Loved this place the first time. Next, a large family gathering with Happy Wok food, and this varied crowd was unanimous in praise of the grub. A vigorous endorsement, this. read more

This used to be the best place in town but recently they lost there chef and now the food is crap We will not return read more

My favorite spot in Auburn. Try the chicken teriyaki and sesame crispy beef. You won't be disappointed!!!

Tastefully decorated. Extremely clean. Food is excellent. Today we had the Vegetable and Shrimp lunch. Generous portion -- lots of shrimp. Enjoy the option of brown rice. Highly recommend Happy Wok!! read more

This is completely BS. I used to love this place. I was out of state for two years and came back to this!? What a joke. Owner was rude as hell, used to be nice. Rice, microwaved. Noodles tiny. I'm a chef by trade, this is plainly bs. I used to recommend you. You used to be good. Far from it. Poor service and excision. read more

Love love love food is deli ious and fresh! Chow Fun,House Fried RiceSix Piece Pot Stickers,Kung Pao Chicken, food was excellent fresh vegetable were delicious. You must try so yoummy! read more

We tried Happy Wok for the first time and were so pleased!! Fresh and loaded with veggies like I like. The won ton soup was delish. Crab Cheese Won Tons were really good too. Main dish -chicken &cashew could have used some more flavor but nothing a good soy sauce can't fix! We will be back and we will bring friends. read more

Simple, straightforward Chinese restaurant. My go to is the general's chicken, and they don't complicate it. Simple, tasty chicken. Clean and no "bloat" after! read more

So so so disappointing. After reading my neighbors comments I thought this would be better. It was almost inedible. The sweet and sour chicken was disgusting, the rice had an awful burnt greasy taste, the hot and sour soup was bland and the chicken wing appetizers were rancid. I will never ever eat there again. Do not waste your money. I can't even give it 1/2 a star but in order to post I have to click one star. read more

I used to live here and I miss this place so much!!! I'm visiting right now and just went back and it was just as good as I remembered!! I'm very picky about my Chinese food since I grew up in the Bay area and had some of the best Chinese food growing up. They have that traditional Chinese food taste and look. It's always good, hot, comes out quick and the staff is pleasant. Highly recommend it! read more

Best Chinese food in Auburn! Their food is always delicious! You just know the food is made with fresh ingredients. So tasty. Staff is warm and welcoming too! read more

The BEST general chicken you will find anywhere! Huge juicy pieces of chicken fried up fresh and crisp with a nice sweet, garlicky and spicy sauce. Order the Combo D - General Chicken with Fried Rice and Chow Mein. Comes with soup or salad and a fried prawn. Other phenomenal dishes are the Crispy Eggplant, Fried Tofu, and Honey Walnut Shrimp. Their Chow Mein has a great flavor, like a slightly bbq'd flavor, that is just to die for! The Wor Won Ton soup is incredible and never disappoints. The place is clean and service prompt. They have recently added some new touches, beautiful art work, new menus, and condiment caddies and little door separating the restroom area. The staff should smile more, they're running a great place. The only thing to make it better would be if they were a tad friendlier. But hands down this is my favorite Chinese Restaurant in Auburn or anywhere for that matter. read more

Food is good, service is quick and I always leave satisfied. As others have said, staff isn't always the chattiest, but I don't dine out to converse with my server, I go to enjoy a good meal and Happy Wok is on point there... read more

The food here is normally good but today in particular I spent $60 on multiple dishes that I was very disappointed in. My tofu wasn't cooked properly and was flavorless. My Kung pao chicken was more veggies than chicken and the white rice had eggs in it. Wish I hadn't spent 60$ on this. read more

Workers all wear masks and are vigilant in social distancing. However, the food was a disappointment. The hot and sour soup was eggs in a broth with very tiny amounts of mushroom/fungus, no veggies, no pork, minute amounts of tofu -- a barely there hot and sour soup. The ribs looked great, but were really tough. The calamari was really heavy on the breading. The mandarin chicken tasted scorched and the chicken was in threads, rather than chunks. The broccoli beef also tasted scorched and generally had little flavor. All in all, probably won't be going back, even tho we are looking for restaurants who comply with Covid restrictions. read more

This sometimes good restaurant is now using so many websites and menu sites that they lose your order. We were looking forward to a great Christmas Eve dinner and now have nothing. They weren't willing to make things right. Very disappointing. read more

We ordered from here for a family dinner yesterday and the food was so delicious! We have ordered from here many times before as well!

