Joy Teriyaki — Restaurant in Washington

1/03/2021 Today my husband and I decided to re-try Joy Teriyaki. My last two experiences with them, which happened to be eight or nine years ago was less than satisfactory, I vowed then it would be a very long time until I tried them again. With our normal Chinese food place, Golden Star, still being temporarily closed we decided today to take the leap and try Joy Teriyaki once again and we felt they redeemed themselves so we will be willing to try them again in near future.

So, today I ordered General Tso's Chicken with white rice, and my husband ordered Yakisoba noodles with white rice. Since General Tso's chicken can change some depending on what region it comes from, I have no way of comparing it with what may be truly an authentic General Tso's; my comparison is between what I have tried or experienced locally.

General Tso's today was intricate but satisfactory. There was plenty of meat, veggies, some sweetness, and a noticeable background of rice vinegar that made this dish more tangy than sweet. I do miss having a little bit of heat, IMO this General Tso's had no heat.

Yakisoba Noodles is what my husband ordered, of course, we shared. I enjoyed the noodles, we both did, pleasant flavoring and enough sauce to make the noodles pliable! Again, Yakisoba noodles can be made a little differently depending on the area and the restaurant itself; some restaurant makes it with oyster sauce others prefer umami flavoring, in all honesty, I couldn't tell, they were just good!

This time around, we chose not to try the Asian coleslaw that came with the meals.

To me, the pricing seemed in accordance with the local area, decent size for a lunch, and depending on how large of an eater you are, it may be a decent size for a dinner as well!

Joy's restaurant, what I could see of the inside appeared clean, but slightly dated. A large portion of the restaurant was blocked off to discourage people from eating or gathering inside, the only thing I found a little obtrusive was the corkboard with a lot of business cards on it, I really do understand why people do it, especially nowadays with so many lost jobs, you really do have to put yourself out there in any way possible; competition is fierce, none the less it looked a little bit out of place IMO. The person that took our order, was friendly, funny, and polite and cheerful, thank you for that!

For anyone who is not aware of the location of Joy Teriyaki, they are located in the Fred Meyer shopping area. 5050 WA-303 Suite 105 in Bremerton. Since Joy Teriyaki shares a parking lot with several other businesses like Fred Meyer, Little Caesars Pizza, Subway, Great Clips, and more, depending on the time of day or if it's a Holiday the parking can become treacherous but most of the time you'll be able to find some parking.

In my opinion, if you haven't tried Joy Teriyaki you should if for no other reason you will be supporting a small local business and small businesses could really use the extra help!

Happy 2021!!! Remember Covid is affecting everyone, so please stay safe and...

We got teriyaki chicken and sushi and they were both awful. The teriyaki sauce was flavorless and the chicken was very tough. Some of our sushi looked like it was prepackaged and the ones that didn’t had avocado that had already oxidized. The prepackaged ones were the tiniest rolls we’ve ever seen. Other sushi places we’ve ordered delivery from have been put directly in the fridge, just like we did with this sushi, and still taste and look fresh after pulling them out once we got home from work. The rice also tasted funny. I thought it tasted like it had absorbed the flavor of the fish, my boyfriend said it just tasted really bitter. The ginger was not very sweet and the wasabi was super watery and looked like it had been squeezed out from an icing bag. I would give this place zero stars but Google won’t let me. I wouldn’t be surprised if we get food poisoning. If you want good sushi for roughly the same price and made fresh in front of you, go to Mana Sushi in Port Orchard. We paid $60 for our entire order of four different kinds of sushi, the chicken teriyaki, and some nigiri, all poor quality and half of it uneatened so we hopefully don’t get sick. We pay $60 for the same amount of food at Mana and get bigger rolls, bigger portions of teriyaki, for WAY better quality and...

My visit was on January 22nd at 11: 45 a.m., me and my friend ordered our food and we sat down the food came out food was delicious like always, got halfway through my meal and I realized they forgot my California roll, I got up and told the girl you guys forgot my California roll not a big deal things happen, she went in the back and told the guy making them, she told me it would be out and I sat down at the table I continue eating my food with my friend, the next thing I hear is the guy saying out loud you guys forgot a California roll and said all three of the employees names out loud and made an excuse for himself on why he missed it, and aggressively told the girl out loud again you're the last line of defense you need to notice these things, we came there to sit down and have lunch not listen to some guy being rude to employees, sorry to break it to you bro but this review was...