Happy Cafe Restaurant
- Hours:
Mon, Thu-Fri 11:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Wed 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Wed 5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Sat-Sun 10:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. - Price Range: $
- Accepts Credit Cards: No
- Parking: Street
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: No
- Good for Kids: No
- Takes Reservations: No
- Delivers: No
- Take-out: Yes
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
- Good for: Lunch
- Alcohol: None
83 reviews
South San Francisco, CA
"Big servings at a great price. The quality is delicious. I definitely recommend this place over Coi Palace"
66 Reviews for Happy Cafe Restaurant
Happy Cafe makes me and my tummy happy! Total whole in the wall, but the food is cheap and delicious. If you come here a must order is the chinese hamburger. Other things that are good bets are the small dumplings, pork wontons in chilli oil, stir fry rice cakes, and red bean cake.
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Cash only. Our favorites are the boiled dumplings, XLB, Stir-fried rice cakes with pork and mushrooms. The crispy fried pork chops are tasty as well. Service can be hurried but she gets it right most of the time. Spicy tendon weak, too much hot oil. Had better.
Came by for lunch today ~ 1 pm.
Was seated promptly and ordered the following:
- Soy Sauce Pig Ear
- Basic presentation, pretty tasty
- Spicy Beef Tendon
- Slightly spicy, same basic presentation, also tasty
- Little Steamed Dumplings
- Their Vinegar looked more like Soy Sauce...
- Dumplings were delicious!
- Shanghai Stir-Fried Noodle
- Noodles were good...a little on the salty side...didn't see or taste any meat...
- Red Bean Pastry
- Took at least 15-20 minutes to arrive...and 4-5 follow ups w/ the wait staff...
Note: NO A/C!!!
- Long Lines!
- Seating was cramped...
- No ice in "Ice water"
- No checks, No Credit Cards
...Other than that...an okay Shanghainese joint in San Mateo
this place is pretty good. my taiwanese friends take me here for xiao long bao, my ultimate fav!!! but it did feel like we were back in china or something because people would just walk up and try to cut in line even though there is a sign up sheet, they would try to claim they are you!!! when this happened i looked over at my buddy and he just gave me the look of dont worry it aint gonna happen because i will cause a scene... since i am japanese and can speak very minimal mandarin, it is best to go with someone who can because the service will be better... it is so small inside and the service does not reflect the name of this place...
I don't know how authentic this place is, but it's pretty good! This place is literally a hole in the wall. Space is limited so you might want to go early or go late for lunch. I don't think they're open for dinner. We ordered the rice cakes, pork wonton, siu lung bao and the pork chop with rice. The pork chops are goooood!
Pretty good hole in the wall Chinese food. Not the best in any category, but good for a quick fix. Very good prices and almost as importantly portions. Can get very very busy on the weekends. Fairly friendly staff for a Chinese restaurant.
Note that most of the items on the menu are traditional fare and not Americanized dishes. Also to be noted is that Happy Cafe is more like mainland China whereas China Bee seems to be more Taiwanese.
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This is an ok hole in the wall restaurant. I thought the service was great considering that it's a Chinese restaurant. I came here with my coworkers for lunch one day, and we got several pretty good dishes. I had my first taste of pig kidney (I think it was pig) and I must say that it wasn't that bad. The aftertaste was kind of weird and I probably wouldn't eat it again. But hey! At least I tried it. The Shanghai-style thick noodles were kind of bland, and I think the noodles at The Shanghai Dumpling Shop in Millbrae are better. Actually, I think most things we ate that day lacked flavor. Maybe they just don't use as much MSG as other places. We had this pork and cabbage rice plate that came on a GIGANTIC plate! This was probably the best dish of the day. I think the rice plate comes with wonton soup, and I love love love good wontons!! Especially when they taste like my grandma's! MMMMMMM.. I thought the Shanghai dumplings could have been juicier, but they were still good. I would come here again for a good, cheap meal.
