Ehhh I really wanted to leave a good review but honestly it was pretty bad I had to toss out the leftovers. We got the beef with chow fun ( thick rice noodle) n asked for extra spicy n peapods as a second dish. However the beef Chow fun was so saucy but that it was almost like stew , the noodles were buried under the meat n it seem like they didn't mix them together in the wok. It was like they took some gob of beef n veggie steamed over a pan with soy sauce msg gravy ? n covered it then plopped it on chow fun that also seemed to be heated up separately. The pea pod were so chewy n soft like it was soaked in some gravy that they were inedible after a while bc u would just be eating some weird peapod gravy. It felt like veggie u take out of a van n heated but it's not fresh or crispy. Sigh I know they r og n I would love to promote og Chinese places but I really can't recommend to anyone... unless u enjoy gravy like Chinese food . Ugh just saying it makes me nauseous. read more

The food was excellent! It is "a diamond in the rough." Looks "like a nothing place" but it is super and you can sit and sit and sit. read more

The food is really great but whoever is taking orders over the phone was extremely rude

If I could leave zero stars I would. We came in here because we read the reviews thinking we would get really good food. We walked in we were not greeted we sat down and the two waitresses were just arguing with each other. We sat down waiting for someone to bring up menu or something nothing we were sitting for about 5 minutes when we got up to leave the waitress didn't say by or nothing. They also have signs outside saying you to need a mask to enter but neither of the waitresses had one on. There was also a big mess on the one of the tables. It l looked so dirty and unsanitary would recommend you go somewhere else don't waste your time here. read more

Ate here last week. We went for some dim sum and ordered a variety of dishes. I didn't do the ordering but the rest of the group did. Almost everything we ate was very delish. The service was nice as well. Thought everyone was really friendly. The restaurant itself wasn't the nicest looking place but that stuff doesn't bother me to much. It seemed to have a local dinner feel to it which made me feel kinda nostalgic to an earlier time FWIW... Parking isn't too bad. Sometimes you can get lucky and find street parking. If you want you can park at the parking lot near the red line. If you eat here, they will validate your ticket so all you have to pay for parking is $2, which isn't the worst. All in all, it's a nice place. Probably will come back again sometime soon. read more

The guy in the front at night is rude and disrespectful and then you have to spend $15 at night to be able to use debit or credit. Touched my phone and took it off speaker saying nobody wanted to hear my con and threw his hands up at me. I wish I could give 0 stars will never go back again read more

The food was disgusting. The rice was over cooked, sticky and barely any vegetables. When I contacted mngmnt the lady hung up stating the food was fresh. So unfortunate to be a restaurant in Chinatown with terrible food and service!! Do not waste your time or money read more

I was just in here today after not buying from here in years , it used to be decent food at a good price , but I swear to you when I walked in today it smelled like a pet store !!! It was disgusting and I was immediately turned off ! It was too gross to stomach. read more

Food was ok, but this place was so run down. The menus were falling apart and this undoubtedly gives a sense of uncleanliness. Service was also pretty disappointing but what do you really expect? We had egg rolls, Mongolian beef, and special fried rice. It was just ok but nothing out of the world. Taste was your typical greasy Chinese joint. read more

I have to give this place 5 stars cause I don't think there's anywhere else I can find this quality Chinese food 24/7. I've been here drunk and sober, day and night and the food is always good. The place might not be the prettiest, but the food is really good and the portions are huge for the price. You have to try the lemon pepper pork chops, there probably the best I've ever had. Everything they make here is good, I've never been disappointed. I go a lot to Chinatown to eat, but if I want a good meal that's not going to disappoint this is my spot. read more

Excellent service, generous portions, really entertaining Chinese channels playing on their TV. This is my Chinatown spot because it's not over-the-top or really pricey, just simple and cozy. read more

