Reviews for JOI Asian Bistro in Austin, TX
I was doing a little shopping as one does in the domain and hunger struck. I don?t have a lot of confidence in the restaurants... in the domain, many are subpar. Don?t get me wrong there many that are quality but the number of great restaurants is small. Joisurprised me. Cocktails were great! we sat the bar and bartenders were personable and helpful. Food is a bit all over the map,literally, there?s many different types of Asian cuisine on the menu. They were solid. I wouldn?t say the most authenticespecially considering they are a fusion restaurant but they did a decent representation of those foods. Read more
This is what $42 looks like. The only item on this pic that was worth the money was the drink. The chicken was on top of a bed... of cabbage to make it seem like you were getting a lot and the taste was just ok for me. The 3 dumplings for $12 or $13 waspricey. Read more
My Friend took me to this Place for my early birthday brunch treat. And the place is nicely set up the food is amazing. The... staff is very friendly. Recommend this place if you like Sushi on the north domain side. Read more
Went on a Friday evening for dinner and the place was packed and bustling with loud music and energy. If you are looking for a... quite evening, this is not the place. Best to make a reservation if you are heading here. Coming to the service and food, itwas quick and the food tasted delicious. We got shisito peppers, Taiwanese popcorn chicken, chicken dumplings and shio ramen(apologies for the shaken photo). We had 3 appetizers and shared an entree and we were still left feeling hungry. The appz weregood. The ramen was ok, the noodles were chewy and good but the broth could have been better. We had 2 drinks and they tastedgood as well The reason for 4 star rating is the quantity of food for the cost paid. I didnt pay $12 for 3 dumplings and 5pieces of tiny fried chicken for $13. If you are thinking of eating ramen here, you are better off eating at jinya ramen. Read more
After seeing all of the great reviews, I'm sad to report that my experience was disappointing. My biggest complaint is that it... seemed that much of the staff don't want to help customers unless someone else asks them to. I made a reservation and actuallyarrived 15 min before. While waiting at the podium, three employees walked by without aknowledgement to my friend or I. At leasttwo others made sure contact but have no effort. Finally, someone jumped in but didn't know house to seat someone with areservation and had to find someone to help. Once we were seated, it took 15 minutes to get anyone to come by, take our order,and also fill our glasses with water. It was also very noisy making it difficult to hear our server when ordering. Whileordering, we discovered that there were items marked gluten-free but were told by our server that they were not actuallygluten-free. This made me question the ones marked vegan as well. The good news that the food came out quickly and was reallygood, however, we couldn't get anyone to take our plates. They would bringing things out but not take the empty dishes away. Our2 seater table was so small that we had to move our dishes to the clean table next us to make room. Why didn't the staff whobrought our food out not take the empty ones away? It just didn't make sense. After a while, we felt like we were being ignoredand avoided and the table of people on the other side of us (where we weren't stacking our dishes) were also having issuesgetting the attention of any other staff. We ordered dessert and they brought it out without spoons. We had to flag down 3people to get them because, once again, eye contact means nothing here. When they brought the spoons, we promptly asked for thecheck because, given our experience so far, we weren't sure how long it would take. Even still, the waiter did not come by tocollect. We ended up leaving cash because we still couldn't get his attention to pay. Our overall visit was almos Read more
This place was just WOW. Sushi rolls were amazing, lobster tacos was my favorite . The waiter was very nice, always smiling .... The only sad thing is that we came at 3:10 on a Sunday and $5 mimosas were from 11 to 3pm and they didn?t sell us the mimosasfor that price :(. But we enjoyed our Sunday date anyways. The place is beautiful, perfect for a brunch or dinner with yourfriends. Read more
Every dish/drink I had here was so perfectly presented & the taste was even be tter. We were able to do a walk in on busy... Saturday night & sat by the sushi bar. The waiter greeted us immediately & gave us excellent cocktail selections (shishito mangomarg & keepin it weird). Overall, the atmosphere is fun, the staff is attentive and they really go out of there way to make sureyou have a great night. What we ordered: ?Scallop poke - yummy, so creamy & love the crispy thin tarp chips. ?Lobster tacos -my favorite, wish it came with more than 3. ?Koji marinated gyu don - honestly, we ordered this one without even reading what itwas. Our server rolled it out on a cart. It was fried rice with a fried egg and ribeye & truffle ponzu. It was sodelicious! ?Jalapeño & onion chicken wings - perfectly crispy; however, was a little lacking in flavor. ?salmon nigiri - meltsin your mouth. Definitely coming back to try more sashimi ?jasmine panna cotta - Wasn?t too sweet & already has become myfavorite dessert. I was scraping the bowl clean. Read more
This place is fine. It's in the Domain, so the prices are steep for what you get, which is to be expected. The food ranged from... mediocre to decent - the Chinese food is very meh, whereas the sushi was decent though forgettable. We ordered the xiao long baowhich were served to us raw, but the manager was very apologetic and refunded us for them and gave us free chicken karaage as agesture of goodwill, which was nice. I wouldn't recommend for the food, but the decor and service was great, so this could be adecent spot for business meals with clients when you're looking for a nice ambiance. Read more