i ordered take-out using one of their family pack specials and a bogo 3 pc meal all with pollock. normally, i would find their prices quite high but with the two deals i ended up with 16 pieces of fish, with 5 orders of fries, which easily fed 5 with savings of $37 from regular prices. the meal was enjoyed by everyone, even for takeout. food was still hot and crispy. plenty of tartar sauce was supplied. lemons were missing from the order and the large coleslaw was enough for just one person. Otherwise, the meal was very satisfactory. the big complaint was that i had pre-ordered for a specific time and had to wait about 20 mins beyond that time to takeout. the food was enjoyable and the deal simply incredible so my experience was satisfactory. read more

Some of the best fish and chips I have ever had. Way way better than anything we had in London or England. Try this place. It gets our Texas seal of approval read more

I have been going to Joey's since 1986 when Joey worked the floor alone and have been relatively satisfied with the experience. Yesterday afternoon I dropped into the Crowfoot location and ordered the two piece pollock. The service was good, but the meal was pathetically small pieces of fish, coleslaw and fries. I ate the entire plate and was disgusted by the extra $3.00 charge for the tiny portion of coleslaw. I did NOT order the coleslaw. Also $3.50 for a small glass of ginger ale. Obviously, this was NOT a $27.00 meal. I paid cash and left a $3.00 tip for the service, but not the experience. I would caution anyone going here to scrutinize your order and DON'T FORGET THE COLESLAW SCAM. This is a dishonest approach to screw you out of your money. I'm sure they have other schemes up their sleeve. read more

We decided to try out this restaurant as we were close by and had few other options due to the busy time. So we wandered in and were greeted warmly and quickly. We sat down at a grimy table with plasticized menus and eventually ordered decidedly expensive lobster, scallop, and fish dinners. We waited a long time--more than seemed reasonable for the number of customers (a sparse clientele is a warning sign!) What arrived was drab and barely edible. For the price, we were expecting a lot more. Our lobster was rubbery and remarkably bereft of flavour. The scallops were soggy and almost inedible. The fish fillet, however, was actually quite good and elevates this review from a single to a double star alone! And, I should add, the best part of my meal was the broccoli and french fries! It's not good when a $30+ plate's best items are the sides. For the price, I just couldn't ever see myself coming back for such mediocre food, no matter how pleasant the serving staff. Red Lobster is about on par, and 1/2 as much money. Next time, we'll drive somewhere before we submit ourselves to such bland overpriced fare. read more

I don't think this is what Joey had in mind for his restaurants. Staying in a hotel behind this restaurant and thought I would give it a shot. This is pretty much a lower scale of the American restaurant Long John Silver's read more

In all honesty, I really don't know where to begin. I was in the area to go to a party, but wanted a quick bite to eat before the festivites started. It's way clear across town for me so I didn't know at the time what might have also been available in the area. The meal started in a pretty normal situation, that is being seated and having a glass of water or two. My gal and I were more or less the only customers in the resto (and were easily outnumbered by the staff). I ordered a simple fish and chips, and my gal ordered a blackened fish filet. What then followed was probably a comedy of errors and a horror in cuisine in a lot of ways. Remember, we were the ONLY table there for the longest time. - our meal took over 45 minutes to come. I would ask and ask every 10 min, or so after the first 20 min, and I would be told by our waitress that it was only 3 min away. - when the fish came, mine was kinda ok, but my gal's was stone cold. Worse, it was the wrong fish. - they took it back, and then brought in another fish 10-15 later (again, what are they doing in an empty resto? running to the river and catching the fish? running to the closest supermarket?) - my own meal was luke warm at best, and I was not all too thrilled. Worse, when asked what the heck was wrong to get both our orders wrong in an empty resto, all I would get was clueless responces - we were offered a cup of soup in the meantime, a lobster bisque. After tasting that, I had to spit it out and push it away. With a peace offering like that, who needs enemies. It tasted literally like battery acid, with no lobster to speak of in the bisque and was totally unpalatable. As it was offered free, I didn't bother complaining as i was quite upset by then, but I'm sure they must have noticed me spitting out the soup and ignored it. - we finally did get our dishes, the meal took well over 1 1/2 hours, in an EMPTY resto. We were comped the utterly horrid soup but absolutely nothing else and was charged full shot. I paid, left zero tip and blasted the resto the following night to their head office's email. A few week's later, I had gotten a phone call from their office, and the rep their had gotten the story from the resto, plus my own email. Instead, the office told me to make it up, they offered me a dinner back there at that resto. I asked politely if it could be any other Joey's, as in all honesty, I really had no faith in their staff at all, and more importantly, I wasn't about to drive 80 min to and back across town (40 min each way)to possibly have another horrible meal. Now I understand that that particular Joeys may be some franchisee, but head office should have the ability to accomodate a simple request like that. Instead, he told me that it HAD to be that one, and ONLY that one. I then simply replied that I'll simply refuse to go to ANY Joey's from hereon, as it's obvious that he wasn't going to actually provide any real satisfaction. I've since steered several people and myself over the weeks to other seafood restos, since there's no way on earth I'll ever let that disaster happen again. If anyone from Joey's reads this review, take a look at the number of reviews I've written about restaurants and so on. You've lost me and as many people I can warn for life people, and I was exactly the market you were looking for. read more

