Golden Joy Restaurant

Moumita Roy 23 months ago

This is a family restaurant,having a great place, great behavior of staffs, great service and great food. You'll find hard and soft drinks also. The dishes we ordered were so fresh and well cooked. Not very much spicy. Mouthwatering dishes are available here. Though the transportation is not so easy, but you'll find cabs and buses if you walk a little to the main road, like 5 minutes walking distance. But if possible, visit this restaurant just once. You'll love it.

Sourav Saha 22 months ago

Before last weekend, I visited the Golden Joy restaurant after 10 years or so. Usually, whenever we are in China Town, we have a favorite place of our own, and I guess everyone does. However, this time, we wanted to visit Golden Joy, mainly because of the availability of Pork. The place has a valet parking which is probably the only restaurant in China Town that has this facility. The seating area has two sections - one is for family, and another for booze crowds mainly. Although we went for a family lunch, we could not get a table in the family section as it was full. The waiters took us to the other section. In this seating area, the only difference is that the interior is shabby, the seating areas were created haphazardly, the floor was not clean, and also the waiters who were manning the area seemed in punishment posting. It could have been a different deal if it was a get together party of friends or quick visit by office crowd, but certainly not suited for a family.

The service was prompt. We ordered Wanton Soup, Golden Fried Prawns, Fried Chicken with Spring Onion, Mixed Hakka Chow, and Chili Pork. To take away for dinner, we ordered Mixed Chinese Fried Rice, and more Pork.

The soup was average. It did not had any wow factor. Golden Fried Prawns were superb. The Prawns were fried to perfection so that it is simply buttery in texture. Fried Chicken with Spring Onion was average as well. Mixed Hakka Chow tasted good however strange to see quite thick noodles, mostly the type of which are served in road side. Mixed Chinese Fried Rice tasted good. The Chili Pork was very good. However, it did not had that distinct pork fat smell, may be because the pork chunks are coated in batter and then flash fried.

The portion size of every dish is quite large. So, it is recommended that you order less and then order again if needed.

I may go back to Golden Joy again, but if with family, I will not sit in the non-family section. If the management ramp up the decor and ambiance of that section, may be yes. Thumbs up for the taste, thumbs down for the ambiance.

dev MUKHERJEE 24 months ago

A good place to be in china town. The main dish is batter fried golden prawn. Other dishes were average. The fried chicken was average. And the green sauce was awesome. The place was good but it was not well maintained. The waiters are not that active and slow. The toilet was dirty. A good place to visit but not regularly.