This is my 2nd lunchtime visit. Craving beef & greens, this hit the spot. $15 gets you a warm plate of tasty beef and greens on a bed of rice, accompanied by a soup of choice. Tea was complimentary and yummy. They get a lot of takeout customers I noticed. Service friendly Restaurant small and clean. A pleasant break to my work day. read more

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Potentially the worst Chinese food I have had. Ever. Squid in spicy salt and pepper had no spice whatsoever and as tough as shoe leather. Szechuan veggies no spice at all. Generally inedible. read more

Got take out from here and can't say we'll be back. We ordered through Uber and found the person working the front area to be quite rude. From ignoring waiting patrons for pick up to demanding I open my app to prove it's actually my order because "I don't know who you are", even after showing a screen shot, I can't say I've ever encountered trying to do a quick up and being so irritated at the interaction. The odds of reciting an exact name and order in trying to take someone else's order would be pretty difficult. This type of interaction happened twice in a row, so for that alone we won't bother going again. Service is still a rather important aspect even if it's just picking up. As for the food, it was fine. Not awful, but not impressive either. The spring roll for $2.50 a piece had nothing but a few large chunks of cabbage in it and tasted like heavily used oil. No thanks. We also got a meal with noodles, beef and sweet and sour pork. Maybe it's good value for the quantity, and I thought the beef was decent. But the pork wasn't and the noodles were heavily covered in a salty sauce, which was kind of ok but definitely leaves you feeling greasy. The chicken part of the lemon chicken was good but the sauce had a thick jelly like consistency. There's better, nicer places in the area, so no need to return here. If you want greasy, food court style Chinese take out from a questionably clean establishment and can handle rude interactions, then go for it. But we won't! read more

Chilli Lee - Lemon chicken take out - jelly like sauce was provided on the side - Chinese Near Me - North Vancouver, British Columbia

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Last night I promised myself that THAT would be the very last time I order from Chilli Lee or go there to eat. The Combo C was 85% noodles, whereas almost half the plate used to comprise of the beef chicken, vegetables and sweet and sour pork. Then, after my second mouthful, I found a long, black hair in my mouth amidst the noodles. How utterly disgusting. The fortune cookie was stale and had to be spat out. And, to top it all off, I then got diarrhea and still have an upset stomach this morning. I paid $25 for THAT experience. NEVER again. Something has drastically changed there over the past few years. Be warned, people! read more

Came here because of a recommendation from my relatives and I was definitely not disappointed. My first time here was 2 years ago and I ordered wonton in garlic and chili sauce, beef hor fun(rice noodle) and another dish. The most memorable was the wonton! I came again last week (I'm not from Vancouver so this says a lot if I travel and end up at the same restaurant) ! Ordered strictly the wonton in garlic chili sauce and it was just as amazing! I feel like the ingredients have changed a lot but it's a different type of deliciousness! This is a must try in North Vancouver and it's a plus if you can speak Cantonese! The staff are super friendly. read more

Chilli Lee - Wonton in garlic and chili sauce - Chinese Near Me - North Vancouver, British Columbia

The food used to be pretty good, but now, not so much...I ordered a combo dish and got 80% flavorless rice and a few pieces of the other items... read more

We decided to try this place for a lunch take out. Ordered pick up as there's no dine in due to COVID. Friendly staff and good service. Place is clean and safety measures in place. I ordered two combination plates "B" and "G". It was a bit pricy for lunch $30 but both plates had a lot of food and taste good. I think they use MSG in their food which is why I can't give them full 5 stars. I say this because MSG makes me feel sluggish after I have it. Not long after I ate it I felt that way. I would recommend this place and look forward to trying it again when we can dine in. I'll be sure to ask that no MSG is added. I also look forward to trying other dishes. read more

Chilli Lee - Combination Plate "G" $14.95 - Sweet and sour chicken balls with Szechuan beef and vegetables with chicken fried rice. Excellent! - Chinese Near Me - North Vancouver, British Columbia

