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945 N Fairfax Ave
West Hollywood, CA 90046 34.087906 -118.361544

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lolasla.com

Last updated 10.14.11

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Restaurants, Bars & Clubs, Singles Bars, Bars & Pubs

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Bar & Pub Special Features:

Martinis, Bar Menu

Bar & Club Special Features:

Romantic Nightlife, Specialty Cocktails, After Work, Live Music

What People Are Saying About Lola's

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Don't mind the black leather jackets--the casual, 30-something crowd is here to socialize, not intimidate. Traffic jams are frequent around the pool table and back dining rooms. Martinis are serious business here, with more than 50 varieties served in full-on eight-ounce portions. Considering most of the kids are here for martinis, the grub's actually pretty good. Peruse the menu of comfort standards that range from soups and salads to entrees like burgers, pasta and seafood. Just remember to grab the gang and get there before 9pm on Fridays to snag one of the coveted cheetah-print couches in…

Editor's Tips

Parking:
There are plenty of metered spaces in the area, but valet is always easiest.
Know Before You Go:
The kitchen serves the full menu until 1:30am every day.
Save Money:
Happy hour happens every day between 5:30pm and 7:30pm with $5 martini specials and $5.50 appetizers.
ambiance
97.06000328063965% positive
  1. The moment I got here with a friend of mine, we loved the atmosphere, decor and the people.
  2. The pool table, bar and eating area make it a great place to meet some friends for drinks or have a fun dinner date.
  3. The staff is beautiful, fun and professional!
  4. Small, intimate, fun and the best chocolate martini's I have ever had in my life.
  5. It is a very nice atmosphere, I recommend this place if you are just looking to go somewhere and hang out and chill and drink with friends.
  6. This is a great location especially after work because you would arrive just in time for happy hour.
  7. The place had a nice atmosphere although one of the staff member's kids were running around as if they were at home.
  8. thought that the atmosphere was also really nice for the date.
  9. The ambiance is superb
  10. The laid-back atmosphere and ambience were so inviting and warm.
  11. just move in the neigborhood and lolas was perfect location but this guy spoiled it.
  12. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this place for big crowds, but if you just want a chill place to talk and have a fun variety of drink choices, try this bar.
  13. Great ambience but average food
  14. They have a super shill atmosphere and great drinks!
  15. Great drinks, Great Martini's, great Food, great service and great atmosphere.
  16. Big drinks, good atmosphere.
  17. The best place for martinis, excellent service, swanky decor.
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. Small, intimate, fun and the best chocolate martini's I have ever had in my life.
  2. liked the "A Clockwork Orange" Martini the best, the Caramel Apple was good too, and the Pumpkin Martini tasted just like a slice of pumpkin pie.
  3. If you order the cookies with your meal, they'll have a plate a warm cookies waiting for you at the end of the evening.
  4. The appetizer I ate was quite tasty, and the dessert was also impressive, however the main course(a chicken one) had no flavor whatsoever and was lacking taste!
drinks
75.0% positive
  1. re looking for great drinks and a place to catch up with old friends, this is the place.
  2. The best bet is to go on a Tuesday or Wednesday around 1030 and sit yourself down at the back bar and enjoy one of the best martinis you will ever have.
  3. don;t agree with the dress code but it is a small price to pay for a wonderful drink!
  4. The drinks were disappointing, even their martinis were bad.
  5. We live in the neighborhood and visit Lola's quite often, and we are sad that one of our favorite places to drink and eat has been tainted.
  6. and even if you don't the food drinks and service are sooo great you don't care who you see.
  7. The drinks were excellent.
  8. Its a good place to start the night out, or if you just want to have a chill night and talk over drinks.
  9. Waitresses are great to look at and quick with bringing drinks.
  10. He has created a wonderful new dinner and bar menu.
  11. Lola's is a great place to get some of the best drinks in town and some pretty good food to go along with it.
  12. hip, not pretentious, and just a great place to hang out and have a drink.
  13. Beautiful people, great drinks and a chill environment.
  14. Amazing place for drinks, bartenders and servers are great, but the guy @ the door is kind of lame.
  15. Hanging around on the bar-front sofas on a weeknight (weekends are too crowded), sipping these martinis and chatting with the surprisingly friendly barstaff makes for a really nice way to spend an evening.
  16. The drinks may appear pricey upon first sight.
  17. would not suggest Lola's as a place for a casual drink or dinner or game of pool.
  18. It pays to valet here and to me is one of the best places I have been to in L.A. love the drinks and the food.
