A take out only place. Chill, regular chinese food. Prepared decently. Good fried rice, etc. Delivery was faaaast!

Worst Chinese food I have ever had. I don't even think the chicken was chicken. No flavor in anything...oh and it was the most expensive Chinese food I've ever had. Lunch special my ass. read more

Used to love this place! Food is pretty tasty. Best I've had in the area, until my visit a few weeks ago. I had placed an order and decided to wait in the store until it was ready. While sitting I was mindless staring into the kitchen, until I saw something disgusting. I watched one of the cooks drop a huge chunk of char siu (bbq pork, used in a ton of their dishes pork fried rice, lo mein, wonton soup, etc.) on the floor picked it up, chopped it, and put it into someones order. I was absolutely disgusted, quickly I asked for no char siu in my wonton soup and patiently waited until my food was finished. Since then I haven't been able to order from them, simply bc I don't know what else has fallen on the floor which could end up in my meal. read more

It is as good as it gets for the price, indeed. This little hole in the wall is one fabulous restaurant! Every time I order there I am pleased all over again with the price and the quality. Today I got the Hunan Chicken and it's just wonderful -- just a hint of smokiness to the sauce, perfect almost-sweetness (just a shade sweeter than Szechuan) -- YUM! I love their red curry with tofu, the curry fried rice, the ribs are DELISH! and the thai hot-sour could make you cry. Delivery is fast and friendly, too. FYI, they are strict on the no substitutions policy for lunch menu but will switch out the dreaded styrofoam poison containers for paper if you pay $.50. read more

Their boba tea or fruit smoothies are HORRIBLE, the tapioca is never cooked properly! They are to hard or over cooked. Secondly, I had ordered the kiwi pineapple smoothie ( which was given to me wrong) and found a tooth like bone in the smoothie!! PLEASE DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME HERE!! The conditions of the fruits are very poor and they will never give what you ordered right, I have given this place way to many chances, but the tooth was my last straw. read more

I have been going to this place for awhile, but as of today, I'm going to stop. On June 26, 2014 they must have had a big order. It appears the cook was frying a ton of chicken to make Orange Chicken. He already had several tubs and tub he was preparing was full and he kept filling it up. I observed some of the chicken fall to the floor, then the cook picked the chicken up off the floor and threw it right in the tub with the other chicken. Wow! was I flabbergasted. I couldn't believe what I just witnessed. Needless to say it was hard for me to stomach my order of "orange chicken" after watching him have a total disregard toward picking up chicken off the floor to prepare for a large order from an unknowing customer who is spending a lot of money with your restaurant. You don't know what roams the floor at night and this was very unsanitary. I wasn't supposed to see this because they have a curtain hiding the kitchen but it was opened a little bit. Why do I suddenly wish the curtain was not open? read more

I've gone through all the Asian restaurants near me and this place is by far the best. They're smoothies are refreshing and delicious. You can't go wrong with any dish on their menu. read more

Ordered through Grub Hub, they delivered 10 minutes earlier than the receipt said which is nice. I ordered a Pad Thai dinner for myself and the orange chicken dinner special for my boyfriend. The pad thai was okay, something was missing but it was still good. I also ordered crab Rangoon, I was hesitant because of some of the reviews I read, but I liked it. The cream cheese was smooth and there wasn't an excess of onions. Egg rolls were delicious as well. read more

Really good food!!! Really Good customer service and the delivery was first class. These is what makes me a happy customer. I will continue to order from them in the future. read more

I have searched high and low for a good chinese food place near forest park and stumbled across this place. The food was great. I placed an order for delivery adn it got there so quick i was amazed. Not to mention the food was delicious and so cheap. For 15 bucks i had enough food for 3 days. I will definately be ordering from there again. read more

Unimpressive, dry or over cooked sweet and sour chicken...I left there with a hankering for Chinese food

Tried for some delivery hoping it was gonna to be a new Chinese go to place but It really was not very good. Mongolian beef tasted dry and sour and the bottom of the container was all oily sauce. Sesame chicken was over breaded and dry with bland sauce (also tasted more like sweet and sour). I threw out the left overs, which I never do with Chinese. Egg rolls and wonton soup were just run of the mill , but not as bad as the entrées. Sorry but GoGo China and Hunan Spring are better. I usually don't write very negative reviews but if they want to compete they better know. read more

This is one of those places that just make you happy. I have never had a bad meal from Happy Chef. There have been a couple of times where the meal was mah, but those times have been more than made up for by the times that it has been amazing. It is so good that we have made this our Friday dinner spot. I have ordered from every corner of the menu and always been satisfied and that is the best you can say from a restaurant . read more

Why bother having Thai food when u can't even get the staple Thai dish, Pad Thai, right? I don't even know what I got, it was NOT Pad Thai. It was ORANGE for goodness' sake!!! The Thai iced tea was also dismal. If you r familiar with Thai food at all, then you would know just how awful the Thai dishes are. Even the Chinese fried rice was horrendous. So greasy and salty, I had a terrible stomach ache afterwards. I only went here because of its proximity to my work place... But never again. I should have yelped first before heading over! read more

The lunch special is where's its at man a shitload of food for like $7. Comes with an egg roll and a soda.

