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Joy Restaurant in Foster City is a two star Chinese restaurant. This restaurant is inexpensive.
4.0 of 5 stars.
Authentic chinese food that's good and comes in good portions and is reasonably priced. simple as that. If you want some especially chinese, try the hand cut noodles or the shanghai soup dumplings....
yelp.com - user review - 10/16/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Not great but not bad!We tried the Beancurd/Bamboo shoot/Mushroom appetizer, XLB, and Scallion pancake. The XLB was pretty decent with its thin skin/wrap and juicy inner. The XLB here is much better...
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
After a few failed attempts at bringing mom to western style restaurants:"This is so expensive, we could have fed an army instead. A big one. Communist, not American!" "Aiya, their food is so salty I...
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Outside of my mom's house, this is my favorite place for Taiwanese grub. It's also one of the only places you'll find me ordering everything in Chinese. I don't even know what some of the dishes I get...
yelp.com - user review - 09/29/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
WHAT A MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT!!! Joy Restaurant has been a famous place and We've been there a couple times. This time, however, totally changed our view. The food was extremely salty. We actually need...
yelp.com - user review - 09/23/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Nice place for authentic Taiwanese-style breakfast with Chinese-style xiao long bao and hand-cut noodles (ok it's brunch) thrown in on a Saturday morning. glutinous rice rolls (with shredded pork and...
yelp.com - user review - 09/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like this place...the waiter was helpful and took his time to explain all the dishes we ordered (unusual) for a Chinese restaurant. They usually wants to just take your order and then slap the food...
yelp.com - user review - 09/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Love this restaurant. It is very clean with friendly staff. My fav dishes as of now are- (Dong-Po Stew Fatty Pork); Each piece of pork are tie w/ a string, stew and steam to a point each bit would...
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Wow... I've not been this unimpressed with basic Chinese food since I went to Rickshaw ( http://www.yelp.com/biz/rickshaw-corner-restaurant-foster-city ). At least Rickshaw tasted good.The reason 5...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I would say that have of the dishes were good and the other half were so-so. The veggies we had were good, the chicken was a bit dry and not much flavor. The potstickers were good but greasy and the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
so...this is a place where JS and i used to go all the time...partly cuz it's owned by his friend's family...and because of the "lion head" meatball thingie.my opinion? uh..that meatball thingie is a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I came here expecting more, since the reviews on yelp here are so stellar...well, guess I can't really trust my fellow yelpers anymore :(We had seats quickly, ordered quickly (after we decided), and...
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We just finished a nice, long workday lunch here and the atmosphere, good food and company made us want to linger over the food, keep refilling our tea cups and just hang out. As soon as we sat down...
yelp.com - user review - 08/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's been a while since I made the trek back to Joy and i wanted to see how things were after the remodel.The restaurant is much larger now and looks more upscale. We were lucky and got a table for...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Been here a few times the last few weeks. The restaurant is clean and looks great .We had various dishes, such as the hand cut noodles with satay sauce, green beans with pork, mao pao stinky tofu,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I dont know where to start, this place had over 170 reviews and four stars, but I was just disappointed all around.Someone had commented previously about slow service...yup we experienced that. They...
yelp.com - user review - 07/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
4.5 starsin the middle of nowhere, but known for Taiwanese sunday brunchsweet soy milk with donut -- tastes fresh and lightpan fried dumplings -- fried all at once -- oily but nicepork belly buns --...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have just become a fan after having their homemade noodle soup. The soup was tasty. Noodles were different but yummy..sorrta chewy but good! This place is so close to home!! Look forward to try...
yelp.com - user review - 07/20/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I went here quite a few times.The food is good.The service is terrible. Food takes forever, and after you get seated it can take forever for them to take your order.I stopped going after the last time...
yelp.com - user review - 07/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Their food is DELICIOUS!! I've been going to Joy since I moved to the bay area from Chicago about 12 years ago. I used to live in San Mateo and went to Joy often. Now that I live in San Francisco,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My friends took me to this amazing gem in the middle of nowhere on July 4th. Trust my hard working Chinese people to be open on a holiday. Thank goodness because otherwise I would have had to wait for...
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Had dinner here awhile back and surprised the food was ok. I used to live in Foster city yrs ago and this restautant was just terrible back then!! Yelp wasn't around back then or I would've given them...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Boy oh boy! Joy is so delicious! Yes, it is out in the burbs. It sorta is out in the middle of nowhere with a splendid view of the San Mateo Bridge and the waterfront...actually waterfront property....
