I felt like I was in another country, and not in a good way. Food was disgusting.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
naomi dupre
Fantastic service and food!! Vana and Christopher are the best!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mike Pecoraro
Nice selection for a hotel restaurant
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Kathleen Dodson-Smith
Nice buffet presentation for Thanksgiving. Lots of choices for entrees, sides and dessert. Staff was excellent: attentive and helpful. Didn't know at booking the food service was ending at 2:30 p.m., but we had an hour and were not pushed to leave. Price per person still outrageous for a buffet, but actually much more reasonable than MANY other nice restaurants on Thanksgiving.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Thia Johnson
Where do i start we arrived and restaurant seemed to be empty (I was excited we never get a restaurant to ourselves) we made a reservation for 5:30pm friday night...?!?! Beautiful restaurant, great menu everything we received was Beautifully executed wait staff was fabulous. starters: wings (sweet chili) and muscles (in a red sauce). Husband got the steak med rare cooked to perfection 👌🏽 puree potatoes with fresh chive and they give a sauce with the steak on the side with four choice salt on a small plate. My meal: shrimp scampi give you about 5 jumbo shrimp cooked perfect, i would describe the noodles to be like and angel hair linguine in a garlic white wine sauce with capers. I asked for saute mushrooms on the side they have decently portioned sized sides shared my mushrooms with the husband. Drinks were Beautifully made and tasted great he likes gin drinks they added rosemary and lemon to his. I preferably like non-alcoholic versions of options the N.A. margarita and N.A. bloody Mary absolutely great. For desert we shared a creme burlee came in a small ceramic cup severed with fresh fruit on top strawberry blackberry and raspberry 😋 we'll definitely be returning best birthday dinner!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Connor Nielsen
Stayed at the Sheraton about a month back and stopped into the restaurant on a Thursday night. Probably the best hotel restaurant I’ve been to. Food was great and the bartender created a great atmosphere as everyone watched Thursday Night Football. Will definitely stay here again on my next work trip strictly because of this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Victoria Cieslewski
Absolutely amazing restaurant! I have been twice and both times left absolutely satisfied! I am a gluten free girly (MCAS... It isn't fun) and their attention to GF restrictions is the best I have seen. Their bread is so good! Pasta is divine! The creme brulee is out of this world. The flavors in their sauces is perfection! The wines they paired with my dishes both times were spot on as well. Be willing to spend some money but it is worth every penny! I don't have a picture of my pasta without me being a weirdo in it but the crab cake pictures was what I had as an appetizer and oh those flavors could sing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Justin Richeson
In-hotel restaurant. Went for breakfast. Prices are high and to be frank they screwed up my order....TWICE. Build your own omelet. Sausage, Onion, Cheese. They brought it out TWICE as Sausage, HAM, Cheese. The second one barely had cheese and the ham was all overcooked. Also ordered with White toast...the first plate had multi-grain. So...they re-cooked an omelet with the same ingredients and brought it out with different toast. They even repeated the order back to me and still got it wrong....TWICE. I just ate the second one because my blood sugars were dropping and they never came back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
Elizabeth Butler
We went for Summer Restaurant Week because the menu seemed promising, but we were pretty disappointed with the food except for the cookie skillet. The portions were small and a lot of the food was lukewarm/cold by the time it reached the table. One of the party ordered the ceviche and got terrible food poisoning from it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
LEIA ESTRELLA
I just went into this restaurant and was pleasantly surprised because I've been here a couple times and I really don't remember it being this phenomenal. I had the grilled chicken sandwich and it was so good and so were the employees the whole atmosphere I really enjoyed it definitely 5 out of 5
Restaurant week here was a disappointment, even though the menu looked promising. Restaurant week is normally a showing of the most popular dishes or menu featured items so that diners have the opportunity to try one appetizer, one entrée, and one dessert. In this case Lela chose only non-menu items that tasted poorly mass produced for RW, which normally isn't an issue but none of what we ordered was very good in general. Flavor just wasn't there with most of the entrees, portions were smaller which isn't uncommon for MN RW but come on, $45 for a tasting menu, where 80% of it isn't good, yikes!
