BBQ Box — in Chinese, 串烧工坊, roughly 'skewer workshop' — is a casual stop for Chinese-style barbecued skewers at 22 Cheong Chin Nam Road in the Bukit Timah neighbourhood. True to its name, the shop is built around skewers: small, well-seasoned pieces cooked over heat, eaten straight off the stick and ordered by the handful.
This branch is part of the wider BBQ Box group, which runs stores across Singapore. Diners can drop by the shopfront on Cheong Chin Nam Road, or skip the trip altogether: the brand's own website takes delivery orders islandwide for a flat fee of $6.80.
First-time online customers get $8 off their first order with the code BBQ8. Opening hours for this branch are not published on the ordering site, so it is worth checking the Store page there before planning a visit.
On Cheong Chin Nam Road in Bukit Timah, BBQ Box — written in Chinese as 串烧工坊, roughly 'skewer workshop' — keeps its promise right there in the name. This is a shop built around skewers: the Chinese barbecue tradition of small, well-seasoned pieces cooked over heat, eaten straight off the stick, and ordered in multiples that tend to grow as the table settles in. The Bukit Timah branch is one of the group's stores in Singapore, carrying the same straightforward idea to the neighbourhood.
Skewers hold a beloved place in Asia's street-food culture, and for good reason. The format is about as unfussy as eating gets: thread it, grill it, season it, hand it over. Part of the pleasure is the pace — skewers invite grazing rather than a formal plated meal, and they reward a table that orders broadly and shares generously. A shop that organises itself around the skewer is, in a quiet way, organising itself around conversation.
The format is also naturally easy to share. Each skewer is a small commitment on its own, so a table can try widely across the menu without anyone having to agree on a single main — a couple of this, a few of that, and another round if the first round disappears fast. It is a style of eating that suits groups with different appetites and everyone's idea of dinner being slightly different.
BBQ Box operates as a group with a number of stores across Singapore, and the Bukit Timah shop at 22 Cheong Chin Nam Road is the branch for this corner of the island. The brand runs its own ordering website, where the menu lives alongside a store directory — handy if you want to confirm you are dealing with the right outlet before heading over.
The identity of the place is stated plainly by its own name. 'BBQ' signals food from the grill; 串烧 is the Chinese term for skewers, grilled and seasoned in that style; and 'workshop' (工坊) suggests a focused, single-minded operation rather than a kitchen trying to be everything at once. If grilled skewers are what you are after, that is precisely the lane this shop occupies.
You do not need to be in Bukit Timah to eat from BBQ Box. The brand's website takes delivery orders islandwide for a flat fee of $6.80, so a skewer night is possible from any part of Singapore. First-time customers get an easier on-ramp: the code BBQ8 takes $8 off a first order, which comfortably covers the delivery fee with change to spare.
Ordering is a simple loop. Open the Order page on the BBQ Box site, browse the menu, build your basket, and check out — the site is powered by Oddle, a platform built for exactly this kind of direct-from-the-restaurant ordering. If you would rather eat at the shop, use the Store page to find the Bukit Timah branch and any other outlets.
One practical note: opening hours for this branch are not published on the ordering site itself, so it is worth checking the Store page there before planning a visit. The address, for the record, is 22 Cheong Chin Nam Road, Singapore 599746, in the Bukit Timah area.
As for how to approach a skewer meal — the format does most of the work. Order a spread rather than one big plate, let everything arrive as it is ready, and eat it while it is hot from the grill. Skewers are a food best measured in rounds rather than courses, and the workshop is there to keep the rounds coming.