Happy Boy

3.75 ⭐️ - Pleasantly surprised, got the chef's banquet and its value is bang for buck. The service however was notably disappointing and some of the waiters had terrible attitude. Some of dishes we got were also from snackman: 🥟 Prawn & pork wontons - delicious, perfect balance of flavours 🥟 Ham Sui Gok (beef dumpling) - bland, not like the ones you get from yumcha 🥟 Salt & pepper prawns - highly recommended, cooked perfectly and seasoned well 🥟 House fried rice - dry and underwhelming 🥟 Flash fried lamb - tasted like a falafel, wasn't a fan of the spices 🥟 Eggplant with pork belly - interesting dish, pork belly was very mushy so didn't really enjoy that 🥟 3 cup chicken - can't go wrong with this, was just like a sweet & sour pork 🥟 Deep fried icecream - generous size, choc sauce was bitter and overpowering

I was here for dinner during my trip in Brisbane, and I was drawn to this restaurant because I was a fiend for some chongqing chilli chicken, a meal that was so fantastical in this one restaurant back in Sydney that has now closed down. From the first sight, the exteriors of this place was very pretty and a lot fancier than I had expected it to be. The address of this place states under fairy lit trees and it was literally under fairy lit trees, and it looked so nice. We entered and was seated pretty quickly. It was a busy Sunday evening so it was a near full house. We started off with some red wine and placed our order shortly. We had the chongqing chilli chicken, salt and pepper prawns, and the prawn and pork wontons in chilli broth. To say that the food here was great is a complete understatement, because this is very well the best Chinese food experience ive ever had in my life. They say that the dingier these asian restaurants are the better the food would be but this just went above and beyond that, because the food here has well exceeded my expectations, and the venue is modern and artistically designed. The chongqing chilli chicken was incredible, maybe even better than what I had in Sydney, and there was so much of it that I had to have it takeaway. The salt and pepper prawns were also delicious, it didnt taste super doughy or had a weird bitter taste in its crumb, it was flavourful throughout each bite, and the same could be said about the wontons as well. It wasnt too spicy at all, neither was the chicken, and the broth simply enhanced its flavour to the absolute highest level. Its a shame that they dont have a chain of this over in Sydney, but maybe that would diminish its quality and exclusivity if it happens. Regardless, this will definitely be a place I will come back to when I eventually return to Brisbane for another trip, because this was one of my highlights for sure

I had to scroll through the most recent reviews to make sure nobody else said this, but I couldn’t find anything SOOOO. This place sure made me a Happy Boy! We didn’t make a reservation but they sat us down at a table that had a reservation in an hours time. They assured us the food would come out quickly so we sat down. BAM food out in the first 10 minutes! It was all very flavourful, well portioned and extremely tender! Nothing missed and they were all straight bangers. Wait staff were very attentive and polite, felt like fine dining without the price tag! Love it, not many places I would say “I’d come back here to try something else”. Good job Good Boy on raising Brisbane’s food game!