious.
I recommend this to everyone!
(And I love the pocket biscuits)
Place rating: 2
Long Beach, CA
My boyfriend and I stumbled across Genghis Khan Mongolian BBQ on Unilocal.We were in the area and were stoked when we realized it was less than 1 mile away.
Yes. The décor is awesomely outdated but it’s a hole in the wall joint. What do you expect?
The real kicker and the reason for the low rating is that they ran out of noodles. Yes, I said it. N O O D L E S !
The wait staff sat us in a 1975 pleather booth, took our drink order, and then proceeded to tell us there would be no noodles with our meal.
WTF?! Is this real life?!
How can I justify paying $ 10 for Mongolian BBQ without noodles? I can’t. So, we left.
Later, bros.
Place rating: 5
Seal Beach, CA
Don’t let the décor fool you. This place sticks true to its roots, original style, food and service. I have been coming here for the past 2 decades before all those over priced Mongolian BBQ places opened in the mall.
I find it hilarious when people complain about not being served worthless starch fillers and noodles. FYI this place was open before noodles became a cheap filler at all the modern locations.
The food has been consistent and that makes this place a gem, with so many OG places closing down.