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I like hole-in-the-wall places because they're casual, quick, cheap, and best of all, fairly delicious. Definitely a quick-fix Shanghainese restaurant, without losing out on too much of the authenticity. For example, the "xiao long bao", little pork dumplings with a dash of chicken broth. The meat is sweet and the broth inside is lightly-fattening and yummy. Another one of my fav here is the stir-fried rice cakes with pork, cabbage, and portbello mushroom. These rice cakes are tiny disc of dough that are stir-fried to perfection. Semi-chewy, but also melt in your mouth at the right moment. Ok, I enjoyed the food a wee bit too much.
So, like other previous reviews, if you could get good food at the right prices, and served in a quick fashion, why not?? I wouldn't say this is THE best restaurant but come Saturday or Sunday morning when you want a nice, warm bowl of soymilk served with chinese donuts, give Happy Cafe a chance. You'll like the warm, family feeling in the restaurant...or maybe just the warmth radiating from your neighbor who sits 2 feet away from you! (it's a really small place...)
We;ve been here a number of times, the people are nice and the food is served quickly and it's cheap. If this is authentic Shanghai-nese food, then I'm not going to Shanghai. So much chinese food prepared here on the mainland is lacking in flavor, loaded with water and just plain boring. For the price it's fine. Like almost all chinese restaurants in the Bay Area it's overrated. That says many people don't know flavor or tasty cuisine. Oh well.......We would probably go again, maybe.
I would say within 100 miles from Alameda Happy cafe has the best shiao lung bao I have tasted so far. I can eat 3 order of shiao lung bao all by myself. They are even Zagate rated for the best 2007. Only bad this is their business hour. I wish they got better business hour later.
If the citizens of San Mateo held a contest for the most overrated eatery in the area, Santa Ramen would undoubtedly win. Coming in at second would be this place- Happy Cafe.
Both are popular and well-known for their authentic flavors and no-frills decor- so I am in no way denying their well deserved praises. But I said most OVERRATED. And overrated they both are. If you plan a visit to Happy Cafe in hopes of finding what some yelpers boast are the "best shiao long baos outside of Shanghai", you will certainly be disappointed. Why? Because there probably ARE no shiao long baos THAT good outside of Shanghai. That's like saying you'll find fresher sushi out in Tampa Bay, FL than in Okinawa, Japan. You more than likely will NOT.
My point to all of this is, go in to Happy Cafe looking for some good homestyle, simple Shanghai-nese food. Try out the many scrumptious dishes (dumplings, veggies, sao bing beef "hamburgers") and enjoy a tasty and very affordable lunch. Please don't go in thinking Indiana Jones ain't got sh*t on you cuz you've gone and found the world's best shiao long bao for under 5 bucks a plate.
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So the co-worker and I hadn't hit up a Chinese place in a while, we decided to find a new place we hadn't been to but also change up the usual, beef, chicken and potsticker dishes routine. Having passed this place several times in the past and remembering that it was closed on an off day, we went in because it was open today.
The place is pretty small, a hole in the wall type. We noticed that the items were indeed unusual compared to what we usually find and that the prices were actually quite cheap per dish. Although looking around we noticed that the portions were not that big so we got five different items:
Vegetable & Pork Wonton Soup
Wonton in Spicy Sauce
Deep Fried Pork Chop
Spicy Chicken Chow Mein
Shanghai Steamed Dumplings
Everything was solid but nothing was outstanding, with the chow mein being the weak item.There was a mix of different clientele and the table behind was a pretty big group of Cantonese speakers. Not much in decor and the service is pretty good. I guess the dishes are unusual enough that if someone wanted to come back and try more I'd return but it's probably not something I'd go and seek out.
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Very authentic Shanghainese food. It's so small that I always miss it when I drive by. But I try to stop here whenever I'm in San Mateo. Authentic mainland Chinese food is very rare in the Bay Are or in U.S. for that matter. This was a great find.
If you want to try out this place, don't go for the typical stuff you see on Chinese menus. Try all the stuff you've never heard of before. They're the best. I love all the dishes.
Price is very affordable. Most dishes are under $5 or $6.
My only negative comment about Happy Cafe is that their hours of operation are really short. Only 11am-2:30pm, open later on Wednesdays, and closed on Tuesdays. Since I don't live the area anymore, it's hard to get my fix for authentic Shanghainese food. Also, this place is very small and fills up fast. Plan on arriving early on the weekends.