  19. love their martini selections, and the drinks is perfect -made just right :).
  20. My Fiance had the "linguini with clams" while I had the special "Ribeye with Bleu Cheese wine sauce" (dont quote me on that) both entree's were delicious.
  21. It is incomprehensible why patrons should put up with rude service given the poor quality and exhorbitant prices of their drinks and food.
  22. didn't mind that so much, but the drinks were really bad not to mention grossly over-priced.
  23. The appetizers were tasty and the drinks were great.
  24. I've been there a many times, I've tried most of the food (its ALL great) and most of the the drinks, and I've got to say, this place is the best.
  25. This is a great place to meet for drinks.
  26. The vibe is cool and hip but not over the top pretentious which I like in a city like L.A. I like to sit in the back in one of the tables by the bar.
  27. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this place for big crowds, but if you just want a chill place to talk and have a fun variety of drink choices, try this bar.
  28. didn't really enjoy the place much because it was really crowded, and the drinks were expensive (but usual for LA.) I went a few weeks later on a Friday night with a date, and it was a lot less busy.
  29. They have a super shill atmosphere and great drinks!
  30. After dinner we moved down into a room with a big pool table, played a couple of games and then went into the big room in the back with the big long bar.
  31. To add insult to injury, the drinks and food were really EXPENSIVE.
  32. The pool table, bar and eating area make it a great place to meet some friends for drinks or have a fun dinner date.
  33. The bar is really cool and if you are sitting at the back of the bar, you will notice that is is transparent.
  34. We were only able to order two rounds of drinks in 90min because our poor overwhelmed server (who told us it was only her second night!)
  35. Lola's staff was VERY nasty and they didnt even want us to bring our drink from the happy hour bar section to our regular tables.
  36. so for you guys who are too cheap to pay the price for a big stiff drink - maybe you should hit this spot a little earlier in the evening
  37. Looking for a great Martini well look no more Lolas is know for whipping up the greatest martinis as well as other drinks I have yet to diss.
  38. Great drinks, Great Martini's, great Food, great service and great atmosphere.
  39. First you say they welcome you in (strange for a place that doesnt want "black people" , then it would appear you dont honor your dinner reservation - you have made a reservation for a table in the dining room which they have held for you yet you MOVE to
  40. Big drinks, good atmosphere.
  41. This guy rocked the bar with strong drinks and we enjoyed every drop of 'em.
  42. It is a very nice atmosphere, I recommend this place if you are just looking to go somewhere and hang out and chill and drink with friends.
food quality
68.06000232696533% positive
  1. If you're hungry, order calamari and onion rings.
  2. It is incomprehensible why patrons should put up with rude service given the poor quality and exhorbitant prices of their drinks and food.
  3. To add insult to injury, the drinks and food were really EXPENSIVE.
  4. The martinis were great but the service wasn't and the happy hour food (and we would later find out the regular food) was terrible.
  5. We paid full price for our meal and left.
  6. Lola's has the best Apple Martini around, however, the place is SO crowed that one cannot even enjoy their $10 glass of yummy-ness.
  7. Anyway, the food was really tasty.
  8. and even if you don't the food drinks and service are sooo great you don't care who you see.
  9. I've been there a many times, I've tried most of the food (its ALL great) and most of the the drinks, and I've got to say, this place is the best.
  10. If you order the cookies with your meal, they'll have a plate a warm cookies waiting for you at the end of the evening.
  11. Lola's also has a great menu, with delicious items.
  12. It pays to valet here and to me is one of the best places I have been to in L.A. love the drinks and the food.
  13. felt miserable about it because it was a very unsatisfying meal.
  14. The food was average, the crowd was good.
  15. Both dishes were dry and underseasoned.
  16. The appetizers were tasty and the drinks were great.
  17. Between five people we had about seven dishes and only one and a half were any good and the portions on the happy hour choices sucked.
  18. The food was great and our server (Liz) was a doll.
  19. Otherwise, the staff, the food, and the martinis are amazing, still a good spot to go!
  20. The food menu was OK, and the service was super slow.
  21. Great ambience but average food
  22. Lola's is a great place to get some of the best drinks in town and some pretty good food to go along with it.
  23. sufficiently tasty and alcohol absorbers.
  24. Nothing at all special, mediocre food at best
  25. don't know all of his bona fides, (he's kinda a man of mystery), but his food definitely compliments the kick-ass martini menu Lola's is already famous for.
  26. Tips goes off service when the service is cheap and the food nasty what makes you think a person is going to tip well.
  27. The edamame was the only memorable dish my group ordered.
