Always heard how good this place is. Finally I tried it. Cashier took my takeout order and was very pleasant. When the order came out another woman (maybe owners wife) handed me the bags and said, "Here". No thank you, no pleasantries. Barely a glance. The food was ok, not great. Just your typical neighbourhood Chinese food restaurant. I've had much better. read more

Food was served up fast and delicious. Pricing is reasonable too. Alot of my friends enjoy this restaurant, I recommend it

someone needs to create a study on why a certain demographic loves this so called "Chinese food". I put Chinese food it quotes because it's not actually Chinese food. There is nothing chinese about this food except that it was made by rude Chinese people. If a Chinese person bakes a cake, do we call it Chinese food? If this restaurant was actually in China it would be laughed at. There is nothing authentic about this food. It's basically sloppy, GREASY, candy coated food. I don't get it. And majority of these people that eat this are doctors and lawyers that are rich and loaded and they choose to eat this??? I also need to understand why they love sweet and sour chicken balls? It's basically a chicken Timbit soaked in drippy candy apple sauce. Anyways the mammacita at the front treats her employees like trash, and is rude. The food is very inconsistent. One day it's decent the next day it goes directly in the green bin. So oily, over saturated with MSG, and soggy. GARBAGE FOOD! read more

Excellent food Good ambience Woooow service Especially by RUBY LOVE YOU RUBY The rest of the staff is very good too read more

Best hakka hands down anywhere in Toronto the crispy ginger chicken, crispy shredded beef and peanut chicken are the best.

My family has been going to Szechuan Gourmet for over a decade and a half now. It's a family go to for sure. Food: 1) Chilli shrimp - battered jumbo shrimp fried and tossed in fried garlic, chillis and onions. SO GOOD! Crispy, flavourful, delicious. 2) Crispy Beef - strips of beef fried and tossed in a sweet soy chilli sauce. Very good as well, on the sweet side Service: just okay. Staff isn't the most friendly or attentive, but they are quick and efficient. They're always busy on weekend nights but they do take reservations. Atmosphere is clean, well lit, but nothing special. No frills here. Prices are okay, our family of four orders 2 shrimps, 1 beef and 1 rice and I believe it comes to about $70 with leftovers. read more

Szechuan Gourmet - Chilli shrimp - Chinese Near Me - North York, Ontario

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Not many words needed. Best Chinese food in town. The food is amazing and the service is perfect. read more

This is one of my favorite Chinese restaurants to order take out from. The menu has a variety of items and the flavor never fails! My family ordered takeout for 8 people and we got a lot of food for less then $100! That's a good deal! We ordered a variety of dishes like house special fried noodles. House special fried rice. Lemon chicken, sliced beef with garlic sauce, mixed bean curd with vegetables, BBQ ribs, chicken wings and crispy shrimp. The food always gets delivered fast and fresh, and the customer service is top notch! read more

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This is just a combo of rice,noodles,shrimps and veggies and it was honestly just amazing 10/10 you should go try it I don't regret this read more

Szechuan Gourmet - Rice noodles and veggies - Chinese Near Me - North York, Ontario

I enjoy takeout lunch specials. The choices are plenty & never disappointing. Pleasant staff and I am look forward to dining in. The ambiance is good - comfortable Good experience read more

Simply amazing! I've never been a fan of Chinese food but these guys are really masters! Even though I've never been inside (ordered a take out) I can say this is the place I want to return to. The food is so delicious that everything I order there is being shared with all my family members. Chispy beef, Shanghai noodles - the best! Looking forward to covid stuff going away, so I could dine inside as well! read more

Pretty good Szechuan. I usually judge a Szechuan place on their hot and sour soup, among other dishes, because it's my favourite and I've found that places with good h&s have decent food otherwise. The H&S at SG is okay. Definitely not hot enough. Also thicker would be better , IMO. The dishes were pretty tasty but also not high on heat. I liked their curry beef spring rolls. read more

We were looking for spicy comfort food, like crispy chicken, garlic fried shrimp, shredded Szechuan chicken. All delicious. We knew exactly what we wanted and this restaurant did not disappoint. Not your usual Chinese dishes though the menu is large and they do have the staples as well, not sure how those dishes taste. The owner is very flexible and requests to have the dish made a certain way was honoured, which was awesome. Servings were a good size, and service was quick. Parking is not a problem as the strip mall has enough, and it's well lighted. Ambiance is clean and practical, and crowd were a mix of regular repeat customers and some students from nearby York University. We will be coming back! read more

