Joey & Gina’s Restaurant

I wish Unilocal had half stars, because this place deserves 4 ½! It’s clean, stylish, the wait staff is attentive and friendly, the food is great and reasonably priced! And for Mother’s day (which was also my mother and I’s first visit) they presented her and any other mother in the place with a nice red rose! That was such a wonderful gesture!
Mom had the Tuscan sandwich, which she raved about (shocking because she’s very picky about her roast beef) and I had the Lucca burger (again, shocking because I usually don’t go for the turkey burgers). This one, however was great! Nice and juicy and flavorful!
The only reason this review is not getting a fifth star is because of two things: when you order a meal that comes with fries you get the choice of sweet potato or regular. I requested regular but got sweet potato. No biggie, especially when the sweet man that brought the food over rushed back to the kitchen immediately to fix the problem. I’m not a fan of sweet potato, but I did try one and it was nice. The regular fries are good too. The other reason is how you enter the place. You can come in from both sides and it can be kind of confusing coming in from the back (you can’t tell from outside though), but we were greeted immediately by no less than three employees, so this is just a small ding.
I hope this place makes it; the location is kind of cursed. No business seems to make it past a year, but if Joey and Gina’s keeps up what it’s doing, it’ll sure make the long haul! Can’t wait to return and try other things!

Very beautiful restaurant, sweet staff, good service.
The prices are very high better for the east side than the westside. We came in after a movie looking for something light that was easy to walk to. Across the street was easy. We sat down before looking at the menu.
While what we had was good, the cost brought it down to two stars.

Great location, awesome service, amazing food… & for my first time I went easy with the pizza. Loved it!!! Going back for a classic night again there soon!!!

Eh… Was starving and stopped in here. Food was pricey. And the turkey burger was so salty. The bread sucks so bad!!! No drink refills. The desert was good but thats it. Eating outside was nice but id never ever go back here or tell anyone to go. Not worth it at all :/

Great location, love the vibe, and newly opened. Service was great! I got the make your own pizza! Chicken, bacon, red sauce, and mozzarella cheese! All the ingredients were fresh and great… Plus a lot! The crust of the pizza was a little soggier than I like, but it was good. We had a great evening… The others had appetizers too, but I came late and missed happy hour!!!

My wife and daughter and I had lunch here. We had a good experience. I think they are still working out some of the new restaurant kinks but that’s normal. They brought sourdough bread before the entrée and it was great. I had the burger. Good flavor but I want expecting it on the sourdough bread. It was cooked just as I asked for it and the quality of ingredients was very good. The steak fries were awesome. My wife’s and daughters sandwiches were good also. Our waiter was very nice and attentive. Manager came over and checked on us and welcomed feed back. I souls like to come back and try the pizza and pasta and also check out the dinner menu.

Great service, good ambiance and excellent meal. The chicken parmesan was great
We’ll be back! $

Staff is amazing. the food is great. their steak is delicious. they have a great draft beer menu with plenty of local brews on tap. And their pasta is quite delicious with very generous full portions. Not what you’d expect across from the movie theater but a great gem worth exploring.

Worth every penny!
The staff was amazing and the food was simply perfect. Its obvious they put a lot of thought into the menu. Perfect dinner! Thank you for bringing a piece of the Bay Area to the valley.

Great location by Harkins Arrowhead.
Waitstaff was awesome! Super friendly and fast. I really liked the atmosphere and décor of the restaurant and the patio.
Food just fell flat.
My daughter and I went after a movie and sat outside. However I think my daughter was allergic to whatever potted plants were on the patio.
Anyhow, onto the food.
We only had the mozzarella sticks and a pepperoni pizza. The sauce with the fried mozzarella was very flavorful but the cheese was just ok.
The pepperoni was perfectly spiced and that was only thing good about the pizza. I think it could’ve used some additional time in the oven as it just seemed soggy in the center. I hate to send food back at a restaurant for obvious reasons so I choked down one piece and my daughter ate most of her slice. We paid the bill and left.
I don’t want to trash the restaurant based on one experience so maybe we’ll try again and order an entrée instead of pizza :)

This was my first time here. The service was great… ask for Austin’s section! Portions are large and taste is great! I would recommend this place! Oh… a $ 1 off with your Harkins movie stub.

What a neat place. We were directed here by our accountants from Sapphire Accounting after doing the yearly business. How pleased we were to have tried this recommendation!
Atmosphere is really nice; casual, trendy, classic Italian ambiance, classy and relaxing all rolled into one.
How impressed were were that the GM stopped by our table to say hello and showed great hospitality. One great star for that. We enjoyed our meal outside on the patio and really have no complaints!
What stood out though? Our server, Austin. Many compliments to him for being a great treat to the evening with both professionalism, great service and a wonderfully humble personality for such a young fella!
We will return and try more dishes, AND we will be sure to request Austin!

