We did the tourist thing in Laurel this past week. Ate dinner at The Loft both Tuesday, with Abby as our server, and Thursday, with Emma as our server. I'll start with how fabulous these 2 young ladies were. Very attentive, took excellent care of us, and we just found them very nice and we had lovely conversations with them. The food both nights were excellent as well as the cocktails. On Tuesday, I had the special of fried oysters and hubby had the fried shrimp. We also had the appetizer of steak bites. On Thursday, I had the 9 oz filet tenderloin wrapped in bacon (pricey) and hubby had the Alfredo pasta with steak strips. My hubby is not a steak person, but loved the tenderness/flavor of the steak bites and steak strips. He also said the Alfredo sauce was the best he's ever had. Our compliments to the chef and bartender as well. Very enjoyable meals.
Valda N.
Food was great. Noticed all servers were very young. Possibly an opportunity to learn the difference between attentiveness and intrusion. Especially in a restaurant that is more high dollar. Our plates were attempted to be removed at least 5 times while we were still eating. It made us feel rushed, even though we were only there a short time.
Jeff Zacharias
I had the fish special( red snapper). The waitress was excellent and the fish was done to perfection. I found the restaurant a little loud, but had a great atmosphere otherwise. I would definitely recommend the Loft to anyone!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
aaron aultman
Did not get waited on after waiting over 15 min. When I got there we needed another seat asked for one never came. So we decided as a couple to
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 1
Eileen P.
Top notch restaurant, great food, excellent service and ambiance! On our last visit we had a musician playing his guitar and singing. My husband and I definitely enjoyed and will be back for a fourth visit when back in Laurel MS.
Andrea Stark
The potato fries and the loaded fries were delicious. I felt my pasta was kind of bland, but our server was great. It was overall a pleasant experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmesan
Susan Mingus
Fabulous food and service (thanks, Cassidy)! The Roxanne (redfish) is delicious. Best food we've had in Laurel, by far - don't miss it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kristina Schmit
Re-visited The Loft this evening 3-12-24. We visited last time 7 years ago when we flew in from Las Vegas for the weekend to tour Laurel. We arrived tonight, this time, visiting Laurel via our Motorcoach on our year long tour of the United States. We’re 37 states down and back in Laurel for round 2. After dropping $ visiting all the dog friendly stores in Laurel, we noticed that The Loft, the restaurant we visited 7 years ago had an outdoor patio. Score! We had our 18lb dogs in a stroller while shopping the stores and were excited to sit down to a nice meal. Our dogs have traveled with us throughout the US and has literally been to at least a 100 restaurants & are 100% well behaved. We’re starving so I ask the kind hostess if their outdoor patio was dog friendly- she asks how big our dogs are, seeing our two small well dressed hairless (allergy free) dogs confined in a stroller welcomed us and seated us to one of appx. dozen OUTSIDE tables in the corner. There were only 2 other occupied tables so, 10 other empty tables. We were pretty much sitting alone quietly, without issue in a corner outside. We were greeted by the waitress and ordered cocktails. We were feeling happy & cozy, pups were napping. We had already chosen our main entrees when… the manager sent the super sweet and apologetic teenaged hostess to do his/her dirty work. She was sent to tell us we had to leave. We were already welcomed to our table, we ordered, presented NO issue and were kicked out. It was VERY humiliating to be kicked out of a restaurant. Would have loved to of shared my thoughts w/him versus posting a review but, he was too chicken poop to kick us outside himself, had to send young (super sweet girl). Piss-poor management in mostly friendly Laurel.So… since we were kicked out and starving, we drove through McDonalds drive-thru. NOT a great first day in Laurel. ?
Jason Mitchell
There aren’t enough words to describe what a great place this is. The atmosphere, the food, the staff, it is all amazing!We were in Laurel for a week and literally EVERY local and tourists first words to us were “You have to eat at the Loft!” After experiencing it, I would say the exact same thing!! If you are in town for ANY reason, you HAVE to eat at the Loft!Our waitress custom made our dinner side salad herself. The Steak Bites are must for sure! All of the food is amazing and mouth watering.Kid-friendliness: Always kids friendlyWheelchair accessibility: Very accessible
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: House Salad, Chicken Parmesan, Side Salad, Steak Bites, Bread Pudding, Cheesecake
Monique J.
