Joy East Chinese Restaurant

This place smells like dirty carpet when you enter the dining room. You can see where food has been spilled and never cleaned everywhere. The bathrooms are just as bad with tags on the walls broken items. The food was just okay. I was really not interested in eating, the surroundings are that bad. Looks like one time this might have been a great place. It is time for new flooring and complete make over. They can't maintain too long like this I will never go back. Buffett cost for a meal and ice tea $14.50. I was in the area just stopped in for lunch. I had to go look for someone to get a ticket to pay out.

This was a tough one, but I have to be honest. If you don’t care about the clientele and cleanliness, and just want all the food you can eat for a great price; then this is the place for you. The food was good for the most part, nothing too fancy, okay to good flavor, I was surprised about some of the items that they had such as stir fry clams, bbq spare ribs, plantains, and even hot wings. But I know it’s to cater to some of those who wanted some other variety than just Chinese food, which is honestly not a bad thing. I actually loved the Buffalo wings, wasn’t too saucy or that spicy but bring in a bottle of franks hot sauce or crystals hot sauce and you’re good to go. My biggest gripe comes from the sanitary side of things. Walking in, there was a dominant clientele base in there and they seemed surprised to see an Asian person at a….Chinese buffet……yeeeeeeah. I heard one of them say “chinito” and being the only other Asian there other than the staff and cook, it wasn’t hard to determine who they were talking about. I’ve never felt so uncomfortable but I was there for the food and not them. Next, to the patrons using the utensils to plate their food, DON’T PUT THE UTENSIL BACK ONTO THE FOOD! For instance, the tongs where your hands would be weren’t off to the side but on the ribs itself! The ribs still looked good and were good, I just had to grab one from the bottom. I even saw this for the chow mein, and some other items but come on people! Next is that there were obviously kids in there, you can’t avoid that but parents should accompany the kids to help them, although these parents are the type to not care about what they do. I saw people wiping their hands on their clothes then reaching for another spatula….ugh! I guess I’m just too much of a clean freak but I am considerate of others and so if I have to go wash my hands, I will gladly do so. The bathroom wasn’t too great either while we’re on that subject but at least it worked. I only had one round of food and it was enough for me. I paid and walked out. For a lunch buffet with a soda, it was around $14 and I added a $2 tip so it was $16ish. Good food, good price, not so good clientele.

Service was great, food was good not the best. my 5 year old and 7 year old didn't like the taste of the food . pizza , Macaroni and cheese watery after spending over $100 I didn't expect to have 2 kids crying that there hungry its a nice place lots of food selection just wasn't for us I guess. Kid-friendliness: Has food that kids would enjoy pizza Macaroni and cheese ice cream Parking: Parking in front Wheelchair accessibility: Plenty of space

The food is good but the ambiance need to improve a lot. The staff are friendly and courteous. Lots of choices in entires, main course, fruits, soups and starters along with some sushi. The desert section is pale with only 2 or 3 choices.

I will not come back. I got so sick the night and morning after. So dark inside like there hiding the dirtiest. I should of left as soon as I walk in but was with a group of friends who wanted to give it a shot. They as well will never go back. Food: 2/5

Looked and tasted like old leftovers from yesterday!! And this after a supposed dinner rush they just had. You'd think it all be fresh food .. Right ? Not here . Sucked totally!Food: 1/5

Oh my God this place was filthy soon as you walk in you smell the strong odor of old Seafood. A lot of the food was not hot That was supposed to be. They had a very small selection of everything. The sushi was okay at least that was cold. In the bathroom the faucet was missing handles and was smelly stinky and filthy. They also had no metal utensils they did have plastic sporks that you would take out of a box that seems like everybody with dirty hands touched. I really wouldn't recommend this place to everybody so anybody that goes good luck

The food is always fresh when I visit, the staff seat you quickly, and are attentive to address your needs. The decor is in need of a make over, but it's clean. The price is reasonable and the buffet has all the classic dishes plus many more to try.

Don’t go there. The worst place ever. Starting with food and interior, ending with service. I wish I could forget this experience. Me and my husband were unpleasantly surprised with this “Chinese buffet. Dirty, ugly, smells like cigarets and old fried food. Roaches! All food overcooked and looked awful. Noodles looked like porridge. I was shocked Egg roll was fried into corn tortilla- what? No one could understand me in English, only in Spanish, when I was trying to ask questions When I was looking for someone to pay the bill, the guy at the entrance thought I’m running away and wanted to stop me in a rough way What’s going on there? We were super hungry and stayed there, but it was a huge mistake I’m glad that nothing happened with our health after eating there After visiting this place I’m scared to go to Chinese buffet again

Not at all the way it use to be when it first opened 12 to 14 years ago. They had a lot more pride in their presence then I don't know why it's gone downhill maybe it's new management or maybe it's cause of the pandemic that hit but it's just not the same at all. Their donuts were so hard I probably could hit someone with it and knock them out they were hard as rocks. I went around 7pm so dinner should have been served and well underway, if you ask me it seems that they still had lunch food out still everything was just blahhhh, oh my God and their macaroni and cheese deserves a new name for their Mac n cheese like plastic n cheese it was absolutely the worst Mac n cheese I've had in my entire life and that is not a compliment yuck. I can say this though their waitress or table tenders were still up to par just wish they would have quit taking my plastiware everytime they cleared the table, it's just common sense everyone knows you don't take the silverware or plastiware everytime you clear the table it's a buffet rule. Well I wish I could have left a better review but I can't I was very disappointed because this was a favorite place of ours on payday now it's more like I don't know if I will ever go there again. I don't really want to go into bathroom but they were just horrible I had to wait to go home to go to the bathroom because their was no toilet paper the toilet seats were dirty and their were paper towels strewn all over the bathroom yikes and absolute mess seems to me that they also haven't tended to the bathroom since lunch as well.