Joyful Chinese Dining

Fast and friendly service with fairly decent Chinese food compared to some other local restaurants.
Tired the Mongolian Beef and Hunan Spicy Two, both were very delicious.
The beef was tender but a little salty.
The Hunan was likewise tasty but not very spicy, maybe a 1 or 2.
Will certainly put Joyful on my list of regular places to eat.

Great Chinese restaurant! Went with my usual chicken & broccoli and it was very good. Really liked the sauce they used. I’ll be back for sure!

Lunch is a very good value. Dinners are over priced. Some of the staff speak very little English. One woman in particular doesn’t understand anything! She often works the phones to take orders. Haha! Interesting. So usually the order needs to be repeated back about five times. They are not open on Sundays. Food is pretty tasty but not worth the dinner prices they charge.

Love the shrimp and lobster sauce. Shrimp stuffed Eggplant so good. The moo shoo pork was flavorful with crisp veggies and yummy crepes. Combo fried rice was really tasty.

Delicious! ! Clean restaurant. Traditional atmosphere. The staff is exceptional with sevice and wonderfully pleasant. Food is light… not heavy or oily. Chow mein… delightful! Thank you for a wonderful meal.

Without a doubt the best 10 dollars I’ve spent on food, great portions to price ratio and excellent food quality, I will continue being a regular

So so good! Some of the best Chinese we’ve found in Scottsdale I highly recommend it!

What can I say? My sister told me about this place and I wasn’t sure as it’s located in a nondescript strip mall shopping center. Don’t let that fool you or the modest décor. It is insane ! I call it crack Chinese because I cannot get enough of it! I have a bunch of co workers hooked too. The moo goo gai pan is great… chicken cope suey with super fresh vegetables. To die for. This is the most authentic Chinese I’ve ever had. I’m there three to four times a week!

After several months of trying to find good Chinese food, I was so happy to try this place last night. I stopped in for take out on my way home and within a few minutes, I was happily on my way with fresh, hot food. The veggie spring rolls were crisp and light. Kung pao beef was tasty, with tender slices of beef — I would have liked it spicier so next time I’ll ask, but it was good nonetheless. Chow mein and bok choy with mushrooms were both yummy. If you’re in the area, this place is definitely worth trying.

Best Chinese food in town, period. The food is always fresh, the dining room is always clean, the service is impeccable and the waitresses always pleasant. I really can’t say enough about joyful! You’d think I was paid to write this review but truth is the food is just fantastic. At this point it’s the only Chinese place I go. Whenever I get the chance I bring my friends and family; every person I’ve brought has loved it. Also extremely cheap prices which is crazy considering if they charged 400 $ per Kung pow two Id still go there every week. Joyful is a go to place for any occasion. Much like a fine cigar joyful is relaxing and full of amazing flavor. So next time your thinking of enjoying a cigar on the balcony; think again. Think joyful.

I was being super lazy tonight and ordered grubhub delivery from joyful dining tonight. I was a little skeptical based on some other previous reviews, but live very close to the location and was interested in trying it anyways. I will tell you I ordered the crap puffs, crispy duck with fried rice and barbecue pork slices… They were cooked perfectly and tasted amazing! I was hesitant on the way I would have received my food, but when it was delivered to my location the duck and crab puffs were still crisp! And everything was still warm! They did an amazing job! Everything tasted fresh and had very good flavors I would honestly recommend this place to anyone and will come back again! This is the longest review I’ve ever made because I really felt like this please deserves it! :)

Went there after reading the reviews with a hankering for some great Chinese food! I got take out and it took only about 10 minutes!
So, Great selection of Asian cuisines including Chinese and Thai. Food is tasty and served right from the wok. The lunch combos were particularly good and an excellent value… highly recommended

We’ve eaten here 3 times now and haven’t been disappointed yet. We’ve tried their Kung Pao Beef, Egg Foo Young and their General Tsos which were all good.

My daughter and I ordered take out only on a few occasions, each time wishing it would rise to the level of our native San Francisco favorites. Alas, it did not, and perhaps that is an unfair comparison. Bottom line, on the 3 times we ordered to go, the orders were incorrect when we arrived home. The food seems to be fresh, but the preparations are not consistent, nor are they authentic Chinese. Bland and Scottsdalian. I suppose the great reviews here, may be warranted my Mid-​western snow birds who don’t know better. I am not sure great Chinese food exists in Scottsdale.

I live nearby and have been to this restaurant many times.
The food — good — always tasty and I can recommend the sweet and sour soup, tofu vegetables, pork and vegetables, beef and broccoli — never had a bad dish here.
The service — better to do take-​out than dine-​in. They don’t have a lot of help so you wait a long time. This might be a family business. I’m not sure. But if you call in your order, they have it ready fast.

Nothing Joyful about it. Worst I’ve had in years. The restaurant is in a failing strip mall. No windows, dark and dingy and it smelled of Pine sol. Staff did not greet us with a smile (I can’t blame them, maybe too depressed). We went at lunchtime and the place was empty — save for one table. I ordered the Kung Pao as a safe bet. The chicken was hard and rubbery, the sauce was salty — tasted mostly like soy sauce. I thought maybe it was just me, so I took the rest home for my husband. He said it was «inedible». Then I told him where I went and he said «I could have told you that, that place is awful».
My friend ordered the Shrimp in Lobster sauce, she said it was ok, but she would never go back. The egg rolls were soggy and greasy and the fried rice was non nondescript. I have no idea why anyone would give this place 5 stars! I know it’s been around a while — maybe they are regulars.

Went there for lunch… YUCK! This is the worst «Chinese“I have had in a long time. I got the Hunan chicken and it was horrible. The chicken was chewy and hard. The sauce was salty and greasy. The egg roll was a mushy mess and tasted like it had been frozen. The service was not very good either.
Either I have higher expectations of food than others that reviewed, or I might have caught them on a bad day.

I’m typically not a Chinese food eater, but my fiancé loves it. This place is good overall. We do takeout, so I can’t speak on eating in. The food is fresh and portions are very good.
My only complaint is that it seems a bit overpriced but it’s worth it. For a picky Chinese eater, I won’t go anywhere else.

The food here rocks. It’s a mom-​and-​pop shop & they r really-​really nice people. The only drawback is that there are no windows on the inside so take out is my favorite thing to do. Portion are healthy, taste is good and price rivals that of a meal at mcdonalds. Totally recommend!

Joyful is a great place to go for some good Chinese food. It’s located in a small shopping center along with a dry cleaners, a gas station and a few other mom and pop places.
Every time I go to Joyful I always enjoy my meals. I usually go for dinner and get their chow mien dinner special, which comes with chow mien (obviously), egg fried rice, a vegetable egg roll and two tempura shrimp. Their Joyful house chicken is also very delicious. It has just the right amount of batter on it, and is fried to crispy perfection. The Chinese food has never been sub par, and always tastes like its made to order. You can also hear the chefs in the back cooking your meal as the order is given to them, so no worries about freshness.
They also serve Thai cuisine. I’ve had some of their curries, and although they are good, they’re not the greatest Thai curries I’ve had. However, that being said, my rating for Joyful still stays at a four star, because it is a Chinese eatery, not a Thai joint.
Probably the only downside to Joyful would be the interior seating, as it is very dated, dark and silent – except for the Asian television that the owners and employees sit down and watch in their down time. The service is alright, as the waitresses (I’m assuming they’re all family) don’t speak much English and seem to hover over your table as you’re holding conversation. It’s not terribly bothersome though.
If you’re looking for a quiet, moderately-​priced place to get un-​overdramatized Chinese food, joyful is the place to go.