New Happy Garden
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About New Happy Garden
Salt and chilli squid sits on the menu at New Happy Garden alongside the sweet and sour and chow mein staples, giving the order sheet a little more range than the standard list. This Chinese takeaway on Melton Rd in Leicester cooks to order in the evenings, opening Tuesday to Sunday and closed on Mondays. Sweet and sour comes in versions built around king prawns and prawn balls in batter, while chicken curry, chicken chow mein and boiled rice fill out the mains. Chips are ordered as often as rice here, going out alongside curries and noodle dishes. Portions run large. Frying happens in a shared fryer setup, so battered fish and other fried items are cooked in the same oil, which is worth knowing before ordering.
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Menu & Prices
211 dishes · mains £6–15- House Special Kung Po£7.60
- Kung Po Beef£7.60
- Kung Po Chicken£7.40
- Kung Po King Prawn£7.40
- Kung Po Beef & Chicken£7.60
- Kung Po King Prawn & Chicken£7.50
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention undercooked soggy prawn batter, poor quality chips, sweet and sour sauce and quick collection and delivery.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention undercooked soggy prawn batter, poor quality chips, sweet and sour sauce and quick collection and delivery.
Customer Review Summary
Longtime regulars anchor the positive side, describing flavourful food in generous portions, with several noting orders ready quickly for collection or delivery and staff they call friendly, helpful and patient. Against that, a substantial run of reviewers report the cooking slipping, most often on the battered seafood: sweet and sour king prawns and prawn balls arriving soggy and not cooked through, prawns overdone, and food lukewarm on delivery. Others describe overcooked chips alongside undercooked, semi hard boiled rice, and a chicken curry padded with onions and carrots with almost no sauce, while one reviewer dismissed salt and chilli squid outright. Complaint handling draws its own criticism: a vegetarian who found fried fish in their chips says the response was indifferent and raised that everything goes through the same fryers, and another recounts a collection order handed to the wrong customer, then being told to pay again or be blacklisted after refusing the returned meal.
Customer Review Summary
Longtime regulars anchor the positive side, describing flavourful food in generous portions, with several noting orders ready quickly for collection or delivery and staff they call friendly, helpful and patient. Against that, a substantial run of reviewers report the cooking slipping, most often on the battered seafood: sweet and sour king prawns and prawn balls arriving soggy and not cooked through, prawns overdone, and food lukewarm on delivery. Others describe overcooked chips alongside undercooked, semi hard boiled rice, and a chicken curry padded with onions and carrots with almost no sauce, while one reviewer dismissed salt and chilli squid outright. Complaint handling draws its own criticism: a vegetarian who found fried fish in their chips says the response was indifferent and raised that everything goes through the same fryers, and another recounts a collection order handed to the wrong customer, then being told to pay again or be blacklisted after refusing the returned meal.
Featured reviews
- Paul Lucas
“Ordered Chips, Boiled rice and Chicken Curry .What can I say other than a total waste of time ............Chips were overcooked, Boiled rice was undercooked ,semi hard rice .There was way too many Onions in the Chicken Curry ( obviously to " bulk the dish up " ) and the worst vegetable of all to add to a curry ( do not know any other Chinese that uses Carrots in a curry dish !) Carrots in my opinion totally destroy the Curry taste .The actual Curry Sauce the dish was built in was non existant there was hardly any sauce included in the dish itself ,absolute joke .( Enjoy the profit you made from myself never to be repeated ! )”
- Jason Paul
“Very friendly staff always helpful and patient”
- Charlie Walker
“Just ordered salt and chili squid im not being horrible but I’ve chucked the whole Chinese it’s VILE sweet and sour sauce was vile the noodles were edible but no just a NO -5 stars 😡🤬”
- Olivia Hopkins
“I can’t understand some of the negative reviews for this place, we’ve come here fairly regularly over a number of years and the food is really flavourful with decent portions. Consistently great food, big portions and never have to wait long for collection.”
- Valentina Sinkova
“Very nice food, we order from there at least twice a month and never had any issues. Quick delivery as well, longest we waited was 50 minutes on Friday evening. Thank you.”
Hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Good to know
- ReservationsAccepts reservations
- ParkingFree of charge street parking
Amenities
- Free of charge street parking
- Accepts reservations
- Offers delivery
- Offers takeaway
- Casual
- Serves late-night food
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- Offerings· 1
- Quick bite
Location
Chinese restaurants near New Happy Garden
- Good Friends4.1933.7 mi
chilli chips, crispy beef, chicken singapore chow mein
- Karamay Uyghur Cuisine4.35794.9 mi£20–30
hand-pulled noodles, lamb skewers, fried noodles
- Lee's Garden3.9824.9 mi
large portion sizes, chicken in black bean sauce, crispy chicken in plum sauce
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Happy Garden | 3.998 | — | £10–20 | undercooked soggy prawn batter, poor quality chips, sweet and sour sauce |
| Good Friends | 4.193 | 3.7 mi | — | chilli chips, crispy beef, chicken singapore chow mein |
| Karamay Uyghur Cuisine | 4.3579 | 4.9 mi | £20–30 | hand-pulled noodles, lamb skewers, fried noodles |
| Lee's Garden | 3.982 | 4.9 mi | — | large portion sizes, chicken in black bean sauce, crispy chicken in plum sauce |
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