I like this place. Their ginger beef is delicious. It's right up the street from my apartment so I order it over the phone, walk up there, tie my dog up outside (who is happy to wait patiently as he knows they yummy bites he's gonna get), and go in to get it. It's always ready when I get there and the service is friendly. If you are looking for decent Chinese food give it a try! read more

This place is trying to give Chinese cuisine a bad name. Chicken fried rice had no color, no flavor and very little chicken. The chicken LoMein amounted to noodles and finely chopped vegetables and very little chicken. Sauce...absorbed by the noodles. No flavor. My wife & I put our $25.00 take-out lunch down the disposer. read more

I go to Happy Dragon while I'm washing my clothes next door. I eat while they're washing, go back and put them in the dryer and then go back and finishing eating. The appetizer plate is delicious. Served with sweet and sour sauce and hot mustard. read more

Happy Dragon - Happy Appetizer - Chinese Near Me - Monterey, California

Found a lot of eggshells in our shrimp fried rice... gross. Definitely won't be returning.

Food was decently priced and good portions. Soup was a little slimy not my thing. Chicken fried rice was okay. Wish I got it without chicken, had a weird taste to it. I enjoyed the general chicken the most! Service was good no complaints, food came out super fast . Overall could have been a little cleaner inside. I would go back for their chicken. read more

Happy Dragon - Wonton Soup - Chinese Near Me - Monterey, California

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Came here randomly while traveling up the coast of california. Welcomed and seated quickly and nicely. Service was nice and no bs liked it alot. Food was excellent with a nice atmosphere and good tables. 10/10 would go again read more

Happy Dragon - Combination A - Chinese Near Me - Monterey, California

The food is consistently delicious! The shrimp chow fun is a favorite and always perfect. And the spring rolls are the best. I've enjoyed a large group banquet at Happy Dragon and they did a great job. The food was tasty, hot and lots of it. Nobody left hungry. The presentation was beautiful. Luckily this is my neighborhood restaurant and I've been a long-time customer. When it's great, you don't need to go anywhere else! read more

Great fresh Chinese food . Perfect Christmas Lunch . Large portions and delicious. Even with Door Dash .. I highly recommend The Happy Dragon .. read more

If you are in the area and are looking for Chinese this is the place to go!! Top tier place, service was amazing and food came out quickly. Crab Rangoons are spectacular, especially the sweet and sour sauce. read more

We stayed at The Lone Oak Lodge and decided to here for dinner since it was walking distance. We enjoyed our dinner and waiter was courteous read more

Been a customer for many years. All the dishes are full of flavor. Wonton soup is the best on the peninsula.

DoorDashed Sweet and Sour Pork and egg rolls. Pork tasted old, was dry, not fresh at all - egg rolls nothing special. sweet and sour pork for $20 better be really good. Horrible. No repeat. read more

I've been sampling Chinese spots and decided to try this one. I ordered over the phone. The customer service was kind. I asked for an opinion on appetizers and was swayed to the pot stickers. My main dish was Mongolian beef. The prices rival Chef Lee's and Lucky Bamboo. The beef, however not greasy , was not spicy as quoted on the menu and not favorable. It did taste fresh just not seasoned. Same with the pot stickers. The whole meal tasted like a requested pre-diabetic meal. Disappointing. read more

this is not Chinese food. We ordered Chicken and broccoli - broccoli old and over cooked, chicken was minced. The vegetable fried rice was cold and not fried, mushy. Vegetables (the small amount that was there) were minced and mushy. How does a place like this stay in business?? read more

Did not dine in. Great potstickers, chicken salad and wonton soup. Friendly service. Great place for dining in as well. Long standing Asian restaurant. Have best eats here for years. Always welcoming. read more

Whoa. I did a takeout order from Happy Dragon. I got tofu, broccoli, shiitake mushrooms in garlic sauce, vegetable lo mein, veggie fried rice, and some veggie egg rolls. Total cost: $50 (w/ tip) They do not serve boba (the guy upfront said they stopped serving boba once COVID hit) anymore, but they offer it on a dry erase board right up front... The ambiance of this place is pretty sad. One side of the restaurant is completely dark and the other side is very dim, not a romantic dim, but dreary. Most of the people who came in took takeout. The food itself wasn't bad. read more

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Good was ok, got the lemon chicken and rice, portion seemed small for the dinner size that I got at 3pm. The lunch menu availability ends at 2:30pm. I guess everyone is getting hot with shrinkflation. read more

Good food and good service. We each had a dinner- egg roll and prawn, chicken chow mien, fried rice, pork. Delicious. We'll be back.

