Joya And Lounge - Palo Alto

Food is yummy. 3 plates 2 cocktails. $100+tip Portion for 2 girls is ok, the 2 mini blueberry on cocktail wasn’t very fresh. Staff was very friendly.

Surprised to see 4.1 starts, zero hospitality, place was pretty crammed up, so if you planning on doing walk in beware of front house staff host in particular they didn't learn anything from hospitality school or seemed to have missed the training. She was pretty unwelcoming and said wait time is about an hour and then I immediately checked online made reservations using round table and then they had no wait time, weird. Also she was not happy to see reservations name popped up immediately after she said wait time is an hour. Food is okay our server was also good, portions are small but overall okay restaurant definitely not 4 star as in reviews. One note to manager if possible please conduct some training to your front house staff one can expect welcoming from host it felt otherwise.

Great food and a variety of dishes to choose from. Seafood options and vegetarian options. Service was a miss as the waiter twice tried to bring someone else's order to our table. Took 30min between bringing drinks and coming back to take our order for appetizers.

We arrived rather late at night selling a dessert after an event nearby. The ambiance and experience of a covered open air patio was very pleasant. It allowed us to enjoy the fresh air and people watch. Both outside and in this place shows up as fancy. The staff were attentive, professional, and very timely with our coffee refills...pleasant to not have to request the refills. We had Chocolate Cake Dulce de leche, served with house-made vanilla ice cream. It was sensational...so much so I regretted sharing rather than getting one of my own.

I think this place is ok, not amazing. Walking down the street you will always see this place being crowded, so come early or make reservations. I came here along and ordered a few apps and one entry. They are well presented but taste was a bit meh. Given there are so many other great choices around here, I would probably not come back.