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Most of the reviewers on here seem to have loved this restaurant. This was the worst restaurant I've eaten at all year. And I'm not a picky food snob. Did I actually go to the same restaurant as the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Another great strip mall restaurant in the burbs!We ate well: Smoked pork sauteed w/leeks, giant lion's head meatballs, some kind of tasty chow fun, snow pea shoots, and the best potstickers I've...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Joy used to be a small restaurant with great food.Since the expansion, the food has changed a bit. Everything tastes a little more bland than it used to, especially the Beef and Broccoli.The hot and...
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When I came to work today, I was a bit dismayed that we were going to a Chinese restaurant for lunch because I ran 4 miles this morning. However, the food was so good that it was worth gaining back...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I ordered take out. I got the mu shu noodles - wonderful and tasty.I got the shanghai Dumplings - very goodI got the potstickers - definitely worth the wait. Lion's head meatballs - very goodGreen...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you don't want the usual, boring Chinese fare, this is the place to try! There were quite a few dishes which I have not had before, or are a variation of what I'm used to.Apparently, this place is...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Man. This place is pretty damn good. I came with two other friends and the food as so good that we ate more than we normally do. The stinky tufo was really good especially with rice. And the dumplings...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Hmmm, seriously? The best hand cut noodles ever? They were so tough and starchy. Cut way too thick, the texture is almost like shanghai rice cake, devoid of the slightly chewy but never hard to...
yelp.com - user review - 06/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Finally, a non-Canto alternative to the bay area. I don't know how this place eluded me for so long but I've been enamored with it since eating there at my friend's wedding reception.The place serves...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
it's stinky.it's dirty.but it's SO GOOOOOOOOD.order the cho doh-fu (stinky tofu) fried or steamed as an appetizer.follow it by an order of the beef noodle soup.then weigh yourself down with more carbs...
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the best Chinese restaurants in the SF Bay Area (or at least between Palo Alto and SF!). Really authentic and delicious food. Clientele was all Chinese. Friendly owner who helped us serve...
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
There's an item here on the chef's specials menu that is an absolute must.You'll find it on the pink piece of paper inside the regular menu (after you turn the cover over)...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Any place that offers multiple ways of making stinky tofu deserves 5 stars. Make sure you order off their secret menu. The food rocks - it's as good as the places down in so cal. Prices are decent....
yelp.com - user review - 05/12/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the best Taiwanese restaurant that I have been to in the Bay Area. There aren't many of these places up here but so far this is the spot to go. Since I am fat and poor I am not Taiwanese....
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
yuuum! the green beans were super delicious, mu shu hand cut noodles, beef noodle soup, shanghainese juicy dumplings, fried dumplings, soy milk with "fried donut"....so good. the onion pancake wasn't...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Very good restaurant. We ordered some pretty standard Taiwanese dishes (beef noodle soup, mustard greens with rice cakes, spicy wontons, scallion pancake) and everything was delicious. The scallion...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
i have been coming here for about 10 years now seems like. if you want authentic northern style food, this is the place. this "whole in the wall" isn't quite the find it used to be since it moved...
yelp.com - user review - 04/04/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this place is pretty authentic for taiwanese style... so i have been told.. but i like how its cleaner and the xiao long bao are really good here!i just like it because they do have the "white folk"...
yelp.com - user review - 04/01/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
So I'll be honest with you: I can't tell you exactly what I had because someone in my house decided to order takeout from Joy and leave it where it was easily accessible and I decided that it would be...
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Joy Restaurant is definitely a hidden gem in Foster City and quite a gem at that. Are in the mood for some authentic Taiwanese food? Well,! this is the place. My mother and I stopped here for some dim...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
they are not messing around.this is the first place i've ever tried stinky tofu. i've avoided it my whole life, even when i was walking the streets of taiwan. but i was talked into trying it from joy...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I love this place. I like even more now that they moved into a larger space. I usually order the following:- beef noodle soup (hand cut)- green onion pancake- fried rice cake w/ veggiesI've been here...
yelp.com - user review - 03/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
buried somewhere deep in foster city, despite the unbearably stinkin smell of sweating feet dominating its entire neighborhood, this taiwanese restaurant scores big on my taste-o-meter. don't forget...
yelp.com - user review - 03/25/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Directions:Drive out past all these houses - keep going until you almost drive into the bay - then turn right and keep driving past these other houses and there'll be a small strip mall, pull in.We...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is located in the middle of nowhere. But despite that fact, it actually has some pretty decent food. I actually liked the steamed stinky tofu (although according to my husband, it's not...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
In the culinary wasteland that is Foster City, Joy is the one shining star that my family dines at again and again when we visit my parents. My faves are the shredded pancake, potstickers, and Mu Shu...
yelp.com - user review - 02/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Man, given it's way off the beaten path location, hole in the wall-ish type of atmosphere, mostly older Chinese clientele (at least when I went), I would of never expected this place to have 150 ...