  28. The appetizer I ate was quite tasty, and the dessert was also impressive, however the main course(a chicken one) had no flavor whatsoever and was lacking taste!
  29. won't quite say it was the best dish I've ever had.
  30. My waiter (Wayne) said that the Parmigian Crusted Halibut would be the best dish I ever had in my life.
  31. The food smelled delicious but I didn't try any of it.
  32. And their new menu is very nice--on our last trip, we couldn't get enough of the fried zucchini (sliced as thin as potato chips) with aioli.
  33. She recommended goat cheese with bacon pizza and southwest salad.
  34. My Fiance had the "linguini with clams" while I had the special "Ribeye with Bleu Cheese wine sauce" (dont quote me on that) both entree's were delicious.
  35. The staff is rude and the food was terrible.
  36. Yummy pizza, great pasta and fabulous martinis.
menu variety
79.16999816894531% positive
  1. don't know all of his bona fides, (he's kinda a man of mystery), but his food definitely compliments the kick-ass martini menu Lola's is already famous for.
  2. Lola's also has a great menu, with delicious items.
  3. The food menu was OK, and the service was super slow.
  4. He has created a wonderful new dinner and bar menu.
  5. Between five people we had about seven dishes and only one and a half were any good and the portions on the happy hour choices sucked.
  6. Sure they have a restaurant, but Lolas is better known for its *fabulous* martini menu and good appetizers.
  7. love their martini selections, and the drinks is perfect -made just right :).
  8. And their new menu is very nice--on our last trip, we couldn't get enough of the fried zucchini (sliced as thin as potato chips) with aioli.
  9. The martini menu was amazing!
  10. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this place for big crowds, but if you just want a chill place to talk and have a fun variety of drink choices, try this bar.
  11. The martini menu is good but not extensive, quite a few interesting concoctions.
  12. Incredibly poor experience, considering there are so many good options around here!
overall
92.8600025177002% positive
  1. The best place for martinis, excellent service, swanky decor.
  2. Its a good place to start the night out, or if you just want to have a chill night and talk over drinks.
  3. Lola's is a great place to get some of the best drinks in town and some pretty good food to go along with it.
  4. I've been there a many times, I've tried most of the food (its ALL great) and most of the the drinks, and I've got to say, this place is the best.
  5. This is a great place to meet for drinks.
  6. hip, not pretentious, and just a great place to hang out and have a drink.
  7. re looking for great drinks and a place to catch up with old friends, this is the place.
  8. Lola's has the best Apple Martini around, however, the place is SO crowed that one cannot even enjoy their $10 glass of yummy-ness.
  9. It's nice to know that we still have a great place to go in West Hollywood.
  10. It is a very nice atmosphere, I recommend this place if you are just looking to go somewhere and hang out and chill and drink with friends.
  11. If you want the best martini in LA and the USA this is the place.
  12. The pool table, bar and eating area make it a great place to meet some friends for drinks or have a fun dinner date.
  13. It's a great place for a girl's night out.
  14. This is a great after work place and it is what a martini place should be.
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. would highly recommend this spot and will definitely be back there myself.
service
63.03999900817871% positive
  1. There's plenty more to commend Lola's - the hip, comfortably friendly bright spot that has been around town now for 11 years.
  2. When I have friends from out of town, I take them there - you see famous people there often.
  3. Great drinks, Great Martini's, great Food, great service and great atmosphere.
  4. Wait staff is friendly too.
  5. The staff is beautiful, fun and professional!
  6. Yes, they have the best Caramel Apple Martini I've tasted, but not worth dealing with the stuck up staff and overpriced tab at the end of the night.
  7. First, the staff was very rude.
  8. In this economic climate, Lola's should be ashamed of its poor quality, high prices and rude staff.
  9. The place had a nice atmosphere although one of the staff member's kids were running around as if they were at home.
  10. It is incomprehensible why patrons should put up with rude service given the poor quality and exhorbitant prices of their drinks and food.
  11. First you say they welcome you in (strange for a place that doesnt want "black people" , then it would appear you dont honor your dinner reservation - you have made a reservation for a table in the dining room which they have held for you yet you MOVE to
  12. Perhaps the worst part of the experience was the very rude and arrogant staff.
  13. Otherwise, the staff, the food, and the martinis are amazing, still a good spot to go!
  14. Tips goes off service when the service is cheap and the food nasty what makes you think a person is going to tip well.
  15. My waiter (Wayne) said that the Parmigian Crusted Halibut would be the best dish I ever had in my life.