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They did anticipate the load on the holiday . They kept taking orders and they could not fulfilled them we have no dinner , we pays premium and they don't care I would not order delivery from these people again They even stopped answering the phone They should be driven out of business !!! They kept my money ( over $110) and got nothing . I'm going to need to go the restaurant to fight for my refund read more

Excellent restaurant, very cozy and very affordable. Great and friendly service and the food is extremely delicious!!! Highly recommend chicken chow mein, wonton soup, mushroom rice and the best is lamb with ginger and green onions. We have been there twice and also asked deliveries twice for two home parties with great success. Hardly can wait to go back. read more

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Okay so we couldn't decide where to eat tonight (date night) so we decide to go for drive and ended up on Lonsdale Ave. We parked the car and started walking and looking at menus posted on store front windows. After looking around a few blocks we decided on Chilli Lee's. We chose this place over the many others because of the display photos of food. It's a cozy size place. Seats about 20 people. We were there at 6:30pm so it's was busy with eat in, take out and deliveries!! (Free delivery btw) We ordered Spring Rolls, Hot & Sour Soup, Ginger Beef Fried Rice and Ma Po Tofu. The spring rolls arrived hot and crispy. The soup had good flavour but needed more red vinegar. We asked for the vinegar, they were out of red so gave us brown. It did the job. The Ma Po Tofu was perfectly seasoned The fried rice was cooked just right and wasn't mushy. Although tasty and authentic ... I am only giving 3 stars out of 5 because of two things. #1 the chef in the back yelled ... A LOT. And because I understood what he was yelling about it made eating hilarious yet unpleasant at the same time. IMO not professional. #2 They were busy, so our food order took a while to come. They should know Fridays nights can get busy and should schedule more staff for these times. Some take out customers we're getting antsy and kept questioning the waitress who in turn got after the chef who then started shouting profanities and pointing the finger back at the waitress ... hahaha good times ... good times. read more

Chilli Lee - Chinese Near Me - North Vancouver, British Columbia

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I got take out from here a couple of months ago and ordered the cashew and mixed Vegetables and it was good but not great. Not many cashews and the vegetables tasted more raw than cooked/steamed and weren't very marinated in the sauce ... also there wasn't a lot of sauce with it which is a shame because I loved the sauce. I had to really ration how much sauce I had with my bites. I was disappointed and it definitely wasn't worth $20. read more

Walked by here the other day and ordered from them today. Delivery time was good, food was a wonderful surprise. Veggies in the Szechuan beef still had crunch (and delivery), the beef was tender large chunks. Gai lan was delicious. House special rice had real shrimp (not that micro previously frozen) huge chunks of chicken, scallops were noticeable. Fresh tasty and good portions. I'll be ordering from them again. Nice surprise after a quite a few let downs trying to find a new Chinese restaurant that we like in this area. read more

As pic shows, pretty good portions of tofu, & just enough beef, spicy sauce of course and plenty of green and red chillis. Kinda small narrow resto, but surprisingly good given the area, one wouldn't expect North van to have szechuan---regular chinese food, sure. And their portion of rice is just ridiculously huge. Will come back next time in the area. read more

Chilli Lee is our go-to for Chinese delivery on the North Shore (we've never actually been to it's physical location). It is consistently good, quick to arrive, the delivery person is always super pleasant and they don't mind us substituting for other stuff on the combo plates. Score! We're not a fan of spicy stuff in this household, so we tend to go for the more milder of things... of which Chilli Lee has plenty! Some of our favorites are the Wonton Soup, Lettuce Wraps (chicken), Dry garlic pork, Gyoza, Spring rolls and Lemon Chicken. Yum! The reason I'm giving them four stars is because their rice/noodles could use a bit of work. They always seem... off... when compared to everything else. While they lack in seasoning and flavor, however, a few dollops of soy sauce does the trick to help get things back on track. All in all, it's a good place. When comparing it to all the other North Shore Chinese delivery places, it /easily/ wins out. Give it a try if you've got the chance! read more

