For my 50th birthday, there was only one place I wanted to celebrate - Joy Luck restaurant in Kingston. Once again, they delivered their signature A+ experience that keeps me coming back. What sets Joy Luck apart is their unwavering consistency. Every single order I've placed here has exceeded expectations, and my birthday dinner was no exception. The service is consistently excellent, the food is delicious, and the prices remain reasonable for the quality you receive. They even took the time to acknowledge my special day. Thank you Joy Luck for making my milestone birthday even more memorable. -David read more

Average American Chinese food we got egg foo young, which was kind of dry maybe overcooked and some Singapore rice noodles. A flavor was good, but I'm not so great. The booth was falling apart, and the table felt sticky read more

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We ordered takeout. It was easy to order online. The food was ready early. The pickup and payment went well. Slight irritation with the default tipping choices. The on-site dining room is bright and clean. We ordered pan fried dumplings 3/5 (more like deep fried, filling is good), Singapore noodles 4/5 (needed more spice), and sesame chicken 4/5 (some pieces were quite good and others overcooked). read more

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Food was great, we came in close to closing and service was great Definitely going back again read more

Looooove this place....we haven't been here for a while..it's still the best Choice for Chinese food ANYWHERE in Kitsap read more

Joy Luck - Yumm..Mu Shu Chicken ,General Taos Chicken and Fried Rice ...A suggestion to the Owners.....Perhaps play some music and add a Fan - Chinese Near Me - Kingston, Washington

I tried it out as there were new owners. I loved shrimp fried rice so I ordered that. All it was, was white colored with soy sauce and not even colored all the way, did not have any flavor at all. Cost $$. Was very disappointed. It was a take out, and once home for the money ( I use to work in a Chinese restaurant) I could have made it cheaper, with flavor. I was lazy that night and did not want to cook. After I refried and added flavor it was ok. My chickens had my leftover and they loved it. Have not been back since even though it is right by me. I go to another Chinese restaurant in Poulsbo. Lady ( the owner ) was kind of pushy about ordering more food. I only wanted the rice. No pictures as I was so disappointed that I did not think to take any. read more

Kingston is incredibly lucky to have such a great Chinese restaurant, the best one in the West Sound (we live in Gig Harbor and have tried them all!) read more

The food here has been consistently good for the past couple of years.. My favorites are the Singapore noodles, ma pou tofu, prawns in lobster sauce, mu shu pork, black pepper chicken. Their wor wonton soup is good too. They don't serve the more authentic Chinese dishes that you would find in Vancouver BC or Seattle's Chinatown, but Joy Luck serves good tasting Chinese American food. read more

Love their food! The staff is always nice and the wait time is usually less than ten minutes!

I've been eating at the Joy Luck Restaurant for many years through several changes of hands of owners. These guys have had it for a couple of years and they're doing a good job. It's not a fancy restaurant by any means. Actually would probably be something on the par of a hole in the wall to some degree. But, the menu is fairly extensive in terms of anyone could find something on the menu to like. Most of the time the food is good. Not great but not bad. For a town this size it will do. When it is good it's very good. What makes it special is the fact that they have an individual there who takes pride in his restaurant. His customer service skills are amazing. He continues to deliver the curbside food making it very convenient for people like me. And he always answers my questions and works to get my orders to my specifications. I like their wonton soup, Singapore rice noodles, and the Mu Shu dishes. read more

Joy Luck - the front of a restaurant - Chinese Near Me - Kingston, Washington

When you're hungry, just got off the boat "ferry", and it is after 8pm, your choices in Kingston are limited. This is how I found "Joy Luck". Asian cuisine is my Go to, not Mickey-D's. I ordered 2 items wings & Singapore noodles. First the wings, this place in Kingston rocks after the wings are fried, this little joint tosses them in a wok with caramelized onion, shallot, a few minced herbs, tsin tsin chilies SO GOOD! So extraordinary compared to other places. Now the noodles they were above average. Spiced better than most, the shrimp were not over cooked the dish was not oily, the mei fun (thin rice noodles) were properly cooked. So check this local gem out. This was a "to go" order. read more

