Been here a few times now and the food and customer service is still consistently good and has now become our favorite restaurant for Asian food. I was going to give it 5 stars, however, when we ordered takeout & ate at home, my daughter almost jabbed her gum on what looks like a bent staple in the Szechuan eggplant dish. So that being said, we're continuing on 4 stars. read more

Joyee's Dumpling House - Metal staple found in Eggplant with Szechuan Sauce - Chinese Near Me - Vista, California

I have really bad experience at Oceanside location. They have really BAD service to clients. Secretly added more item to order list when I don't pay attention. Once I found problem and have question for them, they are very rude to ask me to leave store. Never back and highly recommend don't go to Oceanside location. read more

Their chow mein is one of the best I've ever had! The noodles are always cooked perfectly with a good chewy texture and the meat is always super tender. Great flavors and not overly greasy. They also have good dumplings but not the best ever - still good though! Also their wonton soup is delicious and nicely healthy with a good amount of veggies. read more

Back again at Joyee because when you have that craving for good Chinese food, when you know you are welcomed like family at this Joyee, when they already know your favorite dishes, . . . . . . . . how can you not go to Joyee? Tonight's meal was comprised of one of our favorite dishes, the Fried Rice Noodles with Beef, always so delicious with the rice noodles! And then the Bon Choy with Garlic, the Eggplant with Szechuan Sauce and the Salt & Peper Shrimp without the Shell. Every dish is always perfectly delicious and favorable! I really have no desire to go anywhere else for good Chinese feed. read more

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Joyee's is very hit or miss for me. I enjoy the food but sometimes it's not very fresh. I enjoy the spicy chicken aside from their dumplings and it's super flavorful. Sometimes I get more batter bits than actual chicken though. Dumplings are good and satisfy my cravings but it's pretty average! I'm always back when I am looking for Asian food in the area! read more

This used to be a good restaurant, but it has gone downhill since they opened. My husband and I went in with our three year-old daughter and things were visibly dirty. The tops of the sauce containers were slimy and crusty, so we didn't even use them. On our way to the bathroom, we saw a dead cockroach on the floor at the exit of the kitchen. It's not better than anything that you would get at a hole in the wall Chinese establishment. I wish this place has paid more attention to the little things because that's what matters. They have a bunch of cute neon signs on the wall, but they are no longer turned on. There was only one person working the dining room on the weekend and the vibe seemed dead. Definitely not somewhere that I will be going back to again. read more

Positives first. Large portions (I took half of my dinner home for my wife). Price to value ratio was good. Staff was friendly, food came quickly and was hot. The only negative was the main course was good but not exactly what I was expecting. I got the salt and pepper shrimp. It was fine, good but salt and pepper shrimp is usually full of spices. Again, good, but sort of bland. The put cold lettuce in it, odd. But we will try it again, read more

This is a great addition to North San Diego County! The dumplings are delicious and the sides are unique. I took my two boys here and they loved it as well. The service was quick and friendly. We will definitely be back! read more

We came on an early Friday evening and the place was mostly empty. Service was quick and nice and food was great! We ordered the stir fry noodles, pan fried buns and dumplings. It was way too much food, but the noodles and pan fried buns were great. The dumplings had a thicker skin, which I do prefer. Great place and I'll def come back if I'm in the area. read more

Whoever answered the phone for phone order was rude and impatient. Not willing to help. If it is because they are short handed, the management needs to take care of the problem and should not take it out on their customers. I will NOT give them my business again. read more

Fantastic local place to get late night dumplings. But the cumin lamb, hot and sour soup and cucumbers did not disappoint! Everything was flavorful and delicious. Service was very friendly . Definitely coming back here read more

Spur-the-moment takeout dinner from Joyee's and it did not disappoint!! Wow everything we got was super flavorful. The beef and broccoli was delicious and garlicky, the mapotofu had perfect consistency and the right amount of kick, and the garlic snow pea leaves were super tasty with the perfect amount of crunch to them! read more

Joyee's Dumpling House - Chinese Near Me - Vista, California

Service: it is a small restaurant with a limited number of tables, so make sure to add your name to their waiting list when you arrive! We waited about 20 mins on a Friday night to be seated. Our server was rushed because of how busy it was, so we only interacted with her during the ordering process and when we were ready to check out. Service is definitely not the best. Our server didn't check in on us once in between ordering and paying. Food: ironically, the dumplings we ordered here were not the star of the show. The flavoring was a bit off because the sauce they were in was more sour than sweet. The string beans and eggplant were wonderful, though. Well cooked and flavorful. The tomato and egg dish with beef was my favorite dish we ordered. Ambiance: it is fairly quiet here on a Friday night. My friend and I could hear each other just fine. It is very casual here. read more