Staying in Auburn from out of town & Happy Wok was a great find! Friendly service, good food, and very affordable. I will be going back for sure! read more

Sadly new owners and cooks have made this place dangerous. not consistant and food tastes like butane. had many years of great food but no more. read more

I have an inflexible one hour lunch so it's hard to find places that I can get to/back in/out in that timeframe. I had a great experience at Happy Wok. The service was prompt, the food was yummy and fresh tasting, the price was good and the portions were large. (Took half back to work and enjoyed it the next day!) I highly recommend. read more

I have NEVER seen such rude customer service for mediocre food. Second time that I have been told that they were SO busy that they could not take my order. Really? In these times when businesses are closing due to state shut down. Ok. Drove over to Twin Dragons and they were very happy to take my order and the food there was great. Will be going there from now on. read more

This place is everything you want in an Americanized Chinese food place. The food is high quality and tasty. The lunch specials have very generous portions and have a wide selection of options. The only knock is that your food probably won't all come at the same time. The staff is friendly but not super fast. The restaurant itself is clean and inviting. read more

The food is alright, I mean I have had better but in the end it's ok. The problem I have is paying $18.00 + for one little carton of food, no rice included, that would be extra and 4 tiny little egg rolls smaller than my fingers just to be treated cold and rudely by the man that is usually up front. Because of his rude demeanor I doubt that I'll return. read more

Our first time at The Happy Wok. It was delicious. We had crunchy honey walnut shrimp and beef chow. Both were very flavorful, not salty and not greasy. We will definitely go there again. The service was great, very friendly and gracious . You get a lot of food and the prices are very reasonable. The restaurant is very clean and decorated very tastefully. The background music is oriental and the perfect volume for conservation, very nice also. And they have take out if you prefer. read more

Happy Wok - Beef Chow Mein and crunchy honey walnut shrimp. - Chinese Near Me - Auburn, California

This place is great, the steamed pork buns are wonderful. Food came out at a very reasonable time, wait staff is so-so. The only thing that set the mood off balance was... well... they were playing the Chinese version of "It's a Small World". Not really something I wanna listen to while im eating, too childish. read more

Great little secret, this place is easy to miss, but! Outstanding fresh, flavorful dishes. The take out method is awkward, but the food is memorable. This place is worth looking for. read more

Best Chinese food period. Every dish is delicious! The crispy eggplant is my fave! Combo D lunch special is another favorite (General Chicken, fried rice, chow mein, fried prawn and soup or salad). Big juicy chunks of chicken, fresh veggies, nice portion sizes. Always excellent service and clean. Definitely give it a try! read more

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Much better than the first time. ...They've taken out the MSG and the food is less salty. I would like this place better if they put chop sticks and hot chili sauce on the tables! read more

They have the best Wor Won Soup I've ever had! I come here mainly for that dish. It has everything I need for a well rounded meal.

Lunch is from 11am-3pm and this place was recommended therefore I called for a pick up. The lunch special $8.50 is served with soup of the day or salad, fried rice, egg roll, and fortune cookie. I wanted something spicy so I ordered the General Chicken. First of all there was no soup not salad in my bag but the amount of food was reasonable. The vegetable fried rice was very flavorful, the egg roll was a bit bland, the General Chicken on the menu has a hot chilli pepper next to it therefore I was looking forward to a spicy meal but NO not spicy at all, the General Chicken was more like sweet and sour Chicken. Very disappointed. So I called about my missing soup or salad and they told me that if it's a pick up order they do not incorporate the soup or salad to go. WELL MAYBE THEY SHOULD PRINT THAT ON THEIR MENU! Not sure if I would return. read more