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I have been to this place before and it's what initially promoted me to come back again as I traveled from the other side of the city after coming to Chicago from Orlando. The food the first time was amazing and the service was pretty good. Today though 08/11/19 they were sooo rude, disrespectful, and not welcoming. I asked to speak to a manager and he said there wasn't one. I informed the server he was rude. He acted as if he didn't care. I am one to leave this but not when I'm not treated like a loyal respectful customer. She yelled (across the restaurant to our server)that my company and I (as she looked at the receipt) that we didn't leave a tip. I made sure I let her know, "no, i sure did not because of how rude he has been and she was too as she ignored me when I asked her a question. read more

Three Happiness - We about to grub - Dim Sum Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

It's a small place, the gentleman at the front counter and everyone behind the scenes work SO hard. The food is delicious, been coming here for 20 years! read more

Shrimp shells in the food and the shrimp were not deveined in the egg food young - a little to salty in certain parts of the food... will not return -- have a better practice of the food preparation. Oh! My sister stayed her shrimp fried rice was too soft (clearly not fried rice). I'll keep trying to find a good Chinese food spot here in Chicago.. because in phoenix is a different style read more

Small place and very easy to miss if you are not looking up to check out the name boards. Will always remember this place because of the COVID notice that they had put up, it said like "No Mask - No Come In" - we had a good laugh on this, we just found it soo funny! Anyway, we went on a Saturday around 1 PM. Place was not too packed, and I think it is a family run business. We had especially gone for the dim sums following a city trail of good dim sums published by eater Chicago. On being seated, they gave us their full menu, not the dim sum menu. On asking if they do dim sums, they gave us the dim sum menu (not as extensive as other dim sum places) and also mentioned it will take 20-30 mins if we order from there. We were not in a rush and decided to wait it out. We got the Pork Dumplings, Coconut Mochi, Stuffed Peppers and Deep Fried Rice Crepes with meat. Food was good but nothing to brag about. Staff was very nice and friendly and took the effort to chat even with their limited English which was nice. Take outs seemed to be their main dig from what we could make out and in house diners mostly came for their Cantonese entrees. Our dim sum experience was a little underwhelming because of the wait and the limited options. We will however try to do a take out some other time for their main food menu. read more

Three Happiness - Pork Dumpling - Dim Sum Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

The best Chinese food I've ever had! I was in Chinatown last night and had this restaurant recommended to me by a friend who said he gets food from this place every time he comes to Chinatown. I decided to try it, and it was amazing! I usually don't like Mongolian beef, but I loved it from here. Also, the staff is super friendly! So happy I found Three Happiness and can't wait to come back :) read more

Absolutely amazing good food! Always served with such great service and I am always seated immediately upon arrival. Wait time for food is not very long at all, employees and staff are such great people and very generous/nice. I love looking forward to eating here when I stop into Chicago for some authentic Chinese food! I will be back for sure! If your looking for amazing food and a short wait, this place is for you!!! read more

Went there with friends after a gig, on a Wednesday evening, and the food was really good -- ridiculously cheap, and giant portions, and just right. This is the sort of place that's (metaphorically) nestled comfortably between the high end Chinese restaurants and Panda express. We had smelts, I had a seafood dish. The smelts were delicious -- they took a while to arrive but the wait was so worth it: crisp, just the right amount of seasoning. So, of course, I craved the smelts for the next few days and went back, this time on a Saturday afternoon, with a friend. This is also when they open the place up for dim sum. I ordered pork and crab dumplings, and...the smelts. I could not have been more disappointed. For starters, the smelts came out in ten minutes or less, which was surprising, until I tasted them. This time, they were chewy, and not in a good way, and very, very tired looking and tasting. As if they'd been sitting around sadly waiting and perhaps had even been quickly reheated. My dumplings never showed up until I asked, at which point the (very nice) lady checked, and then it took another 15 minutes or so to arrive -- and were the wrong ones. When she asked if I wanted to have the ones I'd ordered instead, she also warned me that they would take a very long time because they had to be made fresh -- she was sweet, but she seemed to think this was a good thing. I settled for what I had and...they were not great: much too dense and flavourless. I think I'll return, but never on the weekend. I suspect their staff changes then, and it's much more indifferently run (or, since the entire staff except one was comprised of women, they're all too overworked as is often the case). It's a great place to go with friends -- on weekdays -- and the portions are gigantic. If I had a shrug emoji, I would insert it here. read more

