This Joey Tomato's always makes me suspicious. The staff are all very attractive, and seeing that many beautiful people in one place sans dance music and/or club wear puts me on guard. Why so much eye candy? What if it distracts me from my food?
None of my male friends share this suspicion, and so I've eaten here a few times: after work (downtown convenience!) or before a movie and/or festival. I would not choose it for a date location, however. If you've read my previous reviews, then you know I notice the cute guys, and I hate it when the situation is reversed. I think it's bad date-news all around to have such distracting servers, post-dinner romantic walks by the river or not.
The food is firmly in decent, contemporary, Earls-style food. Some pastas, some steaks, a bit of effort to make it gourmet and out of the ordinary but not enough to turn off picky eaters. It's a good place for a business lunch because of that. The atmosphere is a little sexy, but not too much. It's not bad a bad place at all, just shiny on the surface and a little bland underneath.