Huong's BYO Restaurant - Brisbane

Hidden upstairs, Huong's has delicious food and a large menu. Fast service and reasonable prices with modern asian decor. Chinese/Thai/Vietnamese dishes

Lemon Chicken - difficult to chew and even harder to swallow. Minuscule quantity of bitter lemon sauce. 4 steamed dim sims, good but could have done with some more soy sauce though. Special fried rice, edible but not like any "genuine" fried rice we have enjoyed elsewhere. Cost just under $60.00 for two. Not to be repeated. We're very disappointed, was expecting more. Delivery service to the hotel was excellent. It's always nice to be able to leave a good review so we feel sad that, in this case we cannot.

When I lived in West End in the 80s, Huong's was an institution. The food was plentiful, cheap and tasty. It was always packed with a boisterous crowd.Our visit there tonight was disappointing. Only one table was occupied when we arrived at 7pm on a Saturday night. West End is so packed with bars and cafes now that the competition must be punishing. I imagine cafes have to change to meet that challenge. That includes the "institutions".We shared pork and prawn rice paper rolls that were mostly noodles, a combination Vietnamese salad (again, mostly noodles with a little deep fried chicken and tofu) and a good ol' fashioned combination Chow Mein. (This was tasty - the outcome, I suspect, of a generous pinch of msg. If not msg, then p'raps just sugar).The rather dour maitre d' did ask when we paid the bill,"was everything ok?" We paid $53 for an entree and two mains and some jasmine tea. I wouldn't have thought twice about that had the food been more appealing. Or the atmosphere more inviting.

We get the prawn pad thai and chicken yellow curry.My wife and I have lived in the West End and South Brisbane for 7 years and Huongs has been the place I hanker for more than any other Thai in the area.Prawn pad thai is 10/10Chicken yellow curry 10/10Everything else we've tried is mediocre. Service is OK but nothing special. On one occasion we took some visiting family to Huongs and we ordered a platter of veggies and it was $16 for some chinese fried cauliflower and carrot with a bit of celery and bok choi. It was a rip off and I complained but they didn't do anything to rectify the situation. So I have conflicting memories of Huongs: the stuff I like is VERY good, the stuff I don't like make it kinda miserable.

We had a jumbo mixed platter to start followed by two Tom Yum soups. The starter was really soggy with oil and quite expensive for what you got, and the soups were a little salty. My prawns were cooked really well however. The staff are always friendly and attentive but we feel the quality of food is dropping unfortunately.