Chilli Lee - Storefront - Chinese Near Me - North Vancouver, British Columbia

Currently take out only. I understand that COVID-19 has probably been tough on many businesses - especially in the food services industry. That being said, the lack of effort that has gone in to meal prep at Chilli Lee is surprising. We got the chicken fried rice, sechzuan chicken and sweet and sour pork. There was a certain lack of effort on every single dish. The chicken almost had a boiled taste to it and the pork was purely sweet chilli sauce poured over batter fried pork. Needless to say this place is definitely a no go for the future. Thanks read more

Ordered delivery on New Years Eve 2020. The five dishes arrived when promised, piping hot and cooked to perfection! Delicious! We loved the dinner! The Szechuan Sesame Chicken and the Beef with Ginger and Green onion were our favourites! But everything was very good. Highly recommend! Also, family run business. Very courteous and polite! read more

I had the chicken balls with a side of steamed rice. I thought it was good but kinda expensive. They were however fast in making it, done in 10mins. The chicken balls were about 7/10 with just a bit too much batter n grease. 10/10 on The steamed rice it was absolutely perfect, I could eat just that for dinner or order it on its own. I wanted a combination box but they don't offer enough vegetables Ps. The fortune cookies here are cheap, stale and gross. I've had the same brand before and I've also eaten at this place before and sat down. I had the chicken & broccoli and it was much better than this!! read more

Chilli Lee - Chicken Balls with Sweet n Sour Sauce and A Side of Small Steamed Rice - $15- - Chinese Near Me - North Vancouver, British Columbia

I came here on one of my North Van Runs while going to a craft fair a while back and wanted something sustainable to eat that was still affordable. I stumbled upon this place. It's a small and quiet place which is what I needed to just have some time for myself and work on my zine. I came in for the weekday lunch special that came with noodles, sweet and sour pork and some soup. Very reasonably priced and the customer service was super friendly. read more

North Van Talent. Chilli Lee is probably my fav restaurant to order from on the North Shore. I truly believe that the chefs are talented here ! Please try the 'Curry Mixed Vegetables' - so amazing and fresh, I often order/pick up this dish to go with food I am serving at home. Pad Thai is great as well as the BBQ Pork Egg Foo Young. Portions are generous & flavors elevated. The service is never disappointing and I have observed the restaurant to be impeccably clean. I am confident that even if this place was located on Kingsway or in South Van that it would would be super popular (that's how amazing it is). OWNERS/STAFF: IF YOU ARE READING THIS - KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK #DELICIOUS read more

Chilli Lee - Curry Mixed Veg - Chinese Near Me - North Vancouver, British Columbia

I ordered 5 dishes and only got 4 call them back , only to get yelled at by the owner so rude food is so so ,they have nothing on jade garden , Jade is way better and friendly , and they take care of there customer read more

Totally good Chinese food. We ordered takeout, so I can't comment on service or decor. Had several dishes (not knowing how generous the portions are), and most were good. Excellent: Pad Thai (Highly recommend) Garlic Broccoli (Full of flavour) Lettuce Wraps (Some of the best I've had) Not so great: Yellow Curry W/Chicken (extremely bland, no curry flavour at all. Chicken was high quality, though) Tofu with Vegetables in Black Bean Sauce - I can't remember what it's called, but that's what it is (No flavour at all, tofu was a strange consistency, huge let-down) Fortune cookies were very dry, and my fortune was hilariously mis-translated. Either way, I'll probably try Chilli Lee again, but I'll be more careful about what I order. read more

