If you're looking for a great Chinese restaurant like the ones you enjoyed as a kid, look no further; this is it. The long version: This is a nice little restaurant serving up traditional (Americanized) Chinese cuisine. It has all the dishes you'd expect, like sweet and sour chicken, General Tso's, chow mein, etc. A choice of egg flour or hot and sour soup. Every time we've come here, the food is served hot and is flavorful with great ingredients. It's a step above the quality level of many Chinese restaurants in the area. Quality ingredients make all the difference. The service is always great, even when they're busy. They always seem to have plenty of doordash folks there too. It is clearly a popular place. The dining area is always neat and clean, and the atmosphere is pretty typical for this type of restaurant. It's a fantastic place to take the family. They can handle large groups there as well. Overall, this is an amazing place to go. One of our family favorites. read more

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I stopped you because I was in town and was hungry for Chinese food. I was greeted by a very grumpy worker. She took my order and seemed annoyed. I ordered the Kung pow chicken with rice and I had to choose between a drink or egg flour soup. They bake flowers. Soup was actually pretty good so I made the right choice there. I drink my water and was not offered a refill until I was almost finished with my dinner. The Kung pow chicken tasted weird. It had a vinegar kind of bite to it. I know it wasn't vinegar, but it did not taste good like Kung pow. The rice I had was a bit dry and kept falling off my fork. The server was not present 90% of my visit and only asked me one time if I needed a refill of water. The place was actually dirty. Especially the bathroom, which was ridiculous. I won't be back. read more

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It goes without saying the pandemic messed up a lot of things, one thing was our favorite Chinese food restaurant's move to Scappoose. I'm not sure how long it's been but I'm happy to say the garden is back. Happy Garden in St. Helens! Awesome. Their new, bright and happy place couldn't be better. or closer. read more

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Food is too greasy and the Thai tea was powdery and not authentic. The service is also mid. Should rename this place to Sad garden

Food is so good, and fresh! Best Chinese I have had in years! Great atmosphere! Good service! read more

Happy Garden Chinese - Garlic chicken! - Szechuan Near Me - Cornelius, Oregon

Wide selection, and delicious food. Spring rolls are great king pow, cashew chicken and shrimp read more

The food was great. Came out fast and hot and server was friendly. Price is very reasonable also. The interior is small but well kept. Definitely worth coming here. read more

Happy Garden Chinese - H Sesame Chicken - Szechuan Near Me - Cornelius, Oregon

Overall, I'd give this place a 3.5 stars if I could. The service was very friendly and attentive. As for the food, I'd say it was average for Chinese food. Not bad, but there is definitely a lot better out there. I ordered the General Tso Chicken with pork fried rice. For a cheap meal, it's not bad. Will I be back? Probably not. read more

Happy Garden Chinese - Potstickers - these are your average pot stickers. They were good but nothing special. - Szechuan Near Me - Cornelius, Oregon

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Not bad! Looks sketching outside. Inside is actually not too shabby. The food tasted fresh and had lots of flavor. The server was friendly and was accommodating to the gluten free needs of my fellow diner . Overall. Really not bad. read more

Happy Garden Chinese - The leftovers General Tso's Chicken. Pretty good actually. - Szechuan Near Me - Cornelius, Oregon

Ordered take out yesterday--mushroom 0pchicken & mushroom tofu. Description said onions-not one piece. The mushrooms were ready to be thrown out. Shriveled & tasteless, not fresh. Sauce was corn starch & water--no flavor. This is the second time our food has been sub-standard. There will not be a third time! I wonder if they lost their cook. They could benefit from a health dept. visit. read more

I am not impressed with the sesame shrimp I ordered. The shrimp were tiny. Tons more breading than shrimp. And the ends of the shrimp were tough, too hard to chew. The sauce was really delicious . The breading was inconsistent. Meaning, some pieces were close to raw, others on the over done side. My husband loves their general tsos chicken. I'm sure many really love this place. It's just not for me. read more

Was very good for me but it gave my one year old the shits. I got the combo that came with a spring roll 2 fried shrimp and crab wonton as well as rice and noodles for $16 it was a good deal , plus they also gave me soup. My sister got the chicken curry and it was very good as well. They also have bubble tea and we got the pot stickers as appetizers and they were also very good. The place was pretty quite but it's clean. read more

Happy Garden Chinese - Pot stickers - Szechuan Near Me - Cornelius, Oregon

Super friendly service. Fresh food, delicious, and plenty of food. Not overly priced. We have been here several times and is just the right spot without a huge wait list. HGC is now a family favorite. read more

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Terrible food! It used to be pretty good when they moved here from Happy Valley, but it's seriously gone down hill since then

Really good, solid chinese food. The egg foo young is some of the better we've had, and the fried rice is excellent, as is the bbq pork noodle soup. It is a little far away from where we live, but I think it is worth the drive. This probably be our new go-to chinese restaurant. read more

Happy Garden Chinese - King Do Chicken - Slightly sweet and spicy sauce - Szechuan Near Me - Cornelius, Oregon