I've been meaning to try Happy Cafe for quite some time, but it's kind of tough when they're mostly only open for lunch and usually there's a line out the door. So I finally arrived early for lunch and was ready to try their xiao long bao!
First off the place is super tiny. No wonder there's a line out the door. It really is your hole-in-the-wall, no frills, place. The plates are all plastic and the decor is pretty much non-existant. Service is pretty quick. We ordered the xiao long bao, spicy tofu and shrimp wonton soup. After reading all the reviews about the xiao long bao, I had high expectations. But unfortunately I was disappointed. They're good, but not great and I thought the meat was a bit over steamed (dry). The spicy tofu was pretty good, and the wontons were good too, but nothing to rave about.
So what's with all the hype? I'm really not so sure. But people have their favorites, and obviously a lot of people keep coming back for more. Maybe I'll go back to try some other things on the menu.
Every time the small tray of juicy soup dumplings comes out to the table I never remember to wait for the 'cooling off' period. Instead, the plump little bags of meaty goodness tempt me to immediately bite into them .. sending an explosion of scalding hot savory soup to the roof of my mouth. Ouch... but yummmm. Such pain is deserving for one of my favorite places to visit on the weekends in the Bay Area.
Other than the popular Shanghai dumplings, Happy Cafe also has a variety other great small dishes that are worth trying. Come early on the weekends to avoid the long lines.
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This hole in the wall is better than I thought it would be. The shanghai dumplings are pretty good. I would say they are better than the Shanghai dumpling house in milbrae. The shanghai fat noodles were pretty good too. The noodles were chewy and had a good texture to it. The flavor of the dish was good too. the small dishes of bran was good. It is actually gluten with mushrooms. It is actually pretty tasty. The spicy tofu, however was only ok....it had a bitter taste to it. Not sure what that was.
Overall, a hole in the wall with good food, prices, and service.
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Happy Cafe did not leave me very happy. I came here with somewhat high expectations based on the other Yelp reviews but was SORELY disappointed.
Xiao Long Bao ($4.75) - pretty good, big, nice and juicy. But the meat and/or broth was just too fatty for me. 3.0 stars.
Scallion Pan Cake ($2.75) - tasted like a frozen one you buy at the Chinese supermarket and then just fry up. And it was thin and not chewy at all. If it weren't for the yummy fried taste, would just be plain. 3.0 stars.
Noodle soup with Szechwan vegetables ($5.25) - some really lame supermarket bought noodles with some too salty Chinese turnip in a unmemorable broth. And it came with pork? Perhaps they gave us the wrong soup. - 2.5 stars
Cucumber with spicy sauce ($3.50) - could not be more lame than this. Thin julienned strips of cucumber just place in a small bowl with sesame oil and soy sauce. Usually at other authentic places you get real thick slices of cucumber that's been marinated and soaked overnight in really good and authentic Chinese sauce. I paid $3.50 for a half of cucumber cut into slivers and soaked in 50 cents of sauce?! - 0.5 star
Chinese Hamburger - they were out of one of their recommended dishes on during Sunday lunchtime. How lame. - 0 stars.
And they serve you tea in styrofoam cups and don't take credit cards.
Bottom line: No offense to the rest of you, but WTF were you thinking when you gave this place high marks?! WAY OVERRATED. If you want super xiao long bao, go to Noodle Shop in San Mateo on 25th. If you want other great Taiwanese/Mandarin dim sum stuff, go to Joy in Foster City.
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The XLB were decent but nothing to write home about... Ours were tender but the meat inside was a little sparse. The flavor was good. Still, not the best I've ever had.
The noodle soup with shredded cabbage and pork was good. And the cold cucumber meat noodle was good too.
Only beef with the place was that our final dish came way after we had finished and were ready to pay the bill. There's no reason, except for poor timing, that it should have taken that long.
Maybe I'd go back but I wasn't too impressed by the rest of the menu.
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Managed to escape from the hospital early today, so decided to trek up to San Mateo to try Happy Cafe. Sadly, they're only open for dinner on Wednesdays and are supposedly packed to the gills on the weekends and I only rarely have time to get out for lunch during the week...
