First time here tonight. Ordered online for pickup, said 20 minutes online but it was ready way before that. Ordered two entrees, one with fried rice, two egg rolls and cream cheese puffs. Was about $56. Had a bunch of leftovers. Food was very good! Will eat in next time. read more

Joy Garden has an extensive menu and great specials. The beef and pea pods, sweet sour chicken and shrimp egg foo young never disappoints. Huge portions and always left overs. Fast and friendly service, this is a great place to done in or carry out. read more

Service was good , lunch special was a decent portion. Overall a good experience. I ordered the pepper chicken. Chicken was good not great. The rice was good not great. Lots of red peppers, onions, green peppers. Restaurant was clean and a good atmosphere. read more

Joy Garden - Pepper Chicken - Japanese Near Me - Forest Lake, Minnesota

Online ordering is frustrating. It will not let you place an order without selecting a tip. You click no tip and there is no spot for you to place your order anymore. If you select a tip it automatically places your order. The food is fantastic but I am driving to pick up my food, not dining in. I shouldn't be required to pay a tip to get my food. read more

Extensive menu with numerous options for everyone. The lunch menu is great and with the meal an option of an eggroll or wontons. We go here often, fast, friendly service and big portions with leftovers to take home. read more

I'm obsessed with the shrimp pad Thai. I have probably ordered it 50 times in the last 1.5 years. Obviously I love it. And compared to other pad Thai I've had in the area it still holds up as my favorite. Everything else I've had there is delicious as well but yeah it's just sooooooooooooooo good! read more

Great Asian food. Get soup before ordering main course. Good place. Nice waiters waitress.

Always good food. Tried the Mochi Ice Cream today amongst other items. Very good. I've cream filled mochi, which from what I can tell is basically a gelatin or tapioca of sorts. Yummy anyhow. Typically get Hot and Sour soup and the Mongolian Beef, but it's all good. Shrimp Lo Mein is the kids favorite, and their Sushi/Maki is always fresh. read more

Great food. Efficient staff and kind staff. Great menu selection with lots of options.

Came in for dinner with friends who are local and love this place. The menu was extensive and I was scared a bit that it offered too much and therefore would be mediocre. Wrong!!! We had a huge feast: egg rolls, crab rangoons, 3 sushi rolls and each ordered an entree. Everything was fantastic and we shared it family style. Our food started arriving less than 10 minutes after we ordered. The service was attentive and pleasant. I only had two sad thoughts... 1) no soup is included when you buy an entree, 2) egg rolls are purchased individually. Both made it feel like I had to pay an upcharge for what is standard pretty much everywhere. read more

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Disgusting and very disappointing. I spent way too much money here to throw all of it away other than the cream cheese wontons. The meals were floating in sauce and the meat?! Barely any to be seen, I paid for a container of sauce and veggies and to add to it everything had mushrooms in it which I feel tainted the little flavor that it had. I will not be back. read more

Delicious. Great prices. Huge portions. Fast service. Yum yum yum. Their sushi is great, too!

Highly disappointed. I've been wanting to try this Chinese restaurant for years and finally decided to do so tonight. I ordered the chow mein, not very familiar with Chinese food besides Panda Express (not "real" Chinese food, I know). Imagine my surprise when I sit down to eat my vegetable chow mein and realize there are in fact no noodles in the dish, just a set of bagged crispy noodles. I was disappointed so much so that I was going to call and complain but decided otherwise as the description on the website (in small letters) reads crispy noodles. I've never known a Chinese restaurant to not include soft noodles in there dishes but what do I know I've only ever been to two authentic Chinese restaurants. My boyfriend even tried it and thought it was so gross, he wanted to throw it away. read more

Joy Garden - Vegetable chow mein - Japanese Near Me - Forest Lake, Minnesota

The sushi is amazing the, entrees always full of flavor and great portions. The egg rolls are super crispy, not greasy. They package everything nicely so no spills or ugly rolls when you get home. Quick service. Dining room is cute and clean. read more

Excellent food very diverse menu I discovered this place and it's my favorite Chinese restaurant in the area read more

The egg drop soup was excellent as were the egg foo young. Plenty of meat in the egg foo young. The pork fried rice lacked the pork. 2 little pieces. Had I eaten in I would have returned it but, unfortunately it was take away. read more

We just moved to the area and were bummed about not having access to diverse food options at first. But then we discovered this place and are very pleased. All the food including the sushi, pad thai, soup, and wontons had great flavor, were nice and hot, and came surprisingly quickly! Also the waitresses were extremely pleasant and so great with our kid. Will definitely comeback. Not sure why this place has 3.5 stars. I will say its not a fancy date sort of place - expect very casual atmosphere! read more

Meh. I came to visit my sister and she wanted to try this place out. The general Taos chicken was a lot of breading and no chicken, rice was very bland, egg roll... was an egg roll. Everything tasted like it was frozen or pre made a while ago. The dumplings were probably my favorite. My sister ordered the Buddha roll and said it was 8/10. I guess if you live here it might be the only option but I'd make a drive to the cities. read more

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they we're so busy tonight and the customer service was wonderful!! food was amazing!!

Their sushi is absolutely amazing . General Tso,s chicken is simply outstanding, I highly recommend joy Garden.

Seems to be a okay place for chow main with large portions & pretty good value. Called in my order- 10 minutes and it was ready!

I would give it no stars but the white rice was fine. We have been getting takeout from here for years and never had a problem but it was terrible tonight! Tiny piece of shredded dark chicken in sesame chicken, 99-100% batter, it was also hard and tasted like it was made hours prior as it was clumped together and cold. Chicken lomein terrible! Even watered down sweet and sour sauce. Very disappointed!! Will never go here again. read more

The food was amazing! Homemade mustard sauce definitely clear the sinuses!! Highly recommend!