Chilli lee is the best chinese food place I have ever been to hands down. I have been to many other chinese food places in north van and none of them are consistently good like chilli lee is. The food is always amazing, service is great, and the atmosphere is very nice. Even when we order delivery it is always under 45 minutes to get here, and the delivery guy is very nice. I have to give this resteraunt 5 stars because I have never had a bad experience here and I go here A LOT! Also the food prices are very reasonable and portions are big. ****Revised review***** I had given this place a 5 star review a couple years back, but they have just gone down hill. We no longer order from here, the noodles have a funny taste and everything is just dry. Such a disappointment because we used to love this place. But we just can't keep giving it chances when there are better places around. Hope they do something about their food quality because I miss the way it was. Very nice owners. read more

I rarely have to write a bad review of a restaurant but in this case it's well deserved. The service we got at Chilli Lee was mediocre and rather unfriendly. My tip reflected this (8%) and the woman at the cashier basically tossed the receipt back at me and didn't say a word. The food was just ok and very expensive for that style of food. And they serve it with a fork. Weird. read more

Great food, not too greasy like some places, and the food tasted super fresh. Loved the potsticker style pork dumplings!

Went to this place during my Canada trip in May 2017. The chili wonton was so good. Never had the wontons in a sauce like that. The sauce was crack cant describe it. Even now a few months back in NYC can't stop thinking about it. Been to a few restaurant to see if I can relive the moment but can't find anything close maybe white bear in flushing taste the closest to all I've had but can't find the exact same taste. We've also had the beef flat noodles they were on point. Can't remember what else we ate there since it's been 4 months. But will definitely go back again when I go to Vancouver. read more

My only disappointment was not finding this wonderful place sooner. Great individual flavours and portions. Seems other places everything tastes the same and it seems more chow mein or rice as a filler than anything else not to mention the quality of the primary food. read more

Still a piece of dirt business, going out of business soon. I heard they are trying to sell but no takers. Run down joint, no customer service. Rude, don't care about customers. Bad place to eat at. read more

I'm a chinese food connoisseur. My favorite cuisine. I decided to try Chili Lee for delivery. I ordered crispy noodles House special chow mein, gai Lan with garlic sauce and deep fried spicy squid. The chow mein came with zucchini and cauliflower celery some other veggies so not authentic. A couple shrimp an old piece of stale barbeque pork, piece of boiled chicken look like leftovers from someone else's dish. noodles are not crispy no distinct flavor the gai lan Taste boiled with some garlic pieces thrown on top ,the squid was soggy Bland three dishes cost me $45 horrible experience I will never ever order again one of the worst Chinese food I've ever had read more

Holy ****. Blew my goddamn mind. Soooo good. Like how is that possible. Ive never liked fried rice before. Wow.

After moving to Canada it's been difficult to find a decent Chinese takeaway that's consistently good. Luckily we stumbled upon this little gem. Haven't had anything on the menu we didn't like. The portions are large enough for 2 meals easily and the spice level choices are fab for appeasing everyone at the table. Our favorite local takeaway for sure read more

Let me start off by saying I am not a picky eater. The first time I ordered delivery from here was a couple years ago... the food was not good at all, extremely disappointing all around, and even the fried rice was tasteless and bland. Recently I had a craving for Chinese and decided to give Chilli Lee another try because their prices are much more affordable than most other Chinese places in the area. Big mistake. It was just as bad as the first time if not worse. Everything was cold/lukewarm. The "crispy house special ginger beef" was mushy and tasted funny and the fried rice was again bland and tasteless. Just gross unappetizing food all around. We ordered a 2L of Diet Coke with our food and it tasted like death, I checked the label and it had expired in 2016!! We called to complain and they offered to send another one which was nice, but when we received it I checked the best before date again and it was literally the next day, which was about 4 hours away. Couldn't help but laugh at that. I have learned my lesson and will never ever give this place another chance. read more

I have been to every Chinese restaurant in North Van and Chilli Lee is one of the best. I go there at least once a week and I am always met with great service. The lunch deals are great price wise and portion wise. Most importantly the food is delicious. I strongly recommend the diced chicken with peanuts. read more