We came here before the split into the crab bucket. We had lunch specials. They were reasonably priced and the food was good. Service was really nice too. read more

Made our way here while trying to find a place that was open between lunch and dinner service. The service was actually very attentive and nice even though our waiter sounded a little gruff at first. The sheer number of options on the menu was very impressive. We got a few different things to try and every was cooked well and properly seasoned. The crispy rice soup really hit the spot today with the gloomy weather. There was also a lot of vegetarian options for those looking for that. The slightly higher cost is justified by the big portions. We would not hesitate to stop by again! read more

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They have best Chinese/Vietnamese food in the world!!!! Great cooks, waitresses, servers, and hosts/hostesses!!!

This place is a little bit pricey for what you get. I can't say the food had any taste, and the service was good but it's simply not worth the money and there are much better places around. And I ordered the Kung pao squid and rice. The portion size was small and the squid was overcooked. read more

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This is a last minute take out order. Our food was ready in 10 minutes. The Mongolian Beef is spicy with a special noodle shaped rice, and the shrimp lo mein has good portion. Food is decent without too much salt and sauce. That's the way I like my Chinese food! read more

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Rude server. Food is okay but never going back due to that rude service. I have been a customer for years but they lost my business

Stopped for lunch. I ordered chicken chou mein and fried rice. It was freshly prepared, but nothing stood out as great. The interior of the place is very plain. Service was fine, but nothing special. read more

Very good service and food but a little pricey these days for my usual order that lasts several meals. Those wontons and a giant hit

Food was horrible orange chicken NO chicken just crispy flour fry wonton soup only two shrimp and wonton no meat inside just cook flour really on general food looks like can food honestly for a restaurant ? And the price ? read more

There's a young lady that has worked there since she was 15. Her name is Judy. And with perfection she addresses each customer. Her pleasantly is in matched. The food presentation is unique. The flavors explode in your mouth. Getting back to Judy she is the type of woman you'd like to wrap up and take home. Very beautiful. That and the food will keep you coming back for more. read more

Lemongrass tofu - sounds great right? A better description would be lots of overcooked green bell peppers and some deep fried to death cardboard flavored tofu. Stingy on the lemongrass. But I took it home, threw away the peppers, blanched some carrots and sugar snap peas, added garlic, crushed red peppers, and some soy sauce, and voilà, I made a decent dinner out of this disappointment. Photo is of the green abominations, does anyone actually like unripened peppers, or is it just an inexpensive habit to use them? read more

Happy Dragon - Chinese Near Me - Monterey, California

This is my third time at the happy dragon and I really Enjoy the food here ! I always opt for the war wonton soup and it's really delicious! Huge portions! Can't go wrong with the entrees. I have had the sweet-and-sour pork, the Szechuan beef, and then general chicken and they are all delicious! Always too much food! Lai has served me all three trips and he's very friendly, efficient and attentive. Plus we share a love of designer shoes and always talk about them when I'm there. Will frequent whenever I'm in town ! read more

They are quick and I've gone there twice to order and take out. But something in their food makes me sick. I think it might have been left out too long. The taste was just so-so. I had just a little bit but the texture was off so I decided to throw the rest out. Yet I still got sick (vomiting.) I got Chow mein with shrimp. Thinking it could be a one time think, I went a 2nd time. I got shrimp with something else like rice. The food was also the same bad quality and it made me sick. It was late and the restaurant was darkened. The man wasn't friendly but I think they probably wanted to close up. I went around 9 pm both times so perhaps earlier in the evening or day the food could have been fresher but I'm not going to risk it. But both times the food tasted old, like it had been left out a long time. That's not healthy. read more

