Talk about poor atmosphere this place has it. Home converted to office space converted to a restaurant with no privacy whatsoever. Service was good. Food came quickly, but it was all pre-prepared and ready to go pork fried rice was poorly done. Just generally bland and uninteresting. read more

Great food and great service. Their rear patio seating has great shade and a wonderful place to eat with your family. I highly recommend.

Good food, fast service. We got to go New location in St Helens street behind Mr. Goose read more

Always love this place. You gotta try the Mongolian beef. The level of spice is perfect. Note the pics attached are from an amazing Thai place I meant to review and can't figure out how to delete them. read more

This spot is decent American style Chinese food. I usually the Mongolian Beef with fried rice. Sweet and sour pork is a solid choice as well. Not a fan of their Orange Chicken (and I love me some orange chicken). The portion size is very good. You shouldn't be hungry after your meal. Price is great for the size of food you get. Highly recommend you get their lunch specials for the best value!! read more

Don't go unless you are feeding an army! Okay I'm kidding GO~ But expect to take home leftovers. Everything is fresh and delish. I love the double mushroom chicken. Oh and they make this blended honeydew drink with jello in the bottom. My hubby likes the mango and our kid likes the strawberry. You can't go wrong with any of these! The service is great too. And if you are close enough, THEY DELIVER~ Just tops! read more

Lunch here is a very good price and served till 3. A wide selection of choices for 6.95. Good quality and quick. The fact that you can choose an item from each category makes for a lot more variety and easier to make healthier choices. Not that this stuff is healthy, I have no idea the fat or sugar content. If we lived here we would be regulars. read more

New Happy Garden - A well priced lunch - Chinese Near Me - Saint Helens, Oregon

Very good food and extremely affordable! Always great portions, food is well flavored and you can taste the freshness. This is the second time I've come here with my fiancée, the first time for dinner, this time for lunch. We both like the General Tso's chicken, pork fried rice and the Mar Far Chicken. -Their crab puffs are tasty, too! :) read more

New Happy Garden - Lunch Menu - Chinese Near Me - Saint Helens, Oregon

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very, very, basic american-chinese fare. i had to ask for chopsticks. i liked the hot and sour soup better than the pork egg foo yung. staff is friendly and the restaurant is clean, neat, tidy and brightly lit by the front windows. read more

New Happy Garden - Pork Egg Foo Young - Chinese Near Me - Saint Helens, Oregon

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Piss pour service I tried to call in a dinner and was told they were too busy to take my order I guess they are making two much money what a bunch of shit fuck that place read more

I always get their General Tso's Chicken or Almond Chicken when I come here. It's so delicious. They never get our orders wrong and they have good customer service. Sometimes you have to wait a bit, but it's not too bad. I've never been a huge fan of Chinese food, but theirs is really good and since Bings went out of business, this place is great. read more

We ordered for pick up on a busy Saturday night, our food was ready when we got there to pick it up. Everyone was nice and the food tasted good. We will definitely make this our go to on our date nights. read more

I miss this place so much!! Anytime I go back to town to visit, I have to get take out from here to take home. House noodle soup and salt and pepper shrimp were always my go to orders. I've tried to find a place with this kind of fresh, quality Chinese food but haven't been successful. I'll be back next time I'm in town! read more

Very friendly staff the food is very fresh and tastes great.we had the Kung pao beef. The pricing is very reasonable and I would definately go again. read more

Hey! It says "Gourmet" on the big marquees outside the place! I want to see that reflected here on Yelp as well...! You might think St. Helen's is far too small and provincial a burgh to sustain three Chinese-American fine-dining choices, but thank the Lord for Capitalism, and pass some more of that sinus-clearing hot mustard, please! Of the three, the best in consideration of "the food, only" would be Happy Garden. They are the only ones, after all, to offer the glorious and under-rated Salt/Pepper Shrimp! Their S/P chicken is also so tender and delicious. All them sauteed white onions and scallions have a boy like me hollering the praises! Sadly, they curiously omitted the grand prize of American Chinese, Salt/Pepper squid. So they are dinged for that, and also for closing so early (9pm, really? Even though you're right next to Walmart's which is open 24/7? It's not like there wouldn't be business coming in, if you kept it open a few hours later...). Their carry out box for shrimp fried rice was huge, maybe twice the size of the typical "large" Chinese carry out box, but there were very, VERY few shrimp--- probably 6 or less non-jumbo, for the entire box! I don't know if this is a sister store to the restaurant of the same name in SE Portland (122nd, I believe). But I think they are; the folks in St. Helen's told me they commute all the way back/forth from Portland. Seems odd that they'd prefer to spend so much valuable time just gettin' there and gettin' back, especially considering how cheap Real Estate is out in Columbia County, but whatever. Happy Garden, we are so glad you have come to root out St. Helen's way, and here's a fervent wish for luck, and that your blossoms may ripen and bloom and prosper you for years to come! Shay shay! read more

