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    3.8 (50 reviews)

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    Ann T.

    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.

    Cheese corn, half eaten HAHAHA
    Yvonne B.

    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!

    Cecilia Z.

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

    Justin T.

    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.

    Small beef skewers
    Boon C.

    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.

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

    Good food
    Claire C.

    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.

    Shirley N.

    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

    Skewer Chinese style bbq. Great atmosphere, delicious and price is right!
    Dave H.

    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

    Jenny W.

    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.

    Garlic scallops with glass noodles
    Katherine L.

    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!

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    Winn H.

    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.

    Jeff F.

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

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    4 years ago

    It's a new style BBQ...so fashionable....it's clear,and fresh meat...good experience!I think I will come again with friends or family!

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    4 years ago

    SO GOOD omg the cheese corn is the best here and the skewers are good too! Definitely recommend :)

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