Moya

This is a very good restaurant. The atmosphere is very pleasant and the food is excellent. However, our server was nowhere to be found. The restaurant was not very crowded so she was not covering too many tables. A second server finally took pity on us and cleared out plates. We also asked him if he could let our server know that we would like our check. This could be a five star restaurant because of the excellent food but they need to employ servers that are interested in doing their job. It appeared that the male server and the younger female server were working very hard. Unfortunately ours was not interested in offering appropriate service.

The two stars are one for the service and one because I don’t feel nauseous. We found the food to be overly cooked and overly sauced. We arrived at a very empty restaurant. We called for a reservation but could not get it for the the time we wanted. We tried to adjust our dishes but no «chef» would not or could not. We shared a bottle of wine and an appetizer. We ordered two entrees. We found we were charged a sharing charge on the appetizer fortunately not on the wine. Our bill without dessert was over a hundred dollars.

Not worth the price in my eyes. My seared scallops were burned on outside and i dont feel they were done on the inside. In fact i didnt finish those expensive buggers. However the crab cakes were delish. We also had a rainbow trout salad and an asparagus salad with goat cheese. I recommend the rainbow trout. Yum. We were hear twice for drinks and i feel they need a better mixologist. Their cocktails were not well made.
Our bill was $ 140 with two salads, crab cakes meal, scallops meal, 1 beer, 2 cocktails. Plus add the tip in on top of that, Ouch!!! Unfortunately the food vs price, I wouldnt come back. I have had the same or better for much cheaper.

This is best cleanest consistently delicious restaurant I’ve been to in my 13 years of Pocono living. Only restaurants better are in Boulder Colorado.

My favorite restaurant in Jim Thorpe. Love the appetizers and homemade sangria, and the entrees are delicious! Tucked away on lovely Race Street a.k.a. Stone Row, Moya is colorful and classy. Chef Heri makes the world cuisine, while his wife Stephanie’s beautiful abstract paintings adorn the restaurant walls. It’s family in there and the service is excellent. Highly recommended!

Was sooooo good! Nice atmosphere very quaint and cozy. Excellent cocktails and the food was so good. I got the spicy green curry salmon, and it did not disappoint. Wasnt super spicy. Slow heat built up. Perfectly cooked salmon, and their limoncello sorbet WHAT! so stinking good.

We went here on June1st 2015. We eloped to Jim Thorpe PA. We had heard good things about Moya and were excited to try it. Clearly it was a special day for us, I was in a wedding dress. The waiter was one of the nastiest human beings I have ever encountered. He constantly insulted us and went out of his way to just be plain mean. the food was OK but no one should have to put up with there rude nasty behavior !!!

Food is OK, but other issues remain — not really a prime time player. First, as many have mentioned, you can have any vegetable or starch as long as you want mashed potatoes and green beans. Second, my wife and I split a salad and had two entrees and two drinks. Bill for our table of four came to $ 150 including a $ 3 charge for splitting the salad. WHAT? We split a salad, not a main entrée. Manager says it is written on the menu (somewhere). The waitress, in my opinion, had a duty to give us a fore-​warning of this ridiculous s policy regardless — since it is not something I would have even thought to look for on the menu. Bad policy. In the end, it cost me nothing (I usually over-​tip so there was room to deduct this) and the restaurant left the four of us with bad feelings, and now bad publicity. Was it worth it, Moya? On a positive note — the scallops were great and plentiful (about 8) — an improvement over a prior meal here where I had 4 scallops presented in a large diamond pattern.

Excellent. Happened onto this place by accident upon my first day in JT. On a quaint street-​race street. Service, ambience, food were all top shelf. Coming from nyc, I may be a bit jaded but I highly recommend. You can tell the chef takes great pride in what comes out of kitchen. We had avocado salad, fresh burratta, lamb shank (fell off the bone), shrimp ((spicy) & chocolate cake (not overly sweet). My only criticism was bread — focacia or good pugliese would have been oerfect.

