Chang's Mongolian Grill

Love this Chang’s location! We’ve made it a weekend tradition to eat here. The food is always perfectly cook and has lots of flavor. Everyone is very friendly, from the front workers to the cooks and even the ones who fill the bar with the veggies. Highly recommend.

What's not to love about a plate full of meat and veggies, flavored as you like?? Love the moo shoo wrappers. Everything is a bit picked over by 8pm, but there was still plenty of food. Some options are only on one side, which can be frustrating, and sometimes things are labeled incorrectly. Got a piece of broccoli in my last dinner which was mushy and tasted awful. There is salmon with dinner, but it's farmed Atlantic salmon and barely pink. Hard skip that! The soups are bland, wouldn't bother. They offer ice cream with dinner. No non-dairy dessert options.

Chang's is an institution, Mongolian grill style buffet that's been around the Portland area for as long as I have been alive. This location I believe is family owned and I have seen the same people working there for years. It's generally well kept up, the service is friendly and prompt, and the ingredients are kept fresh and topped off. If you're unfamiliar with how it works, you have bowls that you put raw meat and veggies in, spice with different sauces, and then the chefs take your concoction and grill it up. They service white rice and rice wraps with the food and all meals come with a choice of sweet and sour or egg flower soup before and vanilla soft serve with a choice of syrups after the meal.

Food was delicious, fresh, and well stocked. Please note this is a Grill only so no menu to order other foods from. It was a smooth and easy process. There is even a large sign above the bar where you grab your ingredients for the grill, offering suggestions and information. You go in, are greeted, grab your plate and ingredients, walk to the grill, they cook your food, hand it back to you and you go sit and enjoy your meal! A server comes around and asks if things are ok and if you want drinks. They had two employees grilling. Service was excellent! They were honest and very accommodating for my food allergies! They were kind as well! Atmosphere, here is where they lost a star. Quite dark, dreary, and outdated. They do have a cool large wall art piece that is lighted behind it. This could be updated a bit and maybe be made the focus point. A bit dirty. I sat at a booth where I had to stare at very dirty bussing carts and plastic room separation dividers. It's also right next to the raw food but far enough away...still though...a bit unsettling. Not much competition as a Mongolian Grill ONLY (yes there are restaurants with Mongolian Grill but haven't seen another stand alone like this in this area). I was also there during slow time. If busier they may have even more cooks on grill....would recommend calling ahead to see, if you are in a hurry. As there are no other eating options, if it is super busy and they happen to be down a cook ... you !ay have to wait. Please note, this was my first visit and the food was worth the wait!

One of the few Buffet style places left. You create your dish and it is cooked up in front of you. All you can eat. Reasonable price. Good service.