It's a hard to be a snob about Americanized Chinese food, but I am from NYC and we have a fair amount of good, cheap restaurants to choose from. Bar Harbor is lucky to have this establishment, although it is just average in terms of food and they really could do a better job. Service is friendly and quick, and the sesame chicken was very good, as were the egg rolls. Word of caution, don't order anything that says fried. Everything is already pretty much fried. I made the mistake of ordering the fried chicken one evening and it was covered in an oily crust that was separated from the chicken. Quite unappetizing. Also, their mixed drinks are very weak; I felt like I was drinking a lot of coconut juice and sugar. read more

Overall pretty bad. The lobster in ginger and scallion style doesn't taste fresh and the crab taste bitter for some random reason. The waitress lies about the lobster size too. She said it was at least 1and 3/4lb. but obviously it was the smallest lobster with the smallest claws I had ever seen in Maine. The rice in House Fried Rice was dry and hard and the environment was not very good either. This is probably not the best place to get your Chinese food. read more

One star is too high for this restaurant. Poor food, even poorer service. They have mandatory tips for 15% regarding the food and service. We are happy to enter the restaurant and angry to run out. In short, this is the worst Chinese restaurant I have seen in past 5 years. read more

our family just came back from Acadia yesterday (8/28), spend 4 nights there, and i would say this is the only place we can eat in the island, except eat lobster in trenton and downeast lobster pond. The food here is good, tasty, in addition, the price is very reasonable comparing to other restaurant around, except the setting is relatively simple, so we end up eat there for the last two nights. by the way, service is not bad at all. read more

Brought home three take-out meals as well as some fried rice. Everything was absolutelyDRIPPING with grease, and the only flavor identifiable was a very salty soy sauce. May have been an exceptionally bad night, but I am not eager to try again. read more

If you're looking for Chinese restaurant look no further (because there isn't more). The food is good but don't be expected to be blown away. If you want a nice casual dinner experience with friends or family, where you can chat and eat good food this is the place. If you want a restaurant to buy pretty $50 lobsters don't go here, just go anywhere else in town. Extra perk, the place isn't usually full so it's a nice quiet dining experience. read more

I had lobsters and crab that rivaled the best NYC restaurants. Staff was friendly and helpful. I highly recommend this place for fabulous tasty Chinese food. When you think of Maine you think of lobster and China Joy did not disappoint. read more

This is one of my worst experience eating at a Chinese restaurant. After several days of eating basically seafood and regular American foods around Acadia national park, we decided to change and came here. Easily the worst decision of the whole trip. The restaurant is understaffed, with just 2 servers for around 10 tables - good for them saving money, not so for customers. Our server is unfriendly and cranky, probably from being overworked. Two out of our 4 orders were very salty, and we left more than half of our food on the table - and believe me when I say I am not the kind of person who wastes food. Our server was no where in sight the whole time, and we never got our water refilled to quench the thirst from our salty food. To add insult to injury, I found a piece of metal mesh scrubber in my wonton soup! Well, the place is filthy, so at that point I wasn't surprised anymore and didn't bother to raise the issue, at least I know they scrub their cooking pots :) So bottom line is cheap food, but horrible service, quality and hygiene, my advice is stay away from this restaurant. read more

I can't say I will come again. I ordered lobster roll, eggplant with garlic sauce and big size chicken wing (14 wings) to go. When I opened up the package, there were only 6 wings! The lobster roll is like Vietnam style with little lobster meat, full of cucumber and lettuce! I knew that the lobster is cheap as $7 on the menu, but this one can't worth more than $3! I really don't like this place. read more

Very good Chinese in a rather unexpected place. This place has been here for years and they are doing a lot right. ASK FOR THE 'ASIAN' MENU! read more

Good, fresh good at great prices. A nice break from the lobster routine. Basic atmosphere but high on value. The chicken dumpling appetizer was good. I also had and liked the chicken and mixed vegetables (in a brown sauce). read more

As a Chinese, the lobster's much better here than boiled or baked stuff inside lobster elsewhere. So if you'd like try other ways of cooking lobster in Bar Harbor, it's a place you might come. The waitress's friendly also. read more

The worst experience. We were miss treated because we are Chinese. Food was so salty. You can't taste any flavor but just saltiness. There were only 9 shrimps on the $15 shrimp plate. Worst of all, after my mom paid them in cash. The waiter purposefully came to us and "reminded" us that we have to tip her. We were the only table got this special reminder among all other customers (both Chinese and American). I asked her why we were the only table being reminded to tip her. Her response was that we are Chinese and we don't tip in China. I asked her how come other Chinese customers were not reminded. She said that those are not her tables. She also said that she doesn't need to remind the Americans. I told her that we are the tourist just like others and we are from NY not from China. She then said she thought we were from China since my mom and I ordered our food in Chinese. She obviously lied since other Chinese customers also ordered their food in Chinese. My mom still tipped her 15% even she was very upset. We are very upset and disappointed that we received the discrimination by our own. I wish I had an option to put zero star in this review. read more

After coming to Bar Harbor for so many years and hearing my husband say he would like to try that restaurant just once, I finally relented. ( I am not a fan of Chinese food). Service was prompt and helpful. The restaurant needs a lot of interior work so there is definitely not a New England feel when you go inside. The food was decent though. We had lobster cantonese and tung tung scallops, both with wonderfully light but distinct sauces and the shrimp fried rice was great. Beware of the hot mustard though....brutally hot so use sparingly. Would detract another star for lack of any ambiance, but the food was really pretty good. read more

When you are sick of paying $30 for freaking lobster then you come here. The food was great and the price is fair.

