Joy’s Village
2060 N High St, Columbus, OH, 43201
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Address :
2060 N High St
Columbus, OH, 43201 - Phone (614) 297-7723
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Opening Hours
- Mon :10:30 am - 10
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : Yes
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch
Parking : Street, Private Lot
Bike Parking : Yes
Wheelchair Accessible : No
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : No
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : Yes
Waiter Service : Yes
Caters : No
Categories
Chinese Cuisine
The popularity of Chinese food in America can be adjudicated by the appearance of China Town in many major cities in the United State of America. The popular trend of ordering or opting for Chinese take away food isn't unknown in America. Chinese take away food comes to rescue when you're too tired from work or too exhausted to cook. No one can resist the temptation of eating spicy noodles, shrimp, chicken, beef or pork cooked in the sweet and spicy sauce. The cooking method of authentic Chinese food is a lot different compared to what is served in America.
Generally, Chinese use dark meat small bones and organs to cook dishes but this changes when you are eating American-Chinese fusion food prepared using white boneless meat cooked with broccoli, carrots and onions. Back in China, the food is less spicy and oily as they favor steaming and braising method for cooking the most popular dishes. So, if you have a taste for authentic Chinese food, then try finding a real Chinese restaurant in the city. You can also try the most popular fusion Chinese food like Pecking Duck, Chicken Feet, Hot Pot, Shrimp Dumpling Soup, Mapo Tofu, Wontons, Chop Suey, Egg Rolls and not to forget Fortune Cookies.
There are not many restaurants in America serving authentic Chinese food. A little research on Restaurant Listings directory can help you locate the best Chinese restaurants in the city. Chinese cuisine is continuously evolving, and you can find a variety of dishes categorized as the food for lactose intolerant, gluten intolerant, vegan, vegetarian, and diabetic friendly. So, if you have a group of friends with different taste patterns, save the hassle and visit the nearest Chinese restaurant in your city.
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SaRea S.
Ok so maybe not the most appealing location in the basement, but I have been coming here for over 15 years. The food is delicious, cheap and quick. Be a little adventurous and try variety of dishes, they are full of flavor and will not disappoint.
(5)Amber H.
Joy's Village, oh yes. Probably one of my favorite causal Asian restaurants. It's a nice in between some of the sketchy ones on High and elsewhere throughout the world and mildly upscale ones. It's a table service joint, in this mini mall underground. The menu is vast, and includes your American favorites like General Tso's, and more interesting things like squid. The staff is friendly enough, and the service is fast. It just has a simple but nice charm to it. Prices are quite great too, you'll probably have leftovers spending around $10 or less.
(5)M C.
Honestly I was starting to get disappointed by all the Chinese restaurants in the campus area but this was so good compared to the others that I will give them 5 stars.
(5)Donnell S.
Pepper chicken! The food is good and there is a wide variety. The server was very helpful.
(5)Mark L.
Easily my favorite Chinese restaurant in Columbus. The food is authentic, the menu is extensive, the prices are very reasonable, and the service is attentive yet they also know when to leave you alone. My go to dishes are the Pad Thai, Mongolian Chicken, and Satay chicken. They have never been off the dozens of times I've had them. They are one of the few places I know that do Mongolian Chicken right. Onions, scallions, tender juicy chicken, and that perfectly savory sauce. Their satay chicken is unique compare to what other restaurants offer. I'm going to say they're probably doing it wrong, but it has grown on me and I love it more than the real thing. Crispy chicken chunks and a very peanutty sauce (loosely resembling the Filipino kare-kare). I can't get it like that anywhere else. Every now and then, I get urges just to get on the road and head to Columbus just to get my Joy's fix then head over to Pochi just steps away. Come to think of it, this is a three day weekend...
(4)Leo S.
