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    Happy Day Cafe

    3.0 (148 reviews)
    Closed • 8:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Red bean with ice cream
    Ella N.

    Great spot for meeting old and new friends. Gotta get the red bean with ice cream. Look what I started. Hahaha!! Friendly staff that recognized me for referring the red bean to everyone. Lol

    Cheryl T.

    Vancouver location : 3312 Kingsway, Vancouver https://happydaycafe.ca/ One of our favourite breakfast place if we get up early enough! This is a typical Hong Kong style breakfast. The breakfast menu is lots with Hong Kong style congee, noodles, and rice rolls. You can do a combo if you are planning to skip lunch. Or if you prefer, they offer Western breakfast with the usual or omelettes etc. I guarantee you will have to roll out of the restaurant when you are done. I love their HK tea with evaporated milk - So Yum! Always a good experience, cafe can get extremely busy on the weekends & it is first come first serve. They take CASH only. Their Richmond location is newer if you are nearer to Richmond.

    Kate C.

    We got their lobster combo with 2 dishes. The daily soup that it comes with was super flavorful. Sweet and sour pork was fantastic - just enough sauce to coat the meat and batter was still crispy. The fried fish with creamed corn sauce was very basic. Not much taste to it. The cream sauce was excellent but the lobster meat was kinda mushy. Not fresh. I would definitely comeback for their multi dish combos but not with the lobster. Parking around here is a bit horrendous and with london drugs turning in 88 it may get worse.

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    Stephen C.

    Both of the Happy Day Cafe are HK style cafe. I like the breakfast and lunch better in Vancouver but dinner at Richmond. Even the twins are not 100 % the same. They must have some different from their personality etc. I have no clue why l have such impression. Anyhow, luckily I don't have negative feelings They close at 10:00 pm. We were there a few times for our late dinner! I found groups of customers who enjoyed their Happy hour menu. I should try their Happy Hour to find out the goody's in their menu

    David H.

    I've come here several times with my family and friends. They have plenty of seating and the staff are pretty attentive. It's usually pretty lively throughout the day. They have different menus for lunch and late night compared to regular dinner/breakfast. More importantly the food is delicious and large portions which are great for sharing. We always get a variation of the baked rice and a pork chop which is always delicious.

    A5 Morning Special with two eggs and crispy top bun (bolo bao) and fresh butter with HK style coffee
    Maling S.

    Early breakfast at Happy Day Cafe in Richmond, enjoying A5 Morning Special with two eggs and crispy top bun (bolo bao) and fresh butter & Congee combo steam plain rice roll. Both come with a hot drink; we chose HK milk tea and HK style coffee. It was bumping busy at 10am but we were quickly seated upon entering the restaurant. I do like the contemporary decor as table and booth/chair are in good condition and the lights are bright with high ceilings. It's not my first time dining at Happy Day Cafe and every time the cafe is clean and bright. The service is always friendly and quick (never feel rushed).

    Baked Portuguese style rice with beef
    Lory P.

    We came around 9pm on a Wednesday and noticed that people kept piling in. They have a late night menu which is the same as the lunch menu that we were excited to try after a workout class. The first thing I noticed was how spacious, clean and nice the restaurant was, which I didn't expect for the area. We ordered the baked rice Portuguese style with beef (18.95) which was delicious. We saw other tables order noodles and fried rice which looked like huge portions. Great for sharing. Would come back again!

    Lindsey D.

    Happy Day is consistent. I do like the flavours of BBY location more than the new location in Richmond. Recently went in for a prompt lunch and the flavours and portion were excellent. Had the baked pork chop ice and Seafood rice combo, both sauces were very nice, rice was al dente and well seasoned. Milk tea was smooth and no tannin residual bitterness. Real nice to see grandmas out with their girlfriends in booths too, really cute! Serivce was prompt and street parking was readily available.

    Egg Tofu with Enoki mushrooms
    Brenda L.

    Lovely place for both take out as well as dine-in. I recently ordered the Egg Tofu with Enoki mushrooms. Good portion and still warm when I received it. Generally speaking, the dine-in solo and group dining service is great. It's advised to pre-book any group dining especially on weekends!

    Sticky chicken wrap. $9.85 for three. Stale. Freezer burnt.
    Allison K.

    My first time trying this place. I ordered through UberEats, so I cannot comment on the ambiance of the restaurant or the service of the staff. I ordered three items. One order of 3-pieces of sticky chicken rice wrap. One order of 4-pieces of steamed pork dumplings. One combo order of Shanghai noodles, gyoza and a drink. Sub-totalling $49.65. I went through with the order because of a promo offer. When receiving the order I was shocked to see the super small portions and half of the food was stale and freezer burnt. Totally not a good first impression!!

    ...Happy Day on Kingsway...
    Cho L.

    ....was driving by and needed to stuff my face with lunch... ....parking was easy to find...was seated quickly at the bench area.... ....business was brisk as it was the lunch crowd... ...ordered the Hainan chicken rice combo with hot milk tea...also ordered baked seafood pork chop on fried rice... ....for some reason the first chicken piece was overly salty but the rest was great....rice was flavorful with bits of coconut... ....the baked dish was also well done....crispy pork with soft and well seasoned seafood.... ....this restaurant seems to be consistent with its service and food... ...easy to recommend....

    There was a lot of rice but not enough meat and vegetables to go with the rice.
    Ellen H.

    I came here with two 90+ years old seniors on a weekday late afternoon. There was no parking on Kingsway, but I was able to find parking on the side street and it wasn't too far for the seniors to walk. The tricky part is a rather short but steep slope to enter the front door, it wasn't easy for the seniors to maneuver. We arrived just before 5 p.m. but were only given the dinner menu. Afternoon tea time should go till 5:30 p.m., but we weren't told we could have asked for the cheaper menu.  We ordered Chicken & Vegetable on Rice and Fried Vermicelli with BBQ Duck Meat & Cilantro. The dishes looked big when they arrived, but I was disappointed after taking a closer look, The portions were big but they were all rice and vermicelli, so the value for money was really terrible. There were not enough chicken and vegetables to finish the rice. The same is true for the vermicelli, the duck meat was shredded and so in reality we were not getting much meat. There was also not enough cilantro to make the dish fragrant.  However, I would still give a higher rating if the food were good. The taste of the food was decent, it did not taste too salty or greasy. However, half way through the meal, I felt funny in my stomach and the discomfort continued the rest of the night. I had heartburn and reflux the rest of the evening, this has not happened to me before and I think it is directly related to the food (or more precisely, something being added to the food like MSG).

    Brenda K.

    I totally missed HK cafe food so we went here. This place was busy packed of customers when we went around 1PM. Variety of food on the menu including noodle combo. I ordered iced tea ($1.75), baked pork chop and seafood ($19.50) and salted pepper fried squid ($12.95). Everything was pretty good just that portion was small for 2 people. I felt there could be more amount of food for that price tag. **Cash and debit are accepted.**

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