Spent my first time at the lakely with my two sons, and my husband. I never leave reviews on…read moreplaces but i felt obligated to make a yelp account to comment on my experience.
I believe me and my family stopped in on a thursday night, And let me say the environment was beautiful, Felt like such an enticing place to sit in. While we sat ourselves it only seemed as if there was one server for a large variety of tables, Nonetheless our server approached us very calmly and didn't seem like he was overwhelmed at all, It was the type of greeting he looked more excited to see us, then we were to be there.
He introduced himself (I forgot his name but he was fantastic so shame on me.) And asked us how we were doing and what brought us out, While we chatted for what felt like 5 minutes we got into an entire conversation about our plans, and us passing through.
While it felt like great service it did start to change, Both of my younger sons have learning disabilities hindering their social ability and not doing well with strangers. Now our server definetly used social ques to pick up on this and we could tell.
After he took our drink orders he came back and when i tell you I have never seen my sons treated the way he treated them, I mean it.
He immediately engaged with them in any sort of conversation he could get, He pointed out their matching shirts, expressing interest in pokemon, and showed them his pokemon go without them replying with much of anything. After this it was game over, It has been an incredibly long time sense i've seen my boys talk with a new person how they did, They seemed excited, They were laughing, and the nervousness they feel in these situations was clearly non existent.
It felt absolutely amazing to see our server just treat them like any other kids, Like any other human, Not only did he give us a fantastic time he gave our boys a memory that they left with, Feelings that they got to leave with.
So for the service, it was amazing, there isn't another word to address it.
Now what could've been better? The music was loud, We were unknowing that music would play so that's on us, But it was good if that's your type of space.
The food was high quality, again just nothing for us as to be fair we are picky eaters, However presentation was great, And didn't break the bank for a quick bite.
However keep in mind it isn't a "Quick bite" The food took longer then expected to come out, Which makes sense as it was noted to us that it is a small kitchen, again not their fault, just not what we have in mind.
Overall our experience was a 10/10 For the service, While if it wasn't for that it was a 6/10, Just because it wasn't necessarily our "Vibe".
I don't do reviews and probably never will again, But I hoped that people would read this in its entirety to see that this place is worth your time.
Oh, And P.S. The cocktails are worth the trip alone.