Yum! Nothing fancy but always delicious. I love stopping by to get some take out for home. Joy Luck always comes through

I hardly ever get Chinese take out, but decided I needed to find something fast to get for dinner before trying to catch a ferry back to Edmonds. For some reason I have never noticed this place before even though I am out here frequently, but I imagine it's been there awhile. It was super easy to order via the phone, and pick up was fast and easy. I could have done with some more soy sauce packets and I am thankful I remembered to ask for utensils. My meal was perfect after an 11 mile hike earlier in the day. It was hot, fresh and most importantly delicious. After being stuck in the house and having to eat my own food for so long I was starting to worry that I had lost my taste for restaurant food, but this brought it all back for me. I absolutely loved my Kung Pao Tofu. My partner liked whatever he got too, but I can't recall what it was. It's been a week or two since I visited and I can not stop thinking about this place. I drove by once and had a hard time not stopping again for it so soon after. I've also been making plans to meet friends here for meals in the future. I don't live nearby so I tried to get this same dish at a local Chinese place and was very disappointed. It seemed busy when I was there, so maybe everyone else already knows how great it is. read more

Been there a couple of time, when we were desperate for food. Absolutely subpar Americanized Chinese food. There's no good reason to return there - food is meh at best, prices are as high as competitor in Poulsbo (which is a solid step above if you ask me) and staples like wonton soup, egg rolls and fried rice are a complete miss. I guess the only reason to stop there (and that's probably how they survive) is if you are looking for something to eat on the ferry. I'll grant you that Kingston doesn't have that many good options, but you are better off going elsewhere or going hungry. read more

We always get delicious food here. We usually get takeout. Service is friendly and prompt.

Thebomb.com. Absolutely phenomenal and everything I look for in a Mandarin style restaurant. I felt like a kid again having my first bite of something something wasn't meatloaf or spaghetti. And even though I've had thousands of noodle dishes over the years this was what I've been looking for the whole time. We got the House Chow Mein and the Singapore Noods. The Chow Mein has beef, chicken, and shrimp. No stupid vegetables to ruin my entire day. Maybe some cabbage or something but nothing intrusive. The Singapore Noods were flavorful with massive chunks of chicken. Mildly spicy and stuffed with capsicum. No one's perfect. I don't live anywhere near Kingston but will make trips here to eat. read more

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egg rolls were very salty and difficult to eat due to the salt. Chow mein was basically just the noodles and meat with a little bit of chopped green onion but basically no other veggies. Very disappointed read more

Mediocre at best. Prices are high, ingredients are minimal. I work not far from there and basically have tried a few times snd just can't go back read more

The food at Joy Luck is mostly good. Sometimes the quality seems off and for sure they use MSG. You need to request no MSG and the taste is absolutely different. The service is friendly and usually takes 30 minutes after the order is placed. They have a habit of forgetting the hoisin sauce with orders of Mu Shu. The Hot and Sour soup is excellent. If I could I would rate them 3.5 with a "easily can improve" with a little more attention to the details. read more

Fist time guest. Ordered House Fried Rice, Wanut Prawn and Mongolian Beef. Delicious! All were delicious! Also, the service was excellent! I would recommend and return to this place. read more

Service was great, food was hot and good, but not great. Seemed a bit bland. Will try again. Could have been the dish or the day. Had the Pork chow mien and curry chicken. read more