I love this place, everything is so fresh, taste good and you're given a very goodly amt. of food. They are friendly and if you're a regular they know what you're going to order and always ask how I am. Service is always with a smile. read more

Not too good when you place an. Order and you get stuck intrafgic. They. Get rid of your food and keep your money it took le 25 min to get their and my finny order was gone but they kept my money. Not. A good choice if your doing take out. Hey joy garden !!! IF you think we all. Live within 5 min you should deliver. And stop. Steeling peoples money THIS IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO A JOKE IT HAPPENED too me . TWICE ILL NOT. GO HERE EVER AGAIN. read more

I was wondering whether there were any other Chinese places in town. Thanks to my son for wanting to go to the nearby park we saw this place.Tried it tonight and it was great! Food Ordered : Egg rolls- meh, have had better. Pork egg foo young- plump and tasty. Won ton soup - pretty good Chicken and broccoli- very good Cream cheese wontons- good and even better free. Person taking order, nice, picking up person, not so much. Rude and put off. Nice to have another option to choose from. They also have sushi to go. read more

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Always good (Americanized) Chinese food. I especially love the wonton soup! Great service and super friendly owners!

Hole in the wall place with excellent food and fast service. Call ahead 10 MTS and food is always ready piping hot and fresh. Highly recommend for quick Chinese food that you want to bring home to the family :) read more

My wife and I were in the mood for Chinese and found this place, and thought we would give them a try. We were pleasantly surprised! The food was delicious, and served quickly. The servers were very nice, and suggested other dishes if we were to come back. We loved the food, and are looking forward to eating there again soon! read more

Never been disappointed with this place, great food and soups. Appetizers are also great.

Had an enjoyable dinner here the other evening. I'd been craving sushi for awhile so my friend took me here, and I'll be honest, my initial impression wasn't great. This place is tucked into a little strip mall, not somewhere I'd usually go looking for good sushi. Inside was kind of torn apart - floors and walls unfinished, that kind of thing, because they're in the middle of a remodel, but it looked quite clean despite this. The emptiness did make it a bit loud and echoey, unfortunately. The ambience wasn't super great, but this can be forgiven, remodels are nice, and I'd love to go back and see the place when it's finished. To start, we ordered cream cheese wanton and my friend ordered a miso soup, which I tasted. Both were delicious, piping hot and fresh. My friend ordered the roll of the day, which was the Lucky roll, and the rainbow roll, neither of which I tried, but both looked delicious. I ordered the Crazy roll, and a pork lo mein that I knew I'd just end up taking to go (I did, and it was delicious as leftovers). My roll was everything I wanted it to be, tasty, with a delicious sauce drizzled over the top and some small fried bits sprinkled over that to give it a pleasant crunch. The service was quick and efficient and, while I can't say I paid much attention to the staff, they were friendly and pleasant in our brief interaction. Pricing was about what I'd expect for decent, fairly simple sushi. Five stars for adequately satisfying my sushi craving. Hope to visit again! read more

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Maybe a good Chinese restaurant, but as for Sushi it has a long ways to go. I ordered: Futo Maki, very small in diameter with a large carrot running all the way through it - would not order again, check out photo, Crisp shrimp tempura roll - small diameter but good flavor White tuna, yellow tail, Tango, and Eal Sushi ( two pieces each) - hunk of rice fell apart on all pieces, thickness of the topping was very thin - truly maybe a 1/16 of an inch at best - Eal was small in length - Spent about $35.00 for take out - our local grocery store would have the same quality and selection for much less Would not recommend read more

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My daughter and I love having our special family dinner's out here once a month. She's obsessed with the cream cheese wontons and California roll. I love the coconut shrimp special. The staff is very friendly and attentive every time we come. We always have the best experience! read more

Okay for Forest Lake. Chinese/sushi/Thai The lunch specials are good (not available on the weekends). read more

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Got takeout from here this last weekend. The food was really good! I got the volcano roll and it was excellent, i especially loved the presentation! I also got the chicken lo mein , it had tons of flavor and was enough for three meals. Egg roll was crispy and perfect! I will absolutely come here again, best Asian takeout around the area! read more

Love their take out food options. Usually go for the "diet food" with Chicken & Broccoli, chicken fried rice, shrimp pad Thai & a California roll. We do end up with leftovers for lunch the next day. They are fairly quick. Call your order in and ready in 10 minutes for pick up. read more

food was great. wait staff were awesome. defined would recommend to anyone in the Forest Lake area.

I love this place and have been going there since they opened. The owners are almost always on site working in both the kitchen and front of the house. They've built a great following and did a remodel last year providing more table seating. Also added a sushi bar with seating and have beer and wine available now. Service has always been good and the long term employees are common to see. The prices are good and portions sizes are suitable -we usually have leftovers~! Yes, we occasionally get some sushi rolled funky and loose, but that's what happens as employees are added to the team. We order often (at least once every two weeks) and have not had an issue with quality or service -even during their expansion and remodel. I recommend Joy Garden frequently! read more

Many food options that are very good. Service is fast friendly. Very convenient. ambiance is adequate but have only utilized take out service. read more

THE WORST SUSHI I HAVE EVER HAD! SUCKs, SUCKS, SUCKS! SPOILED FOOD, POOR SERVICE, CRAP EVERYTHING! Sushi had off smell and tasted like bleach. When I notified server she said "all fresh fish" I refused to eat it and asked for it to be taken off bill. She refused, spoke with manager and she also claimed it was fresh and refused to take off bill. I asked her to eat it but she said she wasn't hungry. THEY CHARGED ME $13.00 for spoiled, disgusting food. read more