happiness chinese restaurant

we have now eaten here 4 weeks in a row...
i sure hope who ever is cooking out lives me..
the flavor of this food is outstanding! clean & fresh!!!!

felt very disappointed. placed my order at 5:30pm by 7pm i called and the young lady says that there working on it and that there are 2 orders in front of mine. i waited at 8pm i called back the young lady says almost done will be there shortly. at 8:45 the driver finally arrived he forgot my juice and hot and sour soup. said sorry and he’ll bring it right back. at 10:30 no delivery of my already purchased items

i placed an order online for pick up.  they were nice to call me and let me know one of the items was not available so i could change the order and said it would be ready in 30 minutes.  i arrived in 30 minutes and met the lady at the front who took my name and said my order would be up shortly.  there were two people waiting for take out in front of me.  a little time goes by and the two get their orders and leave.  also several people come in and get seated, about 4 different couples.  soon those seated start getting their orders.  about 30 minutes later i ask the status on my order and the lady goes back in to the kitchen and says they are working on it and it will be soon.  about 15 minutes last another table gets their order and then another.  i ask again about my order and the lady goes in to the kitchen and again comes out saying they are working on the order.  it took almost 2 hours from the time i make the order until the time it was ready.  my gut is that they didn't even start it until i questioned it.  there was no apology, no explanation, do discount items.  i sat there and waited 90 minutes and they didn't seem concerned.  i like the food but after this last adventure i don't think i will be ordering with them again.

super friendly and fast service. the old saying of "don't judge a book by its cover" could not ring more true about this place. while it looks older and slightly run down from the outside, it has some of the best chinese food me and my family have ever eaten. definitely a pearl in the sea of chinese food oysters. we live 3 hours away from spokane, but whenever we stay in spokane we make it a point to go here, sometimes for more than one meal. and if me or my wife is in spokane we always will get an order to take home to the family, because its that good. the prices are reasonable, the portions are huge, the food is incredible and and the service great. you gotta try this place!!!

let me start off by saying my husband and i are really picky about the chinese restaraunts we go to. we decided to try this place and at first they made my food wrong but promptly fixed it. once everything was made correctly, the food was amazing! we will definitely be coming back to this place. there was plenty of food to take home. a little pricey but worth it.

happiness: it singlehandedly saved chinese-american food for me in the spokane area. no other place does it close to this well here. they cover all the classics, and everything is hot, fresh, and tastes great. prices are very fair for the amount of food they serve (the lunch special is a killer deal). this is one of the few chinese places i've ate where i don't feel achy after eating due to a massive msg bomb - i'm fairly certain they don't use it. take-out is on point, and is usually the route i go. if you happen to dine in, you'll find the service attentive and friendly. the interior is certainly nothing fancy, but is always clean and orderly. one thing is certain, happiness definitely lives up to its namesake of you're in the market for chinese fare.

fantastic chinese restaurant! excellent food well-prepared from fresh ingredients. huge portions. a "family dinner" for two is enough to feed seven! we love this place!

excellent takeout. i usually eat in-house here but had not since the change in ownership. i ordered the family style dinner for two to go. at home, i realized i should have invited some neighbors. i unwrappped a veritable msg-free feast for $30! with this combo you get your choice of two soups, four kinds of apps (not a choice but all three), three entrees, fried rice, a packet of sauces, plasticware, and of course, fortune cookies. every item was hot and carefully made. we loved every dish except a couple of minor things. the egg rolls had a very strong flavor i didn't care for that might have been garlic, it was strangely hard to tell. the egg flower soup is done differently than i'm used to. they use mushrooms, sliced baby corn and chopped water chestnuts. the thing is, water chestnuts are my least favorite chinese ingredient. it's a mouth-feel/texture issue. otherwise this soup had good flavor. hot-sour soup is the other option, which i'll try next time. i appreciated the energy level of the lady who helped me, she was running the entire front of house by herself. she even carried my food to my car and was super friendly. i'm excitedly keeping my paper menu copy, marked up with what i'll try next.

i have lived in spokane all my life & this by far my favorite place for almond chicken & chicken fried rice!!! the best ever!!! this is the only place i will eat chinese food at here!

sentimental fave.... (update 1/7/15): since my review, this place is now under new ownership. further opinions to follow...

(original posting): gringo chinese that has a very soft spot in my heart for the local area. are they any better/different than a dozen others like it? nah... but there are a few things about the place that makes me like them a little more than other joints. they've been there for 40 years. they persevered through a burn-to-the-ground disaster. they are very consistant with product. they are all really nice folks, and there is more than one generation in there working. i've hit them for lunch over the decades, and i've never been disappointed. a dreary, june day offered the perfect time to enjoy this northwest, formulaic, gargantuan-plate, family late morn grubbout. complete with leftovers for hungry teens at home. i like'm....

for standard, americanized chinese food, this place is very good. they're clearly working a little harder than run of the mill chinese joints. the hot and sour soup, made fresh to order, was very flavorful and plenty hot (spicy). the entrees grew on me with each bite, after my initial surprise when they didn't quite fit the mold. the general's chicken is perhaps a bit heavily breaded and the sauce a touch too viscous, but the flavor is subtle and interesting. the kung pao beef was excellent. the half portion was enough for two. i asked for it extra spicy and got what i asked for. all in all, a great dinner. great prices, great specials. i will definitely return.

they make their own sweet and sour sauce. had dinner with my son on a saturday. the food was good, nice surprise that they make their own sweet and sour sauce for the pork not the red canned sauce many use. the taste was pleasant not over powering with kind of a honey consistency. all the food was good and the service pleasant. restaurant and bathrooms were clean (carpet a little worn from use) all in all a nice place to enjoy a meal.

delish food & price right.. love this long time family own restaurant, they serve both canton and mandarin food, orange beef, minced pork in lettuce wraps, peking bo-pot are my favorites.
delish food, price right. time to go back again.

jojo. after rebuild is very nice and clean,servers are friendly.
especialy general chicken's with berry tasty sauce, chinese egg plant with basil, walnut shrimps are the best. price are reasonalble.

don't bother.. if you really like the standard chinese-american menu (sweet & sour pork, kung pao chicken, chop suey, egg foo young), you can have this place. nasty. they should never have rebuilt when it burned down.