I've been going to Schezuan Goourmet for over 25 yrs now. Never a day of disappointment. Thank you Cecilia for the great meals that you've served us over the years. I just ordered for a 65th birthday where 30+ people had come. I'm so please that your dishes have remained same and authentic cooking. Cudis to the chef. He's brilliant and same taste savoured in each dish forever. I appreciate your loyalty because we're all about clean, good tasty food. Thank you For always accommodating our parties. read more

Stay Away!!! We ordered from this place and we ALL got super sick with diarrhea, upset stomach, you name it!! The crispy ginger beef had NO BEEF; it was just fried doe with sauce. I don't even want to describe the other food we ate because the thought of it makes me want to vomit! FIRST & LAST FOR US! I wish they had a zero star rating! read more

There are so many different Chinese restaurants around it is hard to decide which one to try or where to go... Szechuan is my favorite, their food is so good it is like being a little kid having some candy. They are VERY fast, I have never seen food cooked so fast in my life. If you are looking for some fabulous Chinese food look no further, everyone should try this restaurant!!!! read more

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Came here for lunch to try this infamous Ginger Chicken dish that's been yelped so heavily about. So out it came. It was chicken breast strips, coated in a light crispy batter. Deep fried and liberally splashed with this intensely sweet and spicy dark brown sauce. At first, like tequila it's fun the first time. But after awhile it becomes tiring. I felt the need a little more variety, perhaps some vegetables or something else to counter the flavours. After a while I felt like I was eating Ginger Chicken Candy. Crunch, crunch crunh. It was alright, but I'll have to go back with some people to try some other dishes. My Ginger Chicken combo came with soup to start (choose from wonton, hot and sour, egg drop) plus a bowl of white rice. Oh one thing I didn't like during my meal, the lady at the front booth, just stands there staring. I was being watched my every move.. Hmm.. read more

Szechuan Gourmet - Egg drop soup - Chinese Near Me - North York, Ontario

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We love this restaurant and have visited it many times over the past few years. The food is great tasting and the service very efficient. We have always found the servers to be really great! Our favourite dishes? Fried Wontons, Crispy Shredded Beef, Green Beans, pretty much any noodle dish, Crispy Ginger Chicken, Honey Garlic Chicken Balls. I don't think there really is a bad item to be had on the menu and we have tried many of them over the years. We keep returning over and over and have brought many family and friends with us also. Definitely can recommend this restauarant! read more

This place can be really hit or miss depending on how busy they are. Some times the fried rice is great and sometimes just mush. The order choices are different depending on who you speak too. Sometimes they want a tip on takeout depending on who cashes you out, overall just OK read more

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My family and I love Szechuan Gourmet and have been ordering from there for almost a decade. We dined in once and it was very busy so it was a little cramped as it often seems to be (mind you, it's nice to see a place filled with people all the time!). Place has nice service and very warm ambiance. Food is excellent in my opinion. I haven't had a dish that has dissapointed me. There's always lots of tasty garnishes in each dish so that if you only order a few, there's lots of flavour variety. When I order, food arrives at my door within an insanely short amount of time and is always piping hot and fresh. A couple of times during the week my order came within 6-8 minutes! read more

This place is under-rated, their food is great, if you like spicy you gotta try the Hunan Beef! I've been going there for many years, no one does Hunan Beef better than them. read more

Was the most disgusting Chinese food I have ever had!! Sodium laden garbage!! Noodles are not expensive.....yet they cheap out on them.....the beef dish was half empty......over cooked and full of sodium... food was COLD.... and two wontons in the wonton soup?? Seriously??? How CHEAP! Why is this dump busy?? I don't get it!! We will NEVER eat this rubbish again!! One star only because I had to give a star to post my review.... read more

Can't praise Szechwan Gourmet restaurant enough! Delicious food and fast service it never disappoints. The servers are pleasant and helpful. The quality and taste of the food is always consistent, fabulous chefs here. Our normal order consists of chicken fried rice, Hakka chowmein, crispy ginger beef and sizzling shrimp. However, I'm positive that nothing on the menu would disappoint! The food is always fresh tasting and arrives quite quickly to the table. If I lived nearby I would order takeout weekly I'm sure! read more