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
this place looks sparkling clean and new. so new that the fish tank doesn't have any live fish in it yet.sampled the following to go: lion's head meatball(8.99) wuxi spareribs(9.95) shanghai style...
yelp.com - user review - 02/11/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My family and I ate here for Chinese New Year and it was very good. Some of the highlights were:- Basil Chicken- Basil Beef- Lion's Head Meatball- Steamed pigI'll write more soon, but I thought the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
What happened to the run down hole-in-the-wall that Joy used to be? I guess this place went through a little remodeling in the last year and now it's a big "fancy" Chinese restaurant.Even with the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
so i found this place back in high school, getting lost to see a friend. i got hungry and stepped in and was blown away. this is probably one of the most authentic taiwanese places in the peninsula....
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is fantastic. Have been there with a large group and dinner for 2. Always excellent. The pot stickers are made to order and might be the best I've ever had anywhere. They are about 6 inches...
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Damn good chinese food. If you don't speak chinese, you're gonna have a hard time ordering the good stuff. So make friends with a chinese person and bring em! The whole crab with garlic is addictive....
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Excellent food! Usually goes to Joy for dinner, but the Chinese breakfast is excellent. This is NOT your Cantonese type dim sum. There are no people rolling their carts. This is soybean milk,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/19/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Decent Chinese food, but nothing spectacular. I thought I had heard it had had dim sum, but we went there and their menu was not so dim sum-y. Maybe you had to speak Chinese to get the real dim sum...
yelp.com - user review - 01/18/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
Gist - Taiwanese dishes you won't be able to find anywhere else, but you'll leave feeling over stuffed with starch and very thirsty because the water is undrinkable!We were so thrilled to find a place...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Like this place though can't say it's my favorite. My wife loves this place though. Service has been somewhat spotty since they moved to the bigger place. Portions are relatively small compared to...
yelp.com - user review - 01/13/2009
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I came here excited to try out some Taiwanese food but left disappointed. The service was slow even though there were only 3 other tables seated. The dishes were below average to ok, nothing I...
yelp.com - user review - 01/08/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Food is ok. Service reasonable. However $3.50 for two bowls of rice ? That is a big rip off.. None of their dishes comes with rice, so that force you to pay extra for a very expensive white steam...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite thing is finding new places to eat with dishes I've never tried before! As a Chinese American growing up in the South Bay I thought I had sampled everything a Chinese restaurant could...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Attention mission control - we've had a Yelp Ratings Failure!Needed a place to eat at after hitting up Bicycle Sunday off 92, so Yelp Mobile pulls up this joint.1pm on a Sunday, and about 3 tables...
yelp.com - user review - 12/28/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
LOVED the mu-shu hand cut noodles, Sao ping, fantuan, cong you ping (green onion pancake), seafood XO tofu, 3 cups ck (so so), potstickers, you tiao, beef tendon won ton noodle, XLB, etc. Wanna try...
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I've been going here for a long ass time, like 15 plus years now that i think about it. I was raised on their you tiao (chinese donut?) and their shao bing jia zou (beef sandwich dealie?). The latter...
yelp.com - user review - 12/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Not your typical Chinese food. If you're sick of Mongolian beef try Joy for a change.
yelp.com - user review - 12/25/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What a great little place for some down home chinese food.Today we ate - Fatty Soy Sauce Beef over ricce- Spicy Won tons- A "choi" ( a vegetable dish )- Steamed Bacon in Soy Sauce ( omg delicious and...
yelp.com - user review - 12/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If you're one of the people below who wrote that Joy sucks after the remodel, y'all need to put a sock in it.I ate here the other day and wanted to come back the day after. Nope, not for crack, just...
yelp.com - user review - 12/19/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Came here for lunch over Everyday Beijing due to recommendations from my colleague and a fellow Yelper (Thanks Claire W.!)Restaurant is definitely out in the boonies...Beef Tendon Noodle Soup - 4...
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The new Joy Restaurant, which moved to a new space right next to their old restaurant, is a lot cleaner and bigger. The change was a pleasant surprise and the new Joy certainly looks completely...
