BBQ Box Chinatown
BBQ Box Chinatown is one of the seven outlets in Singapore. The outlet offers a bustling, colorful setting that is ideal for a laid-back, exciting meal. They provide mainly community tables, with the possibility of a few larger tables for larger gatherings. It is advised to make reservations, particularly on weekends and public holidays.
BBQ Box Chinatown Popular Dishes
Famous dishes of BBQ Box Chinatown are discussed below:
Premium Cumin Mutton Skewer
It’s a delicious meal with soft pieces of mutton spiced with the finest cumin spices. A delicious and fragrant experience is produced by the meat’s excellent skewering and grilling to perfection.
Orleans Chicken Mid-Joint Wings
This meal is full of taste and has chicken wings that are seasoned with a special blend of spices that are influenced by the cuisine of New Orleans. To get a crispy outside and juicy, tender meat inside, mid-joint wings are usually baked or fried.
Grilled Oyster
To bring out the inherent flavors of fresh oysters, they are seasoned, shucked, and cooked either on a grill or over an open flame. The oysters get a distinctive blend of salty and briny flavors from the grilling procedure, which also gives them a smoky and charred quality.
Grilled Beef Fat and Lean
This dish has perfectly cooked lean and fatty beef pieces properly grilled. These two components work together to improve the overall flavor and texture, creating a wonderful contrast between the lean meat’s delicacy and the rich, juicy texture of the fatty sections.
The staffs were very alert to the surrounding. Niece got scalded by the hot plate… they immediately attented to her with ice cube… oilment, plaster… woah… 👍🏻 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Toast is good, bbq meat is good too. Food are well seasoned.Corn is mushy, cob would be better.Place is a little small.
The usual BBQ Box menu in the middle of Chinatown. The place has a lot of light and food is delivered by friendly staff. Recommended!
Pretty chill place to share a meal with friends. Service was quite fast as well 🙂
Service is really fast and I like that they have a way to keep the skewers warm while we eat 🙂
Food is not warmCost is higherTaste of the food is goodThe waitresses are friendly n prompt
Fantastic food, awesome experience, nice neighbourhood, and the right price. I have been here twice already and probably will be here next time I am in Singapore. Thumbs up 👍
BBQ box is a favourite chain of mine. Would say that the food at this outlet is not bad, but other outlets do it slightly better in terms of seasoning. Overall, will still come back to this outlet.
One of the better Chinese skewers I have had in Singapore, nice ambience and fast service.
Didn’t have to wait too long in queue to done in. Service crews are friendly as well. Food is delicious, we love the skewers and lala soup 🙂
Food is delicious and the service is great! Do order the lala mala soup and the 烤串!
Went back yesterday and the food was still great! The potato skewers here are still the BEST. The place attracts a bigger crowd now but service was still good- food received were well paced and delicious! The quiet ambience and music of before are now replaced by louder conversations- I guess the beer that's great with the food plays a role! Would return nonetheless for more!=== Earlier review===Perfect cold day / rainy weather comfort food. The potato slices and meats we ordered (i.e. beef, chicken and lamb skewers, plus cajun chicken wings) were well marinated. Sat downstairs and enjoyed the quiet, homey decor and ambience. Loved their choice of Chinese background songs which blended with the mood. This review is based on my second visit which was just under a month after my first visit!
The store manager Xing's service is very attentive. Jia Ling is also very attentive. Enjoyed dinner
Hit and miss for meNot everything was niceThe best was iberico pork and the dumpling in chilli oilThe rest were disappointingBeef and lamb specifically
Northern China cusine, skewers were precooked, warmer box is only to keep them warm, not real skewing IMO.
Went to several outlets before. BBQ box has always been one of my favorites. Ordered a large variety of skewers. The prawns were very well cooked and crispy enough to eat the shell, there used to be a lot of meat on the prawn too. The fried mantou is very nice, so is the dumpling soup (10 pieces) which gives a very nice balance to an oily meal. The pork, beef and lamb skewers were all good especially the American Berkshire pork, beef lean and fat sticks. The potato slices were oily but nice. The Japanese rice ball was quite average to be honest and overall the food was good. Use fave app to get 10-15% rebates
Excellent food, I left the bbq chinese style is one of the better offering locally.
Tasty food at an affordable price for those who are on vacation for a relatively short period of time.The service from those who do not speak English, as is customary in Singapore, was negative. But whoever did speak was very helpful.Ok atmosphere, nothing out of this world. I was full.
skewers were a hit or miss, some of them were well seasoned, while others failed to cover the gaminess of the meatthe golden pumpkin soup was great and packed full of ingredients, fish slices were fresh toofood was okay for the most of the experience, though prices are very inflated.
Lack of seasoning! Taste is bad.outlet at bt timah, chinatown are far better.
The food and service is okay. Options are plenty and taste good but i heard other outlets taste better.
BBQ BOX Chinatown store, like other branches, maintains high quality food and service
First, talk bout food. Taste wise was okay. Wouldn't come back just for this.Secondly, price point of food was horrendously overpriced. 4.80 for 6 small dumplings, $1.80 to $2.5 for skewer..... Not inclusive of GST and Service Charge....Service was ok, was proactive when you enter. Afterwards, it's meh.