**HIDDEN GEM ALERT** Who would have thought you would find the most delicious DIM SUM in CHICAGO??? I didn't even know Chicago had a china town!!! On a spur of the moment decision, me and my mom decided to get some "dim sum snacks" :) mostly because we were caught in the pouring rain w/o an umbrella in Chinatown! And what better to do then eat? LOL.. My mom was hesitant... "isn't dim sum is only served in the morning?" NOT TRUE! Three Happiness serves dim sum 24 hours a day! Man I LOVE big cities :) Since we are big time carb eaters - we got an order of the Pork Buns (3 buns - $2.45). Even though that was plenty of food for our "snack" we wanted to try out their other dishes so we got an order of the Shrimp Dumplings (4 pieces - $3.20) and Pork Dumplings (4 pieces - $3.20). We waited in anticipation for our dim sum prizes :) They MUST make everything to order, because it actually did take a good 15 min before our little snack came out. But it was worth every single minute because EVERYTHING was SOOOOOOOOOOO good!!! Some of the BEST dim sum I've EVER had! And that's coming from a girl who currently lives in the Chinatown of LA (Arcadia, CA) and has lived in Chinatown of Northern California (San Francisco, CA). The Pork Buns were piping hot, the bread was soft, and the meat was BBQ flavorful! The Shrimp Dumplings were SO JUICY and the shrimps were SO FAT! Pork Dumplings made my mouth DROP. Juicy little flavor bomb! Man!!! So cheap, so delicious - totally hit the spot! Me and my mom were both so shocked and considered this restaurant a true hidden gem! Customer service was spot on, the restaurant is open 24 hours, and its cheap and delicious - can't go wrong here folks! read more

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Dimsum! More like dimYUM!!! Friendly -- and communicative! -- staff plus great food! read more

I should have ordered dim sum. I should have ordered dim sum. I soooo should have ordered anything other than what I did. It was cold and rainy outside and I was greeted with a warm pot of tea, a great start. I looked at the dim sum menu and a regular menu and decided on the latter as I had high hopes for the pork with green peppers. It turned out to be one of the worst Chinese dishes I've ordered in a while. The pork ribs was okay, but the clumpy rice tasted a bit old and the sauce for the dish was like slime. Entirely too much corn starch or something because it was literally stuck on my spoon. Like goop it was. It wasn't even good tasting goop. Just bland, slimy, gooey, goop. I tried to salvage it with the suspicious looking jar of hot sauce at the end of the table. There was fried rice stuck on the jar's lid so no thanks. I couldn't even finish my meal. I went somewhere else to eat for my second lunch. By the way, I asked for a to go box for my goop and ribs and when I got home I looked inside it to discover that the waitress had packed the already eaten pork bones I had spit out on the side of my plate. I mean, why did...How is that...Why would you even...? If a place is known for their dim sum, maybe I should stick with that next time. read more

Three Happiness - Dont order the goopy pork and bell peppers please. You're welcome - Dim Sum Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Destination for one of my Chinatown Sundays. Had been dying to try out Three Happiness ever since I saw it on Chicago's Best Takeout. I kept it simple the Sunday I went and ordered the House Special Fried Rice which included shrimp, beef, and chicken. This was easily the tastiest fried rice I have had in Chinatown. I know its somewhat difficult to screw it up, but I have seen it done. Also for around 9 dollars it was a huge plate that I, embarrassingly, devoured in one sitting. Service here was non-existent and there wasnt any flashy decor either. A docked star for each of these criteria. read more

Three Happiness - Giant plate of House Special Fried Rice - Dim Sum Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This was a very good experience. I've been coming to Chinatown for years but never had a true favorite until now. Three Happiness Original (make sure you go to the one on the south side of Cermak!) had great service and very good food. My favorites were the beef w. pan rice noodles, shrimp balls, shrimp dumplings, and pork buns. Shrimp is a specialty here. I prefer the shrimp balls over the shrimp toast as it's basically the same thing, just no slice of fried toast underneath. I also enjoy the sticky rice in grape leaves. Overall this is a great place and easy to get to given the nearby train station. Please visit if you can. read more

Best Chinese food in China town. Fried rice was moist, had tons of flavor and lots of chicken as well. Well worth the price.

