Joy Luck Seafood Restaurant

I usually hate dim sum spots because it’s crowded, long wait, waiters are rude, have to share a table, takes forever to get food and it’s extremely loud. But this place is a place I would come back for. The wait was only 10 – 15 minutes. Not too bad. We got seated with other people but it was expected. It was New Years on a Sunday. The waiters were extremely friendly and nice. They asked us what we want the second we got seated and brought everything to us. The food was good. The waiter and manager kept asking us what else we would like to eat so they can get for us. They were like our parents trying to make sure we were fed :) It made us all feel at home and happy. The manager was very upbeat and friendly to everyone even to the rude customers near us. We were talking to him, making jokes trying to make his day better but he made us all laugh instead. We need more of these waiters/​managers around to make eating out experiences so much better.

This is my new favorite restaurant in New York! It looks average from the outside, but the food is so good! I came here as part of a group of about 30 people and we were served many different dishes both times. I’m not usually a fan of Chinese restaurant food meant to serve large groups and always leave hungry, but I LOVED almost every course here, especially the vegetables and pork options. Their seafood is fresh and prepared well, especially the lobster and jellyfish. Just a heads up: their shrimp plate might contain too much dressing for people with lighter tastes. The only thing I don’t love is the soup, which has been very bland both times I’ve eaten here, requires lots of vinegar, and contains MSG. The service is amazing here and very quick and helpful. I definitely recommend this restaurant to people coming here for a gathering or for people coming in large groups.

Surprisingly good.
Don’t let the homey old school Canto décor throw you off. They actually make really great food really quickly at a reasonable price.
My parents are very into only eating Cantonese Seafood Restaurants, so I have my share of knowing what is and is not good at them. This place does a great job serving our favorites super quickly! I’m pretty sure we got our food within 15 minutes of ordering.
Standouts:
Shrimp with cashew nuts: very fresh, large pieces of shrimp with that nice mayo-​y sauce we all love.
Yee-​mein: it’s a special type of yellow noodle that is great for occasions in Chinese culture. Loved it here: great flavor without too much salt or oil.
Plus free dessert at the end! (Cantonese style which is sweet paste and cut up oranges.) This place has my vote to come back.

Have been coming to this place to yumcha for over a decade now and I’ve lost count of how many times the name has changed! Joy Luck is definitely the most popular dimsum place in the neighborhood. Get there before 10am and there should be no wait but get there anytime later than that and the place gets packed! In the past, I’ve always dined in on the 1^st floor but it was exceptionally crowded today and we got seated on the 2^nd floor which I hated! The 2^nd floor is much smaller than the 1^st and consequently, there’s only one dimsum cart available. There isn’t even a lady there to push it around! It just sits there and gets refilled with dimsum from time to time by employees that bring it up from the kitchen on the 1^st floor! I definitely prefer the more traditional method of yumcha where the ladies push the carts around. The décor also looks better on the 1^st floor. The 2^nd floor seems like it was just casually renovated and added on to fit more people.
As for the food, it was alright. I got the spare ribs, siu mai, tripe, chicken feet, and tofu skin wrap and I found all of them to be pretty tasty, albeit somewhat salty. The tripe here is definitely better than the ones at Golden Bay, which is a couple of blocks away. We also ordered a Chicken chow mein which was good as well. I would say Joy Luck and Golden Bay are both decent dimsum places in the area. I am leaning slightly toward Golden Bay since it’s closer to my house, is less crowded, and offers the more traditional style of yumcha.

Bad food. Too much msg. Bad service. Walk out after 15 min but still generously tipped him!
Deserved no star.

This is your typical Cantonese seafood restaurant. I’ve been here for dim sum, ordered dim sum to go, and for dinner. There are 2 floors, but I would stay on the main floor. The 2^nd floor doesn’t look as nice and I feel the first floor is more attentive. As least for dim sum stay on the main floor, since that’s where all the food is at. Dim sum can be compared to Spanish tapas. You can get to try an array of small Chinese dishes. The small dishes are already prepared and loaded on carts that go around the restaurant for patrons to select. And you get a paper where they mark the cost of the dish, since each dish goes into different price ranges. After the meal a waiter will tally up the marks and calculate the cost of the food.
You also get tea with the dim sum. A lot of places charge for tea these days, but I wasn’t paying attention to the bill, so I’m not sure if this place charges for tea. The dishes are on average ($ 3.50) more or less. These dishes are common among many dim sum restaurants and they were pretty good here. The spare ribs, chicken feet, shrimp rice roll, bean curd roll, radish cake, eggplant, and many more. But I didn’t really see any special or creative dim sum dishes here, mainly the classic dishes. There’s usually a wait for dim sum on the weekends. They sell dim sum at the front of the restaurant, so it’s great if you want to get some to go. I enjoyed the family style dinner here as well.

The food was good, but the service was very slow. I really love their eggplant dish.

it’s okay, nothing special
It has good dim sum, the waiters are kind of rude.
If you ask for a water there’s like a 50% chance you would get one. It’s not guaranteed.

Dim Sum was pretty good. They have all the basic and then some. My fav was all the different steam dumplings. Their chicken feet was very flavorful. And they have Lo sa bow which is a steam bun that has running eggs inside. If ordering their noodles, keep in mind that is very big. All in all one of the better place to go in this neighborhood.
Be warned Sat and Sun are busy with a wait of at least 15 to 30 minutes. Upstairs are not recommended because not as much variety. And they aren’t the prettiest restaurant its a little drape but since it so crowded it feels like a happening place.

