Food: 5 Service: 5 Ambiance: 4 After living in Poway for 25 years, I only discovered Joyee within the past two years, and honestly, I have no idea how I missed it for so long. Joyee is a legit, homey Chinese restaurant that delivers every single time. The service is friendly, no fuss, and very efficient, whether it's busy or slow. What really stands out is the food. It is always fresh, piping hot, and insanely delicious every time we visit. No matter when we come, the quality and consistency never change. Everything we've ordered has been amazing -- from the boiled fish and boiled beef to the walnut shrimp, salt and pepper fish, Mongolian beef, and the green beans with garlic, which is my absolute favorite. Every dish hits the spot. We've also ordered takeout many times for family gatherings, and the food always travels well and is just as good at home. We are always left super happy and super stuffed after every visit. If you're looking for a solid Chinese food spot in Poway, I cannot recommend Joyee enough. This is hands down my number one Chinese restaurant in Poway, read more

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Disappointing takeout experience. I asked for a simple adjustment to my beef chow fun (more noodles, less vegetables and meat), but the staff refused and then hung up on me. Very unprofessional. The inability to make even a basic change also makes me question whether the food is freshly cooked, it feels more like pre-made. Wouldn't come back. read more

This place was decent. Food was good, service was okay. We were irked that their menu doesn't reflect their current offerings. For example, we were excited to get the walnut chocolate bun. They told us they don't have walnuts, just chocolate, so we ordered it anyway expecting something like the picture on the menu. But it was something much different. Still a dessert, but we wouldn't have ordered it if it wasn't going to have that waffley look and expected taste like the picture. We didn't love the fried cream cheese wontons, scallion pancakes were nice to have but a little too greasy for us, chicken dumplings were good, and wouldn't get the chocolate buns again. read more

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Went in for a quick bite and left satisfied! The server was helpful and attentive. We only ordered two things, their potstickers and dumplings were so delicious! The filling inside was packed and flavorful! We got full with just these two so sadly we weren't able to try anything else but definitely bookmarked to come back! read more

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Came here after we went to another neighborhood favorite was closed. Wasn't sure what to expect but thought we'd give it a try and we were pleasantly surprised. Started with some appetizers, potstickers and popcorn chicken and I thoroughly enjoyed each dish. Having eaten popcorn chicken at other dumpling restaurants, the pieces are sometimes pretty small and get lost in all the breading. These were good. Potstickers tasted good as well. For our entrees, we ordered the Seafood Dumpling Soup and Walnut Shrimp. The walnut shrimp had the right amount of sauce and tasted good. We also shared a Beef Roll, which was good. Shopping center can get pretty busy on the weekend with other restaurants, retail, and gym but the parking lot is big enough to be able to find a good space. Inside of restaurant is pretty sparse, but plenty of seating. read more

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Enjoyed lunch here. The cucumber cold appetizer was perfectly seasoned with salt and garlic and crisp. Still thinking about the cucumber appetizer. Boiled dumplings and eggplant dish were good. XLB soup dumpling was just okay and they were stuck together. Beef chow fun noodles were flavorful. Service was good and friendly. He was covering the entire restaurant and did a good job at lunch. Lunch time was moderately busy inside. It was clean and decent sized. read more

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Food is good but they started adding 15% gratuity automatically on top of increased prices. Sad that the restaurant is using other deceptive ways to increase prices. At the same time they reduced food quality read more

The place is nice and comfy, great service from the staff there, but most importantly, the food. The orange soda was nice, yes, it's from a bottle, but it's a fairly unique flavor I haven't had elsewhere. The mapo tofu though. Absolutely the most flavorful mapo tofu I've had ANYWHERE. This stuff was like 2 steps below a climax, but in my mouth and tongue. I couldn't stop eating it. I took it home to eat later, but unfortunately warming it up in the microwave kills a bit of the flavor; it was still very good though. But fresh at restaurant itself? My god. I would drive 5 hours to eat this. I would be on the toilet for 10 hours to eat this. I don't care. It's THAT good. read more

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Luckily we were able to make a reservation. The restaurant was very busy when we got there. Our party was seated right away.....the restaurant was VERY noisy.....and it was difficult to carry on a conversation with people in our group. We ordered our food....service was good....but the food was just ok..... read more

Perfect Chinese mom and pop shop. Reasonable price great portion with delicious taste. This places hits home with that Shanghainese flavor. Nothing greasy or low quality. We ordered the Singapore fried noodle, rice cakes, seafood wonton soup, and braised pork each one better than the next. The owner is so friendly and considerate. Super clean restaurant as well. Perfection in my book read more

