Tip: This restaurant is on Skip the Dishes. Yesterday, I was in Pickering. I wanted to grab some takeout for dinner before heading home. Skip the Dishes had a discount code. If I spent $30 on an order, I'd get 50% off. Sweet! I found Dragon Gem. I looked at the menu. Whenever I see ho fun on the menu, I have to get it. My order consisted of these items: - Beef ho fun - Large wonton soup I got an estimated time of ten minutes for my order to be ready. I thought that it was a mistake. It made sense when I got to the restaurant. I needed ten minutes to drive over here. It's in a plaza that I have frequented before. It has a Rexall that I shopped at in the past. I had no problem finding a parking spot near this restaurant. I backed into an available spot and walked in. I have never seen so many folks in a kitchen! I'd guess that there were eight folks making food and packing up orders. Wow! I got the nicest woman. I rattled off the last four numbers of my Skip the Dishes order. She found it and my name on the order. Yay! She handed me my food in a paper bag with a plastic bag around it. I thanked her and left. Everything was packed well. No leakage. My food and soup were still hot when I got home with it. I looked forward to chowing down. I started with the wonton soup. The broth was perfect. It was clear and had a touch of salt that I liked. There were many wontons that had flavourful pork filling. Each wonton was softer than expected, but it was nice not to exert much effort chewing it. It had sliced barbeque pork in it. So good! I got crunchy sticks. I've never been a fan of them, so I didn't put them in my soup. I loved the beef ho fun. It was perfect. It had lots of tender beef slices. The rice noodles (ho fun) were so good. They were stir-fried and tasted amazing. My dish had sliced onions and bean sprouts in every bite. The portion size was generous. Excellent food! I'd return for more when I'm in the area. (54) read more

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I just ordered dinner combo C7 from Dragon Gem, and it was absolutely amazing. Very fresh and tasty. Everything was cooked perfectly. Flavours are on point. Great portion size and a very reasonable price. Best Chinese food I had in a very long time. Highly recommend it. read more

First stop in town for lunch while visiting the area. It wasn't busy so I ordered the lunch special general tso chicken that came with chicken fried rice and an egg roll. Food didn't take long to eat. Now it does taste slightly different from the American version , it isn't as saucy or super tender but other than that it did the job to satisfy my hunger. read more

Dragon Gem - General tso chicken with chicken fried rice - Chinese Near Me - Pickering, Ontario

All these people leaving 3 stars and then reviews saying how good of an experience they had dragon gem is the best chinese restaurant hands down deserves 5 stars. chicken balls general tso chow mein wontons can't find any of those better anywhere else. read more

General Tao Chicken Fried Won Tons Fried Rice Legendary Chinese Place for years!!! Pickering's West kept secret. read more

Pickering area take out of America style Chinese. Quality foods with a good selection of menu items. Good sized portions at moderate prices. No surprises, you get what you expect with reasonable portions of meat & veggies in your combo plates. Returning here for years. read more

This place is reliable and satisfying. In terms of Chinese food... I have definitely eaten better and more authentic but when push comes to shove, this place is walking distance and fast (for pickup and delivery)! read more

