Lela - Bloomington

Under the use of restaurant week we decided to try lela on a Friday night for dinner. the dining room is wide open with surface-resistant flowing walls and a view of the kitchen, so it was very lively with all the tables almost full but not super busy. the standing on which my wife sat was very hard and uncomfortable, while my chair was comfortable so that we exchanged the seats and she was right, it was painful after one because my floor. the restaurant week dinner menu was 3 courses so we decided to order from this. adelle, our server, was timely and knowledgeable offer menu suggestions that I always appreciate. he started by saying that the dishes were mostly Italian inspired that I would not agree. as an Italian, a meatball appetizer and a gnocchi dish define lela not as an Italian restaurant, as offered in the ones we have chosen. for the appetizer course we ordered Lela’s simple salad with cherry tomato and lemon vinaigrette and the Peruvian ceviche of hamachi with kokosmilch, limette juice, habanero chili, garlauch, ingwer and cilantro. the salat was just okay, and the hamachi was quite watery, suggesting that it was not freshly prepared and everything I could taste was limette juice. the other aromen were washed out so it was not a pleasant dish. my wife had the steak fries, a perfect medium-sized hanger steak with freshly made fries. the fries were not as crispy as they should be, but were freshly decorated. I had the paned skuna bay lachs with “melted leek, mushrooms, and regret blanc lemon butter sauce that I was pared with a glass boil pinot noir, the superb! the salmon was beautifully roasted and moist, perfectly pared with the limp and sauce – surely the best dish of the night! the chocolate mousse was actually a small dry chocolate cake with something that resembled chocolate grass, but actually a sugary wafer that was broken over the top. lela was a hit and miss for us on many counts and not a restaurant I probably go back to, especially with the loud noise level. there are better options!

We were here a few times, the devi e is phenomenal and eating is fantastic.

Loved their lunch pre fixe menu for only $15. Lots of options that all sounded delicious. Everyone at our table enjoyed their choices.

Delicious! Only wish there was a little more in my bolognese serving. Will return!

Very unattended and unforgiving evening. I'd look at going back, but not to draw anything special.