Khublai Khan’s

People kept raving about this place, must have went on a bad night, wasn’t that busy and had no atmosphere
Crocodile was truly horrid also
The meals … Well yeah the meat selection was great, however I tried their, end board for making a meal and also make my own, just was all same taste really, rice or noodles, alpaca or lamb etc etc … Didn’t really think it was worth the money
The team were the nicest part, manager helpful, cook giving advise
Just very underwhelmed about the food

I love this place! It doesn’t matter what you fancy. They have it here! You can also make up your own sauce to your taste. The staff were fantastic and enthusiastic! A wonderful dinner experience that I will do again and again!

Omg. Well slap me sideways and call me Vincent for anyone that has been to this little Mongolian treasure DID U SEE THE ARTWORK ON THE WALLS?! Hearing from a few friends that this restaurant sold the finest of Mongolian cuisine, such as zebra, bison, alpaca and the tropical options such as rabbit, and chicken, I was keen to try. My tastebuds were excited, but as soon as you walk into the restaurant you almost forget that you are there for the food as you are totally spellbound by the artwork. It’s like walking into a middle eastern Sistine Chapel, sure you’re half expecting Michaelangelo to come up to you and offer you a brush!!! Honestly, that dragon painting is captivating. It’s something else. Selecting a table where my chair faced the painting was a risky little game. I was in so much awe of this beautiful piece of artwork that the food missed my mouth a few times, it’s always awkward having to tell someone you have spilt your kangaroo down your top. But it was worth it. the painting, although beautiful– was equally terrifying, causing me to scream with horror whilst eating my bison. That’s why I said earlier that sitting on the chair facing the wall was a risky little game. But however, don’t worry, no nightmares were had, for they have magic Mongolian water that is fresher than the purest springs, and flushes away fear and negativity. See below. Namaste.

Nevermind the food (which was delish) it was all about the murals within the restaurant for me!
My favourite of the walls was the big dragon. he was so scary! To calm me down I decided to have some lemon water and that’s when sh*t got realz! So many different types of lemony flavours I thought I was in a lemon making factory!!! Oh and the food was real good aswell!

It’s a fantastic concept. But I’d rather order my zebra and have the chief season it for me. It’s rather over priced considering the guest is doing half the work by preparing and adding ingredients to the food.
However the fish bowl is an actual good size.
I can’t say the food ‘wow’d me but I don’t know if that’s just because I suck at reading instructions on how to season meat…

From the outside it’s hard to understand the concept of this restaurant, but we were pleasantly surprised. the staff were very friendly and the make your own bowl concept was fun. The vegetables were yummy, but the meat options (while extensive) were a bit disappointing in terms of quality. Overall we enjoyed it, but won’t be rushing back.

I have been here plenty of times before and know roughly what to expect, ie a 3 — 4 star dining experience which is a little different to the normal with your zoo of uncooked meats and tasty delights from the far east. New ones this time included Alpaca and some nommy horse burgers.
So why praytell did i give it a 5 star you ask? Well firstly the cooking has improved somewhat and although it takes a little bit longer to get your food it generally is cooked much better and not overcooked, maybe they had a complaint eh? And secondly the thing that excelled it was the staff friendlyness. They couldnt do enough for us.
We had a friend going in for a birthday and not only did they do the whole throne and mongolian dress for him even though we were meant to call ahead, they did a happy birthday message on his desert and rushed around to do the firework cake thing which again we had not phoned ahead for. Finally, as my girlfriend was following a week long diet and couldnt have certain things, they re arranged the rhubarb and apple crumble to resemble something sweet, sticky and with some pears thrown in for good measure! Very nice of them, as said before they couldnt do enough!
Will definetely go back!

