Happy Garden — Restaurant in Fairmont

We went there this evening.  The place was clean and the lady at the counter was very nice and even repeated our order back to make sure everything was correct. The cook was also very nice and said he could add eggs to our fried rice as we requested for an extra charge. There were five of us, 4 adults and 1 child.  Everything came out correct. Nothing was missing. So that was good.  We paid just over $65 which is good so long as the food is good.  The Hunan beef itself was ok, although not spicy at all.  The sweet and sour chicken was tough and chewy.  The beef lo mein was decent.  We asked multiple times if the chicken fried rice would have vegetables in it and eggs.  We were told yes for the bits of veggies and would have to pay extra for eggs.  No problem.   We did get eggs as requested but No veggies were to be found except in the side of fried rice that came with the Hunan beef.  But the chicken in the chicken fried rice had to be either canned chicken or a very old chicken because it smelled like tuna.  Not good at all!! And we ordered two orders of it. Plus the rice in the hunan beef also had the tuna smell to it.  I do not know what it was but it was very off putting and made the rice, which is usually the best part of the meal, the worst!  The egg rolls were decent and the crispy noodles and sweet and sour sauce were very good.  We did not receive any fortune cookies and they did not offer chopsticks. Just styrofoam plates and plastic silverware.  So I would say if you still decide to go ---anything chicken stay away from, anything rice stay away from. Go with some type of beef or noodles and maybe an egg roll and definitely crispy noodles and sweet and sour sauce. Don't spend $65 like we did on probably $15 - $20 worth of edible food and drinks. I would not recommend it and we certainly will not be going back. I understand sometimes restaurants have issues here and there but come on, A Chinese restaurant should definitely do at least the fried rice good right?  Epic fail!  I don't say any of this to be mean.   I say it just in hopes to save people money but more importantly hopefully for the restaurant to learn from their customers and take corrective action and better themselves. Believe it or not, most people that leave bad reviews would much rather have had good food and service then have to leave a bad review. We love to have good restaurants...

Trucker wife here, we were delivering to the dg across the way and this was the only restaurant around there open late enough to grab some dinner, it was well worth it, we got an order of the beef lo mein and shrimp lo mein and a order of the boneless spare ribs and omg it’s so good! Freshly made quickly, the veggies are super fresh and the meat is great! Portion sizes are huge and we loved that! Clean environment and the staff was very polite and helpful! Definitely great Chinese food! Prices are great for me and my husband getting 3 big portion meals it...

I feel like I basically wasted $40.00 today. General Tso's chicken was so dry and tasteless it was like chewing on cardboard and dust bunnies. Shrimp lomein was tasteless and gummy. Egg rolls were overcooked and greasy. Cheese wontons were overcooked with filling dried out to a gooey/dry (if possible) putty-like substance. I usually order from Ken's but since this is a Monday and they are closed this was my second choice. Never again. Not even worth calling to complain or get replacements because that would never happen. Not worth the money to...