JOEY Polo Park

Up and until about September 2015 I would have agreed with all the great reviews. NOT today or a number of days. Sat for 15 min with 4 other people in the lounge today didn’t get a hello let alone service.
Sorry the service st Joey’s abroad has left the building. Anything but impressed.
Lastly nobody really cared when I left. FYI I used to spend around $ 2200 a month entertaining customers across Canada and using Joey’s standards, it truly is unfortunate that regular friendly faces mean nothing to this brand.
Cheers and good luck

«Great Business Lunch Spot»
Joeys has a few locations in various cities and its clear that they are not all equal. Joeys in Winnipeg is one of the best locations I have eaten at and its obvious since the place is packed at lunch time. They reserve only 20% of the restaurants and those reservations go early. However, if you get there at 11:45am, there’s a good chance you’ll get seated right away. If you get there at 12:15pm, there’s a good chance you will have a 30 minute wait.
The interior is warm and spacious with various seating options. The lounge and bar area have lots of seating with several TV’s to catch the latest sports. The service from the hostess to the wait staff is excellent… very friendly, not pushy and very patient. In the main dining room they have booths for 4 and booth/​table combinations that are perfect for a business lunch when meeting new people for the first time.
The menu has some interesting additions over the basic lounge/​grill type menu including some sushi and my favorite lunch, a steak and sushi combination which comes with their Prime Cap steak and 6 rainbow rolls. The food was excellent and the service by our waitress Dana, was also top notch. My guests had a burger and salads and they both raved about them.
The only disappointment you may experience is getting there late and having to wait 30 mins. However the bar area is a great place to have lunch and you will enjoy yourself just the same.

Staffs are super friendly, steak is cooked perfectly how you want it! Love love it and will keep coming back!

Stopped in today for a quick dinner before heading to the airport. Great food and FANTASTIC service! Thanks to the team!

We came in for a late Wednesday night supper and the place was nice and very lively
1. Food — Really Good, We had the ahi tuna salad which was awesome, and the Spanish paella which was fantastic, we also had a ceasar which was small but good and a beer
2. Cleanliness& Décor — Clean and Beautiful inside, Sit on the patio if you can!
3. Service — Excellent, friendly but food was a little slow coming out
4. Pricing — Expensive but well worth it
5. Originality — Great combinations of classics and variety, will definitely go back to try some other items!

The Korean cauliflower and blackened Salmon caesar were delicious. The waitresses are very pleasant.

I had lunch today at JOEY Polo Park.
I ordered the Hourly Roasted Rotisserie Chicken (minus the veggies). It was delicious! There were two big pieces of chicken (a breast and a thigh) and it was sooooo tender. The potatoes were like homemade. The gravy had a nice kick to it. I would definitely get this again.
Amanda was my server. She was friendly and helpful and took excellent care of me.

as good as it gets. the servers are amazing at making you feel like a rock star! the food is served promptly and is always of the highest quality. love the atmosphere and the experience…

If your looking for a casual yet upper end dining experience this is the place! Excellent service and knowledgable waitresses. Also a really cool bar design highlighted by an awesome wine wrack and a collection of liqueurs. Great place to take a date!

We were in Winnipeg over the November long weekend for a family reunion and snuck out one night with my aunt and uncle for dinner and drinks at this restaurant. I could honestly go on about how awesome of a night we had, but just to give an example, when our beer took a little bit longer then maybe would be expected to make it to our table, the manager came over and told us they were taking care of our entire round of drinks. Our waitress was extremely nice and actually very entertaining which is something I haven’t really experienced eating out in Edmonton. It was the best restaurant experience I have ever had and my aunt, uncle and boyfriend all agreed.

Bar review, not food
Staff is excellent, above and beyond
Outdoor patio. Indoor air conditioning ‚
Service above par

Awesome food, atmosphere and staff! Came here for business and ordered the spicy edamame and steak and sushi. They were great! Would definitely come back!