Walked in... and fell in love with the ambience. I love hole-in-the-wall restaurants, and this place made me feel at home (i.e. back in Taipei). All it was really missing was a TV mounted in the corner blaring out the news. This place is smaller than Queen House... and I thought QH was already really homey.
Ordered the pork chop w/ vegetable fried rice (pai gu cai fan) and the xiao long bao. The pork chop rice was good but a little skimpy - the huge plate had a lot of rice, but the pork chop was a little small. The pork chop itself was really good - juicy, lightly breaded and fried - just like they make on the mother island. It's a true competitor to QH's pork chop, which is more heavily breaded, almost tonkatsu style. The tea egg was a nice touch but pretty average. The vegetable fried rice was pretty good but I really missed the pickled vegetables (suan cai) that accompany this dish in Taiwan and provide counterpoint to the pork chop.
The xiao long bao were easily one of the better ones that I've had recently in the Bay Area (HC Dumpling House has taken a rather sharp nose dive in quality lately). The soup was flavorful and the pork filling had just the right texture. The skins were overall a good thickness, though one of my bao came apart at the top while I was picking it up, so minus points for that. Bonus points for using cabbage leaves and black vinegar.
I really wanted to like this place. I really did. The ambience was perfect and the food would net the place 4 stars. The xiao long bao were about 4 stars, but I can only give 3.5 stars for the pai gu cai fan. However, there was just something missing that would've earned this place a fourth star overall. The limited hours don't help either. If I lived in San Mateo, I'm sure I'd be here as often as possible but since I don't...
Really awesome xiao long bao. My uncle is from Shanghai, and he says these Shanghai dumpings are better than anything you can find in Shanghai. I've been to Shanghai a few times, and had Shanghai dumplings in the Yuyuan gardens once, and these from Happy Cafe are much better. Always a line, unless you go early. But definately worth the wait. We go at least once per mont.
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Happy Cafe makes me awfully happeee on a weekend morning! I love a place that has a simple strip of paper for a menu (and you make your order by writing on it). It's a limited menu, but that's fine with me.
The xiaolongbao tasted better the most recent time I went, so maybe it varies? But then again, I'm not a die-hard lover of xiaolongbao. I was pleasantly surprised that I really like the pork wontons in the red chili sauce -- the wonton skin is so yummy! Homemade-tasting...yum! The onion pancake (congyoubing) is okay (good enough for me to eat!), but not my favorite.
The sparse decorations, paper placemats, styrofoam cups and plastic plates keep the place simple (but then you know they make the place feel more "authentic" right??). Service is nice enough. Yup, get there before 11:30 a.m., and you should be okay in terms of finding a table.
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This is my secret place.... and I hate it how the line is getting longer and longer now! This tiny restaurant is getting so popular! Call me selfish, but I am going to give this place 3-star just to bring the rating down! I always come here for the juicy yet not greasy shanghai dumplings. I think it's comparable to the original Din Tai Fung Dumpling in Taiwan! The kidney cold dish is the BEST here. It's hard to make kidney so crunchy and fresh like that. (Sounds gross huh?... but, I am Chinese, and I eat ANYTHING!). Another must try dish is the Shanghai pork chop vegetable rice. I don't think this is on the menu, and they don't serve this dish everyday. The business hour is pretty odd as they only open for lunch daily and dinner on Wednesday night only. Don't tell other yelpers!
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I've been hearing about this place from my fiance for years and I finally got to see what all the hype is during our last visit. This tiny spot in downtown San Mateo has a following and is packed during the weekends. It's supposed to have the best "xiao long bao" outside of Shanghai and apparently people travel from all parts of the Bay Area to get a taste of the little dumplings.
We ordered an assortment of my fiance's favorites including the above mentioned "xiao long bao" along with "lao mi phan," sao bing with beef, which they call a "Chinese Hamburger" as well as Chinese donut (yo tiao) with salty soy bean milk. Everything was amazingly good.
If you're looking for an authentic Chinese breakfast spot, Happy Caf is the place. It's worth the drive.
I think they're Shanghai dumplings are actually better than the ones from Shanghai Dumpling King in SF and Shanghai Dumpling Shop in Milbrae. They're bigger, soupier and has thinner skin (not to mention a bit pricier). That's about all that's worth trying here though. Everything else was just mediocre at best. Still, if you're a Shanghai dumpling fan, this is a place worth trying!