  16. The martinis were great but the service wasn't and the happy hour food (and we would later find out the regular food) was terrible.
  17. The bartenders are always amazing.
  18. If you want great martinis and fabulous service, go to Morton's Steakhouse, which is not far from this hole in the wall.
  19. Staff is very friendly but the fountain soda's were a little odd when I had dinner there.
  20. Everytime I go to Lola's I have a great time and meet very interesting people.
  21. just had the worst service experience of my life.
  22. The moment I got here with a friend of mine, we loved the atmosphere, decor and the people.
  23. ... nice eclectic crowd not a huge bunch of posers just a nice mix of people
  24. Beautiful people, great drinks and a chill environment.
  25. The dude (long hair pimp like) mistreat people for no reason, he has made me so uncomfortable that I decided to boycott Lolas.
  26. but if service is NOT good.
  27. Love the Drinks and love the people that go there.
  28. They have a great staff and make the most amazing martinis.
  29. As far as i know i never have this prob at lawrys and i tip good cause they give me good service.
  30. Amazing place for drinks, bartenders and servers are great, but the guy @ the door is kind of lame.
  31. Hanging around on the bar-front sofas on a weeknight (weekends are too crowded), sipping these martinis and chatting with the surprisingly friendly barstaff makes for a really nice way to spend an evening.
  32. Nasty staff with horrible service and racial prejudicism
  33. The bartenders were friendly (& cute!)
  34. and even if you don't the food drinks and service are sooo great you don't care who you see.
  35. The best place for martinis, excellent service, swanky decor.
  36. We were only able to order two rounds of drinks in 90min because our poor overwhelmed server (who told us it was only her second night!)
  37. we tip great for good service.
  38. The martinis and service are great.
  39. have never experienced such poor service.
  40. Lot of friendly, beautiful people.
  41. The food menu was OK, and the service was super slow.
  42. Lola's staff was VERY nasty and they didnt even want us to bring our drink from the happy hour bar section to our regular tables.
  43. The food was great and our server (Liz) was a doll.
  44. The staff there was really inviting and friendly.
  45. The staff is rude and the food was terrible.
  46. Between five people we had about seven dishes and only one and a half were any good and the portions on the happy hour choices sucked.
value
40.0% positive
  1. found Lola's to be more expensive than its worth and somewhat pretentious.
  2. Between five people we had about seven dishes and only one and a half were any good and the portions on the happy hour choices sucked.
  3. In this economic climate, Lola's should be ashamed of its poor quality, high prices and rude staff.
  4. True, the martinis are expensive during regular hours.
  5. It is incomprehensible why patrons should put up with rude service given the poor quality and exhorbitant prices of their drinks and food.
  6. By the way, Lola's prices are very reasonable for what you get.
  7. The drinks may appear pricey upon first sight.
  8. Tips goes off service when the service is cheap and the food nasty what makes you think a person is going to tip well.
  9. Yes, they have the best Caramel Apple Martini I've tasted, but not worth dealing with the stuck up staff and overpriced tab at the end of the night.
  10. Their martini glasses are huge!
  11. don;t agree with the dress code but it is a small price to pay for a wonderful drink!
  12. In contrast, the happy hour is limited in scope, but excellent, and a good value.
  13. Food is not so great and too pricey for what you get.
  14. We paid full price for our meal and left.
  15. One of my friends from NY is coming back home for a week so I'm definitely taking her here - she's a huge martini drinker so I know she'll fall in love with this place.
  16. Much to my disappointment, I discovered first-hand that this place is overpriced and low-grade.
  17. You want a creative concoction - Lola's can deliver but, you have to slap down the dollars.
  18. so for you guys who are too cheap to pay the price for a big stiff drink - maybe you should hit this spot a little earlier in the evening
  19. ... nice eclectic crowd not a huge bunch of posers just a nice mix of people
  20. didn't really enjoy the place much because it was really crowded, and the drinks were expensive (but usual for LA.) I went a few weeks later on a Friday night with a date, and it was a lot less busy.
wait time
57.14000225067139% positive
  1. Up until recently they had a bad spell with a lot of incompetance in the kitchen, but at long last the real deal has finally arrived!
  2. Service can be a bit slow.
  3. After dinner we moved down into a room with a big pool table, played a couple of games and then went into the big room in the back with the big long bar.
  4. The dude (long hair pimp like) mistreat people for no reason, he has made me so uncomfortable that I decided to boycott Lolas.
  5. The food menu was OK, and the service was super slow.
  6. Waitresses are great to look at and quick with bringing drinks.
  7. The martinis are all excellent and they have a long, long list of them!
4 Star Rating: Recommended