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This is my new favorite spot for great food! All of their veggie dishes are so vibrant and tasty and everything is big enough for sharing with the whole table. The service is great too. They remember us and always recommend vegetarian options without prompting. So nice. I also really love how cute and fun the decors is, especially the teapot lights. Be sure to check out this place, it is so worth it! read more

Joyee's Dumpling House - Eggplant w.Szechuan Sauce - Chinese Near Me - Vista, California

This time I ordered braised beef noodle soup. Im not sure what the meat was. It was inedible. The broth was good, strong cilantro taste and the noodles were OK. Service was good and the place was clean. I won't be ordering this again along with a couple of other dishes I've reviewed. But I will return for the dishes I like: fish fillet with black bean sauce, Mongolian beef, orange chicken, and a few others ( my typing finger is getting tired ). Worth a try, their food runs the gamet from -1star to 4. My 5 rating I reserve for the best, haven't tasted a 5 there yet. read more

Everything I have had here has been delicious. The spicy crispy chicken is amazing as well as the Spam fried rice

I came to try this spot during dinner time. My husband and father-in-law ordered five dishes to share (soup dumplings, Mongolian beef, sweet and sour shrimp, eggplant, and chicken with string beans). We enjoyed the dishes but I didn't like how spaced apart we were getting each dish. I was getting full on the first dish before anything else came out, including the rice. I also ordered sesame balls which they forgot but I enjoyed them when we finally got them. Service was okay. They have a parking lot and their decor is cute. read more

We decided to try this new Chinese place that opened 3 months ago. It's located in the Target shopping center on University in Vista. First impression was that I enjoyed the clean, fresh, spacious restaurant with modern vibes. I loved the neon wall decor. We were seated immediately on a Saturday afternoon during lunch. On the menu, I noticed a foot note that said they upcharge by 15% for dining in! However, when we got our bill, there was no up charge. Hopefully, they aren't actually enforcing that. We were a party of four and tried many things on the menu. The servings are generous! Definitely enough in one dish to feed two or three people very well. I ordered the Cumin Beef since I had never seen that on the menu and wanted to try something unique. It had very much cumin. I had to add soy sauce to tone it down a bit, and the beef was a bit chewy -3/5 stars. White rice was not included with any of our dishes, but we paid extra to have some. We also tried the Spam fried rice - 4/5 stars. Vegetable fried rice 4/5 stars. It was good but nothing special and the only veggie they included was broccoli. Mongolian beef was tasty, spicy and very good - 4/5 stars. We had the crab wontons - 5/5 stars; steamed dumplings which I give 3/5 stars because I didn't like the mushy texture. Finally, we had some beef and onion steamed buns 5/5 stars. One immediate pitfall I noticed was that they served canned Coke. That means no free refills! However, water does have unlimited refills. Overall, really enjoyed it and will go back to try more. read more

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Came home on a visit and was craving some Chinese food, so my friend and I decided to give this dumpling house a try. We didn't have to wait to be seated, surprisingly, but it was a packed house the Saturday that we went! As always, we were overwhelmed with the amount of options, but went with the Rice Noodles with Beef, the XLB, and Wontons with Spicy Oil. The rice noodles were delicious, albeit a bit too much for two people to finish together. I thought they were a bit more on the greasy side, so be wary of that when ordering. The spicy wontons were a hit for us as well (and the only plate we were actually able to finish out of the three). I would actually rank the XLB last - while I liked the filling, I thought the dumplings were a bit on the doughier side. Great dinner option if you're in the Vista area! 4/5. read more

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This is a cute little place and the staff were friendly. We have been looking for soup dumplings place near us and gave this place a try. We ordered the cucumber salad. It was a little too garlicky for us but the cucumbers were excellent. Nice and crunchy. We got the pork soup dumplings. They were ok. Usually I wait to eat them because the soup is so hot (at other restaurants), but these were ready to eat. In fact, they weren't very hot inside at all. They had good flavor though. We also got the salted and pepper wings. They were good. We will definitely try this place again but we will order different food. We sat by where the food comes out and everything looked good and big portions. read more

