Funny thing about Huntsville's food scene is that it's really hard to find local spots that 1. Last and 2. Are worth mentioning. But... Where they exist they're embraced. People started mentioning Miso Happy to me a solid year and a half before I finally went. Then it was a... Tsunami. I've always brought no less than 4 people and thrice now there's been groups of teens on tatami mats and gallons of boba. I think what makes Miso Happy is it's ability to be approachable but also fairly authentic in its offerings. This building was... something else. This restaurant used to be called Edo, like the old world Japanese capital and a ton of American Japanese steakhouse across the nation. It looks like a traditional sukiya-zukuri which really has a casual but refined "vibe"... Great for friends and family alike. If you have a group, there's tatami and seiza setting --be advised: drop your shoes and your butt closer to the floor. There's also an embrace of this anime wave as Totoro motif that somehow fits. The staff is inviting and works to accommodate changes as they come up. Now I haven't tried every sushi roll in the place yet but it's reliably fresh and tasty. There's no euphoric or transcendent experience to be had as far as I've experienced BUT... They don't miss, either. There's also donburi and hibachi, bento boxes and lots of "comfortable" dishes to make everybody feel at home. And then there's the ramen. It's among the best in Huntsville... and that's considering even some favorite ramenya in town like Kamado and new comers like Kyuramen. The broths are distinguishable, deeply flavored and has something for just about everyone: shoyu, tonkatsu, beef and veggje/miso options in deep tetsu bowls with a really nice aesthetic. I tried the big wave poke bowl last time and they're also satisfying... Further pushing the idea that Miso Happy is a great Japanese generalist in town. Food: 4.5/5.00 - near tops in the genre locally Atmosphere: 4.25/5.00 - a melding of worlds done well Service: 4.25 - never had a bad visit X-Factor: 4.5 - such a vibe regardless of what you're expecting Overall: 4.375/5.00 Ps: There's a little garden to the left of the entrance that's worth just stopping to admire, especially in good weather. read more

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I'm in town for work and love trying new restaurants. I saw good reviews for this restaurant and that it was Studio Ghibli inspired and knew I had to try it out. The exterior alone is adorable! A traditional Japanese building with little figurines and even a large Totoro in the garden. It felt whimsical and nostalgic. I was seated right away and the staff were incredibly kind and attentive, checking in without being intrusive. The owner even stopped by each table to make sure everything was perfect but didn't linger too long. I started with the takoyaki, and it was one of the best I've ever had. Crispy on the outside, creamy on the inside, and the octopus was tender. The sauce and bonito flakes were just the right amount. For my entree, I ordered the curry chicken katsu lunch special, which comes with a soup or salad. I chose the miso soup since it was cold out and it was absolutely the right choice. The katsu was perfectly crispy and paired beautifully with the rich Japanese curry. I especially loved the big pieces of mushrooms and onions in the curry. Before heading out, I ordered a lychee green tea with boba and lychee jelly to go. The boba was perfect and didn't get tough sitting in the cold drink like some places. 10/10 would go back and would recommend to anyone who is looking for an authentic and fun Japanese restaurant. read more

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Visited this place while out of town. Decided that I wasn't hibachi and this place was near by.The shrimp and chicken hibachi was spot on.

I did a pick up order for lunch today. I have never been here, but searched on restaurants near Walmart and "poof" there it was. I know I was going out to dinner with my husband after work so I didn't want a full meal. Plus, when trying somewhere new l like to test the waters. Boy, was I glad I did. I ordered miso soup and ginger dressing salad. The total bill was less than $8. It was ready and waiting for me as soon as I arrived. When I returned to work and opened my take out bag. Holy Moley! This salad is huge... and fresh! The iceberg lettuce was crunchy, and dressing delicious. The soup was also delicious, hot and generously poured. I highly recommend and I will be back! read more

