Joy Luck Chinese Restaurant

We’ve been here 4 or 5 times since they changed owners. Every time, the food was made to order - hot, fresh and delicious. We always order the Cashew Chicken - it has lots of veggies and cooked and seasoned perfectly. We’ve also tried the sautéed vegetables, Moo-Shu Pork, and the Sweet and Sour Prawns. All were pretty great.

Tucked in from the downtown main street is this diner-style Chinese restaurant with great family-style dinners. We loved everything we tried and the service was so sweet and friendly. We started with the corn soup, some egg rolls, ran rangoons, veggie egg foo young, sweet and sour chicken, ginger-garlic beef and sesame balls. We had leftovers and they were excellent the next day, too. A must stop.

Really good Orange chicken. Crispy breading, fairly sweet sauce, and a pretty good portion size with the lunch menu.

For my opinion, shrimp in lobster sauce looks like someone vomited on your plate — and it tastes just as disgusting, like some slimy goo. We also ordered beef with broccoli, but a few pieces of “beef” was in real life for my test it spoiled pork with that nasty fatty pork flavor.

I was pleasantly surprised by the food. I’m of the “there’s better Chinese food in Canada” camp, but Joy Luck was definitely worth eating. I love that you can add chow mein or fried rice to any entree. It makes a great meal, and I couldn’t finish what I got. The wontons are made with chunks of chicken, rather than ground meat, which was a pleasant surprise. The sweet and sour pork was served with the sauce on the side. We didn’t get to eat the food until 45 minutes after picking up, but it was still quite perfect. The food is not super salty, or amazingly flavorful, but that is a result of not using MSG, which I fully support! I look forward to visiting again.