Joyee's Dumpling House - Cucumber Salad - Chinese Near Me - Vista, California

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I normally order the pork and chive dumplings, which I enjoy, but this time I wanted to try something new. I ordered the wontons with spicy oil and the cucumber salad. The wontons were pretty mid, some were overcooked, and the oil had no spice to it. The cucumber salad was okay but it was just super garlicky, lacking salt, and weirdly slimy. I don't know why it was so slimy, I ended up just washing them and eating them with some salt and Tajín. Overall I just don't really recommend these items. read more

Joyee's Dumpling House - Wonton W.spicy oil - Chinese Near Me - Vista, California

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TERRIBLE! Worker said "get takeout, don't waste our time!" after seeing no tip on card. Shame, took back the cash $20 I left on the table. It's too bad, I enjoyed the food too, but the experience was terrible. I don't ever see myself going back. All over a misconception too. But if that's the ambience they're creating, NO THANKS. read more

I had a really bad MSG reaction after eating there. No wonder the food tasted good and overall did. I will not return.

Food (5/5 stars): Joyee's Dumpling House opened a location in Vista and satisfied my dim sum craving, which is hard to come by in North County. I enjoyed the Xiao Long Bao and am looking forward to trying their Pork Buns and Chicken Wings next time. We also liked their Mapo Tofu! Experience (5/5 stars): * Price: reasonable * Wait Time: not too bad on a Friday for dinner * Service: awesome and friendly. The servers gave us great recommendations * Parking: there's a parking lot * Ambiance: spacious, modern, and beautifully decorated! I loved the wall with all the bright, neon lights read more

Joyee's Dumpling House - Xiaolongbao Steam Bun - Chinese Near Me - Vista, California

Came for lunch. Delicious! Good to know we don't have to drive so far to get some good dumplings. Just as good and on par with any dumpling place in San Diego. Service was fast and friendly and accommodating. Spacious and and spread out. Lunch time was pretty quiet and dead. Will definitely come back again. read more

Good food and really accommodating service....We highly recommend this place for quick, good and authentic Chinese food for a value price. read more

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Made an online order for pickup, and was estimated at 55 minutes until ready. I arrived 55 minutes later and was told that it wasn't ready and to wait. I sat down for about 10 minutes until I decided to pay while I waited. When I got to the register to pay, he grabbed my order from the side of the counter. It had been sitting there the whole time. When I got home to eat with my family, none of the food was even hot anymore and the chicken was soggy. read more

So, myself and the family have been driving all the way to Powys to eat at the Joyee's there. I was overjoyed to see this new location going in near my local target store. My daughter and I stopped in for lunch yesterday, and were not disappointed! I actually think this location is better than Poway. Our service was fast and friendly, our food (Garlic Green Beans, Tofu in Brown Sauce, Pork and Scallion dumplings, and Steamed Pork Bao buns) was amazing, and the portions were HUGE! Vista is definitely going to fall in love with Joyee Dumpling House. It's some of the best Chinese cuisine I've eaten outside of China! read more

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Dan Dan noodles get in my belly! Their Salt and pepper pork is so good. Soup dumpling was soupy and just the way we like it. Everything we ordered was amazing. Their servers were attentive and engaging. I would eat here weekly if I lived in the area. read more

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the vibes inside are so cute. decor with neon lights and cute artwork! the food is pretty good especially in Vista. portions are decent too. we were mostly satisfied with everything except the chicken wings. the flavor was off and the batter was way too thick. the plates were kind of expensive for the portion size but maybe bc they're new they're trying to make up for opening costs lol. the utensils and plates themselves were cute. the service is hit or miss. there was so much confusion to get our table because of miscommunication among the staff and we were just standing around while they were trying to figure out where to put us. overall, I'd go back if I'm in the area again! read more

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This place was good, but not great. It's a nice addition to North County. I was going to give a 3 star, but I decided I'd probably have to try it again. The fried buns were NOT good and super greasy. Don't get those. The SPAM fried rice was just so-so, without egg and super salty. Everything else was pretty good. Service was good and the place was clean. The staff wasn't super friendly, but they were at least nice. I might go here again to try out a few other things because they do have pretty good reviews. read more

