HuHot Mongolian Grill
3456 W College Ave, Appleton, WI, 54914
HuHot Mongolian Grill Menu
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Address :
3456 W College Ave
Appleton, WI, 54914 - Phone (920) 257-2555
- Website https://www.huhot.com
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Opening Hours
- Mon :11:00 am - 9:00pm
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : No
Delivery : No
Take-out : No
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : No
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Casual
Noise Level : Loud
Alcohol : Full Bar
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : Yes
Waiter Service : Yes
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James W.
Read my tip for carry outs!
(4)Eric I.
I loved this place wish their was one in the Milwaukee area
(5)Kate S.
Finally a restaurant that will cater to allergies. This place rocks! And the food is good too. Will be back.
(5)Jeff T.
It's Mongolian BBQ, so, really, if you don't like your food you have no-one but yourself to blame. Me, I love Mongolian BBQ, and I love it every time I have it. I went in a party of 3 on a Saturday night and had a good experience despite the long line (it moves pretty quickly). The guys at the grill were loquacious and friendly, joking and singing with each other and with the clients; it really made a positive out of what could be the most tedious part of the visit (the waiting in line). I didn't love the staff (servers/bussers) in the seating area. Most of them did not seem to give much attention to their appearance, coming across as sloppy at best, if not outright dirty. Ours in particular was hard to find the two or three times we needed her. Of course, the focus of Mongolian BBQ is on the grill and not the dining area, and what I got from the grill I was happy with.
(3)Lauren L.
This was only the second time I have been to HuHot because I typically cannot do buffets justice. (Maybe because we are not meant to?) You have plenty of options; from meat to veggies to sauce. The food is quite tasty and slightly above predictable. However, I can cram two plates in and call myself in a food coma. There are no flavors that I have never experienced before. However, it is a solid buffet and that is what we were there for. Go for the lunch special so if you are unable to eat your weight in food, at least you did not pay an arm and a leg for it.
(3)Jen W.
I love hu hot in Green Bay they are kind and clean. This place seriously grossed me out. I am just hoping I don't get food poisoning from this store. Cross contamination happens when meats thaw out and are touching well there was thawed meat all over the meat station, every one of the sauces had things floating in them from other sauces to broccoli or some leafy food it was gross then walking up to the grill I almost tripped because of it being so sticky! My foot stuck to the floor so much that it made me stumble a bit. The bar where you can grab Salt or other items was truly gross as well they could simply wipe it up but they left it look like toddlers played in it. While workers are walking and standing around.
(1)Mandy M.
Love, love, love! My favorite place! Huge selection of food, good service, I've never had a bad experience! The only downfall is they are usually very busy!
(5)Scott S.
Came here from out of town with my family and friends, as well as my girlfriend who has a food allergy. They were more than accommodating for her allergy, and incredibly friendly to boot. The food was fantastic, the service was great, and I really can't thank the staff enough for the wonderful experience.
(5)Tara S.
We will never go to a Chinese buffet again after experiencing this beautiful place. Great service and great food. The atmosphere is also beautiful!!! Can't wait to take our kids next time!
(5)William G.
Update: Since my last review they have done a good job of cleaning the restaurant. Lunch was better priced than dinner. Hence the up grades in the stars.
(4)Robby W.
I have been to many Mongolian BBQ's and this certainly ranks as a slight cut above from the norm I have experienced elsewhere. First off, it was far cleaner. Having a huge, indoor flat grill often makes these types of places seem to have a layer of stickiness on every item you touch. From the booth you are sitting in to the door handle to the mens room, there is always a film. That was not the case here. I won't speculate too much as to how they accomplished this (better ventilation perhaps ?) but I do know it was apparent. Wait staff are normally an afterthought in a place like this, especially since I did not order an appetizer or cocktails, but when I told her we had never been in before she gave a perfect rendition of the process (My guess is that many people who try this place have never had Mongolian BBQ before). I also had a fresh soda sitting next to my half drank one without so much as a glance in her direction. Yep, she got 20% As for the food itself? Bear in mind that I stopped in here on a date, so I was not paying as much attention to food as I ordinarily would be. Nonetheless, I was still impressed with the freshness of ingredients and quality and diversity of the sauce concoctions available. If you like really spicy food (and I adore it) you have numerous options to make your bowl nuclear hot while still maintaining a good flavor. They have various signs above the sauce bar directing you towards one mixture or another to achieve a desired result that you find in any Mongolian BBQ, but what fun is following a formula? For me, it is all about experimentation. Next time I visit this place, I plan to experiment more with the sauces and oils, mad scientist style. We even had extremely enthusiastic cooks who were doing their best to give Japanese steakhouse chefs a run for their money by using their spatulas like a high school drill team girl would her baton. It was incredibly cheesy, but hey, they were having fun with it so I tossed a couple of ones in the tip jar for them. Overall, this is a very good option for Mongolian BBQ. It is clean, not overly expensive, and has a good variety of fresh ingredients.
