Tiger BBQ in Scarborough is a lively, late-night destination specializing in traditional Northeastern Chinese skewers and BBQ. Open until 2 AM daily, it is a popular spot for groups seeking affordable food and cheap beer. Y The lamb and beef skewers are the primary draw, praised for being juicy and well-seasoned with a signature cumin-heavy spice blend. Other standout items include the BBQ cabbage, the fast service and generous portions make it a reliable choice for authentic, no-frills comfort food. read more

Tiger BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Chinese | Skewer BBQ | LLBO | Cash or Debit Only | Opens late Covid protocols not really in place They roughly checked my vaccination passport when I showed it And I saw other guests come in without being checked We were sitting back to back on the booths with other guests, no distancing or plexi glass seperation Clean single stall washrooms Service is ok. Menu was rarely priced, food came decently quick. They did not ask me for spice level for anything but nothing was spicy. Even my 夫妻肺片was not spicy. It was a generous portion however the sauce was not what I expected. Normally it's chili oil, this one seemed more like sesame sauce. The flavouring and texture of all the food is good. I just wish it had that kick to it. The stir fried clams were also in a relatively sweet sauce instead of a spicy stir fry. Almost resembles sweet and sour or sweet chili Thai sauce. I can tell the clams were not live and fresh, instead they're probably frozen clams. The cabbage skewers were better than other places like Chatbar since it wasn't super oily and the veggies were still crunchy. Overall it's good, but next time I'll definitely ask if they can add some spice to it. read more

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This is the dingiest, most ratchet place I've ever eaten at. The walls look like people were trying to claw their way out from the intense spices used in the food here, the whole establishment looks stuck in the 90s, and the tables are pretty much the only intact pieces of furniture here. Even the chairs were not spared. I love this aesthetic!!!! Night It Up was happening but I didn't want to get stepped on, so I yelped "skewers" and this place came up. Dude also wanted skewers but most places were closed except this glorious palace that closes at 2 AM!! This place was bopping at 11pm. The owner def knows their market. Let me just tell you now that you come to this place for the food, NOT for the service or ambience or atmosphere. We got pretty much 0 service (literally 0 words were exchanged the entire time except for "Do you still want this", and that was in Mandarin), there was none of the fake customer service happening where they ask about my day (because let's be honest, which server ACTUALLY cares about how my day went? We came to eat, not to make new friends). Lighting was very meh and no one asked us how the food was or to see if we were alive. Menu is in all simplified Chinese. Dude doesn't read and I only read traditional but I was able to guess 85% of the menu, which was still effective. Great experience! The food came super fast and they even gave us a freebie :) I think that was a mistake but again, no one came to check on us so we're like ayyyy score. Skewers are not their only thing but they also have stir fries, noodles/rice dishes, vegetables, some desserts (which I've overlooked because I was so hungry), and beer. Beer is super cheap here... $3 for a Molson bottle so if you're looking to watch a sports game on your phone with some cheap beer, this is the place. They have Wi-Fi nearby... I don't remember where I leeched that off from. We ordered 16 skewers and 3 skewers of sausage came free. This was a total of $30 INCLUDING tax and tip! RIDONKADONK. Best thing I really liked was sausage and lamb. Squid was great too. In total, we ate 8 lamb skewers, 6 sausages, 2 squid, 2 ribs, ... and I forgot the very last skewer that we had. For next time, I want to try their fried ice cream and see how it compares to other Chinese places. DEF RECOMMEND. If you're hungry, this is the place to go! I used to go to NIU for the skewers but now I no longer have to squeeze through mobs, AND it's mad cheap! read more

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I adore Asian Barbecue. My brother and I often barbecue hop to try multiple restaurants in one evening. Just thinking about barbecue makes me salivate! We visited Tiger BBQ twice. Both times we were not satisfied with the skewers. My brother felt their lamb skewers ($4.99) are on an average smaller than other restaurant in the same category. Cabbage skewers ($4.99) are partly undercooked. As well, cost slightly more ($1) than other restaurants. Limited vegetarian barbecue options. If I have a choice, I would not visit Tiger BBQ for skewers given so many better options in the area! read more

