WOW Barbecue

Malden, United States

4.2

Closed now

20 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards

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Telephone:
+1 781-605-2766
Website:
www.wowbarbecue.com
Address:
184 Salem St, Malden, MA, 02148
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
140 ftSalem St @ Richardson St
140 ftSalem St @ Clark St
390 ftSalem St @ Salem Pl
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Takes Reservations
Yes
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Apple Pay
No
Accepts Bitcoin
No
Good For
Dinner
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
No
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Ambience
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
Full Bar
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
No
Has TV
Yes
Dogs Allowed
No
Waiter Service
Yes
Caters
No

Today

Today 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Malden) 10:53 PM Thursday, November 28, 2024

Business hours

Monday 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Tuesday 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Wednesday 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Thursday 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Friday 11:30 am – 11:00 pm
Saturday 11:30 am – 11:00 pm
Sunday 11:30 am – 10:00 pm

Description

Specialties

WOW Barbecue is proud to introduce authentic Chinese BBQ to the streets of Boston, featuring a wide range of flavors paired with beautiful presentation and the color, aroma, and taste of authentic Chinese food. We have the one and only authentic BBQ lamb skewers in the city.

Chinese BBQ originated in the Xin Jiang and Inner Mongolia regions in northern China hundreds of years ago. Traditionally, meat and vegetables are doused in cumin and cooked over a charcoal grill. Our food is cooked over a natural gas grill with volcano rocks in order to preserve the signature smokey flavor still present in China. Select dishes such as our tofu wraps feature our house sweet sauce which is made from fresh ingredients daily. Our seafood is cooked in roasted garlic sauce on our grill with diced bell peppers added on top as garnish.

If you’re looking for a unique and new place for great food, bring your friends to WOW Barbecue and enjoy a culinary experience unlike any other.

History

Established in 2014.

WOW Barbecue started as a food truck in July 2013 serving authentic Chinese BBQ in the Boston area. Now we just opened our first brick and motor restaurant in the City of Malden, offering more BBQ varieties, drinks and other Chinese delicacies.

Meet the Business Owner

Steve L.

Business Owner

Steve is the owner at WOW Barbecue and has had many years of success working in restaurants. He realized once that there was no authentic Chinese BBQ anywhere in Boston, leading him to start a food truck with his signature items. Steve hopes you enjoy what you eat here and come again soon!