Excellent take-out chinese food and great prices. Portions are huge. We are huge fans of the salt and pepper tofu, even though it is not consistent (sometimes very crispy, sometimes not, but always really tasty). Save yourself $3 and order the appetizer version -it's nearly the same size as the entree! I am also in love with their broccoli fried rice. Best I've ever had. The Thai side of their menu - food is only OK, nothing special, but hey, I've had worse. read more

I don't get the bad reviews about this place. Firstly, the customer service is really stellar here. They are a friendly bunch of people. I ordered the beef short ribs with black pepper sauce, pot stickers, egg rolls, salt and pepper chicken, salt and pepper smelt, and beef fried rice. The beef short ribs with black pepper sauce is my favorite dish from them. The ribs are so tasty and tender and the black pepper sauce is out of this world. They do make a pretty mean pepper steak btw. The pot stickers were so delicious and moist and full of filling. These are my favorite pot stickers from any place I've been too. They have that nice crispy browning on the outside. The egg rolls are pretty good although they can be hit or miss. Sometimes they can taste pretty old. The salt and pepper chicken is a dry dish. It's deep fried chicken with the salt and pepper seasoning. Really really tasty but again be warned it's pretty dry. I also liked the beef fried rice. The bf loves the salt and pepper smelt. All in all a pretty solid choice. You can't go wrong here. read more

If I could give this negatives I would. I ordered delivery and due to COVID and family being high risk I requested my food be left at door. When the driver arrived at my apt he called and told me to come out I nicely asked for him to leave it at door since it was already paid for. He was very rude and screamed over the phone to come out. When I came out he was across the street at the wrong house so I waved him down to come hand it to me. He ignored me for about 5 minutes until I walked up and gave him my name and told him that the food was for me. He stood there screaming at me telling me I had put the wrong address down and was very confrontational. Being a girl and being home along since my bf had not gotten home from work yet I felt very frightened and nervous because he was so confrontational, I had to tell him "are you giving me my food? Or should I call the cops?" He then handed me my food and stood outside my apt until I went inside. NEVER again will I order from here. HORRIBLE service and the food was cold and dry. If you're a girl please be careful when ordering from here especially if you live alone or are home alone. read more

After they stopped getting my order wrong, I'm happy to say this is my favorite Chinese food place in the area. Fast, tasty, with portions that last the whole day. I just wish their Crab Rangoon had less cream and more crab. read more

Really good food for good prices, and management is super helpful and understanding! I recently ordered online and meant to get vegetable egg rolls for delivery, but accidentally clicked regular ones instead. I was disappointed when I realized the error (am strict vegetarian) and they were still willing to exchange the egg rolls for no charge even though it was my mistake! I really appreciated that and will continue to be a fan of Happy Chef. :) read more

My girlfriend and I love take-outs from here, friendly staff especially the lady that's always there and the guy. Fast and great tasting chinese food! Avocado smoothie is AMAZING. read more

I just received a call from Happy Chef and they acknowledged that I was given the wrong thing. I was given a credit for my next order. I am extremely pleased with the way my complaint was handled, kudos to them for the excellent customer service. read more

Happy Chef is my favorite, go to place to eat in Forest Park. Whenever I order they will uaually estimate that it'll take 45/60 minutes, which is pretty standard. Then within 25 minutes the food is already at my house. The food is great, portions are huge and they are always consistant. I would recommend this place to all of my friends. read more

I have been ordering from here since they arrived at the Harlem and Roosevelt location. I think the food is flavorful and the many options are great. The price is very reasonable with good portions and the delivery is awesome. There is nothing terribly special about the place but they have all the staples I love and have never disappointed. read more

Good place, close to home when I want Thai but rather stay in, all the appetizers are pretty good as well.

