I come to this location often to get a mango coconut tapioca bubble tea. Their chocolate milk tea is also a favorite of my husband's. We also do get food here often, and love the beef cubes and chow mein. Service is quick and efficient inside is clean and pretty spacious. This location is in a strip mall w plenty of parking. read more

I used to live by Chinatown and loved visiting the Joy Yee Restaurant there. When they opened the one by UIC University Village, that became a better option for me as it is always empty. I now live on the north side and I was made aware of this location closer to home. I have ordered twice from here. The first time I ordered Uber Delivery and the price was changed to a dollar more because I asked for hot oil, which has always been free at the other locations. I've never been to a single restaurant besides McDonald's where they charge for a sauce. Most recently I ordered a pick up order which was the pad Thai lunch special and on the app it said that it was one dollar more for shrimp, three minutes later I am told that it was five dollar and fifty cents more for shrimp and they added it to my check without my approval. I immediately contacted the Restaurant and told them to cancel my order since that was not the price that appeared on the app and because I did not approve of the 5.50 price adjustment charge. The restaurant worker on the phone said that he had canceled it, but DID NOT. I called Uber Eats and they opened the case, but I never heard back from them or received any type of follow up. My credit card temporarily removed the charge, but it is now back on my account again. I am so frustrated as money does not grow on trees. read more

Joy Yee Noodle Roscoe - Price adjustment that I did not approve of. If you look at the Pad Thai Order, I was already charged the extra dollar for adding shrimp. - Pan Asian Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I still think Joy Yees has the best selection of drinks! I missed the iced rose tea so I made a quick stop and ordered an iced rose tea and crab rangoons to go! This location has always been my favorite compared to the one in Chinatown and Evanston. The iced rose tea was refreshing, delicious and had that extremely bold rose flavor I love. read more

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The lunch specials are great. They are fast and usually my orders comes out in 5 mins or so. read more

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Generous portions. Lots of choices. Smoothies are really good. Good service. Clean restaurant.

The beef with tomato rice is so iconic. Do yourself a favor and try it! Portions were generous, and the presentation was simple yet inviting. The dish alone is worth a visit, but the service and atmosphere wasn't bad. The staff was attentive, and the menu had so many great options to explore. If you're looking for Asian flavors and hearty portions, Joy Yee Noodles is the place to go. Highly recommend giving this spot a try! - AT read more

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Phenomenal boba and milk tea menu! Plenty of space to sit while you wait for your drink or food order!! They have pictures with all the drinks available which was helpful!! read more

Joy Yee Noodle Roscoe - Pan Asian Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This place has the worst boba I've had so far in Chicago. I got a little shock when I took a large sip, and immediately what I felt in my mouth was a big glob of unmixed syrup. Then I looked at my drink and realized that it seemed like my drink hadn't been mixed properly because there was so much syrup stuck at the bottom. read more

Went here on a weeknight and service was very fast. Received my order in about 10-15 minutes. The eel with beef cubes and tomato rice was very savory. The portion of eel was big and soft. The beef cubes were very tender and a little bit spicy. The mango smoothie was cold and sweet and the tapioca gave it a nice, chewy, flavor. The table and bathroom was very clean. read more

Joy Yee Noodle Roscoe - 855. Sea Eel & Beef Cubes Tomato Rice - Pan Asian Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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This is a nice alternative to the Chinatown location with ample parking. I like their smoothies so much that I had it two times at alternating locations. This time it was fresh mango papaya with basil seeds (Five stars on drinks). I ordered takeout, seafood chow mein and beef cube tomato rice. The chow mein did not blow me away as I wanted more pieces of seafood and it did not have shrimp. The later is a comfort food dish. It was delicious albeit on the greasy side. This version is like a fried rice preparation with eggs in a tomato base served with a beef cubes on top. read more

