The food is always delicious; however, that never makes up for the fact that you always have to wait well over an hour for your food, even though they tell you food will be ready in 45-50 minutes. I tried giving them the benefit of the doubt but it has now been 4 different times where I had to wait 90 minutes for my food. They should just be honest at time of order of how long the wait will be so that you can make an informed decision about waiting or ordering from Joy Wah.

Food was terrible, it was so greasy the bag it came in was saturated with grease. PU PU platter was filled up with chicken nuggets, fried shrimp was like a thick greasy donut. The egg roll was dripping of grease and no idea what the filling was. Sweet and sour soup no flavor what so ever. Chef special S10 the chicken really salty and no Hunan style flavor at all. We did complain and returned our food and got our money back.This place is take out only at this time.

This was our first time visiting. We had a great dinner at Joy Wah. The hostess was very welcoming. We had prompt service from our waitress. We orderd a mix of appetizers and cocktails. The food was fresh and delicious. We loved the setting being in an old house on the river. Our daughter enjoyed it too. We will be back.

We have driven past Joy Wah many times over the last decade and finally gave it a try this past weekend. Given the mixed reviews I saw on Yelp, I was hopeful but did not set my expectations very high. As others have said, the decor is a bit dated but the restaurant was clean. The river view made up for the outdated decor. I made a reservation as recommended by the website since we had a party of 6. Several tables were occupied but there seemed to be plenty of availability. We were seated immediately and our waiter asked us what beverages we wanted. He took our order and the food came out efficiently and piping hot. We ordered egg rolls and vegetable potstickers for appetizers. Both were delicious. The dumplings came with a yummy dipping sauce. I tried to choose items that were more authentic/home style or items that my family usually orders at a Chinese restaurant in NYC Chinatown. Entrees included pork fried rice (no soy sauce), scallops with pea pods with ginger/scallion, walnut prawns, bean curd with vegetables, chow mei fun (aka subgum rice noodles), and sesame chicken (for the kids). The waiter was very accommodating as I asked for “white” fried rice (no soy sauce), the mei fun which I did not see on the menu and less sodium in all the dishes. Everything was delicious. My only negative comment is that the sauce in the bean curd dish was too salty. Other than that, we were all impressed with the quality of the food and had leftovers. Our interactions with other employees were positive as well. One of the female employees let my kids keep some Christmas origami decorations they saw by the Christmas tree up front. Another lady appreciated my kids’ admiring her goldfish tank. We had a great experience and will be back soon!