home away from home. ah, joey's. probably in the top ten of all the mall-attached restaurants i've ever been to. i was in tukwila for the better part of two months and it didn't take long to make this my 'regular' spot. it had a lot going for it: classy environment, close to my hotel, good drink selection, attractive wait staff and filled with pretty people.
the food was the kind of slightly weird stuff you normally find in a 'higher class' type of restaurant, but not so off-base that it fell in to the once-a-year category. everything i had was consistently cooked just right and well presented.
the bartenders and wait staff... well, they weren't hard to look at. the strange thing was that they almost all had black or blond hair. they all wore a black outfit as well. very consistent with that too.
as with any bar nowadays, they had the obligatory bank of widescreen tvs to distract you from whoever you were with. only here they weren't always on sports, strangely enough. more often than not they were tuned to a variety of stations, news most of the time, but other times there were normal tv shows. no closed captioning though.
i can't speak for the sit-down part of the restaurant, i spent nearly all my time at the bar, and only one occasion at a table in the bar. the service there was always friendly and quick.
i highly recommend joey's for happy hour with your work buddies or even a first date situation. it's just pricey and classy enough to impress who you're with and you don't have to break the bank fordrinksand an appetizer.