If you can't visit New Orleans, let New Orleans come to you! Everything from the interior to the menu made me miss the Big Easy. And boy, do I love NOLA. Lola's is pretty unique when it comes to dining near DTLV. Nothing about it reminds you of The Strip. It's understated, casual, and fairly easy to score a reservation.
I took my parents here for a belated b-day dinner in January. It was a weeknight and I wasn't looking to spend big bucks on a meal. Lola's takes reservations on Yelp and, as I said before, kind of a unique gem near downtown. Not your typical strip mall or casino eatery.
We started with oysters and crawpuppies. And for an entree we tried etoufeee as well as gumbo. All of the food was cooked well and came out quickly. All of this paired well with an Abita beer or glass of chilled white wine.
As it got later into the evening, the restaurant started filling up quickly and was getting loud. Being that I was with my parents who are older and hardly "party people", we ordered dessert to-go and made it an early night.
Overall, I'd recommend Lola's to anyone looking for a relatively authentic NOLA meal way outside the south. Also, for folks looking to have a "normal" dining experience in Las Vegas, this is a solid spot to pick.