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I had a feeling upon entering your ridiculously cavernous interior and taking in the cooler-than-you vibe that my dining experience was going to suck. And aside from the deep-fried mashed potatoes (the sole reason that there was more than one star), it did. Well done gang!
I was a few minutes late meeting some friends, and they had their drinks already. 15 minutes after I sat down on a slow night, I was asked if I too, might want a beverage! I did! Way to stop talking to the other servers and pay attention to your tables, wait staff.
Aside from the aforementioned potatoes, the food is run of the mill pub food that would be considered pricey at half the price of what JOEY charges. 35 bucks for a steak the size of a hockey puck that was way under-cooked (asked for medium well, got rare) and plenty of fat and gristle to boot. Three of us got steaks, all of them cooked incorrectly.
Mentioning this to the server got me a half-hearted shrug and an offer to take it back to the kitchen for them to put it back on the grill. Yes, please put my undercooked, and now cut, steak back on the grill while the rest of my party eats so the juices can leech out and I can eat a dry steak. How about we cook it right in the first place. If you're charging that much for a 5 oz steak, invest in some chefs who can properly prepare them.
Anyhow, if you like to be "seen" and don't mind attitude and mediocre, overpriced food, this is your kind of place. But there are so many wonderful, unique, delicious options for dining in Toronto - no need to subject yourself to JOEY.
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