The food is delicious😋 but a bit expensive. The service is satisfactory👍A big compliment to Miss Jialing👍who took great care of us diners yesterday. I highly recommend this restaurant⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The food is always good and the service is warm and attentive. That's why I've been coming back for so many years. It’s just that I recently found that the plates have become more refined and the portions are much smaller. The one in Chinatown is very uncomfortable to sit at the door because the glass door does not close automatically.
I ate at this restaurant today. It was busy and there were a lot of people. Then I saw a waitress named "阿瑩" who was very busy. I kept asking her to take away the chili powder plate and dropped my chopsticks. She immediately brought a new one. The service was very good and the food was delicious. I recommend the meat skewers and will come again next time! ☺️
The service is very good🥰Especially there is a little beauty named Jia Ling who serves and serves my table every time. Highly recommended🥰
Fun snacking food for us. Not really a meal as the sizes are kinda of small. Very intense flavor of northern China food.
The Bread & Potato is delicious. Definitely must try. The veg is also fantastic. Overall is great.
Nice clean place, we had some nice chicken and beef skewers and they were perfectly seasoned and grilled. Together with some veggies it was an ideal lunch.
Could be overly rated. It's my 1st visit & I must say it's a little disappointing. The name BBQ Box seems to suggest it's Forte is the BBQ, but it is totally not true. For the meat to feel even slightly warm, maybe an hour. It's totally ridiculous. Thought that the sticks of meat are pre-cooked, it is cold & hard.In fact, all other dishes somewhat taate better than the BBQ.Very high chance I will go elsewhere if I am serious about BBQ.
Food nice and not too oily as another outlet. Didn’t reserve table and there empty table for 4 pax and the waitress didn’t hesitate and allocate 2 pax of us on that table. Unlike other restaurants will wait till 4 pax only occupied that table. We order upon sit on it and food serve pretty quickly and they didn’t pressure us leave but we also don’t want occupied the place when we finish eat. They act very fast clean the table. Feel impressive their professional service. Will definitely visit again and hope they can main such great service 🙂
Food is affordable and nice!The seasoning on the skewers is just right, not too bland and not too salty. The best was the potato skewers, the potato just absorbs all the flavour!Highly recommend their pigs ear with cucumber as well as their 酸辣粉 (sour & spicy noodles)!
My personal overall rating: 4.3*There are many BBQ Box outlets in Singapore and even in JB.Skewers were done nicely, the skills of the chef’s reflex on the finished products: Nicely charred meats, juicy and just enough of spices and salt to balance out the gameness of meat’s especially the lamb, if any.My personal favourite is the Lamb on Red Switch sticks 红柳枝羔羊 where the sizzling oils from the meats and smoky aroma can be detected when they were placed on the table. The meats carried not only the charred lamb fragrance but also mixed with the delicate and mild fragrance from the Red Switch sticks.Grilled pig trotter was average.
Quite decent North eastern China style skewers with plenty of varieties in the menu. I like the young lamb with red switch (红柳枝羔羊), grilled pork jowl , squid tentacles, applewood beef skewers, grilled shiitake & oyster mushroom. Having the piping hot skewers accompanied by cold beer was a perfect combination !
Rating: 4.2 / 5 stars🤩 : Range of offerings, strong tasty flavours🤧 : PriceyMy partner and I spent over $80 (after tax) on a dinner here. It still boggles my mind how we chalked up that bill. That said, it was a memorable experience that we found relatively good.To start, this place has three floors of seating. I hope this brings some hope to those who intend to walk-in during peak periods. As we arrived fairly early into the evening, we had no issues or wait getting a table for two. We appreciate the wide variety of options for skewers and non-skewer products. Ordering was conveniently done online, which is great for such large menus.After order, food started arriving in batches after the 10 min mark. This was a fair waiting time.Here are the highlights from our evening:* Cold noodles - passable* Male flavoured skewers (pork/beef/chicken) - strongly flavoured and not particularly spicy* Anything New Orleans-flavoured - must have, especially the mid joints* Chilli oil dumplings (红油抄手) - good enough* Potato slices - addictive* Tofu skin - very salty but incredible flavours* Regular meat pork/beef/chicken/gizzard skewers - great, cooked just rightI suggest requesting for a dry spice mix (干碟) to add another layer of complexity to your meal.Will be back, when my wallet recovers.
Long queue for table. Good food and service. The BBQ sticks sprinkled with herbs, and spices are delicious. The chili chicken appetizer is a must try. Extensive Chinese menu. Pricing is reasonable. Will come again to try other dishes.
I was surprised by the quality of food, as I had been quite skeptical just by looking at the menu. Would recommend to try their spicy dishes, because they have the Sichuan-flavor. Good place to catch up with friends and drinking.Not a representative of Singapore Chinese food, but it has good Chinese food. Recommend a visit if you crave for some good spicy stuff.
BBQ Box Chinatown Business Hours
| Day | Time |
| Monday | 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM |
| Tuesday | 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM |
| Wednesday | 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM |
| Thursday | 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM |
| Friday | 12:00 PM – 1:30 AM |
| Saturday | 12:00 PM – 1:30 AM |
| Sunday | 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM |
Conclusion
Of the seven locations in Singapore, BBQ Box Chinatown stands out for having a bright and lively eating area that makes for a comfortable and pleasurable dinner. The restaurant accommodates a range of dining choices, with a majority of community tables and a few larger ones for larger occasions.