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Nice place
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
How disappointing. I didn't get a chance to write a review before they expanded but it would have been 4 stars. We went there pretty regularly and my parents especially liked their shredded pancake....
yelp.com - user review - 11/29/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Ok, I would say I am very "High-Maintenance" when it comes Chinese food. So after hearing about Joy from my buddy J Chizzzzzlleee, I finally went. Out of all the Chinese restaurants in the the...
yelp.com - user review - 11/28/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
sorry, i really wanted to love the set course dinner. it was mediocre at best. the duck stuffed with sticky rice was disappointing- the rice was mushy and masked the duck's taste. also, it came...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The meal started off well with some soup on the house - however they should have thought more about this as we had ordered soup with our meal.... oh well a freebie is a freebie!All of the food tasted...
yelp.com - user review - 11/07/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Took my mom there while she was visiting. I think we ordered too much. We ordered Lion's head which was delicious, the sea bass which was tender, the sliced bean curd which had a little bit of a...
yelp.com - user review - 11/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Have been getting take out from Joy for many years. Ate today in the restaurant (and were seated immediiately for a group of 8 despite halloween!)Hot and Sour soup - way too spicy... too much pepper....
yelp.com - user review - 11/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I revisited them for lunch at their new location which is like 15 seconds from the old place. I had their hand-cut noodles that come in a beef broth (not sure what the exact name is), and it was...
yelp.com - user review - 10/29/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...The GoodNew and clean decor. It totally is different from the old hole in the wall Joy Restaurant. Easy Parking in the strip mall.Food isn't bad. The Shanghai...
yelp.com - user review - 10/27/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
To most Chinese restaurateurs out there: "Pay attention to your staff management and training..and your restaurant's overall hygiene!" I cannot stress it enough, but most of the Chinese restaurants...
yelp.com - user review - 10/26/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Kudos to Katie K for bringing me here for lunch. Like she says, "POTSTICKERS!" Yes, sometimes the simpler things in life are the best things in life, and the hardest to master....blah...blah...sorry...
yelp.com - user review - 10/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
this place is newly remodeled! big, clean, prettythough minus 1 for one toilet was out of commission - gross! and the other sucked with the flushbut the food - yummythe "red meat" ribs - yum!mustard...
yelp.com - user review - 10/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Thanks for all the peoples who are giving us a great rating. And We love to know you guys a good opinion or bad opinion.... So we can change from our Mistakes!!! If you Guys like to know more info...
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
edited (at night), btw this is my 300th REVIEW:AHHHH!!! my joy restaurant is back finally. but, i'm really not familiar to the place other than my tongue recognizing the taste. the food quality is...
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OK so I can't write an update yet, so I'll just edit what I wrote yesterday. Basically I shot myself on the foot by writing a review the day I'm going back to Joy, which is their grand (re-)opening...
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Braised beef with hand-cut noodle soup for lunch today at Joy was pretty awesome. Good portion, very flavorful, and I think it's pretty authentic. It's hard to judge as I am not a Taiwanese, but my...
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
decent Taiwanese food at an average price;
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Joy Restaurant is CLOSED! There's a sign on their door saying they are moving to a new location and will re-open in Sept. The sign does not say where their new location will be.
yelp.com - user review - 07/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
you have to go with someone who reads chinese or you will not get good food. the best thing is the house made potstickers. large and comes with a garlicky dipping sauce. the noodles dishes and cold...
yelp.com - user review - 07/15/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I took a bunch of Chinese friends here a while back. We had a fancier Chinese new year dinner the night before at a fancier restaurant ... but it was unanimous - we should have come to Joy instead....
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Been here three times for the Chinese breakfast. The fantuan is the best I've had outside of Taiwan. Generous portions of the dried shredded pork, pickled veggies (most important!), crispy and fresh...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Little whole in the wall spot that I would have never tried on my own. But co-workers took me here and hands down, they have the BEST pot stickers. Love the porkchop that is not on the american menu...
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
there's been a lot of talk about a "secret chinese menu" at this restaurant. indeed, they have a menu that is written only in chinese, without translated copies. helpfully, one yelper posted this...
yelp.com - user review - 06/16/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Sooo good.My favorites are the knife cut noodles.(Horribly butchered phonetics warning)Dia-Shao-minAlso there is a shredded pancake thing that I've only found hereChau-BinThey have pretty reasonable...
