From the website, Joe's looks like a welcome escape from your normal pool hall. Their website paints a picture of a pool hall that you could take family, friends, or even a date you wanted to impress, to. The menu looks delicious, and has a multitude of tasty looking options on it. Tables look clean and well maintained, the decor looks classy and clean.
When the doors to the elevator open, all your concepts of Joe's will be shattered. Tables, while they seem to play straight, are old and faded. Felt is not wiped down or clean. The floors are old and dingy, the paint and posters on the walls are faded. While it there are little no smoking signs everywhere, don't let that fool you -- no one cares about the signs. Even if no one was smoking, the smoke permiates the ventiliation system so bad, that you reek of smoke within minutes. This is all before you actually get a table. There was no problem getting a table, the place was nearly empty despite it being prime time on a weekend.
Going to the bar to order food was an experience in itself. Half of the items on the website's menu aren't actually on the menu at the pool hall. Namely, Joe's Classic Hamburger. Touted on the website to "surely dazzle your taste buds", it is not available nor is it on the actual menu, even some basic condiments aren't available. The food that you do get, when you order, comes out overcooked or dry and tasteless. (4 items tried in total. 0 items suggested). I won't even mention the items we tried, as I do not suggest you try anything there.
All this being said, the tables are straight, but I do not think they are any better then the tables at some of the other Pool Halls in Wan Chai. The old, dingy, and faded interior detract way more than the tables can make up for.
Note: one thing Joe's does, amazingly, well is hire good photographers for their website.
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