So me and a friend went here after various people had recommended it to us, and we had a meal that was pretty decent. It wasn’t awesome, which is why I’m only giving three stars — it was simply pleasant.
we went on a quiet Sunday which wasn’t particularly quiet — the restaurant is obviously popular even on off-​peak nights! We didn’t get a particularly good table despite the restaurant being nearly empty when we arrived, but I didn’t ask for a different one cos it wasn’t really that bad — just next to the door, which is always my least favourite place to be sat.
The staff were nice, pleasant and attentive without being intrusive. Especially at the barbecue buffet — things were replaced very quickly when they ran out! And the chef said ‘thank you’ to us every time we put our food on the bar for him to cook, and even managed to sound jovial every time rather than mechanical. That was a nice touch.
We both had boar dumplings to start, they were fine. They came with a nice sauce. We are both people who are slow eaters and like to eat a LOT even so, so we were there for quite a while, and managed 5 trips to the buffet! The buffet itself was pretty good — the concept works! There was carbs on one station — a very limited selection of carbs (I’d have liked to see two or three different kinds of noodles, for example) — but the rice was nice and fluffy, which was good. THere was a veggie selection which was fairly limited (thought I appreciate people don’t go here for the veggies!). But the veggies on it were fresh and looked appetizing, and there were some nice things like fresh peppers and spring onion and thinly-​sliced carrot.
The meat is obviously the star of the show here because there reallly is a fantastic selection of that. I steered clear of the pre-​cooked prawns (never!) pre-​shelled mussels (I understand why but mussels can be dodgy at the best of times) and dry-​looking pre cooked chicken, and had variously: catfish, kangaroo, rabbit, monkfish, squid, and zebra (on various trips, not all on one bowl). Most were very nice. The cuts of meat they get are generally the kind of cuts I’d want to slow-​cook rather than stir-​fry — they’re quite fatty cuts, esp the zebra — which is one of the reasons I haven’t given Kublai Khan’s four stars. I’d steer clear of the squid in future, even though I really like squid normally — I think stir frying on a hot plate like that doesn’t do squid many favours, the texture was not very pleasant. The catfish was very pleasant tho, and I also enjoyed the kangaroo more than I thought! I would have liked to try springbok and crocodile, but alas, none tonight.
Then there’s sauces and spices, with recipe suggestions on the wall. We both choose to follow these and some of them were very nice indeed. I thought the selection of these was very good, too!
There’s a sign on the wall explaining that the meat comes from sustainable sources and where it’s farmed, which I appreciate — I like to know where food comes from if I’m eating it.
The desserts were very nice considering they were inclusive in the buffet price — crème brûlée and sticky toffee pudding with ice cream, both pleasant. For some reason I was super thirsty that night, and appreciated that the waiting staff were very prompt in bringing us a jug of water as requested and refilling it promptly!
I am also not a fan of service charges, and Kublai Khan’s automatically adds one to the bill. It’s not that i object to tipping — indeed, today we tipped over the gratuity amount because the staff deserved it — but if I’m tipping I want it to be because I like the business and/​or appreciate the job the staff have done, not because a bit of paper told me to!
I probably wont rave about Kublai Khan, or start going regularly, but it was a pleasant meal and I’d go back. I think the concept works, some of the food was very nice, and the service was commendable. As far as all-​you-​can-​eat establishments go, this is probably the best I’ve been to! Sadly that does come with limitations — i.e. everything has to be cooked using the same method. But there’s a lot to like here and I think it’s worth the price considering how much an average person eats at an all-​you-​can-​eat type of setup.

Visited for first time on a groupon deal. Liked it but would only visit again as a group and on a weekend.

Sadly I did not like my experience of Khublai Khan. Due to the layout of the buffet area, cross contamination of food is high which is rather unhygienic. A lot of the available meats were empty and not refilled and only 1 staff member was on the grill on a rather busy evening. This meant that service was very slow, there were not enough waiting staff to serve people drinks and take away empty plates etc. Very disapointing and sadly will not return due to this.