Happy Wok - Chinese Near Me - Auburn, California

I've been here a few times before and have always enjoyed it. Decided to get it delivered through Grubhub during this quarantine. After ordering and getting it delivered, there was an item missing, but I called them and they went out of their way to resolve the issue by bringing by the missing item as well as extra items on them. I appreciate their willingness to go out of their way to fix the problem especially during this time. Thank you! read more

We have always loved the food as Carl has been a great cook and his wife kind and welcoming. We have frequented this restaurant for many years, sending many of our friends here. Tonight we were greatly disappointed with the word "new owners". I imagine that every new owner goes through learning curves. But they ruined our dining experience. Unfortunately this was the worst experience I have had in a long time. It was extremely loud and noisy with the new owners seated at the doorway to the kitchen extremely loudly interacting with each person coming out of the kitchen. Stopping the waiter or waitress and loudly talking AT them. Our dinner was good. But, we had to ask for water and tea. This never used to happen Service was always good. But no one can work under these conditions, with loud interuptions and the owner staring down the customers.. The noise, of Loud conversation by the owner, the downgrading of dining ambience with paper napkins and more... we will get food to go And not recommend any longer. In addition to the loud conversation the owners stared at every order coming out, and unhappily at that. Staring at the waiter and customer. Removing the Auburn Journal newspaper, from the TO GO waiting area table, thus changing the welcoming quiet local dining atmosphere it is no longer a place that was welcoming under Carl's ownership. The new owners need to keep quiet and stop plopping in a booth. If they want to be there, they need to greet customers, work, answer the phone take orders, or get the heck out of the restaurant, you are ruining Happy Wok. It is no longer happy customers and service people. Hopefully you keep Karl cooking. There were a couple of recent times... the food was not good. We have asked us Karl cooking and if not no order. read more

The food was good but the service Wasn't good at all even though we was very polite they had short simple answers with an attitude and also check your bill we ordered pork fried rice and a medium won ton soup and two sodas looking at the menu it's always supposed to be roughly over $20 but the bill was $33.95 I looked at her look at the bill I gave her $40 and said keep the change I will never be coming back here ever again read more

The food in this place is not bad and the prices are decent. With the exception of one young woman who works there though, the staff is damn unfriendly. Everytime I'm there I feel like I'm bothering them and they can't wait for me to leave. Strange! Lastly, 3 times now, on my takeout they have messed up my order, and a simple one at that. I want STEAMED rice, not friend rice. What is so hard about that? The last time I ordered they didn't even ask, so I had to tell them, "steamed rice, OK?" When I got back to my office, sure enough, fried freakin' rice, which I don't eat and had to throw away for the third time. I'm done with this place. read more

The food taste good but we didn't get rice with our food. Never have I had to order it separate.

Happy Wok service was so slow it made me just want to leave!! Even when I checked after 30 minutes the male manager was lost to what our order was! Go to another place... read more

Came for the vegetarian options. They did not disappoint. We had the vegetarian beef, kung-pow tofu, and chowmein. We arrived right before the dinner rush. The place got packed quite quickly, and had a ton of Togo orders. We loved it! Next time trying the general chicken and the crispy eggplant rumor has it they are BOMB read more

I'm sorry, I don't like to leave poor reviews, but this delivery order was inexcusable. The seafood chow mein had two shrimp, one of which was bad. And I mean it was mushy, had that turned taste that all seafood folks like me know, and made me feel like I was going to throw up. Easily the worst mouthful of Chinese food in my life. I will never order from them again read more

Service was good, although there were only 2 other people in the restraunt. Food was not very good. We ordered Generals Chicken, pork chow mein and crab cheese puffs. I would not order any of those things again. The Generals chicken was a huge dissapointment! It was extremely dry and had no flavor. The chow mein was okay. The crab puffs had hardly anything in them. We live in Auburn and wanted to try someplace new. We will not be returning. read more

The sever was amazing and the owner. The owner was so nice and friendly and the food was so yummy. This is my favorite place to eat read more