bbq Chicken — Restaurant in Richmond Hill

TL;DR: Solid Korean fried chicken joint that will leave you smelling like their fryer for days. Get the sauce, always get the sauce. Don't be a hero like me. Your taste buds deserve better.

First off, what's with that lowercase "b" and the random periods in their name? Are they trying to tell us something in Morse code? Is it a secret message that unlocks extra sauce? These are the questions that haunt me at 2 AM. Then I found out it means "best of the best quality chicken" 😭

The golden fried chicken was exactly what you'd expect - crispy, crunchy, and flawlessly engineered to make that ASMR sound when you bite into it. But halfway through my solo feast, I had the crushing realization that I'd committed the cardinal sin of Korean fried chicken enjoyment: I ordered it plain. No sauce. Just naked chicken in all its unadorned glory. It's like going to a theme park and only riding the carousel. Sure, it's fine, but you're missing the whole point.

Watching other people's saucy takeout bags leave the joint while I sat there with my plain golden pieces was like watching all your exes get engaged in the same week. Pure FOMO.

The spicy dukk-bokki (which I definitely pronounced wrong when ordering) was the saving grace of my meal. Those chewy rice cakes swimming in red sauce pack more heat than my apartment's broken radiator in January. Had me reaching for water, then realizing water does nothing, then contemplating drinking hand sanitizer for relief. Spiritual experience.

The portion sizes are decent, but the prices make you realize why your parents kept saying "we have food at home" throughout your childhood. I'm pretty sure I could have made a down payment on a Honda Civic with what I've spent here over the past year.

Next time I'm 100% getting the sauced chicken options. Watching YouTube Korean fried chicken mukbangs after eating plain chicken is the culinary equivalent of looking at vacation photos right after your boss denied your...

Family dinner at bbq Chicken. They just opened last Thursday so it’s very new. They currently have 20% off if you dine in.

The decor is nice. We sat on the tables with the wall of benches. The wood furniture is nice but hard on your behind if you sit too long. They play good music 🎶, a lot of Black Pink. 😄

The staff are very friendly however there were only two servers addressing and packing take out orders (there were quite a few during the hour we were there) in addition to the customers dining in (4-5 tables). They did a good job considering it was busy but they could have used another person to help them.

We ordered:

Assorted Cheese Balls(6pcs) and Cheesling Fries as appetizers so these dishes came first. Fries have good seasoning and is not oily. Cheese balls have 3 flavours; original, sweet potato and chocolate. The filling for the sweet potato is more custard like than cheesy but all the three are good.

Galbi Q Chicken (boneless)-sticky and saucy. Red Chak-Chak Chicken (boneless)-powdered and breaded with a bit of spicy. Signature Golden Fried Chicken (with bone)-crunchy breading, juicy meat. These 3 flavours gave us a good variety of flavours to try. Received 2 small side dishes of Pickled Radish to complement the chicken.

One of the forks we were given was not clean so I asked for a new one. The server replaced the fork and then came back with 2 pop cans on the house. Totally unexpected but really nice of her to do that. Like I said, they are doing their utmost to provide great customer service. Given that this is their soft opening, they are doing a good job.

The chicken does take a while to cook so be prepared to wait at least 20-30 minutes. The appetizers come out faster.

It was a good first experience all around (food and otherwise). Will come again when they have a few more weeks...

One of my fave korean fried chicken places. This particular location replaced 88 Gamjatang. It's located right next to the fairly new Pho Anh Vu in the O Mei plaza.

Parking is usually pretty good. You won't have to fight for spots like at Commerce Gate.

Most kfc spots divide their orders by half and whole chickens. BB.q chicken however, serves their chicken by weightage (each basket of chicken is roughly half a chicken) so the prices appear cheaper because you're getting a rough equivalent of a half chicken per order.

The other thing that makes BB.q chicken unique is that "boneless" on the menu is not the popcorn chicken style you would see at most restaurants. It's actually large chicken thigh/breast chunks that have been deboned so that's really convenient.

It was my first time trying different cheese ball flavours. Between sweet potato, original and chocolate my fave cheese ball was the chocolate one by far. Sweet and salty will always be a killer combo.

You'll definitely want to try chicken under the "fried & sautéed" section as you cant really find those flavours at other popular kfc spots in the GTA. One of my faves is the galbi Q flavour.

I also see rosé tteokbokki on the menu at a lot of korean restos but my fave has to be the one at BB.Q chicken. The sauce makes the rice cake literally taste like pasta! (My gf prefers the BB.Q chicken on birchmount in downtown markham because she likes that they are milder w/ the spice and also use thinner rice cakes as opposed to the richmond hill location).

The service is friendly and the interior decor is sleek. The unit IS small though so you might want to make reservations on a weekend during peak...