Happy Chen

1161 Harrisburg Pike, Carlisle
(717) 243-6666

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steven sandgren

This is the worst chineese restraunt ive eaten at in 47 years. Crab ragoon were as hard as a rock and tasted like burnt cardboard. Orange chicken was like eating chicken jersey that was days old. I spent 80 bucks on food and the only thing that was decent was the hot sour soup. Ive eaten at a lot of chineese restraunts across America and this is the worst.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Anuphap Charoensuk

Not recommend this place food is bad if your wanted to waste your time and money this is the place your looking for

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Stephen T Lewis - Trucker 2 AI

The food here was good, but I've had better. Not complaining just saying. It was definitely hot and def fresh. I'd def come back.

Kind if threw me off cause I thought this place was closed. It was open, but I was the only one there. Naturally some people would leave, but I was hungry and didnt care for McDonalds or fast food.

The food was good and FRESH. They could've added more pork to my pork fried rice. The serving size was too much. Def no complaints there.

You walk in and the decor was nice. Def had some vibes going on witch I can't but wonder why I was the only one there (literally)

Anyways I'd recommend going there & inviting friends because this place was empty.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Kaotic Thomas

This plane is the best in the area. Clean food. Great veggies. Authentic food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Darling Hunt

It's a little lonely building. Never no cars out front. Decide to take a chance. Walked over from the Petro. But once you get inside everything changes. Very clean and vibrant. The woman at the front was very pleasant. We ordered the hot tea, it can out quickly and hot. My co-driver got the General Taos combination plate with egg drop soup. I ordered the Chicken Szechuan with hot and sour soup. Both got spring rolls with our meals. We also ordered the House Combination lo main. When our soups came out you could tell they were made fresh to order. His egg drop soup had the most eggs I've ever seen in a soup. My hot n sour was so pleasantly fresh. When the entrees came out it looked like they made the General Toas with full chicken tenders. I've never seen such large pieces and the sauce was delicious. I was over happy when I saw my entrée. There were so many veggie. We were blown away with how many shrimp was in the lo main. Over all the meal was delicious, fresh and full of flavor. We will 100% be going back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rhea Gerdes

We walked over from the truck stop. We had planned to order online, but their site requires you to register and it would not recognize my email? So, we decided to just dine in. It is a nice, clean location. Food came out quickly and was fresh.
Hubs ordered a pepper steak combination with fried rice, wonton soup and an egg roll. He said the egg roll was good and the veggies were fresh. The broth of the soup tasted good, but he said the wontons didn't have much flavor. He was not a fan of the fried rice and said that the pepper steak did not taste like pepper steak.
I had chicken and broccoli and enjoyed it, though it also tasted different from what I am accustomed to, just not in a bad way. The chicken pieces were large and free of gristle, though they could have been marinated to get the flavor into the meat. The sauce was flavorful and the broccoli was fresh and well-cooked. The white rice was a good texture.
I liked that the food came out in to-go containers so you can just put a lid on leftovers and take it with you- very smart. Staff was cordial.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Joseph Hulme

All the great reviews were exactly what made me stop in and have lunch while on layover at the truck stop.

Happy Chen made this trucker happy and then some! Definitely recommend if you are looking for quality Chinese food.

I got the fried shrimp and steam dumplings appetizer. Followed it up with the Happy Family entree with some fried rice. DELICIOUS!

Service was excellent as well!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jose Flores

The peppersteak with fried rice ...excellent place

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Freddy Vargas

Best Chinese food I had in a long time!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

john blaze

Expensive to me. $15 for about 6 peiecs of general chicken. Wasn't bad though. Fried rice was a little light for me not that deep brown color but this is carlisle PA. You don't come here looking for world class cuisine. Just don't charge me 24 dollars for basic chicken and fried rice

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

JDL

Pros: The food actually tasted good. The woman at the register was welcoming. Clean place. White rice was perfect. Egg roll was phenomenal. Chicken was fresh

Cons: I found a weird orange colored jelly in my general tso’s chicken sauce. Very oily, gave me stool problems the next day

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Joel Salzman

We just moved to the area and found this place. We looked online and saw good reviews so decided to try for ourselves. Boy did they not disappoint. Probably some of the best Chinese food I’ve ever had. Definitely a must go to.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ria Walker

The only thing is to make sure to call in order or make sure you have cash or a card in hand.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Marco Cantu

Very good food would recommend

Thomas Rosado

The food tastes good but and this is a big but it is overpriced and not because I'm cheap and I think prices should be what they were a decade ago.. it is because I ordered a large chicken fried rice and there was hardly any chicken in there. Save your money and your time and go somewhere where they won't try to rip you off. I'm pretty disappointed too since I'm always in Carlisle.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

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