Happy House Chinese restaurant and lounge — Restaurant in Portland

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My top favorite "dive bar"/Chinese restaurant in all of Portland Oregon. Affordable beverages and food! Friendly service/friendly patrons. What it lacks in polish and atmosphere, it makes up for in charm, comfort, affordability and friendliness. I think the best food deal is to order one of their combination plates. It's above average and they serve you generous portions.

If you are lucky enough to visit on a Sunday, Tuesday or Wednesday . . As a casual observer, you will likely find bartender (Alison) to be a very unique and twistedly funny server. LOVE this place . . especially, because of her. Tip your servers well. They deserve it!

Get there earlyish . . as they close around 10:00 - 11:00 most evenings.

REVISION:

i am leaving my original review up . . as this is how this place (was) for several years . . however, when going in two evenings ago . . I was treated very rudely by one of the longtime bartenders for no good reason what so ever. They were still open and I greeted the bartender very kindly . . in return . . before I could even ask for anything, she very curtly told me they were closing in 6 minutes, she had called last call 25 minutes ago and that she wanted to get out of there. I had noticed a trend of them closing earlier for some time but had no idea they were so lazy and RUDE about it. If I was the owner of this business, I would fire that bartender the second I found a replacement. Why have the open sign on and the doors unlocked, if you intend to be rude, not serve and DRIVE PEOPLE OUT, because you, the employee, want to go home early?!? Lazy, rude, KRAPPY SERVICE!

NOT . . . a HAPPY HOUSE!

Will not visit this place again until I talk with the owner.

So sad . . . many businesses and employees attitudes have declined and changed for the worse, since covid.

This very same bartender had served me drinks and food many times before and I tipped every time. I was a very loyal patron and helped promote this place through my work . . and then get stabbed in the back for it. Happy house is losing significant buisness because of this bartender/server's really poor, snarky,...

Initially I arrived at 11:30 a.m. when they opened. When I went inside I was told they wouldn't have any food ready for 30 minutes (which is 30 minutes after they opened). I left to consider other options, but returned to give this place a chance. The location resembles a dive bar which is what made me believe the food could be good. The excessive amounts of graffiti littering the outer walls were very unaplealing though. Even after reading several reviews, I chose to give this place a chance. They did serve Chinese, however the food was mediocre at best. The egg flour soup was basically water with some salt and a little bit of egg (very bland), the sweet and sour chicken was somewhat rubbery in texture and the breading was white as if it hadn't been cooked long enough. The pork fried rice was also bland, however mixed with the sweet and sour sauce and little soy sauce it was ok. An Oriental lady initially took my order, however did not allow me to chose a side for my meal and also did not show any interest in allowing me to order a drink other than water. She was not very relatable and didn't seem to care about my presence in the restaurant. I chose the sweet and sour chicken lunch special. When I ate, it was about noon, which was when she originally said the food would be ready. The amount of food was sufficient and the price point was good for a lunch special, however the quality and atmosphere need some work. I wouldn't return to this restaurant based off of today's experience and wouldn't...

I want to know what the girlfriend of mine who is severely disabled and needs a service animal to help her walk and see where she's going since we walked in there the bartender screamed at us get that dog out of here we tried to explain to her that she's a service animal and actually tried to show our paperwork and she said no I don't care get that damn dog out of here. The bartender was an idiot she had no right to throw us out but we didn't feel like fighting her because we were tired we just wanted to come in and play a little bit of poker and go home. But we never actually got a chance to play any of the video poker because she threw us out and would not listen to any of our explanations about her being a service animal. That bartender was rude disrespectful and a complete idiot. Businesses need to re-educate themselves about service animals what is real what is it and what people need. But with my girlfriend it's so obvious it's just ridiculous. But this bartender was having nothing of that I think it's wrong and I'm just really angry that don't go there if you need to service animal don't go there for disabled because they won't let you in the door. I go there a lot to play poker but because of this instance I'm never going to go back in there again I'm not going to give my money to a place that is so stupid about the disability laws and so disrespectful. My recommendation is that you just don't go there if I give your business to somebody that's that...