Joya
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 222-3484
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Between Warren Street and Wyckoff Street
- Directions:
- F, G at Bergen St
- Hours:
- Mon 5pm-11pm, Tue-Thu 12pm-11pm, Fri-Sat 1pm-12am, Sun 1pm-11pm
Editorial Review for Joya – by Paul Adams
The Scene
Concrete floors, dark steel accents, and dim lighting give this large room a hip, industrial flavor. The hard surfaces, reflecting the cries of the boisterous, young local dinner crowd, can make it quite noisy, but everyone's having too much fun to mind. A garden out back offers a very nice retreat during the warmer months. Service is highly competent.
The Food
The menu is pretty standard, offering the usual beef/pork/chicken/shrimp version of a handful of traditional Thai entrees. Pad khing, with a fresh ginger sauce, is excellent; likewise the panang curry. Pad see yue, a dish of ribbon-like rice noodles in a savory brown gravy, is very satisfying as well. Some dishes are not all they could be: mussels in a hot and sour broth are on the bland side, and green papaya salad lacks spice. An array of fried and grilled appetizers double as cocktail snacks.
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Insider Tips
When to GoOn weekends, local DJs liven up the scene by spinning dance music in the dining room.
User Reviews for Joya
10/05/2008 Posted by noname427
we are boycotting this restaraunt after an incident where the host Glen actually refused to seat my pregnant wife. her friend nicely asked him if she could have one of the extra chairs in which to sit and wait fortyfive minutes for a table. he rudely shrugged his shoulders and said no. he told her she could just wait by the bar. then when i tried to ask Glen again for a seat for my wife he refused and said there is nothing he can do and that the two extra chairs he had right by him were used to put TO GO orders on. and so he found it fit to use chairs to put orders on rather than seat a pregnant woman. these two chairs were not including the additional extra seats scattered around the restaurant that he could have offered her. so we took our business elsewhere...to cafe chili just one block down and got similiar food,prices and great service.
Cons: rude host GLEN
09/19/2008 Posted by bklynfoodie21
I go to this place at least once a week. I have not found another place like it!! Cash only, no reservations taken, food is fresh, cheap. great date place, great for a group- food is sometimes not consistant but for as many times as I go, I can give them a pass. This place is worth the wait and I would highly recomend checking it out.
Pros: Everything
Cons: sometimes a long wait
