Happy Bowl Vietnamese Kitchen

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.

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. <br/ <br/ 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!<br/ <br/ 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! <br/ <br/ 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.

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. <br/ <br/ 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.<br/ <br/ 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.  <br/ <br/ 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.<br/ <br/ Thumbs up: <br/ fresh tasting salad<br/ tidy/clean place<br/ great value<br/ <br/ Thumbs down:<br/ stand offish vibe from staff<br/ <br/ Would I go back?  <br/ 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!