My husband and I drove 30 minutes intending to go to another restaurant in Hoboken with a similar name but mistakenly came to this establishment. However we soon realized how lucky we were to come here instead. I ordered the Lobster Paella and it was so fresh and delicious .. my husband ordered the steak and he thoroughly enjoyed his steak and mashed potatoes. We also ordered a pitcher of mango sangria which was tasty with a nice kick to it! We ended up ordering chocolate cake and ice cream for dessert which we also truly enjoyed. The service was very attentive and prompt .. making sure everyone was satisfied at their tables and it was an ambiance that transported you to feeling like you are in another country .. perfect for families, date night's or large groups that want a nice ambience and delicious food & drinks .. perfect lighting (not too light or too dark) This was a very nice meal with plentiful portions at a warm and inviting restaurant on a Saturday night .. definitely recommend! read more

Lola's - Steak , mango mojito and lobster paella - Spanish Near Me - Hoboken, New Jersey

Delicious! Omg I wish I took a good video. The surf a Turf is so flavorful, down the veggies omg the lobster was so fresh. And!!!! The mash potatoes! Like nothing I have ever eaten anywhere before. They were soft, thick but moist and the flavor. Perfectly whipped and presented like a fluffy flower. I honestly don't know what it is... maybe a secret ingredient. but it's chefs kiss! The best mash you'll ever have. The atmosphere was calm the music was nice to listen to and the service was above and beyond. Our server Minor Was delightful. He was attentive, checked on us, didn't hover, came every time we needed him. Knowledgeable of the menu and friendly. Great service. read more

Went on a Saturday night. Wasn't overly packed and was good for large groups. Easily able to accommodate large groups of 10+. Service was attentive, food was served promptly and at a good temp. Slightly darker but good volume of noise which didnt prevent conversation. Food was good. Liked the octopus the most. Very flavorful and cooked to the right temperature and consistency. Sangria was refreshing and well prepared. Variety of deserts. Overall 6.5/10. read more

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We lived in the area and left the state, and after two years, came back . And the first restaurant that came to mind was Lola's! Classy for a date night, great service, delicious, tapas, and delicate drinks. Their Rioja Wine ... Amazing! We sat at the bar and instantly felt at home with our great bartender FABIOLA She is super knowledgeable, conversational and left us feeling like we knew her from long ago. Can't wait to come back ! read more

Lola's - Rioja - Spanish Near Me - Hoboken, New Jersey

Great place for dinner and drinks! Our favorite dish was the steak with ham tapa (Buey en salsa de pimienta blanca fresca). Also tried multiple martinis and the staff is friendly and helpful. Shoutout to Fabiola and Chris. This is a place once you go, you already want to go back. I can't wait to do my birthday party here family style in 2 weeks, was easy to book and a friend has been with only great things to say! read more

Had a nice dinner at Lola's recently. Lola's is a tapas restaurant located in Hoboken. Upon entry, you totally get the vibe that you are eating on the streets of Spain. The food was good, I had ordered the short ribs and it came with a side of rice. We also had ordered a seafood paella platter. Everything tasted good and flavorful. The dessert presentation was pretty cool and brought out a tray with each dessert. I had opted for the creme brulee and a cappuccino. Overall a great dinner! read more

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A true GEM. I dont know why this place isnt spoken about more often. The food is delicious and the service is great. The waitstaff is attentive and friendly, food comes to the table fresh, hot and quick! Such a fun spot for a date night or lunch on an nice day. Plenty of outdoor seating weather permitting and if not, inside is a cool alternative as it is style to feel like you are sitting in a Spanish plaza. Dont miss out on this place! (Also honors free parking in a nearby garage for those that need to drive which is a plus as parking can be hard to find on the street in Hoboken) read more

Really amazing food and service. The octopus was cooked to perfection which seems to be hard to do in most places that serve octopus. The avocado salad with tuna was good too, the dressing was a little sweet for my taste but the tuna was cooked to perfection and the avocados were delish. The patatas bravas were just ok but everything else looked *chefs kiss*. The portions were huge so I don't know if I'd call this a tapas place but I'll definitely be back to try out more of the menu. The inside is really cute and as I said, the service was top notch. Very attentive. read more

Lola's - Grilled octopus - Spanish Near Me - Hoboken, New Jersey

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Excellent place highly recommend. Food was 10/10 one of the best Octupus ive had perfectly tender yet crispy well seasoned. Mariscada with garlic entree wish there was more but amazing taste. Skirt steak was also great. Staff super friendly and attentive. We went off hours 3:30pm so were able to just walk in. New favorite seafood spot they 100% deserve the 5 stars. read more

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I'm a big fan of this place, long overdue for a review here as I've been 3 plus times now. Most recently, we went on a Valentine's Day dinner, and that in and of itself can be a massive headache around Hoboken/NYC. No overpriced prefixe menu which I always appreciate. Ambience is great, the decor is old school and classy, dark wood, white tablecloths, low lit etc. The star of the show here however is the food, the sirloin tips are phenomenal I get them every single time I'm there and they never disappoint. House tempranillo is fantastic and we split the paella and a goat cheese salad, every thing was delicious and came out to under $200 for everything with tip. Prior two visits we were always treated with some complementary shots at the end as well which is always a super welcoming touch. Couldn't recommend this place enough for parties, dinners, really anything read more

