Came with my family on a weekend night and decided to try this place out. Parking was easy as it's shared with CVS but the place was super empty which already seemed a bit of a miss. Usually skewer places are pretty lively and while they did have traditional Cantonese music playing with LED lights, it was pretty quiet. The waitress brought out a tray with candles located inside to heat up the food. We ordered some skewers, preserved egg with tofu, grilled eggplant, and grilled bean curd skin. Everything was WAY too oily and felt super fattening. The beef was hard and overcooked. The only thing that was decently good was the grilled eggplant which was unique... but again way too oily. read more

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Quickly ran in to pick up my Too Good To Go drink order. Two sweet ladies greeted me and handed the drinks over. I'll have to come back to eat because the food was smelling pretty amazing. Both drinks I received were a dark green color. When I had asked what drinks were in the bag, I was just told green tea. Upon opening at home and taking my first sip, it was very citrusy and slightly sweetened but I couldn't quite make out the exact flavor. Would have never known this business existed had it not been for the TGTG app. read more

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Aptly name the Long Time Ago BBQ bar because we should have received our food a LONG TIME AGO. We came here on a Friday night at around 10 PM where there were a couple tables of guests but there was still a decent amount of seating left, so it wasn't during a super rush. Later on more parties came and they had to wait to be seated. So it is quite a popular late night spot where you don't have to venture into LA or the main parts of SGV. You seat yourself and order via a QR code, as many of these skewer places are. However, unlike the other places, there's no details on what each item is, how many skewers you get, etc., so I'm assuming it's based on what's in the image. Through this order system there is also no option to call over a server for service or for water, unlike other places. We just had to flag down the waitress. It was around 40 minutes between our first 2 skewer orders (2 items ordered) and our third item ordered (these were all ordered during the same batch). This was for 5 skewers of the special beef. The spices on the meat has some chili on it, but the table only has salt or cumin, would be nice if they had some spicy powder. In comparison to other skewer places, I felt that the variety is also much less here in terms of the other dishes they offer and the skewer themselves. With lots of other late night skewer spots, Long Time Ago doesn't hit the mark for me unfortunately. read more

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Recommended by a close friend as LIFE CHANGING, 很酒以前 BBQ BAR is DEFINITELY a must try. Opened late till 2 am daily, this is the perfect laidback casual spot to catch up with friends over excellent Northern Chinese bbq and superb drinks that hit the spot. You are first greeted by such friendly and attentive staff, order via QR code on each table and the staff will bring it out hot and ready. My friend wishes more Yelpers knew of this place, his favorite menu item is their chicken gizzard and cheese corn. Per usual, I loved their lamb and special beef skewers. Each item consists of 4 skewers, which is plenty!! Come check it out! read more

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The food here is pretty good. They have a lot of options with meat and cold dishes. Would recommend it to read more

Long Time Ago BBQ Bar - Barbeque Near Me - Arcadia, California

If you're looking for a good skewers place that's not as busy but ambiance, food, and service are great, this is the place to go. This skewers place is located in a strip mall in the same parking lot where CVS is on Las Tunas and El Monte Ave. I've been here twice and both times have been pleasant. The skewers are made readily available for you to enjoy whereas some places, they have the skewers rotating and cooking in front of you. Though I enjoy relaxing eating skewers, I like it readily available and still heated on the foil. We've tried their lambs, marinated beef, regular beef, cheese corn, clams and others, all of them taste so good. Atmosphere is great here. Great service and bright lit up place makes it a great combination for some good skewers! read more

This is the place for kabob easy going! A good variety of proteins! Spicy a must! Open late too!

