JOEY Barlow

Absolutely must try the korean spiced bbq cauliflower — #ADDICTED!!!
Talked about it with coworkers who all tried it and loved it!
Talked about this again tonight at work, we are ordering takeout tomorrow before we get here!

Wings where amazing my flight go here a little late and I found the only open bar my hotel. The bartender was so nice and recommended the wings and they are pretty good I just wish they would have given me more blue cheese but other than that I will definitely be visiting again. They have a variety of choices on the menus from sushi to burgers it’s great for a casual girls night out or a romantic date

Came here for dinner last weekend — seating was easy enough as we got in rather late. As a table, we ordered the chili chicken — which was pretty good, and the tandoori chicken naan flatbread — that was kind of eh. For my entrée, I ordered the ahi tuna tacos — a bit on the small side, but I would have expected a wee bit more than one tiny slab of tuna per taco. Cry face.

Joey’s is a classic place for us when we come to Calgary because we usually fly in late and this is the only place open. I don’t come to Calgary often so I can only base this review on my most recent visit.
The service was nice and fast while the food is always consistently good. I do not really have anything to complain about. We ordered a chili chicken for appetizer and I got the panang shrimp curry bowl. It was the perfect amount of spice and it filled me up.
Pros:
— Open late
— Good service
— Consistent food
Cons:
— Nothing

Terrible. Went there with my family and we ordered the lobster grilled cheese, the prawn curry and a kids chicken tenders. Let’s start with the kids meal… to call these chicken tenders would be generous. They were tiny little nuggets of over cooked, deep fried chicken and there was barely 3 pieces and it looked like dog kibble. My wife’s grilled cheese was ok but my prawn curry was brutal. There were 11 little shrimps, that were cooked from frozen, over cooked at that and there was a hair in the meal. Now here’s the fun bit… after i pointed out the hair to the server, he took the dish away for a minute or two, then brought it back and told me it was only a fiber from the cilantro that was on the plate. He then proceeded to try and put the dish back in front of me.
When, I was in the service industry we were taught, not that the customer is always right, but make them happy and if they are wrong, let them thing they are right and suck it up. Why would this server bring back a dish that has been, I assume, handled by him, maybe a cook and possibly the manager then BRING IT BACK?!? What was he thinking. We will NOT be back to this location.

Got the filet migon with peper corn sauce
It comes with the best crispy mashed potatoes ever
I came here a couple of weeks ago and i just had to come back
I also got the molten chocolate lava cake.
Wow it was great
The service is one of the best i got in Calgary
This is now my favorite restaurant
If you crave for the best steak then you got to go to Joey’s

Myself, I eat out multiple times each day and not because i want to but because I constantly travel. Although I do eat at fast food establishments, every once in a while I like to enjoy a meal that appears and tastes as if it has been created by a chef. Joeys Barlow does this well and I enjoy the atmosphere. If I have to meet for business I will try, if possible, to arrange to meet there so there are no surprises with the food, atmosphere or service. I have not had one bad experience yet.
I have to admit that it can be a bit loud at certain times when it is very busy, so I find if arrange your business meeting for mid afternoon it is quieter.
Try their salads, they are quite good, and I don’t normally like salads. (My wife tells me they are good for me.)
I will continue to eat there.

Great atmosphere, fast service and delicious food — I recommend this spot for quiet meals or team dinners and anything in between.
I had a veggie burger (surprise)! My dinner companions had a NY strip, The 500 salad (add chicken) and a barbecue salmon rice bowl. Everyone enjoyed their meals also the salmon in the bowl was a little underwhelming.
I wish I had room for dessert but maybe next time.

i have been here on two different occasions. Both times I have been impressed with the over all experience.
First time i went was a Friday night late supper. We received prompt seating which is impressive. There was a very short wait for our server who was knowledgeable in all aspects of the menu. Drinks were brought quickly and our order was taken and delivered in a timely and correct manner.
Second visit was a mid week Lunch. Again, prompt seating (lounge side). Drinks and meal were served very quickly yet did not feel pushed or rushed in any way. Server was able to make accurate descriptions of the appetizers and salads. Food was exactly as the server described.
All of the servers were dressed in the same dress. Classic black, length just above the knee, no visible tattoos or body piercings (which i personally appreciate) and dress pumps for shoes. I find this style to be very classic and tasteful.
I would most definitely return here on any day or night of the week.

I do not recommend this location at all i have been here so many times and every time something goes wrong. Last time i went i got sick, took a bite of a VERY raw chicken wing :/​. After that time i am not going back, because i usually give it another chance and order something different but i am so disgusted. i will add that the waitress was very nice about it and the manager gave us free dessert and didn’t charge us for anything. I also found that if you are dining with one other person everything goes well but with big groups it doesn’t go well at all.