This is my go to place for Chinese takeout. I love their orange chicken, lo mein, kung pao and Mongolian beef. It is very inexpensive - lunch menu especially, convenient and very fast service. Interior might need a little updating, but otherwise no complaints whatsoever. read more

I tried Happy Chef for a week day lunch. They have a very generous lunch menu, and everything on there is around $5 with tax. I dined in, and was pleasantly surprised by the high stacked plate of food that was brought out, steaming hot. I highly recommend this place for a good lunch. read more

The chicken in the satay was drier than week old french bread, and the peanut sauce tasted more like cafeteria gravy. doesn't come with cucumber salad, either, which is kind of a standard thing at most places. The entrees were plentiful, but decidedly mediocre. Pineapple fried rice hardly had any pineapple in it, and the noodles in the Pad See Eiw were rubbery and flavorless. My wife wanted to try the plum soda, which turned out to be chunks of plum in soda water. The free potstickers were probably the tastiest of the meal, but that doesn't exactly say much. read more

They keep getting better. Best Chinese in Berwyn. Ill hopefully update this to 4 stars if they keep adding flavors to the menu.

we used to eat here all the time via grub Hub and have been happy for the food we received. recently we got a HORRIBLE dinner for 2 and when we called to have them correct the order they refused. here is what the issue was Shrimp toast was burnt and cooked in old oil that was not to temp (you can tell them by how much oil was in it ) Egg Roll was over cooked and cooked in the same stale oil that was not to temp. Shrimp Pad Thai : now this was the worst. it was RED yep that is what i wrote. Pad Thai was cooked the sauce that they use for the Sweet and Sour Sauce and was NOT appetizing or edible. the Orange chicken which was asked to be cooked HOT (spicy) had no spice to it. when i called their only recommendation was to get a credit for the shrimp toast they would not even cook something else or refund the total amount so now i have to have my bank refund the amount that i spent. i find it to be theft when you charge some one for something that they an not enjoy, use or consume to be theft and fraud. they new their food was bad and keep money how is this fair? read more

As a resident In forest park the last 12 yrs I gotta say happy chef is some good eating and I love their delivery service by the time I hung up they rang My bell. 5 stars read more

I mean come on people act like this is a 5 star cuisine place if that's what you were expecting for the price you paid SORRY for you.. Anywho....I never got a bad meal from happy chef. It is what it is... quick Chinese food. Its not horrible I have had horrible which is why I have a Chinese food phobia this place is decent. read more

This place is our favorite Chinese around here - the vegetables are always fresh and everything is really good!

I have never written a review before. That is how much I think this place needs to up there game. A few years ago I ordered from here (Kung Pao), and it was great. A couple years later, I ordered the same thing and it was terribly bland. No spice or flavor at all. I just tried it again recently (I wanted this place to work), and much to my disappointment it was terrible again. I even tried the basic Pad Thai, and it was undercooked and possibly only spiced with ketchup. The Pad Thai was a bright baby pink color, and had no flavor whatsever. The only thing consistently okay from this place is their Krab Rangoon, which is deep fried. Did they change owners? Did they stop caring? read more

Got sick the first time I was here. Didn't put it together and went back a couple weeks later. Sick again. I assume it's all of the oil or maybe the fat, but I get sick every time I go to Happy Chef. read more

Their green curry and pad thai shrimp are amazing!!! Their staff are courteous and helpful:)

Order from here all the time fast delivery ! Never seems to fail me . Crab ragoon it the best here !

I'm not a huge fan of Chinese food because I always feel like all fried rice and stuff just taste like egg, but this fried rice is the best I've ever had! Specially the broccoli fried rice. They have great prizes. The green tea smoothie is also super good read more

Disappointing, I'm a big fan of the clean plate club, but never before have I outright thrown out food. (Especially in this day and age!) This joint is in the same space as an excellent longtime Lincolnwood Chinese Restaurant called Bamboo House, and the number was the same, but that was it. Here I was hoping to relive a culinary treat from days past, save your money, find somewhere else! read more

Happy Chef has saved me. 2 years ago I moved from Chicago (which has such a variety of asian offerings) to Forest Park, where all the noodle dishes come with thick spaghetti noodles and not the thin pan-fried noodles. Happy Chef is the first place I've found in the area with the thing pan-fried noodles! The noodles are quite oily but delicious. Other dishes I've had are generally pretty good, such as the shrimp chow mein, orange chicken, general tso's chicken (which is not spicy), and crab rangoon. The sweet n sour sauce that comes with the crab rangoon is possibly one of the best I've ever had, although the crab rangoon itself is not. The first time I ordered I got the free fried rice, but was disappointed because it was dry and tasteless and I threw most of it away. But now I get the free potstickers and they are pretty good and filling. Also I once got the Panang Curry off the Thai menu, and was disappointed that it wasn't spicy at all! Also the tofu wasn't pre-fried. They didn't even ask me if I wanted it mild or spicy, their fault. Despite some bad dishes, Happy Chef has become my "go-to" place for chinese take-out. They have fast delivery and everything is reasonably priced. Plus the pan-fried noodles! Yum! read more