Happy Chef in Torbay

This place was recommended by a friend, all I can say is never again.. Food awful, lacked sauce, flavour, greasy. I was disappointed, definitely not worth the money..

Went here this evening and spent around £30 on quite a bit of food. Food was amazing and far exceeded my expectations. The women working this evening was also really lovely and helpful.

Ordered online thru the hub, its an hour wait and its also late, the duck is shredded and not quite nice and not authentic. The singaporean noodles was good.

10+ Years of ordering pick up & delivery, never had an issue EVER. Always delivered piping hot, food is fresh and tasty! Recommend Smoked Chicken starter, Chow Meins, salt and chilli dishes. All round excellent

Food poisoning at its finest. We came into the store and purchased some kung pao chicken. Ended up getting food poisoned. Contacted the link on the website and was advised nothing will be done as I went into the store instead of purchasing on the web. Sorry, I didn’t realise that the health of others is based on your purchase option.

Foo young and chow men are my favourites . Very clean with fast efficient service.

A joke ordered over an hour ago “ yes on the way” an hour sn a half later still no show. Still staying on the way . Spoilt our family trip 😡

First time visit. Lovely food. Everyone enjoyed the variety of dishes ordered. Very easy online ordering. Collection straightforward. Wonderful.

Best Chinese food in Torbay. Freshly made food, fantastic service

Normally have a delivery from here but as I was close by we called in for a takeaway... whilst we were waiting for our food the chef dropped a piece of chicken on the floor !! I was waiting to see if he threw it away ... But NO right in front of us watching he picked it up.off the floor and put it into wok and cooked it 😱 if they can do this infront of a customer what else goes on .. never use this place again ever !!!! ..

Discusting, worse food I’ve ever attempted to eat . Horrible taste to the rice , chicken didn’t taste like chicken . I’m not from the area so thankfully won’t have to use again . I did read reviews before but normally don’t go on negative feedback and try myself , well not no more , the reviews are correct it was awful . Sorry to say but it’s honest, I will live and learn as the saying goes . Staff thou was lovely and service was great it’s just the food that was the letdown

Lovely clever flaver and taste!!!!! Fiona

Bit different to any other Chinese I have had. Special fried rice...with gravy??

For me the best take away in town. Never had a complaint very tasty...

Great food at fair prices. Have used this takeaway for years and it’s one of the best. Even though I have now moved, I still drive there as it’s so good.

Cold late and taste unispiring. An hour for delivery. Even the dog looked at it

Lovely people, been going here for years, any problems there happy to rectify:)

Had our meal from here. Normally a great meal. However ordered today. Chicken with oyster sauce. More veg not so much oyster sauce. Sorry guys well below par.

Sweet & Sour chicken hong kong style. Seemed like it was just a chicken breast in batter cut into strips, not crispy or like anything we have had before. Shrimp fried rice was stodgy. Special chow mein not that great either. Bit of a disappointment.

Lovely lady on the till!:) wonderful compassion, great menu! And amazing food!:) 10/10

Best place for a great Chinese meal to order all staff are absolutely brilliant

First time tonight after a recommendation from a friend. On time, hot, and excellent taste. Best Chinese Takeaway we've had in Torbay. Will definitely be back!

Good quality Chinese takeaway. Great value.

Best Chinese takeaway in the Bay, perfect every time!

Lovely food, and very filling. Definitely recommend, thank you for the food!

Very very good service and first-class food!

Always great food and very friendly staff.

Always excellent food. Clean staff,always busy but food cooked quickly and on time.

Had some food there tonight and we were sooo disappointed. Sweet and sour chicken and rice were congealed, the batter was thick uncooked dough. The chow mein was like plastic and the chicken and mushroom soup tasted like greasy water. Duck wasn't shredded.. Just skin and a bit of meat. Total waste of money. Avoid. Nice people tho....

Excellent,best take away chinese curry I have had for a long while.👍 I would Certainly recommend.

Firstly I do not like making a complaints I had sweet and sour chicken balls in better. They tasted like salt balls I popped into explain to the lady all I got was sorry. No replacement or to order something different I was a regular customer. Not anymore such a shame they need to understand customer service.

Portions not great the noodles is completely overloaded with onions and I got 4 pieces of king prawn in the salt and pepper King prawn which cost 6.60. Delivery took a long time although the food was very hot to thier credit. I wouldn't use again as overall the food was small in portion, bland in flavour and overpriced. There are plenty of better Chinese takeaways in torquay and around the bay. Disappointing but this was my experience with the Happy Chef. Delivery driver was polite and followed directions.

Fast delivery. Generous portions. We had chicken fried rice and chicken chow mein both were equally tasty and well cooked.

Disappointed ended up with a bad stomach not nice at all

Really delicious food. Always enjoyed it. Congratulations.

Delicious and interesting to see the chefs cooking. Always enjoyed their food.

Not consistent some times awful.