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Slippage.. everything is way too greasy and they skimped on the shrimp in my noodle dish. I'm convinced the entire GTA when it comes to good Chinese food has their head up their ass. Restaurants are either too authentic that the food is unpalatable or too westernized for the Gui lau crowd. Why can't someone open a restaurant and hire a chef who prepares quality proteins with great wok hay and uses an abundance of garlic, chill and ginger where the food isn't doused in grease. Oh I have to move to LA or Vancouver for that... read more

Szechuan is one of my favorite cuisines, but many of my favorite Szechuan spots have disappeared over the years (Garlic Pepper, Spadina Garden). I have found my new favorite now with Szechuan Gourmet. The food was exactly to my liking. I recommend Items 1 (House Noodles) and 17 (Dry Sauteed Szechuan Shredded Beef). Service is very friendly and efficient. The portions are generous. I look forward to going back! read more

Oh yes, oh yes, this place deserves my highest rating of - SLAP MY ASS AND CALL ME SALLY!! Why you ask does this place deserve such a high regarded rating? A rating only reserved for the best of the best? Because, I fell in love here. Fell in love with the crispy shredded beef. Wow, oh wow. i have never had anything quite like this beefy goodness. The platter showcased dark thin pieces of meat with some red pepper goodness mixed in. The meat glistened, like a ray from heaven. When you bite into the beef, it has this amazing crispy and almost sensual texture that just explodes with flavour in your mouth. This beef you want to eat again and again just to try to capture all the flavours and subtle textures. You could seriously go into Szechuan and order a platter of this dish alone, and be in heaven. Hakka - hell yes. I will be back. For the beef of course, but also to revisit the other chicken and shrimp dishes I sampled. The soups are worth a try too - the hot and sour is very complex in flavour. The chicken and corn soup is perfect in texture and taste. Note that the menu is huge and can feel overwhelming. My suggestion would be to take Devan R with you, or to even ask one of the helpful staff. The service here is second to none. read more

I have just given birth to a 7 lb. food baby named Crispy Ginger Chicken. At least it feels like I've eaten that much crispy ginger chicken. It was an all hail to the Hakka night up on Steeles Avenue West where a bunch of Yelpers and Devan R's wingers joined in for pure Hakka food debauchery. There really isn't much more to add to what the previous yelpers and fellow attendees have written. I say, oh yeah, uh huh, that's right and ditto. Even Susan "Where's the lazy Susan?" C. was impressed and that's saying something cause she ain't your average food gobbling broad. Devan "Eat it Or Leave it" R....you da man. He told us to put down the menu's and step away from them. The Captain was on board and at the helm. Aye aye Captain. Our wish is your command. :) He adroitly instructed the waitstaff on what exactly to bring. Note to self: Next time I'm out on a Yelp event and Devan R. is seated at a table, I want the seat next to one of my newest fave foodies at Yelp. OK, so in the end, here's the Hakka low down. Go to Szechuan Gourmet Restaurant. Have the soup. Order the Crispy Ginger Chicken. Order the Crispy Beef with chili's. Order the sizzling Shrimps. Stuff yourself senselessly. Be sure to send out birth announcements after your meat baby is born. read more

Szechuan Gourmet is my all time favourite venue for chinese/hakka cuisine and for 3 main reasons: 1. The FOOD has always been overwhelmingly good. The combination of flavours and textures that the chefs are able to produce are second to none. From the soup to the fortune cookie, I am always blown away by the party in my mouth. 2. The SERVICE is sometimes so good it seems uncharacteristic for a hakka style venue. Nowhere have I experienced better service from not just our waiter but each and every member of the staff. 3. Each and every time I eat here I know what I want and I know exactly what I will get, this is due to the CONSISTENCY that SG thrives on. I can confidently say that if I were to hit up SG every day for a month and order the crispy ginger chicken every day, it will taste the exact same, every day. I feel that this restaurant's consistency is in direct correlation to the success they have endured over many many years. Now let's talk food... The hot and sour soup here will most likely be the best you have ever tried, some add a splash of chili vinegar for an extra zing. The crab corn is also so damn satisfying. I always put in a splash of soya sauce and red chili oil to take it to that next level. The crispy ginger chicken will blow you clear out of the water, the flavour and texture leave me starstruck with every piece. I would recommend paying the extra $2.00 for white chicken only, but if you're not picky just order it up as is and enjoy the ride. The crispy shredded beef is similar to the ginger chicken as the flavour and texture will really have your tastebuds doing back flips and jumping jacks. It's sweet, savoury, crunchy and satisfying with every morsel. The chili chicken here is different from most places I have ever had. Some may be used to the dark brown gravy and small pieces of gooey chicken at most other hakka restaurants, but SG's boasts generous chunks of chicken completely riddled with red chili and caramelized onions. The hakka noodles (house special) are a must if you're a noodle aficionado. Their rice noodle w/ black bean beef is also well delicious (I'm a texture slut, so rice noodles are always a must for me @ SG despite them not being very hakka-esque) I could go on and on with dishes like the Peanut Chicken, Sizzling Shrimp and Spicy Spare Garlic Ribs, but yo just need to go and experience it for yourself. This is hands down one of my favourite restaurants. read more

