Bok Choy Boy

Bok Choy Boy is not a restaurant. It is a kitchen that shares space with Charlestown Fermatory, a top brewery in West Ashley. There is no hostess to greet you. Walk in , snag a table, order your beer at the bar and review the Bok Choy menu on your table. The choices are somewhat limited but the quality and taste are present. You order your food at the food counter. This is not waitress service. They will bring the food to your table nicely prepared and presented. It's not served on paper Plates. The food is Asian as the name Bok Choy Boy suggests. Primarily Filipino, Thai, Japanese. Low key, comfortable and generally inexpensive. Draws a bit of a younger crowd which is fine. My wife and I In our 70's love the atmosphere and vibe. No rowdies, no jerks, just people drinking beer, wine , eating good Asian food while chilling out!

Take it from a local, this restaurant is a true hidden gem! HIGHLY recommend! Arguably one of our top favorites in town! Best bao buns around! The dan dan noodles and tocino bowl are our weekly go-tos! Great service, flavors are on point, and they always have fun / creative / tasty specials (see pictured the carbonara and "croffle")! Couldn't snap all of the pictures before we dug in, but please check this place out!!

Tocino bowl was covered in some sort of smelly mayonnaise sauce which is gross and wasn't on the menu. Said no cilantro but it was all over the salad. After washing mayonnaise off the food was edible but nothing worth the high price. Dan noodles tasted like Italian noodles with vinegar rather than any sort of Asian dish.

Predominant flavor profile of salt. The lumpia was rolled in salt. The tocino was undercooked with no char and not sweet - just mostly salty. The chicken in the dan dan noodles tasted off (either old or recooked), the chicken wings were very salty with minimal gochujang flavor, the crab fried rice had no flavors besides salty and old crab(I like strong crab/shrimp/fish flavor but this did not taste good). I understand that it's a container kitchen attached to a brewery so maybe the excessive salt is intentional for the beer drinkers but I do not recommend if you don't drink or if you want to bring a family here. I'm mixed Filipino and was excited to try some Filipino fusion flavors but was let down. I would not bring visiting family here to try it. If you do not have asian taste buds or like to drink a lot of alcohol while eating- you might like the food. But I personally didn't and am leaving a review for my fellow Asians/Pacific Islanders that you will be disappointed if you are expecting some awesome Asian fusion flavors - the recipes are not structured for your palate. The ambiance is a laid back brewery vibe and the bar has some of the best root beer I've ever had so that bumped it up a star.

I would like to give this restaurant a rating of 4.5. It's refreshing to find variety on order apps and has something so delicious delivered directly to my home. The food is so well seasoned and very savory. I do think it is of a particular palette in terms of taste. If you have a narrow palette, the spices and flavor may not be for you. I must say that the chicken nuggets were an elevated experience for such a simple concept. I will give this restaurant a second go to explore more of the menu items.

We stopped here because we love Asian food and the reviews were stellar - aaaaand the reviews were right.. our food was fantastic..! My tocino bowl with rice - one of the most unique and amazing things I have eaten recently... highly recommended for some GREAT food..!

Best food in town! We've been eating at Bok Choy Boy since they first started doing pop-ups years ago! I like the tocilog bowl, my wife likes the crab fat rice. I especially loved their medovic cake they had awhile back!!! Wish they'd bring that back!

Walking in you get zero greeting. The bartender that was working just looked at us and there were only two other people in the whole place. If you have never been there the bar is separate from the "restaurant ". Figured out eventually you have to walk up to the kitchen to order. I'm not sure how this place has 4.7 stars but the food was inedible because of the massive amount of salt. We had high hopes but super disappointed in service and food.