Came here with my parents for dim-​sum and I was pleasantly please at how good their food was.
Of course I was sad that they didn’t offer their weekday lobster with noodles for $ 10 because of MLK day but needless to say I wasn’t disappointed with my experience overall.
The staff was quick and despite the restaurant being a bit tight, it had a good feng-​shui vibe which make my parents and I felt relaxed.
We ordered their fried stuff eggplant and I like that they made it slightly different from other dim-​sum restaurants by using a red curry base as sauce instead of the traditional soy sauce with black beans.
Their steam tripe was also very delicious and tasty. More so I appreciate how thinly sliced it was which made chewing much easier and more pleasant to the palate. This was definitely a plus on their end because most places choose to cut their tripe thinker to save time but labor but inadvertently create a less appetizing dish.
We also their pan-​friend seafood noodle special and it was so good. I love how the dish was prepared. The crunchiness of noodles complimented well with the gooey white sauce and sweetness of the melons just blended everything well together.
All in all my dining experience was good and despite no lobster that day, I still think it was a good thing because now it gives me another excuse to come back another day.

Dim sum could use a major overhaul at this restaurant! My first trip here was for dim sum and I left unimpressed. Staple dim sum dishes like shumai and hargao should be WAYYY better!
Dinner service was a complete turnaround. I came for a second time with my family and I was really skeptical. We ordered fish, pork, vegetables, and seriously, everything, EVERYTHING! was phenomenal! EVERYTHING. I was so shocked I couldn’t stop eating. SHOCKING!
The salt and pepper pork was neither too salt or too fried, rather it was the perfect middle ground of salty, crunchy pig I didn’t know I was looking for. I went back two days after my initial dinner meal just to order this dish from them!
The fish we ordered was a flounder that was pan fried. It was amazeeee. I hold fish to a higher standard than most proteins because it’s my #1 favorite, but my god, this flounder had me like XO! I was singing Beyonce happy.
If the dim sum chef was as good as the dinner chef, this restaurant would be my new go to!

Came here for dinner with the whole family yesterday night. Second time here and the dishes are still delicious! They are good for more than just dim sum here.
Service is much better here than other NYC Chinese restaurants. Just repeat yourself a few times and they will come.
My favorite dishes are the BBQ pork chops, salt and pepper fried squid and scallops, and the garlic chicken.

So today I was craving a bit of authentic Chinese cuisine. I decided to get dim sum at a local Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn. We stopped our search at a place called Joy Luck.
The dim sum was mediocre. The marinated chicken feet was a bit on the salty side, as was much of the other dishes. We also got a preserved fish fried rice. The fried rice had a strong taste of preserved fish which tasted very good. But like I mentioned before it was a bit too salty.
Overall the restaurant was small and quaint. The food was ok at best. It wouldn’t be a restaurant I would come back to anytime soon.

They have very good Chinese food there. Service are always great! I have been coming here since they open. My favorite dishes are roasted pork. It taste very different from other restaurants. It’s very tender and juicy! Don’t forget to try their crispy rice with fried rice. They also have good dim sums there. Most of them are $ 2 if you dine in. Give it a try. You won’t be disappointed!

Current Food Grade: A (I believe)
I love dim sum and this location is very nice to those who do not speak Chinese fluently.
I would recommend:
The fried taro (I’m not sure of the official names so sorry!)
Shrimp in soft noodle
Chrysanthemum tea
Shrimp dumplings
Red bean buns
I don’t eat meat but I heard their meat selection is good.

One of the better places in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn for Dimsum – the food isn’t anything special, but it’s good, clean Dim sum which is exactly what we want. The place is smaller than the average NYC dim sum restaurant but the seating system is efficient and relies on a ticket system. They’ll give you a written number ticket and you wait for your number to be called. Simple and efficient – this restaurant already has high hopes for the future.
Their ha gaow (steamed shrimp dumplings) are worthy of mention – they are large and stuffed with shrimp-​not fat. This is the best place to get steamed shrimp dumplings in Bensonhurst.

I came here for dinner
The waiter spilled tea all over the table…
The waiter’s hand touched the eating part of my chopstick while i was eating…
Never go to the 2^nd floor, they had a private room in the back and some guys were smoking, though the door was closed, the smoke coming out of the room was unbearable…
The guy didn’t care much about our table…
Service sucks, that’s the bottom line…

i came here recently on a weekday for their $ 2 dim sum! this place is near home and i’ve been wanting to check it out to see if the $ 2 dim sum was worth my time. i thought $ 2 wasn’t bad for what i got. $ 2 is a great price and the dim sum was pretty good. it tasted like how dim sum is supposed to taste. it wasn’t out of this world dim sum and it wasn’t horrible. i would come back.
the place is kind of small so i would come early. this place is also a great addition to the neighborhood because it’s cheap and we don’t need to venture out to chinatown or flushing for their $ 2 weekday dim sum deals. i’m glad something like this exists on 86^th street and i’ll be back.
oh and beware, if you get dim sum to go, they charge a little more.

The only dim sum place that was open at 8:30am.
Skip the spare ribs with noodles — noodles tasted old and sour
Also did not appreciate the waiter hacking up phlegm in the back — made me lose my appetite.

After reading the reviews from other Unilocal members, I was not expecting much! My family insisted on this restaurant so I do not see any point in arguing. We came during dinner time and it would have received 3 stars but because the waiter barley cared about our table of 13! The flavors of Cantonese food is lacking in general. The dish, I enjoyed the most was Mayonnaise Shrimp with Candied Walnuts (Picture Posted)! A food to avoid is snails with black bean sauce! The snail was not cleaned and had a lot of sand and it was unpleasant to eat!
If you are looking for a seriously delicious dining experience with excellent service avoid this restaurant! But if you are starving and need a quick fix this will be okay!
WARNING be prepared for long noise in the background and lack of cell service for AT&T users (AT&T service dead ZONE)!