My friends told me this was the best place to go on campus for Asian food. I honestly don't really see why. It does have some appeal though. On top of great prices, they have a huge selection on the menu. The service isn't great, but they are fast. As a starter, I got Wonton Soup just to see how they make dumplings and flavor the soup. The wontons were doughy:slightly undercooked on top of having little to no filling, The soup tasted like salt and msg; I got no flavors of chicken stock which the yellow color should come from. For the main meal, we got 4 dishes: Pad Thai with chicken, Hunan Chicken, Salt and Pepper Shrimp, and Duck Pan Noodles. The portions were pretty big, but most of the food was less than average. The Pad Thai,which only had noodles, onion, peanut, sauce, and chicken, was average at best, but sadly my favorite thing of the night. The sauce was good but probably store bought, but the noodles were cooked well. The Hunan Chicken wasn't spicy, the veggie mix was probably frozen, and also very salty. The taste was not very authentic, and everything was drowned in sauce. The salt and pepper had a decent sauce; probably the least salty next to the Pad Thai. The dish was okay, but nothing special. The dish I got, unfortunately, was also the worst. The Duck Pan Noodles came with Chinese broccoli; which was cooked perfectly and very flavorful.The duck was very tender and flavorful,but also probably bought a grocery pre-made. The sauce that drowned the crispy noodles,duck, and veggies was unbearably salt and honestly made my dish inedible. Luckily, I separated and drained what I could and ate my portion with a lot of rice. Overall, this place has a good amount of food at a more than reasonable price, but I would not suggest coming here unless you want far more than daily sodium intake.
(2)Alice J.
Must order from special menu (the one they have on the whiteboard near the register) They have pretty decent authentic Chinese food if you don't want to go far from campus
(4)Emily B.
When I order Chinese food, I like to do it family-style so you can try a little bit of everything. So I was taking dinner over to my brother's house the other night and I had a hankering for an egg roll so I jumped on Yelp to find me some yum-yums. Joy's Village is right down the street and prices looked reasonable. I was ordering take out for 3, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I ordered Szechwan chicken, tofu and vegetables, beef and broccoli, vegetable lo mein and 3 egg rolls. Outward appearances aren't promising, but tell me what Chinese restaurant really doesn't look creepy from the street? Joy's is in an underground "Buckeye" mall which gave it an added experience! Unlike most Chinese restaurants, Joy's had plenty of seating in case I ever wanted to nom-nom right there. They listed a lot of specials on their white board menu that included meal, rice (white or pork-fried) and an egg roll, the usual suspects of course, for about $7 each. I picked up my order. All in all it was $30, and they gave me extra fortune cookies without asking. I did have to request chopsticks and hot mustard though. For the food, the egg rolls were my favorite. They used the spring roll wrappers and were nice and crispy. The beef, chicken and lo mein were all fantastic--although the Szechwan chicken did have a little pepper next to it indicating a "HOT" and I detected no spiciness really. Nothing that my personal bottle of sriricha couldn't take care of. The tofu was not eaten. After one bite, it was too slimy. I'll be back, but I will first try some of it's competitors in the area as I didn't have a fall-in-love experience.
(3)Luke A.
Not bad chinese food on OSU Campus. Had dinner here late at night and the menu included fu young egg which is a personal favorite.. the food is way better then no 1 chinese food(which is horrible, don't ever go there)..
(4)Craig L.
Joy's Village is in the basement of a weird shopping center near the middle of the Ohio State stretch of High Street. While I had lots of friends to enjoyed eating the food at Joy's, I can't say that I ever understood their enthusiasm. Sure, Joy's delivered decent food at a solid price, but I never left saying that I should go back soon. Some say minimalist decor and food, I say lazy and cheap. While I would recommend it over most of the other choices on Campus, it doesn't come close to holding it's own against Moy's down the street.
(3)Sachinda L.
Probably the best chinese food you will find around campus. For starters House fried rice is brilliant! However, there is a huge menu you can look for. Hot pepper chicken and general tso's chicken is also good.
(4)Eddie Y.
Hmm.. Definitely not my top choice for Chinese food unless I happen to be in the immediate area. But even then, I might decide to walk a couple blocks in one direction or the other until I happen onto something else. The service is mediocre and indifferent at best, but at least the food and drinks came out. I wouldn't come back for the phad thai (what I ordered) which was a bit salty & saucy, I would, however come back for the salt & pepper tofu (I pilfered bits from a neighbor), or even the congee (I didn't try any, but I can't imagine them messing this up, and this is probably one of the only places you'll find it). Nothing special here, if you're hungry and want food, you'll get it.
(3)Luke T.