Let me start by saying that this is more of a 3.5/5 stars review but I think they can make some huge adjustments and improve. This restaurant Hen Jiu Yi Qian translate to a long time ago which has always been open every time I drove by at night. I gave this restaurant a few tries and these are my overall thoughts. When you first walk into this restaurant, everything is in Chinese which makes it really difficult for those that don't speak the language. The food overall was great. I would say the flavors of the skewers are seasoned well and the service is really good. We tried a huge variety of skewers from the beef, pork, and chicken. Everything is great and comes out in a fast manner. Despite that fact there are some fundamental issues that I would highly recommend them fixing. 1. Remove the microwave and don't use them when it comes to heating food. I think it's sort of strange and disrespectful to the customer that you openly have a microwave next to the cashier that you use. 2. Having children running around. While I fully support family restaurants, I think having children running around with customers there is a awful image to leave. 3. I also know that we are in the 626 area and they are catered towards the Chinese clientele but one suggestion is to have some English menus or focus on all of Arcadia and its neighbors. Overall the flavors and the food are on point, but I think the ambiance and quality of environment could be improved. read more

Long Time Ago BBQ Bar - Barbeque Near Me - Arcadia, California

This restaurants open to early morning. It is great place for night snack. Most of the restaurants activities do not peak up till 9:30 pm. We were early at 8:30 pm. The restaurant still empty at that time. But people start pick up at 9:30pm. The restaurant name long time ago with the beer in the middle. Nice touch. I like the choice of BBQ selection. We pick small beef, lamb, chicken gizzards, squid, pork sausage, corn. All this come in steel skew. It allows to place on the automatic rotate grille. Very convenient. Love to see the food cook in front of the table. All skews are great. We enjoy it. The marinate is great too. Tasty. We also got some scallops with rice noodles and sauerkraut pork belly in tin foil. Those are good to have. Experience is great for open flame BBQ. read more

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The barbecue restaurant that comes every week, it's very good ， highly recommend. Their fish is really good not too spicy but very tasty read more

Long Time Ago BBQ Bar - Barbeque Near Me - Arcadia, California

Chinese skewer bbq. Yakitori Chinese style. Friendly service, good price, and each items are prepared fresh. Delicious. A must visit place for Chinese yakitori in San Gabriel Valley read more

Long Time Ago BBQ Bar - Skewer Chinese style bbq. Great atmosphere, delicious and price is right! - Barbeque Near Me - Arcadia, California

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Finally, I tried this place. The restaurant sign was very noticeable to me when I drove in the dark. I've been telling my husband we should try, and finally we went yesterday! The food was good. The interior... too busy. Luckily, my husband could read Chinese. It was hard for me(too much Chinese) Definitely recommended and will take my 3 boys back for good skewers. read more

Long Time Ago BBQ Bar - Good food - Barbeque Near Me - Arcadia, California

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One of my favorite places for skewers & spicy cold noodles!! I do miss when they used to have the electric grill to cook the skewers yourself, but the skewers now are still flavorful & texturally decent. I was a little disappointed with the crawfish as the sauce itself was very watery to me, and the peppercorns overpowered everything else. Maybe I had envisioned a different dish, but I would have liked a thicker sauce & for the garlic taste to be more prominent or match the peppercorns. Overall, this is definitely still one of the places I'll be frequenting for quite some time for skewers read more

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Went there to get my two order of toogoodtogo, that I paid $13.20 for , I was gonna try out their drinks and make it my next dinner choice if they tasted good. So much for wanting to come here since i specifically ask if this order is worth $36 dollar in this restaurant and that each cup of the heavily iced tea is worth $9 dollars . But she looked at me and said yes this is worth two orders . I would not want to here since by that standard I can't afford to eat there. read more

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10 points out of 10 for this hidden gem! We live around this area, and find this location to always be opening a new restaurant just to be closing in the next couple of months. I've been wanting to try a Chinese BBQ/skewer place, and this was the perfect spot for it. We had a 20% off coupon from a local magazine and came here on a Friday night. Arriving at 6:30pm, this place was ~quiet~ We sat at the edge of the restaurant, and there was maybe 1 additional occupied table. This definitely is a nightie's spot, as more and more people trickled in later into the evening and eventually filled up the entire restaurant. Louder music began playing and tables near us were consuming more alcoholic beverages too. Definitely seems like a poppin and fun place! As for the food itself, they were amazing. Sufficient options and the quantity was good. Skewers are on the smaller side, but each order comes with quite a few skewers and the orders will definitely fill you up. There are also other cold apps or noodle/rice dishes if you weren't in the mood to just eat skewers. When our bill came, we were honestly surprised at how cheap everything was. Not including the 20% discount, our bill for a table of 6 came out to be just north of $120! This price is inclusive of ordering a total of 7 beers! We took a closer look to the dishes' price and was so surprised at how cheap everything was. We hope the price isn't too cheap, and the restaurant can stay in business. Will be coming back with friends next time! read more

