Happy Garden

Very sad restaurant. Went on a cold, 35 degree evening, and NO HEAT in the restaurant. None.
Had to ask for a fork and napkins for a take-​out order of sad, sad sweet & sour chicken. Lots of «food» for $ 8.75. But low quality. No pineapple chunks in sauce. Seemed like a mixture of corn starch and Apollo-​era Tang.

I have watched the quality change significantly over the years with multiple owners.
Today’s dinner was good enough to make me write a current review.
Wonton soup a tad oily, but really good flavor and never mushy noodles. Nice ginger pork filling.
Veggie soup had nice depth of flavor, lots of broccoli and various veggies.
General Tso chicken was good. Not the best, but far from the worst. Pretty oily as is expected in a deep fried dish, good overall flavor.
Chicken with black bean sauce (ordered with less oil) Was exceptional! Very tender chicken, just the right balance of flavors.
This will be my go to dish.
Fried rice had the good char flavor from a well used seasoned wok, the rice was just a tad soft, but still very good
My order was ready in 15 minutes. No complaints at all
Granted they can be inconsistent, and perhaps many issues with delivery.
But when they are on… it’s real good :-)

If I could give zero stars, I would in a heartbeat. This restaurant just caused a most unpleasant night for my friends and I. We ordered several items for delivery, all of which were poorly prepared and of questionable meat origin. After we received the slop they claimed as food, my girlfriend realized that the meal she had ordered sans soy sauce (soy contains wheat and she has celiac disease, which she specified twice) was soaked in sauce. We complained to the delivery app and they quickly refunded our purchase. Several minutes later (much faster than delivery) we had an angry woman at our door, nearly forcing herself inside, demanding explanation for our complaints and for the return of the food (probably to be re-​served to some unfortunate in the following days). She yelled at my girlfriend that her English was poor and she did not understand the order. I quickly ushered her out of our residence and sent her away, telling her to regard the delivery app if she had a problem.
Thanks for the uncomfortable situation, Happy Dragon.

I have to say, after many years of patronizing this place, we have made our final trip. It has been questionable over the last year, but tonight’s experience put the final nail in the coffin.
The food was horrible, to the point my dog (100 lbs. plus) had a hard time chewing on it. My son and I used to kill their dinner specials, tonight I had to go out for takeout from another store.
What a shame, Oreland had a nice thing there for a while. The only reason they get one star is they answered the phone when I called in the order. And rest assured, I let them know in person about this before I wrote my review!

I found this place on grub hub a few weeks ago and I am quite pleased. I have ordered twice for delivery and both times I got hot quality food within 20 minutes. For the price and quality service this is easily the best online Chinese delivery place.

I’ve been going to happy garden for the past six or seven years since I moved here. I’ve had many friends and relatives say that the Chinese food here is great compared to where they live. I’m pretty sure its still the same family that runs the business but the father has retired and is not there anymore. I really believe the food is fantastic and the quality is still the same as it always has been. I think their service has suffered a little bit, it seems to take a lot longer to get my food. they will tell you 20 minutes but then sometimes it takes 40. but I believe this is because they are busy. this is not a place to sit down and eat and bring a family. They do have a few tables but its basically a take out place. I recommend giving them a call. I think they have the best chicken lomein as compared to a handful of other places I’ve been to. A friend of mine always says he needs to take this Chinese food to the place where he lives and let them taste it. Lol. they always say 15 or 20 minutes but give them 30 to 45 before u show up. I think they only messed my order up one time in 6 years. and I probably go there twice a month.

Unfortunately it appears that Happy Garden recently changed owners.
I stopped in recently to pickup and order and didn’t recognize the staff that had always been there. The new workers seemed nice enough thought.
When I got home the first thing that jumped at me was that the portions were significantly smaller than they used to be. Everything was always so stuffed they could barely get the containers closed. My order of soup was ⁷⁄₈ full at best.
The Hot & Sour soup was kind of bland and was mostly broth. It was kind of upsetting.
The Beef & Broccoli and pork fried rice were just OK. I may wait a few months and give Happy Garden another try to see if the new ownership gets over the early hiccups and can turn things around.
For now though they’ve lost my business and I’m searching for a new Chinese takeout restaurant.

good food, cheap, nice people. the dude behind the counter is always super polite and super nice.