Miso Happy - Japanese Near Me - Madison, Alabama

I have been here multiple times and this place does not disappoint. The sushi has been consistently good and fresh. The poke bowls are really good also and they don't skimp out on the protein. Kids enjoy the ramen. I would say the ramen is not the best I've ever had but it's not bad either. Service has always been solid and I love the dojo vibes. Prices are very reasonable and on the cheap side for a ramen/sushi place. I highly recommend giving it a try, as for me, I'll continue to be a regular. read more

I was here on a business trip and it was a rainy, cold night. I wanted a warm bowl of ramen after a long day of traveling, and Miso Happy did not disappoint! Upon driving up to the restaurant, it looked like one of those traditional Japanese tea houses. It had Totoro outside with an umbrella, which fit the rainy day that was happening. Inside has a Studio Ghibli theme. Gentle piano music from the movies play in the background, and it has a homey, comforting feel to it. The server was so kind in helping me decide what to get because I haven't been in the area before. Looking at the prices, it was extremely reasonable, especially with the quality of food I got in return. After much consideration and asking for suggestions, I ended up getting the grape green tea, their black tonkotsu ramen, and their strawberry crepe cake. The food came out in a reasonable amount of time. The noodles were the perfect amount of richness and flavor. The noodles were bouncy, chewy, and the perfect compliment to the pork bone soup, which was salty and smooth. The green grape green tea was floral and a refreshing contrast to the hot soup and noodles. The strawberry crepe was a great finale to an already great meal! It had layers of rich creme in between each thin crepe layer. It created a symphony for the mouth as the texture and flavor was out of this world. My expectations were blown out of the water for sure. If I lived nearby, I would be a frequent visitor to this incredible establishment. They have earned their 5/5 star review. read more

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First impressions: The outside area is so cute with the lights and pond. There's a large sushi bar and friendly faces to greet you as you walk in. There's traditional Japanese style seating (very neat experience) with mats on the floor. Our server was very attentive and quick. He noticed me taking pictures of the food and asked to take my phone to take a group photo. We ordered several sushi rolls, comes with soup or salad. Ordered dumplings very good. Ordered Tin... see the picture. It's a chef special, egg cake type dish with crab, onion, egg, a special sauce. Looked great! Ordered the Golden Dragon sushi roll and the Tuna Lovers. Fresh and made to order - I'd be excited to try other rolls as I thought the mango & mango sauce on the dragon roll kind of made it too sweet and mushy. So so far not my favorite sushi in HSV. BUT I'd love to give it another chance with something else off of the menu. Their menu is extensive - hibachi, sushi, noodle dishes, diverse apps, speciality teas, cocktails & so much more! Can't wait to come back and experience more of this great addition to HSV read more

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Really nice place for Asian food. Broad menu covering items from many Asian countries. Great food with wonderful attentive service. The flavor was really good, but they have soy and other sauces available if you prefer a different taste profile. Nice seating with a sushi bar where you can watch your sushi be prepared. I was truly impressed I'll definitely be a regular. read more

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What went well? Everything. The food, atmosphere are were to enhance your dining experience. Very much impressed and will return! I was hungry or would have taken pictures. read more

The food was delicious. Service was amazing and it looks really nice. I ordered the beef curry lunch bento. The miso soup was probably one of the best I have ever had. And the curry was very rich and the beef had amazing texture. The dumplings where so soft with a crisp where if felt like it melted in your mouth and you could really taste the vegetables in it which was great. The crab rangoons were soft and so flavorful and delicious. Overall highly recommend. Also everyone was so polite and kind. The food came out quite as well. read more

Miso Happy - Beef curry lunch bento - Japanese Near Me - Madison, Alabama

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I was blessed to have lived in Japan for 3.5 years, and came back with a wealth of recipes and appreciation for Japanese culture and food! That being said, if I'm craving take-out, specifically Asian cuisine, I'm going to go to Miso Happy! Everything is fresh and delicious, service is impeccable and full of genuine people! Love the eclectic decor, and even the seating on the floor (which drums up fond memories)! The prices are fair, service is great, and the food is spot on! read more