We ordered take-out from Dragon Gem for the first time, and we were fairly satisfied with the experience. To begin, Dragon Gem offers Chinese-American style cuisine, rather than the Chinese cuisine that you might get in China. For the latter, I have found nothing in the Pickering area, and usually head to Markham or Scarborough. However, my husband actually prefers American-Chinese food, and we have been looking to find a local place. Our go-to take-out restaurant had been, for years, Chef Yan. Sadly, it closed a year or two ago. So, how did Dragon Gem fare as a possible replacement for Chef Yan? Well, it succeeded in some points, but not others. Here's what we ordered and some of our conclusions. 1. Spring Rolls. These were very tasty and a reasonable size, but did not compare to the giant and luxurious ones that Chef Yan served. However, I'd happily order them again. 2. JarDoo Chicken Wings. I did not try them, but my daughter said that they were satisfyingly crispy, but the chicken was a bit dry. 3. Sweet and Sour Chicken Balls. These were excellent! Very crispy, and the batter complimented, rather than overwhelmed the chicken. The sauce was uniquely smooth, not as thick and gloppy as I've had everywhere else. 4. Lemon Chicken. This was also great. Similar to the chicken balls, the breading was crisp and the ratio to meat was good. The chicken breast itself was quite juicy and flavourful. Clearly, fried food is the way to go here. Even their Sweet and Sour Wantons exceeded my expectations. 5. Steamed rice. This was just as expected. 6. MooShu Pork. I ordered this with great enthusiasm, as it isn't something that Chinese American restaurants routinely offer, and I was excited at the prospect of getting it locally. It certainly looked authentic enough, with thin crepes, lily buds in the filling and a generous side of hoisin sauce. However, I was disappointed to find it very, very bland. I am not even sure just what was missing from the flavour, but it just did not satisfy my Moo Shu craving. I would not order it here again. 7. Sesame Chicken. Again, I had very high hopes for this based on several enthusiastic yelp reviews. Like the other fried offerings, the fried chicken component was very well done. However, I found the sauce excessively vinegary, and somehow lacking in body and flavour. 8. Singapore noodle. This was the biggest disappointment of all. To my taste, it lacked any sort of spiciness or even a good curry flavour. My husband, who does not like overly spiced food, also found this rather insipid and uninspired. We have a bunch left over, and I think that I'm going to have to re-fry it and make a few tweaks to improve the flavour. Definitely, I won't be ordering this from Dragon Gem again. Finally, Dragon Gem turns out to be rather pricey, for what you get. We paid substantially more than we used to pay at Chef Yan. The cost kind of piled up: each dish was just slightly more than we are used to paying, but by the end, the difference was considerable. Have we found our new Chef Yan? Sadly, not yet. Dragon Gem will do, and what they do well is great, but we will continue the search to find good Chinese American food in the Pickering area. read more

Dragon Gem Chinese is located in the Metro Plaza at Whites and Strouds lane, on the opposite end as the actual Metro in the corner. I've eaten here a number of times but that was many years ago, so it seemed like a good place to retry for dinner. The menu here is fairly large and includes a couple of larger family combos and about 10-12 individual combos for one person. I opted to go for Combo #6 (picture uploaded), which included an eggroll, sweet and sour pork, sesame chicken (a dish they're known for) and chicken fried rice. For about $9 including tax I got a large round takeout container filled with the pork, chicken and rice and a bag with the eggroll in it. They included the appropriate condiments and supplied cutlery as well. First off, the portion sizing is VERY large. For a meal for one person, this easily could have been split and fed two people. I only made a dent in the portion that they gave me. The sesame chicken is pretty damned good here, crispy but saucy and well flavored. The sweet and sour pork was good but wasn't what I was expecting. Battered deep fried pork with an okay sauce on it - not exactly what i was expecting but good enough. The rice was pretty good, I've never been a huge rice person but I ate quite a bit of it. The egg roll was good, not the best I've ever had but I always find that egg rolls are never as good unless they come from my favourite place. Oh, and my fortune cookie was yummy too :) Secondly, the service was good; this location is generally a pick-up location. I don't think I"ve ever seen someone eat in and its not a full service restaurant. It would be more of a place that I'd stop off for quick to eat and then leave. The staff were quite busy for a Sunday night but friendly enough. Not much else to say there. Overall, this is a decent stop for affordable chinese food with great portion sizes. I would definitely try something not deep fried next time, as the combo I had contained a lot of deep fried everything, but it definitely satiated my chinese food craving. My favourite in Pickering is still Paul Wong's, and I find everything there to be a cut above, so I can't help but compare this place to PW. I'll definitely give them another shot since they're conveniently located and the price was right! read more