Khublai Khans is a Mongolian BBQ restaurant. Indoors it’s pretty much what you’d expect for a warrior meat-​feast — long wooden tables, candle and fire light, warrior-​esque décor and swords! We were greeted by friendly staff who explained how it worked:
1. You’re given a bowl to fill with ingredients. You start off with rice, noodles and a whole range of vegetables. Then you move onto the meat. They have a whole host of different things to choose from: standard meats like chicken, lamb, beef, pork, and then more exotic ones such as Springbok, Zebra, Kangaroo, Wild Boar and many others — they change it frequently. Oh, and if that isn’t enough, they have seafood too! Mussels, squid, etc. A huge variety!
2. The next station is the array of oils, herbs, spices, pastes and sundries for your perusal — and a large board on the wall gives suggested combinations. You add this to your bowl.
3. So you have your bowl of DIY stir fry magic. Now it begins to be fun! You then approach the chef who is standing over his ‘warrior shield’ ie. a gigantic hot plate with his swords. He will then fry, flip and serve your food. The staff explain to you that you shouldn’t mix the meats as they have different cooking times, and due to the cooking method some may be over cooked. Mixing is too much fun to resist.
You can stand and watch, and the chef will hand you your food in a bowl, or you can take a token and return to your seat. The first few dishes I stood and stared in amazement at the chef manœuvre the food more efficiently with two swords than I can with a spatula. Thereafter I was happy to park myself and let them wait on me!
Half of the time you can’t even remember what you fired into the bowl. For me, I got over excited and chucked loads of oils and spices in!
I’ve written this review back-​to-​front — the starters were delicious but ultimately, they’re not so interesting in comparison to the ‘weird meat’ and ‘sword hot plate chef’ and ‘warrior stuff’ that we were buzzing for. Here are our starters:
Kangaroo Haggis, Neeps & Tatties — Kangaroo is a beautiful meat. Okay, the thought of hunting Skippy down and eating him is ever so slightly sad, but let’s face it. It tastes amazing. Haggis is never going to be totally acceptable: sheep guts Vs Skippy the Kangaroo. I will stand by haggis, in any form it takes.
Thai Fish Cakes — These were lovely, and regular readers of this blog will know how much I absolutely love my seafood. To be truthful, amongst the other interesting meats and experimental foods, the fish cakes are quite lost on me. They were lovely and absolutely faultless. Just not particularly interesting!
Wild Boar Spring Rolls — Wild Boar isn’t so much a rare thing nowadays — supermarkets are selling Wild Boar pâté and the like. Still, it was something a bit different for me and even the name sounds exciting! The spring rolls were really lovely — jam-​packed with meat and vegetables in nice, crispy rolls. The salad and sweet chilli sauce were perfect with it.
My next ‘to do’ item is to try Horse. Without it being mashed up with cheap beef and some pig DNA! I think I’ll go back here and try it instead of buying cheap ready meals and playing animal roulette!
See my full review here:

There is a reason why you don’t see the likes of Zebra, Ostrich, Horse and Kangaroo on your typical Glaswegian menu, and that’s because no one has a freakin’ clue how to cook the stuff.
Chewy, dry, tasteless meat, cooked within an inch of obliteration. I’m afraid it just didn’t do it at all for me on the night.
There is just a generally lazy feel to the place. You need to go up to the cooking area to, ‘create your own dish’ from the pre prepared veggies, meats and spices and your meal will be cooked on a massive hot plate and delivered to your table. So there is no real cooking involved at all, just frying stuff up.
Now, there is also another reason why they don’t let the average Joe Bloggs ‘create their own dish’ in most restaurants. That because the average Joe Bloggs is a greedy wee bugger and will just end up creating a dish that is 80% meat, 15% chilli and the rest rice. It will just taste crap, that is why we leave the cooking to the pros, right?
Another thing that really caught my eye was the cross contamination of food. As you ‘create your own dish’ from the various food stuff you will often come across a wee squid in the pile of horse meat or perhaps a mushroom in the onions. Also my first dish I created contained zero chilli, yet when it arrived it was spicy. If everything is cooked on the same hot plate will it not just all end up tasting the same?
Of note are the food and drinks prices, don’t expect to walk out of here without paying around £30−35 per head. Our group certainly felt hard done by and we just couldn’t justify paying the service charge that was automatically added to our bill.
I know, I may sound like a fussy bugger with no sense of fun, but this fussy chappy won’t be dinning at Mr Khan’s again. If I want to create my own food, I’ll do it at home, and for a lot cheaper to boot!