We split a regular calamari appetizer while waiting for our RW menus. I had the braised short rib, while the tricolor carrots and mashed potatoes offered some flavor, the 'braised short rib' was devoid of it. It really needed some seasoning or salt, there was none at the table, so it was very bland. Everyone that had this at the table agreed it was very mid, flavorless, literally tasted like a crockpot recipe I could do at home, and I am not a cook whatsoever. My friend Lindsay ordered the sword fish and it was TERRIBLE, possibly the worst fish entree I've tried in years. The fish was unbelievably fishy and spongey, it gave off frozen fish steak defrosted in the microwave vibes. Also there was no cauliflower puree to speak of, mostly just clam velouté, the spring vegetables were abysmal. There were a handful of peas and a couple of asparagus tips in white sauce. Not an impressive dish, should have never been added to the menu, quality appalling.
Desserts were good, I had the cookie skillet, others got the crème brûlée. All in all I would recommend passing on Lela Restaurant Week, the servers were not prepared for the rush of the event and didn't even really know restaurant week was happening, we had to ask for the RW menus two to three times. Server also gave attitude when my friend had to return her inedible fish. Not a great RW experience unfortunately!
(Update: my other friend Leah who also ordered the sword fish got violently ill the next day, this is not okay; I suspect food poisoning from the bad fish, I wonder how many other people got sick that night!)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 2
Mark Salness
Lela was a fun bustling spot. The open concept gave it a festive atmosphere, which some could find a little loud. With it being restaurant week, we knew it could be busier than usual. The food was all presented in an elegant way, and the flavors were on point. Some of the restaurant week items are not on their regular menu, so this is all strictly based on one-off menu items. I ordered the braised short rib. The flavor was excellent, but I did feel it was slightly overcooked. My wife had the swordfish which was seared well and flavorful. Overall, we would give Lela a 4/5 with everything tasting really good, but not outstanding.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Janet
I can't express how wonderful the management, staff were. I will come back to this hotel, just for them. Food was good and affordable. Well worth it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Jacob Baker
Bartender Christopher was wonderful, best smoked cocktails ive had in the state. Great service and wonderful atmosphere. Building is gorgeous to wander.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
YUSUF MUHUMED
This place is truly magnificent! As a hotel guest, the easy access is a huge plus—it's right next door, which is incredibly convenient. The restaurant view and environment are absolutely amazing, making for a perfect dining experience. I highly recommend it!
I felt like I was in another country, and not in a good way. Food was disgusting.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Fantastic service and food!! Vana and Christopher are the best!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nice selection for a hotel restaurant
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Nice buffet presentation for Thanksgiving. Lots of choices for entrees, sides and dessert. Staff was excellent: attentive and helpful. Didn't know at booking the food service was ending at 2:30 p.m., but we had an hour and were not pushed to leave. Price per person still outrageous for a buffet, but actually much more reasonable than MANY other nice restaurants on Thanksgiving.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Where do i start we arrived and restaurant seemed to be empty (I was excited we never get a restaurant to ourselves) we made a reservation for 5:30pm friday night...?!?! Beautiful restaurant, great menu everything we received was Beautifully executed wait staff was fabulous. starters: wings (sweet chili) and muscles (in a red sauce). Husband got the steak med rare cooked to perfection 👌🏽 puree potatoes with fresh chive and they give a sauce with the steak on the side with four choice salt on a small plate. My meal: shrimp scampi give you about 5 jumbo shrimp cooked perfect, i would describe the noodles to be like and angel hair linguine in a garlic white wine sauce with capers. I asked for saute mushrooms on the side they have decently portioned sized sides shared my mushrooms with the husband. Drinks were Beautifully made and tasted great he likes gin drinks they added rosemary and lemon to his. I preferably like non-alcoholic versions of options the N.A. margarita and N.A. bloody Mary absolutely great. For desert we shared a creme burlee came in a small ceramic cup severed with fresh fruit on top strawberry blackberry and raspberry 😋 we'll definitely be returning best birthday dinner!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stayed at the Sheraton about a month back and stopped into the restaurant on a Thursday night. Probably the best hotel restaurant I’ve been to. Food was great and the bartender created a great atmosphere as everyone watched Thursday Night Football. Will definitely stay here again on my next work trip strictly because of this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Absolutely amazing restaurant! I have been twice and both times left absolutely satisfied! I am a gluten free girly (MCAS... It isn't fun) and their attention to GF restrictions is the best I have seen. Their bread is so good! Pasta is divine! The creme brulee is out of this world. The flavors in their sauces is perfection! The wines they paired with my dishes both times were spot on as well. Be willing to spend some money but it is worth every penny!