Had a few takeaway's from Happy chef but this last one was just awful very greasy and tasteless ,what a shame won't be going back for a while.

usually our regular favourite Chinese tonight we made an order, not as large as normal so prawn crackers which are usually added free weren't added usually a nice touch to show appreciation for your custom. The chips were so inedible and dry even to dip in the accompanying curry sauce !! total waste of money the spring rolls were nice but apart from that something costing £6.00 but paying £18.00 to only have something of that amount that u can eat is disgusting especially for a loyal regular customer.

We had a takeaway from here while on a weekend away, and we were pleasantly surprised at how good it was. Well worth popping in

The best Chinese takeaway I've had for a long time. Definately reccomend it. Its now my favourite

Amazing spring rolls but was a little disappointed of the small portion of salt and chilli chips, had to ring up and ask them to bring a second portion as it didn't serve 2!! Other than that, Incredible.

Great food and friendly staff would recommend to anyone

First time ordering for delivery. Rate them excellent. Ordered ss chicken balls cook perfectly, wgg fried rice and anazing spring roles. Simple wed site for irdering. Delivered in 45 minutes on a busy new years day. Driver was very friendly. Would recommend as one of the too Chinese takeaways in torquay. Thanks for nit disappointing me on my first time trying you you have gained a new loyal customer.

AWFUL TONIGHT CHEW CHICKEN NOT COOK PROPLEY ONIONS TOO BIT COLD

Amazing tasty food cooked on time. Will definitely order again. One of the top Chinese in torquay. Lovely bit of food

I always have a beef fried rice. Not bad but not the best. You can see them cooking your food.

Quick and efficient. Really well cooked, no excess grease. Loved it.

If this is one of the best chinese take away in Torquay then I leave very dissapointed .The food was overcharged ,they quoted one price then the delivery driver cancelled the price on the receipt with a pen and charged extra £1.50 , they sent no cutlery even though I requested some especially as we are on holiday and eating in our hotel room .And the most dissapointing was the food ,soggy and bland. I wish I had ordered pizza instead .

Ordered a home delivery from Happy Chef last night for the first time and have finally found the BEST Chinese in Torbay!!! I ordered chicken and black bean sauce which was described as spicy and it was as described and perfectly spiced. The food had a lot of flavour and was cooked well. I hate it when you order king prawn from other takeaways and it comes with lots of raw onion and pepper in a gloopy tasteless red sauce. King prawn from the Happy Chef was not one of those bland disasters. Spicy salty chips which my husband added to the order were something new to me, but they were delicious. You must try them if like me you like a bit of a chilli kick. Delivery was swift and the girl who delivered was friendly and courteous Overall a culinary delightful and delicious feast

If this is the best Chinese takeaway in Torquay, then I'd hate to try the others. My roast pork curry was oily with dried out pork. The egg fried rice looked and tasted like it had been kept for a long time since it was really dry and congealed. Awful meal and I won't be going back.

Happy chef, indid. The staff is always happy to help and the food is just amazing.

Tasty food, the chilli, salty chips are nice. Good quick service

Great take-away. The food is tasty and the portions are generous. We've never been disappointed. I can't comment on their delivery service as we always call and collect.

Literally the nicest Chinese in the entire world. If I didn’t live in Northamptonshire I’d be there every night!

We ordered takeaway last night, specifically the special set meal for 2, which I will henceforth call the 9 course Asian buffet for a family of four. I've never had a meal for two delivered in a very full box before, and it was a box full of very delicious food that came exactly the time they said, almost to the minute. The starters selection was as big as some meals I've had before with a great mix, the satay chicken a particular favourite. The dishes from the meal itself were equally varied and all excellent, including a crispy quarter duck that I can only think came from a duck the size of a labrador. Everything was hot and the cartons were overflowing. In all it made us not only a very delicious dinner, but it's just been finished off as a very delicious lunch the next day as well. I do think it's possible this could be a meal for two people, but only with enough preparation... say two days without food or a training regime from World's Strongest Man. It would still be worth it though. Will definitely order again.

This is a very welcoming shop. The food is absolutely amazing!

Absolutely delicious food, always delivered piping hot to your door. First class service. Delivery drivers very polite and well mannered.

I have not ordered from this restaurant for some time and I must say it has been too long. The food is excellent, spring rolls, hot and sour soup, fried beansprouts and two chicken dishes. I can thoroughly recommend. I will not be waiting so long to order again.

Very good Chinese takeaway. My local so its a bonus they do deliver. You can see the chefs cooking and I like that!! Crispy chill beef is fab and salt and chilli prawns very good. Very nice people that run it too. 👍

Always lovely food and great service.

Always good food. We are happy local regulars.

Visited whilst staying in Torquay, very quick service and very friendly people, food was nice and tasty to.