Joyee's Dumpling House is a relaxed spot that works great for a casual meal with friends/family. The menu is large, with something for everyone. I went straight for the dumplings, of course--and I'm happy to report they did not disappoint. The beef dumplings were flavorful and well-seasoned. My favorite by far, though, were the soup dumplings--bursting with rich broth and so hot and comforting. I'd come back just for those. We also tried the green beans with garlic, which were super good and came in a surprisingly generous portion. Everything felt fresh and satisfying. The service was friendly and low-key, which matched the atmosphere. It's not flashy or trendy, but it's delicious and done well! read more

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This authentic Chinese restaurant is bright, spacious and clean. Their menu has a great variety of options from dumplings to soup and entree dishes. The popular options we tasted were orange chicken, beef chow mein, and shrimp fried rice. We loved their orange chicken with boneless chicken breast meat. It was juicy and flavorful. The noodles were also very good. The service was a little slow when crowded but they are friendly and accommodating. If you stick with the main popular dishes, you will like this place. read more

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The food was good! The dumpling wrappers were slightly on the thicker side, but still enjoyable. Both the noodle soup and fried noodles were excellent. The service was friendly, and the atmosphere was warm and kid-friendly. read more

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I went here with some friends and every single dish we ordered was amazing! There was not a single bad item on their menu that we tried and we tried many! I don't want to spoil it for you but it's best to go family and get a bunch of dishes. This is now one of my top ten restaurants in San Diego! read more

We went on a Saturday for a late lunch. No wait and the place stayed about half occupied the whole time. We ordered the pan fried pork buns, green beans, and pickled veggie and fish. All three were good and decent portion. I'm glad neither of the dishes were too salty. The fish dish is meant to be spicy and good thing it was not too spicy. They did a good job with the fried buns in not burning it like some other places do. I was really pleased with that. Two people were staffing the dining area at the time and they were both responsive and nice. Also cool the music being played were top 40 songs from the 2000s. read more

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Very delicious and huge portion sizes! We ordered the vegetable tofu soup, fish dumplings, cold beef appetizer, mapo tofu, fried green beans, and zhajiang noodles. All the dishes were on point in terms of flavor (although the beef was a little too salty for me). Service was speedy too. We came here for on a weekday for dinner, so there was hardly anyone at all. Just us sitting in the corner, enjoying the air conditioning (very necessary for the spicy dishes). read more

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I am very much disgusting what the manager discussed with me while eating my order of one menu , found out there's a fly inside the broccoli and beef I complained but don't believed what i found out from the food . I will never go back to this restaurant don't trust them at all . Trying to deny what's in the food . It's very disgusting to witnessed the dead flies in the food and very unsanitary what I saw . Pls don't ever attempt to place an order even for to go or pickup . I will definitely remember this place as a bad restaurant in Poway , Ca read more

We ordered takeout from this place and I was pleasantly surprised at how good this place was. The flavors seemed right and were what I was looking for a somewhat light dinner. -chili oil wontons: tasty! the sauce was packed separately from the wontons. -xiao long bao: not bad! Small but plentiful. The skin was a tiny bit too thick but still good. Flavor was good and had a decent amount of soup. -mapo tofu: they give you a lot and it's very rich -bok choy: good, a lot of garlic which is nice! -chicken fried rice: not bad? Probably could have used a little more flavor but it was fine. I was mostly using it to pair with the rest of the food since they were generally saucy. I would definitely eat here again! read more

The two ladies working when we were there were really nice and friendly. This place was busy with people coming in to order take out or dining in. It had a lot of good reviews but I thought the food was ok. I love Singapore noodles and theirs was too wet and a little on the plain side. We did like the onion pancake and the spicy wontons. Their hot'n'sour soup was good too. The xiao long bao was brought out in the steamer without a plate underneath. The dumplings were stuck to the paper or each other so when you lifted it out of the steamer, it ripped and leaked all the soup onto the table. What a disappointment. And the wrapping was too thick and doughy. I wouldn't recommend ordering those. The egg custard buns were not good either. We took a bite and it was gritty and powdery inside. It didn't have the consistency of a custard for the filling. We didn't finish it. read more

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This is our favorite Chinese spot, and we always order their cucumber salad, salt & pepper chicken wings, walnut shrimp, and fried rice with shrimp, and as usual, it's all amazing! We tried a new dish on their menu: seafood wonton soup, and it was really flavorful. The staff are super friendly, and service is quick. We'll definitely keep coming back. read more