This is by far my favourite place to eat when I come to the mainland. Even if we are going to Chilliwack, we make a point of catching the ferry at horse shoe Bay to come through North Van. The sechewan bean and chow main dried Ribs garlic pork and sechewan prawns omg!!!!! So good. Great service. read more

This was my first order from the restaurant, and it won't be my last. I called for pick up and she said it would be 10 or 15 minutes, fine. I showed up about 30 minutes later and by time I got the food home it was 45 to 50 minutes after I had ordered. I was prepared for a soggy surprise but it was quite the opposite. They didn't completely toss the ginger beef in the sauce ( I was quite capable of doing that) which was a good thing because it didn't get soggy. The szechuan chow mein and the spicy green beans (still crispy) were very good despite being cooped up in a take away container for almost an hour! I like spicy food and this didn't disappoint. I'm going to eat in next time to see what it tastes like when it's fresh from the kitchen. I have eaten at most chinese restaurants on the North Shore and this one could be my favourite so far. read more

WOULD YOU LIKE A STAPLE WITH YOUR RICE MISS? I have never been to or have ever ordered from this place before and thought I would give it a try as I was in the area visiting frineds. I should have known I was in trouble with this place when I called to order take out and the guy taking the order did not know where Esplanade Street was. It's down the street from the restaurant and the main intersection in the Lower Lonsdale area. My second clue was when he said that the delivery timeframe would be 45 minutes to an hour. I opted to pick the food up in 15 minutes when he said it would be ready. I would hate to have seen what it would have tasted and looked like if it sat somewhere for an additional 30 to 45 minutes. The order consisted of chicken fried rice, spring rolls, honey garlic boneless pork and Szechwan vegetables. It was $60.00 which was a little over the top. The Szechwan vegetables were very average, the spring rolls were dripping in oil, the honey garlic boneless pork was deep friend with some sort of coating and they were a gooey mess, but the worst was the chicken friend rice. Absolutely flavourless, mushy and while chewing it I tasted a metallic taste in my mouth. Thinking it was tin foil, I spit it out to discover a STAPLE in my rice! Yes, a STAPLE. Thank god I did not swallow it or choke on it. I definitely would never go back, ever, and if I could give my review zero, I would! read more

So the decor is nice, service is friendly, however the food was terrible! My go to for any new Chinese is a chicken fried rice, and beef and black bean. Well mine was horrible, fried rice was just flavorless hardly any sign of chicken, and the black bean was all vegetables with a small sprinkle of beef, which was super chewy, the sauce was like water :( I won't be going back. Absolute slop!! I'd prefer to go to Coral Court on E3rd, now that is amazing Chinese food. read more

This is one of the rare Chinese places in Vancouver where I can say I don't feel physically ill after eating!! Either it's no msg or very, very little. You know that horrible experience after eating Chinese food of when you wake up in the middle of the night gasping for a drink of water like you have been sleeping in the Sahara dessert? Well that doesn't happen after I eat here either. They are definitely doing something right. You can order on a busy Friday night and it's done in 15 mins. They offer delivery if you're too lazy to pick it up yourself. read more

Went there on a Friday night bc the pictures on the window looks so good. We order the combo meal for take out and it was really disappointing. The service was fast and good but the food quality wasn't that great. Noodles were a bit bland n almond chicken was all batter. Worst of all, the sweet and sour pork wasn't tossed with the sauce! The lady didn't give us forks or spoons with our take out meal and we didn't realize it until it was too late.I don't think I'll go back there again unless they make some improvements. It's too bad, as I was hoping it would be a great little place. read more

Fantastic Chinese Food. We had the Mu shu pork, ginger beef, lettuce wraps and shanghai style noodles. The best I've had in a while

one of our favorite places for lunch specials, I especially like their curry chicken and tasty wonton soup. Service is always nice and kind. Be sure if taking orders by phone to mention you want the lunch special deal ,) read more