Always delicious! Refreshing! Fast friendly service on meals huge selection!vegetarian menu and lunch specials! read more

Happy Dragon - Thai ice tea - Chinese Near Me - Monterey, California

1st of all let me say the food is extremely good. I ordered 5 items off the menu based on the screenshots of the menu on Yelp. I expected my bill to be around $50. When I went to pick it up, the bill was actually $70. I contacted the owner or whoever it was that answered the phone and I told them that it was very deceiving to go on their website and see these prices and then to be charged differently. He told me that he doesn't have a website and the information that's on the Internet is not his information and that he has tried many times to contact Yelp to change the prices and he says that he is not able to. I told him it's clearly a bait and switch, which is a shame because his food is so good, but I will not patronize a business that deceives people with their pricing. An item that shows on Yelp to be $9.95 is actually $15.95. That's a big difference. Shame on this Restaurant. read more

We were greeted when we came in around 2 PM one weekday afternoon. It was well past the business hour so the place was quiet. We both had Szechuan Green Bean Chicken that was on the day's special posted on the blackboard by the front counter.The lunch arrived in a very timely manner, not more than 10 minutes. We were served egg drop soup right away. Then the lunch plates were served not long after, freshly cooked and steaming. The sauce was light and fresh and the chicken was nice and garlicky. We also ordered tea and were surprised to find it not arriving in a metal teapot but in two large white porcelain coffee mugs. Actually that was a great idea, there was plenty of tea, it tasted like jasmine, and it was very good. In some Chinese restaurants the metal teapots are old and beat up from so much use and they can dribble or leak, so after we got over the surprise of the mugs, we really appreciated them. The restaurant was clean and the service timely. The only thing I would add is that if you are going north on Fremont to get to the restaurant there is that huge pedestrian/bicycle divide in the middle of Fremont street, so you have to drive beyond the restaurant and then make a U turn. We chose to take the Del Monte/Canyon Del Rey exit off Hwy 1 north, and follow Canyon Del Rey to Fremont, turn right and the restaurant was only one block away on the right. That was easy. This is a nice neighborhood restaurant and there was plenty of parking. Definitely recommended. read more

Since Covid the restaurant seems to have cut back on the portions. We ordered the fried rice, chow mein, eggrolls, (2) Mongolian beef and walnut shrimp. I was disappointed with the amount provided for the two orders of beef, it seem to of been more of the dry noodles versus the entree. Overall the taste has been consistent and a local favorite. read more

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Some of the worst Chinese food that I've ever had. Maybe it's the privilege of having grown up in the 626 for American Chinese food, but everything tasted incredibly over sweetened and lacked spice.The mapo tofu was more savory then spicy (and had peas!?!?). The twice cooked cooked pork had an off flavor (the rice wine was probably not cooked out correctly). The hunan chicken has chilies but had no spice.The hot and sour soup wasn't too bad. It definitely tasted like Chinese food made for people who think that stouffers is a gourmet. read more

I got 3 meals to go and I found mine extremely disappointing. 1 I had a hard time getting through all the semi-raw onions, they definitely weren't caramelized. 2 there's so little beef I would barely call it a lemongrass beef dish. I wasted time to go get rice with onions in the size of a portion my daughter wouldn't have been satisfied with. I had a good meal or two a while back... Last time I had a pork bun plate and found a triangle shaped sharp bone I won't go back The pic is before I ate any read more

Happy Dragon - Chinese Near Me - Monterey, California

Ordered Combination Chow Mein ( HK Style) and some Crab Rag... noodles were soggy, flavor was so-so, and the crab things were very skimpy and burnt. First time there today, and last. read more

Happy Dragon - Chinese Near Me - Monterey, California

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Sizzling rice soup for the win any day!! I've coming here for over 10 years! It's absolutely one of my favorite spots in Monterey!

terrible customer service. food leaves a lot to be desired, especially for the price. no customers and terrible smell as soon as you walk in the door. read more