Happy Garden

The pricing is surprisingly inexpensive for what you get. The service was relatively quick and efficient. When we placed our order, we were told 20 minutes. Because we had our dog with us, we waited outside and when the order was ready, the gentleman brought it out to us.We didn't order a whole lot. we had seen Happy Garden on Yelp, and it sounded intriguing. We felt that we needed to stop by for a sample even though we had already had a great lunch in Oakdale. We ordered:California Roll - 5 - I would appreciate some julienned cucumbers but many sushi-ya's no longer put those in. They add a bit of texture and flavor. Spicy Tuna Roll - 5 - Just the right amount of heat. The rice was good. I'm not sure that it was seasoned but there was enough flavor in the Tuna. Inari - 5 - A very simple dish. Sushi rice stuffed into tofu skins that have been cooked in a seasoning liquid. I wish places would offer Inari stuffed with rice, green peas, slivered egg and bamboo shoots. Of course they would charge more but that's okay. Egg Rolls - 5 - Mostly stuffed with Cabbage and Carrots. These are delicious after they've cooled down from the fryer. I could eat these everyday. The inside of the restaurant was spacious and clean. If we didn't have the Princess with us, we would have eaten in.

The food and service at this place is perfect. Can't go wrong with this sushi place. it is family owned and an older couple run this business by themselves seems like and they are always so generous and friendly!

Mom and pop run Japanese food sooo excellent! Love this place very attentive service.

Clean establishment with friendly service by the owner and his wife. We tried an app and a couple rolls and were pleased with our choices.

Always great food! So many people don't know where it is as not much advertising. Give it a try snd you won't be disappointed.Roxanna Escalon, CA

The meals are good but the atmosphere is boring and so silent ! Play some Asian music or something. They have tv but never turn it on. Good food , just boring.

Excellent cost performance ratio and the sushi is California good (not Japanese good) wasabi is the horseradish based version which is good but expected at the price point.No music quiet spot, can hear neighbor business, and the slow ASMR drip of sink.Had the broccoli beef, cheese wontons, and rice all are excellent for the price, the beef had a more streaky mouth feel than slimy l, which I find refreshing. The sause was thinner and allowed to taste the flavors of the beef and broccoli without drowning out the flavor.The nova Scotia roll was a good fit, as it was 8 pieces, deep fried, and the salmon tasted fresh aside the cream cheese.I would sum it up as "out of town authentic"And excellent.

I love this place. Every time I've been here the food is delicious. The tempura shrimp and veggies are always cooked perfectly. My kid tried the sesame chicken with a ginger sauce and it was wonderful. The ginger sauce wasn't overpowering. I'm not a big fan of flavored ice tea but they have a raspberry ice tea that is very refreshing.

We went to Happy Garden because we are looking for some place new and it had outstanding reviews. I do not know if it is under new ownership or employees called in sick but our experience was disappointing. First, I will say on the positive side the gentleman that took our order and served us was very nice. He repeatedly apologized though he did not say specifically what for and thanked us. Also, the prices were relatively inexpensive but not what I would consider a bargain especially given the quality.Well the gentleman was very nice, the service was extremely slow. There were two other parties in the restaurant when we got there and one came in close to when we were leaving. It was not what I would consider especially busy. It was quite a long time before he came over to take our order. Then, it took around an hour for it to come out. It was reaching the point where we were tempted to get up and walk out. We had considered driving into Stockton to go to our favorite sushi restaurant and given the amount of time it took for service, we probably would have been home about the same time though we would have burned more fuel and spend more at the restaurant. We ordered an appetizer and it was brought to us at the end after our meals. I noticed he also kept forgetting things for other tables and at one table brought they're entrees out roughly 20 minutes apart from each other.I was also disappointed with the food. Some of it could be choked up to a difference in taste. We got both sushi rolls and Chinese food. The Chinese food dishes we got were significantly different then the dishes by the same names at other Chinese restaurants. My wife and I were both disappointed but once again this specific issue could be a difference in tastes and preferences. My wife got a dragon roll and said it was fairly tasteless. I did not tasted so I can only go based on her opinion. I got a spicy tuna roll which was in my opinion mediocre. I prefer the local grocery store sushi over what we got there. It also was not fresh. The center of one of my roll slices from the center of the roll was still partially frozen in the middle. I realize they probably do a low volume and probably make a bunch ahead of time then freeze it and thaw it which I would rather have them do then eat fish that was not fresh but it is not what I would call high quality still. When he got our water, he brought a tub of ice out to the counter and was digging in it with his hands to get ice out for the cups. The ice was kind of stuck and he was really having to break it up with his hands. We ended up with out a lot of ice in the cups and the water was room temperature so quickly melted the ice but did not get the water super cold.I feel bad leaving a negative review especially since I wonder if this was an off night for some reason given how many positive reviews this restaurant has but at the same time, we picked this restaurant because of the reviews which it did not live up to. We will not be coming back here again.

Every time I am in Escalon, I come here to support a small business. Thank you. I wish you all the success in the world.