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Lola

15 Watts St., New York, NY 10013
nr. Thompson St. See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-675-6700 Send to Phone

Price Range: $$$$
Reader Rating:
6.3 out of 10

4 Reviews | Write a Review
Cuisine: Cajun/Creole, Caribbean, French, Southern/Soul

Photo by Konstantin Sergeyev

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Official Website

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Hours

Sun-Tue, 11am-midnight; Wed-Sat, 11am-1am

Nearby Subway Stops

C, E at Spring St.; A, C, E at Canal St.

Prices

$24-$32

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

Brunch - Weekend
Lunch
Private Dining/Party Space
Take-Out

Alcohol

Full Bar

Reservations

Recommended

Profile

No one ever said opening a restaurant in this town was easy. Or quick. It took Lola owners Tom Patrick-Odeen and his wife, Gayle, two years to claw their way to victory over a litigation-happy neighborhood-activist group that made the American Temperance Society seem like a bunch of pushovers. Along the way to re-creating their popular soul-food restaurant in Soho (the original Chelsea location closed in 2004), there were State Liquor Authority flip-flops, private dicks, charges of racism, countercharges of intimidation tactics, and a smoking-gun Zagat blurb. Oh, and two week before opening, their executive Top Chef toque Dave Martin packed up his knives and left. Stepping into the breach to oversee Lola’s Cajun-Creole-inspired kitchen and resuscitate its much-missed 100-spice fried-chicken-and-Sunday-gospel brunch is Jennifer Printz, a veteran of Payard and Le Cirque. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Caribbean Brunch

Sat., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. seatings, $42 prix-fixe

Gospel Brunch
Sun., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. seatings, $42 prix-fixe

Reader Ratings

6.3

"Mixed Reviews"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10

lola is soul indeed!

livinginnewyork from 10030 | Posted on 8/17/08

Overall Reader Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)


Food:	10
Service:	10

Décor:	10

Value:	9

great place for large parties or private cocktail parties. love the decor in this place. the food was absolutely delicious and light. i was worried that it would be too rich (as is soul food). had a great time here. can...Read More

If Lola WANTS my biz, Lola won't GET! Whatever!

Ivanka from 10012 | Posted on 7/14/08

Overall Reader Rating: 1 (Not Recommended)


Food:	1
Service:	1

Décor:	5

Value:	1

The place was half-empty, NO energy, buzz or excitement. Food was mis-timed, some appetizers arriving just minutes before the entree. Waiters could not answer questions regarding ingredients, and seemed bored. So angry with service we left just a 10...Read More