Asian style? Yes please? Fancy a zoo of food? Aye ok then? Let the unofficial Unilocal night commence.
So I entered in to discover they do giant beers, which is 4 pints of beer with a big stick of ice in it. It also comes with its own tap to pour out the beer yourself. Cost — fifteen smackeroos. So we were seated and waited for others to arrive with the men folk and their big beer.
You think why only two stars? Well back in the day it was exciting. All them crazy Mongolians coming at ya on the big mural, crazy weapons on the wall and a zoo which you use to create your own recipe.
The novelty is still there to make up your own flavas in the wee silver bowls. Choose to follow the recipes on the wall or go wild and create your own with the ingredients provided. I played it safe.
So I feel the place is kinda outdated. The service was a bit disappointing but hopefully it was a one off. The place was busy, which was due to many Groupon deals they have on at the moment (we were informed by member of staff), two birthdays one featuring a large group and the poor guy dressed as a Mongolian warrior and sat on a throne. I have done that to a previous boyfriend, he loved it. Then of course our group.
We were not really served much, i.e. we couldn’t get a member of staff to try and get more drinks so had to keep going up to the bar. We used the Unilocal offer to get free beers but unfortunately they were 4 months out-​of-​date. Some people also weren’t happy with their food. I was pleased with mine and I did enjoy the choice they had on offer. I didn’t chance the horse though.
They also add a 7.5% service charge. Hmmm?! Say no more!
I think if they updated, dropped the service charge and tightened up their service or had more staff on, I think there could be a Mongolian revival.

AMAZING restaurant never disappointed with a meal here and the barbacue buffet is brilliant idea i have lost count of all the exotic tasty meats i’ve tried. This is a must try restaurant!

I admit it… Before Saturday, I had never set foot here. Twas always one of those places that you’ve heard great things about, and are always meaning to try, but somehow never get around to it. This night, however, heralded a birthday night out which was to kick off by stuffing our faces with mystery meats in this fine establishment.
Be warned, do not bring Vegetarians here. There is very little for them to eat. Mongolians were highly carnivorous!
Now, I was a bit cagey paying £23 for what was essentially an all you can eat buffet as I often find it difficult these days to consume more than one or two plates, but I was pleasantly surprised by the place. One look at their wee video monitor outside, you just know they do not take themselves seriously at all. The décor was quasi Mongolian, but quite warm and inviting in the front part of the restaurant. My friends and I were conveniently located at the back on the other side of the partition to the buffet (the partition seemingly styled to look like the Great Wall of China), and I had a nice view of a historical map of the Mongolian Empire. It was fun to look at while we were waiting. I also enjoyed watching the chefs cook on a hot plate with swords, and the occasional fiery whoosh — my inner pyro is showing again.
The whole vibe of the restaurant seems to be geared towards the party crowd. There are very few tables for less than 6 as far as I can tell (the few I spotted were also empty), and with their Beer Bongs and Cocktail Fishbowls it’s easy to see why this place would be appealing to people at the start of a big night out. Also, if you tell the person taking your reservation that you are booking for a birthday, leaving do, or stag /​hen do, the guest of honour gets to sit on a wooden throne, dress as a Mongolian war lord, and the staff will put a firework in your dessert while singing Happy Birthday or some variation for other events, all for no extra charge. Fantastic stuff!
I don’t know why, but when I heard we were going here I was a wee bit overly keen to try a zebra. Probably all this horse burger talk that’s flying about lately! Well, not only did I consume zebra, but I deftly devoured horse as well — which is good because I was so hungry that I could have eaten a whole one. Strangely gamey taste, but thoroughly enjoyable! I also ate Bambi’s mum and Thumper. Delish.
Unlike a traditional all you can eat, your food is cooked after you assemble your mix of meats, veggies and flavours, which means you sometimes have a bit of a wait between food bowls. My friends and I devised a system to cut waiting time, cheeky devils that we are. Basically, as soon as one bowl of food arrived back at the table, we toddled back up to put a second in to be cooked. This worked out smashingly, like a never ending chain of foodstuffs. It felt much more ‘all you can eat’ that way. In the end, I think we all managed about three bowls each.
I will say that as a person with a food intolerance (not deathly allergic, but hey), I had no idea that the burnt whiskey sauce that came with the Kangaroo Haggis was a cream sauce. It was not labelled as such on the menu, but I ate it anyway because I don’t like to cause a fuss. It tasted nice (if not particularly tasting of whisky), though it caused me a bit of discomfort later — most irksome. I was also a bit disappointed that all of the desserts also contained dairy, if not mostly made of dairy products. I ordered the rhubarb crumble and had to donate the ice cream to someone else, which made my heart weep a bit. Twas still very tasty, though. Everybody else had the mars bar cheesecake, which caused me to look on with envy — apparently it’s gorgeous.
If you want to try something different and don’t mind paying for the experience, this place could be for you. Maybe you’ll even get your own throne!