(4)T. S.
I ate here 5/15/15 and was truly disappointed. This was my fourth time eating at this specific location, and it was truly terrible, probably because I was comparing my experience to the pleasant ones I had previously. First, our waitress was not friendly, she took our order incorrectly, and did not take ownership of her mistake whatsoever. Our sodas were watered down and it took 20+ minutes to get through the grill line. Plus, there was dust caked and hanging above the sauce bar and also other areas of the restaurant. Can you say unsanitary?? So sad that I can no longer look forward to eating here.
(1)Isaac A.
This is a good Mongolian grill but not my favorite. The food is cooked properly and the staff is very friendly.
(4)Melissa E.
The food is only good if you make it right. If you screw up, you'll likely have to wait in line for a long time to make a new concoction. I recommend using the recipe cards at the beginning of the line to avoid making something you end up not liking. , It's a good family place to eat but what's annoying is that it's always so busy. I am ok with waiting for 45 minutes when someone else makes my food and serves me but I don't like to wait forever to eat my food I made myself. If you want a quality dining experience, wait until mid to late afternoon. Dinner time is insane. Peak meal times can be a disaster if you have kids.
(3)Alicia V.
I eat at Hu-Hot occasionally, but never by my own choice. While the food is ok, there are better places I'd rather spend my time and money. PROS: Typical Mongolian so you get to choose your own ingredients, you also get to tailor the taste of your food by adding your own sauces. This is a good compromise place to go in Appleton if you're vegan dining out with non-vegans. You also get your money's worth since you can re-visit the grill as many times as you'd like. CONS: The set up of this restaurant is HORRIBLE and I hope I'm never in there when a fire breaks out! The entrance/exit is a single corridor which is full more often than not, making it difficult to check in with the hostess and awkward to try to maneuver through all the people if you're leaving the restaurant. Similarly, the bathrooms are in the back of the restaurant at the end of the meat/veggie buffet which means you have to maneuver through all the people fixing their plates to use the restroom. This place is always super busy so you end up standing in line at the buffet and the grill for long enough that it usually deters you from going back for a second trip if you're still hungry. The sauce area always seems to be a mess, and there are always oils and sauces dripped on the floor between the sauce station and the grill, making the floor slippery. Like I said, the food is ok. Since you choose all the ingredients yourself, you don't really have anyone to blame but yourself if you don't like it. It's everything else that goes along with the dining experience that makes this low on my list of restaurants in the area.
(3)Eric T.
How Hot??? HUHOT! Amazing Place! I Frequent here a lot. Khan's Revenge is the best sauce ever! 3 scoops of that, followed with 2 scoops of Kung Pao ....Yow! and you will be breathing out of your nose easily the next few days.The only thing hotter than the sauces is the Female Servers (Hit me up ladies!) Only Thing this place is lacking is Free WiFi! I'm pretty sure that has something to do with Genghis Khan when he founded the Mongol Empire in 1206, he believed his homemade firewalls were vulnerable for attacks, and till this day, he believes no firewalls are up to his protocols with open networks.
(5)Craig K.
A fairly priced Mongolian grill. The sauce and ingredient selection is excellent and the chefs move food quickly.
(4)Kathy V.
I'm sad that Mongo's closed, and probably due to the opening of this chain. Since Mongo's was no more, we went here instead. At the time we went, they only had beer...a very disappoint bar selection. The food was kind of meh...and that was ok, but even before we left, I was beginning to feel ill. And that ruined the rest of my night. We had hoped that it was a fluke and gave the place another chance...again, I got quite ill after eating there. I have eaten at, and pleasantly enjoyed Mongolian grill food at other chain and independent restaurants, but I know now to avoid Hu Hot if that is the one option.
(2)Brandon R.
I really liked this Mongolian Grill. The selection of sauces is really what sets it above any others that I have been to. Usually you get to all chili oil, soy sauce, garlic, and if you are lucky you will find a house special sauce. There are over 20 varieties here. The meat to pretty good, a lot of sausage (which I thought was weird, but it does add variety) was present. The vegetables also boasted a large selection (just be careful if you are allergic to something or really do not like a particular thing, because it is self serve and items get mixed in to other containers). Now for the down side. The line to get your food cooked takes a very long time to get through. I wanted at least 10 minutes just standing there along with everyone else. No fault of the chefs, they do amazing work and are very friendly. It is just that there are a lot of people trying to get their bowl cooked at once. I will certainly come back as it is worth it for an all you can eat Mongolian BBQ
(4)Todd M.