yelp.com - user review - 05/26/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
onward to serious and semi boring reviews!problemo: 12 hungry peoplesolution:1 fried stinky tofu - my first time!! doesn't smell so bad, tastes great! :O 2 fried bready thing resembling roti - crunchy...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
who would have thought that there would be authentic chinese food in a tiny strip plaza?every dish i've had here was pretty delectable, but they're all found in the chinese menu, which can be a...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is pretty authentic Chinese food. It's a rather small place and it's a bit off the beaten path.Some highly recommended dishes:- the gigantic potstickers- the Joy special stirfry: tofu, pickled...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I can say the food there was quite genuine Chinese type flavor, and not so americanized, I had there been two times and I like their food, it's the best I ate so far. Believe me, I am very picky on...
yelp.com - user review - 05/01/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
We were excited to comparing the tastes to some of the most popular and authentic Taiwanese restaurants in Los Angeles we like to frequent, and ordered several "chef's recommendation" dishes from the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I brought my mom to this place since she doesn't get to eat authentic Taiwanese food on the East coast often. Plus, she can order from the chinese menu for us:) We ordered 4 dishes which was more than...
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Coming from a Taiwanese food snob, I can tell you this place is one of the best Taiwanese food in the bayarea. There's a reason why there are so many photos of "somebody" dining here, because the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This restaurant is the reason why my chinese card is taken away. I look chinese, I have chinese blood in me, but I don't speak a word of chinese and I have no idea of chinese culture aside from...
yelp.com - user review - 04/07/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Tried Joy for the first time for lunch. Okay, I think some yelpers may have overhyped this place. Joy is really so-so. This is definitely a place for someone who speaks mandarin and read chinese,...
yelp.com - user review - 03/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Where the hell is this place? If it weren't for my Foster City residing cousins, I would have never, ever come here. It's way, way, waaaaaay off the beaten path. While I definitely liked it and...
yelp.com - user review - 03/20/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
So this is supposed to be some great authentic Chinese food...but I'm not Chinese, and apparently, I don't like authentic Chinese food. =P This could be bc I'm not ordering the right dishes but if...
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
"Lack of" Joy Restaurant is a solid 1.5 star place. I'm rounding it down because it doesn't deserve to go up.Here's why I disagree with the majority of the reviews:1. If you're going to say the pork...
yelp.com - user review - 03/04/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
We love this place. The servers don't speak much English, but as far as the food goes, this place is YUMMY! Take someone with you who can speak Chinese.
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My favorite thing at Joy is the spicy beef noodle soup. You gotta try it. The broth was delicious and the noodles were awesome! I definitely think the noodles were hand-made. Anyway, while I'm not...
yelp.com - user review - 02/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I really enjoyed the Taiwanese cuisine at Joy Restaurant in Foster City. The potstickers really are very different from most Chinese restaurants. They are kinda like a brick o'potsticker that require...
yelp.com - user review - 02/12/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Theres a secret menu for the Chinese reading folk. Thats where you'll find the Taiwanese specific food items. If not, you'll be ordering Szechuan or other mainland Chinese selections. Their beef...
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
The food is ok. The three cup chicken is very good. They claim the orange beef is one of their specialties, but it was just ok. The hot and sour soup was very good.My annoyances. The table of four...
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I always go to Joy whenever i come up to visit my cousins in the bay area. I tell all my friends in the So Cal area that i've eaten potstickers here that tastes as good or better than the ones at the...
yelp.com - user review - 01/02/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Although the mall Joy is located in is dead as hell, this place is poppin. Very traditional, simple Chinese dishes like green onion pancake, real potstickers, and lion head meatball soup. nothin like...
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
My word, there really *is* something to do in Foster City!Pretty much everything we had, menu-wise, is covered in other reviews. I issue a blanket concurrence with those reviews because I'm lazy....
yelp.com - user review - 12/11/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best Chinese food on the peninsula hands down. My wife was born and raised in Taiwan and she agrees. The homemade potstickers are amazing. The spicy dumplings make me tear a little but I can't stop...
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
So after checking yelp and jotting down apparently ineffectual driving instructions, my boyfriend and I went off down the 101 in search of this Joy restaurant. Wow 4 stars on yelp! It must be amazing!...
