Hump Day Dinner #32: Lola's at the Bowery

Lola's at the Bowery

5 E. Brady Street

Tulsa, OK  74103

918-592-7995

This evening, we ate at Lola's at the Bowery for hump day dinner. This places was awful! It wasn't just one thing that was terrible though, it was everything! The food, service...you name it! 

Where do I begin? Let's see, we sat down to eat around 6:30 p.m. and we didn't leave until 8:00 p.m. Our group has been known to stay for long periods of time at a restaurant, but that's because we have great conversations. The conversations were not the blame for us staying so late this evening (even though we had a great conversation), it was because we waited over an hour for our food. When we FINALLY received our food, the quality of food was dreadful. Let's just say this, I ordered a side of rice and you couldn't even identify a single grain of rice. It was a scoop of mush, literally. 

If you think the food sounds appalling, wait until I talk about the service. I have not had such bad service in a long, long time. The service was atrocious! Throughout our entire meal, our water's never got refilled, until we received our checks; we had to ask for a bread basket after waiting at least 45 minutes (keep in mind every other table had a bread basket) and to top things off, our waitress was very rude. Instead of walking around the table to take my order, she wanted me to shout my order across the group, while a band was playing 15 feet away from us. If common sense and courtesy prevailed, she would have walked around the table to take each person's orders. In addition to everything else, when we asked our waitress for something, her excuse was that she could only carry so many things at a time. It's funny on how she didn't seem to have a problem being attentive to her other tables though. 

The only positives of the restaurant was the atmosphere, interior decorating and the bread. The interior decorating was really cool. It reminded me of being in a theatre because of the red velvet curtains and the lights. Plus, the copper tables were neat as well. Also, the fresh flower arrangements on the bar were a nice touch. Instead of focusing on the aesthetics of the restaurant though, it's a shame Lola's didn't take more notice to the food and the service.

Anyway, let me step off my soap box. Needless to say, I was not very happy with this restaurant, but you have to take the good with the bad.  Would I eat at this restaurant again? Absolutely not!