Meng Gao Yang BBQ

This is my second time here. The first time I was here was about a year ago and the food was amazing. Decided to come back here today. Never again. I specifically asked the waitress if the meat was spicy and she told me no. Even though I saw what appeared to be red seasoning/​sauce smothered all over it. I gave her the benefit of the doubt but no, it was spicy.
I ordered the chicken wings which apparently was pre-​cooked. I mean I guess it saves time but it didn’t give me the bbq effect it had the first time I was here.
The chicken chunks were spicy so I didn’t have it. It was just sitting there.
My boyfriend thought the lamb was okay but not the best.
The food is not as good as it was once before. I don’t know if they changed owners or something but this was horrible experience.
I guess we have to stick to Brooklyn for some tasty skewers.

Came here for the second time. Four stars for the food, but took one out because of service. One of the waitresses was apparently new but was very nice. However, the other waitress who seems to be one of the owners was quite upset for the whole time which made me uncomfortable. Also, they used to offer you the option of having the skewers cooked before serving, but they don’t do that anymore.

Was in the area visiting my sister, who goes to Rutgers and decided to stop here for a late lunch. Since our family is from Changchun (Northeast China), we grew up chomping down on lamb skewers whenever we were back in our hometown visiting relatives.
The seasoning at this place for their lamb skewers is SPOT ON. Exactly like how I remembered it when my parents would send me back to China for summers during my childhood.
They start you with little appetizers and they were all so good too.
We got the traditional/​house lamb skewers and the XinJiang lamb skewers; while both were tender the XinJiang lamb skewers were far more flavorful and their spice combination is amazing.
You have the option of grilling it in front of you by yourself or they’ll grill it for you and bring it out. We opted for grilling by ourselves and were told to grill on the bottom, and once it’s cooked, put the skewers on top of the rack to keep warm.
We came at an odd hour during a weekday so it was not busy and the server definitely kept up and food came out fast. Will certainly be back again if I’m in the Edison area!!!

This Place recently changed the owner and the crew, apparently it was not on par with what it used to be, still a decent Northeast China BBQ place, but not as good as before. FYI, the servers seems not able to handle the larger flows of customers on Friday and Saturday nights.

One of the best Chinese Style bbq in New Jersey. I have been here many times over the last couple months.

Came here by recommendation from a friend and was very excited to try the lamb skewered. We ordered the Mongolian lamb skewers, chicken gizzard, squid, lamb offal soup and cucumber jellyfish salad. The lamb skewers were amazing! The other skewers were grilled well but not as flavorful as I would have liked. They offer you the option of grilling yourself or they can grill for you. And if you want it spicy they’ll come and give you a heaping spoonful of spicy spices to use as you want. The cucumber salad was very big and refreshing, highly recommend if you are eating other spicy food. I want to come back with a bigger group and try the $ 95 lamb leg!

AWESOME fresh meat, spectacular seasonings, kind and helpful staff. My new tableside bbq destination! Their kimchi is BOMB

I used to like this place when it’s called «dong fang chuan Dian». Today is my first time came in here after they change the owner. But I would never come back again and would never recommend my friends to come here, here are my reasons: 1. The lamp skewers we ordered was not tasty at all and you can hardly taste the lamp flavor and they are somehow raw. 2. The lamp kidney we ordered was burnt on one side and not fresh at all. The taste was just amazingly awful. It tastes like leather and the gross taste ruined my whole appetite. (I like lamp kidney but this is worse than the worst)3. Other than the two dishes, we order the 红烧牛筋，it’s just tasteless. And the squid was very so so.
They cooked for us, we didn’t cook the skewers. The waitress was nice but not helpful, especially after we complained the poor quality and tasteless food, they still didn’t feel sorry or anything.
The bill is $ 50, but we still give 10% tips. But I would never ever come back to this place again and hope my experience will help some customers at least they should come prepared.

The lamb skewers (羊肉串) here is pretty good but a bit small. Maybe that’s because I’ve been spoiled after visiting China. The other food isn’t bad it’s just nothing spectacular. It was better before the ownership change, imo.
3 stars for the flavorful lamb skewers and small dishes they offer I suppose.

Skewers! My favorite!
Came here starving, we ordered special lamp, heart, fish tofu, mushroom and some veggie. The stove has two layers, with the first layer to cook and second layer to lay the food. Looked so delicious to me. I especially liked their mushroom and pork combo, which was chewy and juicy.
Don’t forget to use the check-​in coupon for 10% off.

The services is extremely SLOW. We are fine with cooking that self-​serve BBQ but after each serve we have to wait for 30 mins for another dish. The most ridiculous thing is that they charged our credit card for another table! Unlikely to come again.

I am actually very critical, especially when it comes to Chinese food. However, I have to give it 5 stars for those lamb bbq (羊肉串), the BEST I have ever had in US.
I was skeptical due to the bad reviews so I just ordered some lamb BBQ, two mushrooms and some side dish. The lamb was not cheap (10pc for $ 15) and it came out raw. You have to DIY and cook by yourself. Charcoal was provided, and the whole bbq platform was not like the conventional Korean BBQ.
Cooking took me a while but all the efforts were worthwhile. The lamb was carefully selected and seasoned. Charcoal BBQ gave it a special flavor which I haven’t tasted for a long long time. Of course, you need to know how to BBQ first, otherwise it could be a mess if it is too rare or overcooked.
All other dishes were great, too.

Friendly services. Really like the kababs and the cold noodles (which was recommended by our sweet waitress). Would come back again with more friends.

The food was really good! I really liked the lamb skewers and roasted lamb chop! The fat piece on the skewer was a little big but once it was cooked, it became tiny. And the taste of it was unexpectedly delicious. The first time when me and my friends went, a worker cooked the meat for us. She served us 8 skewers at a time in order to serve us warm skewers. How thoughtful! The second time when we visited, we cooked the meat on our own on one of those «metal stands». We had fun cooking and experimenting them rather than waiting and do nothing. My family tried one of those 5 pound roasted lamb chop. It seemed huge but it was a right size for the 4 of us. The waitress told us the lamb chop was first roasted in the kitchen for about 20 minutes and 10 additional minutes on the «metal stands». The meat was fantastic! I really want to try it again but next time I will definitely order the roasted lamb 30 mins before I visit.

Came here to try out this new restaurant and I really enjoyed the food!!! Ended up getting the lamb skewers, the lamb rib and the Enokitake pork roll. They all were very tasty pieces of meats and got to enjoy the hot sauce that came with them. I also thought the way the meat was cooked is pretty cool but you do have to keep an eye on the skewers while cooking or one side will burn but overall, I liked the people, the service and the food! Will definitely come back with a bigger group of people!

Came here with my parents and didn’t really get to try too many bbq items. Only ended up getting the lamb skewers and some other stuff off the regular menu. Service was a little slow and most of the food came out way too far in between. By the time the last dish came out, the first was already ¾ finished. I’m willing to come again to try out the rest of the bbq stuff though.