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
if u crave for Taiwanese food, this is THE place.they serve decent food with very reasonable price.this place can serve small parties to parties of 20(do call ahead).they also serve spicy food, too....
yelp.com - user review - 12/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
5 stars for the hand-carved noodles and the potstickers! The potstickers are unlike ANY other kind I've had before! They're open at the ends, and fried just right so that the dough is crispy and...
yelp.com - user review - 11/28/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Found this place thru Yelp and I was very excited as it was just a 5 minute walk from my house. I ordered some food to go which consisted of the following:3 Cup Chicken-Very tasty but portion was very...
yelp.com - user review - 11/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This restaurant is in the middle of nowhere so kudos to hubby for finding this place!I *love* the food here. We always go on weekends, which is great because certain dishes are only served then.The...
yelp.com - user review - 10/31/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
the food is good, especially the weekend specials, the place is a hole in the wall, don't expect too much. The place is famous for its stinky tofu.
yelp.com - user review - 10/26/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Great Chinese restaurant. They have everything here. The English menu doesn't list all the food this place serves, if you can read chinese you have an advantage on the selection. The potstickers here...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Food was pretty decent. I got the dried tofu with shredded pork w/rice lunch special which was pretty tasty. My coworkers liked the beef noodle soup. The XLBs were mediocre and the potstickers were...
yelp.com - user review - 10/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Authentic Chinese / Taiwanese style cooking. If you plan on ordering Mushu, KungPao Chicken or broccoli beef... you're really wasting your time. The restaurant offers an Americanized menu;...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My family and I really enjoy this restaurant. Although the exterior and the interior of the restaurant are not pirstine nor beautiful, the food is fantastic. My husband and I are second generation...
yelp.com - user review - 09/21/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I second everyone here. Their potstickers are the best I've had ever!Meaty, crispy, and tasty! The house special soy source that comes with it makes it even better.
yelp.com - user review - 09/15/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Taiwanese family restaurant in a lost location, ideal for those nights where you need a certain distance, silence and friendship
yelp.com - user review - 09/09/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Where the heck are we? How can we get lost with 2 simple right turns? I sent a txt msg to TELLM, got the address and we found the restaurant in the middle of nowhere. Literally foster city!Came here...
yelp.com - user review - 09/08/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Joy Restaurant - very nice and very friendly people!!! Chinese menu is available in English; you just need to ask for that menu. The do not show unless you ask for it. Owner was great was nice (not...
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Mmmm ... I really really love this restaurant!! Hehe.It all started with my roommate's comment one day. She highly recommended this place, saying that this place serves Chinese home-cooked meal, not...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This little known secret is a blessing in disguise. It's a hole in a wall, but serves up the best Taiwanese dishes that are seldom found in other places in the Bay Area.If you like weekend dishes...
yelp.com - user review - 08/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
decaying strip mall...across black tar lot....waterfront view....structure looking 70's...exterior aged 'n' tattered...interior fairly neat....evenin' dinner event....joy to bring joy to...
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
4.5 actuallyi love yelp. why? i had a fantastic meal with some coolass folks and what did we eat? i have no idea. i used to be in my comfort zone all the time, around folks i knew, folks i can track...
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
P.O.T.S.T.I.C.K.E.R.S.........Best I've ever had!You wonder on the drive there.... "Where is this place? Am I lost?" but soon enough, you come across an out of place plaza where this jem is located.Be...
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I love eating at Joy. It reminds me of home and always makes me homesick when I'm there. It is entirely unnecessary for me to add another raving review so I'll focus on other matters, like my...
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Wonderful, authentic Chinese food. It's hard especially to find authentic Taiwanese food in the Bay Area since most of the Chinese restaurants are Cantonese. You have to choose from the Chinese menu,...
yelp.com - user review - 08/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Wonderful, consistently good food. As I have learned over the years, it pays to order from the Chinese menu here. If you, like me, are unable to speak Chinese, rely on a friend (if you can) to order...
yelp.com - user review - 07/28/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
I actually rate this 1.5 stars. I don't understand how this place rates a 4. Our party of four arrived a little before 5, the workers were sitting there eating. One walked over, tossed us some menus,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is my favourite place to get some good Taiwanese food. They're missing a star because there were occasions they forgot my order of pot stickers. They have the best pot stickers and I was really...
yelp.com - user review - 07/11/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Went there for the 1st time last night with two of my girlfriends. Never less, we ordered from the secret Chinese/Taiwanese menu, in my opinion, I think their Taiwanese food is just ok, nothing too...
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is in the middle of nowhere out in Foster City in a strip mall that time forgot. In fact most of the businesses were extinct but this place seemed to have quite the crowd. Some small tables...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One of my best friends raved about the potstickers at this restaurant and said to me that he can almost guarantee that I haven't had potstickers at another restaurant that is as big and as good as the...
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The food was authentic, but is not as good as used to be. The service was terrible the last time we were there. The waiter was kind of rude.2nd review - After it moved to next door, we tried again....
yelp.com - user review - 05/22/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Came here last night for a be-lated Mother's Day dinner with my husband's parents and family. As soon as we sat down and looked at the menu, everything was in Chinese. Both my in-laws did not bring...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Tucked far away in a local shopping plaza in Foster City. Unless you live in Foster City, you'd probably wouldn't know this place existed. Use mapquest or your favorite online direction site of your...