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Amazing bbq place! My family and I have came here twice and every time just gets better! Staff is so friendly and welcoming, one of the servers remembered us and served us very quickly which was a definite plus. The spices used for their kabobs are unique and compliments the meats very well. Would recommend trying the lamb skewers and lean beef. As those two are my favourite. They are also well known for their hot pots (pork belly) is very good in my opinion and the meat is very fresh and tender. Boiled dumplings here are also very good (veggies/seafood and pork) (leek and pork) This place is one of my ultimate go-tos' for bbq read more

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Explosive Diarrhea confirmed is real. Returned for the cabbage only for further disappointment from this filthy establishment. Swearing to a vegetarian meal with my companion as we were scarred by the lamb on the first visit, we ordered: - cabbage ofc (best thing they have honestly) - mushrooms (they look super dry but actually are quite juicy and packed with flavour; looks horrendous but tastes quite nice) - tofu (like sandpaper and spicy level is through the roof) - eggplant (most disappointing shrivelled up veggie; like a used condom lol) - braised eggplant (okay but I've had much better for much cheaper) - squid (the squid was good last time too, though slightly overcooked) I will never return because I cannot stand the explosive diarrhea...it just hurts too much :'( Having diarrhea in the morning made me late for work and also made me visit the bathroom 5x more often at work...not enjoyable....not good at all...lets be honest and give negative stars (-2 stars!). read more

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Tiger BBQ serves more than BBQ.. Any dish you think belongs to North Eastern China, you can find it here. Of course a lot of the dishes can be quite spicy, the menu didn't mark any of those dish off with pepper symbol so proceed with caution. My waitress was nice enough to ask me if I can eat spicy after she took my order. Lamb Skewers ($4.50) only comes in an order of 4 was delicious . A good mixture of fat and lean, the texture was tender. A good dash of spice... cough cough... Jello ($4.99) 川北凉粉 Jello has a more doughy texture, the sauce is well balanced with soy sauce, peanut and hot sauce. Menu is diverse including BBQ fish in hot pot and even BBQ whole rabbit and some exotic organs of cow talking about head to tail.. Cash Only! read more

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A solid 4 star... maybe even 4.5 because the food is still very much affordable and spiced just right. I've been to several places that serve the lamb and beef skewers. Most places overload on the spices making it extra spicy, but this place does it just right! Just enough heat so it's enjoyable, and not overly salty so you don't suffer from dry mouth the rest of the night. The prices for the lamb & beef skewers are prices at $4.99 for 4. My other favorite dishes are the "home made potato chips" with spice ($3.99), and the cold noodle dish that's served with peanut sauce ($7.99) My go-to place for skewers in Scarborough. read more

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This restaurant is located in the Alton Tower Plaza. The average price per skewer would be $5 for 2 or 4 skewers (depending on what skewers you get). I always go for the: - Lamb Skewers - Chicken cartilage - Cabbage - Fried Tofu - Beef skewers They season the items just like a lot of other Chinese skewer places but I do find that their meats a on the "smaller" side. But nonetheless flavourful. Warning: the tea pots tend to leak, at least the two teapots I had did (and it was not because of my pouring skills). It gets pretty busy on a Friday night, but not busy enough for you to be waiting for long. Would recommd coming here, meats taste great! read more

Tiger BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

This place has great food if you can look past the ugly interior and old furnitures. Weve tried skewers and other dishes and we like all of them except for the steam dumplings. Not that they were not good but they taste like the frozen dumplings you would get at the supermarket. Other than the must haves like lamb and cabbage skewers.. I highly recommend the squid skewers and grilled mushrooms! Squid is super flavourful and perfectly grilled and the mushrooms are juicy. read more

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Nothing fancy, it's not the biggest place but they do have great skewers and CHEAP beer. Service is fast and the place is open late! I wouldn't go out of the way for it - more of a place to chill read more

