Happy Dragon

They will only deliver to hospitals and hotels, even though I live 0.9 miles away! What is that?! I asked why that was and her literal answer was, «I don’t know.»

Your basic, reliable Chinese restaurant. They won’t deliver and can be rather rude but, like I said, it’s reliable.

Service was fantastic but my general tso’s just wasn’t all that. Not spicy at all and just didn’t taste the best.

Not worth the money. Absolutely no flavor in anything. Ordered crab Rangoon, hot and sour soup, general tso’s, fried rice, egg roll. NONE of them had any flavor. The soup was so hot (temperature) that I couldn’t even eat it until last and it wasn’t worth the wait. I was excited to see the owner of the former SOGO in Grove City behind the counter, but was nothing like it. He was the only person who even cracked a smile. The women at counter who took our order have definitely perfected the resting bitch face. Definitely don’t waste any extra money for fried rice, there is nothing in it, just brown colored rice.

Chinese food at its peak! It looks iffy from outside but the food was really fresh and good! Will be eating again!

Grumpy Dragon
I really seemed to have inconvenienced the people working there, who seemed to be the owners, by placing an order of three dinners. They were anything but happy. The food was sub par, in my view as well. I won’t go back.

Pros: Good crab rangoon, quick service.
Cons: The General Tso’s tasted like chicken nuggets in soy sauce, and the fried rice was just white rice with soy sauce poured on top. The price was high for the (lack of) quality.
I will not be returning.

I will start by saying I pretty much know what to expect form Chinese takeout. I am not under the illusion that there is some amazing, hole in the wall takeout place. They are all pretty much the same. But Happy Dragon left me with a bad taste in my mouth, both figuratively and literally.
I step into the restaurant for lunch on Friday and everyone behind the counter is scrambling for the lunch rush of call in orders. Since this is my first time here I take that as a good sign. I ordered the General Tso’s chicken and egg roll combo which is slightly over $ 8. When I handed over my credit card I was asked if I have any cash. I looked down at the sign directly in front of me clearly stating there was a $ 5 minimum for cards. Though I could have argued, I go with the adage…“never F*** with people who handle your food”. Plus I was hungry.
I sat down on the other end of the restaurant to enjoy the view, my order was ready very quickly. I was notified of this by someone SCREAMING my order across the restaurant. Bringing out an order costs absolutely nothing for the amount of people they had there.
I started with my egg roll since the chicken was extremely hot. The egg roll was surprisingly good. It had a good flavor and looked and tasted fresh, with a healthy mix of meat and veggies.
The chicken however was extremely disappointing! The sauce was so tasteless that it may as well have not been there. Chinese brown sauce is something that is fairly standard in most places. I have no idea what they did to this but it literally had no aroma and no flavor. The chicken itself was very soft and soggy. Having worked in several places where deep fryers are present, I am aware this is indicative of old fryer oil that needs to be changed. Steamed rice is hard to mess up. It tasted like rice.
Between the utter lack of service and the very «meh» dish. I doubt I will be returning.

It’s close to home, it’s usually pretty good, and the price is right. Isn’t that what you want in a neighborhood chinese place?
There’s nothing that makes Happy Dragon stand out, it’s just reliably average Chinese food that I can walk to pick up. The wonton soup is very good, with lots of veggie and good broth.
I’ve always found the food was ready quickly and correctly. I can’t ask for much more than that.

Over priced no seasoning on anything staff is not friendly at all. They used to be great few years ago but something happened and I’ll probably never return. Was that bad

The food is okay, but every time you come here the women that work there are extremely rude and inconsiderate. They have no value to their customers at all very unprofessional

Typical American Chinese restaurant. As a Chinese, I like a change of flavor to visit places like Panda express or Happy Dragon for some deep-​fried, heavy-​sauce-​covered goodies. Happy Dragon can make your dish highly customizable, the female owner will ask you if you want extra spicy or if you want the kind of pepper in your dish, so hospitable. One thing I didn’t understand was why most of the people who order food at Happy Dragon order them to go, their dinning area seems perfecting «dine-​able» to me, in fact, when I go there I always dine in. Any idea?
Great food, great service, will visit again!

Never thought you could actually get «bad» general tso’s chicken but I stand corrected. Honestly $ 7 for lunch had my expectations high but this tsos was absolutely awful! I never through away food but this was truly terrible and barely edible. Very disappointing.

I normal don’t review but this place was unfortunately not very good. We got two chicken dishes and both were bland and mushy.

Pretty terrible Chinese food… The General Tso was sauceless, the egg rolls were bland, and the crab rangoon was rubbery.
I’m not a huge critic of Chinese food… But this is without question the worst Chinese food I’ve ever had.