I've been in few times since the new owners took over. The updated menu is fantastic with many more lunch choices than before! The hot and sour soup is different but very good. The owners seem very nice and genuinely care about their customers. The food tastes great, and they don't use any MSG like so many other American style Chinese restaurants. I'll definitely be eating there again! read more

What a deal and such a pleasant find! Yelping for a lunch spot and craving Chinese cuisine, the Happy Garden Gourmet looked promising. Located in a strip mall, parking was scarce but I found a spot nearby. The restaurant is small with limited booth and table seating but is full service. (I don't typically patronize restaurants where you order at the counter and then find a seat) The waitress split up tables to give me a 2 top right next to a friendly (and talkative) couple. Cozy is an understatement. Complementary hot tea and a $6.95 lunch menu that was broken down by category made my ordering easy with a few choices for soup (hot & sour or egg flower), type of rice (fried or steamed white) and then pick your 2 entrees. The cup of hot & sour soup was outstanding! I chose egg foo yung and pork chow mein. The generous portions were served rapidly and steaming hot. The chow mein was fresh from the wok, crispy, not overcooked served over crunchy fried noodles. The fried rice was laced with barbecue pork pieces and was delicious. The egg foo yung portion was very small & looked like a miniature hockey puck. Very firm texture as It may have been pre prepared but was smothered correctly with tasty brown gravy. A good meal and great value. I will return someday. read more

As many before me have said, go before 3PM for the awesome lunch special. Great price and huge portions. We both got two meals out of it. Attentive service. Our server was so cute and funny as we were joking about my fortune cookie's violent overtones. Restaurant is very clean and crisp. Very comfortable. Food was very fresh and well flavoured. Honey chicken is great but comes with a death sentence from the American Diabetic Association (wink). Hot and sour soup had the perfect blend of flavours. Egg Flower soup was satisfying with the proper amount of thickness. This is really the only choice for Chinese cuisine in this culinary challenged area. Sadly, most Chinese places around here and on the coast only exist for the bar and the damaged livers that crave them. read more

Pro: Sub gum Fried shrimp Pork fried rice Huge portions Kids menu Cheap con: No working bathroom- had to use Starbucks Crab puffs Almond chicken- brown gravy seemed to be lacking Maggi sauce Only serve beer read more

Me and my best friend and her family went there for dinner. The food is quite gross and just not good, both me and my friend order the same thing. Sweat and sour chicken and crab puffs. After we some of the chicken we started feeling like we needed to throw up. So if you are not looking to get food poising then DONT go there. read more

Food was hot, decently flavored, and best of all delivered in a timely manner. I drank at least five glasses of iced tea, waitress and runner never missed a fill and overall service was great. Looks well managed too! read more

New Happy Garden - Chinese Near Me - Saint Helens, Oregon

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Recently went back to our standard Chinese restaurant in St. Helens to find new management, and a new chef. Found that the food has gotten *better.* How often can you say that after a big change up? The salt and pepper shrimp is generous, still salty & peppery, and good. This was basically the only thing we would order under the old regime. Hot & sour soup also vastly improved. Overall flavors from one visit and three dishes: very good. We'll keep coming back, trying different things to add to this list. PS...The only thing not improved is the rice, but there's not much that can be done for Chinese style white rice, in my opinion. read more

I've been here for lunch twice during the week day. The lunch prices are Cheap and the food is decent. This Chinese restaurant is fairly new, located in a strip mall right along the highway. For $5.50 I got a choice of Egg Flower or Hot and Sour soup and a plate full of Mongolian Beef and rice. This is definitely your typical Americanized Chinese food done well and a bargain for the price! Service is friendly and the food comes out fast. read more