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Joy Yee's is an intriguing paradox...we've gone for smoothies so often that we sometimes forget the food is pretty good here too. The Chinatown one is surrounded by great restaurants so it often ends up just being a drink stop, but with this one not too far from home we came for dinner the other night. We only got a couple things this visit, the classic beef cubes in tomato rice and beef chow fun. The cubes were super flavorful, in a slightly sweet and tangy sauce that us and the baby really loved. The chow fun noodles helped us hit our veggie quota for the day, though you need to mix it up a bit to get the sauce to coat the noodles. The menu is huge and an amalgamation of different Asian cuisines, but I've never really had a miss coming here or their other locations The staff was friendly and accommodated our baby well too. It's a bit of a hike, but we'd come back, and with how spread out Chinese restaurants happen to be in the Roscoe area it's a welcome addition. read more

As I've mentioned in other reviews, my Chinese takeout is limited to the Americanized options. I haven't explored much beyond the stuff I grew up eating. I plan to change that up soon. Joy Yee has a few locations around Chicago and I find them to be pretty consistent. ..both in food quality and inconsistent friendliness. Lbvs. The Orange Chicken is my tried and true go to dish. It's particularly good when I have the time to dine in. Each location is spotless and the smoothies will make you feel like the fried calories are balanced out. Check em out and let me know what you think. read more

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I like this location far more than their Chinatown location. It could be that this location is newer, but the quality and flavors seem to be better? I've only ordered delivery a couple times, but I'm glad this is closer to me than Chinatown. They were nice enough to call to lmk they didn't have something and ask what I'd want instead. Japanese Tofu with 2 Mushrooms and Basil String Beans & Tofu were good but a tad too saucy and salty. Governor's Chicken was sweet, not spicy, and I would've liked the breading to be crispy. Great combo lunch portions- comes with soup and egg roll. I was disappointed with the Thai Spicy Basil Chow Fun- tasted no different than a regular Chow Fun. Hot and Sour Soup was as expected in taste but too much soup- I would've liked more egg, wood ear mushrooms, bamboo shoots, etc. The Vietnamese Fried Pork Egg Rolls were better than most- I believe they have taro inside! The Avocado Freeze is my favorite here; I've yet to find it better elsewhere! read more

Joy Yee Noodle Roscoe - Basil String Beans & Tofu Combo Lunch Platte, Governor Chicken Combo Lunch Platte, Flavored Green Tea - Pan Asian Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Food here was so good, fresh and flavorful. The waitstaff were awesome and provided great service with a nice atmosphere. Plenty of food, free parking and decent price point read more

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Wow what a surprise to find this mini location! Was looking for a last minute place to eat close by that wasn't fast food and remembered a friend telling me this just opened. Same old Joy Yees. Same old delicious Pan Asian Cuisine. I had to get my favorite dish here, the Korean BBQ short ribs over rice. Just something about the way its seasoned never gets old. I've been having this dish for over 20 yrs now and it's still one of my favorites. Tenderly cooked and just bursting with flavor. Also had a taste of the kimchee fried rice and that was tasty as well. Inside, it's not as big as the one on Halsted. So not good for large groups. Our party consisted of 3 adults and 2 kids so we were fine. Also the fact that it was an hour away from closing and no one was in there dining in helped too. This location probably sits about 15 to 20 and anymore than that would be too much. They have the full menu for food available along with all the smoothies and Boba you could want. I will definitely be back. This location is a lot closer to me than all their other ones so I expect to be frequenting here a lot. read more

Joy Yee Noodle Roscoe - view of a restaurant - Pan Asian Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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I am neither a big rice eater or red meat eater, but one faithful night I was craving both. I have been to several of the local Joy Yee's locations, but this was my first time ordering from the Roscoe location, and boy was it good! The signature Tomato and Beef or Beef and Tomato dish? Chef's kiss. Was fresh and flavorful. Great portion. Prepared quick. Delicious! Highly recommend you try it! read more

Joy Yee Noodle Roscoe - tomato and beef - Pan Asian Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Be mindful of the time you decide to dine in! At about 3pm the place filled with high schoolers that didn't leave a table for anyone coming in that didn't belong to the high school. The food was great, the service was good. The place isn't very big inside so again, be mindful of the time you decide to dine in. read more

