First off, I am not a real Cajun/Creole food fan as I find it on the salty, fatty or bland side. Lola's, overlooking ugly and busy Charleston Blvd in Las Vegas, is simple and quaint inside, however. This is definitely not a fancy place. With Party City Mardi Gras decorations and fleur de lis decor, it has a cheesy feeling of the bayou and the Creole music is somewhat charming. We ordered apps of grilled mussels, coated in some tasty buttery and slightly cheesy topping (good, but not drop you to your knees good), white baguette slices flame grilled and a green salad, it was a decent start. The dark beer on tap was really good though, making me happy. The blackened grilled chicken I ordered was fair, again, nothing too spectacular. The people we were with commented that they enjoyed their plates of red beans and sausage, crawfish and crab cakes. My hubby had jambalaya which he said was pretty good, but not a very big serving. He finished my chicken and French fries. Entrees come with 2 sides of your choosing; green salad (literally 6-7 pieces of lettuce, 7-8 pieces of teeny-tiny cucumber fragments and I think a sliver of tomato), red beans, coleslaw, or French fries. The desserts looked good, but we shared a Bananas Foster which actually was delish! The rum and brown sugar syrup over the warm bananas and cold vanilla ice cream was tasty! Service was good, waitress very nice, wish they'd turn the AC up for the Dear, she was sweating her butt off. \nWould I return to Lola's? Perhaps, but just for the Bananas Foster.
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