Long Time Ago BBQ Bar - Garlic scallops with glass noodles - Barbeque Near Me - Arcadia, California

My new favorite place. Will be coming here for drinks, awesome skewers for a long time read more

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TLDR: A hole in the wall with hole in the wall entrees amongst mundane, average dishes. Standouts were the eggplant fried rice and the cabbage and lamb hot pot. Why the lower rating? Service was lackluster, and there was inappropriate notice that only orders over $40 could pay with card. Hen Jiu Yi Qian is an excellent late night munches kinda location, something you'd expect to find in Asia. Although they feature skewers and smaller portion'd dishes, there are also entrees that can be ordered. Our table ordered the cabbage and lamb pot, pickled cucumbers, eggplant fried rice, and spicy cold noodles. This is a smaller restaurant, and when we entered we were able to be seated immediately around midnight. There were many open tables, but they put us at a table behind a large party. Getting in and out of that location was a pain, and the table behind us consistently disturbed me despite my chair being all the way up and me having sat sideways. While they brought us water, they were slow on refilling the water, and the staff that were there were focused on eating their dinner. I'm not sure what their priorities were, but we felt like we simply existed. What made up for it? Surprisingly, the food! I have to admit I wasn't excited to eat what I would consider pretty standard Chinese dishes. They provided complimentary peanuts, which were salty and moist - as expected. Our first dish to dig in was the eggplant fried rice, which took me by surprise. There may have been cumin, but there was definitely hints of cumin. I didn't notice too much eggplant in the fried rice, but the taste was so unique I couldn't help but fall in love with it. It is on the stickier end but not sticky rice, and it holds together very well, with few rice grains falling off individually. The lamb hot pot came next, and the lamb tasted so strong I would've believed you if you told me it was freshly butchered an hour ago. It was most definitely on the gamier end, and it is unlike most other lamb at other restaurants. Other than that, the broth was on the saltier end, and there was tofu with noodles. The pickled cucumbers were alright. They had hints of vinegar and sugar, but they were quite mushy and not crisp. Tolerable but not outstanding. The spicy cold noodles were as expected and a less sour and spicy version of Korean cold noodles. I can't say which version I like more because it tasted pretty average to me. Overall, there were standout dishes amongst the average ones but poor service. In addition, card is only accepted on orders over $40, but there isn't good signage so you wouldn't know unless you walked up to the cashier and paid. read more

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Everything was yummy and came out quickly! My favorite dish was the pork belly - the seasoning was great. Very laid back atmosphere read more

3.5 star Generally all taste good. I like all the kebabs we picked...the cold dish toufu has a odd kinda passed freshness flavor, but the dish overall flavor covered that, so still ok....not recommend eggplant, too much fiber....烤冷面has sugar on it, although taste ok, but i usually avoid food with sugar, so will be a pass for future....Watermelon juice was water melon blend with some fruit flavor juice, taste little odd, not recommend, but come free if you post good comment for the restaurant. So you decide if you want to give it a try. Overall environment is a good place for a after work or weekend hang out place with friends. Price is fair. read more

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Came here for a friend birthday, they have good selection of skewer items, and a verity of Chinese bottled beverages. The food is delicious, they cook at the back and bring it to you. I really like the tin foil clam and glass noddle, and special beef skewer. Plenty of parking in the plaza. Grilled fish is also very tasty, and can be made not spicy at all. read more

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Came here with family since it's close. Not going to lie with the quality and the price it's just not worth it. Most of the food is basically prepackage food that's heated, as someone working in the food industry, it's too easy to tell. The service wasn't bad and the overall atmosphere is pretty ok. Just the quality and the portion of the food is not on par for the price they are marking. read more

Looking for late night eats. We usually go to another skewer place, but this is closer. Food is ok. The service is non existent. When being seated the server said something in Chinese and my friend doesn't speak Chinese. But I heard what he said and basically... if we want to cook it ourselves, but my friend didn't understand and the server took off so quickly. He was quick to try to take our order, but we've never been there, so didn't know what to order and he didn't wait around for us to ask questions. They served these crackers that looked like colored triscuits, but tasted odd and dry. IDK if it was supposed to be crackers? Duck blood was decent, the skewers actually came already cooked. Basically they didn't open up the skewer-matic to cook it ourselves. WHICH WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF ME GOING! The server never really came by, so we kept waving the lady down. She gave much better service. I'd go back, but I feel there is a lack of communication. read more

