Happy Garden — Restaurant in Lamar

Reading these positive reviews had me feeling like I was missing something, but I have to say, this is some of the worst Chinese food I’ve ever eaten (and I lived in China for a year). This is your typical, Americanized version of Chinese food, so comparisons to the food found in China is unfair. That said, compared to other Americanized chinese restaurants here in the USA, this was still really bad.

The “egg rolls” would be called spring rolls anywhere else, because they were in paper-thin spring roll dough rather than the thicker and more textured egg roll dough. These “egg rolls” were soggy and tasted like nothing I’ve ever tasted before (not a compliment). The fried rice has devoid of veggies, egg and other seasonings, which in and of itself isn’t unforgivable if it weren’t for the fact that that the rice wasn’t flipped enough in the wok, so the outer regions of the rice were lightly fried and coated with soy sauce, while the inside regions were literally just white rice. To add insult to injury, the staff was rude and disinterested.

On a more positive note, their garlic chicken wasn’t half-bad, although it wasn’t nearly as spicy as it should have been given this is supposed to be a spicy dish. Still, not enough to salvage what was otherwise a pretty awful dining experience. Definitely regret coming here and certainly wouldn’t...

Awful food, customer service and overall atmosphere. There was 2 pieces of hair, one long dark and a short light colored piece. The sesame chicken was very dry & tasted like it came from the frozen section in walmart. After telling the waitress I would only pay for the drinks and appetizer (wontons were burnt) the manager came up to our table and told me we had to pay for it or she would call the authorities. I told her go right ahead because I am not paying for something I didn't eat. They ended up taking the meal with hair in it off the ticket but made me pay for the disgusting sesame chicken which I didn't even get to take home to give to my dog. This is worse than dog food, don't go here, try 1301 Tavern. At least we know that restaurant has quality food...

I usually go here because it’s the only good Chinese food in Lamar but today when I went the service and food was awful. The food wasn’t as good as it normally is. The orange chicken was very hard to bite and pick up with fork, the chicken fried rice was flavored weird, and the beef lo mein was very sticky and all stuck together. And the lady Amanda Archuleta that answered the phone and took the order could’ve been more customer service friendly and at the end of my order she hung up on me. Not sure if I’ll be going back anytime soon. I think they need consistent quality of food and definitely better people with good...