I've been going to this place for years; it is the BBQ place next to Hei La Moon. It is true that it was closed briefly for cleanliness a few years ago, but before that and after that, I've considered it the best place for soy sauce chicken, and overall solid place for the other BBQ items like roast pork, bbq pork, duck, etc. It has been open during the pandemic. Butcher was wearing a mask when we went there recently. Recommend! read more

Got the crispy skin pork, duck and chicken. The place had rumors about questionable cleanliness but it never happened to me and they do have the best pork in town. Now if I wasn't a believer back then I am now cause my whole family got food poisoning from the pork. Test at your own risk. 2 stars for tasting good. -3 for food poisoning. read more

They sell fully cooked Thanksgiving Turkey (Chinese BBQ style). It's $4.25 per pound and comes with stuffing. You need to order in advance and tell them the date/time you want to pick it up. You also need to put a $20 deposit down. Perfect for a Friendsgiving dinner or if you don't feel like cooking on Thanksgiving Day (they are open). The turkey itself was very tasty. Highly recommend. read more

I have to promote this place. It's not for everyone but it's perfect if it's what you're looking for - Southern Chinese, Hong Kong style BBQ. Assorted meats including pork, chicken, duck, I think I may have even seen squid. The design of the store is meant for take-out to be eaten at home and shared with others as only one dish (of many) in a large meal. Being alone, I ordered the bbq pork w/ honey glaze over rice and a side of boiled/steamed veggies (cabbage) for lunch. It was $6. You can add addition meats for a couple of bucks more. It's not a great place for lunch as there are limited options but the meat is tasty, again if it's what you are looking for it's a valuable shop to have in your arsenal. It's not for everyone. Those commenting on cleanliness, I can understand where you are coming from. You see raw meat hanging on hooks out in the back. That being said - and maybe it's because I've lived in Asia - the back of Mcdonalds would probably concern me most as IMO it's just how the meat is prepared. read more

Best Bar B Q Restaurant - Bbq pork w/ honey glaze - Barbeque Near Me - Boston, Massachusetts

Eat a ton in Chinatown in New York so I feel like I have a good peer set to compare this too, though I have only dined there once. The pork I had there was slighly leaner than what I am used to, and therefore a little drier, but that is a tradeoff I gladly accept. Walked by one night late and saw whole pigs handing in the back, which I have mixed feelings about. Great that they are whole, presumably much fresher, etc., but it didn't look like they were refrigerated--not sure how much that should be a concern. read more

First of all, it's not exactly a restaurant. It's a butcher. In fact, the decor is really non-existent, so you'll just want to order your food and then leave. It's right next to Hei La Moon. This place is really neat, BUT the signs are only in Chinese so you'll need a an appropriately fluent reader to accompany you! ... or ... just point at stuff, especially the hanging animals ... specifically, the soy sauce chicken (really nice mix of rich doused absorbent flavor and chicken succulence); or the roast pork (the butchers really know what they are doing here - you can ask for "lean," "half lean, half fatty" or "fatty") and they'll give you exactly what you want. It's all yummy stuff that might remind one of the streets of Hong Kong! read more

I grew up in and live in Hong Kong (for at least some of the year), so believe me when I say that I'm somewhat picky about my Cantonese BBQ. In my time, I've had the best of the best (Iberico pork char siu ) and some less pleasant experiences. Best Bar B Q Restaurant is probably as close to a Canto BBQ place back home as one can get in Boston's Chinatown. You might have cleanliness concerns given its past reputation, but honestly? It's about the same as I would find in HK. The meat hanging from hooks in the back and in front of the shop window is bog standard for a Cantonese BBQ place - you'll be fine, trust me. I also think they've improved on their food safety rating since then, as I've seen an A rating from the food safety department placed on the wall. Food-wise - it's good! At the very worst, it's satisfying. Probably the best Canto BBQ I've had in Boston's Chinatown, although the quality of some of the cuts can vary depending on the day (the first time, the char siu blew me away - the second time, it was just alright.) Great prices too. Definitely recommend the crispy pork (siu yuk, or 燒肉), as it's a little hard to find otherwise and is perfectly fatty and crispy. read more

4-stars? Really Yelp? Blasphemy! I don't even know where to start, this place (I can't even say the name of this restaurant because I'd be lying every single time!) is so bad all around. Not to mention it made it on Boston's "highest number of the most serious violations: 130, dating to 2007" list. Google "best bar b que boston violations" and read the Globe article. Not saying all restaurants are clean, but it must be bad when it made it to the top of the list in Boston's pool of 1,000+ restaurants. I've had the unfortunate occasions to eat the food here as a select few of my relatives (inclu.. my parents, until now) seem to like getting takeout siu mei from this place even after I've warned them not to. It boggles my mind. The barbeque crispy pork is always over-seasoned and too salty. On many occasions, the pieces would be too fatty or not fresh to eat. Or if there are decent chunks....they still hide the crappy portion underneath so you won't visually see it upon a quick inspection. Essentially, the product that you get is extremely inconsistent and not great. The char siu is also always dry. The duck never tastes fresh and the meat is chewy and never tender. Just this past weekend, my dad got a huge siu mei takeout order from here (unbeknownst to me) for my 2-year olds birthday and they gave him complementary soy sauce chicken drumsticks for the large order. "How nice" you're probably thinking. Not. I took a bite into the chicken and it tasted sour. Yes, the chicken was spoiled, who knows how long it has been sitting there unsold in the heat & for how many days. I took a whiff and it smelled nasty, my gf confirmed it was spoiled, fortunately we immediately trashed it before anyone else could eat it. It's infuriating, they risk people's well-being by giving away spoiled food, disguised as a complementary reward for ordering large quantities. "Eek! Methinks not" is an understatement, it should really be "Eek! Stay far far away!" Maybe when 0 stars get introduced. Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere because there's nothing to see here other than bad-quality siu mei that likely was leftover from the days prior. read more