Delicious. We love visiting Jim Thorpe. All the restaurants we have been to have been excellent and this is no exception. Appetizer for me was beets goat cheese and asparagus. Absolutely delicious. My husband had the mussels. Spicy and yummy. Dinners were scallops (him) and salmon (me). Both were vey good. Service was excellent. Large beer list. Nice atmosphere.

Moya is always a great experience. The staff is very welcoming and the food is delicious.
The deduction of one star stems from the fact that you receive the same starch/​vegetable regardless of your entrée; considering the amount of thought and craft woven into each protein I would prefer the accompaniments to receive the same treatment. Moya is definitely worth your time though.
If you’re in Jim Thorpe for dinner check out either moya or encore.

I had the steak. My friend had the tuna. Both were very good and the portions were large. We left full which was unexpected. I would say it’s a tad over priced but probably one of the the better options there. I dig the flamenco music that was playing.

My family and myself traveled to Jim Thorpe for my 30^th birthday this past weekend. We stayed at the Home Spun Inn right across the street from Moya, so we tried this restaurant based on proximity. This was a mistake on MANY levels.
First there was the wait time. We got a table right away. Great. Sadly, our food took an hour to come to the table. Not sure why because the restaurant only had roughly 40% of their tables filled. It was a quiet night for them.
Then there was the food. Oh, the food. I’m not sure if being from Philadelphia, a city thriving with wonderful restaurants and food creativity, has made me hard to please, but the food was very under par. I gave this review 1 star because out of 5 people, only 1 person could finish their meal.
I received the crab cakes. Edible but oh so boring. Topping off that boring meal was bland potatoes and very plain green beans. This had no flavor, spice, sauces, nothing. My cousin got the Salmon. Looked GREAT. Sadly, it was very dry and overlooked. Also, their only options as sides were the mashed potatoes and green beans. Since my cousins don’t like green beans everyone had to order double mashed potatoes. WHAT RESTAURANT ONLY OFFERS ONE SIDE OPTION? My other two cousins both ordered the steak. Both cousins asked for their steak to be cooked medium. When it arrived it came as two smaller steaks. Both of them received the same oddly cooked meal: one steak well done/​charred, one steak VERY rare. The one person happy with their meal got a pasta dish.
With all of our meals being so disappointing we wanted to alert the waitress. Never ONCE did she come and ask how our food was or if we needed anything. She refilled our drinks once, but this was before we realized the tragedy that they call food. The next time we saw her was when she delivered the check and then walked away. Again, as a table of 5 the gratuity of 20% was already added on (again I’ve only seen this for tables of 6 or more but ok), so her poor behavior couldn’t even be reflected in her tip. To Julie our waitress — you have terrible people skills. Get another profession.
I will never return to Moya, and at over $ 20 per dish, with no quality or creativity reflecting this price, I suggest you don’t dine here either.

This is my first time in Jim Thorpe. My family and I came here for my cousin’s birthday. We decided to go to Moya for her birthday dinner and that was definitely a mistake. Since there was 5 of us we were automatically charged a 20% tip. Normally that is no big deal, but our waitress decided to barely check on us and it took over an hour to get our food after we ordered. That is sadly not the worst part. The food itself was. I got the salmon and it was extremely over cooked. My brother and boyfriend ordered the steak medium. When the steak came out it was already cut into two smaller steaks. After they both began eating we learned that one steak was rare while the other was very well done. That was the same for both of them. We never got an opportune time to let the waitress know since she never came back to the table until she gave us the check and we just wanted to go.
What a waste of money this whole experience was. Save your money and go somewhere else.

This place is a joke.
Undercooked green beans and bland potato mash with every protein. How creative.
Rude owner with bad attitude who does not take any form of criticism well, as in the following actual exchange:
Me: «These scallops are raw»
Owner: «They’re not raw. That’s how we like them. Haven’t you ever had pan seared scallops before?!» (followed by a sneering giggle.)
Me: «Um, yes, we have. We make them at home. Yours are raw…»
Owner: «Well that’s how they’re supposed to be.»
Over-​priced and unoriginal. Oh, and bad art. I mean really bad art. Art one does not wish to look at while eating, trust me. Perhaps time spent either in the painting studio or taking cooking lessons would help, but as it is, my wife and I will never return to this pretentious «fine dining» fiasco. So many wrongs.
On the plus side, if I must, the salads are okay, and the wait staff, the poor, long suffering wait staff, are nice. But they must hate working here.
Looking for a nice meal out for around a hundred bucks? Skip this joint. So not worth it. I’m surprised it’s still in business.

