China Gourmet Takeout

Waited nearly 2 hours for my food for delivery. The driver didn’t apologize or anything. I already prepaid the order and included tip in the payment, I shouldn’t have done that. Luckily the tip wasn’t a lot.

This place is effing dumb & so are the people. 4 of us come, she took 10 minutes to look up and take the order from 3 of us. BROUGHT THEIR FOOD. And then decided to take the 4rth persona order. Um…
The lady pays no attention whatsoever to whos paying and who shes giving the receipt to.
Flies flying around.
& here i am still waiting for my food.
Ok so the food has come and it is quite tasty and good portion.
The stars are just for the food. Rest is bull

As an American living in Canada, I struggle to find Chinese delivery that’s as good as the American style Chinese food I’m used to back home. I do have a refined enough palate to also appreciate authentic Chinese food (and have eaten in hole-​in-​the-​wall restaurants in Northeast China to prove it!) but I just find comfort in a good old box of sweet and sour chicken with white rice and an egg roll. The Canadian stuff suffices, but I’m used to disappointment. That being said, my food from China Gourmet was just awful.
Last night I decided to order some delivery from China Gourmet, not having had their food before. The food arrived later than the estimated delivery time, and when I answered the door the delivery guy just said the name of the restaurant, handed me the bag, and walked away (I get that it’s possible that the delivery person didn’t speak much English, but as a server myself I expect at least a «hello»). I knew right away that the food was going to be bad, because I couldn’t feel the usual warmth of freshly cooked Chinese takeaway through the bag.
My suspicions were confirmed when I opened the bag. The food was cold. Grudgingly, I spooned some onto a tray to heat up in my toaster oven, as my partner and I do not have a microwave (by choice). Even before I heated it up, the sweet and sour chicken balls were overcooked, and the egg roll looked like it had been run over by a steam roller.
I ate about half of my meal and had to give up. It was greasy, overcooked, and the egg roll was just a smooshed greasy pouch with only cabbage and sprouts inside.
I will never order from here again!

This is definitely my go-​to spot for some delicious Chinese food! Their menu has an array of choices (from their classic chicken balls to their noodle dishes) and every meal has been delicious so far! I’m definitely a repeat customer (and have been since 2013), and even the owners know me by name! They’re super friendly and can remember my favourite orders! I’d say the service is great, the price is VERY reasonable (for the amount of food they give you — the containers barely shut!) and the food is delicious! I cannot go a week without ordering from them. The delivery to my house is very efficient as well! Will be ordering right now!

I’ve been ordering from them for years now. Great food, I like it a lot. Decent portions and good prices. I’ve heard many times that its not authentic Chinese food, but that doesn’t bother me. The staff however… not so nice, rude actually. When calling to place an order it sounds like I’m bothering them, absolutely no patience (the woman anyway).
I usually order the vegetable chow mein. Lots of food and the vegetables are always well done. Very garlicy but I like that. Tofu and rice dishes are also pretty good. very good value.

EDIT:
DO NOT EAT HERE!!! THIS IS THE LAST TIME.
Went again for takeout this evening. MY CHICKEN WASN’T COOKED. I’ve posted photos of it. Got it home and I said, «Gee, this chicken looks a little moist…» I cut it open and sure enough, it wasn’t cooked through; still pink on the inside. I just don’t have it in me to give this place another try after everything I’ve been through. I was holding on for the cooks, but now they’ve let me down in a big way. I’m already trying to dodge H1N1 in this city; I don’t need to be worrying about salmonella and E. coli as well…
ORIGINAL:
The food quality is good, but the Asian lady at the cash register is SHADY. It’s a shame that someone like that can ruin the reputation of a business when the cooks are working so hard. She often overcharges on the listed menu price of dishes ($ 7.50 instead of $ 6.75, etc) and adds other random charges to your bill. She seems like she must be an owner because she’s at the register 90% of the time. Prices NEVER come out the same from one visit to another. Have stopped tipping for this reason. Today, she added an extra $ 1 to the bill. Got were fed up and requested a receipt. She wasn’t happy about this, ripped it off the machine in anger, and handed it to me face-​down, hoping I wouldn’t see the extra charges. She is sooooooooo dirty. Just make sure you always check the total and call her out on her thievery! Other than that crazy woman’s shameful habit of stealing, the food usually tastes great.

