My new favorite Chinese place! The food was flavorful and the sub gum chow mein was not as thick with sauce like other places. The bbq pork fried rice was delicious. The service was excellent and there was sooooo much food with the family dinner! Loved it! �
We love Happy Dragon!! We do take out every 1-2 weeks and try to get something new every time because literally everything is delicious. Kids like the chicken lo mein, hubby likes the clams in black bean sauce. I love all the veggie and fish options - clay pot options are amazing. If you dine in... order something from the specials board... that is where you find the best surprises!!!
Food, excellent, Service excellent, atmosphere austere - but that's okay. We randomly chose to eat at Happy Dragon Chinese Restaurant. This is a truly asian restaurant - the waiter wrote out the order in Chinese. The specials on the board were in Chinese. I Google Translated the specials. Not my cup of tea, but they were indeed delicacies I am sure. The menu was very large, but we stuck to the tried and true American Chinese dishes. The Pot Stickers were fresh and homemade. I think the noodle dish is Cashew Nut Chicken. The one with walnuts is Honey Walnut Shrimp. DELICIOUS! The walnuts were whole, large, fresh and crunchy. The dish tasted clean and fresh. I highly recommend it. The place is unassuming on 82nd, but I would recommend it to any true asian fan.
Really good food. Especially liked the squab and garlic ribs.
100% RECOMMEND. Peking Duck is PHENOMENAL. Salt and Pepper Lobster!!
Happy Dragon provided us with a nice, old-school dining experience that took me back to my childhood. A friend had discovered this place on a lunch hour exploration, and suggested it for a family style dinner destination.
Each of the four of us chose an entree, (Mandarin Beef, Sautéed Green Beans, Kung Pao Chicken, and a black fungus, snow pea and yam veggie plate) and we piled on the unsurprising extras of an appetizer combo, a huge shared bowl of hot and sour soup, and rice.
Service was super-quick - my friend had arrived first, and put in the order for the appetizer combo before we arrived. By the time we were putting in the order for everything else, the appetizers were arriving, and everything else began showing up before we finished the appetizers.
The food and the choices were absolutely top notch. This is the type of place that I wish was in my neighborhood so I could come here weekly and try something new. I posted photos of the bathroom because they were a little bit odd and weird but don't let that sway you on how good this place was. An absolute treat.
I wanted to love Happy Dragon. I liked it, but I didn't love it. We went to celebrate our wedding anniversary and have Peking Duck which is our favorite dish. On the plus side, we were seated immediately and the service was very good. Our appetizers, hot & sour soup and fried dumplings were both excellent (and the $11 bowl of soup could have fed 6-8 people, we took most of it home). The Szechuan string beans with pork were also good (not overcooked and tasty). The duck was also good and it was presented in an elegant duck shaped dish, but it was served with Styrofoam buns (yuk!) instead of tortilla-like pancakes and the hoisin sauce was runny and not that tasty. We also didn't like that they cut half the meat off the duck and served it up stir fried (I think) as a separate dish. They could remedy these problems, but I think this is the way they like to serve it.
Went on a weekday lunch and was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the food and service
Enjoyed a mighty fine Peking duck for Thanksgiving this year! 10/10 will be back next time I need to scratch the itch.
Thanks the Happy Dragon team for a great evening!
Most of the dishes were good but some are just alright. It's great for the money. Do not get the salt and pepper duck.
Pretty unassuming from the outside, but the food was good and service not bad. Would recommend and come back.
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