Dragon Gem - Combo 6: sesame chicken, sweet and sour pork, eggroll and rice - Chinese Near Me - Pickering, Ontario

Best Chinese, but can get pricy fast. Love the crab Rangoon. Sometimes you have to wait when you walk in so I recommend ordering a head of time for pick up. read more

I ordered a Cantonese chow mein and deep fried wings to go. I asked the young lady at the cash to put the sauce separate from the crispy noodles ( otherwise by the time I get it home if they are both mixed the noodles will no longer be crispy ) . She told me it's $0.50 extra to put the noodles separate from the toppings. Most other Chinese restaurants do this as it makes perfect sense. I felt this is just it an additional try of grabbing more money. Pretty sad to do this to your customers read more

The wife asked that I try out a friend's suggestion for Chinese food. I ordered the standard meal and the price was a bit more $6.00 before taxes. I had the spring rolls. Very tasty and a decent size The BBQ spareribs. The bones were meaty but I am not a fan of the sauce on them. I prefer my ribs dry. I had the bbq pork fried rice. Was tasty and a hit with the wife too We had the beef with broccoli. I could have had more beef in my portion and if you like but not love garlic then give this dish a pass The General Tao chicken. Simply amazing. The menu item I did get but was told to always get are their chicken balls. My wife said they were crispy with not too much batter. Next time. The wait for the meal was fine even for a busy Friday night. All in all a decent but pricy dinner for two. read more

We have ordered Chinese food from Dragon's Gem on several occasions in the past couple of months. The food here is by far the best Chinese food I have ever had. If you love BBQ pork ribs you need to try the ones from here. The are not those small ones that you would get from elsewhere but man-sized. The Egg Rolls, Egg Foo Young, General Tao chicken in addition to everything else we have are worth ordering. The only reason I don't give this 5 stars is because the last two times we have ordered delivery there have been some mistakes - that said they did correct them. This is the only place to order Chinese in Pickering. read more

The food was disgusting. Veggies had gone bad; smelled and tasted horrible; made us gag. The chicken wings were a small portion and very bland (jar doo wings for $17 on Skip the dishes/up charge from regular menu price). Rice was very bland and had one piece of chicken. Honestly, with the exception of 1 plate that was eaten, the rest had to be thrown out. What a waste of money...only to leave us nauseated. Never again. read more

Good food, delivered quickly, and accepts credits cards. Not too greasy. read more

I love this place, best chinese food in pickering with huge portions of food the only downside...which isnt their fault really is the amount of school kids around lunch hour, but its a good sign the place crowded. the price is fair and generous amounts of food is given, id recommend the general tso's chicken, deep fried crab meat sticks and the rangoons read more

I've been a loyal customer since they opened 15 plus years but today & the last time I ordered the rice has been discussing! Last time I didn't contact them but today I did & they gave me a hard time about remaking the rice for me! Then I asked for a refund & the owner said I would have to bring back the rice & it's 20 minutes away from my home & I didn't want to drive all that way & the owner also told me if any food has been eaten from it I would only get part of my money back! I will never buy food from them ever again! read more

Our usual go-to for Chinese in Pickering. Food: Tasty. Simple Chinese, though I'm not sure what region/style - most likely somewhere mainland...? Pardon my ign'ance. I like the crab rangoon - little fried wonton wrappers with a cream cheese-like filling. Sounds gross, I know. But I like gross. Beef dishes are tasty - I believe it's the beef ho feng we typically end up getting...? But I'm known to screw up the name sometimes... Service: Pretty nice staff. Always fast. Have never had an order mix-up in the 10 years or so we've been going here. Price: Reasonable. What you would normally expect for take-out Chinese. I gave it a four-star mostly because of the decently tasty fare, and the nice staff. read more

Ice cold poupon delivery. Tasteless rubbery beef. Will NEVER order again. Go with paul wong's or spicy dragon instead