JONASAPPROVED!
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On our most recent visit to Happy Cafe, my hubby had a theory on why this place is called Happy Cafe. "Cuz I leave HAPPY everytime" he says with a big grin and rubbing his ever expanding gut (I don't remember signing up for big o' gut when I married him....then again, he didn't sign up for my big o' ass either).
We've been coming to this place since we've moved up to the Bay Area from L.A. 8 years ago. They have the best "siu-lung-bao" ever. These dumplings are always filled with goodness (the soup)! As soon as I bite into one and the soup ignites my tastebuds, I can't help but wonder if there are any traces of pot or crack in the ingredients. These suckers are not only addicting but it makes me feel so... "happy"!
We pretty much order the same thing everytime:
Boiled chicken
Boiled squid
Boiled kidneys - Hubby's dish...I don't do internal organs
Shanghai Egg Rolls
Onion pancake
(2) orders of siu-lung-bao
Wild Card - Either pork chop noodle, shanghai chow-mein, wontons or preserved vegetable with sliced pork noodle
People who sit next to us always look over at the amount of food on our table then turn over to give eachother the "what a bunch of pigs" look. I don't care....at least I'm a happy pig! And don't think we won't have room for a boba tea at the Quickly around the corner either!
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Yum!
We always get the xiao long bao, stir fried rice cakes, and won ton soup.
Pork chops over rice are good too. Can get crowded during lunch. Try to come before the rush.
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I went there with three of my friends on Saturday. It was very clouded during 12pm (approximately 15~20 mins waiting). The food is really delicious, we ordered:
Small Steam Buns
deep fried pork chop
Stir Fried Shanghai Noodles
Chinese Hamberger
Chinese Donut
Soy Bean Milk
Shrimp Wonton Soup
It was great after all and the price is fair, and a bit cheaper than most of Chinese restaurant nearby.
By the way, the waitress told me there is a website just constructed
http://thehappycafe.go...
If a little place only opens for lunch (the only dinner day is on wed night) and can sustain for many years, you know it MUST be great. Everything on the menu is simple and good.....you don't find too many chinese places that acutally does traditional chinese in a good simple way, but Happy Cafe is one of them.
This is the place i would 'show off' the 'real' chinese crusine to non-chinese people, let them get a good impression on how chinese food really is.......really!
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Awesome xiao long bao, kidney, cold dishes, fan tuan etc. Their portions are super tiny and they're really cheap. For a while, tea was served in styrofoam cups WTF?! I haven't been there in a while so it's probably changed. Food was great, just wish they could give a little more.
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Love their shanghai dumplings..
A nice hole in the wall place.. they apparently upgraded their menus to english.. before.. it was all chinese!
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I love the XLB, shanghai noodles and boiled chicken. I introduced my friends to this place and they couldn't believe that Happy Cafe was a good restaurant since it looks nondescript on the outside.
XLB has the thin skin and soup inside that bursts in your mouth when you take a bite.
I have to remember that they're only open on Wednesday nights, I wanted some XLB on a Friday night before I saw a movie a couple weeks ago and was disappointed when they weren't open.
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Their soup dumplings are very good. I drive up from San Jose to eat their. Their cold chicken and marinated kidney is excellent. The Stir Fried Shanghai noodle, excellent too. Only down side it this place is tiny, and have to be early if you want to avoid the line.
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Excellente! Tasty Dumplings. Worth any wait!
I've managed to eat here 2 weekends in a row. I'm shooting for a third this weekend (11/11/06). This is a small, "hole-in-the-wall" restaurant that isn't notable for the interior decor. No fancy furniture and don't expect cloth napkins, fine silverware or china. It's easy to miss as you drive by as the signage is not very prominent. The sign outside reminds me of an antique kid's painting for a sign for a lemonade stand.
What is notable is the Zagat recommendation (see: http://www.zagat.com/v... ). You'll find outstanding food and relatively fast service. You place your order by penciling-in the number if items you'd like on a pre-printed half-sheet of paper that contains the restaurant's menu.