We had the sushi and it was good. The yellowtail jalapeño appetizer is delicious with mangos on the side, Godzilla roll was amazing & can't go wrong with eel sushi & ginger salads. Love the front entrance with the koi pond! You should try this place! read more

Miso Happy - Godzilla roll, eel sushi, yellowtail jalapeño app & ginger salads Really enjoyed this place for lunch. Good service & good sushi! - Japanese Near Me - Madison, Alabama

Visiting family and they were excited to take us here, we were not disappointed. The ambiance of the place is fun anime culture even with a robot that delivers the food. The staff were very friendly and the prices were very affordable for a large party with plenty of food (we had leftovers). The rolls were good with fresh ingredients. The sushi rice was very good, enough that we noticed it. The teriyaki was not very sweet and had a nice umami. The bento boxes had a nice assortment of items and included a miso soup or salad, as did the other lunch specials. Everything was fresh, balanced, not too salty or sweet. Everyone enjoyed their meals and for the family we were visiting Miso Happy is a regular place they visit. We recommend it for anyone looking for a fun place, with good food, at affordable prices. read more

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The service here is impeccable! Every single time we grab food from this restaurant, the workers are sooo kind! It feels so homey being that they're so sweet. They're so generous with their food! I was going here often when I was trying to build my milk supply to breastfeed. Their soups were really good & I always asked for extra egg and extra pork. It's fairly quiet & there's a decent size area to dine in but I wouldn't necessarily recommend for extremely big parties. read more

Miso Happy - Japanese Near Me - Madison, Alabama

As an asian man from california who eats asian foods daily i will say from the asian perspective its kind of mid takoyaki didnt really have much flavor in my opinion, i mean the miso soup had more flavor lol. Moving on to the chicken katsu curry the curry itself was surprisingly good i do wish the onion were cooked a bit more but im not stranger to onions on the raw side i honestly wish there was more onions LOL. The rice was great pretty sticky had 0 problems eating it with chopsticks so thats a big plus. Lastly the chicken katsu itself prior to throwing curry all over the chicken i gave the katsu a taste test i will say flavor was there but the crunch was not def did not feel like there was enough panko on the chicken so i was slightly disappointed. Overall service was pretty good waiter was on top of it & tables were bussed pretty quick when someone left as far as the meal itself it will only get 3 big booms unfortunately. I enjoyed the minecraft playlist they had playing! read more

Miso Happy - Takoyaki & chicken katsu curry - Japanese Near Me - Madison, Alabama

Service and food was on point! We were a party of 8 and the bill was under $200 (including tip). Not one left hungry read more

May 2025: Gee I been here 3 times in 5 months. Cute poi ponds in front! Ramp on far right for wheel chair customers to avoid the stairs . Very difficult to find venue? Japanese (miso soup) Miso Happy taste excellent! . Get all praise here, love that robot waiter that brings out your food on right side of restaurant: left side is a sushi bar & adult beverages . Trying to reduce my intake (appetizers endemame, miso soup, avacado salad covered with avocados: tried excellent Tanpura w/ veggies ) Had Ahi Salad main dish using chop sticks: had scallops dinner also chop sticks used on the white rice. 2 ppl ate so well: we rolled out of there, Hard to find venue but we will return: becoming 1 of our favorite dining venues! read more

Great Lunch Spot. Clean and genuine folks. Dish tasted fresh and, at time of posting, a 98 health rating. read more

Miso Happy - Lunch Chicken Teriyaki - Japanese Near Me - Madison, Alabama

Great experience and the food was delicious. Loved the little robot that drives around delivering your food. read more

Amazing food and service! The best sushi and boba we've had in a while The atmosphere is perfect and the low tables made it a neat experience. read more