Great Stand out, above and beyond other restaurants in this area, recommended by the staff at our hotel. Great atmosphere whether you want a formal dining experience, great bar, or enjoy the Sun Room.
Joey team members gave great service here, have solid wine selections and the food stands up as well. My group worked through a few wine selections, as well as apps, dinner, and lastly dessert choices. If you are in the area, definitely a MUST (compared with other choices near by)

Joeys has always been a favourite restaurant of mine but our experience tonight wasn’t great. We were not acknowledged when we walked in. My husband stood at the hostess stand waiting for someone to seat us or take our name… he finally had to ask that the girl take our name. Then they had a bunch of confusion as to where seats were available. Finally we were taken to a seat and asked for a high chair. The girl told us no problem. When they came to take our drinks we asked for a high chair or booster seat, then were told that they don’t have any but we were welcome to go out to our car and bring in our car seat… clearly they don’t know how much work that is. Nor do they realize how big car seats can be… our food was alright but took 45 minutes to come considering it wasn’t extremely busy, I would have thought it would have come quicker.
It was disappointing that Joeys has taken the same road as earls in trying to discourage families by having no high chairs, booster seats or kids menu. In my opinion if I was a patron without kids I would prefer kids be contained to a seat rather than climbing around on booths etc. families will still go to restaurants like this.

I came here for lunch. It was okay. I had the Viva Salad. It comes with roasted chicken, but it tasted like curried chicken. It didn’t come with many grape tomatoes, avocado, or apples. It was a pile of greens and chicken.
I went with a group, and we had the Chinatown lettuce wraps with chicken and edamame to start. Seriously, how can a place eff’ up edamame? There was waaaaaay too much salt. The lettuce wraps reminded me of a cheapened version of what they serve at P.F. Changs.
This place is just another Moxies or Earl’s.

I’ve eaten here many times for lunch, dinner, and just drinks/​appys. I would say that the service is always pretty good. It’s like Moxie’s or Earls with a bit of a more global food offering.
Appys are $ 7-​$ 12. I like the «Ahi Tuna Tacos» ($ 10.49), it’s a delicious light appy with 4 small tacos, each one has a slice of seared rare ahi tuna sitting on a bed of sesame ginger coleslaw with a wasabi-​lime aioli. The cheeseburger sliders ($ 10.49) comes with three mini burgers that aren’t really that dressed up… just processed cheese and a house sauce. The sliders were much more greasy than their hi-​rise burger. I wouldn’t order this again, nothing special at that price, just order the regular hi-​rise burger with fries which is only $ 11.99. The dry ribs ($ 9.99) are good and taste like most dry ribs served all around the city — good taste of Chinese five spice.
Salads are around $ 15-​$ 17. Burgers/​Sandwiches $ 12-​$ 15. Bowls/​Pastas $ 17. Fish, chicken and rib dishes $ 18-​$ 22. Steaks $ 20-​$ 32.
Recently, I tried their new ahi tuna salad ($ 16.99) — seared ahi tuna slices served with avocado, radicchio, romaine lettuce, mango, orange zest, peanuts, cilantro, green onions, tomatoes and dressed with a wasabi lime sauce. This was a good salad but they could’ve skipped the radicchio as that left more of a bitterness on my palate. Otherwise, I liked the citrus notes in this light summer salad. It’s not very substantial compared to the other salads they serve so it’s good as a light lunch but if you’re hungry, order something else too!
«Viva Salad» (14.99) roasted chicken with sundried cranberries, avocado, apples and feta with a honey balsamic vinaigrette, garnished with cilantro. Delicious salad that can be a meal for one or an appy shared with another person.
I like their «Ahi Tuna Club» ($ 14.99), seared tuna steak (rare) with bacon, lettuce, and onion ring. I take the onion ring out to eat separately, but otherwise, this is a great sandwich. I also love the fries here — the perfect size (slightly thicker than McD fries with a good crispy exterior without being too greasy).
I loved their «rotisserie chicken» ($ 14.99 lunch & $ 18.99 dinner). When they make it right, it’s super juicy and has a great spice rub to it. You get a half chicken so this makes for a very large lunch (had to take it to go) and a very substantial dinner. The difference is that the lunch portion provides only fries and coleslaw but dinner gets you mashed potatoes and vegetables — not sure if that justifies the $ 4 increase at dinner. I had a great juicy half chicken one time at lunch but for dinner on another occasion it was over seasoned/​salty and kinda dry. A little hit and miss on this one.
The «lobster ravioli» ($ 16.99) is surprisingly good. It’s not a pure lobster ravioli as they stuff it with crab and shrimp too. But it’s decent at that price cause with pure lobster ravioli, most places charge over $ 30 for that dish. This is a very rich creamy dish with ricotta and a lemon dill cream sauce.
The servers are friendly and outgoing without seeming like they are trying too hard. There’s always a huge line ups for dinners on the weekends. But considering they have the sun room, lounge and main dining room — waits aren’t too bad.
On a recent visit I noticed a few dirty items such as a lingering orange food stain on the outer portion of my tea mug. The stain wasn’t close to where I was sipping from so I didn’t make a bit deal but it was a bit off putting. Then I noticed that the cream bowl and the platter that the tea is served on had old coffee and other food stains on it. Obviously they reuse the platters and bowls, which is fine since I don’t eat or drink off of it but it’d be nice if they took a quick glance to see if it’s clean enough to serve again. This occurred on a pretty lazy Sunday afternoon so I’m surprised this happened. Oh well, I’m sure I’ve eaten more gross things that I didn’t notice at all!