Chinese Breakfast Review!! (We have yet to try the non breakfast menu) My family has been missing quality Chinese breakfast. There were so many homestyle options that got my family SO excited - we ordered 10 items for the 5 of us. Popular hits were the duck blood soup, sticky rice shumai, and of course cruller (youtiao) with soymilk (we opted for the salty). The congee was on the thinner side for our preference, but it still hit the spot for us, especially paired with the perfectly crispy youtiao/cruller. As for next time, we will probably skip the shenjianbao (not as much filling as we'd like) and change the ingredients in the bing). Service was fantastic, attentive, and very helpful! This spot is cute and easy to park. I have no doubt my family will be back for more breakfast! read more

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Can't believe it's taken me so long to eat at this restaurant. Everything we've tried have been delicious and tastes freshly made in house. Customer service is also great. Casual place and perfect for family dinners or lunch read more

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Dumplings really good. Mongolian beef so spicey we could barely eat it. I looked and didn't see a way to order a specific spice level so this is a note of caution. read more

The food is good enough but better options in the area include Ju Feng Yuan Dumplings. Every dish we ordered was too salty. We mentioned this to the restaurant and they said the dishes were meant to be eaten with rice, not alone but I wholeheartedly believe that it would be too salty even with rice. AND dishes like the noodles were too salty as well (and ppl don't usually eat noodles with rice). I was also put off by the pushy/mandatory tip. The good is that they do have many options on their menu and they itched the craving. We'll be back but ask them to hold on the salt! read more

Always great customer service and good food. I've tried a lot of different dumpling places and this is still one of my favs in San Diego (Poway). read more

We need more places like this in San Diego. Luckily we weren't too far away so I finally was able to try out a taiwanese breakfast out here but we came during lunch. There was alot more soy milk options if we came in the morning. Anyways great quality and service. Really friendly staff. Their soymilk and Chinese donut isn't the biggest portion but it was still enjoyable along with the soup dumplings. Would come back if we were closer. read more

Joyee's Dumpling House - Poway - Everything in picture about $60 total. Great meal - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

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Just randomly passed by and found this place serves breakfast on the weekends, starting 8am! There aren't many (if any) chinese/taiwanese places open this early for breakfast in North County, so this is a fine addition! There were several tables of customers here already at 9am Ordered the hot sweetened soymilk, fried donut, and a pork rice roll To Go. Took about 20 minutes. Wait staff was friendly and speaks both mandarin and english. Atmosphere: The tables are spacious and noise level is moderate (still much quieter than dimsum restaurant). Modern decor with contemporary music. Taste: 1. Soymilk- lightly sweetened. "Hot" was more like luke warm. Not sure if homemade or not, since I did watch them pour it out of a half-gallon grocery store jug. I don't think many places make it from scratch, but you're buying convenience. 2. Fried donut- size is acceptable. Lightly salted. Inside could be fluffier. But overall not bad. 3. Pork rice roll- filling includes porksung, pickled radish, sausage, salted egg white and a very- crispy fried donut! Rice is plain but the filling is flavorful. Definitely huge and very filling. 3.5 stars. read more

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My first time visiting Joyee's Dumpling House in Poway and I really enjoyed it! I had visited the 4S Ranch location previously. While this is a small chain of about 5 restaurants I belive Poway might be their OG location. I don't know. I was really impressed by the friendliness and hospitality of the staff here. All the dishes I ordered were thoughtfully prepared and beautifully presented. Especially my Popcorn Chicken, creatively served on a round shovel blade. The restaurant is spacious and clean. I usually visit during the afternoon when the family emerges from the kitchen and shares a meal together. I always like seeing that. One of the cooks even complimented my chopstick skills from afar. Bonus points for certain! read more

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Great takeout or dine in with the family. A hit for everyone in the family, we enjoy their dumplings, entrees and rice dishes. tip: order ahead and get the dumplings! read more

Yummy! This place has seating for small and large groups. We came here and had some delicious food. Their tofu and vegetable soup was very good, as well as their green beans. Another good dish was their pork and chives dumpling. We also ordered Mongolian beef, it was marked as spicy, but I just felt there was a but too much pepper for my taste. read more

Taste: 4.5 Value: 4.5 Service: 4 Been going here for years. Good XLB and dumplings served fresh, or available to buy frozen to cook at home. Kids love the beef wrap, bamboo & beef, soups, and beef noodle soup. We go here regularly and consistently get good food for an reasonable price. read more

