Dong Kee

Our family went out for a dinner. We ordered many dishes, and all of them tasted so delicious! My favorite dish was the rice cooked in a clay pot. We got 2 portions from this dish: the soup and the rice. Non of the dishes failed us.
Besides the excellent food, the customer service was brilliant! The servers were super friendly. They happily provided everything that we asked for. Overall, this place has given us a pleasant experience. Definitely recommend, and come back in the future for sure. Love it!!!

Food is consistently good. Price is reasonable. Service needs improvement. Establishment needs major renovation, especially the bathroom. Needs to get rid of their carpet.
We visit Toronto annually and have been coming here for the last 5 –6 years. We’ve dine in as well as order out. Our visit in 2015 we were served by one of their worst waitress. I think she was a new hire. The woman appears to hate her job. Our food were practically thrown at us. Brought us the wrong order but act as if she’d done nothing wrong.
We came back again this year. We had planned to order out since got there late and did not want to wait. They did not have a take-​out menu so I asked to «borrow» their regular menu for my friend to browse (since I cannot read Chinese) before we placed our order. The skinny old man refused to loan me the menu. He said «You cannot take the menu outside of the restaurant, you have to come in.» What is the big deal with a customer taking a menu out of the store? It’s not like I was going to sell their menu.
I can tolerate the bad service but this is just ridiculous.

Great place! Fresh seafood. Live shrimps and steamed fish amazinggg. the black chicken soup stew is bomb too. Friendly enough service. Not the cleanest establishment though.

Look more comfortable with the new renovation and nice wok hei foods. Anyway, the dishes look smaller now…

I’ve come here twice, first with a large group (13 people) and the second time with a party of 6. This place is constantly busy for dinner so either make reservations or come early if you want to avoid waiting (and snag a decent parking spot). The service was better the time the second time I came (note: it’s a typical old-​school Chinese restaurant) but the food was really good on both occasions, which is what matters more to me!
We ordered Beef Tenderloin in Chinese Style, Crispy Sweet & Sour Pork, Steamed Chicken with Vegetable, Clams with Spicy Sauce, Chow Mew with Salt Fish and Minced Meat. I wanted to order roast pigeon but they were already sold out (7pm on a Sunday night). The second time we ordered Crispy Fried Chicken (Half) and bunch of our favourites from our first visit. They have set meals but they are more expensive than ordering a la carte.
Both times we got free soup to start off our meal but they couldn’t guarantee it was free of peanuts so I didn’t give my daughter (who has a peanut allergy) any. Using peanuts in soup is common in Chinese soup recipes, so this is a common risk in Chinese restaurants. Make sure you order white rice to accompany your dishes so you can enjoy the yummy sauces that accompany each dish!
The restaurants actually has two levels but I noticed that they seem to fill up the first floor before sending people downstairs. Or perhaps they allocate the bottom floor for reservations, I’m not sure.
I really enjoyed the flavour of the dishes we ordered and also appreciated the very reasonable prices! There were many other dishes that I want to try, so I will be making more visits in the future.

I have to say Dong Kee is a hidden gem! Such a small restaurant in a tiny plaza, who would’ve thought. I have been living in this area for many years, yet this is my first time here.
We got here at dinner time, so it was packed. Waited 15 min for our table, not bad. We can tell the restaurant is old, they do not have the best decorations or atmosphere, but there must be a reason why it is so busy here. Good food maybe? We got a 4 dishes combo, with a stir fired vegetable, half a chicken, 1 lobster and steamed fish. I am not enthusiastic about Chinese style lobsters like my mom, but I have to say dong kee’s lobster is the bomb! I’ve never had more than 1 piece of lobster in other restaurants (I am lazy), yet I finished half of the dish here lol. The chicken was pretty good as well, not too oily and very lean. Decent steamed fish and vegetable.
I heard they have many other signature dishes and specialized in seafood. Will definitely come back for the lobsters and try out more dishes.

I use to go there every weekend when their food was cheaper. After tried so many dishes, I have to say that there’s not a single dish made me down. That’s not easy for any restaurant.

Great. This is the best Cantonese dish that I have in Toronto for my life, only the décor and staffs are need do something better.

I really like this place. The food is excellent. It doesnt matter what time we go, it is always busy. The food portion is big enough. I feel like its worthed only if we go with at least a group of 4. The only downside will be the deco.

Your typical Chinese restaurant. Very little meat on the chicken and there’s no after meal soup.

A good place to eat an informal dinner. Has lots of basic and classic cantonese dishes. A good «seew chow» place. Dishes used to be cheaper and bigger before. Need to bring someone who reads chinese to order the dishes hanging on the walls. If I don’t go with my hubby, then I just order the same old stuff that I can remember the names of.
We especially like the big clay pot of eel rice, garlic spare ribs, stir fried clams and roasted pigeon.
You get soup of the day with your dinner too.
Service seems to be better from the gentlemen here, the ladies are all expressionless.

this place isn’t bad. everything is pretty much standard chinese food.
the one dish that stood out for me was this hot bowl? dish or something? whatever but it had. a steamed egg or tofu type thing? i don’t know which one, it was shaped like tofu would be but tasted like steamed egg.
i don’t know where i’m going with that but i have a funny story.
my brother in law who is white was at dinner with us. and i was debating with my sister about the name of this place as i was checking in on Unilocal.
I asked, ‘what is this place called?‘
she said, ‘Dong G-​E-​E’
Then i saw on Unilocal it was called dong kee, so i said, it’s not dong gee, it’s dong kee. and we debated for a good 30 seconds. and the token white guy says donkey?
So when these deep fried ribs came out and he asked what kind of meat they were, i said donkey.