Re-visited The Loft this evening 3-12-24. We visited last 7 years ago when we flew in from Las Vegas for the weekend to tour Laurel. We arrived tonight, this time, visiting Laurel via our Motorcoach on our year long tour of the United States. We're 37 states down and back in Laurel for round 2. After dropping $ visiting all the dog friendly stores in Laurel, we noticed that The Loft, the restaurant we visited 7 years ago had an outdoor patio. Score! We had our 18lb dogs in a stroller while shopping the stores and were excited to sit down to a nice meal. Our dogs have traveled with us throughout the US and has literally been to at least a 100 restaurants & are 100% well behaved. We're starving so I ask the kind hostess if their outdoor patio was dog friendly- she asks how big our dogs are, seeing our two small well dressed hairless (allergy free) dogs confined in a stroller welcomed us and seated us to one of appx. dozen OUTSIDE tables in the corner. There were only 2 other occupied tables so, 10 other empty tables. We were pretty much sitting alone quietly, without issue in a corner outside. We were greeted by the waitress and ordered cocktails. We were feeling happy & cozy, pups were napping. We had already chosen our main entrees when... the manager sent the super sweet and apologetic teenaged hostess to do his/her dirty work. She was sent to tell us we had to leave. We were already welcomed to our table, we ordered, presented NO issue and were kicked out. It was VERY humiliating to be kicked out of a restaurant. The infuriating part was the manager was too chicken sh*t to tell us himself. Piss poor management in mostly friendly Laurel. So... since we were kicked out and starving, we drove through McDonalds drive-thru. Wonderful (NOT) first day in Laurel.
Great food. But this the time is absolutely the last time I eat here. I have never received good service and this time it was combined with bad attitude.
TFG 1007
The bone-in pork chop was recommended by an acquaintance. I was hesitant, I mean... a pork chop? O M G was it fantastic! The server (Emma) I believe, was a hoot. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Yps B
good service and
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
D B
We made a reservation and was seated on time. The wait staff was attentive and personable. We waited a long time (an hour) for our food and was told they were short-staffed and there was a private party. The pork chop with the creole was very delicious. Those in my party all verbalized they enjoyed their food. We would return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Hands of Earth Energy
The steaks where cooked to perfection . We will definitely be dining there again.
We did the tourist thing in Laurel this past week. Ate dinner at The Loft both Tuesday, with Abby as our server, and Thursday, with Emma as our server. I'll start with how fabulous these 2 young ladies were. Very attentive, took excellent care of us, and we just found them very nice and we had lovely conversations with them. The food both nights were excellent as well as the cocktails. On Tuesday, I had the special of fried oysters and hubby had the fried shrimp. We also had the appetizer of steak bites. On Thursday, I had the 9 oz filet tenderloin wrapped in bacon (pricey) and hubby had the Alfredo pasta with steak strips. My hubby is not a steak person, but loved the tenderness/flavor of the steak bites and steak strips. He also said the Alfredo sauce was the best he's ever had. Our compliments to the chef and bartender as well. Very enjoyable meals.
Food was great. Noticed all servers were very young. Possibly an opportunity to learn the difference between attentiveness and intrusion. Especially in a restaurant that is more high dollar. Our plates were attempted to be removed at least 5 times while we were still eating. It made us feel rushed, even though we were only there a short time.
I had the fish special( red snapper). The waitress was excellent and the fish was done to perfection. I found the restaurant a little loud, but had a great atmosphere otherwise. I would definitely recommend the Loft to anyone!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Did not get waited on after waiting over 15 min. When I got there we needed another seat asked for one never came. So we decided as a couple to
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 1
Top notch restaurant, great food, excellent service and ambiance! On our last visit we had a musician playing his guitar and singing. My husband and I definitely enjoyed and will be back for a fourth visit when back in Laurel MS.