Hu Hot is similar to do it yourself Chinese food. Unfortunately, determining the recipe for good Chinese food from a mixture of 20 sauces is near impossible. The grill area is covered by dirty food scraps, and is quite in appetizing. It is what I would assume the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant looks like, but fortunately They keep that hidden from their patrons. Seating area is akin to a glamorized Chinese restaurant. Trust the pros if you are looking for Chinese food. Go to China buffet and you'll have a much better selection to choose from. You won't be limited to one dish, and you won't have to eat your recipes gone bad.
(2)Rodney S.
People really love the place, but it just seemed kind of sloppy and in all honesty - the whole experience just kind of bummed me out. I'll preface the review by saying the food was completely fine. One of the dishes I created tasted good, and one didn't. But, the fact remains, this is buffet-style, and buffets undoubtedly bring out "buffet people". Buffets lead to bad decisions, overindulgence, vaguely gross food intermingling, and piled, dirty dishes as far as the eye can see. As we ate our salad and awkwardly mixed fish, noodle, beef, pork, sauce, vegetable combination, I couldn't shake the general sense that at some point in the recent past, there had been some sort of violent corn or vegetable explosion in the dining room. And worse, as patrons clamored to get tables and fill bowl after endless bowl of foodstuff, it seemed my wife and I were the only ones that cared... Our waitress was nice, the food and prices acceptable, but this is one suburban strip mall joyride we shan't be taking again.
(2)Discerning T.
Mongolian BBQ - All you can eat and drink for under $15.
(3)Rebecca R.
The line can be very unnerving, but it's worth the wait. I have Celiac Disease and the cooks, no matter how busy, always accommdate me without a huff or complaint. Very loud, fun, and entertaining atmosphere, so if you're looking for a quite date night, this is probably not the place. Their allergy menu is very thorough and most of the staff I have encountered are very knowledgeable about allergies, which more than we can say for most restaurants. Our servers are usually so-so, but the cooks upbeat attitude and the roaming managers are very friendly. We went one time later in the evening not sure of their hours, and the front doors were still open, there were two customers in the bar, and a manager that greeted us, wasn't expecting guests. She had her uniform shirt off with just her undershirt and work pants. She proceeded to put her shirt back on and apologized that they were closed. We should have called, that was on our part, but the lack of professionalism on her part was not what we expected. If your doors are still open, expect people to walk through them, and if you're at work, dress that way until you clock out.
(4)Shane Z.
Good food, good atmosphere. Fast. If you love spicey, you can make it as hot as you like.
(4)Julia M.
HuHot could use some process flow improvement, but fun eats once you get through the serpentine sauce line. Could use a Mongolian warrior type to direct traffic. Kids would like it.
(4)Drew R.
I have taken groups of student staff members to Hu Hot 3 times in the past year and everytime it's been a major success! I love the selection of sauces and mix-ins and don't think you can go wrong with the unlimited bowls worth of Hu Hotty goodness! It sucks when the lines are long to the grill, but if you're smart and don't go at the peak times for meals you cruise right on up! I love watching the grill guys do tricks!
(5)Jim K.
Excellent service and food is incredible! HuHot has been a favorite of mine for a few years now! My son loves watching the grill and the staff is always friendly!
(5)Joe G.
We've been making occasional treks up to HuHot for a long time. The format is one of the better-executed "mongo" restaurants. Food freshness is generally very good (an occasional problem at other mongo restaurants). I'd have given it four stars except for two things: 1) We had visited maybe two years ago and I had asked to be seated near an outlet, because I was on-call and had a little problem that I needed to address. The laptop's power-hungry and only good for maybe 45 minutes. I was told that they "didn't do that" and the hostess proceeded to walk us by two different tables that had outlets by them before seating us at one that didn't. So rather than leisurely poking at a broken server while eating, I was instead having to obsess about the possibility my battery would run out, and so I ended up not eating. We didn't return for at least a year after that. Stupid not to accommodate a patron. 2) On our most recent visit, it was pretty much a disaster. The food bar was a mess, and despite having someone up there pretty much continuously filling things, they were running out of staples such as broccoli (empty over 5 minutes), the sauce stand was a mess, and several times the grill was so backed up that a line formed behind the sauce stand, along the refrigerators, and all the way back along the wall separating the food bar from the restaurant. At one point the line was longer than the wall. I was watching what was going on at the grill and it didn't seem to be any deficiency on the part of the workers, at least five of whom were working non-stop in an impressive display of coping with the situation. They appear to suffer from (not-so) little "rushes" where a huge line develops for a bit and then gets manageable. Unfortunately, the design of the facility adds confusion to this, because as that grill line shortens, the people who have just finished at the sauce stand will tend to look around and not really "get" that the dozen people standing behind them are actually a line for the grill, so they just stand where they are waiting for the grill too, and basically as things move forward, they effectively cut into line ahead of the people that have been waiting 5-10 minutes because there's no separation between the grill queue and the sauce stand. Overall, a good mongo stir-fry joint though.