Great place for carry out. This place is small but the food is good. Most of the time it's best to call in your order because parking is a bit crazy in this area. It you like pot stickers this place is a winner and the house made hot sauce. And if you like veggies then check out the veggie fried rice with eggs. read more

Three Happiness - Pot stickers - Dim Sum Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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We ducked in here when our usual go-to was PACKED and we had zero time to wait. I have some vague memories of eating in here when I was a shorty and friends have told me it is one of their favorites... so we gave it a whirl. I like that you have to order dim sum off a menu. I am not impressed with carts. Whenever carts are involved you end up with food that is either freezing cold or over steamed. Big plus to Three Happiness for no carts. However... the su mai came out shriveled and chewy. Boo. It's pretty much a staple for dim sum mornings and the fact that it was so terrible was a let down. Clearly, it was an order that had been prepared for someone else that didn't get it so it waited around in the back til we got around to it. Yuk. And I wish there were more shrimp in the chang fun. But everything else was pretty good. The woo gok is interesting because there is A LOT of BBQ pork inside which most places don't do. Rather delicious. The service though... WOW. In a good way! I swear, every time I put my water glass down it was filled up again, even if I only took one sip. People were walking around and they removed our dim sum plates as soon as one was cleared. We finished and almost as if on cue, our check appeared. We didn't have to chase anyone around for anything, and that's a rare, rare thing in Chinatown. While the food is more of a three star review in my book, they get a bonus star for the excellent service. While I don't think I'll regularly choose it over my current favorite, it's good to know there's a good option around the corner. read more

So delicious! Found them on "delivery.com" and decided to give it a try. They have an amazing dinner special which includes the entree, rice, and an egg roll! I have also tried the sushi and was really impressed! read more

A little rough around the edges... Family run, as in grandma and grandkids working side by side... Chinatown gem. This is the "little one." My husband and I go to the "big" Three Happiness on the second floor across the street for dim sum, but this is our favorite spot for greasy, delicious, authentic Chinese food after a late night. We've been eating here for the past 6 years and still haven't found another Chinatown joint that can compete. Must orders: 1. potstickers-large dumplings served with an addicting salty/sweet brown sauce 2. chow mein (thin crunchy) noodles with beef & Chinese broccoli 3. house special fried rice-BBQ pork+shrimp...seriously best fried rice I've ever had...EVA! 4. salt & pepper squid-deep fried rings of squid tossed with salt and slices jalapeno peppers Cheap and good eats is what's going on here. I once came after work with a group of 10 hungry nurses after working 12hours on their feet and paid less than $10/person for a smorgasborg of their amazing food...plus left overs! Don't forget the complimentary almond jelly...talk about a happy ending. read more

It's a dive with good food. Small place. 8 tables ? After the Rammstein concert we went here. All four of us enjoyed our food. Prices are good. Shrimp toast lousy. Wonton soup good & egg rolls too. Chix & spicy veggies, beef and snap peas, curry chix & orange chix all good. read more

NOT good quality food. i felt disgusted eating from this place and had to throw all my food away. egg drop soup is EXTREMELY thick. it's more like a congealed gel. they did not even offer a refund or anything to make up for the poor quality food. read more

My family and I did takeout here for the first time for Christmas and we had multiple orders of chicken (orange chicken, sesame chicken, etc) and there was only sauce! No chicken! We called to ask for a refund and they said "no refund!" They refused and hung up. We live 1 hour away and will not be back. Do not go here! They will steal your money and give you no food!!! read more

Three Happiness - Dim Sum Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Extremely disappointed in this restaurant. My old hospital used to order lunch from here all the time. I received this small white rice for a large Egg Foo Young They had the nerve to charge a .7cent bag fee for paper bag without telling me. In addition raised their prices without letting me know. They definitely have spiraled down from the days I remember our staff ordering lunch. That's really sneaking to not tell customers. The lady was upset I asked for a receipt, I knew something wasn't right. read more