I ordered the chicken fried rice and the pork fried rice. The taste is nothing special, just your regular comfort food. The chicken fried rice tasted a little better than the pork fried rice. Too much oil and not dried enough for fried rice. I would give chicken a pass but not the pork. read more

Tiger BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Just an average bbq restaurant. The only thing I like about it is that they don't even had to check your ID when you attempt to buy beer here. read more

Awesome place for skewers! Been here multiple times but finally reviewing it now! The skewers are spicy and some are quite a salty (which I like) - unfortunately it seems they've bumped up the prices. Lamb skewers used to be $4.99/4 skewers but it's now $5.99/4 skewers. Either way, my favourites are the leek, lamb, chicken cartilage, and beef skewers; I also really like their cold noodles, grilled small fish (my favourite, must try!! ) and mushroom dish too! I was not a big fan of the grilled lettuce (bit bitter, perhaps undercooked?), squid kebab (tough) or the corn (tough as well) . The dumplings weren't bad either (average tbh) and the veggie dish was too oily and spicy (can't remember the name of the dish). Was very full by the end and satisfied. Ordered a pitcher of beer for ~$7 which I thought was an awesome deal. The servers were nice and didn't say much but abided to every request we needed. The food comes out at a decent time and once it comes out, it basically comes all at once - love that! The place is not too loud during the evening but near the night it definitely can. My favourite thing about this place is that it opens until 2am which allows me to satisfy my cravings late at night haha! Plenty of parking space too. The reason for one star off is mostly the increased prices and some dishes being not that amazing. TIP: menu and order sheet is all in Chinese, no English read more

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Taking away one star now. The food at least the ones I order are still good. But their quality of service has severely declined. Gone at the call buttons and what's left are two waitresses that are more focused on their tablet and smartphone respectively than the customers. The saving grace they have is the food I usually order which are. BBQ Lean beef skewers BBQ beef fat skewers BBQ lamb skewers BBQ steamed bun BBQ potato slices I didn't have room for BBQ Corn As before the spice they've put simply enhances the taste of the ingredients rather than masking things to the point they all taste the same. We did order something that was lacklustre. Their seafood fried rice didn't use old dried rice and what ends up happening is it tastes very bland that even adding some of the BBQ beef on it didn't bring it to an enjoyable level. So for future reference just stick with steam rice or have more BBQ steamed bun or even BBQ potato slices if we need to carbo load. All in all the experience was enhanced by bringing a friend who has never been here. His comment would be that this is a place to go with drinking buddies to have a cold one. read more

7/1/15: This was one of our last meals in Canada, before taking off for home. And omg, one of our best meals here!!! My gf loves the spicy food from her hometown in China, and this stuff is some of the most authentic I have ever tasted anywhere in the Americas! Its hole-in-the-wall looks and crappy location are probably holding this place back, but if you're looking for truly authentic food from the northern-China/Middle-eastern/Turkish region, this is it. Sorry, I have no clue what this type of food is called, but just that it's what they serve in that area. Skewers. Spicy with lots of cumin. Heavily influenced by Turkish and Middle Eastern food. Yeah, have no clue what it's called, but it's really good stuff! I'm really sad that there is no equivalent that we have ever found in California of this kind of food. If there were, we'd probably hit it up every week! 1. Molson Canadian Lager Beer C$2.99: If you're gonna eat spicy skewered Asian food, you gotta have beer right!? Well, we had yet to try Canadian beer, so here it is. It was alright. I don't remember it, for better or worse. 5/10. 2. #1 Lamb skewer [? I think] C$4.99: This is the sht. Exactly like it should be. My gf makes this every time we do BBQ with friends. Chewy, meaty, spicy, ultra heavy cumin. Great. Must get. 10/10. 3. #6 Beef skewer (4) fat [? I think] C$4.99: Pretty much the same as the lamb skewer but with beef. 10/10. 4. #10 Aorta and beef skewer (4) C$5.99: Well, this was a total first for me! So excited to try something new! In this case, the aorta (of heart) is kinda like calamari rings--very similar in taste and texture actually. And they put some beef in the middle. Looks odd.... and awesome! Ha ha.... well, tastes badass too. Same sweet and spicy mixture. MUST TRY! 10/10 5. #22 BBQ quail C$3.99: Surprisingly cheap. I'm not the hugest fan of quail cause there's little meat, and in this case it's pretty much what I expected. Not too meaty, but if you like quail, you'll like this. 6/10. 6. #40 BBQ fried tofu (2) C$2.99: Not normally what I would get, but she wanted it. And what do you know!--tastes awesome with that special hot sauce they use! Glad I tasted another variation of tofu! 7/10. 7. #52 House special clear noodle in sauce C$7.99: Unfortunately I don't remember much except that it was good. 8. #79 Preserved napa & pork belly hot wok [? I think] C$10.99: I think this is a typical preparation of the dish. Reminds me of my mom's cooking. It's good with rich broth. Not sure it's that special though. 7/10. So, you've seen the previous reviews, of which there are only 3 at this time. I doubt any of them are familiar with this type of food. Heck, since I've NEVER seen this before in America, outside of my own gf's cooking, yeah I doubt there could be more than just a handful of people on this CONTINENT who know what this is! Anyway........... if you're open to new experiences, this is a great place. Very great. Damn I wish they had one near SF. I'm sure there would have been 1000+ Yelp reviews with stars through the roof! 5/5 #canada #chinese #szechuan #sichuan read more