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Northern of china style restaurant. So~~ happy to find this restaurant. The taste of home. Good value and yummy Came twice in 5days. read more

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good food, the service is a little on the inattentive side, the prices are also a little high compared to other skewer places

Looking for supper after midnight, this is the right place. Food and services is good. Highly recommended! read more

Long Time Ago BBQ Bar - BBQ - Barbeque Near Me - Arcadia, California

These place deserves more than 3 stars Food is quite good! Friendly and attentive service. Our burner didn't work so they changed to cooking in kitchen for us. Price is reasonable Good variety to choose from Their Fried Rice is better than expected! We ordered (some are not pictured too hungry): Chicken wings Squid Lamb Beef Pork belly Intestines Egg fried rice Dumplings Scallops Cheesy corn All quite good!!! read more

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First time trying Taiwanese skewers and what a nice experience at this place. We randomly found this while yelping for places to go for dinner and came across this restaurant/bar. Loved all of our food and service was good too. They do get pretty busy at night with the loud music, fog effect, and strobe lights. You totally feel like you're in a nightclub or karaoke lounge with the music and special effects. Would definitely come back here and recommend to anyone living near Arcadia and SGV. read more

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Ambiance: trendy night club style bbq skewers bar, brand new decoration and chic elements and murals, which replaced the former hotpot place, open until about 2am, good for late night hangout and dining Service: very friendly and patient with requests, provided good suggestion though forgetful, had to remind a couple of times to get certain items Food & Drink: variety choices from the menu, numerous skewers options for self cooking on the automatic rotating rotisserie bbq grill, hot pot style soup and ready to eat cuisines Lamb Skewers - *** average taste, not marinated Beef Skewers - *** average taste, a bit dry Beef Ligament - **** very chewy texture, pre-cooked, better not over grill, recommend Picked Beef - **** spicy green pepper and flavorful, recommend Capers Beef - **** sour and bold taste, recommend Pork Belly - ** the pork wasn't fresh Pork Skin - **** very chewy and tender, recommend Pork Intestine - *** average Sausage - *** average Chicken Wings - *** unbalanced weight, won't rotate on the grill Scallop with Glass Noodles - **** bold smoky taste, recommend Grilled Oyster - *** same sauce with scallop, recommend Grilled Squid - *** average taste Chinese Cabbage in Tin Foil - *** bland taste Duck Blood in Tin Foil - **** thin slices blood tofu, very tasty, recommend Clams & Glass Noodles cooked in Tin Foil - ***** with quail eggs, rich in flavors, highly recommend Grilled Green Chives - **** crunchy and tasty, recommend Grilled Eggplant - ** too dry Special Beer Pot - *** slices of bean curd skin, fish, fish balls, fish tofu, clams, bean sprouts and green vegetables, sweet taste Vinegar Cucumber - **** fresh taste, recommend Spicy Fried Beef back straps - ** too dry, very hard to chew Special Cold Noodles - ** the noodles were all stuck together Special Eggplant Fried Rice - **** served with fried egg, cumin flavors, recommend Kronenbourg 1664 Beer - **** light flavor and fruity aroma, refreshing taste, recommend Price: it really depends on the dishes and skewers you order, some prices are reasonable and some are overpriced, expect $50+ per person for food and alcoholic drinks read more

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Decided to go on a whim with my friend. Wasnt expecting much when walking in and ordering but was surprisingly wrong ，People are nice here! Foods are delicious! We ordered a lot food and enjoyed! You must check it out! Great food and service. Will come back again .Best Chinese restaurant in Arcadia. Huge bonus: no long waits and decently priced! read more

