Zolas Restaurant - Ottawa

We upset this place as one in our party, but the rest of us wanted Italian. So we made a reso and were so pleasantly surprised! All...

I want to update my review. My emotions were very raw at the time of writing and I have since been contacted by the owner. He was very apologistic...

We had the Valentine's Special for two. Hubby had the salmon, I had the chicken stable. We have soup, salads, main dishes and desserts. Also in our...

Have been sitting here with friends for breakfast. the breakfast was okay, but my eggs were overcooked, and the domestic pommes were very tasteless. a friend got the hugging and wagging that look good, and he seemed to enjoy it. the service was good friendly, but unstoppable. the bill was a bit high when considering the quality of the food. overall the decoration was somewhat dark and depressing the restaurant was generally uninspiring. I doubt I'll return here.

For over thirty years I have visited zola happy and always had a very positive experience. Unfortunately, it wasn't the case today. my older mother and I waited patiently in front of the line to be visited by a hostess only...ignored and told at 5 separate locations that someone would be available to me at the moment without notice that tables are not available for a longer time. After the host finally wanted to talk to us after 30 minutes, she informed me that it would be an extended wait. all this despite the half of the restaurant with 4 waitresses and waitresses in the service and despite the fact that the remaining tables were in the process of payment of their bills. When I pointed this out to the hostess, she was simply re-incarnated that they were really busy, and there would be an extended waiting. I can understand that businesses can be busy, but I can't understand why I wasn't informed when the host first saw me at the door, instead of letting me wait for 30 minutes before I informed that it would be an extended waiting. not only is this a bad business practice, but it is very rude and therefore it will be a very long time before I return to zola 's or recommend it to everyone.