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I'm terribly disappointed at the quality of its takeout seafood chew mien. There's barely anything in there except for oil, salt and noodles. I dug through the pile of noodles, and I could only find 2 teeny tiny baby shrimps and a handful of pathetic squid tentacles, literally 1 CM each. It costed me 7.99+ tax. Who would want a meal like that?! read more

Tiger BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

I've checked in here 15 times, but I know I have been here way more times than that. I come here at least once a month now because the service is always good and the food quality always consistent. We usually always order the Guo Ba Rou which is worth every dollar. It comes with a generous portion size. Lamb skewers always delicious, no gamy taste. Fried fish (4 pcs), another hit, just chew the head carefully. Sliced spicy tofu sheets - this is how I could consider becoming a vegetarian. Any of the potato dishes - sliced or fried, you can't go wrong. TRY this place. Open late and everything I have tried so far is delicious. I recently had the cold noodle soup, me gusta. Prices are decent too. read more

Update: the beef skewers are now distinctly better than the lamb skewers. Also tried the chicken, which was pretty good but super bony. I've been sufficiently impressed enough to bump it from a 3 to a 4 star, although it's a low 4... Stay away from the beef tendon unless you want to prank a friend​! read more

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From the outside, this place may not look impressive, but they do serve good food! After having dinner near this area, we quickly stopped by for savory snacks instead of desserts. Lamb skewers were seasoned well and overall very authentic and delicious food. Because we were too full from dinner, we did not get to order a lot. I will definitely go back to try different items from the menu! read more

Tiger BBQ - Yum! - Barbeque Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

This place is a traditional Sichuan place that offers Sichuab boiled fish, kebabs including meats and vegetable variety, and my favourite glass noodles. The decor is so-so, as I usually wouldn't walk into a place that does not look extremely clean. The place just have a greasy feel to it, and I think this maybe due to the food they serve here. The kebabs were good, but they were not spectular with a pop of cumin flavour which I love on lamb Kebaba. The beef kebabs were really tasty with really fresh spices and meaty flavours. As for the chicken soft bones kebabs, they were well seasoned with a slight hint of sweetness. The cabbage kebabs were excellent though. My favourite would be the Sichuan boiled fish with the wonderful spicy aroma from the herbs and spices. It tasted delicious; however, I would prefer the fish bones to be taken out of the fish before it is cooked. There were like a lot of bones that I have to pick up which is not something I like to do when I am eating. The dishes were a little pricey for the quality also. I was with 3 other freinds and it was around $30 per person. I love this style of food and I feel this place has a lot of potential to be excellent. All in all, I might return to this place if I am craving for the spicy fiah dish as I really love the flavours and also for the cabbage kebabs. Cheers! read more