I finally tried Joy's for the first time today after eyeballing the menu through the window for years. The food is cheap, as others have stated, but $6.50 is a more accurate average price. Even the cheapest vegetarian entree was $5.50. I had the Ma Po Tofu with fried rice. The dish came out mere minutes after I ordered it and was steaming hot. The rice was a very generous portion and was clearly fried on the spot, which made it so much better than the fried rice at most places. The tofu was extremely soft, almost to the point of melting in your mouth. The dish was nice and spicy. I am not a vegan, but it might be relevant to mention this dish appeared to have bits of egg in it, although it said right on the menu "(no meat)." I suppose to some egg isn't meat, but this could certainly confuse a vegan who might end up getting served something they can't eat. The menu IS large and there are a lot of options to choose from. It's broken up into meats/main ingredients like most other Chinese restaurants, but there are a lot more options under each. Example: the seafood section had all your standard shrimp dishes, but also featured options like hot and pepper squid ($7). I'll definitely be coming back here to sample some of the more interesting vegetarian and seafood selections.
(4)Steaphan S.
Joy's has been around for at least thirty years, under various owners. When I was in graduate school it was one of the most authentic places in town, but went seriously downhill for a time. These days, it's back up to a pretty reasonable standard. Some of the flavors aren't quite what they would be in the old country, largely (I suspect) due to different processing of the materials before they get to the kitchen. The atmosphere is very close to a Chinese campus area restaurant. This is probably due to the large population of starving Chinese graduate students living in the former motel upstairs. (The starving graduate student is yet another Chinese invention; Confucius' disciple Yen Hui is perhaps the most famous.) Campus eateries are known throughout China for excellent value: the customers may be on very tight budgets, but being Chinese they won't tolerate bad food. Besides the extensive printed menu, there are specials posted up at the counter. It helps if you can read Chinese, but the truly adventurous can simply point to something at random. It will almost certainly be good. One such is their Sze-Ch'uan pork with Jalapeños. This is a recent addition to "Chinese American" food, but far better than the tired old San Francisco stuff. I particularly enjoyed the Shredded Pork with Pickled Cabbage Noodle Soup. The serving was very generous for the $7.25 price, and the flavors were very close to what they would be in China.
(4)J L.
I've been coming to Joy's Village since my college days, and the owners have changed several times, along with the food. I just returned again after several years and thought the current food was pretty good. The place appears more clean as well with some new decor. We ordered the Indonesian fried rice, which I've always liked from here. To try something new, we also ordered the three cup chicken, and a Sichuan dish (not sure of the English translation) based on recommendations by the server. I really enjoyed all of them. The Three Cup Chicken was flavorful with garlic and basil. The Sichuan dish was also really good. I don't remember them having Sichuan dishes in the past, so this was a pleasant surprise, and there aren't that many places around town that can do Sichuan flavors quite right. Overall our meal was very satisfying, and we had a very nice server. It might be worth mentioning that they actually have an authentic Chinese menu that is separate from the normal menu, so for Chinese customers or anyone interested in trying something more unique, I would recommend asking for this menu. I would definitely return again.
(5)Lisa S.
Ode to the Indonesian Fried Rice Oh Indonesian Fried Rice, how I love you so. Little bits of fried everything. Chicken Pork Shrimp is that Duck? An egg sits ontop of this mound of rice and meat, I poke my chopstick through the yolk. Yellow. Gooey. A heat begins to burn my mouth, Jalapeño Peppers are green. Indonesian Fried Rice. There is nothing else like you in the land. Oh Indonesian Fried Rice, how I love you so.
(4)Robert D.
Authentic, cheap Chinese food. Minimalist service, ambience. I had the Szechuan Spicy Pork. Very tasty, and not oily at all.
(4)Jon R.
Joy's Village was one of the first Chinese restaurants I went to in Columbus, and it gave me a good impression of Chinese in Columbus. It needs some work. When I walked into Joy's Village, it looked promising. A lot of times, the grossest and dirtiest of Chinese restaurants tastes best. But this was not that case. I ordered the Beef Chow Fun, and the sauce was runny, the noodles were hard, and the beef was not tasty. Rachel P. got the sweet and sour chicken, which was not saucy enough and hard. My search for good Chinese in the C-bus continued...
(2)Peter C.
I should say this is the best Chinese food around OSU Columbus campus. I am a Chinese and find the food here is the closest to definition of Chinese food. As I know, most American-style Chinese chains (such as Panda Express) revise the way we make food in China. They do stir-fries with sauces, not vegie oil. In China, we never cook with those sweet sauces, which make the dishes taste greasy. Anyway, this goes to far from this restaurant. My Chinese friend recommended this place to me, and it took me a while to find it. I ordered a dish called Szechuan Stir-Fry (I am not too certain of the English translation). It tastes the same as the flavor of my hometown!! You know what, because I am from Szechuan!
