A great find in western Madison from an East Coast visitor. Often I rely on Yelp when visiting a new town and the pressure is always on when it is to find a place for a group of out-of-towners to dine. Joey's was a successful selection that I look forward to visiting the next time I'm in Madison.
Being an East Coaster, there is always this assumption that you can't get good seafood if your aren't on a coast. (As if modern transportation and shipping doesn't exist, and "Oh, hello, they ARE the GREAT lakes".
For most of us, cheese curds were new, and everyone loved them. I had the chicken gumbo, absolutely the best gumbo I've had in a restaurant. It was what Campbell's thinks Chunky soup is, as opposed to most attempts at gumbo that are thicker than cream soup and burnt brown in taste and color. I very much wanted the battered fish (you can actually pick the type of fish!), but I needed to eat healthy, so I had the Citrus Mahi Mahi, you know, the fish so good they named it twice!
Since we were out late on a Monday night the restaurant wasn't overly crowded and we were able to be seated immediately, but it is so good I can see where reservations are required for more popular times. Despite the "normal" attendance the parking lot was packed. I couldn't imagine coming into this shopping center at peak times!
They also have a nice selection of microbrews, some on tap, some not. We appreciated the server's offer to provide small samples of beer so that we could make a selection.