Came here with family to and got the beef cubes over tomato rice and the banana boba smoothie and service was super fast and food was delicious. read more

I've been to the Joy Yee, in China Town, a thousand times and had a craving for Chinese. The restaurant was really quiet for dine in guests, but service was fast. The portion size was really really big. My plate was overflowing! I got the garlic chicken with noodles and it tasted perfect. read more

Joy Yee Noodle Roscoe - 405. Garlic Chicken - Pan Asian Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This is supposed to be "Grilled Chicken Kimchi". The chicken does not look grilled nor does it resemble chicken in ANY shape, form or fashion. The "chicken" smells of ammonia and the dish is just plain rancid. I HIGHLY recommend people to stay FAR away from this place as you simply don't know WTF they are passing off as food. read more

Joy Yee Noodle Roscoe - Grilled Chicken Kimchi. Flat. Out. Disgusting. - Pan Asian Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Don't want to drive to Chinatown/ Bridgeport but crave Cantonese pan fried noodles / kimchee fried rice / other savory Pan-Asian dish? This is the spot. Love the peppery tomato beef cube rice, beef chow mein (crunchy noodle) and pork pad thai. Kids love the vast selection of any kind of fruit smoothie imaginable under the sun. Add boba or flavored popping bobas to elevate your smoothie. Staff is so friendly and food comes out at lightning speed! read more

The food came out quick and each item was a solid 10/10. The ambience was also amazing! read more

Joy Yee Noodle Roscoe - Pad Thai, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Pad Thai - Pan Asian Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I love Joy Yees. So grateful that this location has opened so close to home. I've always have to go south to Chinatown to fulfill my cravings but thankfully we have one up north now that isn't in Evanston. Good spot in the plaza so plentiful of parking. The food is always consistent and my go to is the beef cubes. Their fruit freeze is something so memorable that my friend from Jersey always hits Joy Yees whenever she's in town. Prices for everything has gone up since everything is so expensive now. This is my splurge if I ever want to treat myself. read more

This place sucks. The other Joy Yee are way better- don't eat here. The staff are incompetent and way too busy to keep up with their work at good quality- we found a piece of chicken in our vegetarian dish and they wouldn't remake it. The owner seems super stingy and rude. Just go to another location and save yourself the trouble. read more

Food was bland. My beef lo mein was not seasoned with neither soy sauce nor salt and was a very light color. It tasted like everything was boiled together in water. Spicy garlic chicken was neither spicy nor had garlic and was extremely sweet. The only reason I don't feel ripped of is that the ingredients were fresh as far as I could tell and the lady on the phone was gracious enough to give me store credit for the future. read more

Joy Yee Noodle Roscoe - Beef lo mein - Pan Asian Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I had lunch here three months ago the menu is huge lots of choices pick from . I order the chicken fried rice, the long stem broccoli and the beef short ribs AMAZING the portions was huge I couldn't finish it but I took the rest home for later Yes I did finish it later SO DELICIOUS . read more

Joy Yee is one of the OG boba places in Chicago and I remember schlepping down to Chinatown when the craving hit. Fast forward to 2023 with so many other options on the Northside (Tsaocaa, Hello Jasmine, etc etc) and sadly Joy Yee just can't compete. Today we ordered brown sugar and oolong milk tea, both with less sugar and what I got is diabetes in cup with hard boba pearls. It's one of the worst drinks I've ever had and so bad it makes me angry. If you're in this shopping center and craving good boba, save your money and go to Ten Cafe instead. read more

Although a smaller menu than Chinatown, it is also a smaller location. Same great food and quick service at this location. And, a huge plus, they are in a large shopping center, so parking is a so easy. Always great food! Bubble tea too! read more

The food is delicious. I was in and out quickly. Large portions . Friendly staff. I would go again and again.

