My wife and I have been driving by Joey's for two years and last Saturday evening we were in the mood to try someplace new. I'm always up for trying a new restaurant. The Adventure! The Curiosity! The excitement! Oh, lets not get to carried away here. I'm a pretty decent self-taught chef and my standard is simple: The food had better be at least as good as I can prepare at home.
I had the Rigatoni with smoked chicken in a parmesan cream sauce. This is a dish that's hard to screw up, and they didn't. It was fine. But 15 bucks? We're talking about a few cents worth of pasta, some cream and parmesan, and about a quarter of a chicken breast grilled and tossed in. Easy. Tasty. Not worth $15 hard-earned money. We're talking the same price as Macaroni Grill's Chicken Scaloppine and there is a world of difference between what went in to the two dishes.
My wife had the lasagna. She ate a small portion and asked for a cary-out container. As we were walking to the car later she said, "The lasagna was terrible". So why did she want to take it home? "I dunno". At least that gave our son a chance to render a second opinion on it. Our son, the Army Infantry Fire Team Leader. Chows down MRE's like they are gourmet. His verdict? "Disgusting"
If you are going to spend fifty bucks on a meal you deserve better than this.