I always order happy soft noodles on this restaurant I think it's a family business the taste and presentation of their food is the best from any other Chinese restaurant I have order the same style definitely would recommend this restaurant read more

Today I took my elderly mom to the dentist, then I brought her here for lunch. Its a sweet, clean, little restaurant with attractive decorations and a very nice server. There are maybe ten parking spots in the lot and about a dozen tables. Water and menus were brought immediately. Soon we had hot tea and eggflower soup. Both were steaming hot and tasty. No msg btw. Says so on the door. My mom had cashew chicken and steamed rice. It was a good amountof food. It had a lot of zucchini in it. Mom hates zucchini...well she used to but probably doesn't remember ( she has Alzheimer's). She ate all of it. I think I saw water chestnuts, celery, chicken, and onions too. The sauce was brown. My sweet and sour was pretty tasty. There was less of it than the cashew chicken. The batter was crunchy, the chicken inside tender. There was a good amount of orange sauce ( not awesome but not bad), carrot slivers, onion pieces, and green pepper. No pineapple chunks. That made me sad. That's almost the best part! The fortune cookies were ok. The bill was $14. Not bad. I'd totally go back. P.S. The plastic dishes while clean and pretty enough, were not my favorite. read more

Happy Garden Chinese - Sweet and sour chicken, cashew chicken, rice, tea. Reasonable and pretty tasty. - Szechuan Near Me - Cornelius, Oregon

Not a bad place. Only ordered through grub hub. The food quality is good. It fills our craving for Chinese food. No complaints so far. We have tried half of the menu and it's been good so far. read more

I love great Chinese. I want it fresh, flavourful, less oil based and with some spice. Happy Garden NAILS it WITHOUT fail. Every time. Broccoli is always crisp. The sauces have flavour and are not identical. The boss and her employees CARE that your order is what you want. The colour is bright in every dish. This is our fourth visit. Everything has been spot on. If you're on the fence about Chinese or something else, seriously eat at Happy Garden. Prices, quantity, and quality are spot on. I've ordered: spring rolls, Kung Pow Chicken, Broccoli Chicken, Cashew Chicken, and Hot & Spicy soup. Every time was fantastic. The service is excellent. The wait time is reasonable to fast. The tea is perfect!! Why are you still reading this? Go at Happy Garden! I might be sitting at a table near you! read more

We have had the same disappointing experience as others have recently the new owners/recipes are not good. The bbq pork fried rice was a mushy over cooked mess. The lemon chicken was not good the sauce was just sugar no lemon at all. Very disappointing that our favorite Chinese food is no longer. read more

This has been my favorite Chinese place since I found it several years ago. I picked up an order Kung Pao Chicken last night, though, and it seems like they have changed the recipe. It's not that it's BAD, it's just not what I expected. There wasn't much sauce, hardly any peanuts and it had JALAPENOS? It was bad enough that the new person that took the phone order didn't know the difference between the dinner entree and an order of soup ($22) and the combination dinner that I wanted that comes with soup - among other things - for $15. I didn't know they had changed management. Guess I'm looking for a new favorite place. read more

When the new owners took over January of 2022, food was fantastic. Chicken & pork dishes were exceptional tender& moist. We frequented this establishment multiple times a month. Since July 2022, food quality has drastically changed. Chicken & pork dishes excessively dry. Some f the dish recipes are different, maybe a new chef? We've been so disappointed that we have scaled back our patronage a lot. And we've shared our disappointment with family & friends. read more

We love this place. The orange chicken and cashew chicken are our favorites. Everything is always so delicious.

One of my favorites for a fast and somewhat healthy dinner. The kiddo and I always share an order of veggie noodles and tofu and veggies and it's always really good. We can get all the veggies we love and none of the veggies we hate so we can eat it all and leave fat and happy. What's really great about this place is the service though. It's small town living at its best. read more

Wrote review earlier about first impressions and now have more to add... Food is making several people sick. DoorDash does not have a way for me to report this since I already reported the "fishy" shrimp and received only a future order credit rather than my $$ back. Will never use that service again, but beware... do not eat at this restaurant! Would give 0 stars if I could, but have to select at least 1 to submit... Ordered through DoorDash (don't get me started - tipped driver extra to make sure my large order was complete. very mad about that as you will see next). 1 item was not in my order. A dish included shrimp and was so fishy that no-one would touch it after a single taste. Items that were supposed to be "spicy", which I requested to be "extra spicy, spicy", were so mild a toddler would have no problem with them - if they tasted good. In general all of the food (I ordered a very large assortment for many people) tasted like cornstarch and water. The worst of imitation American fake Chinese. read more

First time customer, fall of 2022. The sweet and sour chicken was good. Sauce on side. Crispy and fresh, I do not recall much bell pepper, onion or pineapple in it. We ordered pork fried rice, but got white rice, check your order before you leave! Ordered lemon chicken also, meat tough. read more

Wow oh wow!!  This charming little resturant is the "go to" place for some damn good food!  This gem is super close to our house which is a total score, but the food is so flippin' good I would actually take the jont across town for it... The hot-n-sour soup alone gives this place enough stars, but then you add in the bomb food (great portions and prices) and our waitress (family of the owner) makes this place our new fave!  I had the sesame  chicken which was white meat, no grisle at all (!), lighty bready and the perfect amount of crisp and plenty to take some home! read more

Happy Garden Chinese - Get in my mouth!! - Szechuan Near Me - Cornelius, Oregon

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Good Chinese food, a rarity in rural areas.