Some of the best boba tea is here. I got the Mango Black Milk Tea and it was delicious! My mom got a mango freeze which I heard is one of their specialties so I have to try that next time. Sesame Chicken is a must when you go there. The service is very nice to you and are very helpful. The art in the place was very cool. The juice bar is really nice too. read more

Joy Yee Noodle Roscoe - 412. Sesame Chicken 815. Malaysian Seafood Fried Rice - Pan Asian Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This establishment is clean and promptly on time with your dinner cuisine. It was my first time having bubble Tea with Brown Sugar, and it was delicious. I'm glad I went since Rita is a great place to bring friends and decompress. Also, the wait time is impressive! read more

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The previous restaurant in this location, Silver Plate, was a joy to have and when it was hit hard by the pandemic, I honestly felt so sad as there aren't many great pan-Asian choices in the Roscoe Village area as accessible as Silver Plate was. A few months ago, when I saw that they had installed Joy-Yee signs to replace the Silver Plate signs... I felt joy again! (no pun intended) Joy-Yee is a bit of a journey for me to go to, so I really only go there whenever I'm in the area of one of its locations. Evanston is pretty far north from me, and Chinatown/UIC are pretty far south. Those aren't distances I'm willing to drive to just grab a quick dinner, so having a Joy-Yee within walking distance is so great to have. I'm a basic Filipino boy and almost refuse to get anything else except the tomato beef cubes. As someone that absolutely hates raw tomatoes... this dish is fire and just as quality as it is at any of the other locations. Can't complain. Something I was surprised by was their garlic noodles. There was a picture of a dish with garlic noodles and the noodles looked so good that I asked the waiter if I could just try the noodles by themselves, even though that option wasn't on the menu. The waiter understood and got me exactly what I wanted: literally just a plain plate of garlic noodles. Props to him for knowing how to denote something that wasn't technically on the menu, and also, props to the chef because the garlic noodles are FANTASTIC. If I had to venture out of my comfort zone with a different dish, I'll probably try something with those garlic noodles next time. In terms of their colossal drink menu, it's so expansive that I honestly haven't really found anything I've liked in the 10+ years I've been going to any Joy-Yee's location. This location is no exception; I've tried maybe like 3-4 different drinks here and they're all adequate but nothing too special to me. Service is pretty good; in the beginning there was a waitress that needed us to point out every single item we were ordering on the menu so she could write down the code. I definitely don't expect new waiters to memorize every single menu item, but it was a bit frustrating having to comb through the menu to re-find the items I wanted instead of the waitress just writing down the order we provided to her. I have not seen that waitress since, so I'm not sure if she's still employed there or not, but just something to look out for. It has also been several months so if she is still there, I'm willing to have faith that she's memorized the menu a bit better. As others have mentioned, seating area is pretty small so takeout is this location's forte. However, my girlfriend and I have dined in several times with no issue, and because most people get takeout here, it's never really crowded. Joy Yee is a very welcome addition to Roscoe Village, and although I miss Silver Plate very much, I think Joy Yee is a worthy replacement, and I hope at least that they retained some of the staff from Silver Plate. read more

I've been going to Joy Yee locations for a surprisingly long time-- pretty much as long as I've lived in Chicago, I've been eating at a Joy Yee. When I saw this one open right by the pet store I find myself at way too frequently these days, I got excited. I am just not up in Evanston or down in the Chinatown much these days (thanks Covid!) First, if you already enjoy things you'd normally get at Joy Yee you can just stop reading right now. The menu is the same and it tastes the way I remember it tasting. Joy Yee has a War and Peace-sized menu of American "pan-Asian" entrees if you haven't been. The drink (non-alcoholic) menu of milk teas and boba teas is extensive and they are bright and colorful so I end up ordering them more often than not but in truth, I couldn't tell you a single flavor I ever had. They are pretty sweet (or maybe I just pick sweet options. That sounds like me) For food-- my dining companion always gets the Korean short ribs and seems to enjoy them. I hop around a little more than them. The fried rice is always presented in such an impressive display but I tend to find it lacking a little in flavor. Finally-- your food is going to come up in a big overside container. Fried rice inside a pineapple, a giant boat of orange chicken, etc. if you are someone who finds food presentation like that unappealing I'd recommend eating elsewhere. Overall, it's simple easy to eat food and I enjoy it a great deal. read more

