


Pho Happiness
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Pho Happiness is listed on FindALoco in Houston, TX with address, phone, hours, and map location. Common services and related keywords include Asian Restaurant.
If you are craving comforting, authentic Vietnamese flavors along Hempstead Road, Pho Happiness is a neighborhood gem worth discovering. Operating as a premier Asian restaurant in Houston, TX, this family-owned eatery has earned a stellar reputation for delivering hearty meals made with warmth, patience, and true dedication to quality. Conveniently situated at 14104 Hempstead Rd near Tidwell, it offers a welcoming dining haven for local workers, traveling visitors, and area residents seeking an exceptional home-cooked meal.
The kitchen takes tremendous pride in its traditional recipes, serving generous portions that leave every guest satisfied. Among the highlights is their signature Pho Tai, celebrated for its aromatic, simmered broth and tender beef, with the accommodating kitchen even happy to customize bowls with egg noodles upon request. Beyond classic noodle soups, the menu features flavorful banh mi served on baguettes that are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, as well as succulent grilled pork, savory vermicelli dishes, and irresistible crispy crab rangoons that make the perfect starter.
To complement the savory fare, Pho Happiness offers an inventive lineup of refreshing specialty drinks that patrons rave about. Vibrant beverages such as Mango Hibiscus and Curaçao Hibiscus provide the perfect crisp, sweet balance to a steaming bowl of pho. Because dishes are made fresh to order with authentic care, meals may occasionally take a few moments longer to prepare during busy lunch rushes, but diners consistently agree that the flavorful result is well worth the wait.
Cleanliness, genuine hospitality, and a welcoming atmosphere are central to the experience here. The restaurant maintains an impeccably tidy dining space where the kind-hearted staff treats every visitor like family. Whether you are stepping in for a quick midday lunch break or winding down after a busy workday, Pho Happiness in Houston, Texas delivers an uplifting culinary experience that truly lives up to its name.
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If you’re in the area don’t skip on this family owned restaurant. I feel lucky they are close to my job because the food never disappoints, the portions are very generous and the people here are kind. Please be mindful, sometimes the food may take a little bit longer to cook but it is worth the wait. I’ve have the orange chicken plate, chicken pad thai, crab ragoons, vermicelli plates, and pho - all good in my opinion. I’m grateful for all the meals I’ve eaten here and for the warm and welcoming atmosphere. ❤️
Everything was amazing, the service was wonderful. We got the crab rangoons, and they were PHENOMENAL 10/10. Pho Tai was so delicious 10/10! Their drinks, AMAZING. I got Mango/Hibiscus and OH MY GOODNESS 100/10. My partner got Curaçao/Hibiscus 100/10. We had an amazing experience at this restaurant. HIGHLY RECOMMEND if you want delicious Phò, service and amazingly refreshing drinks.
Very clean restaurant (smelt of pine sol where we walked in today at 11am). The pho was delicious. The Banh mi was very flavorful and the bread was soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside. The pork and shrimp vermicelli was average. The service was good. Although I’m not a fan when asking for water they sell you bottled water. The parking lot is small so I don’t know if it get busier at different times. Don’t let the exterior deter you b/c it totally looks like a dive restaurant. Would recommend. Although the vermicelli dish should’ve been better and the broth could be deeper with flavor. A solid 4 star. Note my rating system: 1 Star: I wouldn't recommend 2 Stars: Didn't hit my standards 3 Stars: Average (nothing special) 4 Stars: Above Average. Would recommend. Still looking for the 5 Star. 5 Stars: Top of their game. Great food. Great service. Would recommend and plan on returning.
I'm not loose with my five star reviews, but this place was definitely more than four stars. 4.5, so I had to round up. I'm going to do a real-time review since I have nothing else to do. I unexpectedly stopped here locally for the night and was a short walk from this place. I've had a very very strange day, so there might be something in the universe telling me to come here, even though I'm on a no carb kick. I came in about 1800 hours. I THINK they close at 1900, but I could be wrong. I was very delighted to see that they had actual Vietnamese people in here. The guy up front asked me if I wanted some sort of New Orleans Mandarin dish, but I came here for phó spring rolls!! The place overall is pretty clean. I know it's well kept. They had some Asian theme music videos with turtles and sea creatures playing on the TV. I've already interacted with three people, and they're all super nice and I can tell they appreciate me being here! As I sit here waiting for my food, I noticed that they have chili oil. For whatever reason at different phó places around the country, you don't see that very often. So I'm having a good feeling about this place, despite the day I've had. I ordered the deluxe combination phó and shrimp spring rolls. Depending on where you go, typically you just order spring rolls and you get shrimp and pork, but they had specific shrimp, chicken, or pork. Spring rolls were ON POINT. That peanut sauce was amazing. A nice healthy serving of Basil and bean sprouts in lime. Even with a little bit of cilantro! CHUNKS of jalapeño, not SLIVERS! Bowl size was HUGE. Like pre-SCAMdemic times huge, the way it should be. The broth... It was good. Definitely better than a lot of places I've been to. I don't know what liberal Larry down there is talking about being inundated with salt, it's not at all. Matter of fact I think it could use some MSG. Didn't notice any tripe, they might not have it here, but the meatballs, the tendon and the flank were all as close to perfect as you can get. Good healthy portions of everything actually, definitely what you're paying for. If I lived in this area, this would definitely be a place that I would frequent. But if you're an out-of-towner, and this happened to stumble upon this section of houston, I definitely definitely definitely recommend coming in here. Everything was absolutely fantastic! I typically stay on the outskirts of major cities, but this might be a reason that I actually come back!
The cutest Pho place off of Hempstead close to Tidwell (Next to the Mad Bull Bar) . If you work in the area, you need to check them out. Their grilled pork is phenomenal and their Pho is so yummy. I asked for egg noodles in my Pho and they were so accommodating. The people that work there are the nicest. They also serve some Chinese dishes but I’ve only had their Vietnamese dishes. 10/10 definitely recommend!
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