In short, my family and my $$ won't go there again. The h&s soup was all sour, the meat in one of the dishes was under cooked, and the rice is separately charged. The place looks dirty. The only reason we were there is one member in the group insisted on Chinese, which you can have any day of the week, so why drive 100s of mile and go to The Lobster Town of the world only to have Chinese. read more

I'm giving this place for four stars because when it comes to Asian food, especially basic Chinese food, there is an inverse proportional effect of the quality directly correlated with the distance from the largest Asian community near it. So with that theorom factored in, this place deserves some respect. I go in after walking around on my short three day stop over here. I did'nt really feel like seafood, plus the place was kind of quiet and I felt more comfortable eating alone here then a more busier place. I ordered the Szechuen Beef and asked for it to be combined with the Broccolli and Beancurd dish. They charged me an additional two bucks for this off the menu rice combo, but when they brought out the dish they had given me the fried rice instead of the white rice. But they did give me additional white rice free of charge. For the money, the food was a very good value. Not too salty, portions were decent and the service was acceptable. Again if this place were to be dropped into NYC, or Boston, or San Fran, it would have to serve a whole different level of food. read more

Wasn't expecting much from a Chinese restaurant in Bar Harbor. Had lunch here and food was surprisingly decent. Nice outdoor seating. I would come back next time in Bar Harbor. read more

My family went to Maine for my graduation trip. My grandmother just came from Korea and couldn't digest American style food so well. I searched for an Asian restaurant with my hopes up since I didn't think that there will be a Chinese restaurant in Bar Harbor. The reviews didn't suggest that it would be good so I was kind of worried. The first time we went there we ordered Kung pao pork and beef noodle soup(egg noodles) and fried rice. The lady was really nice and informative. Normally they only serve Kung pao sauce with chicken but she nicely changed it to pork and even asked us if we wanted fresh or barbecued style pork. I would say the fried rice was really just plane American Chinese style fried rice. But the noodle soup and the Kung Pao Pork without nuts and extra spicy was reallllly good. We went there the following two days for take out as well. On the second time I lost my wallet freaked out forgot I left it there on the bar while I was picking up my take out. When I called them the next morning she was really nice and remembered who I was and told me she though I would call the night before and was worried. Tip: spicy beef egg noodle soup! Spicy Kung pao pork without nuts! read more

wonton soup and homemade dumplings were very good, but then the main courses didn't match up. the broccoli in garlic sauce tasted off, almost like it was cooked in a pan with old fish water. I agree with another reviewer that the chicken tasted and had the texture of canned meat. Despite being specifically told that the mushrooms were fresh and not canned, they really seemed borderline if that's possible! I go to Chinese restaurants to get some vegetables in a meal, but was disappointed in this one. read more

Omg! It was so good! We live in ny where the Chinese food is great, and this is RIGHT up there with home. Def recommend china joy.

Most people don't travel to Bar Harbor to eat Chinese food. But, if you start getting tired of even seeing the word "lobster," and don't care to wait 45 minutes to dine at a seafood restaurant or pub, China Joy could be your salvation. The place looks dumpy and plain, the young waitresses are constantly running to and from the kitchen, and everyone seems harried. On the night we came, service was extremely slow because of a big party in the outdoor dining section. But, once we got our food, it was well worth the wait. Everything - the steamed dumplings, noodles, seafood mix, and moo shu pork, was excellent. And, the manager was extremely apologetic about the delay caused by the party. My family and I would go again. We have eaten at many Chinese restaurants throughout the country and this one is well above average overall. read more

Don't ever go to this place! I got a bug in my soup! Even though it was replaced with something else, but none of the dishes were tasty. It costed $40 for two of us. It deserves negative points if those are allowed. read more

The waitress may have been nice but the food was not tasty and was worse than what you might get at a mall food court. The egg rolls were the best part of the meal but only OK. Don't order a Kid's burger either as the meat tasted like it had been in the freezer for a year. read more

I like this place a lot. It has entirely decent Chinese food. The portions are huge, the price is reasonable, and the service has always been friendly. I grew up in New York City and ate Chinese food almost once a week. So I have a taste for kinda mediocre Americanized Chinese food. Most of the Chinese places in Maine are really pretty bad. But China Joy is just fine. It's not gourmet Chinese by any stretch of the imagination. But I've found it to be reliable and solid. It satisfies my craving for a NYC-style plate of Chinese food. I often go here when I'm working late and find myself really hungry---too hungry to cook for myself. So I head to China Joy and get a plate of spicy tofu or mu shu veggies and feel satisfied. If you're looking for fine dining or the sort of cuisine you'd get in Chinatown or Beijing, you'll be disappointed. But if you're looking for pretty good American-style Chinese at a good price, China Joy is a good bet. read more

When we were in Bar Harbor we had a lot of lobster. So we decided to have once something else but seafood. My Boyfriend is Cantonese so we know Chinese food. That place was our worst experience in Chinese food. We ordered summer rolls (which are originally Vietnamese) important ingredients were missing: noddles, basil... the rice paper was in the water for to long so the rolls fell apart as soon as you took a first bite. And they were not wrapped tightly as they should be. Ordered Chow mein, which normally ALWAYS comes with noodles and vegetables. because it means noodles. What I got was kind of fried rice with no taste and vegetables. I asked the waiter why I got rice not noddles, so he said, every one in America knows that here chow mein is with rice, if I want noddles I have to order Cantonese chow mein. So it was my fault. But how should one know that when you come in and you get not one menu, you get 3 different ones. One for lunch and two others. So don't go there if you appreciate Chinese and Vietnamese food! read more