I came here for lunch around 11:45am with some co-​workers. Although a small line up at the front, the place was quite empty-​ish.
The servers was friendly, and I liked how he asked us if everyone on the salads, sandwiches etc was okay, as if substitutions or omissions can be easy to do.
The food came quickly. I’d say less than 10 mins. we were finished lunch around 12:30pm. I suspect the menu was designed in that way.
I got the Lobster Grilled Cheese. YUM. I saw it and was like «Done». Brie, Chedder and peices of lobster between two buttery toasts. Cocktail sauce on the side. Substituted salad for fries.
The sandwich was REALLY good: a little small, but filling. I found i didn’t really like dipping it in the cocktail sauce because it will overpower the flavours. You can actually taste lobster in the cheese.
The salad was the Simple Greens, and was quite good with fennel, pecans, crasins, and a lemon poppy seed dressing. I’m going to copy this.
My collegues has the Ahi Tuna club sandwich which looked really good. And the Beach salad (avacado, strawberries, lemon poppyseed dressing).
The décor of the this makes the place a bit more upscale looking. Similar to Milestone’s or Moxies. The prices I found a bit overpriced. $ 6.99 for fries (but you get about 2 handfuls) and $ 16.99 for my lobster sandwich. Entrees are about $ 18 — $ 22.
I’m not a huge fan of these chain restaurants for the price vs quality of food ratio. Although the food is good, I feel like I’m paying for their overhead costs. I’d rather grab a more unique place on Osborne or something that costs about the same.

Beer selection is okay. Guinness is way overpriced. Food was decent, especially if you want a late night meal. Cheeseburger sliders are worth a try.
Not really very different from any other Earls or Moxies sorta place.

We decided on a girl’s night at Joey’s yesterday. Most of us haven’t gone, so we went on the recommendation of one girl’s past experience.
It wasn’t excessively busy for a late dinner on Saturday night and it was easy to get a table. The server was on top of everything and was great at coming by without being to clingy to a table of 6 girls.
The menu was awesome. It featured something for everyone’s taste. A bit of Indian, some Mexican and even Chinese. The prices are comparable to Moxie’s which surprised me. This place is not as expensive as I expected it to be.
The food arrived fairly quickly and boy did we get our money’s worth! We each got a different plate and shared all the appetizer’s and entrees. Of 6, none disappointed! The food was just awesome.
This place is great for groups but maybe not a romantic dinner. People can get loud so it’s a good place to go if you’re going to get rowdy. We were all definitely impressed!