Once was quite enough for me! For those of you who have been eating Chinese in Scottsdale for many years, like I have, the location is the old Eddie Chans. I don't think "Joyful" has been cleaned since Eddie Chan left 20 years ago. If you like dark and gloomy with dirty bathrooms and cobwebs in the corners of the restaurant and on the fake plants, this is the spot! It is the Addams Family gone Asian!
I don't know about other people, but if a place is dirty, especially the bathrooms, I don't want to eat there! Had I used the facilities first, I would not have stayed there to eat.
Like my grandma used to say, "Soap is cheap". There really is no excuse for not dusting and cleaning a restaurant. I shudder to think what the kitchen looks like.
The food is barely mediocre. Pass on this place!