(5)Zhong C.
it is OK. advantage: close to campus; chinese food are good; disadvantage: not reasonable price for some dishes; not very nice service attitude
(3)Keith M.
I've only been twice, but it has quickly become my favorite Chinese restaurant. First visit I got the Joy's special tofu, which was soft tofu in a brown sauce with vegetables and some sort of meat (careful if you're a vegetarian/vegan) which was solid and my friend who introduced me to this place along with myself were both entertained by an employee melting down on another one. I'm sure the Chinese speakers at the other booth were amused and no, you didn't have to know the language to know some bombs were being dropped. That may have turned off some patrons, but not me. Then I saw the review for the Indonesian friend rice and had to try it. Look at the fried rice section and only found "Indostea Fried Rice" and asked for Indonesian fried rice, hoping they were the same thing and...oh my. This was the best fried rice I ever had and will get it again. I wasn't even much of a fan of fried rice until then; I always had preferred noodles. The rice has the right amount of oil, there are fried crunchy pieces of chicken, wontons, a fried egg on top with a pleasant surprise: there's a bit of runny yolk. There were vegetables, but they're just for show. Another factor that I like about this place is that it feels like your in their home and it was hard not to when their son (?) took hold of the remote control and was watching cartoons on the TV while one of the employees was eating food he prepared at a nearby table and had already dished some out for the kid. 4 stars for the food overall so far and an extra one for the ambiance.
(5)Weifei Z.
A dive Chinese restaurant with relatively authentic good food. I have moved off campus but I often think of the tom-yum soup at Joy's as best that I have had. I think it's the type of place people either hate or love. I know friends who wouldn't go there because of the decor (or lack there off) and distrust in their cleanliness. I belong to the latter group that loves it--sort of like comfort food for me.
(4)Matthew B.
Joy's Village has been a recurring favorite of mine for some time now. Yes, it's hidden in a dark cavern of a mall and yes, it has the ambiance of a waiting room with its huge television dominating the decor, but I'll be damned if they don't make some of the best pad thai I've ever had. I have a very hard time branching out at Joy's Village, though. While they offer a cornucopia of Chinese standard fare, there are also, for example, plates of pork intestine- which I'm certain is thoroughly edible but, alas, I have not the grit to sample it. The service at Joy's Village is bare-bones, no-nonsense- and usually efficient, although a recent visit found me wondering when my water might be refilled. There is, however, something to be said about knowing a place where you can have an entire meal without needing to worry about waitstaff hovering to make sure your food is constantly okay. Joy's Village tests my mettle as an adventurous eater- and finds me sorely lacking. Though while I may avoid some of the more exotic entries offered, I will keep coming back for that pad thai.
(3)Wai W.
Joy's village been around for awhile... even before I attended OSU there in 1993. They are more authentic than some of the Chinese Restaurant in Columbus. BUT... the taste is not the same as an authentic Chinese restaurant. Price is decent with decent portion of food... since it's next to OSU... it's good for us tight budget peon... =P Parking can be a pain. But if I was to compare the food to an authentic Chinese food, I can only give it an average.
(3)Sara M.
Joy and I don't have a very good relationship. My dad is very attached to her, but I just can't bring myself to approve. I usually spend my time sitting and giving disapproving looks at her.... and the food, of course. Ultimately this place is a kind of dive. A friend described it as the kind of place you'd go in highschool to skip school. At the end of the day I have trouble trusting the bits of things in there, and would be a lot more comfortable if they got a maid service. Yeah, Sorry... but Ew.
(2)Frank L.
Great place! Relatively authentic Chinese food (extremely authentic by Columbus standards) at low prices. New management has raised prices and gotten rid of the dim sum menu, but it still offers great value. One of the best places to eat in Columbus for people who aren't afraid to stray from the mainstream. (But for those who are less adventurous, I should mention that they offer the standard Chinese-American stuff, too.)
(5)Matthew G.
good, cheap, great selection.
(3)Johaun C.
i love this place. arch-rival of Yau's down on the south side of campus. menu is diverse, prices are ridiculously cheap. this is food your mom would make if she were chinese. young chow friend rice is excellent here with bits of bbq pork and cabbage. i almost always get the beef stew thin rice noodle soup here (huge!) that also comes with vegis.
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