An amazing dinner at Joey & Gina’s! Found it on Unilocal and it ends up its part of Original Joe’s in San Jose! Amazing! Love that place and this was great as well. Great chicken parm and meatball and salads! Defiantly recommend this place and would go back.
Great service as well and one of the owners checked in with us too!
Try it!!!

We stopped in here for an early dinner after a movie across the street. This place has a great location and a nice atmosphere inside. They have some great bubble machines that are fun and relaxing to watch. We were greeted by a very friendly guy at the door who gave us the history of the place. Apparently the original restaurant is somewhere in California — I believe by San Fran. We were seated at a nice booth below three bubble machines. I’m ready to roll now!
Our waiter was great, friendly, and johnny-​on the spot (even though his name wasn’t Johnny). I ordered the house chard which was very nice and a good pour. My husband a tall whiskey water and our friend a gin and tonic. Zoom in on the gin and NOT tonic. It tasted pretty much like gin and water with a nice lime. Our waiter said he would get her and new one and returned very quickly with a new gin and NOT tonic. He asked her if she’d like to order something else instead and she opted for a Bloody Mary. Pretty soon one of the managers returned with a third gin and tonic and said that the bartender was pushing the wrong button. Our friend was just not ready to go for a third and got the bloody instead. She said the bloody was strong and good.
OK — let’s move onto the food. Drum roll… ba dum tsh… Our friend and I each got ½ order of Joey’s special which we were told was one of the most popular dishes at the original restaurant. It was listed on the menu as spinach, eggs and ground chuck sauté with mushrooms. We were expecting a scrambled egg sauté mixture but when we got Joey’s special it was totally green. Almost all spinach with little bits of egg and ground chuck. There were big button mushrooms on the top. The dish was really salty and just way way too green and spinachy. Our waiter did say that it was not the way the dish was supposed to look. He graciously took them back and asked if we wanted anything else. We declined and he took the items off the bill. My husband got the chop salad with blue cheese dressing on the side. The dressing didn’t really taste blue cheesy but it was OK. My friend and I were also able to pick a side. I chose the sweet potato fries which were fine and my friend ordered the ratatouille which she did not care for. I do not have any details on why but she also left that.
I am surprised that after the first manager brought the third gin and tonic and we turned back some food (very rarely will I ever do that but it was not at all edible) a manager never appeared back to apologize, ask what they could do differently, whatever. We did not ask to have the meals taken off the tab but our waiter did do that.
When I look at other reviews mostly 4 and 5 starts I see some pretty positive ones for their Italian entrees. If I go again I would try one of them. I did notice that many of the reviewers only have a few friends and very few reviews. I am a bit surprised that some of them were not filtered.
I’d like to see this place make some changes in the food arena.

The music is great.
The atmosphere is welcoming.
The food smells fantastic.
Even more so the food was fantastic!
My service was excellent. I grabbed a few drinks from the bartender, I believe her name was Kelly. She was a lot of fun, very knowledgeable and knew my drink order the moment I sat down. She made pleasant conversation and made my dining experience with JGs that much more enjoyable.
Overall, I had a great dining experience with this restaurant. Very different from all of the big chains I’m used to around the area.
I will definitely be coming back.

The food here is amazing with very generous portions. There’s a great selection not only of pasta, but signature sandwiches and salads too. You can also get pizza or a burger or even an Eggplant Parmesan if you so choose. There’s something for everyone, regardless of your taste! There is a full bar and a large open layout. The staff is friendly, extremely helpful, and will always do what it takes to make sure you leave satisfied. I would highly encourage anyone to come in and have a bite to eat at this laid back yet classy restaurant. It’s the type of place where you can be just as comfortable in a suit and tie, as in a pair of shorts and a tee. The location is also very convenient with the Loop 101, Peoria ball fields, and a Harkins movie theater mere moments away! Take a break from your busy life and enjoy some down time at Joey & Gina’s!

The food is amazing and the portions are huge! You can’t go wrong with fresh, handmade, decades-​old recipes… and the interior is gorgeous, classy and super comfortable. Joey & Gina’s has some of the best Italian food around… and also some of the best burgers and steaks. :) And it’s right across the street from the theater; perfect for dinner and a movie!

My husband and I stumbled upon this accidentally. Nice inside. It was a bit pricier than we expected. We ordered the Ham/​Pineapple pizza and house salad. It was pretty good! It was the second night open so the service was not great but not horrible. We shall see how they do after they work out the kinks.

The food was awesome. The bartender Gary was great. The whole reason we stayed The owner has the chef make a special cake for our daughter birthday and it was amazing. The chef even came out and said hello and asked out opinion. The Alfredo was the bomb and the chicken Parmesan was the best i have had. The pizza was good. Wish they were closer to where we are but would drive here to have again.

Love this place. Great atmosphere, great food. And a nice bar as well. Highly recommended.