Was really hoping it would be better. We got take-out. The Broccoli beef was ok but they did not include the rice ordered (you need to order and pay extra, it doesn't automatically come with a main dish). The scallion cake was very greasy, and the egg rolls tasteless. Asked for hot mustard and soy sauce which was also not included. Maybe the dumplings are good but probably won't go back. read more

It's probably the closest Taiwanese breakfast you can get in San Diego, and it's about a 20 min drive from downtown. It's very easy to get to, parking is plenty and we got seated easily. Everything we ordered tasted fresh and reminded me of Taiwanese cuisine - salty, sweet, savory. We'd totally come back again! read more

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Love this place. One of the yummy authentic places in up in Northern San Diego. Got take out. Ordered the fish and chives dumplings, black bean fish, xiao long bao, shrimp fried rice. All were very good and great portions. read more

What a horrible experience, eating dinner and bite into a steamed dumpling and an elastic comes out and into my mouth! No excuse in the world for this to occur. Ruined dinner is an understatement. read more

Joyee's Dumpling House - Poway - Elastic inside my steamed dumplings - Chinese Near Me - Poway, California

Foods are way too salty! Ju Feng Yuan has much better foods. The service was horrible! The server was very rude, like he didn't care about our business. Well! As you wish, we will be more than happy to eat somewhere else. So much choices out there! Just not worth it to come here and get treated like trash! read more

Food is mid. Ju Feng (also located in Poway) and Din tai feng are way better. Service was bad. Not sure if it's legal to force customers to give the staff 15% tip or higher. If it's really a "must" it should already be added on the bill before payment. It's so shady to not let the customers ahead of time about the 15% additional charge. Don't expect us to read a very small font on your menu when there's already too much going on (on the menu). No photos to show. They're all too sad-looking to even take a picture of. :/ NOT JUSTIFIED! THUMBS DOWN! read more

I was pleasantly surprised by this place. We ordered pork/chive dumplings, wonton soup and a noodle dish with chicken and shrimp. The servings were huge and all of the dishes were amazing! Everything tasted fresh and the staff was very friendly. The interior is simple and clean. Will definitely return! read more

My family has been coming to this location recently and said it's the best out of all their other locations. I think they have the main chef who works out of their kitchen and trains the rest of the chefs. We came over the weekend as my uncle knows the owner and Shabu Works was a two hour wait. The staff here is so welcoming and nice. It was one of the best service I've had. EVER. We ordered: Pork & green Onion fried buns: - darn good with juicy filling Steamed pork belly with preserved greens: - salty and fatty (we liked it) Steamed Fish: - tasted hong kong style with lots of fresh green onions and ginger Steamed pork buns: - fluffy and delicious Hot & Sour soup: - satisfying but I would have preferred more sour Spicy Boiled Beef: - lots of garlic and tender beef Mongolian beef: - they prepare their beef well here as this dish was again tender with tons of onions Salt Pepper Shrimp - nicely crispy and battered Spicy Cabbage: - garlicky and fresh Eggplant with preserved egg: - I normally don't like preserved egg but this dish was pretty good. You can taste the smashed eggplant and the egg gave it a creamier texture Walnut Chocolate Bun: - omgggg. These are amazing!! The outside was so pillowy and the inside white chocolate was ooey and warm and so delicious They do get busy on weekend evenings so there can be a wait. I'd return just to try their walnut chocolate bun . read more

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Having gone to Taiwan in 2024, my review may be a bit critical. The best dish we had was between the beef noodle soup and the garlic green beans. The portion sizes were HUGE compared to the price of each dish except for the beef roll. When we looked at the menu, it looked pricy for a fast casual spot but once the food came out, we understood that it was directly correlated to the quantity of food you're getting. Not knowing the sizes, when asking our server, she definitely upsold us into getting 2 beef noodle soups to share on top of everything else we ordered. Although it was good, 2 was an excessive amount of food for 5 people who ordered 4 other dishes. The mapo tofu is Taiwanese style so please don't expect Sichuan flavors. The spicy wontons also had a distinct flavor to them that was different from any other spicy wonton I'd have. It was an additional herb they added to their sauce that threw off the taste for me. The XLBs were on the doughy side. The worst dish we had was the beef rolls. It was both bland and salty. Biting into it tasted mostly like salty lettuce. The only good part about the roll was the scallion pancake wrap. Because authentic Taiwanese is a bit hard to find here in San Diego, I'd actually come back here to try their breakfast because they have offerings that most places don't. read more

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