I wanted to try this since it just opened. First impression - it's cute... but that's about it. As my friend was funny enough to point out we left miso happy as miso sad. We were seated and it took a while for anyone to come and take even a drink order. They had lunch specials so we thought that was a good choice. I went for the bento box. This was a bad choice. First of all the menu says add 2 sides for $3. But somehow a lunch special with a drink ended up being $29. NOPE. The food had several problems. The meat was overcooked and bland. The restaurant smelled very "fishy". The sushi didn't taste fresh, so I guess that's why it smelled like old fish. The salad was only lettuce with some dressing. Skip their fried rice. I was annoyed it had eggs in it. But also the fried rice didn't have anything else in it and lacked flavor. I wanted to try the Thai tea, and that was bad too. It's powder. Not real Thai tea. They use crystal boba, not the normal brown tapioca. Will I be back? No. Probably not. read more

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The most amazing poke bowl ... omg Great service! Will def be back! This will likely be one of my favorite spots read more

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Food was amazing. Service as well. Love the beautiful decorations on outside of building read more

Miso Happy - Japanese Near Me - Madison, Alabama

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I do not want to criticize anyone's cooking, but if you are charging money for what they make and serve customers, I do not agree that they serve good food. I do not see anything Japanese in this restaurant, because you're expecting something Japanese to be at the Japanese restaurant and not being served any Japanese food, I'd be very sad. Well, that's how I felt when I came here. You need to improve your taste more if you want to call your restaurant as Japanese, or if you want to serve Japanese food, you have to do better than what you are serving today. read more

Hi, my name is Ayaka Vulva the III. I love the sushi here! the food is great. I love miso happy! It makes me so happy! Love the noodles the service here is grewt Yum! The ambiance is so slay Miss Ckal and queeennsnsnsnsnsnnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsn! We hate the uglies at Old Red but y'all slay like Ms Marvel at Ple navy Bye! It was great 5 stars Is this place tuff in India? read more

Miso Happy - Is this tuff in India? - Japanese Near Me - Madison, Alabama

Sushi was very good! We had the Manhattan Roll and Golden Dragon Roll. Service was good. read more

Miso Happy - Golden Dragon Roll - Japanese Near Me - Madison, Alabama

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This is the best place for poke bowl and boba!! It was very affordable compared to many others with high quality ingredients! The atmosphere was SPECTACULAR!!! The plants, the lights, the Totoro decorations, everything was cute!! The Hawaii Poke Bowl was delicious, I recommend coming here with friends!! Coming here was such an experience, I've never seen a place like this in Huntsville. I can't wait to come back to try something else yummy! Also, the pink to go bag was adorable and for free! read more

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Solid. So much food I had to get a to-go box. Friendly robot delivered part of my order. Bento box was a win. Boba tea was wayyy too sweet. Not quite a 5 bug better than a 4 so rounded up. Will definitely go again! read more

Was in the mood for ramen for lunch while visiting family. I wasn't sure where to go but this showed up close by on Yelp! The waiter was friendly and welcoming and seemed sincerely happy to serve us. Being Miyazaki fans, we appreciated the adorable Totoro theme which made us so happy! We ordered Jasmine tea and the Tonkatsu Ramen and it was served with choice of miso soup or salad as a side. I loved the salad with the delicious tangy dressing and my daughter loved the miso soup. So glad I found this lovely restaurant that we brought the whole family when we went back for dinner before I left town. Once again, a great experience. They also had cute Miso Happy t-shirts for sale and I am very happy with mine. Will be back again! read more

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Are here many times the Food and service is always great. Love the little To go bags too.

