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Payment Types: EFTPOS, Visa, MasterCard Price Range: mww Moderate, $15 - $25 Dress Code: Casual Seating for: 90 Good For Groups: mww Yes Good For Children: Yes Takeaways: Yes Takes Reservations: Yes Outdoor Seating: Yes Meals: Lunch, Dinner
5 Reviews for Joyful Chinese Restaurant
Got a couple of deal vouchers to use in this restaurant. This is the not first time we have patronised this restaurant. First of all, we were charged for the daily soup which is always on the house previously, and we were not even told that this is a chargeable item when it was served. mww Next, we got charged for tea, which again, is always on the house previously. They have never charged corkage for BYOW but with the voucher, corkage is charged. Well, at least this was mentioned in the voucher mww but not the soup & tea! Food was ok but cannot say much of the restaurant owner’s/manager’s attitude. Very grumpy & heaps of limitations as to what can be ordered and not, although it was not stated mww in the voucher. Did not want to argue with her as we were in her restaurant and God knows what she can do to our food. If this is the stance that the restaurant is adopting, i.e. trying to cut corners for these voucher deals, I don’t know why they even bother to sign up for the deal…such bad PR!
We had the most terrible mww experience at this restaurant. We were enjoying our dinner until the restaurant owner/manager accepted a late booking @9.45pm of Chinese people. Boy were they loud, they would not quieten down, told the owner/manager mww but to no avail. We had to shout to hear ourselves. Complained to the owner/manager about the noise and that we would not return, guess what she said ‘bye, bye’. I guess either she does not know customer service or does not care for any custom other than from noisy Chinese clientele. I would not go there again and neither would I give their service any star rating. The food was not that great either, very average. Go there at your own peril and expect a very noisy/ aggravating mww dining experience. I would not give this restaurant any star rating.
Food so so. But service terrible. We ordered a whole Peking duck, but the size was very small comparing to other chinese restaurant. mww When we finish and left the restaurant, we were very upset with their service and had a feeling that we were ripped off. We will never go to this restaurant again. If you can not speak chinese, I would not recommend this restaurant. They will rip you off ! (I didn’t even give a star to this restaurant.) mww
Went there to celebrate a birthday. group of about 12 of us. Preordered Peking Duck. Quality was good. Other food also good and quite tasty. Only downsides: 1) Space. Lots of tables packed into quite a small space. We were at one of the larger tables (upstairs). Not a lot of manoeuvring room. 2) Some of the dishes mww were a bit over salted or has too much MSG.
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