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| - The hub and I went to check out the new area in Yorkdale a few weeks before Christmas and we just had to eat at Joey (I must go to all of them). As I have mentioned before, Joey is what chain restaurants should be like (and so many of them are just not!!). It was a Friday night, so we were worried knowing from experience the crazy line-ups Joeys normally has. However when I finally managed to get to the front of the hostess counter I was told it would only be a half an hour wait (for Joey that's nothing). They so conveniently take down your number, and will call you once your table is ready. So off we went to the Microsoft Store!
It was around the half hour when I decided to call just to make sure I hadn't given them the wrong number. My name appeared to have disappeared from the list, even though I saw the girl writing it down! How is this possible I said!!! Anyway, it appears they have 2 hostess areas: one upstairs and one downstairs, and whomever picked up the phone was upstairs!!! They were immediately apologetic and said to come in right away and they would seat us (and they did).
This Joey is very large with dining areas on both floors. The staff as usual is very friendly and good-looking. The menu is essentially the same as in the other locations with a few variations; there is something for everyone. We had to order water twice before it finally came. For dinner we had the Sicilian Prawn with Linguini, and the Florentine Ravioli with scallops and prosciutto. The linguini, as the hub said, was not good, too many things going on at once made for terrible "flavour confusion". My ravioli were delicious. For dessert we ordered a Happy Ending (decadent chocolate cake, with sea salt, and dulce de leche), this is the best dessert they have, and it's just the perfect size.
When the bill came the waitress asked how everything had been and the hub responded with a "MeH". To which she asked for some details. He gave some constructive criticism about the linguini. She called the manager, the manager asked if he wanted something else, but we had just finished dinner!! So the hub said that he had already eaten it because he does not like to waste food. She did not offer anything else. I guess these are some of their growing pains. Still I look forward to the next time we meet!
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