The service was super quick. The crab ragroons were amazing. Everything was cooked well. The restaurant was clean and adorable. I would recommend. 10/10 read more

Miso Happy - Sesame Chicken with white rice and vegetables. It also came with choice of soup or salad. - Japanese Near Me - Madison, Alabama

The food was alright, but the portions were a bit small for the price. I had the steak, and it was cooked well, but it didn't blow me away. The atmosphere was okay, but it was a little too noisy for my liking. I think there are better options nearby. read more

Miso Happy - Japanese Near Me - Madison, Alabama

Service is 5*****. Servers are friendly and attentive. I give an A for the customer service as well as The look and feel inside of this restaurant. As for the food, I couldn't have high expectations because I eat Japanese food all the time, but I'd say the food here is decent to what you can get in the South. But If I come here again, I wanna try their ramen. read more

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Cutest little place! Went for a quick little dinner. Tried the garlic edamame and a few sushi rolls. Edamame was served cold, weird, but it was still good! Shrimp tempura roll, spicy cali roll, and spicy tuna roll did not disappoint! They were all very delicious, tasted really fresh. Spicy tuna was the best. Will definitely be back to try ramen, curry, and boba! read more

Miso Happy - Shrimp tempura. Spicy Cali. Spicy tuna - Japanese Near Me - Madison, Alabama

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Hi! My name is Vulva! This place is the BOMB! It's so yum! The miso soup here makes miso happy! The service here is very great! The water tasted delicious! My server at this delicious Japanese cuisine was Miss Ayaka and she make the most BOMB miso happy! The ambiance was good because I licked all the soup up after slurping all of the noodle on the plate! This is even better than my former favorite rest, Kinnard and Drakes 1830 chophouse! Ole red's feces spread bagels make miso MAD! read more

Scallops were cooked nicely and seemed fresh. But the steak was too tough to eat. They replaced it with chicken and that made my wife throw up and diarrhea all night. I tried a few pieces of the chicken and it seemed mushy. Seems the meats were not fresh at all. Guess we're not recommending this place. read more

Poke bowl was terrific, but looking forward to the ramen. Service was great. Cute little place for Saturday dinner with the family. Will definitely go back. read more

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We loved our first meal here! I had the miso ramen and hubs had the lunch bento box with salmon. The ramen broth was rich and delicious. The pork chashu was a generous portion and tasty. We also shared a pot of honey green tea. It was sweetened perfectly. read more

Miso Happy - Lunch bento box with salmon - Japanese Near Me - Madison, Alabama

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Such a great atmosphere and the food was absolutely delicious! The server was attentive and kind. I'll definitely recommend this restaurant to my friends. read more

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My mind has been altered, unfortunately. After 9 visits, I'm breaking up with Miso UNhappy right now. It's simple, to the tall, male, deep voice, so obvy-manager- you're incredible rudeness and the eye roll I received for asking you to please fill up my $6 cup of Taro milk tea & giving me an incorrectly and sloppily made spicy tuna roll, is the reason. Look I spend, due to your high prices,$36-$38 per order of 3 small items each visit, $20 of that is on the two small sushi rolls I order, right? This guy tries to give me less than 3/4 cup of a taro milk tea-that doesn't fly with me. I with respect & a smile asked him to please fill my cup and his reply "it's because you don't get ice," SO WHAT! I'm a customer & it's MY preference. I just happen to be someone that hates when my drinks turn to water when loaded down with ice and since milk tea is technically milk+milk powder flavor, it doesn't taste well when it all turns to water. And did I happen to mention that I'M PAYING FOR IT? (The female is typically friendlier). So this guy argued with me, rolled his eyes, huffed & puffed (no lie-he did all of this), stopped speaking to me and then proceeded to try to open the sealed cup with a dirty, unsanitary pair of scissors he took out of a cup near the register WITH A $!??&&*!! attitude- just because I won't let you screw me & my hard earned money over??? The lm called over a server since he was so annoyed and in less than 2 seconds, the server corrected it but the manager was pissed....still And there was absolutely no apology made to me. He brought my cold food out to me, handed it to me, rolled his eyes STILL mad... wait, why you mad for??? Again? (As they'd ask in the city). So, in the end, me & my friends and any visiting family will not bother you until you come correct. I can get low grade, expensive, sushi at a thousand other places minus the unnecessary attitude. I gave credit where it was due to the flavor of the milk tea & the original spicy tuna roll. The crepe cake is dry & simply doesn't taste good. read more

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