Visited the establishment on 1/13/19. Service: 5 star Food: 4 star Management: 5 star Expense: $$$ Value: 4 star we decided to walk-on to the edmond-kingston Ferry on Jan 13th, 19 for an ice cream hunt in Kingston. After arrived Kingston, it was freezing, but with a lot of sunshine, we decided to do a little walk along route 104. Originally, we were planning to try fish-n-chip in one of the lounge bar (we did a little food search at home before hand), but when we walk pass by this little shopping plaza, we were surprised to see that there was a Chinese restaurant in the corner. We then decided to check it out. It was about 2-ish pm on a Sunday, so understandably that the place is empty. We were immediately greet by this young Asian. The dinning area feels old (aged), but relatively clean. However, depends on the time of the day, there were several seats that have sunshine that blind your eyes (yes, that's right... the BIG BIG BIG sunshine blind your eyes in the winter of Puget sound area, I kid you not!) The waiter was very nice and offer us to switch to a different seats so that it won't be a bother to me. When we checked the menu, we immediately realized that this is one of those "Americanized Chinese Food" menu, which I have been craving for for a while. Now, the food time~~~~~ we ordered hot & sour soup (this is my must order when trying a new Chinese restaurant), Orange Beef, and black bean Chicken. There is not much to say about hot&sour soup. Its a very typical taste of hot&sour soup that you can get pretty much everywhere around here. However, one thing I love is that its not overly salty. Orange Beef..... OMG... I would give this a 10 stars!!! Each beef chuck was properly bread and deep fried. The keys is that in more places that I had tried, deep fried was not properly done, so that texture / tenderness of the meat is soft, sticky, and weird. Joy Luck really MASTERED this dish!! its nicely done on the bread, and taste crunchy, sauce is not overly sweet, just perfect! Their orange beef totally blow up my mind! This is the one I will love to keep going back for~~! and the black bean chicken, it seems to be the human-styled taste, that my gf said its a bit on the sweet side, but we both like it. The only nit pick I have is my gf ordered lunch special combo that came with a cup of soup. As I mentioned before, I always order hot and sour soup on every new Chinese restaurant that I tried. However, they won't allow me to order a cup of hot & sour soup. I can only place a full order from the menu, which is too big for myself. That's the only nit-pick complaint that I have. As far as Bang for the buck goes. It is near by the Kingston Ferry Terminal along 104. So unless you are local, or have planned a trip to the island, or else you will have to pay for the Ferry to get to it, and becoming an additional cost for it (we did the walk-on, so round trip is a lot cheaper). However, when ignore the cost of transportation, the price is aligned with the Chinese restaurant everywhere around the area. So I'd say its fair. Our overall experience is very pleasant. Its not a fancy or a traditional Chinese food. However, if you are looking for an "Americanized-Chinese Food" to try, this one I highly recommend. read more

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I recommend calling to double-check they're open before dropping by. Just in case they're not open, as they've had some schedule flux (go figure, covid restrictions/challenges still in effect). Got to-go here a few weeks ago. Order was ready faster than expected, and hot and fresh cooked. Quite enjoyed their lunch specials, which offer generous portions. We tried the specials with orange chicken (classic) and black bean fish--tasty! Plenty of protein. Came with soup and a side such as chow mein. A bit heavy: but in part because I didn't want to stop eating & because it's just not light fare. Really hit the spot and what a ridiculously fair price! They prefer cash--support your small local businesses! read more

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The staff are very nice however the food is not. I ordered 25 minutes prior to arrival. I had to wait 20 extra mi utes as mom had issues using card processed. Then when I got meal the egg flower soup had egg shell in it! The fried rice was more steamed than fried. The almond chicken was good-but cold but the time they rang me up and general chicken was cold too. Sadly disappointed after all reviews but egg shells were a big deal clearly visible! read more

A lot of stars down because of the service and the place. It's a really dirty restaurant kind of in the middle of a random shopping market. When we ordered, the waitress seemed to understand what we wanted but we got two extra of one dish when we only wanted one. We asked for her to take it back but she said she would make the extra half off since the kitchen already made it. We didn't want it! She left it on our table anyways and stopped cooking one of our other orders. That was just a disaster... The food was okay. Nothing too amazing. We got the beef chow fun and Shanghai noodles - very strong curry flavor. Honey walnut prawns were average, just like where you'd normally get them. The lunch sweet and sour chicken was awful, I think if the sauce was improved that would have made the dish better. I wouldn't come here again. Been to plenty better Chinese restaurants. read more

Joy Luck - Why was a booth full of crap? Hmm... - Chinese Near Me - Kingston, Washington

