Reviews for House of Joy in La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
The best Korean Chinese restaurant in the neighborhood. Great variety of food, very tasty, and take-out order is well packaged.... Enjoy! Read more
This place is one of the few Chinese restaurants in La Crescenta. The food is generally good, but it?s inconsistent. We got the... Mongolian beef this time and it was too spicy for our liking. And, they really need to work on packing their food better whencustomers make it to-go. Often times, the sauce leaks and creates a huge mess. But this is the first time, the styrofoam lidmelted and was disfigured. It must have been crushed by another box that came with our order. Let me tell you, I was in completeshock! I was worried that the chemical on the styrofoam transferred to the food. This is NOT acceptable! Read more
Excellent service, excellent food, we enjoy coming to dine @ this Restaurant, However prices are a bit high since the pandemics... of COVID-19 Read more
Visited this restaurant for the first time last week. I was greeted and seated immediately as I arrived for lunch. Right after I... was seated, I was presented with a pot of hot tea and some crunchy noodles with sweet & sour to enjoy while I looked at themenu. I ordered the chicken chow mein. The friendly waitress let me know that was a very popular dish and then promptly broughtout the soup of the day that was included with it (hot & sour). My food arrived shortly and was delicious. From the food, to theservice, to the presentation, this place is amazing. I will be back. Read more
While I don't know exactly when this location opened up, House of Joy has been around for a very long time. Having grown up in... Glendale my entire life, I remember having many, many family dinners are the House of Joy on Pacific Ave, and till this day,they are still around. First of all, House of Joy is a Chinese-Korean fusion restaurant, so if you're looking for authenticChinese food, I'd suggest heading to Chinatown. This place is run by Koreans, but also has a lot to offer. My go-to dish isdefinitely the Peking Chicken. This is just my opinion, but their Peking Chicken is on par with San Tung's chicken. The chickenis soaked in sweet and spicy sauce and remains crispy for a while. I would highly recommend this dish to anyone. Theirjjajjangmyun and jjangppong are also must have's as well. These dishes are what makes or breaks Chinese-Korean fusionrestaurants. While House of Joy doesn't make the best jjajjang or jjanpong dishes, I'd say it's pretty solid. While it might beunavoidable given the pandemic, I would try to eat at the restaurant vs doing take-out. Speaking from experience, Chinese fooddoesn't really travel well so the quality of the food drops after about 15-20 minutes of travel. The only downside to this placewould be their interior. It hasn't modernized any of the tables or furniture so the ambiance feels like you're in an old schoolChinese restaurant. Read more
Got beef and broccoli, chicken fried rice and chicken chow mein. Rice was pretty good, chow mein was kind of mediocre. Beef... broccoli tasted like fish and we ended up tossing it. Overall, it was fine but I probably wouldn't order the chow mein againand definitely not the beef broccoli. Read more
The taste of food, and the prices makes this place a must visit. The variety is incredible!!!!! Delicious and big portions. The... lunch specials are epic! They got my order wrong 3 times but kept working to replace it and get it right. Read more
This Korean Chinese fusion restaurant is absolutely amazing. These restaurants are usually known for their jjampong and jjajang.... The first is a spicy seafood noodle soup, the second is a black bean sauce noodle soup. Just in case you guys didn't know. Thisplace has the best Chinese Korean fusion in all of LA, including koreatown. I just came back from Korea a month ago and I wouldhave to say this place beats a lot of the places in Korea. The last time I was here at this restaurant was 10 years ago when Iwas in high school. It was good then and it's good now. I literally had a foodgasm eating at this place today. The service isamazing The food comes out fast and the price is pretty damn good for this time of whatever is going on in America. Read more