The potato fries and the loaded fries were delicious. I felt my pasta was kind of bland, but our server was great. It was overall a pleasant experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmesan
Fabulous food and service (thanks, Cassidy)! The Roxanne (redfish) is delicious. Best food we've had in Laurel, by far - don't miss it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Re-visited The Loft this evening 3-12-24. We visited last time 7 years ago when we flew in from Las Vegas for the weekend to tour Laurel. We arrived tonight, this time, visiting Laurel via our Motorcoach on our year long tour of the United States. We’re 37 states down and back in Laurel for round 2. After dropping $ visiting all the dog friendly stores in Laurel, we noticed that The Loft, the restaurant we visited 7 years ago had an outdoor patio. Score! We had our 18lb dogs in a stroller while shopping the stores and were excited to sit down to a nice meal. Our dogs have traveled with us throughout the US and has literally been to at least a 100 restaurants & are 100% well behaved. We’re starving so I ask the kind hostess if their outdoor patio was dog friendly- she asks how big our dogs are, seeing our two small well dressed hairless (allergy free) dogs confined in a stroller welcomed us and seated us to one of appx. dozen OUTSIDE tables in the corner. There were only 2 other occupied tables so, 10 other empty tables. We were pretty much sitting alone quietly, without issue in a corner outside. We were greeted by the waitress and ordered cocktails. We were feeling happy & cozy, pups were napping. We had already chosen our main entrees when… the manager sent the super sweet and apologetic teenaged hostess to do his/her dirty work. She was sent to tell us we had to leave. We were already welcomed to our table, we ordered, presented NO issue and were kicked out. It was VERY humiliating to be kicked out of a restaurant. Would have loved to of shared my thoughts w/him versus posting a review but, he was too chicken poop to kick us outside himself, had to send young (super sweet girl). Piss-poor management in mostly friendly Laurel.So… since we were kicked out and starving, we drove through McDonalds drive-thru. NOT a great first day in Laurel. ?
There aren’t enough words to describe what a great place this is. The atmosphere, the food, the staff, it is all amazing!We were in Laurel for a week and literally EVERY local and tourists first words to us were “You have to eat at the Loft!” After experiencing it, I would say the exact same thing!! If you are in town for ANY reason, you HAVE to eat at the Loft!Our waitress custom made our dinner side salad herself. The Steak Bites are must for sure! All of the food is amazing and mouth watering.Kid-friendliness: Always kids friendlyWheelchair accessibility: Very accessible
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: House Salad, Chicken Parmesan, Side Salad, Steak Bites, Bread Pudding, Cheesecake
Re-visited The Loft this evening 3-12-24. We visited last 7 years ago when we flew in from Las Vegas for the weekend to tour Laurel. We arrived tonight, this time, visiting Laurel via our Motorcoach on our year long tour of the United States. We're 37 states down and back in Laurel for round 2. After dropping $ visiting all the dog friendly stores in Laurel, we noticed that The Loft, the restaurant we visited 7 years ago had an outdoor patio. Score! We had our 18lb dogs in a stroller while shopping the stores and were excited to sit down to a nice meal. Our dogs have traveled with us throughout the US and has literally been to at least a 100 restaurants & are 100% well behaved. We're starving so I ask the kind hostess if their outdoor patio was dog friendly- she asks how big our dogs are, seeing our two small well dressed hairless (allergy free) dogs confined in a stroller welcomed us and seated us to one of appx. dozen OUTSIDE tables in the corner. There were only 2 other occupied tables so, 10 other empty tables. We were pretty much sitting alone quietly, without issue in a corner outside. We were greeted by the waitress and ordered cocktails. We were feeling happy & cozy, pups were napping. We had already chosen our main entrees when... the manager sent the super sweet and apologetic teenaged hostess to do his/her dirty work. She was sent to tell us we had to leave. We were already welcomed to our table, we ordered, presented NO issue and were kicked out. It was VERY humiliating to be kicked out of a restaurant. The infuriating part was the manager was too chicken sh*t to tell us himself. Piss poor management in mostly friendly Laurel. So... since we were kicked out and starving, we drove through McDonalds drive-thru. Wonderful (NOT) first day in Laurel.
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Great food. But this the time is absolutely the last time I eat here. I have never received good service and this time it was combined with bad attitude.
The bone-in pork chop was recommended by an acquaintance. I was hesitant, I mean... a pork chop? O M G was it fantastic! The server (Emma) I believe, was a hoot. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
good service and
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We made a reservation and was seated on time. The wait staff was attentive and personable. We waited a long time (an hour) for our food and was told they were short-staffed and there was a private party. The pork chop with the creole was very delicious. Those in my party all verbalized they enjoyed their food. We would return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
The steaks where cooked to perfection . We will definitely be dining there again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Steak