Dragon Village Restaurant & Won Ton House

This is a hole in the wall you wouldn’t look at twice. In fact during our two hours only one other table was seated. A drive through window would almost make more sense because at least 7 or 8 people came in for pick up /​take out meals.
Their menu has all my favourite North American Chinese dishes on it and we were having a little trouble deciding. So we went for the Dinner for Three. Wow. Double Wow. Everything was more than delicious and each of the plates were mounded high. When we ordered the Dinner for Three expecting that like other restaurants the portions would be disappointing, the young server said «So you want some boxes for leftovers?» This is the first time I have met a meal I couldn’t finish. I would recommend that you follow the tried and true rule — one dish per person and one for the table and you will likely still have leftovers.
Atmosphere is not existent, almost scary. It’s right out of the ‘50s in the centre of Old Cloverdale. The server was bouncy friendly and available when needed. The prices are almost too low.
If you like a lot of excellent food at low prices this is a great place for either eat in or take out.

Used to frequent the Dragons near 160 and Fraser hwy until that changed owners. Now we come here to Dragon Village in Cloverdale because the food is better. Worth the extra drive.

This is the kind of Chinese-​Canadian food I grew up going to: a small, local, family-​run place that has been going forever in a small town (which Cloverdale used to be), serving heaping plates of yummy, oily, flavour-​spiked favorites.
The décor is bland, but that is part of the charm. I’ve never ordered out here, but the lunch specials provide enough food for leftovers, at a great value. Leftovers are an essential part of the experience at a place like this — you get the sense that they pride themselves on providing so much food per plate as a show of great hospitality.
At the same time, the low prices mean that they get some real characters coming in. I heard several people picking up food ask for extra soy sauce, and I got the impression they wanted to save it so they didn’t have to buy a bottle for their own cooking.
I’m glad places like this still exist. Let’s keep eating here, so they will continue to.

I agree with Michael’s review of Dragon Village as the food here is just too notch. My family always orders from here when there is a large gathering and Dragon Village does not disappoint. The portions are huge as they pack the containers until they bust even though some are styrofoam which isn’t good for the planet.
My only real thing is that the inside of the eating area is a little less than desirable as the ambiance is very boring an dates and sometimes you smell like the cooking if you dine in which is alright in my books. Not the best place to impress your date so it’s better to order take out

We moved to the Cloverdale area in 2006 and this was the first place we tried in the area for Chinese food and we haven’t looked back since. The restaurant itself is pretty much a «hole in the wall» and lacks any sort of décor and it’s definitely geared more as a take out or delivery joint. That said, you can eat in if you like and it’s comfortable enough (we’ve never eaten in mind you).
It appears to be a family run operation and the staff are extremely friendly and helpful. The young lady in front constantly amazes me in regards to how efficient she is in handling the phones and taking care of customers at the front. That girl is going places! Ordering over the phone is quick and easy and when we have had to have it delivered, it arrived in around 30 minutes which is totally acceptable by my standards anyway. When I order for take out it’s usually ready in 10 — 20 minutes!
The food itself is well priced and delicious (and always piping hot) not to mention the dish sizes are generous. We usually stick to the basics due to our young children which tends to be chicken chow mien, beef and tomato, sweet and sour pork and vegetable chop suey. We’ve had other dishes in the past and they’ve also been excellent. We’ve eaten at many many Chinese restaurants over the years and this is by far the best we’ve ever had.
One thing we really like is the plastic dishes they put the food in for take out. You can re-​use them for other things once you’re done with them (left overs from your own cooking for instance!). Most places give you styrofoam for everything or the aluminum type containers. It’s nice to know I can make use of these later on and they don’t go right into the garbage nt to mention they store the leftovers nicely for the next day.
So yah, if you’re looking for some great take out or delivery chinese food, at least give these guys a shot as I’m pretty sure you’ll be back again, again and again.