Chili Dragon Chinese Restaurant (Take Out Only) — Restaurant in Burnaby

This is a great new Chinese food restaurant in the busy Canada way and Edmonds strip mall. We ordered a few items to get a feel for the place.

Service: such friendly and helpful service. When I called in the gal I spoke to was just lovely. Such a nice departure from the terse customer service received at other restaurants.

Restaurant interior: the new owners renovated the space in a fresh and modern way with neutral colours, nice tables and pretty lighting. It will be very nice to eat in when dine in is an option again in BC.

Food: Individual combo with chow mein, sweet and sour pork and beef vegetables. The chow mein was awesome, not too dry with nice pieces of chicken breast. Sweet and sour was plentiful and I found the sauce perfect- not sickly sweet. The beef vegetables was a bit disappointing as it was mostly bok choy with one piece of carrot. The beef tasted a bit odd too but the sauce was delicious.

Singapore noodles: really good quality ingredients were let down by an overly floral tasting curry powder. No curry powder is created the same so hopefully they can change this up?

Vegetable fried rice: I loved the type of rice used, a short grain similar to a broken rice. Was a great dish with all the various veggies.

Kung pao chicken: what a great dish! Full of flavour, huge pieces of white chicken and lots of veggies. Wasn’t spicy enough for my husband but I thought it was perfect! We just added some chili flakes to his!

Overall, a great first experience and we are keen to return and try some other dishes. Welcome to the...

Wow! Just enjoyed a gluten/dairy/msg-free dinner from Chili Dragon, and it was fantastic! We had salt and pepper fried calamari and it was crispy and tasty; amazed that it wasn’t soggy on arrival. It was accented with some jalapeño slices, onions, and green pepper strips - absolutely delicious! For mains we had crispy ginger beef, stir-fried mix veggies, and Kung Pao prawns (and a side of rice). All dishes were fantastic! Sauces seemed authentic and delicious, and each matched the dish (unlike some places that seem to pour the same sauce on everything). The ginger beef had long strips of ginger, almost candy - mmmmm😀. Also, the beef was in chunks instead of strips - a wonderful beef to crispy coating ratio and better, imo, than the traditional strips. The veggies were fresh and cooked well. All in all this was one of the best Chinese meals we’ve enjoyed, regardless of the gluten/dairy/msg avoidance. A perfect combination of spicy, sweet, and salty - great job!! We had three mains and the calamari appie, so too much food for two, but we will definitely be enjoying the leftovers tomorrow. I should add we used Skip for delivery. We’ve had some lousy experiences with them, but today was a pleasant exception. Farisha was the driver - prompt, pleasant, and professional. All the food was hot and fresh; she didn’t waste any time getting it to us. Highly recommend...

This was our first experience at Chili Dragon and it certainly won't be the last. Having celiac disease in the family complicates enjoying good takeout, but we've been reading the reviews and took the plunge last night. We picked sweet and sour pork, special fried rice, and chicken vermicelli with the noodles replacing the chow mein to make them gluten free.

All three dishes were excellent and now the only questions are what to pick next!

The sweet and sour pork was different from other SSP (probably from the non wheat flour coating) but it was really to the benefit of the pork since the dish was all about the pork, and not necessarily about the coating or the sauce which was just the right amount. there was sauce there, but it wasn't overloaded.

The special fried rice was delicious and not at all greasy as some can be. The prawns were lovely and the whole dish was very enjoyable.

The chicken vermicelli was also very flavorful with the noodles being an excellent substitution!

It was well worth the 30 minute drive each way, and as I said when I was there "I will definitely be back".

Thank you chili dragon for...