Happy Garden

I’ve never been into the store to order food, but have done delivery and eaten with work groups where others picked up the food. Every time I’ve had it, it’s been awful. The chicken is mostly dark meat, grisly, cheap cuts. The beef has been somehow chewy yet mushy at the same time. Anything that was fried seemed like it wasn’t drained and was dripping in grease. And it’s so salty! The flavors are bland and there isn’t much of a variety in flavors from one dish to the next. It wasn’t so awful I couldn’t eat it, but I do throw out the left overs on the horrible occasions I’ve been stuck eating it.
When I think of fast and cheap (which usually mans low quality), this place fits it exactly! If that’s what you want, and quality isn’t as important, this is your place. If you want some quality Chinese in Norman, try China Wonder. It has lower reviews here on Unilocal,but I don’t understand why. Just be patient with their owner. She’s a busy woman who doesn’t like inefficiencies.

Wow! If you’re looking for Chinese food today on Christmas Day, happy garden is the place. Not only were they courteous and fast but for American Chinese the food was delicious. A great place for takeout. Rather small dining room, but it was clean and the food was fresh and delicious.
This might be weird Leonard get Sheldons food.

Had Happy Garden take out on Christmas day for lunch. I didn’t go pick it up, but the family member that did said they were doing a booming business. I will say this is not strictly authentic Chinese food, so I am reviewing on an «American» Chinese food scale. As far as the typical American-​style Chinese takeout joints, this is definitely above average.
We went with several lunch deals, and let me tell you, they really are deals. Lunch specials are available 11 – 3, there are 34 of them, and they are all $ 4.95. They come with pork fried rice, plus your choice of soup, egg roll, or crispy noodle. I went with the General Tso’s chicken. This is your typical version of this dish. I’ve had spicier, but it had some decent heat to it. It’s a substantial portion, I only finished about half. So, for $ 5 I had a lunch and then leftover lunch the next day. Hard to beat that.
We also split some Crab Rangoon, which comes 8 to an order for $ 3.60. Good version of this dish, it’s fried well, so it’s crispy but not greasy. Again, it’s a substantial order for the price. We also tried the chicken on a stick, which is 5 large skewers of grilled chicken for $ 4.15. I loved this dish, it was very crispy but the chicken retained juiciness. My son (4 years old) liked it too. Absolute repeat.
The miss for me was the egg roll. It was greasy and the paper was too thick. I am not a huge egg roll fan anyway, but I really disliked this one.
Everything was extremely hot and fresh. I don’t know if the quality suffers when using delivery as we carried out. I’ll absolutely order Happy Garden again, above average tasty American-​style Chinese food.

Great food. Great food. Great food. Fresh, cheap, delicious, and fast. Large menu with everything you could ever want from a Chinese food restaurant. The only downside: the location leaves something to be desired inside. If these people would just remodel the inside you could actually eat inside and they could increase their prices by 20% easily. Again, awesome food. Come for the take-​out or delivery, but don’t come to dine-​in.

This place in no way serves authentic food, but it’s good stuff for Americanized Chinese take-​out. We got 2 orders of the chicken and broccoli with rice and the portions were HUGE. It’s enough to feed a family of 4. The taste was spot on and the ratio of sauce to rice, meat and veggies is good too. The rice was fresh and cooked well. I am a fan. We were only passing through but we were pleasantly surprised by this place.
P. S. They were really hopping with people coming in for take-​out. Must be a local favorite?

Well I will never order here again. The food seem over cooked and when they got to my door they forgot my drinks all together.

We are from out of town just visiting the area. Had a craving for Chinese. This food was awesome! Looks like a hole in the wall, but don’t let the décor fool you. The food is well made and you get a lot of it. Will go here again if we are ever back in this area.

For some, Chinese food is Chinese food is Chinese food. I beg to differ, my friends. Some places have food that is old or greasy or bland, but in tasting my way around Norman’s Chinese takeout selection, Happy Garden remains the reigning champ.
Two of my favorite dishes are the beef and broccoli and the sesame chicken. If you are ordering for more than one person, there are Dinners for Two and up on the back of their menu. They come with your choice of soup, fried rice, entrees (listed on the back, as well), and eggrolls. This is a steal. As with everything else on the menu, you get plenty of good food for your money.
If you love egg drop soup, they have THE BEST. It never tastes like it’s been sitting out all day or watered down. Crab rangoon is one of my obsessions, and while they could put a little more filling in the pouches, Happy Garden’s is pretty good. I actually like eating the crispy part on their rangoon because it’s crispy, not some gross, chewy, stale chunk to throw out. Their eggrolls are some of my favorite around town as well.
When I lived in apartments on the westside, I loved that they delivered — and fast. I haven’t bothered asking about delivery where I live now because no one delivers to me, but I can leave 10 min after I order and my food is done when I get there.
The staff is nice but usually very busy so don’t expect them to sit and have a heart-​to– heart. I am fine with this. I love chatting people up, but I also appreciate a family-​owned business that works hard to get their orders out fast, fresh, and correct! Highly recommend for dependable Chinese takeout.

The husband and I were hungry late he other night and looked up places that delivered and Happy Garden was one. So we decided to chow down on Chinese food!
We order some egg drop soup, sesame chicken, and vegetable fried rice. It was all very yummy. I really enjoyed the sesame chicken, it was perfect. the egg drop soup was pretty good too. The vegetable fried rice as mediocre, nothing special. But everything else was great.
We made the mistake of ordering on a game night, so the delivery time was over an hour. Hopefully next time it will be a little speedier. We definitely plan on god in a eating at the restaurant at some point.
But for delivery it was pretty good and we were both satisfied!

I moved here from Philadelphia which has great chinese food, but when I moved here I initially thought that there would not be any good places. Boy was I wrong! Every time I call they are kind and courteous and deliver the food quickly. Not only that but the food is fresh! Unlike some of the really big restaurants here in the city and its cheaper.

No real flavor!

It’s pretty great to find a Chinese food restaurant that’s actually worth it, for me. I’m really incredibly picky about my Chinese food, and this place absolutely rocks my socks!!! The food is always fresh, has great flavor, and is almost the same quality as Panda Garden, which is by far the best buffet I’ve been to. Did I mention the best part? It’s low to no MSG, which means no tummy ache for me afterward!!! Thank goodness for the little things in life, and this little joy is definitely happiness for me!!!

This was some of the best chinese food I’ve had in ages — and the fact that it was delivered made it even better. The delivery took a long, long time… long enough that I took off a whole star. When it got to my house it was hot and fresh, the portions were large, and we all thoroughly enjoyed it.