I'm pretty spoiled, because the last place I lived had many excellent restaurants with low prices. I tried Joy Luck for the first time earlier this week and wasn't particularly impressed. Potstickers were mediocre; I make them better at home using the frozen ones from the grocery store. Salt and pepper prawns were the worst I've ever had; the breading was too thick and had a gritty mouthfeel that was very unpleasant. The BBQ pork chow mein was tasty, but the pork was dry. The prawns with snow peas was more like snow peas with prawns; it tasted great, but didn't have enough prawns in it. The veggie fried rice was good, but that's not exactly rocket science. If I'm in the area I may try this place again and order different dishes, but it won't be a destination by any means. The Chinese restaurant near Walmart in Poulsbo (Taste Wei) is much better! read more

We have been looking for a good Chinese Restaurant since we moved here about 4 years ago. This is the place. We had our favorite mix of foods and all of it was outstanding. We will definitely be going back. We had the Vegetable Egg Rolls, Mongolian Beef and Kung Pao Chicken and they did a great job on them all. read more

Excellent no MSG Chinese restaurant. The hot and sour soup is a standout! All is worthy. Having worked years in northern central and southern China I give it high marks. read more

So where do I start. Slow service, limited menu. Table next to us ordered the eat there when food arrived it was bagged up. I asked for extra spicy and absolutely no crushed pepper, I had to ask for a bowl of the pepper sauce. Gentlemen did a call in order arrived when we did and still didn't get his food to go, we where there for 30 minutes. However the restaurant was clean. So I have a star for that and they were open during business hours so I gave them another for that. Just saying. read more

I was pleased with the take out order. The portions were ample and the food was very flavorful. Plus the service was fast and friendly. I will definitely order from them again. read more

Very happy to have such a great Chinese food place in Kingston. All dishes that I have tried were excellent. Has become a regular in our monthly rotation! read more

We stop in at Joy Luck fairly often and order their family meals. Let me just say - this good is AWESOME. We have meals for two more days just in our leftovers. It is worth it! The food is well prepared, huge portions, and they don't go light on the pricier ingredients. The pork friend rice is arguably some of the best fried rice I have ever eaten. While there aren't a lot of people in the restaurant, we see to-go orders picked up regularly. Don't let previous issues dissuade you from trying out this treasure in Kingston! read more

The food under new management is fantasti. Also, they have bubble tea that's good until the last drop.

this chinese food restuarant is just ok. The sweet/sour soup is below standard, as well as everything else we have ordered. We have ordered several times and had hoped we could discover a great chinese dish that we could rate much better, and hoped it would be better, but they just don't deliver authentic, tasty Chinese food. So very sorry. We wanted you to be the best in our county so we could order regularly, but the menu just doesn't deliver. read more

I liked the food here and used to order online fairly often, but since they switched to their online ordering system I do not like it at all, you can't see a full menu online, it's too confusing, they no longer have as many items as they used to offer, such as Eggplant...it's not as nice as it used to be, unfortunately, so I will longer order from them. read more

What Asian place does not have Plum Sauce? Evidently, this one. I've lived here for nearly 22 years and in that time, Joy Luck has gone from mediocre to better, and now down to NOT EVER AGAIN. The young lady who seems to run the place now doesn't care. Don't waste your time and money here. read more

My mom is very favorite. She loves the Mushu pork and the hot and sour soup. They are friendly and fast and are the only Chinese restaurant in Kingston.Please correct me if I am wrong. read more

the food here was first of all completely overpriced, after low tip and ordering my 1 meal and bev, it was $45, i ordered cashew chicken (the simplest meal) and it was completely butchered, the meat was soggy and flavorless and the sauce was thick and chunky. the service was okay, until i saw employees AND customers sharing from a shared food bowl, scooping some into their own bowl, eating half, and then pouring their leftovers back into the shared bowl for everyone else to eat.. health code violation 101 read more

Much improved & cleaner since new ownership took over. The cook is so much better the food is top notch now. My favorite is the Mongolian Beef but can't go wrong with any dish here read more

I would love this to be a 5 star chinese food location. Kingston needs only the best food. Locals like to eat local. We use to go here ALL the time then our friends moved away...: / They use to make hand shaved barley noodles and beef and Fresh barley potsticker. They were SO good and good for you. Anyways i see reviews from recent visits im going back and try again. More to come! read more