Very small portions for a high price. Overcooked tuna that was ordered close to raw and a small serving. Tiny portions of anchovies appetizer that I would have preferred from a tin can. Prices are $25 for a small piece of tuna and $15 for a minuscule serving of anchovies. Service was mediocre - not one question asked about our food. Do not come here. Even the club soda was barely carbonated. Awful. read more

3.5 rounding up to 4 stars. Their outdoor setup is nice and the service is friendly and quick too. I got the grilled octopus and the seafood paella. The grilled octopus was really good. It was perfectly cooked and had the perfect crunch and soft inside without it being mushy. The seafood paella was okay. The seafood itself had really good flavor (especially the shrimp) but the rice was lacking in flavor. Got a mojito as a drink here and that was really good! read more

Lola's - Grilled octopus - Spanish Near Me - Hoboken, New Jersey

I really enjoyed the spot and it was pretty affordable for Hoboken. The drinks were good and strong. The scallops were so good wrapped in bacon and that raspberry almond sauce took it to another level would even put that sauce on dessert that's how perfect it was. the octopus was really good. Only feedback is to cut off the fact because it makes the dish a little slimy. The patatas bravas were really good, but they didn't have a spicy kick like these potatoes should be. The severance was nice and gave good recommendations, but I wish she was more attentive. There was a table that was sat served and paid all in the time that we were there and they were getting way more attention than us when there were only two tables that were being serviced, us being one of them. Overall, I would go back because the food was good and the vibe was really nice as we enjoyed the music but the attentiveness could've been better. read more

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Great fancy spot to come to! The tapas were awesome. I will say it's not that cheap but the service is top notch! They do have parking which is nice, and the ambiance is so nice. read more

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Loved every bit of it. Can't wait to go back again and again. Fast service. Good vibes read more

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Awkward and rude encounter with waitress. Chicken wings basically bitten (dried up, not fresh). read more

Lola's - Spanish Near Me - Hoboken, New Jersey

OMG !!! OMG !!! OMG !!! I just left this place and I can't wait to go back ... absolutely AMAZING !!! Let me start with the warm welcome you get when you walk in , very few places offer that anymore now a days .. The decor : absolutely amazing , you feel like you're certainly in Spain .. beautiful decor .. The drinks : we had Mojitos and Mango Sangria , that was the most refreshing drink I've had in a long time . The food : monkfish was cooked to perfection and the sauce was amazing . The clams in garlic sauce were also so good , but the most amazing thing we tried was the chorizo in red wine sauce , that was simply so so soooo good . The food presentation was great and everything was served fresh !! The whole experience was GREAT!! Thank you so so much to the amazing staff as Lola's for being efficient and professional all while serving great drinks and food .. five stars all across the board . Can't wait to go back !! Honestly if I could I'd give 10 stars to this place . Make a reservation tho cause they are super busy , but trust me it's worth it in more ways than one . read more

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I had been to Lola's for dinner about 10 years ago and had not been back since, except once for drinks. I had found my initial visit just mediocre, so I was not moved to return. However, my friends were craving tapas and had enjoyed their Lola's meals more recently, so I decided to give it another chance. The restaurant was spacious and decked out with Spanish-influenced décor. The fun and welcoming vibe was also felt from our gracious server. For instance, his recommendation on the Red Sangria was spot-on, as it had just the perfect hint of sweetness. Sadly, that was where the rest of the experience fell off for me. I ordered the Grilled Prawns, of which I was told the item included 3 large, head-on shrimp. While the waiter thought he was warning me about the crusty skulls, I declared that I actually loved drinking the juices from the heads. He agreed that was the best part of the giant shrimp, and I sat giddily awaiting my plate. When it arrived, I was immediately drawn to its garlic-heavy aroma. However, when I cut a piece off from one of the shellfish, I was crestfallen to discover that the prawns had been overcooked, leaving them chewy, dry, and without head juice. As much as I loved the marinade, I could not get past how overdone they were. I had also ordered a side of vegetables, as I had not thought the 3 prawns would have been enough. The side included carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, and A LOT of string beans. In fact, there were too many beans for my liking, so I just ate around them. I did appreciate that the vegetables had been cooked in that same aromatic garlic sauce, though. The food reviews were mixed around the table, which I felt validated my feelings of dissatisfaction. Lola's has been around for such a long time, and I know it has some diehard fans, I just sadly cannot be one of them. read more

Super cool spot. Definitely try the stake pot and seafood one - festival presentation and that's when everyone took out their phones for the wow moment read more

