Great space, mediocre food & service

Joined: Sep 22, 2010
Posts: 11
Review of Nola
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It's such a shame this place is so mediocre because it has a lot of potential. I've eaten here a few times and each time my expectations are dashed by disappointing food & service. However, I don't go to Nola often so each time I forget how disappointing it exactly is.

I went there last night with a friend who wanted take advantage of their 20% discount on Nola Bowls. There were 6 choices and 4 of them were sold out at 6:30pm. Our waitress said we were lucky because the appetizer we wanted was the last one they had. Again, it was only 6:30pm. The chicken dumplings bowl was decent, but I'm not sure I would call those "dumplings"; they were more like gnocchi. Drinks took a while to come and they only had 1 waitress covering the downstairs area, which made it harder to catch her attention.

That said, I really like coming here during nice weather because the space is fantastic and it has a great atmosphere. It's just a shame Nola can't live up to its potential.