Gao’s BBQ & Crab

Reservation: Made reservation on OpenTable. Highly recommended since the restaurant is not huge, and Saturday night was pretty busy!Food: There's a huge variety available, including some more adventurous items (like frogs and silkworms- Eek). We ordered lamb, beef, chicken, green beans, and garlic fish! Ambiance: Interior is cute, but the tables are smaller, and would not recommend it for a group larger than 6. It looks like they have a whole karaoke stage set up for after hour parties! lol Parking: lots of parking

This was my first visit to Gao's BBQ & Crab and I can say that it will not be my last. My guest and I ordered alot to try and to our surprise, everything we ate was GREAT! Everything was seasoned well and very tasty. Service was also above and Beyond. Our waiter guided us through the menu once we arrived and he was very attentive to our needs. Here is a rating of everything we ate.Fried Oysters: 4/5Fried Spring Roll: 4.8/5Small Lamb with fat: 4.5/5Special Sausage: 3/5Shrimp fried rice: 3/5Egg Fried Noodles: 4/5Cabbage: 3/5Green Beans: 2.8/5Peppered Beef: 2/5"It was very chewy"Prawn: 1/5Quail: 1/5Spicy Grilled Fish: 4/5Hongkong Lemon tea + Rum: 5/5Grapefruit Green tea + Rum: 5/5

This is your sign to visit Gao's BBQ and Crab (open until 2am) with your friends! They also have a variety of noodles, rice dishes, milk teas, alcoholic beverages, and Cajun inspired Chinese dishes. Here's everything I tried: Snow Crab Combo Seafood Boil -- Snow Crab, Shrimp, Corn, Potato, A Boiled Egg, and sausage!! So amazing and filled full with garlic flavor!Drinks -- Guava Juice and Jack Daniel's + Fresh Watermelon Juice and RumNorthern Dan Dan Noodles (cold dish) kabobs - big lamb, pepper beef, chicken skin, corn kernels, small beef with fat, octopus legs, chicken gizzards (these were all amazing!!) Garlic Grilled Oysters and Garlic Scallop with Vermicelli

The skewers are delicious. My favorite was the chicken skin, it was crispy and flavorful. The service was great. I only wish I had a bigger appetite so I could try more items!

If you like meat on skewer, say no more. Gao's specializes in fusion of north eastern Chinese food and Cajun style seafood. Their skewers are all charcoal grilled and sooo delicious. The spice is chef's kiss all around and you can add more spice yourself if you want to amp it up. This cyber punk themed restaurant/bar also serves beer tower so it's perfect to go with a group of friends.Some of the standouts:(4.5/5) Pepper Beef SkewerThe beef is tender, juicy, with nice chew. This was such a strong start to the wonderful dinner!(5/5) Pig Intestine w GarlicThere are whole pieces of garlic stuffed in pig intestines sprinkled with sesame seeds! The intestine is crunchy on the outside and melts on the inside in your mouth.. and that garlic gives it a perfect ending. I'm ordering this every time.(5/5) Okra SkewersOkra is one of my favorite vegetables and this skewer exceeds my expectations. It's tender, juicy and has so much flavor especially for a vegetable. 4.5/5) Cabbage SkewerThese cabbages are already trimmed in bite sized pieces and are tender while still having nice crunch. Gao's cook vegetables really well, it is vegetarian's heaven!(5/5) Grilled OystersAnother must is their juicy HOT grilled oysters with cilantro, minced garlic, and spicy chopped chili. Be careful bc the shell was so hot that I burned my hand.

Okay this place is way too much fun! It's a very fun lively vibe - think very brightly lit bar with amazing food, great food, and K-pop music and music videos playing. So fun and different from all the other either pubs or swanky cocktail bar vibes. The food though. It's the STAR. We tried a little of everything we could manage and still didn't come close to trying it all. Everything was incredible! So much flavor! The staff were all crazy attentive and so nice! And they are open until 2am y'all. Like absolutely go- anytime of the day. Especially after an Allen American's game, it's within walking distance!

Our fave new Chinese BBQ place!!Ambiance is like you're in a club. Super fun and neon! You order through the website at your table and they bring the food over.Service was excellent. Very helpful and attentive wait staff. Food was excellent. They even give you a heated tray for the skewers to keep them nice and warm. You can't go wrong with any of the food here!!

Crazy Delicious FunIt's not inexpensive but the culinary adventure is worth it. Try all the things! I did find it hard to understand what was coming out but at it all. The Chicken Hearts, Pork Intestines, Beef Tendons were all good. If you're not that adventurous the Peppered Beef and Lamb were also good. Really there was nothing I didn't enjoy. It's bright and loud. I felt I was transported to another country. Great experience and I'll definitely be back.

Great food, great service, unique experience with amazing ambiance. Real chill place.

First time here and the food was great, definitely would come back. The watermelon juice and the lychee green tea was good. Make sure the check in at the kiosk up front!