This was my first time having Hakka cuisine and with about 200 choices on the menu, we left the ordering in the deft hands of Devan R. who's a regular at Szechuan Gourmet. The two standout dishes of the night were crispy ginger chicken and crispy beef. Both had incredibly crisp, thin batter coatings that shattered at first bite. The ginger chicken was all white meat but somehow remained as plump and juicy as a milkmaid's bosom. The beef came in thinner strips and was caramelized to the point of delightful, near-jerky chewiness. Although each of the platters had plenty of Szechuan peppers in them, the heat was subtle, mostly tempered by the sweet glaze. Even the two soups we ordered, chicken corn and hot & sour, were flavorful. Not at all the MSG baths served at most Chinese restaurants. (Suzan K. take note!) Per Devan's suggestion, I drizzled a little chile oil into the corn soup which brought another dimension to the broth. The service was always attentive without being overly effusive. No sullen teen servers here! They refilled teapots without prompting and seemed all too happy to clear plates. We must've ordered about a dozen dishes with some rice, a few bottles of Tsing Tao beer, and soda and the total bill was only $190 + tip for the eleven of us. There was even food left over to take home! I will say that it's quite a lot of fried food to consume at one sitting. I am still gut-achingly stuffed (but happy!), sitting in my stretchy pants, over four hours after the meal. Also, the restaurant is quite warm so dress in layers! Between the heat in the room, the warming effects of ginger and hot tea, and the collective body heat radiating from my 10 dining companions I thought I might've been hitting early menopause. Szechuan Gourmet makes me feel conflicted; the food is amazing and I know I'll want to go again but it's really far from downtown and inaccessible by public transportation. Arrgghh! read more

When Szechuan was still something Torontonians lined up for, Henry's Hunan Place was the place to beat. All of that great spicy/greasy goodness would just rip the taste buds off your tongue. I still miss it. But Szechuan Gourmet may be the closest thing there is. We picked three of the most commonly found Szechuan favourites: Crispy Ginger beef, Wonton with Peanut Sauce and General Tsao's Chicken. All were among the best versions of those dishes we've ever had. (And we've been eating Szechy since you were a baby!) Two items that weren't as up to snuff were the Hot & Sour soup and the fried green beans. Hot & Sour soup was quite peppery, but the broth itself was tasted kinda stale and overcooked. The beans were also kinda tired and had been in contact with the grease for too long. I'm withholding a star for those misses, but will be back whenever I'm in the neighbourhood and not counting calories. Thanks Yelpers for another great recommendation. read more

I came here with friends that are HUGE fans of this place. They could be considered royalty they come so often. They did the ordering and I just ate and observed. The food comes out super quick and is very fresh. The quality is good and the rice is fresh and tasty. I think the rice quality is a big sign of the place. As the dishes came out, we started gorging. We started with an app of spicy chicken which was super tasty. The main dishes started coming out one at a time and ended up filling the table. The plates were flavorful and fresh. So far, the review sounds like a 4 star, but my complaint of the place is that too much of the food is too Americanised (I guess Canadianized since I am in Canada) and fried. The Shrimp was so battered up and oily that I didn't even finish the one I took to try. I focused on the non-fried beef and chicken dishes with the sauces on the rice from some of the other dishes. Very professional staff and high quality dishes are why I give it 3 stars and would come back to see what a non-fried experience would be like. read more

The owner is extremely rude. Doesn't understand customer service. The food was absolutely terrible and the staff behaviour is very defensive. Will never order from this place again. Lesson learned. read more