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This place is a great alternative to a place like Yang's BBQ. Compared to Yang's they are less busy, so there is usually no wait time and less smoky interior. The food quality is not the same as Tiger seems to use spice that is somewhat different in flavour. Tiger has dishes made with fresh fish but comes with a price, roughly $20-30 each. Whenever I come here they only give me a checkoff list for menu selections written in Chinese. I can read it but I wonder if it is available in English. read more

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Come here for the skewers !!... not fried rice lol. Gave us a Chinese ordering sheet and me being cocky thinking I was amazing at reading Chinese thought I ordered the famous cabbage skewers and it came out as chives but it was pretty damn gooood!! Should definitely try. I think it's the seasoning it's really flavourful, not too spicy. The meat skewers were tender and juicyy..mmmm. Oh and we ordered fried rice, it was like your sisters homemade when your house only have frozen veggies & mini shrimps & ham (probably tastes heavenly when you're drunk). read more

I've been here a few times. From outside, it looks just ok. But it's better inside. Nothing too fancy. The food is very good, especially the BBQ dishes. The service is also very good, and super fast. If you like BBQ, I recommend this restaurant. read more

Great place for Chinese Kabab, tried lots of different meats, I think the lamb kabab needs a little bit improvement, the rest are just excellent. Definitely will come back. read more

Been here a few times, delicious bbq lamb skewers. They have all kinds of spicy bbq selections. Such as lamb, beef, chicken, intestines and such. Personally I like their grill cabbage. It was not salty like other places. Great place to have some beer and gather with friends for dinner or late-night meal. Cleanliness and service were okay, didn't expect too much from them. But the food was on point and price is decent. read more

Best place for skewers in Scarborough. Great food, good pricing, open till late. Come give it a try if you haven't. Beware of beef tendons though, that thing will kill you. read more

you don't go to a place like this for the frills and thrills. you don't go to a place like this for the fancy shmancy. you go here when you want your taste buds to be BLOWN UP. We had a craving for afghani tikka (all my people from Karachi know what I'm talking about: spicy tender pieces of meat on a stick with globs of juicy fat slightly toasted and dripping down ALL OVER). and boy did this place deliver. Beef with Fat gets all the stars. 4.5 people and the bill came down to $81: 4 plates of beef with fat (with 4 skewers each), 2 plates lamb skewers (we asked for one plate spicy and one mild and they obliged us), 1 plate frog legs (super spicy heavenly), 1 plate chicken hearts, 1 ginormous bowl of seaweed egg drop soup, 2 scallion pancakes, 1 noodle dish which was divine. All in all, i'm a fan and will be going back. read more

The skewers are good, quite comparable to the silverstar plaza one, if you know which one I'm talking about. Their cold noodles is what makes them shine, as well as cheap beer and good North East China good eats. Certain dishes are a hit and miss but the typical well known dishes are made very accurately and taste amazing. read more

To be honest I would rate this half a star if I could soley based on their service which was good. But as for the food....so I ordered 4 basic dishes that I thought are pretty common for a mainland chinese bbq restaurant such as the bbq lamb skewers, bbq beef skewers, bbq sausages, and lamb noodle soup and they came out very disappointing. For starters, I my first dish, the bbq sausages were not sausages at all! Clearly, they were american style hot dogs cut into quarters with cumin sprinkled on. This was $4 for 4 quarter pieces!! What the heck! Then came the bbq lamb and beef which I couldn't even tell the difference based on the color and texture. Why were they all the same grey color? Isn't the beef suppose to be brown??! On top of that each piece was the size of my pinky nail, and each stick was the length of my pinky! No smokey flavor, very chewy too. Lastly, the lamb noodles had no lamb flavor in the soup whatsoever. The lamb slices were tough and tasted dry. The soup was clearly chicken broth that I can make with plain water and chicken powder. And the noodles had absolutely no bite to it. They were definitely no hand made! I'm pretty sure they were those packaged dry noodles from the grocery store next door... Big disappointment. OH, and there was a bug floating in the soup!! Would not recommend. I hope they can improve, because the servers were nice people that paid attention to the customers. read more