Been going here now amd then for about 10 years. Excellent option for lunch, However if they manage to get your order right which feels like 50/50. read more

After owning a business in Pickering for the last 5 years, I decided to try out Dragon Gem Chinese food the other day. Had the seafood soup with steamed rice and an order of Cantonese Chow Mein. Their food was incredible!! Talk about massive portions!! I highly recommend this diamond in the rough and would even drive from my home in York Region to pick up from here!!! read more

I love their General Tao Chicken Combo C7. Kinda greasy but what did you expect from Chinese food takeout? Their other stuff are good too but gets pricey when you venture away from the combos. C7 FTW read more

Always an amazing experience. The food is always delicious and made in a reasonable time frame. The staff is consistently friendly and they follow the covid restrictions very professionally. read more

I really love the food here. Everything is so tasty! I've only tried a couple things here but I'll be sure to come back for more!

This is my favourite Chinese food spot. It's so tasty and I crave it a lot. One and only issue I have is that they use too much diced onion in their fried rice dishes. Because of Dragon Gem I can't enjoy any other Chinese food! read more

All I've ever eaten here is the General Tso chicken. I don't think there needs to be anything else on the menu.

It's okay food. Nothing special. C7 is the only thing that I've ever ordered there. Oh, and Won Ton soup.

L12 sauce on rice. All you need to know. You're welcome. Or if sesame chicken isn't your thing go for the chow-mein

This place is close to my house and we have been going there since we moved here in 2004. They are nothing special but the food is good and servings are nice and large. They have the usual line-up of Chinese dishes but the quality is one of the best I have had for a take-out place. The specials are reasonable and the combos include fried rice and an egg roll. Customizing the regular dishes is no problem either. read more

Food was good to start... until later in that evening both my boyfriend and I have been up all night vomiting!

I do not recommend this place to anyone. My wife and I got sick from their food! It's been 2 days now and we are still sick! Please focus on delivering excellent service and follow proper food preparation and safety. read more

I have bought food from this restaurant on a few occasions. I have found their food to be tasty and not very greasy. Today though I experienced poor customer service from the person at the front counter who left me and my family waiting for quite a while even though she saw us enter the restaurant. When she finally came to take our order there was no "sorry for keeping you waiting". I think she lacked respect for us and our time. We bought lunch specials which just turned out to be mostly rice and a bit of meat or vegetables. I would not advise anyone to buy these specials. What you pay for is a lot of rice. read more

The food was cold upon delivery. They sent the wrong food. I called immediately to tell them that the order was wrong and all the food was cold. They wanted me to bring the food back to them. The manager was so rude. She started screaming at me. Then she began cursing in Chinese. Feel sorry for the employees working there. DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS PLACE. Horrible customer service. Bad experience. read more

One of the better Chinese food choices in the area. Consistently good Chinese food delivered at reasonable prices. They will keep your address and orders on file for quick, easy ordering. Good place if you live in the area or are just passing through. read more

This is my favourite Chinese food place. The food is hot and fresh and tastes amazing. Never disappointed

Food is good. Portions are enough for two meals, but that's the norm with Chinese takeaway.

They delivered within specified time. Food is so so, not the best, but ok. Do check your order before the delivery guy leaves. If they make a mistake they refuse to correct it and send you proper item and blame you for ordering wrong. The customer service is horrible. They are rude and will not order from them again! read more

made a order for general tao, when the delivery guy got to my place he demanded a tip. oh wait they also brought me the wrong food.. used to be good, not going anymore/ordering read more

Stopped going after 20 years. Food was almost always good. Last visit was soo bad I have determined the will NEVER EVER see another $ of my money. How dare you accuse a customer of eating food and trying to get a credit, especially after 2 of 3 things ordered were wrong! You never asked me anything..just ready to accuse! Worst customer service I have seen! Cost me $30 for next to nothing. Cost of learning never to do business with them again! read more