Happy Garden

Happy Garden is my absolute favorite! The food is amazing and the service makes you feel like family. This is the only place I go for Chinese food now.I often dine in with one of my best friends, and every visit is a treat. Just be sure to call ahead if you want a table - they're super accommodating.Their specials? Always incredible. Honestly, I've never had a dish here that wasn't delicious. If you haven't been yet, you're missing out!

Happy Garden is our go-to spot for Chinese in Oakland. We go so often that staff recognize and welcome us like family. We always enjoyed sitting inside before they moved to take-out. The women are so friendly there - we return for the service.The food is great for take-out and dine-in (before). We get our regular dishes like green beans, salt pepper pork, beef scramble, fish tofu clay pot - but we always enjoy trying new dishes. We always look forward to the next time we'll be greeted by staff like family and pick our favorite orders.

4112 MacArthur BlvdOakland, CA 94619Happy Garden Chinese Restaurant is located in Oakland's Laurel District. I was here on a Saturday evening around 5pm. As I walked in the door, I noticed the dining room was blocked off. The lady said I have to call ahead if I wanted to eat there. After a brief discussion, I got a table up front. Okay, originally I was just going to have a nice bowl of Wor Won Ton Soup. But then I saw something interesting on the menu.....claypots. I ordered "Braised Rock Cod Filet With Tofu" claypot, Eggrolls, and small steamed rice. I ordered the eggrolls, so I had something to munch on while my claypot was cooling off. You see, the claypot is a "fire to table" dish. They cook the food in the claypot, and bring it to your table bubbling hot. I usually stir it up to even out the temperature. The claypot had nice pieces of breaded fish filet and large pieces of tofu all soaked in a rich gravy. Dried tofu sheets lined the bottom of the pot. I ate it with chopsticks and a bowl of rice. When you eat in a chinese restaurant, you eat chinese style.The lady who served me was very chatty. We talked about growing up in the bay area, and how the Chinatown has changed. I told her it was odd that they didn't offer a small dinner soup like other chinese restaurants. So she offered me "house soup" of dried bok choy and meat in a light broth. Total bill was less than $30 before tip.I will return and try the other claypots. Maybe I'll call ahead and reserve a table.

Great food , great service. The ladies are so sweet. Highly recommend for lunch specials or dinner. The hot & sour soup, wonton soup, chow mein, broccoli beef and mushu pork always a hit!

Solid classic Chinese offerings. Not a destination restaurant, but as the closest Chinese option to me it more than hits the spot when the craving strikes.

I was going to order lunch from another place, but they were closed, and then remembered seeing this while at my Tailor who is two doors down and was on my mental list to try.I thought I'd have a quiet sit down to decompress, but they still don't have dine option. That's ok. The woman is super friendly and when I told her it was my first time said to take time no rush. I ordered something not usually on the menu. Combination Chow Fun w/o gravy. And since my stomach was talking, ordered hot and sour soup. It took all of 10 mins. Got back to office and dug in. Soup was so good. Usually its just got bamboo shoots, eggs, and I think they are earwood mushrooms. But this had that plus slivers of chicken, beef and a couple shrimp. The chow fun was not chewy and the meats were cooked perfect. The amount of food was enough for two sittings.

We live & eat in The Laurel... Happy Garden became our go to restaurant years ago when the one that we went to in Chinatown was sold & the new owners went for cheap ingredients and poor service.Happy Garden is a family owned business that has always done very good food & service. They even stayed open during the Pandemic and made sure that everyone could get a fresh meal from them! Many neighbors of various cultural backgrounds came to eat here and continue to do so now.Their pot stickers are fresh & tasty.. Their salt n pepper prawns are outstanding! During Chinese New Year's they stock lots of fresh crab & fish in the tanks. They do King Do ribs & have many rice, noodle & veggie dishes. Sallie, the co owner & hostess, will go out of her way to accommodate food ingredient issues-like vegetarian, vegan & allergies. Her husband, the chef, makes sure that they have a well stocked pantry.. And did I mention Peking Duck with all the trimmings?We highly recommend them and appreciate their dedication and community support!

Great neighborhood Chinese restaurant. Solid menu and our go to when we're in the mood for Chinese. We get the mushu pork, salt and pepper spare ribs, sizzling rice soup, hot and sour soup.

We were pleased to see that Happy Garden survived the pandemic. We went in for lunch and the food tasted as good as it looked. In particular, we loved the fish filet with black bean sauce and the beef chow fun. The service was friendly and prompt, and the decor was very welcoming. Overall a good experience for everyone in our group.

Love this place! Food is great, service is excellent! Everything I've ordered here has been prepared well and tastes great, but especially the Orange Spare Ribs.