No matter how good the fish or seafood is, Joey's fish is good, frozen chips are a deal breaker. Joey's Only chooses to use frozen chips. This restaurant advertises that they serve Famous Fish and Chips and Favourite Fish and Chips. This implies quality and it should extend to ALL food served rather than being selective. Too many restaurants consider potatoes an inconvenience they have to put up with rather than a line item that some consider one of the main focuses of the meal. I love, even crave, a properly cooked freshly prepared chip. For me the quality of chips must be equal to, if not greater than, the quality of the fish in a fish and chip establishment The experience of good to very good fish was unable to rescue me from the depressing dilemma of having to eat the bland essentially tasteless frozen chips that graced my plate. Any potato flavour left was lost to the extra generous helping of seasoning salt they applied in the kitchen. Shouldn't that be my choice? Put it on the table for me to decide. This is not the restaurant to go for chips, which is unfortunate considering their fish is actually quite good. What I find amusing is that they refer to their Fish and Chips as "Classic". For me classic means created the old fashioned way, just like the British do, everything made from scratch. Frozen chips are hardly classic; they are more like some post-modern nightmare. It is certainly not "Traditional" English fare like they advertise, even if they use what is arguably the king of fryable fishes, namely Haddock. If Joey's Only put back in the potato cutters, the soaking tanks, and the blanching friers, I would up the score to a four. The fish is a four but their chips bring the rating down to two stars. Regardless of all my griping about how potatoes should be cooked when served with fish, and god knows I have done enough of that here, I must emphatically state that the service, and attention, given to me by the staff was nothing short of excellent. read more

I love Joy's all you can eat fish and chips that is until today. I placed my order right off the bat and a glass of water. I thought it would be up fast so I played a game on my phone. I played 3 games and a game of solatair them my food and glass of water was deliverd to my table. I took a picture as I had 3 pieces of fish and the smallest amount of fries I had ever been served. I love the coldslaw but this time there was next to nothing of dressing. Then I put on the tarter abuse and katsup on my fish like always and started to eat the fish. Man what a disappointment. I felt like Chef Ramsay one Kitchen Nightmares. The fish was cold and limp the crust was not in the least bit crunchy. I ate 2 pieces but asked for 2 more when they came l place the one I didn't eat on the plate. The 2 new ones we better they were crispy and tasted ok but cooled off way to fast. When the waitress came back for the plate i told her that the first fish were cold and I asked for 1 more price. When I got that on man it was cooked and hot but over cooked and the fish was almost nonexistent. I was there at around 4pm I am guessing the first ones I got were left overs from lunch. read more

Joey’s Seafood Restaurants - McMahon - Seafood Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Friendly staff but $20 for 3 pieces of cod and chips ??? Small portions and crappy batter. Tasted like something you'd bake from the frozen food section . Crappy fries too ! Not the Joey's that I remember . read more