(3)Aubrey B.
this place is fun and busy, love the ambiance on a friday night. i can easily say the food is good and good enough to return, but with all those diff flavors you would think you could get more out of it. also, you only get small bowls which you cant fit anything in, this bothers me and everyone i go with says the same. you can carry two bowls but once you fill them up with food and sauces it can become a task to maneuver two of them w/o spilling some. get bigger bowls, please!!!
(3)Mitch D.
I go there once in awhile and always remember why I don't go more often: the food quality is often lacking. Don't get me wrong the service is usually good and the atmosphere is great but the ingredients tend to look a day or so past their prime. There are better Mongolian BBQ grills out there. Overall: overrated but worth it if stir fry is your thing.
(2)Mark D.
HuHot is one of my all-time favorite restaurants. I've shared a lot of special memories there with some of my dearest friends. HuHot is a mongolian grill where you select the items and sauces for your dish and one of the kind grill-guys throws your mixture onto the large scorching grill. What makes HuHot special in regards to a mongolian grill? Well, they've got probably 60+ different selections that you can add to your dish. It's like a salad bar that keeps on going. You've got 4-5 different types of meats, tofus, noodles, carrots, celery, mushrooms, pineapple... and the list goes on and on. How it works for those not familiar with a mongolian grill: You take a bowl (here's a hint for HuHot - take two bowls, one for the meat, the other for the fixin's). You walk along the selections bar and put your meat in one bowl and noodles, and other fixings in the other (you'll find two bowls is helpful, as you can never get everything you'd like in just one!) Then, before you go to the grill, you select the sauces you'd like to have in your dish. Everything from cooking wine to "Burn-Your-Village Barbeque" sauce. With dinner, you can go up several times, so feel free to explore/mix-and-match sauces. That is, if you have room!! You never quite realize how much food you take until it ends up on a plate once the grill-guys are done with your dish. The hot sauce at the end of the bar helps add spice to the dish. Your meal also comes with tortillas, rice and soup. The soup is ok and the tortillas and rice mix great with the dish. Finally, and you've got to make a point to save room, you must try their cheesecake wontons.* * HuHot cheesecake wontons are nominated for my favorite dessert of any restaurant I've ever eaten at. The wontons are served with a dollop of ice cream and the topping of your choice (caramel, chocolate, strawberry and the list goes on). Every time I go back to Appleton, I make it a point to stop at HuHot. I don't know the caloric intake, and quite honestly, I don't much care. If I have to diet for a week to eat here, I'm there! Tips: Use at least six ladles of sauce Grab two bowls to start with when grabbing your ingredients Add some hot sauce at the end of the grill station
(5)Kate N.
Delicious. It is a bit unsettling that you place raw meat in the same place you put your pasta/vegetables.
(4)Stephanie G.
Who doesn't love all you can eat awesomeness??? Be sure to load up on the meat, veggies, and sauce. Take about 4 or 5 noodles (literally). When cooking, the meat shrinks and the noodles expand.
(4)Tony G.
Great food in a funky atmosphere. This is the best Mongolian Grill in Appleton. It's no Mongo's but it is still very good.
(4)Jeremiah B.
I know people like this place, but I've found most people's taste in food very pedestrian. This place and the praise it gets reflects this. The atmosphere is great, the service was great, the staff was very friendly and helpful. I had to leave a great tip because they were so d@mn good at their job. But the lack of quality of the food is apparent. What looked to be shaved deli meat, but not as nice. And didn't taste the best either, the veggies were not the freshest either. If the food quality improved this would be a great place, but this is where this establishment fell short for me. You can do everything else right, but if you don't have good food to serve you are defeating your purpose by being a restaurant.
(2)Barb D.
Great place! You can make your lunch or dinner any way you like it. Nice atmosphere with funky lighting and wall paintings. Good lunch prices (still all you can eat)- go early or late though, because it gets very, very busy. Be sure to get a VIP card- you get a free meal after buying so many.
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