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Been here 3 times. twice for lunch, once for the weekend menu. Everyone raves about the taiwanese food and they have some things are are done right and others that are just wrong.first lunch. pork...
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The best Taiwanese food north of Cupertino. A small mom and pop establishment off Beach Park in Foster City. I go there at least once a week if not more since I live like 5 min away. The special menu...
yelp.com - user review - 03/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Dang good...super authentic....I think they put drugs in the food. Have to ask for the "secret" menu. All the dang good food is off that menu.
yelp.com - user review - 03/07/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Another excellent meal this weekend. I forgot just how good the Chinese food at Joy restaurant was until tonite. I enjoyed several yummy dishes including:(*) mustard greens with tofu skin and edamame...
yelp.com - user review - 03/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I swear I already wrote a review for Joy... But guess not.Very good Chinese food when you are craving Chinese/Taiwanese food but don't want to travel all the way down to Cupertino, or all the way up...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
What the hell is in Foster City!??! I thought that's where old people go to die?These were our thoughts when we first heard about a decent Taiwanese place tucked away near the "beach" in Foster City....
yelp.com - user review - 02/21/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Stinky tofu is good "I know most of you are wondering what the hell is a stinky tofu. " Pork chop over rice, beef stew noodles soup, pot stickers, and steam short ribs are all good. This is where you...
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My Cantonese coworker introduced me lunch at Joy awhile ago. I would have never gone here initially if I were only by myself. Joy appears to be just another random lunch Chinese place. There's plenty...
yelp.com - user review - 01/23/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Authentic homestyle Chinese food well hidden in San Mateo. Rare for this area full of Cantonese food. The tender beef hand-cut noodle soup is yummy but the xiao long bao could have been juicier. The...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Just got back from here. Good food, but the gruff service was a bit annoying. Ordered first, got served last. Waited 10 minutes for the check. If I go back, I'll go with a bunch of people, since...
yelp.com - user review - 12/28/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Best Chinese on the Peninsula. Ask for recommendations, the staff always know what is best.The only thing is that it is truly hidden, and make reservations if you can for a large party. There is...
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Eh.... I guess I didn't go there feeling very hungry and I just woke up because I fell asleep in the car on a Friday evening after a day of work.Maybe I didn't know what to order... and I was cold and...
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
easy to find parking, service is good, food taste good but too little but the price is kinda high. it's not too bad though.
yelp.com - user review - 12/17/2006
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Joy is definitely a bit of a hidden gem in a small strip mall, but the food is worth the trip. Great hand-made noodles, ribs, garlic string beans, and amazing pot stickers. These are not your usual pot...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/07/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
OK. Heres a white mans view. I wish I had been exposed to taiwanese food long ago. What was I missing!?Ask for the mu shu shaved noodles with pork. It is the best dish ever. Great potstickers! I've...
yelp.com - user review - 10/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Nice Taiwanese/ Shanghainese food that is authentic and affordable. We booked a table for 9 and pre-ordered three of their famous dishes at the time of booking. We had the "beggar chicken" which was...
yelp.com - user review - 10/09/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Mother-in-law is ordering a dish we see at another table. It looks really good. I'm all smiles, I nod, pretending to understand what they are saying. Waitress shakes her head and points at me, says...
yelp.com - user review - 10/06/2006
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This place is a little hidden -- you wouldn't think that there would be a restaurant here, as it is mostly a residential area. But keep looking, and you'll find it in a little plaza off of Beach Park Blvd. It...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/21/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is really good. There's some really authentic taiwanese food here. I would go back if it wasn't sooo far away from the city. ;)
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2006
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Not many Chinese cuisine themed restaurant offer authentic Taiwanese food. Joy is one. Though it used to be better. I think they had a new chef. Go there on weekends to try Chinese Style Breakfast/Brunch.
citysearch.com - user review - 09/13/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome authentic Chinese grub... note I didn't say Taiwanese as so many ahead of me assumed... the peeps here are from Zhejiang... a region known for its rich gastronomic exploits. If you had to...
yelp.com - user review - 09/11/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Okay so I just happened upon this place because I moved in across the street and work a few miles away and I would not have ventured in but I was putting clothes in the dryer and a bit hungry. Since I...
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
One of the few best in the peninsula. Variety, taste and coziness. If you want genuine, where else?
