Joyful Chinese - Auckland

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. <br/ <br/ 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.<br/ <br/ 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.<br/ <br/  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.