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| - NOLA is our go-to lunch spot at work. It's pretty great. I have mostly had sandwiches there, so I can't comment on their entrees on the menu. The have solid and interesting food, at a good price. Their fries are can't-help-yourself good. Really. They have one of the best veg sandwiches (Pan Bagnat) I thinkI've ever had. They offer combos of soup+salad or soup+sandwich or salad+sandwich, which is my favorite thing to get. The French onion soup is pretty amazing, salty, cheesy, and with thick chunks of bread under a thick layer of gruyere. Basically the food is great, and I haven't heard anything negative from anyone I've gone there with, with the exception of an off day in the kitchen, that happened maybe once. For a new restaurant, I think they got their chit together pretty quickly, and made some minor changes to the menu after a few weeks, which I think improved the place. I can't speak to their authentic-ness, but they are pretty damn good.
The staff is friendly and the atmosphere is always nice and inviting, with a nice little outdoor area for those beautiful days in the square. They do, however, have one of the worst entrance/lobby/hostess stations in the world. You are basically standing in the middle of the main thoroughfare through the restaurant while waiting to talk to the hostess. And if you happen to have to wait for a table, then you are awkwardly trying to find a place to put yourself with out being in the way. There is basically no where to stand without bothering someone, and that bothers me. It's nice that they have the most amount of seating possible in there, but it would be even nicer if that awkwardness was done away with the removal of one or two tables.
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