Joseph's Cafe

09/21/2008 Posted by cabdkc

Grand Opening at Joseph's by a Company Called East West Entertainment was off the chain. I think the name of it was CLUB CHAOS. Mixed crowd. Great DJ. There were to rooms of Music old school and new school. Door guy/ promoter Deshawn was very nice! no problems at the door if you were on the guest list you got in. No waiting in line. Guest list price was $10.00 dollars I WILL BE RETURNING. DRINKS WERE CHEAP. DJ PLAY TO 1:59 A.M.

Pros: crowd dj door charge

Cons: parking was kind of high. more then the door charge of the club

09/21/2008 Posted by dizzleizzle

We went to Josephs a few weeks ago to check out what they were calling a grand opening for a new event there and we were vary pleased by the results!! The crowd there was so much fun, everyone was dancing, and the bar prices weren't terrible either. Hollywood Attire Events was the company that brought the place back to life, and the crowd was young, hot and happening and we cant wait to go back next Saturday! we are just happy to find a spot that has new faces and lots of great music and different music styles

Pros: great music and atmosphere!

Cons: parking

10/22/2007 Posted by gomachan5

I was there for Bacherolette Party. They told us their dance floor is open until 2am when we made an arrangment. At 12:15pm, the DJ suddenly stopped the music without informing us. There were about 15-20 of us on the floor and had no idea what happend. DJ told us that the owner of this place decided to stop the music. It turns out that the owner was not satisfied with DJ since they were not briniging people in, so he decided not pay them after midnite. SO DJ decided to pull the plug. We were ???? on the floor since we were given no info. We got those info after complaining to the owenr that it is not professional to do so. His reponse. Sorry Ladies. No sincer apologies or anything like that. They did not tell the rest of the guest any of the exploation. Does he know that maybe he can just let the customers know that they are ending the music?? We were furious. We had plans to come back for happy hour but NO WAY!!! Better to go to the club down the street called FACCADE. We went there after we got kicked out and the guys there gave us free amdission since it was bacherollete party. Too BAD some of the restaurant just does not have common courtesy.

Pros: NOTHING When they close the floor without letting people know.. That is ridicurous.

Cons: Absolutely not a good place to go for anything.

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10/09/2007 Posted by regalmama

I came here with a big group on a Friday. The happy hour menu is great! Mostly everything is less than $5. The service was good, being that there was only one waitress for the whole spot. Her name was Jenny and she served us really well and was really pleasant! She makes a yummy peach martini! The spanikopita is the BOMB here! Try it!

Pros: Good happy hour menu

Cons: only metered parking

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09/15/2007 Posted by rosecrans

This is a great restaurant for atmosphere and friendly and attentive service. Our waitress was especially sensitive to our particular needs from making sure that we were in a comfortable seating arrangement to making sure our glasses were continually full. The food was delicious and presented artfully. If you want to feel like you have taken a short visit to the metditerranean go there and enjoy. We will be coming back.

Pros: good location / food great / great service / great atmosphere

Cons: I can't think of any

08/06/2007 Posted by mote

After reading the mixed user reviews on Joseph's, I decided to see what the hype (or lack thereof) was all about. I figured I would be rolling the dice on this one. I also realize that this restaurant/bar/club had it's hey-day come and go, but being new to the city, I wanted to see for myself. I did arrive with my girlfriend early, around 6:30pm for dinner. The decor is very nice with a bar to one side of the restaurant and an outdoor patio as well. Unlike other users experiences, the host working was friendly and attended to us promptly. After sitting down our waiters were attentive and polite. I ordered the hummus to start off with as well as the crab cakes which were both excellent! My girlfriend ordered the Chicken Thessalonica. I have to say I wish I would of ordered this. Very good! I had the Chicken Souvlaki. Another excellent dish served with rice pilaf. The Haricot Vert served with it was some of the best I've tried. The price for the quality of food and ambiance was very reasonable. Just over $60 for 2 appetizers, 2 main courses and 4 cocktails. Afterwards, we stuck around for more cocktails and a little dancing as around 10:00pm the crowd started coming in and breathed life into the venue. All in all a great place for dining and dancing. Don't let a few bad reviews sway you. The food alone is good enough to endure any sub-par service issues.

Pros: Great food, good service.

Cons: Very lonely if you go early.

07/12/2007 Posted by ekim351

yeah, it was Empty! i think only one table was taken but to my surprise we didnt see any servers or workers! we stood there for couple minutes and but still no help... so we just took off!

06/24/2007 Posted by samesq

I have never been treated so horribly at a restaurant before. The owner of this place is horrible. A prior reviewer had two words for the owner (rude and arrogant). I have a few more- hostile, insolent, and vulgar. We were a party of 16 for dinner at 8:30. The waitress was new and extremely slow. According to our waitress, she not only served, but also functioned as our bartender. She had to go and make all the drinks herself. No wonder she seemed MIA most of the night. We didn’t let the slow service bother us and tried to have a really good time. By the time our food arrived it was well after 10pm. After dinner, we placed a large dessert order and decided to go dance a little before the desserts were brought over. About 5 minutes after making it to the dance floor, the waitress came up to me on the dance floor and presented me with the check. I hadn’t even seen the dessert, much less eaten it before I was asked to pay for the entire bill. A bouncer said the tables were only held till 10pm and needed to leave the tables. Unbelievable! NEVER once were we told by ANYONE from the restaurant that our reservation was only good till 10pm. If they had, would we have knowingly only given ourselves 1 ½ hours to have everyone show up, get their appetizers, get their drinks, place their orders, get their food, eat their food, order their desserts, and finish their desserts—all in 1 ½ hours for 16 people? The owner came over and was extremely rude and belligerent. The amazing thing was the uneaten/unseen desserts were included in our bill and they had the audacity to include a 20% gratuity for the pleasure of being insulted and kicked off our table before we were done! Just a final note to place everything in perspective. We were not a young, rude, and out of control group. We were all middle aged professionals simply trying to have a good meal and a good time at a restaurant. This is what we got for spending over $1000 at this horrible place! STAY AWAY!

Cons: The owner

06/20/2007 Posted by pinkimartini

Literally a favorite place of mine - the food is great (The Taste of Joseph's is fantastic and comes in smaller portions if you ask), the staff is always willing to help out, and while quiet - they do have a pretty good brunch on Sundays. I've been various times and was worried one night when it seemed to be a private event - you'd think they would turn people away but they didn't - well done Joseph's.

Pros: Service

Cons: Parking

01/07/2007 Posted by ides_of_march

I expected so much more, but oh, was I disappointed! The "club" should really be called "three-walk-in-closet" rooms filled with lots of hideous and undesirable articles of "clothing". Cover charge is reasonable ($10+) and drinks are mediocre, but the smoke-filled rooms and cheesy crowd makes this joint b-grade regardless of all the celebrity sightings; remember, most celebrities are former midwest transplants who are convinced they are of noble birth or somehow regal; so asinine. Btw, there weren't any of those famous mid-westerners that night. Avoid this place if you are looking for a cultured, diverse, un-pretentious, and tasteful hotspot. Don't get me wrong, I love celebs, but this joint fell way short of all its tooting. And as a future cosmetic surgeon, I saw enumerous prospective clients at this club; that's what the crowd consisted of: inadequately covered belly rolls, visible premature aging, and many hook noses. Food-wise, I can't advise about Joseph's because I dined at Lago's in Santa Monica. People say clubs in L.A. are either a "h*t" or "miss"; this one was a miss.

Pros: Convenient parking ($15), cheap cover charge

Cons: sub-par drinks, unattractive and ostensibly arrogant crowd.