what an horrible dining experience. The place looks bad, tacky decors, non engaging service and food is bad!
All the food arives frozen and the meat is hard to chew. No veggie option. Wine list is bad and wines on offer are pretty bad.

Was taken here by friends for the first time recently, and was treated to a Mongolian Feast!
The staff where extremely friendly, suggesting the perfect drinks to accompany the meal. I had the Thai Fish Cakes to start, but tasted the Kangaroo Haggis and Soup which was Spicy Sweet Pepper. The starters tickled my tastebuds, but I was looking forward to the main course buffet which I had been told so much about.
Go up to the kitchen, collect and bowl and get creating your own meal! Select rice or noodles then select a wide range of vegtables to go along with your meat. Choose from a selection of seafood including baby octopus, Zebra, Kangaroo, Camel and many a game-​y meat.
Then it’s time to select your flavours and make a sauce. They have some recipes for you if your not a culinary genius, but alternatively you can create your own with the mixture of dried spices, fruits and sauces.
Hand it over to the chef to be cooked fresh on a hotplate, then delivered to your table.
With the feast you can go up as many times as you like, and make sure you get a taste of everything!
A really nice atmosphere and I’ll definately be back!

OK, got a voucher from some dudes: Living Group, Social-​On or something like that.
The voucher offered us a starter tasting session type thing, with a glass of wine, a starter and free bowl from the mains trough.
So yeah, not really the true experience offer to most folk from these guys, but a feel none the less for the vibe/​quality of grub from these guys.
To start with we plumped for spring rolls and a kangaroo haggis (yip, that’s what I said), which were both very tasty, if not spectacular.
Now without boring you with the complexity of the mains, lets just say that you get a small bowl (quite small), fill it with rice/​noodles, veggies, choice of meat (quite varied) and then suggestions of favour combinations. My advice at this part is to take there suggestions of quantities and double them. If like me you like a bit of flavour and would rather starve than eat bland food, then the watch word is double, double, double!
Grub was tasty, cooked on an open hot plate and mixed with two swords (cool if your a 10 year old boy/​drunk or fae Maryhill) and served in the same wee bowls.
I have to say that although the grub was tasty enough and the service was prompt and attentive, there was just something missing about the experience. Was it the:
‘I’ve decided to go with a Mongolian theme for the front room. I saw it on 60 minute makeover and it just look fab
That sounds great love, shall I nip to ikea and get some swords?’…vibe?
Aye, probably. Also, twenty notes for the usual meal to me feels a bit steep. Call me old fashioned (ni please, don’t), but when I go out for a meal, I like the full package. Service and food. Picking my own meal, with flavours, meats etc to me just feels a bit off after having worked all day. ‘Right table 22, it’s your turn for the dishes!‘
It’s a 3 star bordering on a 2.5. Not for any other reason than, it’s just not my thang.

