What a wonderful spot! Pretty unassuming, but the food is GOOD! The banana flower salad was completely new to us and so refreshing. The curry soup is something I haven’t seen before. It was tasty and filling. The Thai iced tea was perfectly balanced, with just the right amount of sugar and caffeine. Everything was clearly freshly made with fresh, quality ingredients. Great prices and large portions. A simple joy. 100% recommend.
Good Pho that I had, for $16.50. I recommend the dish. I had their pasta dishes before, and I would recommend as well. All Vegan food.
The best mapo tofu I've ever had! All the food is delicious, with so many options and different cuisines. We visited twice while staying in Honolulu, and I was impressed with the speed of service and how hot and fresh all the dishes were.
We had the Vegetable tempura which came with a side of a sweet and spicy sauce. The crispy tofu in the tempura was really good!
For the main course, we ordered the Joy noodle soup and Puttanesca pasta. The soup was the best noodle soup my wife and I have ever had. The serving size is also pretty big so we had to pack the pasta and it tasted okay when cold. But we're definitely going back for the soup.
They have a few parking spots at the back of the building, so do check that out before trying to find roadside parking.
Was amazed at the selection at this fully vegan eatery! Not just Vietnamese food but also Thai, Western, and more. The banh xeo and banh mi were delicious. Nice to eat off real dishes, a bit hard to find in Hawaii!
Maybe the best vegan food on Oahu, definitely among my favorite vegan restaurants!! It’s such a joy to be able to order off an entire great menu without having to worry about looking for the vegan section. The Banana Flower salad is a fantastic starter, I love #42 The Spring Roll Noodle and #24 Joy Noodle Soup. But I don’t think you can go wrong anywhere on the menu. Super friendly staff!! Thank you Simple Joy for being a delicious vegan restaurant!!
Food is really good. Hell yeah, cozy little restaurant, the staff are polite and just I said, the food is really really good. My food was brought pretty fast. Ambiance wise it's good and A.C temperature was also moderate, neither too cold nor hot. Dishes and cutlery were spotless. Over all a really nice place to bring friends or perhaps even eat alone.
Amazing vegan food with lots of options.
A simple, basic restaurant but the food was all so good!
We had the veggie clay pot, dumplings, pumpkin soup and fresh sugar cane juice - all was amazing and absolutely order again.
They were also very accommodating with changes, such as steaming instead of deep frying the dumplings.
Highly recommend, regardless if you are vegan or not.
Everything was delicious! Even for my husband, that is a meat eater! I want to go back and try other dishes.
We had the soondubu and kimchi which was very good comes in a hot clay pot, the Mongolian dish, Tom yum soup, and fried rice we were able to tell them to make it without mushrooms which they were able to accommodate us. Everything was tasty and flavorful. Most dishes range from 11-17$. Our meal was about $60 plus drinks which isn't too bad at all. Soups are sizeable as well. The sugarcane juice was really good as well. Parking can be extremely hard thankfully there were a few free metered parking spaces close by that were free. Excellent service and food.
Great place for Vegan dining (even if you aren't).
I went in expecting to ask the classic question "is it vegan?" but I was pleasantly surprised as soon as I sat down to see the cover over the menu saying ALL ITEMS ARE VEGAN!!! Total win.
So much good food to pick from on the menu. I went for the quesadilla (which was amazing) and the Simple Joy Soup (again a great choice).
Service was great since I was the only dine-in customer.
The only down-side of the whole experience was the temperature of the dining room. I asked if the AC was broken when I was paying the check and the response was disheartening. The AC only gets turned on for dinner service right now so that they can keep cost down. So, I beg anyone reading this to go get your meals at Simple Joy so they can turn AC on during the day. Maybe it won't be so dang hot the next time I want to eat some great Vegan food.
Amaaaazing! This place is sooo good! The Boco Moco is so delicious, I’ve never had vegan eggs before but I was very pleasantly surprised! The veggie bahn mi was also quite good as were their spring rolls. The broth in the wonton soup was perfect. I wasn’t crazy about the flavor of the wontons themselves but my husband really liked them so I guess it’s just a matter of preference. Will be coming here again. FYI they do have parking in the back of the restaurant so don’t park in the street and pay the meter like we did.
A lucky find by BFF who reads Crave diligently. Variety, creativity, tastes all excellent. Enjoyed the Shrimp Nest; Summer Roll, Spring Roll, and the highlight: Banana Flower Salad. So many flavors and textures.
A truly “simple joy” for every single item in the menu is derived of plants.
Great food and friendly service. I think everything is vegan. Location requires parking up the road, at least for us, but that’s normal for Honolulu.
THIS PLACE IS AWESOME!! They give you a pitcher of water so you don't have to passive aggressively stare at the waiter for them to refill your cup (s). The food is also fantastic and the menu is a bit odd in that it has variety from multiple cuisines but the food is great. The waitress I had the first time went above and beyond and you could tell that she really cared about the restaurant and the diner's experience.
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Extensive vegetarian menu, a few favorites are clay pot sensation, chow fun, Thai curry. Food is tasty & served hot. Street parking w/additional behind restaurant via driveway👍💚
We have tried the food two times so far and had great experience both the times - their vegetable fried rice is simply very good 👍 We also liked other items we ordered.
Pad Thai is really good. It’s vegan and vegetarian restaurant with lots of food options and different variety of cuisine. Highly recommend it
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