OF COURSE I CAN USE CHOP STICKS! you do have forks though right? What a great find! Wife again just told me to pull over. And i listen to her (most of the time). This place is on the main drag, so its easy to find. It may not look like much from the outside, but inside. Heck yea. Clean, nice, well lit, VERY friendly staff. All the food here was good. I had a couple of beef selections. Wife grabbed a shrimp dish. My son had his go to chicken fried rice. The portions here were bigger than i thought they would be, BONUS. And everything we tried was great, didnt even manage any leftovers to bring home! A+ here. We will eat here again and again. read more

Happy Garden Chinese - House special, spicy but GOOD - Szechuan Near Me - Cornelius, Oregon

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This is the best Chinese restaurant in town. The woman and man who run this place are kind and understanding and always greet us with big smiles. The food is delicious and there have been a couple of times where I've had to restrain my fiancé from going here too many times a week. read more

Fast and affordable. It's not too busy so if you're looking for something quiet and relax. This is it. Food was really good as well and it was a good amount. Got to take some home as left overs. read more

This place is shockingly good! It may be in little Cornelius, but the freshness and flavor is great. We ordered green bean chicken, the green beans were perfectly cooked nice and tender, mandarin beef nice and crispy, pork fried rice, mu shu chicken. Lots of crisp veggies the meat isn't too thick with batter. I would normally go to Beaverton to get good Chinese and I love that it's so close to home. read more

I give the owners credit.. They must either be aware of Yelp and monitor their reviews closely or they are very much in tune with their customers' level of satisfaction. Last night, I ordered my usual Kung Pao Chicken meal and I was pleasantly surprised to see that most of the plate of the dish was actually chicken! 6-8 oz I'd say. For about $20 including an order of Spring rolls (crispy Yum), extra side of rice To-Go, and a Soft drink, with enough chicken to have leftovers at home...I think I did alright. This is a great place to sit down and have a meal when you're in the mood for Chinese. The dining room is always comfortable, clean, and welcoming. I can't help but smile every time I see at the Golden Buddha and cat by their front counter. :) It's looking like Panda Express might be coming to Cornelius in Fall 2015 - with a Drive-Thru. I hope Happy Garden can still keep seats filled and people ordering (including takeout). I wonder what they'll make of the competition...menu change? free-delivery? Whatever it is, I wish them luck...even though on most days... Panda's Chinese food is good enough for those occasional meals out days. read more

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We used to be a huge fan of this restaurant. When Diana left, we tried to continue to be loyal customers but the food quality has diminished considerably. The restaurant is not as clean as it used to be. Last night I ordered special fried rice and sweet/sour chicken to go. Rice was sticky, no shrimp anymore, flavor was bland. Chicken was dry. The quality has gone way down and sadly I will no longer go back. A top notch, quality restaurant can quickly go down hill with a change in ownership. read more

I think this place is a commonly overlooked restaurant in Cornelius. I think the food is very well priced. The food comes out hot and fresh and very tasty. I think the service is very good, in particular during Covid. Would recommend the general TSO extra spicy read more

I'm with everyone else, I've been going to this restaurant for many years and knew the owner quite well. The new owners have definitely changed the menu no flavor and some of the dishes are completely different. Also the prices have gone up about $2.50. I have dropped this from my to go places read more

I am not happy. I have ordered from this restaurant before and thoroughly enjoyed the food but not tonight. I ordered pork fried rice and got chicken fried rice. I ordered Szechuan beef and there is no beef in that dish. Everything tastes like flour and the sauces are bland and fried rice was tasteless. The barbecued pork was not served with a red sauce and hot mustard as expected but instead had some bizarre barbecue sauce accompanying it. I will not order from this restaurant again. In addition, the entrées were served in flimsy plastic containers that melted and leaked through onto other containers. Did this place change ownership? This is not the Happy Garden's restaurant I remember. Very sad... we threw most of our $60 order in the trash. read more

Wonderful food! The quality was great and the portions huge! Best BBQ pork ever. I had the chicken subgum chow mien ... and it did not disappoint. We will order again! Fresh and hot food which is rare when having it delivered. Plus they sent hot mustard, red sauce and soy sauce, plenty for the meals. I just really didn't enjoy the rice, hard and bland for my taste. I have already looked at the menu again to see what I will order the next time. Thank you for a great meal! read more

Our favorite place to get Chinese. Awesome ladies. Yummy sesame chicken. My husband loves the XO beef and kids love broccoli beef.

This was one of my favorite restaurants. However, under the new management things have gone down hill fast. It took us a good ten minutes to identify what we ordered and expected versus what we got. I have had better supermarket deli Chinese. Did they not buy the recipes with the business? I can not think of a single thing that is improved in the change. read more