Kaojiu Restaurant

Delightful! This is exactly the kind of food I ate growing up in Beijing. The cold noodle and grilled oysters are spot on. Very happy to find this restaurant in the heart of Brookline.

Quiet(5:45pm Monday), quick, friendly service, nice music, order from scroll menus, ordered fried chicken app, Veg Ramen, Beef kabobs, chicken wings, veg fried rice; plus Mexican mule and Pineapple Passion drinks which were tasty. Total price before tip...$89.88.

Good service, good atmosphere but really lame food. Meat is over grilled and it is too chewy. And it is pricy/ over priced. The salty milk tea is good though.

Restaurant cancelled my reservation that was previously made 5 days ago with no warning or reason, needs to seriously fix their reservation system which is not accurate

Kao Jiu is a very beautifully designed Chinese restaurant. The interior is decorated very traditionally Chinese, with dark, lacquered wood, red lanterns, and Chinese art all around. Their menus come in the form of scrolls, which I thought was very cute and creative. I came here for the lunch special though, that's available Mon-Fri 12-4pm. The place was empty - only us in the restaurant, so service was quite fast. The lunch special came in a square wooden box with an appetizer, a choice for protein, a choice of veggies and a staple food. I came with a friend, so I was able to try 2 of everything. :) And despite initially thinking it wouldn't be filling, it actually was. The chicken kebab was the fan favorite. It was soft and moist, and had amazing seasoning. The beef kebab was a lil hard to chew with all the fat. The potato chips were my second favorite, as they were thinly sliced, very crisp and nicely seasoned. The fried tofu, oyster mushrooms, and the egg fried rice were all pretty good as well. The only thing that was slightly lacking was the lamb burger, as it did not have much meat inside and lacked a bit of flavor.

Lamb ribs hot pot is so tasty and lamb kebabs are fantastic!

Food This is a great restaurant if you are looking for nostalgic Chinese street BBQ. The reason I gave a four star is because many dishes had the same flavour profile, so I felt like I was eating the same dish over and over again with different ingredients. Everything else The restaurant had a great atmosphere and cool setup. I loved their menu design.