Friendly staff. Not sure why but Joey seems to be a bit more popular than Earls next door. It’s more difficult than it should be to find an IPA in Calgary. Fortunately, they have a nice one here. Had the steak and sushi. The steak was tasty. The sushi (roll) was so so.

This is a chain similar to the keg or earls. And that is ok because they deliver consistent tasty food. This is one of the places I go when I am tired of having terrible meals at many restaurants in Calgary and paying a lot for food I could have micro waved at home.
Yes it is a little pricey but at least I know that I will have a good meal with decent portion size and that if something isn’t right they will fix it. I also very much enjoy their girly drinks in the summer time ie sangria or pimms or bellinis. They have a decent alcohol menu and specials for food and drinks every day of the week!
I try to eat at local independent places but if I choose a chain this place is on e of my top picks.

Great bar, good food, Ebony is definitely the best, funnest bartender in the northeast! The Shiraz also, is better then my own.:)

Staying near the Calgary Airport before the next day’s early morning flight we were looking for a good meal and were pleased to find this casual yet upscale place. Usually all you find near airports are the typical chains. This place was hopping at 8:30pm on a Saturday — it was a fun, young crowd. The menu had many good choices at reasonable prices. I selected the roasted chicken bistro plate which was quite good and due to the brining not dry. The frites were excellent. My partner had the fish/​shrimp tacos which were also very good. Our waitress was attentive and efficient. If staying near the airport Joey’s is highly recommended.
August 2014

Came here for lunch on Saturday, celebrating a friend cousin birthday. Of course since Joey’s is a chain restaurant, wasn’t expecting much. Plus I’ve been here a couple of times. But my most recent experience felt very mediocre. The food fell a little short from my expectation from my past visit.
We ordered appetizers to begin Artichoke and spinach dip as well as calamari. The Calamari tasted good. Full of flavour and presentation was nice, the artichoke and spinach dip not a fan. It was and and soupy not really the dip consistency. I ordered the Protein style burger, I thought this was a great addition to the menu. Since I haven’t seen it before but maybe I could be wrong and it has been on the menu for over a year, it was alright. The burger itself lacked seasoning it tasted very bland. Even the sauce added didn’t help at all, very mediocre. My friend ordered the fish tacos and out of the 3 she ate 1. She said the shrimp and fish were soggy and not crunchy too much oil soaked them. I tried one and she was right. I remember ordering them last visit and they were much better before instead of how they are now. Possibly a change of chef?
Lastly my cousin the birthday girl ordered the chicken Shawarma and please don’t get me started, she hardly touched it. It was a lot smaller in size my friend added since she ordered that before. My cousin even showed me how much grease was dripping off the Shawarma wrapper. I was disgusted. The only perk I would say is the skinny fries on the side still tasted the same as I remember pretty good.
Overall personally I’m little saddened how the food has gone down. As I recall Joeys used to be pretty good. Hmm that’s unfortunate.

I will give them their 5^th star the day they bring back their sushi tacos to the menu.
;)

Big Fan of the Food, everything thing on the menu is great, always consistent. The last time I went to Joeys, the chili chicken was cold, but the staff are always helpful and replaced it ASAP. The service is good most of the time, they have a huge turn over in staff, so sometimes the service takes long and the food, the ahi tuna salad is among my favourite salads of all time. The steaks are not good, but great! They use the finest meats and ingredients. You can always depend in joeys.

WhY has happened to this place… 5 years of loyalty and now sh! t rude surveys. Wow. Not impressed begged off 4 months ago came back today and the last visit. Unreal.

They are okay. Its a chain. The girls look like Barbie dolls in matching dresses. It always makes me a bit crazy when restaurants think that its a neat thing to force employees to wear more makeup than they normally wood and dress in barely there matching frocks.
The menu describes the food you get pretty well. I’ve never had a terrible meal but there is nothing super exciting either. I do enjoy the Beach salad they have and the steak is good — pretty standard although their side sauces are a rip off for what you get.
They have a decent drink menu with some atypical options like Negronis. Service is usually pretty decent. This location is pretty large so they can accommodate larger groups. It can get pretty loud in there though — after a recent dinner my voice started to go just from attempting to have a normal conversation.
I wouldn’t go out of my way to go here but if I was in the neighbourhood and wanted something easy, I’d consider returning.

Man oh man, how I wanted to say good things about this place but it’s just so hard to get good service here. We usually come here with customers given it’s so close to one of our offices but, really, what can you do. We tip well, manager has seen us plenty of times but with the dwindling standards in Calgary this place seems to be no exception.