Always my mom's go to Chinese butcher shop for roasted meats, pork, duck, chicken, crispy pork. Momma always knows where the good stuff is. The line of roasted meats seen in the window, the empty and plain interior inside, this is a grab and go kind of place. The cha siew (bbq pork) is finger lickin' delicious because they also drizzle it with honey after they cut it up for you. The siew yook or crispy pork is always crunchy, crackling, and crazy salty but sooo good. Everything is sold by the pound but if you're too lazy to cook you can order a rice box for $5.95 with any meat you want. They used to include a side of cabbage but this time I went there was a ton of rice and no veggies. read more

My favorite place for roast duck, roast pork and char siu. YUM!! It's not the most fancy of places, in fact, it's a kinda gross. Like others have said, if you can't read chinese pointing at what you want is the way to go. read more

My review is based on an actual visit a few months ago. It's a weird set up, you walk in, order, and then grab a seat and wait. The meat is hanging in the window and there is a guy just chopping them. The food had decent flavor, BUT, it was practically served cold. The portions were small, and the place was dirty. read more

I tried the roast pork this time and it wasn't bad at all. I still found the meat to have an unusually large amount of fat attached to it, but it was tasty and the skin was crispy and tasty as well. You also get a HUGE portion of pork and rice for your $5, so while I don't know if I'll go back here on a regular basis (I'd generally rather walk another few blocks to Hong Kong Eatery where the meat quality is higher) I might very well come back here in a pinch. Communication with the staff is still somewhat problematic, and the place has zero ambience, but a bucket of rice and meat for $5 is a good thing in its own way I suppose. read more

Order an entire roast duck and have peking duck for a mere $18 - the entire duck, chopped fresh for you in a styrofoam container and reqady to go in four minutes. Absolutely a steal and a deal. read more

I think it is the best place to get Chinese style roasted pork, bbq pork and soy chicken. The Chicken quarters in sweet sauce is good too. I prefer the flavor of its seasoning on its roast duck better than Hong Kong eatery but they are lack in meat quality compared to the latter. It would be great if they can just pay more for their duck. I will never step foot into Hong Kong eatery for Chinese roast if only Best Bar B Q can purchase better duck for roasting. Their customer base are mostly housewives and elderly, people who really know what good chinese roast meat should taste like. At least that is what mum says. You can always request for which cut of meat you prefer, if you can speak good cantonese. Leaner meat or cuts with fat layers in between. Price is definitely reasonable. read more

Yes, it is a barely kept hole-in-the-wall along a barely maintained sidewalk. But... they make the best beef diaphragm in Chinatown. Okay, that might make a few retch, but they do. I see them unload 3-4 pigs daily off a truck from Canaan, NY, a town whose only claim to fame to me is having a toll booth. My family benevolent association orders a whole suckling pig here yearly for their New Years and it is always delicious. Bit of background... Chinese prefer 'whole foods' at the time of the New Year, and thus, why chicken still has its head on at the plate, you have whole steamed fish with the skin still on, and whole suckling pig for the symbolism of completeness. The pig here whenever I've had it has been with very crispy skin with a thick layer of fat beneath, the meat on the moist side compared to other suckling pig in the area. For a meal, some of the suckling pig, coupled with purchasing some milky bok choy from any of the local markets, blanched in full boil water for about 2 minutes, ice bathed, then seared on a pan with ginger for a few more, tossed with sesame oil and soy sauce, served with rice makes a good, simple dinner. The cow's diaphragm, a cut typically served with noodle soup that I had regularly growing up, is very meaty here, with very little of the tripe-like outer layer that is usually too chewy for my teeth. I don't know how anyone bites through the stuff, since it is akin to rawhide, but here, it is always rather thin in layer that I can manage to eat it, the beef being soft and never difficult to eat. It is akin to brisket. I haven't found the other offerings as... memorable, though never disappointed. They offer rice dishes of their different cuts, though I've found the rice to always be on the dry side when I've ordered it. The prices are reasonable, though not particularly high or low compared to their competition, a pound of most cuts around $8. It can be a bit difficult to communicate your order, even for someone like me who speaks Cantonese, to some of the staffers that are there... but the butcher should get it right. I've had to speak... very slowly to make it clear. Dishes to try: Beef diaphragm, suckling pig read more

We go here as often as we can. Limited English here. Ordered a pound or the pork barbecue today. Last January they told us our order was Na Ha. When we walked down the street and opened it we realized that Na Ha meant Not Hot. Now we make sure and say microwave. Once warm it's heaven on earth. Followed it up with a red bean paste and sesame ball at a local bakery and our Chinatown experience was complete. Next stop, soup dumplings... read more

This is my favorite place to get char siu and other Chinese barbecue items (roast duck, chicken, etc). It is located next to Hei La Moon and is best suited for take-out. Prices are comparable to the many other places to buy Chinese BBQ in the area, but the quality and freshness of the meats sets it apart from its competitors. As another reviewer mentioned, this is really a butcher shop rather than a restaurant. As such, don't be surprised if the kitchen door is open and there's half a raw pig hanging there. read more