Great place for REAL Chinese food. It always has that great taste for every dish of theirs. They are known for their great prices and chicken and in Cantonese, «Wok Hay». I come here a lot because it’s the place my parents love most. They like it here because of the nice servers. The servers are awesome and always help you out in deciding what to eat. Food comes really fast, unless it’s a busy day so that’s understanding.
Thanks for reading!

This place is terrible:
–chefs constantly like to loudly spit derogatory terms in Chinese
–the boss and his friends were smoking inside the restaurant
–rude, unattentive service
–inconsistent food quality (on the bad side for the most part)
–cheated the weights for fish
–their steamed rice is rock hard and dry
–charged unreasonable prices
–delayed our orders

Cost: reasonable
Quality: good — 85%
Décor: poor — 55% typical old and ugly chinese restaurant but if you are there for the good food right?
Staff: poor/​fair service — 60% again typical of this type of Chinese restaurant, you are not there for service
Value: good — 80%
Keeper? Yes we go there frequently for good food (again not for the décor and not for the service). The restaurant is kinda hidden in a not very popular area. Good luck finding it but it’s worth your while.

I always like eating here for Chinese food. The food is always so tasty. It has a lot of «wok flavour». Lots of strong flavours, which is something I love about Chinese places like this one. Portions are definitely smaller and service is not very attentive but the food makes up for it in my opinion! Food always smells and tastes great. Definitely good for late night dinners.

will not ever go there again, small portion of food, bad customer seevice, not decent price, and if you can read chinese google it up,
has a photo of a rat in the resturant, they dont even appoligized to the customer according to the post. that make me firm of my decision. not recommanding.

A local Unilocaler designated this as our late night spot for some post-​drinking vittles. So it was that past 3 am**, we wound our way over to this unremarkable-​looking restaurant that turns out pretty tasty Chinese food and keeps late hours, not so common in this area. Plain setting, fast service. The dishes are smaller than usual but also priced accordingly, economical. Perfect for a small group to share without being too filling.
Our orders were fried pork intestines, Taiwanese stir-​fry, clams in black bean sauce, and plain congee. Our hosts knew exactly what to order, good selection of dishes with nice contrasting flavors and textures, great taste overall.
Enjoyed this one, worth going back to.
**corrected by Jennifer K, my memory not being as reliable, lol …

I don’t know why? But every dishes I ordered from Dong Kee tonight made me feel like having some ice cold beer?!
Maybe it is the fresh from the wok vibe? Maybe it is the atmosphere? Just maybe all the dishes I ordered has this saltiness. but in a good way?
Dong Kee really reminds me of an authentic Hong Kong eating experience: the smell, the noise, the hustle. The dishes here starts from $ 5.95, portions are small in a good way, because I ended up ordering more dishes and able to try out more things on the menu.
Fried Fish in Teriyaki Sauce ($ 5.95) — so crispy you can even eat the bones!
Vegetables in Hot Pot ($ 6.95)
Taiwanese Stir Fried ($ 5.95) — good with beer!
Sirloin Steak with Garlic ($ 9.99)
All nicely done, hot and savoury… Where is my BEER!!?
Dong Kee for sure is not a romantic restaurant to impress your date, but is a great place to come with a bunch of friends for a midnight or after party snack since it closes at 4 AM everyday!
BTW, the fish tank at the back are packed with lobster, eels, crabs and fish… Dong Kee full name is really Dong Kee Seafood Restaurant. When you order your seafood, it is as fresh as it can get.
Anyone up for a midnight snack?

CASH ONLY
It was a dark and stormy Scarborough night…
So a couple of friends and I have been trying to hunt down another place but have been unsuccessful for a number of reasons. Driving down Midland, we had to come up with a plan B given that is 9pm, raining, and we can not find the place we originally came for.
First rule of dinner club: you look for crowded places. We see Dong Kee, it’s packed, and we wander in…
Brilliant. It was packed but the staff efficiently got us all seated after a short wait and our order taken. For the three of us, we had: honey pepper short ribs, salt and pepper mushrooms, Pork Neck (!!!) with Lotus and Okra, Singapore Noodles, and Salt Fish Fried Rice. Plenty of food for three. Damage: $ 38:00. No complaints. It was great. Even the fried rice was good with it being light and not clumpy. The mushrooms were fried (who woulda thunk it) and delicious, and the short ribs and neck (!!!) were on point. Even the noodles and rice (which tend to be an afterthought) were fantastic.
The menu was huge so even if the above does not appeal to you, there should be something for you to like.
Will definitely be headed back. In a situation like this, I think 4 stars is a compliment in that food this good deserves to be compared to the best for its price range. It it the best Cantonese (big up Wayne for narrowing this down for me) I have ever had? Of course not but I will be headed back definitely.
REMEMBER: CASH ONLY.