I read somewhere else on here that Western, or (trick the western) Chinese food is great if that’s what you’re after AND it’s done right.
China Gourmet does it right.
We ordered 6 dishes and were told 50 — 60 minutes delivery. It arrived in less then 30. All the dishes were very hot and completely as advertised.
Of particular note, Stir Fried mixed Veg & Cashews. The Cashews were still crunchy as were the Veggies. All but the two Chop Suey dishes arrived in aluminium containers large enough that the entire 6 dish order allowed the two of us to not have to cook for 3 nights. We also had the Cantonese Chow Mein. A bed of soft noodles loaded up on top with Shrimps, Chicken, Beef, BBQ Pork and fresh Veggies. Perhaps the best of our 6 dishes. extremely fresh and tasty. Two Chop Suey dishes were still crisp and fresh, one with tender beef and the other with tasty Chicken breast slices. Chop Suey dishes can steam in the container during travel time making the Sprouts wilt. This was not the case here. Veggies are crisp and fresh, BBQ Pork is not hard or dry but tender and juicy. None of the food seemed greasy either. They try hard to please a variety of tastes that include Mandarin, Szechuan, even Thai and a small Japanese list as well as the ubiquitous «Combo Dinners».
A Chinese waiter once told us that every Chinese restaurant has a «Special» Fried Rice, and China Gourmet is no different. Their «Special» Fried Rice arrives in a Styrofoam container, (that was squished the last time), but still full to busting with what appeared to be pieces of everything imaginable from the kitchen mixed with the rice. Container not withstanding, a mouth watering delight.
In general, I’d say great Western Chinese, (although I found mini Boc Choi, Chinese Mushroom, Baby corn and Water Chestnuts among the Veggies).
If Western Chinese is what you’re jonezing for, I highly recommend China Gourmet.
No MSG, large portions and it arrives fresh from the Wok.
Our order cost a measly $ 51.58 + tip, (for 3 meals each). Order by number as they are take out only and the kitchen noise is loud. They are open till 2AM on Fridays & Saturdays, (bonus), 12AM Monday –Thursday, 11:30 Sundays. So when it’s late and you are craving something quick, hot and tasty, give China Gourmet a try!

DO NOT ORDER DELIVERY!
The food is ok (⁶⁄₁₀) if you dine in. Pretty much the standard quality chinese food you would regularly get for that price. However, delivery is a nightmare. We waited 1.5 hours for our dinner to arrive. We called after an hour wait at which point we were told the driver had left and it would arrive «any minute». Twenty minutes later, our food had still not arrived and we called to cancel as it had been over an hour and if the driver had left when we called 20 min ago, our food was likely no longer hot. The person on the phone was a bit rude and then sent the driver to our place anyway. He showed up 10 minutes later (which made the total delivery time 1.5 hours). I was expecting that perhaps they would offer us the food for free or even discounted due to the long wait but nada. Terrible delivery service.

China Gourmet have mostly westernized chinese food mixed with some authenic. I order here when I have some craving for some deep fried food. They have the Special combination plates. You can pick from 4 choices — All are $ 5.95. All comes with Egg roll, Chicken Chop Suey and Fried Rice — the 4 main you can choose from are Chicken Teriyaki Sticks, Sweet and sour Chicken Balls (my fave), Deep Fried chicken Wings and Diced beed and veggie. Other notable is the Sinapore noodle, Chicken fried rice, Orange chicken, general Tsao’s chicken and Young chow fried rice. This place is fast and on the menu states there is no MSG but I am not too sure about that. Overall if you want cheap, fast and westernized chinese food this place is for you.

dropped by for a $ 30 worth of food, left not much more than five minutes later, hot, FAST!
Typical Chinese-​Canadianized food does not disappoint, yum.

I drove by this restaurant and admit I thought it was going to be sketchy, but I read the positive reviews on Unilocal and decided to go here because I didn’t feel like going to the expensive buffet down the street.
I ordered the General Tsao’s chicken, an egg roll and some steamed rice (not included). The General Tsao’s Chicken was very delicious. The chicken is battered and fried in a light and crispy batter that held up to the sauce very well. The sauce was very flavorful with just the right amount of spice. I was an instant fan of this dish. The eggroll (not the spring roll) was filled with mostly bean sprouts. The wrapper was crispy, the inside was hot and savory. It wasn’t quite what I was expecting at all. It wasn’t bad, I think I just had my heart set on a spring roll.
It is a very small shop, but they do have about 6 or so tables you can sit at. It wasn’t very speedy, and it definitely wasn’t very fancy, but the food was good and in the end that’s all I care about. I would return for sure next time I’m in the area.

Having received one of their flyers and having read some reasonably good reviews, we decided to try out China Gourmet and put in a delivery order.
After waiting for 1 hour 15 minutes, we called to see where our food was; they assured us that their delivery person had left and would arrive shortly. After 15 more minutes, we called again, and were told that our food hadn’t even been cooked yet; no explanation was given as to why we’d been told it was nearly here.
We won’t be ordering from China Gourmet again.

Mostly good to very good Chinese. Pay cash and you get 10% off. Good szchewan beef and Cantonese chow mein. Good value for the $$s.

YES, I want me some take out chinese.
I was actually walking to another restaurant that was closed on Tuesdays so I was already bummed and was starving. Once you walk in you can see large pictures of their menu. (I think all places should have real pictures of their food.)
This is comfort food that has the right amount of grease (which did not seem old) and not too salty. Had the Beef Chow Fun and once I ordered it the cashier barked out the order in cantonese to old school short order cooks in their greased up whites, I knew this place could be for real. Especially since I am from Texas and everything there is made by our amigos…
My order took less than 5 minutes — as it should with a hotass wok.
I will be back.

This was a surprising find for a non-​resident of the city. It is located in an unremarkable strip mall with other ethnic restaurants so all I was expecting was a quick Chinese meal to satisfy my hunger. After that first bite, I was hooked! I went at least two more times during my short 3-​day business trip to the area.
The main business (as the name implies) is take out and delivery. There is a small dining area should you decide to eat there.
The food is made fresh each time you order so it is not just sitting in a heated container or buffet for hours. The meat and vegetables used are high quality so the final product is excellent. The prices are excellent as well. I would gladly pay more even if they increase their prices.
I highly recommend the Orange Chicken and Singapore Rice Noodles. I recommend this place without any reservations. You can’t beat freshly made food!