Joy Luck Place

My follow-up review for this restaurant. Read my previous review for this restaurant here

This is review #2 for the larger part of the restaurant. Here you order dishes like at your typical Chinese restaurant, rather than just a quick cafe noodle soup bar.

I like to compare this place to Daimo Restaurant in Richmond, CA. Joy Luck is a pricey and upscale restaurant. It’s decorated nicely, and it’s built with a vaulted ceiling so it feels spacious, also due to its large floorspace. Many banquets take place here, and you will frequently find wedding dinners here.

The food is excellent, and some of the best Chinese dishes are offered here. Lotus root soup, shark fin soup, expensive fishes like sea bass, lobster, crab, etc. If you wanted gourmet Chinese food, this is the place to go. You’re not going to be ordering Kung Pao Chicken here, and if you do, you’re wasting your stomach space. Try the seafood, and the exotic dishes you won’t find at your average Chinese restaurant.

Just a soup and two dishes ran me into the $40s. There’s cheaper foods out there, but definitely, the food is well worth the money here. To those of you familiar with Daimo, it’s even more expensive.

This place is hella busy on Sundays. Probably the after church traffic.This is a typical Dim Sum place. Chicken feet, pork buns, sweet tofu, in general the food is ok. The service took long to get me my water because it was so busy.

The food at this place taste very average. Service is ok. Nothing special. This place is getting old but it’s very busy on the weekends because of its location