There are a few places that are open late after the bars in Chinatown. Why, God, why do people still consider this place? Here's your huge warning: once it gets late enough, they've only got one cook in the back. And usually around 20 or so waiting, hungry, tired drunks in the dining room. This is what you will see if you come in around 2 or 3 in the morning after a weekend night out...and soon you too will be come hungry and tired. I've waited an hour before for food, because you hit that point where you say "we've waited this long already..." Salt and pepper squid is probably the highlight here, and even that's not that good. Dumplings are ok. Avoid their lemon chicken like the plague, because I believe they cook it in actual black plague. I understand some people come here for nostalgic reasons, but it's time to stop living in the past! read more

they laughed at me and called me curse words in chinese as I stooped on the curb (a hungry traveler just trying to eat anything besides frozen hotel food) eating my " chicken lo mein" which I did not receive, what I was thrown together was just raw chicken with stock and some vegetables not a noodle in sight. And I assumed from the laughter and scoffs, and cursing that I was ingesting some form of spit or harmful improperly cooked raw meat. I instantly felt sick to my stomach, $16 wasted I threw it away at the hotel and bought a frozen Disaronno microwavable pizza. Don't go here if you're a respectable person trying to eat and not get food poisoning/eat spit. read more

Food amazing, staff are super sweet. food is family style, very large portions. It's a small mom and pop business. it's a casual setting. great for a date when your looking to eat well for an amazing price for 4 people it was less than $100 and we even had left overs. Whenever we have people come from out of town we bring them here. read more

To me Chinatown is a difficult place to pick a restaurant because there are so many. So I try a different one every time I visit. But I will definitely be coming back here. Like the rest of the reviews there really isn't anything fancy about this place. The menus really are falling apart and they are ancient but the food is great and the price is fantastic. This really is a hidden gem, I was so exited about the food I forgot to take pictures. I tried the chicken noddle soup, combination fried rice and pork pot stickers. read more

The dim sum is cheap here at $2 per dish, so it's cheap eats and not too crowded as it's a bit off the path from the more popular dim sum places. Dim sum can be ordered off of a picture menu here. The dim sum is in the lower to average quality and there's use of a lot of gelatinous gravies and sauces. OK, if you're in the mood for basic and cheap. read more

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I can usually eat anything. I appreciate that this place is 24/7 but there is a room for some improvements. My friend and I shared chicken thin noddles. It was too salty and no flavor. I mean they have sriracha and it makes anything taste better. There is no McDonald in Chinatown so I guess this is the place to be when you are drunk. read more

Three Happiness - Dim Sum Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Dirty plates and spoons. Food is greasy and loaded with MSG. We ordered salt and pepper squid and scallops and could see tons of msg particles around the food. The flat Noodles stirred fry was drenched in heavy greasy sauce. The egg omelet was soaked in watery undercooked egg materials (I can't even describe it as food. .. It's just like some gooey thing congealed together) There was so much MSG I'm the food, out throats got swollen after we left. There was only 1 server there and he's really fast but there was only 1 person doing all the jobs so I don't blame him for not doing all his jobs. Also this is a place for you if you want cheap, greasy, dirty, stinky, low quality Chinese food that tastes like a Chinese place in the middle of nowhere (when you drive thru every small town during your road trip, you could find a Chinese restaurant even is in the middle of no where) right in the middle of China town area. So ironic that I found this place in the middle of China town because you would assume authentic food here. read more

Three Happiness - Beside dirty and sticky plates and silverware, they served kinked folk. You can tell amount of attention they invest here. - Dim Sum Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Wasn't the worst but wasn't the best. My lady hated her food but I enjoyed mine. I had the generic shrimp fried rice and my lady had beef and broccoli on a bed of rice. Also had pot stickers. Kinda gross but in a good way! All in all not a must go but a why not read more

Three Happiness - Potstickers - Dim Sum Near Me - Chicago, Illinois