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We noticed that this place had just opened up fairly recently and decided to pop in for an early dinner to give it a try. Now, this place seems to be going through an identity crisis and it's clear that they don't know what type of atmosphere they want to create. There are sections of the restaurant that had cute decor then other sections where it seems like a nightclub, with strobing lights, LEDs and music blasting. The skewers were decently priced and the food was kinda what you'd expect. It wasn't particularly good or bad and as with many Chinese skewers, the cumin carried most of the taste. For most tables, there's only one grill and the servers recommended that we cook the food for about 10 minutes which was a fun experience at first, but became a very drawn out process given that there's only one grill per table. If you don't want to wait that long, you can actually ask them to cook the skewers in the kitchen where they probably have a larger flame and can handle larger quantities. If you're hungry I'd recommend having them cook a portion of your order so that you have something to eat while being able to enjoy the experience without going hungry for too long. About halfway through the dinner, they dimmed the lights and began blasting music of a wide range of genres and the atmosphere became a bit awkward. Later into the evening, they have open karaoke which I didn't stick around and I imagine it would be a fun experience to visit with friends once karaoke starts to enjoy an extended visit over some drinks and dice games. This might be a place I'd come to have fun night out but not specifically for the food. Something to pay attention to is that each has a power cable that connects to outlets that are placed on the floor in the isle in between tables so be careful! A few people have tripped over them during my short visit. By the way, they have complimentary ice cream but you might need to ask for it! read more

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Fantastic little BBQ Skewer bar. Everything we had was delicious especially the lamb and pork belly skewers. Perfectly seasoned. A very laid back place that is great for some fun and conversations with friends. read more

A hidden gem that opens till midnight. All I can say is the food taste better than it looks! You can choose to cook the skewers yourself or have them cook it for you! We chose cooked skewers. Great service, food was served pretty fast once we ordered. Will be back. read more

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Amazing tasting mini kebob type flavored beef! Great tasting egg fried rice and amazing customer service l!!!!!! i will def be back to try more options from this great menu read more

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The combos (A&B) are a good size for 2 people, and the portion & quality are both 5/5 for me. (It's now $45 for the 2 person combos). I've tried many skewer places and enjoy how the cumin flavoring isn't as overpowering here so you can taste the meat flavor. Everything comes out quick, service is friendly , and it's very clean and spacious inside which makes dining more relaxing. Can't wait to come back soon! read more

Surprised! Cutie place with the perfect Friday vibes to start the weekend. Good skewered bbq, with just the right music and good singer! Service was attentive, leaving you alone to enjoy your dinner and wine, yet come over right away when you need them! It's nice if you want to stay until late since it closes at 2am! A new found! We will be back! Thanks! read more

Went here for lunch with Monish, Jon, Andrew, Maz, James, Quoc, Victor, and Jake! Great food.. yum!

I absolutely LOVE Chinese lamb and beef skewers! I write this review in hopes that they get their service together and bring more flavor to their food. The meat is a little bland, I'm spoiled by similar restaurants in the area that have great flavor that isn't overpowered by spice in their skewers. On a positive note - I do like how clean the interior and how spacious it is. It makes me feel like I'm back in Asia with how they decorate it. Overall, unfortunately cannot recommend this restaurant. read more

They're open late which is super plus. Food was well cooked and perfectly seasoned. Service was great. read more

Long Time Ago BBQ Bar - Beef tendon, heart valve, beef and mushroom, and more - Barbeque Near Me - Arcadia, California

Great food high upbeat ambiance. Super cheap and honestly tastes good. I would recommend this place for an evening meal or midnight snack with some friends read more

Came here for mother's day to treat my mom out. Food wasn't anything special. The stove they use doesn't cook the skewers that well or quick. It takes forever for the skewers to cook and hard to tell from the lighting used in the restaurant. The service was awfully lacking: 1) The table we sat at was not the best during sun set as the sunlight hits us right in the face the whole time. The servers clearly saw us struggling because they warned the next table over to face away from the door as the sun will hit their faces. They didn't even offer if we wanted to move...there was only 2 other parties in the restaurant besides us at that time so space wasn't a concern... 2) didn't ask what we wanted to drink nor gave us at utensils had to flag the next person we saw which took forever 3) forgot a dish and had to remind them a few times At the end when check came we gave them cash the waitress dared to ask if we needed change back. The change was way more than what a tip should be and definitely was not deserved. read more

Long Time Ago BBQ Bar - Barbeque Near Me - Arcadia, California