Joyful Chinese not all that joyful for me.
It's tough to find a traditional Chinese restaurant these days. Most everything is some sort of Asian fusion grill. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I like that too. But I was excited to find an "old school" Chinese restaurant near my house.
We went to Joyful Chinese for dinner. It's a modest place, but a pretty nice atmosphere for a Chinese restaurant. We were happy to see that most of the tables were filled - usually a sign of good food.
In the evenings, they offer a Dinner Special plate for a value price. There are about a dozen entrees to choose from and each platter comes with a small egg roll, two fried shrimp, egg fried rice, and then the entrée of your choice. I think it was about $10 or so. I ordered the Black Pepper Steak and I thought it was pretty good. My husband thought it was too spicy and not in a good way, just a bland heat. He ordered the Joyful House Chicken. The sauce was sickeningly sweet. Neither of us could finish it and that's saying something for the two of us "clean your plate" eaters.
The vegetarian egg roll was just okay, the shrimp were a tad better. But overall, the food was sub-par and we won't be returning.