Went for a late lunch and the restaurant was very quiet. Friendly and fast service. We ordered noodles, house fried rice, ginger and onion shrimp, crispy ginger chicken and the green beans. Everything was tasty but overall the food is too salty and greasy. The best dish was probably the chicken, nice crispy outside and tender inside. I would have skipped the noodles, they were too saucy and didn't have much to offer. Also the entrée dishes were spicy, as expected- just a warning if you don't like spicy food. Decent choice for Chinese food in the area and not too excpensive. Personally I need to go outside of Thornhill to get good Asian food haha. read more

Szechuan Gourmet - House fried rice, ginger and onion shrimp, ginger crispy chicken, green beans, noodles - Chinese Near Me - North York, Ontario

Disgusting Food. Run DON'T WALK from this place. Ordered tonight beef with broccoli and received half-cooked meat with cornstarch caked on that had sickly sweet aftertaste. It was if they threw in meat from some other dish that didn't get eaten/served. GROSS. Ma pa tofu was tasteless - no salt in the kitchen? Singapore Noodles had no spice and, again, weirdly sweet aftertaste. Threw the whole lot in the garbage. Now I'll just wait for the food poisoning to kick in. Waste of money. read more

Amazing! Loved every item we ordered. I read a lot about the ginger chicken but was iffy about the ginger. INCREDIBLE dish! Crispy Beef is pretty delicious as well. Spring rolls were crispy and full of goodness. Big portions Great tasting food Their beef dishes melt in your mouth too! Fast service and friendly read more

I went here hoping to get some of the dishes I miss so much since Yen Ching in Bayview Village closed down, so this review might not be unbiased... Based on a lot of reviews here we tried the Crispy Beef and Crispy Chicken and were entirely disappointed. Really oily, and chewy, not tender and the sauce was salty, dark and strong. Chili chicken... I think everyone has their favourite place. Ours is Yueh Tung, downtown, so the version here just seemed, again, oily and not that tasty. Shredded pork in garlic sauce had a spice that I couldn't place but didn't like... a lot of dishes seemed to have traces of this spice and it made all the food taste the same. Singapore noodles were bland and tasteless. It was a Sunday night and the place was packed, but I couldn't help but notice it was packed with non-Chinese/Gwai-lo... so if you like Chinese food that appeals to non-Chinese then this the place for you. If you tend to like places that are filled with Chinese diners who know what's good, you will be greatly disappointed. I'm not Chinese, but I prefer authentic stuff. read more

I found this restaurant on yelp with rave reviews, so my friend (who loves szechuan food) and I try it out. upon walking in, we are the only chinese customers in the restaurant. the menu is mainly an english one with our favourite szechuan dishes missing (ex. Sichuan Boiled Fish and Cold Spicy Beef). maybe that's our ordering, but every dish was too fried, too greasy and too battered. we could not finish what we ordered and ended up with 3 boxes of leftovers. as a chinese person, i cannot recommend this restaurant ... instead, go 15 mins away for a much more authentic and flavourful szechuan experience @ http://www.yelp.ca/biz/hot-spicy-spicy-north-york read more

One of the best Chinese restaurants I've been to and easily my favourite. The atmosphere is welcoming and cozy. The food there is delicious and tastes authentic. I would highly recommend eating there. read more

Ok Devan, I couldnt wait until the unofficial Yelp event at the restaurant, I had to go and try this place and it was really really good. Finally a restaurant in my neck of the woods! The food was really yummy and made spicy for us just the way we like it. I arrived around 7:15 to place an order and it was ready in 15 minutes. The crispy ginger beef is so so good (oily but dont hate), as is the hot and sour soup! When asking for some recommendations from the staff on what noodles to get the answer was "everything is good, depends what you like" (typical!) so I picked the house special and they totally went well with the szechuan chicken we got. (I fought my urge to get the crispy noodles because not many people makes those, but they are usually much better for an eat in dinner, next time, next time) All in all a great experience, probably better if we shared this meal with more than 3 people because we have enough to serve another 3 in the fridge, all under 42$ ! Thanks Devan! P.S. There is a 10% discount for pick up orders. read more

After much difficulty to place an order, I picked it up and brought it back to work. Take out with no utensils. Great. Chow mein was lacking in quantity and taste. Noodles weren't crunchy at all, but rather soggy. Sweet and sour chicken balls were what saved this meal in my opinion. Including the 3 pops ordered, the meal came up to approx. $28.00 wow. What a rip. Also, I was a little peeved that they couldn't deliver as my order was just under $30.00 read more