So happy there is a Joy Yee branch closer to our place! We went to sit and eat the other night, and we were the only ones dining in at the time (around 7pm). I think most people pick up from here, since it's pretty small. There are maybe 6-8 tables. The smoothies were FANTASTIC- they are pretty similar to the original location. The boba consistency was perfect. We also ordered two dishes- beef cubes over tomato rice (always a classic) and beef chow fun. Both were pleasantly delicious- definitely exceeded our expectations! Large portions, we had leftovers for lunch the next day. Highly recommend! Very easy parking since it's in the strip mall of Mariano's. read more

I was in love with this location the first time I ordered it was short lived. The first time I order it was great. I got the garlic shrimp udon noodles. Shrimp cooked perfectly and udon noodles were perfect texture. I ordered again I get pad Thai/spaghetti noodles. I think well maybe they're out. The shrimp were also battered and gummy. I try it again and I still don't get udon. I call the restaurant to say hey this is the second time I didn't receive what I ordered and they said just ordered different kind of udon noodles What? Like I don't know what actual udon noodles are. I've ordered at least 4 times but that 2 the food I received tasted like TRASH. I don't recommend. Add photo of noodles I got and actual udon noodles. I more upset they tried to lie and say it was and unwilling to fix it. read more

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Ordered from Uber Eats and was surprised to see a new location in Roscoe Village. Prices aren't as cheap as I remember for Joy Yee but still great to have a location here. The food and portions are great! We ordered the Fried Japanese Tofu with Mushrooms, Spicy Tofu Soup, Hot and Sour Soup, and Beef Cubes in Tomato Fried Rice. The last item is a classic thing to order at Joy Yee. I wish it had a bit more egg and the rice was a bit more tomato-y, but still so good. We had a ton of leftovers because two of our dishes also came with cartons of white rice. read more

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My god was this bad. If you like the food here, you might be missing tastebuds. Seriously, I'm worried about you. My Scandinavian husband whose favorite meal is store bought gnocchi with shredded Kraft "mexican" cheese and garlic powder even thought this was bland. Hate to trash a place but people need to know! lol - The chicken and pork fried dumplings were that cheap dough you find everywhere and totally unsatisfying. - Every noodle dish tastes the same- like old oil and no additional flavoring. - The chow fun noodles came separate from the generic brown sauce which always makes for an exceptionally bland and unsatisfying meal. If you know what I'm talking about, that's all you need to know about this place and you can stop reading. - The short rib meat was really bad quality and low in quantity. The garlic noodles they came with had very little flavor except for where the meat had touched them. - The beef lo mein was worst of all. Like eating potatoes without salt or boiled chicken. read more

We orded Orange chicken and chicken/shrimp pad Thai & dumplings which was so tasty! The orange chicken wasnt spicy even tho it says it is. We had boba which we really enjoyed. It's a casual setting and a little smaller than the China Town location. They have sooooo many options- both food and drinks! There's something for everyone. The service was good and they were quite attentive and we didn't have to wait too long for the food. read more

Joy Yee Noodle Roscoe - Orange chicken, chicken/shrimp pad thai - Pan Asian Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I was so excited to see a Joy Yee opening up near me! Going to school in Evanston, Joy Yee was a staple among the college kids at Northwestern so they will always have a special place in my heart. I've gotten takeout from here once, and also stopped by another time to get just their drinks. If you're familiar with Joy Yee, you know that they have an extremely extensive food and drink menu. Beef cubes is always our go-to and this location did not disappoint. We've tried their fruit freezes, and their coconut dessert drinks with sago and all were as good as any of their other locations. I will definitely be back, perhaps to dine in next time since the location looks clean and the service from what I have seen is great. read more

Best boba in the game. They have perfected their tapioca and their menu is fabulous. Always great service. If I could go every day I would.