Happy Chef Restaurant

This small to-go Chinese restaurant is a neighborhood staple. It's been here forever and always impresses me with every dish. Today, I ordered the Mongolian Beef lunch with vegetable fried rice. The rice is pure and simple. A perfect complement to any entree. The Mongolian Beef is the best I ever had. The beef is the star in this dish. Sliced thin and full of flavor, it had the best texture and chew of a steakhouse. Not the normal squishy texture you normally find on a Chinese menu. With plenty of chili flakes, whole red peppers, garlic, onions and green onion in the stir-fry, it makes me sweat thinking about it...The owner always greets you with a smile. Quick in and out with hot, fresh food and I am looking toward next week when I can go back.

The food is the best in the area. The pancakes were amazing, the portions are large and you never leave hungry. There is a littleSomething for everyone on the menu. From the time you walk in till you leave they treat you like family. Our orderscome out fast and was hot and tasty! It reminds me of when I was young. We'll be back. The decor has the history of the store throughout and reminds me of an older of hotel dinner.

The portions and price are great! We usually go to Cheung Hing up the street but we noticed the dishes come with barely any meat and they are getting super expensive so we thought we'd try this place. The value is great but I'd say the meat is a little dry and the dish overall could use some more sauce. There was something missing/lacking from the dishes. We ordered mongolian beef, kung pao chicken, and salt and pepper pork ribs. The ribs were pretty good actually but I wouldn't order the other 2 dishes again.

Fairly decent food but in my opinion isn't really worth the price. I've tried numerous other Chinese restaurants but the food here isn't very memorable in taste, and if I can be honest the food really doesn't taste like anything! I swear I thought I was going crazy until I had my whole family try the food and they as well agreed there was barely any flavor in the food whatsoever.The portion sizes make up for the lack of flavor in the food and the fried rice is pretty good but make sure you add a generous amount of soy sauce so you can actually taste something other than the vegetables. Service was good, generous people at the front that wish you a good day and say thank you so that's a plus.But overall if you're starving and need to fill that sad hole in your stomach and are in the mood for okay takeout this is your spot. Just bring soy sauce and you should enjoy your meal for the most part.

When I'm in Burlingame Happy Chef is my go to when my family is craving Chinese food. I had their salt & pepper shrimp, chow mein, walnut shrimp, mixed vegetables, & egg plant with Garlic sauce. Everything was delicious and it did not disappoint. The fish was very tasty and crispy. The egg plant was cooked perfectly. Their vegetable deluxe is a must order. The vegetable deluxe is mixed vegetables, they cook it just right...... it's tasty and the veggies still have their crispy texture. If you don't know what to order they have photos of their dishes on the wall. I hope to visit again. My family enjoyed their dinner.

The portion is pretty generous. However, the food is not the best. I had the garlic chicken with fried rice, and the chicken was dry like it was reheated, and the fried rice was a bit hard. I also ordered the beef chow fun, and it was a sweet plus; when you buy a dish like that, you need a strong wok flavor which it did not have at all. Price is what you get but more on convenience over quality for this place.

The prices have gone up quite a bit in the past couple years, due to various cost increases ,however, the food quality is excellent and selection is very good.

This was our secret gem every time we would visit friends and family at Mills hospital. It's just a five-minute walk from Mills-Peninsula and all their options at this time are take out only due to Covid19 restrictions. But I have loved to sit and eat here in the past. So many Latino construction workers love eating here. Today we ordered the pan-fried noodle combo, Mongolian beef rice plate, and black bean sauce fish rice plate with two coconut water beverages. I have to mention that the food was much better around 2011-2012 or so which is the first time I came to eat here. The food was fresh, vibrant, and tasty. I'm not sure if the chefs have changed or what but the food here now is about mediocre. Regarding the food we ordered, my Mongolian beef was a bit bland and it didn't have the traditional Mongolian beef sauce that I was used to. It was also a bit dry and reddish color instead of the saucy brown. It did contain red chiles so that was a plus. The accompanying fried rice also was a bit bland and rather strewn together. It used to be really good here but I would say that today it is hovering a little bit around average.

The food is very little And the food taste no good Not flash I pay $30-$50 it looks like appetizer

This is a little mom/pop restaurant- not friendly, and not real clean. Our friends ordered take out. We were not impressed. There is not much food for the price (which is still cheaper than the other 2 Chinese restaurants in that shopping mall) and the quality is poor. As for the menu, I'd say it's like a 1970s American Chinese style fried rice, chow mein with not much in it, beef with brocolli, sweet and sour pork, spring rolls.