If i was being forced to go to a sircorp chain restuarant (alice fazooli's, jack astors, etc) i would force my friends out of it and go to Joeys on Donmills.
It's an interesting place, in the newly renovated don mills centre, and it seems progressive for the area.
The food is not bad at all - not amazing food, but well priced and interesting enough.
The ambience of the restaurant is nice and upscale and the service is quite good.
What springrolls did to chinese food is what Joey's did to the $20-$30 chain restaurant sector.
For foodies around town, you're not going to have your socks rocked, but more than likely your group will enjoy themselves, especially if many of them are not real foodies.
It's a super busy place though, just to warn you.
It seems a convenient venue for those large group birthdays and out of town guests that you don't want to spend an arm and a leg on but still want the experience to be somewhat memorable.