09/13/11

Awesome Martinis!!!

by ABlues4Nina

The martinis were the best!!! Didn't even taste the alcohol it was so smooth. I wasnt too impressed with the quality of service as the waitress didnt attend to the table as much as I felt was needed. The appetizers were pretty good, we had the calamari and some salad. I want to go back and try some other things but the Carmel apple martini and the star f*cker were amazing!!! Wil def go back, I also want to try their endless Mimosas on Sundays!

4 Star Rating: Recommended

07/10/11

Fun place

by donaldforhire

I liked Lola's, I thought it was charming and comfortable. The Martinis are are brilliant!! Every time I make it to Lola's I either bump into a friend or meet a new one. I like the casual / dressy atmosphere.. the last time I was there I was wearing a suit following a meeting.. I felt as comfortable as if I was dressed in Jeans. Oh, and the food... I thought the portions were perfect and the preparation was exceptional. After a long day, it's nice to meet a friendly bartender or a great server.. you can find both at Lola's.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

01/09/11

This place is Awesome!!!

by JoeRussell

Great food, great people, great atmosphere! I have been going there for just over a year and have always had a good meal. I am not much of a drinker, but everyone that I have gone there with in the past have all raved about the drinks.

I have read some of these other comments and am very surprised. The food is great!

Go here... check it out for yourself. I am not sure about their drink special nights... but they have a website I think with that info.

Also a great place to get deserts!

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/04/10

Hugely disappointing

by stevecsmith

This place was hugely disappointing. I've never been to a restaurant where drinks went untouched, without the bartender asking if there was anything wrong. It was so bad that I left after only spending $40 of a $50 gift ceritificate. A horrible experience.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

08/16/10

You Will Love Lolas!

by Wedding and Party Ideas

Lola's has delicious food and the drinks are yummy, plentiful and inexpensive. I've never heard anyone say they didn't have an awesome time at Lola's. Highly Recommended for private parties and happy hour $5 martinis and appetizers, yummy!

The Details on Lola's

Place Categories:

  • great martinis
  • great amazing place
  • love lola
  • great drinks
  • rude horrible staff
  • great professional service
  • worst service experience
  • very nice laidback atmosphere
  • friendly wait staff
  • great food
  • beautiful people
  • not recommend place
  • terrible happy hour food
  • really bad food drinks
  • rude service
  • helpful waitstaff
  • best dish
  • fabulous martini menu
  • inviting ambience
  • full prices
  • recommended highly
  • worst restaurant
  • more impressive goat cheese
  • very nice key spot
  • quite tasty appetizers

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