I was impressed by this restaurant! It is truly a gem in such a small town. Jim Thorpe is a nice and cute town that I could see being a destination spot for a short romantic weekend getaway. The sangria was incredible! It is housemade. I had the avocado salad which featured nuts and parmesan with a lemon vinaigrette dressing. The avocado was ripened perfectly! The flavors complemented each other very well. For my entrée, I ordered the soy glazed salmon with the vegetable of the day, green beans. The salmon was cooked well and seasoned to my taste buds’ delight! And the way the restaurant is decorated is beautiful. I was impressed and left will a full belly and purple lips (the sign you need to know the wine was stain worthy!)

The food was fabulous, from the smoked trout app, the curryed catfish, crème brûlée and coffee. Classy boutique atmosphere where the chef and wife really bring their love, life and passion to the dining experience. Reservations are probably best on weekends, but check it out and you’ll see what I mean. I’m looking forward to my next visit.

Loved the fusilli with crab meat. Prices are rather high but everyone’s food was great. Ask for a vegan platter cause it was awesome and not on the menu! It included a southwestern corn salad, potato vegetable mix and arugula spinach salad. Perfectly dressed. Great rare-​ish beer list too at decent prices (~$ 5)!

For those that have been to Jim Thorpe, PA you know that dining options are relatively limited due to the size of the town however this in no way reflects the quality of dining you can find. Moya is that hidden gem on historic Race street, parallel to Broadway (which is the main strip in the downtown area).
Your visual senses will be equally tickled by the cute cottage exterior and color scheme as well as the minimalist interior featuring orange walls, hardwood floors, and modern paintings.
They do not have any beers on tap but they do have two menu pages of bottled beers from around the world as well as a decent wine menu and cocktail selection. The pomegranate martini was not too sweet and rightfully stiff. The Goat Cheese and Asparagus salad was mouth watering. The goat cheese (not at all pungent) was panko encrusted and provided a wonderful contrast in texture and flavor against the roasted almonds, red beets, and light lemon vinaigrette. For the main courses, I tried their Grilled Tuna topped with a mango salsa and Crabcakes (with a cilantro/​curry sauce) which were both delightful and just the right portion size. In my experience, the majority of coffee served at most mid to high end restaurants serve is watered down and stale, however I was shocked to find Moya’s coffee (chocolaty and creamy), a joy to my discriminating coffee palate.
Service was friendly, professional, and efficient. Kudos to owner and chef Huriberto Yunda.

Had a fabulous fancy dinner at Moya to escape the rain while camping at Mauch Chunk Lake on Saturday night. We didn’t have reservations, but were seated immediately, and enjoyed a delicious (if a little pricey), relaxing meal.
I had the scallops which were perfectly cooked (it’s hard to go wrong with scallops), served with the obligatory green beans and mashed potatoes. The green beans were tasty and wonderfully garlic-​y. The meal tasted a tad buttery for my tastes, but otherwise great. My boyfriend had the seafood linguni which was awesome — piles of mussels, clams, and shrimp in a spicy tomato sauce. I generally don’t like pasta dishes b/​c you normally get a few pieces of seafood with piles of noodles, but this was completely the opposite. We also didn’t notice that all entrees are served with the same beans and potatoes sides since the linguini came sans sides (for obvious reasons).
We also enjoyed a bottle of Argentinian Malbec for $ 28 (on the cheaper end of the wine list, but I’m no wine connoisseur.) They also had about 6 – 8 pretty decent beers on the menu (e.g., Weyerbacher, Schneider Aventinus).
To finish up, we sprung for the peanut butter ice cream — amazing!!! Rich, creamy PB ice cream encased in a milk chocolate shell with a gooey caramel center. Chocolate peanut butter anything is delicious, but this was an exceptional concoction with just the right combination of richness, sweetness, and real peabut butter taste.