Lola's Lakehouse
(952) 442-4954
318 E Lake St
Waconia,
MN
55387
44.8516
-93.7812
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In Short
The airy, white-and-blue dining room with picture windows overlooking the lake is as breezy as a sailboat ride. Husband-and-wife chefs Paul and Laura Laubignat have created a small-town restaurant that is as hospitable as it is unpretentious. It draws serious eaters with its eclectic dinner entrees and small but interesting wine list. The menu, which changes in spring and fall, might include ribs, dark-beer barbecued chicken or beef, braised lamb shank, grilled or sauteed walleye.
User Reviews
Anonymous
December 05, 2008
We have been here many times in the summer. You can sit on the deck overlooking the lake. The hamburgers are excellent and the prices are reasonable. I would highly recommend this wonderful place.
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teddi67
September 17, 2008
Over the years I had heard great things about Nancy's. It is now called Lola's. Lola needs to talk to Nancy and figure out what Nancy was doing right with the food.and service. We were out just driving around and thought we would check out Waconia. I was looking for Nancy's and stumbled across Lola's. We were not really looking for anything other than apetizers and drinks. We were set in the bar area. The atmosphere was nice, but one of teh large doors was open and it was freezing. Beautiful views of the lake. We set for 5 mins waiting on a waitress to take our drink order. We finally got up and went to the bar for them. We were half way through our first drink before a waitress approached us. We decided on 3 apts and a bowl of their clam chowder. The chowder was a very thin soup with maybe 2 small potaoes in it. If there was clam in it, I did not bite into one. I love soup and clam chowder is on the top of my list. This tasted nothing like clam chowder. It was a cream with a hint of seafood taste. The calamari looked wonderful, but was tasteless with a very overpowering sauce. It was like eating hot wings with Bleu cheese. The lobster cake looked like a seafood salad. All I could taste was the sauce that it was mixed with it.. I think it might of had breading mixed in it, because i kept biting into somthing that I felt the whole thing should of been incased in. I prefer my cake like a cake with the sauce on the side, This was just drenched in this overbearing sauce. The artichoke dip was okay. I will be back for dinner, because I try to give every place a second chance. I will say that we did a good laugh. My husband ordered a Jameson whiskey. The waitress brought out 2 drinks. One with whiskey, one with Jameson's. It is pretty bad when the bartender does not know that Jameson's is a whiskey. Even funnier is that the waitress did not know either.
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gorrna
May 14, 2007
I'll give Nancy's Landing the benefit of the doubt on typical nights because I've heard from close family members that it provides a good experience on the usual weeknight or weekend, but the Mother's Day 2007 experience we had was unacceptable. I'll give a thumbs up to the food, it was the wait staff that disappointed me. The stress of the day was apparent in the behavior of the staff at times. I've worked Mother's Day in a busy restaurant, but I know that it's unacceptable to let that stress make you appear annoyed with the customers normal requests or questions. What took the cake was the two explicit attempts to get our party of five to wrap up our dinner and get out. We were in the restaurant for just over an hour when the effort to get us out began. I could understand if other families were waiting to be seated, but they weren't. The restaurant was never completely full while we were there. And it's not as if there weren't other tables our size available. Our bill was given to us about 50 minutes into the night. At the one-hour mark, the waitress asked if we were ready to pay yet, even though we hadn't put the bill binder anywhere near the edge of the table or placed a credit card in it. About 15 minutes later, she told us the restaurant was expecting more guests and that it was "trying to move everyone along." I enjoyed eating the beef, but not being treated like cattle. Maybe some people think a 90-minute dinner is long enough, but when you're waiting in lines each time you attempt to get your salad, then your entree, and then a dessert, the minutes add up. It felt like a restaurant unaware that it takes more than decent food and less-than-average treatment of its customers to be considered noteworthy.
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When to Go:
Nancy's star truly shines at its Sunday brunch. Entrees change weekly, with an international theme, but there are always omelets, waffles, breakfast meats, and an astounding array of rolls and muffins, cheeses, cold meats, fresh fruit, vegetables, salads and desserts.
