This place is awsome it does huge portions of amazing comfort food with really low prices and consistently good, other things nearby might outshine it in one or two of the previously mentioned categories but none all of them.
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Still needing a Beef Pho fix I decide to give Happy Bowl a try. This Vietnamese restaurant has been here for decades! I see the Owner/ex-Chef who has operated here for 15 years watching over the restaurant. I am told a younger family member runs the kitchen now.
Service by the waitresses is friendly and they are helpful with the extensive menu. I place my order and within minutes my salad and herbs arrive. I see Coriander (wrong herb) and ask for Basil! Sorry, they have run out!🙁
My steaming hot Combination Beef Pho (Dac Biet) is served without garnishing so the presentation is only average. Tasting the broth, I am surprised by its depth and flavour. Delicious! There is adequate sliced Beef Brisket, Sliced Raw Beef, Beef Tendon and Beef Balls. But there is no Beef Tripe!
I enjoy this bowl of Beef Pho but points are deducted for the missing Basil and Beef Tripe, essential ingredients for this meal. Pho An from Inala, a highly rated Beef Pho restaurant, will be opening 50 metres away. Competition is coming! I will return in a few months to update this review. Thank you guys!
Happy Bowl is one of the oldest pho places in sunny bank but was never great. However new owners have made this the BEST PHO IN BRISBANE. Turned it around 180 degrees. Well priced, good high quality noodles, flavoursome meat. Enjoyed the extra large size.
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It was my first time here and ordered the vermicelli noodle salad with grilled pork. The weather had been hot/humid for weeks on end, so a spicy pho was a no-go for me.
The place was very well lit, clean, and seating was comfortable enough. The serving size of the salad was quite generous and tasted fresh. In my opinion the dish represented great value for under $12. I was left feeling very full. Although a little more meat would have been appreciated. Then again, I'm somewhat a Meatasaurus Rex.
The service wasn't what I'd call 'out of this world', however it was passable: They come to your table. You place order. They take order. They bring food. Done.
I feel the staff on the day could have cracked a smile here and there to lighten the mood which in my opinion would have made for a better experience. That was the let-down for me.
Thumbs up:
- fresh tasting salad
- tidy/clean place
- great value
Thumbs down:
- stand-offish vibe from staff
Would I go back?
- Sure. For a big bowl of vietnamese noodle salad with pork under $12, I can forgive them for being a little expressionless.
Great food, friendly staff! I get vietnamese pork chop salad and its always fresh and very tasty! Would highly recommend! Cheap and good quality! Lots to choose from on the menu also!
Have eaten here for past 10 years and addicted to their lemongrass pork and noodle soup ( egg) the broth is one of the best. Also their deep fried wontons are a great starter before noodle soup. A must try
I love this place. The service may not be full on, but damn the food is good. I definitely recommend the happy bowl without noodles, just lots of bean shoots. Will certainly be going here again
Not the best Viet food around that's for sure - but still reasonably priced and tastes quite okay.
The vermicelli salads are fine. The pork chop with rice is okay (unfortunately not broken rice). The fried tofu is good - for person who does not usually like tofu. Always like their tricolor shake too as a nice sweet drink.
Self service for sauces and water which is fine with me.
My first time here was when the sunnybank food trial was on and tried their $2 laksa. After walking around for a bit I decided I needed the full meal. Laksa here is absolutely delicious.
Consistent Asian meals. The Happy Bowl is one of a dozen or more small outlets in or near the Sunnybank Plaza Food Hall. We invariably eat there before we see a film at the nearby Cinema 8 Complex. Having dined there perhaps forty times over the past five years, we can give it a reliable seal of approval. The staff remember our favourite meals and are surprised when we try something different. The food is tasty and consistent.
Used to dine here 12 years ago and loved it. Relocated back to brissy and tried again yesterday. Soup was still good...fried rice tasty but really oily.
Staff still friendly. We enjoyed and will be back.
Happy Bowl has average food, it is simple. What I like about this place is that you order and get your food so fast. Never have to wait
The Invisible Food Critic
+4.5
Up & Down. This place can be very inconsistent with it's cooking. Their Ups & Downs can be quite irritating at times as I only order the same few dishes everytime I visit there. Example: I order a Black Pepper Beef with Rice today and it'll be perfect... tomorrow I order the same thing and it'll look completely different and taste different. The 3 color ice can sometimes be more one day and be very minimal next day. I really wonder who works inside the kitchen and who checks the dishes before coming out. I know the first owner and that was when this place was at its best. Now I rate this place 5/10.
Good food. Quick service. Always delicious. I recommend the Beef pho. Always nice to have on cool, windy days :-)
Great little Vietnamese restaurant/take away in the middle of the diverse Sunnybank Plaza. Friendly staff and fast service, my dad brought me here to try traditional Pho for the first time. Would highly recommend this place.
Good food at reasonable prices.
Not bad. Food here is actually good. Will come back. Don’t get fool by how it looks. The foods here is actauly okay
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