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I like this place it is of Northern Chinese type, it reminds me of the other restaurant Fatima.. they both have the knife shaved noodles here.. and a lot of people love the variety.. i would like to...
yelp.com - user review - 07/24/2006
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You just have to try the tofu dishes at the Joy Restaurant. You would never imagine those are tofu - they are so flavorful and tasty, so fregrant and moist - nothing like the tofu you make at home. I live the...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/07/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Okay, let's clear the air. Come here for the authentic, piping hot food not for the "critically-acclaimed" bathroom or the stoneage mom-pop restaurant service system aka as 2 chefs, 2 waiters for 14...
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I really love this Northern Chinese Restaurant ro "Taiwanese" as some people refer. I really love their noodles! This place has good staff, good prices, and awesome food!
yelp.com - user review - 05/30/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My friend has been going here forever and thinks they'd be devastated if they found out she's been pretending that she can read Chinese all the time, so we didn't have the benefit of knowing all our...
yelp.com - user review - 05/29/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Really great authentic Shanghai and Northern Chinese food if you can go with someone who can read the Chinese menus, which I can't. Otherwise the Americanized stuff is probably nothing to write home...
yelp.com - user review - 05/27/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
once you get past the "out in the middle of nowhere" location and dirty bathroom issues, sit down and partake of some good Taiwanese cuisine. be warned unless you or your dining companion can read...
yelp.com - user review - 04/18/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yay for Joy!My 1st Review started like this..."Like most Chinese restaurants, the wait staff is completely unhelpful (nee unwilling) when it comes to telling you what is on the Chinese/script menu."...
yelp.com - user review - 04/15/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
perhaps i came in with high expeactations but joy was only so-so for me. the first time i came alone and ordered the beef noodles soup with hand cut noodles and the fragrant tofu. the beef noodle soup...
yelp.com - user review - 04/10/2006
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I really want to like Joy...I really really do. But the last two times I had dinner here, I woke up with a migrane the next day. It's not the cleanest place, which kinda wierds me out. But the people...
yelp.com - user review - 04/09/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Awesome authentic chinese food here. Definite shanghainese slant here, they DON'T HAVE TAIWANESE FOOD (ie no oyster omelets, no ba wan, no oyster thin noodles, etc). But they have northern-style...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
How hard is it to find a Taiwanese restaurant in Cantonese-heavy San Francisco?Hard enough that we drive all the way down to Foster City when we miss home!You would never be able to tell that Joy was...
yelp.com - user review - 02/26/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
One my favorites, Joy's Chinese Menu dishes include the BEST zhua bing (pulled fried bread), lion's head stew (pork w/ tofu meatballs), and really tasty crab. I love their fried stinky tofu, but it's...
yelp.com - user review - 02/03/2006
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This newly opened japanese restaurant is sooo good. We come here every other weekend all for there sushi. They have these great lunch sushi, where you order a roll and you get miso soup and a salad. T...
judysbook.com - user review - 01/17/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Taiwanese style dishes are the specialty here. I liked the stir-fried squash (sigua) with bamboo... very refreshing, and not over-msg'd. Also really liked the pickled sour cabbage soup with...
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2005
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Tasty Taiwanese food, especially Stinky Tofu with either steamed or fried styles or Beef soup noodles (hand made noodles). Every dish is good size but a liitle bit pricy. PROS: Good dishes CONS: waiter...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/30/2005
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I'm not sure what to make of this, yet. Their english menu (which they had to find when I showed up and gave them a look of utter despair and confusion upon presentation of a sheet of paper with only...
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A hidden gem for authentic Chinese food with some Taiwanese elements such as stinky tofu and pig's blood on a stick. In addition to having the Bay Area's largest pot stickers, you can find three cup...
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2005
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2.0 of 5 stars.
I've got to say that there are so many reasons why this place lost stars and I'll get into that in a minute. Typically, this restaurant does not specialize in your basic Chinese food, but rather,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The mu shu style hand-cut noodles are probably the best thing going on in Foster City. And this is the only place I know of where the Chinese menu is more expensive than the English one. I don't...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If u want authentic shanghainese "hand-cut" noodles, this is the place to go!! order the spicy beef or they can make without the spiciness. They also have some very good cold dishes that are...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2005
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4.0 of 5 stars.
good food. very authentic chinese food. the "3 cup chicken" is fantastic with white rice. sunday chinese style breakfasts are delicious too. but there are two things that makes a meal here not as...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2005
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Great! Really authentic chinese cuisine. Not very Americanized which is sometimes nice.
yelp.com - user review - 01/31/2005
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to die for...
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