Stella: A Kitchen - Lakewood

Outstanding !! Meal type: Dinner Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Wonderful place for dinner when you want a higher class atmosphere with wonderful food. I go here for all major milestones/events! Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

We were here once before, and had a good experience, so came back last night(8/22/23, and it was not such a good time! I had called a week earlier to reserve a porch seating for 6:15. It was all confirmed. When we arrived, we were told we had no reservation! That was it! No apology! No offer to comp a drink to make up for reservation failure. No nothing. The bread and appetizers arrived quickly, as did the several bottles of wine, but the dinners took nearly an hour and a half, much longer than our previous time at Stella. Two of the dinners were not so good, the others were better. Food: 3 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 3

Great place and great food Kid-friendliness: Yes Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $100+ Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

We got to Stella’s right as they opened at 5 and double checked that we wouldn’t need a reservation. Open Table showed us multiple reservations available between 5:15 and 6, so we assumed we’d be okay walking in. The manager(? at the hostess stand was incredibly rude. She acted very put off that we had walked in. We mentioned that several reservations were available, but were told that “that doesn’t matter” as she continued to act annoyed that we had asked for a table. A server came over and spoke to her and she eventually relented and told us we could sit on the deck. There were many tables available even as we were leaving an hour later. Thankfully, after that really off-putting reception, everything else was excellent. Our server, Nathan, was amazing. We had the whipped ricotta appetizer, chicken Marsala, and the jaegerschnitzel; all of it was perfectly made and we loved our dinners. Overall, it’s a good restaurant, but the experience was definitely dampened by the manager(? who greeted us. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Food: 5 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4