Happy Villa
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About Happy Villa
On Fenaghy Rd in Ballymena, Happy Villa is a Chinese takeaway serving the surrounding streets in the evenings only, every day of the week. Orders are placed on a walk-in basis, with no reservations taken. The kitchen works through the standard Chinese takeaway range, prepared to order for collection. With no seating on site, the format is built around quick pickup rather than dining in. The evening-only schedule suits those wanting food later in the day, and the daily opening means there is no closed night to plan around.
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention chicken curry and fried rice, prawn chow mein, wrong order and food arrives cold.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention chicken curry and fried rice, prawn chow mein, wrong order and food arrives cold.
Customer Review Summary
One reviewer praises the Prawn Chow Mein and vegetables in black bean sauce as longtime favorites, but recent accounts describe a decline: wrong orders, cold or reheated food, burnt noodles, and forgotten items with no apology. One reviewer reports illness after eating prawns, and another describes an unsanitary kitchen and bland chicken curry with gritty rice. Complaints of poor communication and disputed charges also recur.
Customer Review Summary
One reviewer praises the Prawn Chow Mein and vegetables in black bean sauce as longtime favorites, but recent accounts describe a decline: wrong orders, cold or reheated food, burnt noodles, and forgotten items with no apology. One reviewer reports illness after eating prawns, and another describes an unsanitary kitchen and bland chicken curry with gritty rice. Complaints of poor communication and disputed charges also recur.
Featured reviews
- Boyd Lynn
“Been going here for years and always enjoy the food. The Prawn Chow Mein and vegetables in black bean sauce are my goto.”
- Philthefluter
“Had a takeaway meal one evening. My wife and I were very sick that night and my wife for two days afterwards and me for one week. I blamed the prawns which I ate all of and my wife had very little of. That was the second time I didn’t feel good after a meal, so never again will I darken their door.”
- Richard Iredale
“I am sorry to be leaving such a negative review but to do anything else would defeat the purpose of the review system. Having seen this place on my odd visits to the nearbye excellent Indian restaurant, and with the Kells Chinese closed for Chinese New Year, I decided to give it a go..... Never again, quite how the establishment managed to acquire a 3 star food hygiene rating is a complete mystery given the shocking state of the kitchen. There were open bottles of ingredients scattered everywhere and communal pots of various substances which seemed to be open season for the chef with the biggest spoon., 5 "chefs" - I use the word loosely, none of whom were wearing what I would consider appropriate kitchen attire - one guy actually looked like he should be off fishing or hunting. The food... Chicken curry and fried rice is really hard to get wrong, I can make a decent effort myself however after a really bad day i work, I felt the need to be catered for. The chicken in the curry was decent enough but that was the only thing good about it, the curry had NO heat whatsoever and no taste either, I would labour for hours to produce something so bland. The rice was gritty and again, lacked any flavour at all. The whole meal was an utter disaster and I cannot express how much a 10 mile round trip in the car was an utter waste of time and money. If you live in Galgorm and are in danger of starvation, by all means give it a go, otherwise, I would look elsewhere.”
- Lauren Neilly
“Food seems to be all ready made, cold by the time you get it to Ahoghill, had noodles -and some of them were burnt to a crisp all stuck together, fried rice is the same. Forgot part of our order and when we phoned down we were told it was …”
- L T
“Used to really like this takeaway but had such a bad experience tonight, we were given a completely wrong order due to incompetent staff who took our order down wrong despite me repeating it three times over the phone to ensure that they understood, when we went back they charged us more money and acted as if it was our fault and as if we placed the wrong order which didn’t happen at all. Won’t be rushing back, didn’t get any apology”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Good to know
- ReservationsWalk-in only
Location
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