Just has Roast pork curry, comes with fried rice and mixed sweet and sour balls. I have had a number of chinese takeaways from all over Torbay but this was absolutely delicious and on time. Cannot be beaten

Food is amazing and plenty to go round, will be using these guys more often 🤤😋

Great food and the staff is amazing. These are people who enjoy what they are doing and thay can be seen.

lovely food, half an hour late with no update

always early and good value for money

Excellent food, wonderful value, never fails to deliver. 10/10 every time.Tasty food, piping hot, excellent , with home deilvery.August 2018

Second time of ordering whilst on holiday and lovely once again :)

My telephoned order for takeaway was ready when they said and it was what I asked for. Very friendly people. We thoroughly enjoyed our meals which were still hot when I got home. Their prices are reasonable. The only negative about this place is that parking can be difficult, but that's not their fault and hey, this is Torquay where parking is never easy.

Food was great. Happy with the service

We came here a in whim late on a Sunday evening as we'd had a large lunch and wernt hungry till around 10:30pm.The place looked very clean and welcoming with lots of chairs to wait for your food. The guy at the till was sound. Very friendly. We waited around five minutes for our food. Whiles we were waiting you could see the chefs cooking they were very clean(kept washing hands and sanitising) and the kitchen was spotless. They even had takeaway forks so we could eat at the beach. To say the least it was the best Chinese I've had for a long time! We only ordered. Few items and if we could have eaten more we'd have gone back! We had chicken curry, chips and veg spring rolls.The curry was really delicious! The chips were cooked perfectly and the spring rolls were also perfect, I cannot fault this place. If we return to torquay I'll save my appetite for this place! D for delicious! Thanks happy chef.

First time in Torquay & first time ordering here. Food was EARLY, HOT and tasted GREAT! Would definitely recommend. Thank you :)

Special chow mien tastes/smells off- They say its supposed to taste how it does. I'm pregnant so didn't risk it but a waste of £6. Forgot my coke so said will redeliver it... Brought diet coke instead. First time i ordered from here , sticking to Shun lee from now on.

All good except that they gave us sweet and sour sauce instead of curry sauce

Food was tasteless. Won’t be using this take away again

hands down the worst Chinese we’ve ever had, ordered our usual that we get from every other Chinese but was completely different. chicken satay skewers were dried out, curry sauce tasteless, crispy seaweed was almost brown and very hard, crispy chilli chicken tasted awful, wasn’t crispy or anything close to chilli chicken we have ordered elsewhere. won’t be ordering again!

Excellent service and food, thank you. Highly recommend.

Lovely. Have just ordered again :-)

Food was hot and delicious, great service. Thank you.

Colleagues recommended this place as being convenient, reasonably priced and having a great menu selection.

Lovely food that came on time, had many deliveries am sure we will continue using

A very nice take away ordered chicken and mushroom soup beef chow mein and beef with peppers and black bean sauce, chips and egg fried rice. Please with meal piping hot

Foo Young was excellent. Chow Mein was good. Soups were OK. But the spring roll was awful; gave the impression that it had either been reheated or cooked from frozen.

Fast service, friendly staff, amazing salt and chilli chicken👍🏻

Really good food. Squid was a lil less crispy than would have liked but otherwise all tasty, hot and well flavoured. Plenty of lovely fresh veggies and no shortage of meat. Would use again

not a Chinese food critic but it was all great.

Delivery time got changed as they were running half an hour late and then it was a further 1 hour until my food arrived, won’t be ordering from here again.

Not the Restaurants fault just eat never forwarded thè order for over an hour. But Happy chef phoned me an sorted it out

The first time we’ve used Happy Chef after a recommendation from a friend, and we weren’t disappointed. Our order was tasty, hot and delivered earlier than expected through the Just Eat app. We would definitely use again!

Used this place for the first time while down here on hoilday , food was lovely and fast service, definitely be back.

Friendly staff and good service food is nice

The crispy beef had never seen any beef and was so only same with the pork balls oily not nice

Food always great! Express delivery! Thank you xx

OK bit greasy asked for crispy beef more like rubber

Will never order from here again. The lid to our curry sauce had either melted, or been squashed, and so everything in the bag had a liberal coating of said sauce. However, it's valentines day and we were starving, so we didn't make anything of it and tucked in. Unfortunately the chicken balls were both tiny, and rock hard, plus tasted of manky, old, cooking oil. The whole meal left a pretty rank taste in our mouths, thankfully we had plenty of cheap coop prosecco on hand to wash it down With! We'll be going back to a better Chinese takeaway in the future

Utterly revolting, prawn toast was like carpet tiles that were overcooked, inedible, duck in plum sauce was undercooked with so much stringy un rendered fat, it looked grey and disgusting, and finally the crispy chilli beef must have been microwaved as it was like strips of boot leather, worst Chinese I've ever had, avoid at all costs. The simplest of meals delivered lukewarm warm and inedible. REVOLTING

The salt and chilli chips were very stale, like they had been re-heated from a few days before. The boiled rice was very dry. The duck was bland with unappealing sauce and and just a fist full of bamboo shoots thrown in. The soup was nice and the prawn crackers were also nice. If you like soup and crackers shop from here, otherwise I'd avoid.

food was still piping hot when it arrived and was just as nice as the first time I ordered from here