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| - I've been to Nola on the Square a total of three times now, and (thankfully) every trip was better than the last.
My first trip there was a bit rocky. Granted, I was there on a Saturday night with a group of about 10. Plus the restaurant had only been open for a few weeks at that point, so they were probably still working the kinks out at that point. The packed restaurant definitely took a toll on our service, which was verrrry slow. And by the time our party arrived, our waiter informed us that they were completely out of pasta, which resulted in almost half the table having to re-examine the menu for another option, including myself. I understand that this happens, but it still looked pretty bad to be out of pasta by 8pm on a Saturday night in a relatively new restaurant. I ended up ordering the special dish of the night, which was steak with some form of potatoes and spinach. All very good, but nothing to write home about.
My second visit found myself and my parents there late on a Sunday afternoon. We walked in to find the restaurant relatively empty of both patrons.....and staff. There were three hostesses working, and after receiving a poorly-disguised eye roll from one after I told her we didn't have reservations, they all informed us that the ENTIRE wait staff was currently in a meeting, so no one was available yet to take our order. We then proceeded to wait 20 minutes for the wait staff meeting to adjourn before we could even order a glass of water. But I put my annoyance at that situation on the hostessses, not the waiters. It wasn't the waiters fault they were ALL pulled into a meeting simultaneously, and apparently it wasn't in the hostess' job description to ask paying patrons if they wanted something to drink while we waited. But ANYWAY. Once our waitress arrived (she was quite lovely), she promptly brought our drinks and took our order. Our food arrived in a timely manner and was very good. I had the smoked pork chop which was massive and cooked and seasoned very well. So despite the horribly rocky start, our meal ended quite nicely.
So FINALLY, upon my third visit, I had a completely positive Nola experience. My group was promptly seated and our server was very informative and attentive the entire time. I ordered the Scallps Mac Daddy which was soooooo yummy. It's hard to go wrong with any combination of mac and cheese plus seafood, so this dish was absolutely delicious. I can't wait to go back for my fourth visit and get it again!
So, after working some glitches out of its system, Nola finally seems to be working like the well-oiled machine it was always meant to be!
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