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| - My friend and I were here celebrating a belated birthday and splurged on food and drinks. It's not cheap but hey, she was worth it. What we ate/drank was pretty good and the service was right on too, so I figure a solid 3 stars is in order.
Joey's has some good food however you have to know what those items on the menu are. One of their signature dishes is the Chinatown Lettuce Wraps. They have crispy noodles, peppers, green onions, peanuts, cilantro all in a spicy hoisan sauce. You put the noodle mixture in the big pieces of lettuce and roll them up, like a little salad roll. Boy are they good!
The Belini's here are my favorite. Really, who needs food when you have slushy fruity drinks? They even throw in a frozen slice of peach. Yeah, these are always on my list when I go to Joey's.
We both had the Lobster Grilled Cheese with yam fries. It was pretty tasty but would have been a step up if they had used some nicer bread. It seemed like it was just regular white bread here, nothing fancy. The yam fries were totally overdone, like fried up little sticks. They sure need a lesson in how to make decent yam fries.
Joey's is one of those restaurants that I can take or leave. The one up in Crowfoot has beautiful decor, kinda warm and inviting with some nice stone work and the ceilings are absolutely amazing. They are really high, with these huge wrought iron square chandeliers. This location is more classy than the one down town. Guess you're paying for part of the ambiance, not just the food.
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