I know what your thinking, 3 stars for Joey's Seafood is probably 2 too many. But honestly, this hole in the wall across from McMahon Stadium is not that bad on Tuesdays, when it's all you can eat fish and chips (drama-free) for $17.50. AMBIENCE: I don't know what other Joey's Seafood restaurants look like, but the decor was very... seafoody--cheesy if you will. Nothing wrong with the staff, they were relatively cheerful, attentive, and polite. Within seconds of me finishing my fish they were there to ask if I wanted more. 2/2.5 FOOD: The $17.50 ayce fish & chips special on Tuesday includes Alaskan Pollock (the cheap stuff), Cod, and Haddock. Considering I probably wouldn't really be able to tell the difference after all 3 were battered, fried and topped with tartar sauce and ketchup, I had one of each for my first plate. And yeah, they kinda all taste the same. I enjoyed the meat of the cod marginally more than the other two but without the server pointing out which was which, I'd probably just be here talking about how I stuffed my face with fish and called it a day. If anything, the Pollock was battered the best and had the nicest texture to it, but the batter and oil started to leave a "you better stop now before you get heart disease" taste in the mouth. The chips were not bad, I am no potato expert but they definitely weren't hand-cut, I could care less though, I was there for the fish. It also came with a coleslaw which I didn't care for. I politely declined a top-up after my second plate and that was that. I don't know if I'll come back for unlimited fish taco Thursdays but you never know. 1/2.5 read more

I'm going to give this one an extra star to make up for Joel, because it really does deserve more than 2 stars. THIS IS A FOUR STAR SPOT. I mean really, if Joel mentions that the service was awesome (and it is) and the fish is really good - gripping about potatoes and splitting hairs about what is and isn't "Traditional" then giving 2 stars is just silly. My family have come to this restaurant many times (7+), with a small baby, and have always been greeted with warmth and a table found for us almost immediately. Service is just great - from the serving staff up to the shift managers. The fish - very good. We especially like the Haddock, though the other fish is also good. The value from the Tuesday "All you can eat" special is awesome. When you really want to chow down on fish and chips - COME HERE on Tuesdays! As for the chips - yes, they are sometimes salted (though I'm sure you could ask for them without seasoning salt). I'm not a connoisseur of potatoes (like some reviewers), so, if they are fresh and tasty, I'm happy. The chips are just fine, really. If you don't want seasoning salt, just ask. Come here for great service, good old fashioned fish and chips and value for your money - especially on Tuesday. We've never been disappointed and come here regularly. read more

We have had ok fish and chips here on a few occasions but got takeout shrimp this time, and blackened "cajun style' fish. The shrimp tasted as though it had been sat out all day and reheated, the cajun seasoning bore NO resemblance to anything I've tasted in New Orleans or Acadie, and it was stone cold. The manager offered us discounts back at this restaurant when I complained of gastrointestinal distress! NOT going here again!!! read more

Jessie was our server this evening. She did a good job with quite a few tables on her own. The manager in the back however, was terrible. My daughter ordered the "Bangkok shrimp bowl" which in the menu is described as, "Shrimp and sautéed veggies in Thai sauce, jasmine rice, garlic bread." She requested to have no shrimp as she is a vegetarian. When she received the dish, it had large chunks of chicken in it. (And no garlic bread by the way!) We again looked at the menu to see if we had made a mistake. Nope. Nowhere does it say, "Bangkok CHICKEN shrimp bowl." When I mentioned this to Jessie, she took back the dish and my daughter ordered something new. I was absolutely SHOCKED to see that this $17.00 dish was still listed on our bill. When Jessie asked the manager about it, he said that it was our fault that we didn't ask if there was chicken in it!!! He would only remove 20% of the cost. I then told Jessie that I might as well pay for the full amount then and take it with me. However, it had already been thrown out. Not impressed with the service at this location. We eat at Joey's seafood often. Never again at this one! read more