Happy Rice

Name: Happy Rice
Address: 243 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616, Chicago, IL, 60616.0, US
Telephone: +1 312-656-6510
Rating: 4.3

Chinese

4.3(55 reviews)

Chicago, IL·Pilsen & Chinatown

Open·11AM-9:30PM

Call (312) 656-6510

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About

Happy Rice — neighborhood chinese in Chinatown. It wears its years well. You can taste the generations behind this. Justina Syu: "The shop is off the main part of Chinatown but the stone pot rice is well made and seasoned"

Experience Breakdown

🍴Food

5.0

👥Service

4.1

✨Ambiance

4.1

💬Sentiment

4.2

Mia Ye

3 reviews

10/05/2025 15:51:11

“The food is good and authentic, especially the eggplant and coconut chicken soup soooo good”

Posted on Google

Highlights

Old SchoolFamily Friendly

What Diners Are Saying

Diners loved

Authentic flavors

Some noted

Horrible service. 服务态度极差像欠她钱一直甩脸强行付18%消费不提供正常餐具只有喝汤都有中毒风险的泡沫碗从没遇到过这么差的服务我们一直保持礼貌和笑脸一度包容了还是一次次给我们甩脸吃个饭感觉在朝拜吓死了.
— Sky Jin

I ordered 2 ribs claypot rice for to-go and it’s 90% bones. It’s like they saved all the bony pieces for this order.
— Michelle Loh

Worst rice bowl I’ve had. Rice was dry. It was just toppings over rice and barely any flavor. Not coming back again.
— Zelan Eroz Espanto

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Location

243 W Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616

What 55+ diners say about Happy Rice

“Very traditional Cantonese cuisine Authentic flavors.”

Very traditional Cantonese cuisine Authentic flavors! You can find quality ingredient and expert preparation in every bite. Clay pot is crispy and toppings are top quality! Hand made traditional Chinese desserts are good!!! Try it out

Sunny Pan

Dec 2025

“Their eggplants and the Coconut Chicken Soup are must try.”

Their eggplants and the Coconut Chicken Soup are must try! This place does several Chinese regional cuisines but somehow manage to do a great job in every one. Will come back🤗

Ginger Tsang

Oct 2025

“I ordered clay pot rice online for a few times and dined in in person for the first time this week.”

I ordered clay pot rice online for a few times and dined in in person for the first time this week. The food is good and authentic, especially the eggplant and coconut chicken soup soooo good. Staff is friendly too. Nowadays it’s not that easy to find a newly open, small restaurant that actually has good food. One area of improvement is the table size. The table for two is too small and just two dishes would take up the whole area making it crowded and messy for us.

Mia Ye

Oct 2025

“Decided to try Happy Rice and it’s one of the best decisions I’ve made regarding food.”

Decided to try Happy Rice and it’s one of the best decisions I’ve made regarding food. 10/10! Everything we had tasted so rich and flavorful. The Shredded potato, Beef pepper soup, spicy chicken and fried cabbage (I was so excited about the food I forgot to take a picture of the cabbage haha). The host/server was so nice and even explained “Shuang pi Nai”(the desert) to us. And that desert did NOT disappoint! Definitely gonna be a regular :)