What we get:
2 orders : Steam Pork Buns - XLB or xiao long bao ("the dumplings")
1 order : Green Onion Pancake
1 order : Spicy Pork Wontons
3 orders : Salted Rice Ball
1 order : Fried Rice Stick with Pork
1 order : Sweet Warm Soy Milk
1 order : Crispy Chinese Donut (to dip in the milk)
1 order : Chinese Hamburger
The dumplings are great here. I always seem to burn the top of my mouth on the first dumpling. They have a nice texture and the right proportion of soup/meat/noodle. Combine this with the ginger and the soy sauce and vinegar and you've found one of my favorite eats in the Bay Area!
I like eating here because of the variety. Price per item seems low but the cost always sneaks up on us cuz we order lots of little things, which definitely adds-up! Don't know if they have a rest-room for customers.?..?
Final Judgement --- try it!!!
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minus 1 for crazy hours and small...
we were lucky when we came here and there was no line, I think. it was a while ago
but the xiao long bao were good. not as good as HK dumpling. but lots of of other Taiwanese/Chinese foods that you don't see elsewhere.
soo small this place is though... and weird hours...
Great hole-in-the-wall restaurant. lots of old chinese patrons, which is always a good sign of quality and value.
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Delicious. My favorite Shanghainese place and one of my favorite restaurants, period. I will trek down from SF to come here. Love the xiao long bao, stir fried rice cake, and deep fried pork chop. Cuttlefish and spicy wonton are also delectable. Never comes out cheap because I always end up ordering tons of stuff off the menu, but when I go with groups, it usually ends up being about $12 per person.
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Tasty, cheap chinese food if you happen to be in San Mateo for lunch (they only serve dinner on Wednesdays and they're closed on Tuesdays). My friends told me this place had the best Shanghai-style dumplings (xiao lung bao) in the Bay Area and they certainly were good, but not that good. Portions on the small-side (but that actually works for me) and the place is packed, but turnover is fast.
Still searching for a xiao lung bao place to match my vivid memories of crab and pork xiao lung bao in Flushing, NYC!
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took my husband here for lunch after the decent ratings on yelp, but boy were we disappointed.
Service: 25 patrons in the joint, 1 waitress that takes orders, serves food, cleans-up AND answers phone-in orders AND acts as cashier.....you get the picture?
Food: the menu is very simple and small. the shao-lun bao here is just mediocre - we've had better ones at Shanghai Dumpling in Millbrae and China Bee just down the street from Happy Cafe. We also tried the shrimp wonton and spicy cold noodles, which were both below average. Overall, the style of the food is more Chinese than Taiwanese. I think China Bee serves better Taiwanese tapas.
Bottom-line: Would not recommend and would not come back again.
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Get here by 11am and you are golden. i.e. barely a wait.
650 doesn't have the level of food the city has but I'm thankful finding CHINESE B-FAST is easy as pie. Within 3 blocks you can choose this place or China Bee for some greasy Chinese Bfast that doesn't break the bank. The place is majorly hole-in-the-wall so big groups, don't bother.
Always get:
1. soybean milk - sweet or salty or cold
2. chinese hamburger - ridiculous name but a must have for every order
3. porkchop over rice. The picked mustard, porkchop and rice combination is heaven in your mouth. MUST GET! Share it amongst 3-4 people so you can order even more of the other stuff.
4. Shanghai Dumplings - good for Peninsula
5. Chinese Donut - of course...balanced taste of oil, flour, and flakiness. Better than JOY. Equally as good as China Bee
The above are the must have's that will keep you satisfied. If you're in a group bigger than 2-3, add on the cold dishes of boiled chicken, or the bean curd with chili's, rice rolls, etc.
YUM. But BEWARE OF COMA afterwards. Schedule a nap in because my cousin has nicknamed this place, COMA CAFE.
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Yes, it's true. I work about a block from this place and it is the BEST place for xiao long bao!!! They are juicy and the meat is cooked to perfection. You know how when you bite into the perfect xiao long bao and the hot soup comes spilling out... that's exactly what you'll get at the Happy Cafe!
I have not found a place in the entire Bay Area that can top their xiao long bao. You also must try the Deep Fried Pork Chop and the Shanghai Vegetable Rice.
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