After all the hype i eventually got to go to Khublai Khans.
Got an OK deal on
which included a starter and two «trips» to the mains.
To begin with spent about 15 minutes trying to get parked eventually got parked next to Sapporro (which i wish we had went instead).
The waitress almost bored me to within an inch of my life trying to explain thier overcomplicated menu/​eating/​cooking/​offer option. Starters were totally delicious and i was looking forward to the rst of my meal.
Two things that annoy me about a resteraunt, having to ask for cutlery and the other is that when you do they only bring a forking fork !! Again like Wagamama i have not learnt the secret to obtaining a knife in such places.
The meat looked like it had been sitting out all day, so all my ingredients have to be put in one bowl. putting meat on top of your rice isnt very appealing when the blood goes everywhere. and whats wrong with having your rice cooked seperate. i had two different recipes for both my mains, using the same mean and apart from one being a lil spicier they tasted exactly the same.
The sheer cheek of adding a 7.5% service charge onto the bill made me laugh. Your essentially going and gathering all your own ingredients (no need for a comm chef) and some guy cooks it. I’ve always beleived that the prices you pay in restaurants are more expensive as you are paying not only for the food but the chef, waitress service etc. i mean i could have wandered round morrisons and got the food myself for a sixth of the price.
So shame on you for adding a service charge :) If you hadnt added one youd have prolly got about 10% but for the cheek you got nothing.

«In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
An ancient pleasure dome decree…»
…well, Coleridge’s poem can’t fully apply to this restaurant. For a start, this Khublai Khan is an eaterie in the Candleriggs area of Glasgow — definitely not in Xanadu.
The poem got it right on one account — it is a pleasure dome of the eating kind. Designed to bring Mongolian flavour to this under utilised street in Glasgow, it is most certainly a culinery experience. The interior is traditional, the service is very attentive, and the menu is very exotic.
Serving up a number of meats that remain lesser tried in the Western part of the world, Khublai Khan’s bring springbok, kangaroo and zebra to the menu. For around £22 a head during peak times, you can treat yourself to an all you can eat barbeque, where you venture up to the grilling area and can watch the skilled chef mix your dish. With the aid of a guide on the wall, you can choose the flavour of your dish and the vegetables you’d like in it.
I opted for the springbok, which was very nice but quite chewy. Think that’s just the texture of the meat but be aware of this if you’re not used to it. Stuart opted for wild boar, which I would’ve loved to sample if he hadn’t polished it off first. That’s right, I’m outing Stuart on Unilocal — he didn’t share!
He did however treat me to an absolutely delicious meal — very different to anything I’ve had before (and I’ve tried a few traditional restaurants). It was quite pricey, but worth it — and if you go for the pre theatre menu it’s a lot cheaper, which we learned in hindsight.
The food is great, giving you an opportunity to leave your comfort zone and try something completely different. The bar is well stocked with classy beers and spirits, and the service is outstanding.
If I had any tips for people taking an adventure into Khublai Khan, it would be to opt for their lunch or pre theatre menu, and only to visit if you are game for trying something wild. It’s not great for vegetarians, or for people who don’t agree with eating certain animals. I must admit I flinched at the thought of trying zebra, but I’m a total hypocrite who couldn’t eat a pig unless it was called «smokey bacon» on the menu. But if you have an open mind, there’s a real opportunity to have a unique dining experience in one of Glasgow’s most unusual, hospitable restaurants. I see it as a luxury, once in a while dining experience, but I won’t forget my first meal here.