Upon reservation the restaurant accommodated us promptly. the waiter was merchant-like, encouraging us to order wine and desert; I personally prefer waiters to only intervene when prompted. LOLA has an ipad as the drinks menu; fancy fancy. i ordered this plum-flavored belgian beer that turned out to be $8 wood chuck. note to self: always try wine at a three dollar sign restaurant.
as advertised, beef pierogi was awesome. it has many different flavor in ways that you don't experience everyday. it is "the difference" you expect when you commit yourself (financially) for a fine dining. For entree, I tried the two pork dish: pork chop and the quail & pork belly. Pork chop doesn't have too many different flavors; it's mostly the pork chop and grits, but the flavor is very rich; it's one of those things you just describe as "damn good." For me personally, it wasn't quiet the "blew me away" fine dining entree i hoped it would be. Pork belly was okay, while the quail was a bit salty but very flavorful; the side vegetables had refreshing and sour flavor and turned out to be my favorite part about this dish.
overall, i really liked beef pierogi, but was not blown away by the pork dish. between the two pork dish, i'd recommend the pork chop. and i wish i never ordered the $8 wood chuck.