663 Bistro

Alex Tan

663 Bistro (July 22, 2022) It has been more than a year since I updated this review so here goes. I have visited this restaurant many times over the years. Although they have an extended menu, I almost always order the Chinese BBQ take-out for ease and normally a quick in-and-out. The location has not offered dine-in service for some time due to Covid, and does not look like it plans to do so in the immediate future. Because of the significantly less dine-on volume, I am pretty sure many of the stored foods do not turn-over as frequently as they previously were, and will likely suffer some quality compromises when they are eventually cooked. There are certain dishes that are less likely to be less affected this way obviously, e.g. Braised Pork Belly with preserved vegetables (The dish is pre-cooked and frozen so you can reheat and enjoy anytime. Be warned that it is a very greasy dish with fatty pork belly, but it tastes heavenly served over white rice. A total comfort food!) My recommendation remains just to order from the BBQ meats either by weight, or in a rice box (Served with a side of vegetables, and a small duck soy sauce container to wet the rice dor added flavor.) You must ask for a container of the home-made hot sauce, whose flavor is specific to this store only. Currently a rice box with a single meat is $12 - lower end of the pricing spectrum compared with other similar BBQ stores. The store also started offering select Dim Sum middle of 2921 to generate additional revenue compensating for the Covid restrictions. These offerings are mostly Baos, pre-packed in a large take-out plastic box stored in a display refrigerator. Prices range from $9 to $11 depending on your selection. They generally taste good, and are priced less than other more dedicated Dim Sum specific places. Worth a try, though nothing spectacular. Customer service is ok. Beneficial if you speak the dialect, which I do. My preferred meat is roast pork. The flavor is consistently good, with little variation (The roast pork here is roasted in slab form, as opposed to roasting the whole pig. Better quality consistency as a result.) The other BBQ offerings were fine as well. Be adventurous, and try all of them. Happy eating! P.S. There's always a waiting line during peak hours. Do try to avoid that and come at less common hours (e,g, 2 p.m.). ================================================ 2021 One of the better places to get Chinese roast pork. Reasonably priced and consistently delicious, when compared with other International District stores

Matt Pruent

Got the 3 combo and it was literally more bone than meat. Terrible old and cold cuts of meat. Broken and smashed bone chunks. Was uneddible. $20 for old scraps. Don't waste your money here!

Tianyi Wu

Ordered this salt and pepper shrimp takeout from here. The shrimps were stale and smell rotten. Disgusting!

Andreas Majewski

Not the place to go for ambiance. Just good BBQ and Cantonese and other Chinese food. Roast pork yum.