My friend Alex works here. He's cool. I always come here when I don't feel like driving far and I order peking duck takeaway everytime. Never dissapoints.
Great Chinese restaurant in Epsom. While service is a bit of hit and miss (no, you don't go to Asian restaurants for fantabulous customer service), their dishes are tasty.
I enjoyed going to Joyful Chinese Restaurant both for lunch and dinner, but avoiding Saturdays, during the lunar festivals & the few weeks before & after the Lunar New Year, when there are too many customers and the service is slow. Customers are very often recommended over-priced dishes.
For a light lunch, Won-ton soup, Lettuce wrap with duck, smoked fish, pork &jellyfish, together with stir-fried rice noodle with beef, will be enough for a table of 4. For desserts, its deep-fried ice-cream & toffee banana with ice-cream are good.
Today, we had a Tuesday dinner with some friends. We had a cold platter (with smoked fish, boneless duck feet & sesame & chilli hoof), vinegar hock & eggs, spare-ribs with salt & pepper, pork liver with vegetable, and deep-fried egg-plant.
Joyful's food standard is consistent and it's a restaurant I won't feel embarrassed to take friends to when they ask specifically for having Chinese food. (Food - 4/5; Service - 4/5; Ambience - 4/5)
Went with friends on a wet Friday night . Lots of Chinese people there. Had the $38 banquet as couldn't be bothered really choosing . It was very satisfactory - lots of food and good service, Would return again quite soon. The $38 menu includes duck.
This is a lovely restaurant, I have never dined in before but I get take-away from here now and then. The food is yummy, I really love the Lemon Chicken on Rice and recommend this to anyone. The service we get from take-away is good and quick, overall I think the food tastes good and it's not badly priced either.
Great food. Hostess was great. Prices for mains were on average $7.00 higher than those stated above. Our mains were $20 to $25. Bit of a trap for the unwary. Someone needs to update this
Went there to celebrate a birthday. group of about 12 of us. Preordered Peking Duck. Quality was good. Other food also good and quite tasty.
Only downsides:
1) Space. Lots of tables packed into quite a small space. We were at one of the larger tables (upstairs). Not a lot of manoeuvring room.
2) Some of the dishes were a bit over salted or has too much MSG.
Had a birthday dinner with 10 friends last night. The food are great. I am from Canton. The Cantonese food here is the one of the best Chinese restaurants in Auckland. The service are very nice and friendly. My husband’s non-Chinese colleagues love the dishes too. The peking duck is so good. I love the sauce so much and no one take photos( lol). Last night the restaurant was full house, so the space was a bit small for a big table. next time I might choose lunch time to come or dinner in weekdays.
Celebrated my friend’s birthday here. Everything was so delicious and service was impeccable!
As a Cantonese, I can assure that this is one of the best Cantonese restaurants you can find in town. Always come back when my stomach is feeling a bit homesick 😋
Prompt service, authentic Chinese decor, friendly staff. My Sizzling Beef in black bean sauce & rice was delicious.
Very reasonable price. We ordered snapper fish and chips. It was big and yum!
Very authentic hongkong style chinese food. Love this place!
Friendly service plus good food
Amazing food, best Chinese restaurant ever!!
Initially I did not like going there due to the sole Cantonese cuisine given that I am from Singapore. However, after going there a couple of times, i realised how niche this outlet is in terms of quality and medium portion Cantonese fare which feature both lunch and dinner menus.
I ordered the sweet and sour fish with rice; yummy dinner. Lovely cozy venue with friendly staff. I would recommend parking in Inverary Ave. Would return again to order more.
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