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20 reviews of WOW Barbecue

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Place rating: 3
Boston, MA
This review is for take out, since it was my first time to the restaurant. I ordered spicy hot pot with rice, drink and some barbecue. My husband and I were waiting for about 15 minutes which was reasonable since it was busy in the store, and the server was nice too.
But once we got home and open the bag, there’s no rice and drinks. The spicy hot pot was fine, but barbecue was very chewy once it was cold.
I’m definitely willing to give it a try again, but I won’t do take out for sure.
Place rating: 3
Boston, MA
The food was really tasty and came out pretty quickly. Service was attentive: I tend to drink a lot of water and I’m always pleased when I don’t have to struggle to get the waiter attention.
I am not giving it a 4 star because I thought that the vegetables skewers (while delicious) were done with a lot of oil (I think they could scale it back a little) and the drinks were bottled (I ordered black tea expecting a teapot.).
Place rating: 4
Boston, MA
Pretty good spot. The place is definitely hip with its decorations and the service is really good! I think that the food can be over salted but it may be that I just don’t know Chinese bbq. Regardless, for a random date or just to hang with friends they are pretty good.
Also, some in our group in halal, had nut allergies, or other diet restrictions. Their menu does not offer halal but it was varied enough that those friends had plenty of seafood to choose from and they were able to accommodate the dish for the nut allergic friend. Love them for that.
4 stars only because I’m not crazy about the over salting; everything was really great.
Place rating: 5
Allston, MA
I actually just finished up my first meal and Wow BBQ and it was awesome. Everything was delicious and was flavored to perfection. The Eggplant is a must try! The service was good and our food came out very quickly. We will be coming here for frequently! They have a food truck too so I will be checking that out too!
Place rating: 4
Malden, MA
Nice vibe in the place, different but delicious recipe, good service concept, simple but very interesting. Ordered a few times.
If you will dinner-​in make sure you will not have any order plans for the night or the food smell in your clothing will make you noticeable.
If you taking home, make sure to eat while is hot, saving for next day and warming up again may not taste delicious as the day before.
Me and my kids love the broccoli on-​the-​stick. My customer service experience was top-​notch.
Place rating: 2
Boston, MA
WOW! It was pretty bad. Went last week after seeing a lot of positive Unilocal reviews. Please note that most of the recent positive reviewers only have one review, so that makes them A little suspect – that they are friends/​relatives of the owners or staff.
First, the restaurant location used to be a bar for decades and the smell of old cigarette tars is extremely unpleasant.
Secondly, the food is just barely fair. I don’t understand why, if it is barbecue, that they do a flash fry of a lot of the meat before serving. Plus, there is a lot of much more delicious cumin lamb to be found in other Chinese restaurants. Didn’t like the quality or skill level.
My meal partner expressed regret at eating the food, which is so rare. I won’t be going back.
Place rating: 5
Medford, MA
Best BBQ in Boston. So love their spicy crab. I always enjoy here and bring my friends here. The best thing is I can drink beer with my friend like I was in China. Kk
Place rating: 5
Boston, MA
We had the Lamb Skewer, the Spicy Rib (Really Spicy), and the Beijinng zhajiang noodle. Delicious!
Place rating: 5
Cambridge, MA
The lamb rib is really good, and crab dish also deserved to be recommends. One of my fav BBQ restaurant in Boston. Authentic Chinese BBQ. Grilled fish is one of their chef special. If you go to this restaurant, please try it.
Place rating: 5
Malden, MA
Tastes soooooooo good. Always feels like I am in China when I eat in wow. Great place great food.
Place rating: 5
Boston, MA
Really like this place, excellent customer service, authentic food, great environment. Highly recommended. Also good for a party dining. Price is reasonable for BBQ skewers as well. Variety of choices.
Place rating: 5
Boston, MA
hang out with my friend. Very nice restaurant with good service! All tastes so good! Suggestions: cucumbers, toufu, fish, beef… with a little spicy flavor! Definitely want to go there again! Nice Chinese barbecue restaurant.
Place rating: 5
Boston, MA
The most authentic Chinese BBQ I’ve ever had in Boston. It reminds me of street food I had in China when I was little. The grilled fish and lamb skewers are my favorite.
The environment is very nice; the decoration is kinda interesting. The service is also very good, much better than those well established Chinese restaurants in Chinatown (if you’ve ever been there, you know what I mean).
Place rating: 5
Boston, MA
The food was great. Everything was well-​seasoned and even. The crab was my favorite. If you’re craving Szechuan, you should definitely come here. The skewers were pretty good. They come in a bunch deal 3 for $ 5 and so on which makes it better to order.
The service was fast, clean, and they even take reservations. Easy parking. Friendly staff that can recommend you a complete well rounded meal.
Place rating: 5
Boston, MA
Nice service and the food is good! They have variety choices of vegetables. Fried mantou is good! Very delicious, we will definitely come back!
Place rating: 5
Revere, MA
By far the best Chinese barbecue restaurant I ever been!!! I live in Malden area for two years and I constantly come back Wow barbecue since 2014. Friendly and helpful staffs and great Chinese food. I could not be happier coming here!!!
Place rating: 5
Malden, MA
good food and service!
Like it very much
The price is also reasonable
The environment is also perfect
Place rating: 2
Cambridge, MA
Food at the restaurant was not as good and fresh as what I buy at the food truck in China Town and disappointing.
Skewers were not warm, seemed they were cooked long time ago.
Not much spice was on the skewers (vegetables, mushroom, lamb) :(
Place rating: 3
Brighton, MA
Wanted to try a new place in Malden and came across wow barbecue.
We walked in and waited a few minutes to be seated, the owner (the only one not in he red uniform) needs to work on her attitude if she wants to get customers to return. No smile, no greeting whatsoever, if it weren’t for her attitude I would’ve probably gave this place a 3.5.
For the food, I thought that the veggie skewers tasted better than the meat skewers. The lamb skewers, which I had high hopes for turned out really dry. Chicken and beef tasted better. We also ordered the chili pot, You don’t get to choose what to add but they have a good mix of everything in there, I will love it more if it weren’t so salty.
We were a party of 4 and the bill for each person was about $ 25, it is pretty expensive compared to other Asian restaurants. We took some leftovers with us tho.
Place rating: 3
ALLSTON, MA
I came here with 3 other friends using the $ 40 for $ 80 groupon. We all love the Wow Bbq food truck in Chinatown and hoping this place would be a replicate of that food truck, though we soon found out that it isn’t exactly the same. They definitely offer a bigger selection of items on their menu, from bacon, quail eggs, lamb, beef, various vegetable skewers, there are a lot more to choose from. Prices are about the same as the food truck. The skewers however, isn’t as hot and fresh nor tasty as the food truck. All the skewers we got lacked flavor, they weren’t as tasty, and definitely lacked seasoning, there isnt as much cumin on them. This was quite disappointing given that we came here for authentic 羊肉串(lamb skewers) that we had as kids in china.
We also ordered the 4 person hotpot, which turned out to be mostly filler vegetables tuat didnt work well in hotpot context, 90% of it was potatoes, lotus root, mushrooms, and brocoli, there were barely any meat in this $ 35 order, very disappointing.
Though for $ 40 for $ 80, it was still a good deal, but I would never pay full price for the quality of this place.