Lily and Roger Hsu have been in business for 11 and a half years, but said goodbye to the Island at the end of March.

Regular customers will be sad to see their restaurant, Han’s Garden, go.

“We want to thank them, and tell them they will be missed,” Lily said.

Han’s Garden, a family-owned Chinese restaurant, relied heavily on its takeout customers, with 65 to 70 percent of business coming from that sector, Lily said. Lily’s brother, William Han, is the chef.

It’s been harder for restaurants to survive, Lily said. Food costs doubled a few years ago, and rents in the Islandia Shopping Center have been rising steadily.

She said surprisingly there is a lot of competition among eateries on Mercer Island because the market is so small, unlike Seattle or Bellevue. But Han’s Garden currently does not have plans to move to either of those locations.

“We might be back,” Lily said. “But not too soon.”

Gift shop Terra Bella will move into the Han’s Garden space in August.