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Black Pepper Beef - 8/10 the meat was chewy Green Beans with Garlic - 8.5/10 delicious but too oily Fried Rice with Spam - 7/10 drenched with oil, you could see it at the bottom of the plate Salted and Pepper Chicken Wing - 0/10 strangely sweet batter, tasted like a dessert batter almost? Or maybe fried in something that was also sweet The service was okay. It is Memorial Day, so they could've totally been understaffed! However, our first dish that came out was the "Spam" Fried rice. I put it in quotation because it was not spam. We were served the sausage fried rice, which we asked about -- and they corrected it and gave us our spam. Weird that they knew it wasn't correct? But the sausage fried rice definitely made my stomach upset. The green beans was yummy, but again too much oil :/ The salt and pepper chicken wings didn't even taste like salt or pepper. They honestly tasted oddly sweet, they were also a light color which we thought was off? Would probably not get it again :/ If you zoom into the foods too, you can see some oils :/ Ambience was cute, seating was pretty open and ceilings were high. Also there's cute neon signs on the walls! read more

Joyee's Dumpling House - Black Pepper Beef, Green Beans with Garlic, Fried Rice with Spam, Salted and Pepper Chicken Wing - Chinese Near Me - Vista, California

I know many of the reviews stated that portions are generous, but wow it really is a lot of food, especially for the price. Cute and casual decor, with one wall covered with adorable neon signs giving a cool street market-ish vibe. Food came out really quickly, but tasted fresh. Greenbeans, pepper beef, and dumplings/potstickers. Rice and tea are extra cost, but overall very inexpensive dinner. The only dish we didn't love is the potstickers, they tasted like they came from Costco, not what we were expecting from a place called Dumpling House. Only weird thing was they removed the sauces (vinegar/soy/chili) from our table before we were seated. We looked around and took a set from the empty table next to us when it felt like the waitstaff was really busy. They then came and took it away from us so I guess no dumpling sauce for us. ha. read more

I just couldn't believe this !!! We came today to this restaurant for at least 10th time ( My mother likes dumplings) Ordered food and was waiting for it . All of a sudden my Mother throws-up (80 years old with dementia and barely walks ) I took her to bathroom to clean , came back in 10 minutes and was asked TO CLEAN THE TABLE AND FLOOR were she vomited . And than was asked to leave !!! What do you think ? read more

Food was moderately good, Service was ok. Being forced to pay a 20% tip for food being dropped off at our table. Thats not a tip, thats a service charge. Anyways not going back. Recommend others do the same before All these resteraunts start charging 20% extra. read more

Ordered fried rice and it looks nothing like the picture. It was pure oil and soy sauce. Lady tried to take a picture of my child and I.

First off the service was phenomenal! However, the food was incredibly mediocre the pot stickers tasted like they were frozen from the store but the buns were phenomenal! read more

This is a photo of my leftovers. I always love the food here. I try to get something new every time I go. This time I tried the twice cooked spicy pork. It's pretty good, not as spicy as I was hoping. It has a LOT of leeks and little bit of sliced jalapeños. I think the pork is a thin sliced pork belly? can't wait to try other menu items! read more

Joyee's Dumpling House - twiced cooked spicy pork - Chinese Near Me - Vista, California

Food was great. I called ahead just to make sure we could be seated. When we arrived they seated us quickly. Our service was great too. Ambiance is very casual. I ordered the spicy wontons, XLB. Both were a little on the doughy side but tasted fine. The garlic green beans are so flavorful, along with the szechan beef. My boyfriend LOVED the salt and pepper wings. We're looking forward to going back. read more

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We love Joyee! I frequent the Poway Joyee location at least 3 times a month and am always a fan of their menu and food. I was so sad when one of their gals, Micki, left as the Vista location is much closer to her home. So I made the trek up there just to see her! When she saw me approaching, she exclaimed "Are you here to see me??" and held out her arms for her a hug. She is the BEST! This location is situated in a strip mall that shares the parking lot with Target, Ross and a few other stores right off the freeway. Parking is pretty ample so no complaints there. Our go-to items: Xiao Long Bao: juicy soup dumplings that come out piping hot and comforting to our hungry bellies Bok Choy: such a simple dish with a gargantuan amount of flavor with the slivers of garlic they add in...the sauce is light but full of aromatics. Eggplant with Szechuan Sauce: we have them add on shrimp and it's Chef's Kiss delish! Calamari: lightly battered calamari rings...pretty standard but still good Honey Walnut Shrimp: also lightly battered and sauced with the ritual mayo dressing along with candied walnuts. Always a fave! Spicy Chil Oil Wontons: one of my favorites...I can put that sauce on everyting Pork and Shrimp Dumplings: use that chili sauce on these babies and thank me later. Overall, I would totally make the drive over just to see my favorite gal who is the sweetest and even remembers what I like to order. Fast, friendly service too. What's not to like? Thank you Joyee and thank you Micki! read more