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Happy Cafe Restaurant

250 S B St San Mateo, CA (650) 340-7138  
Website: http://thehappycafe.googlepages.com/
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Happy Cafe Restaurant is a Chinese, Dim Sum, and Asian restaurant where most Menuism users paid less than $10 and tipped between 15% to 18%.

People describe this restaurant as Chinese, Small, Dim Sum, Asian, Dinner, and Lunch [ tag it ]

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4.3 avg. based on 3 ratings & 1 reviews

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1 review

Award_star_gold First reviewed by:  jazzyjas7
Jan 18, 2007 Link

Good xiao lung bao

Happy Cafe is a TINY hole in the wall place…it’s pretty easy to miss this place if you’re not looking for it. They don’t have many tables, so you may have to wait before getting seated.

I went there for lunch today and ordered the boiled chicken lunch special…the chicken is served cold and was quite tender and good. It came with soup, rice, some lettuce & cabbage, and an egg. Not bad for under $5!

We also got an order of xiao lung bao…these were definitely the highlight of our meal. They were steaming hot when they came out and there was just the right combo of soup and meat inside. I plan on going back and ordering these again!

This is a good place for a quick lunch with a small group…you’ll probably be waiting for a while if you try to go with more than 5 people. Their hours are a little weird…they’re only open for dinner one day a week (Wednesday), but this is a great place if you’re craving xiao lung bao.

What I ate:
  • ***

    Cold, boneless boiled chicken with rice, veggies, egg, soup. Decent amount of food for the price.

  • *****

    Absolutely delicious! Perfect blend of soup, meat, and wrapper…

Extras:
I came here for
no comment
My meal cost
less than $10
I tipped
between 15% to 18%
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