I ordered delivery and the food arrived quickly. The chicken in the Sesame Chicken was all-​white meat in strips, which is absolutely perfect. Fried rice was offered as an option (vs. white rice) included with the meal. I’m used to an upcharge for fried rice.

Easy to get to, and a parking lot to boot! While this is more sit down than a mall variety, or more permanent furniture than a standard take-​out, it is not an «order off the menu table side» joint. The food was very good, and the banter within the staff was on par with the pricing.
Pricing is good, with both cans of pop, and fountain drinks with Pepsi products.
Quick turnaround on the order fits a tight lunch schedule, including travel time. With the biggest Wok I’ve ever seen, they could easily put out anything that comes their way!
Their sweet & sour is the thicker variety, which I really like! Hiding down in there was a piece or two of pineapple to keep it interesting. Quantity was great, enough to take home for another time when red watery crap is served (don’t judge, Chinese food is a staple ’round here).

There’s unbelievable Chinese restaurants with delicious, complex meals and full service. There’s good Chinese food with lots of tasty food for your buck and quick counter service. And then there’s the disgusting Chinese food with amorphous meat and buffet offerings that have been sitting there since yesterday. Happy Dragon falls squarely in the middle. Don’t expect an elegant atmosphere with white tablecloths, but don’t be prepared to run out screaming either. You order your food at the counter from their large menu and either take it out or grab a booth or table. They might bring the food out to you if you dine in, but will more likely yell out your order so you can pick it up. The space is pretty spartan with the typical Asian artwork, but generally clean and lit.
Pros: Most of the food is quite tasty. The Kung Pao chicken is delicious with slices of quality chicken, chunks of zucchini and other veggies, and lots of peanuts in a spicy sauce. The Pepper Chicken is great if you like hot, fresh sauteed jalapenos with onions and chicken. The hot and sour, egg drop, and wonton soups are all delicious. The crab rangoons are great and the egg rolls are solidly good. The fried rice is good. The service is really quick (5 – 15 min). Sometimes you don’t know how they can possibly have your order ready when you swear you just ordered it. The entrée portions, even the small, are enough for two meals if you have a soup or side (egg roll, crab rangoon, etc.) as well.
Cons: The breading on the chicken in any dish with fried chicken chunks (General Tso’s, Orange Chicken, Sesame Chicken, etc.) is not good. Either the breading is too thick, they don’t fry it enough to be crispy, or they let it sit in the sauce too long. It’s too bready and gooey. The other issue is the entrée sizes, which are available in small and large. I’m not sure as I haven’t actually measured this, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the small and large are the same size. They put the two sizes in different containers (small = styrofoam clamshell for both the entrée and rice, large = two Chinese takeout boxes; one large for entrée and one medium for rice) so they look different. But having ordered the same menu items in different sizes multiple times, I really think there’s no difference. I think you get as much or even more with the small size than the large so that’s all I order now. The only other con is the service. As some other reviewers mentioned, no one at Happy Dragon is ever happy. They frown, they shrilly demand clarification, they bark at you when your order is ready, they do not care. But you know what? Neither do I. If the food is good and I’m getting take out, it’s really not important. Sure, it’d be great if they were nicer, but it just doesn’t matter much.

I used to love the Happy Dragon. I would crave their War Su Gai to help nurse me through my hangover. But over the last few years, the quality of their food just hasn’t been as good. Now, when I order the war su gai, the chicken is burnt and dry and the sauce is the globby yellow stuff instead of their old delicious, dark brown gravy.
Now, I stick to their won ton soup which is quite tasty and their chicken pad thai which has just the right amount of spice, but not enough veggies.
It’s the closest take-​out place to me so I still eat here occasionally, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to get it anymore like I used to…

I’ve been here several times and always had decent experiences. The food isn’t anything crazy. The options are slim compared to some Chinese joints, but at least there isn’t so much you get lost. Some dishes exceed expectations, others are just average. What warrants the four star for me is a few service factors:
1. Speed — service is always fast. I have rarely waited more than five minutes for food here. I usually do take out kinda late at night and I don’t even shut my car off sometimes.
2. Special requests — the vegetarian and seafood menus are rather small compared to other places, but on numerous occasions they have let me substitute tofu for a meat in a dish. At my most recent visit, I ordered pepper steak, no meat, sub tofu, with black bean sauce added. I told the lady my order was going to annoy her, and she repeated it back to me twice just to make sure she got it right. The tofu was marinated in the black bean sauce just perfectly. It was amazing!