I don't have a picture of my pasta without me being a weirdo in it but the crab cake pictures was what I had as an appetizer and oh those flavors could sing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
In-hotel restaurant. Went for breakfast. Prices are high and to be frank they screwed up my order....TWICE. Build your own omelet. Sausage, Onion, Cheese. They brought it out TWICE as Sausage, HAM, Cheese. The second one barely had cheese and the ham was all overcooked. Also ordered with White toast...the first plate had multi-grain. So...they re-cooked an omelet with the same ingredients and brought it out with different toast. They even repeated the order back to me and still got it wrong....TWICE. I just ate the second one because my blood sugars were dropping and they never came back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
We went for Summer Restaurant Week because the menu seemed promising, but we were pretty disappointed with the food except for the cookie skillet. The portions were small and a lot of the food was lukewarm/cold by the time it reached the table. One of the party ordered the ceviche and got terrible food poisoning from it.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
I just went into this restaurant and was pleasantly surprised because I've been here a couple times and I really don't remember it being this phenomenal. I had the grilled chicken sandwich and it was so good and so were the employees the whole atmosphere I really enjoyed it definitely 5 out of 5
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Restaurant week here was a disappointment, even though the menu looked promising. Restaurant week is normally a showing of the most popular dishes or menu featured items so that diners have the opportunity to try one appetizer, one entrée, and one dessert. In this case Lela chose only non-menu items that tasted poorly mass produced for RW, which normally isn't an issue but none of what we ordered was very good in general. Flavor just wasn't there with most of the entrees, portions were smaller which isn't uncommon for MN RW but come on, $45 for a tasting menu, where 80% of it isn't good, yikes!
We split a regular calamari appetizer while waiting for our RW menus. I had the braised short rib, while the tricolor carrots and mashed potatoes offered some flavor, the 'braised short rib' was devoid of it. It really needed some seasoning or salt, there was none at the table, so it was very bland. Everyone that had this at the table agreed it was very mid, flavorless, literally tasted like a crockpot recipe I could do at home, and I am not a cook whatsoever. My friend Lindsay ordered the sword fish and it was TERRIBLE, possibly the worst fish entree I've tried in years. The fish was unbelievably fishy and spongey, it gave off frozen fish steak defrosted in the microwave vibes. Also there was no cauliflower puree to speak of, mostly just clam velouté, the spring vegetables were abysmal. There were a handful of peas and a couple of asparagus tips in white sauce. Not an impressive dish, should have never been added to the menu, quality appalling.
Desserts were good, I had the cookie skillet, others got the crème brûlée. All in all I would recommend passing on Lela Restaurant Week, the servers were not prepared for the rush of the event and didn't even really know restaurant week was happening, we had to ask for the RW menus two to three times. Server also gave attitude when my friend had to return her inedible fish. Not a great RW experience unfortunately!
(Update: my other friend Leah who also ordered the sword fish got violently ill the next day, this is not okay; I suspect food poisoning from the bad fish, I wonder how many other people got sick that night!)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 2
Lela was a fun bustling spot. The open concept gave it a festive atmosphere, which some could find a little loud. With it being restaurant week, we knew it could be busier than usual. The food was all presented in an elegant way, and the flavors were on point. Some of the restaurant week items are not on their regular menu, so this is all strictly based on one-off menu items. I ordered the braised short rib. The flavor was excellent, but I did feel it was slightly overcooked. My wife had the swordfish which was seared well and flavorful. Overall, we would give Lela a 4/5 with everything tasting really good, but not outstanding.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
I can't express how wonderful the management, staff were. I will come back to this hotel, just for them. Food was good and affordable. Well worth it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Bartender Christopher was wonderful, best smoked cocktails ive had in the state. Great service and wonderful atmosphere. Building is gorgeous to wander.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This place is truly magnificent! As a hotel guest, the easy access is a huge plus—it's right next door, which is incredibly convenient. The restaurant view and environment are absolutely amazing, making for a perfect dining experience. I highly recommend it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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