For Chinese food in the Scappoose/St Helens area we always come here. Our favorite on the menu is the Salt and Pepper Shrimp. We had quite a few other dishes and they all are tasty. The only complaint is that any of the menu items marked as spicy aren't all that spicy. If you come for lunch, the plates are huge for the prices around $5-6. read more

They are always short staffs, take longer to get our food on busy weekend. But the staffs try there best to entertain us and give us refill water. Price is cheap, food is okay. read more

I love this place. What I find that sets them apart is you can taste the freshness of their meals. They allow me to make substitutions at a price however, I get my meal my way. I hate cabbage. My favorite has got to be the Shrimp Lo Mein no cabbage add snow peas. The veggies still have a slight crisp to them, the shrimp is done just right-not over done and rubbery. Another favorite is the Kung Pow chicken. They use white meat chicken in this dish and lots of veggies. Tons of peanuts on top. The service has always been great. They even get to know you and will anticipate my order, or ask how my mom is or where my daughter is tonight. They only saw us together once. read more

So we went into happy garden to grab a fresh bite but were immediately bombarded with the stench of rotting food or gas. Not sure which. Now we're getting safeway food. I hope they work on improving. Twas my favorite restaraunt. read more

Fast, tasty, and a remarkable bargain for the prices charged. Of all the Chinese restaurants in the South Columbia County area, this one is by far the best. The best deal is to come for lunch during the week; the lunch specials are more than enough to fill up even those with large appetites, and at a price that makes me wonder how that can charge so little and still stay in business. read more

I came in and was greeted by friendly people they sat me quickly and took my order. The food was good the only critique I have is that my BBQ pork was dry and hard to eat. I think it just got cooked to long cause the rest of the food was great. The staff were very friendly and helpful. I got my food in just a matter of minutes. The restaurant is very clean. Great place to eat and bring your family. read more

New Happy Garden - Chinese Near Me - Saint Helens, Oregon

I loved (past tense) their veggie deluxe, the veggies were cooked to perfection. Something changed. While the veggies weren't over cooked to much, they had NO flavor! None!!! No salt, no soy sauce flavor, nothing. Very dissappointing. Only one more place to try here locally and then I start going out of town for chinese. What's up? Is this a new trend for chinese? Flavorless? read more

Great food and excellent service! Love the sesame chicken . I also love the pot stickers.

This place is truly amazing. Sad to see them close. I love the food here and the service is amazing. They are nice and will alter foods to your liking. They are overall a great restaurant. Good for groups and lunch. read more

New Happy Garden - Amazing egg flour and tea - Chinese Near Me - Saint Helens, Oregon

The new owners have kicked it up a notch! We really appreciate the updates to their menu and fresh veggies! We come from Scappoose just to grab take out from here! read more

Our regular Asian/Chinese place in St Helens. Always attentive wait staff and consistently good food. Always more food than can be consumed in one setting. Takeout's a must. read more

I travel to St. Helens on a regular basis, and whenever I'm in the mood for a sit-down lunch I come here. Lunch specials (full menu) are a very good value at $7.50. I especially like the broccoli beef with pot stickers. read more

Food is good but the people who answer the phone usually sound really grouchy and not happy.

The barbeque pork Fu Yong is made fresh and DELICIOUS! Everything I've tried has been fresh and tasty. Staff are friendly and attentive. Give this place a try. You won't be sorry! read more

Stopped in on our way into town and were not disappointed. The food is piping hot and has excellent flavor (we got the General Tso Chicken, Orange Chicken and the Lo Mein) and the portions are huge. We easily could have split one meal between 3 people read more

Fast friendly service. But when the food comes out too quick, quality is sacrificed. Chewy batter on the pre made chicken and wok was too hot, it was more like a crisp candy coating on the chewy inside General Tso chicken. But that's what you get for $7. read more

New Happy Garden - I didn't need a Togo box - Chinese Near Me - Saint Helens, Oregon

I like New Happy Garden and their food is good. I didn't rate it higher because their menu prices seem to be a bit expensive compared to other Chinese Restaurants and I wish they had combination meals for the evenings. The atmosphere is good and I receive good customer service. The major drawbacks for me are the cost of the food and sometimes when I call to place orders have difficulty getting through to someone. read more