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I came here for dinner with my friends right before lock down. I did keep joking that sharing plates as a pandemic was looming over our heads was maybe a bad idea. But once we got here, joking all aside: thank you for one last amazing night before lock down!!! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The staff was beyond amazing and they even offered to provide us a few tapas on the house. The pulpo gallego here is out of this world and definitely hit the spot. The seafood mariscada was just as good. Every dish that came out was right on point. We didn't have a single dish we didn't polish off. The martinis I had definitely were strong - thank you. My friends raved about their cocktails as well including the sangria. Wish I were closer, I'd be taking this to go everyday during lockdown! read more

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My daughter took me to dinner Sunday. She selected Lola's Tapas and I was certainly delighted. It was my first visit. The day was hot so I didn't want anything heavy. We were seated indoors at our request; however the table was near the open doors so we had the best of both worlds. There was a lovely breeze coming in to cool us. We started with a glass of Ramon Bilbao rioja wine. It was smooth and velvety. Delicious! Our order consisted of avocado stuffed with lobster and shrimp, broccoli rabe with sautéed garlic and garlic shrimp. Everything was wonderful. The winner by far was the shrimp dish. It was perfect. The shrimp were tender with a lovely sauce that had a bite at the back of the throat. Completely satisfying! Our servers were very attentive; 4 gentlemen who appeared as needed to refill water, answer questions or remove empty plates. For dessert, we split the carrot cake. It was very nice without being too sweet or rich. My coffee was delicious. I recommend this restaurant and will return. read more

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Great spot for tapas, sangria and a low key night. They have happy hour Mon-Thur til 11pm and have a long list of tapas on the happy hour menu. The sangria was good but not strong. I tried the ham croquettes, shrimp and garlic and the Spanish potatoes. All were very good. Entree had the "volcano" which came with 4 filet medallions. Very good and nice presentation. They gave us free shots at the end of the meal which was a nice touch. I'd come back for happy hour again and just sit at the bar. FYI only metered street parking! read more

Lola's - Shots on the house - Spanish Near Me - Hoboken, New Jersey

This was alright, kinda overhyped or maybe it's just for the 22 year olds that don't understand bottomless mimosas doesn't equal a good meal. The location is also kinda dark and really just a bar. read more

Been coming here for years amd while its been over a year since the last time, I was not expecting for the food to fall off so hard. The food was terrible! Everything I ordered was salty and lacked depth of flavor. I had pulpo, caldo gallego and black squid rice. All 3 meals tasted subpar. The service was great as usual. Sorry for the review but perhaps you can revise the recipes. read more

Lola's has a special place in my heart as it was me and my boyfriends first date night when we first moved to Hoboken and became our weekly Friday night date spot for 2 years. outdoor seating is available and there are two larger floors of seating indoors. There are two bars (one on the top floor and one on the bottom) Restrooms are located on the bottom floor. What to order: First things first... get a pitcher of the red sangria!! You can also get a mini pitcher which yields about 4 glasses. The sangria contains apples and oranges which they soak in liquor and they are really strong! I feel like eating one of the apples is comparable to taking a shot!! Spinach and ham croquets. They are delicious! You get six to an order and can mix both flavors (3 of each kind) of just get 6 of one type. Mariscada with garlic sauce. Comes with clams mussels shrimp scallops. The sauce is to die for. I always save some bread from before the meal to dip in the sauce later!! Shrimp and garlic sauce. Again, can't go wrong with the garlic sauce!! TABLA DE EMBUTIDOS Meat platter selection is also a must get Complementary run chata shots always come with the check which is nice. These shots taste like melted ice cream with cinnamon. Yum!! If you couldn't already tell from this review... I highly recommend. read more

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Great service, nice(ish) but overpriced savory food, nice coffee but horrible desserts. The seating area outside is nice. The bathroom is clean. read more

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A beautiful, rustic & cozy European interior. I only had the salad with shrimp, avocado & apple, but it was fantastic! Amazing dressing & very fresh. The wine was a lovely, crisp pinot grigio that was perfect with their house bread and peppery olive oil! Last, the service was wonderful. They were all VERY attentive & even brought me an amazing sluce of their manchego & a special dessert shot of something naughty when I was done! Give Lola's a visit!! read more

I was so disappointed after coming here. Service is absolutely horrible- not to mention the rude server. He basically told me to shut up so he can continue to read the Daily specials. As for the food, we ordered crab cakes, grilled octopus, and and garlic shrimp. Again a total disappointment. The octopus was fried instead of grilled, the shrimp was over cooked and lacked flavor. The crab cakes were just not good. read more

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Watch your check !!!. Our party of four was there Saturday night not busy at all. Ordered pitcher of sangria one meal and six tapas plates, only received five. We were fine with that until we received our check and noticed we were charged for all six plus charged for dessert that we never had or ordered. The head waiter said sorry for the mishap. Very disappointed with the over charges and will not be returning. Rick D. read more

My favorite parts of the meal were the bread and cheese at the beginning, and then when we left at the end. My BF and I had been wanting to try this spot out for a while. We always passed by it and saw that they had HH drinks/tapas til 11 at the bar, M-F. We came in on a Monday at around 8:30 and the place was pretty empty. Maybe because it was a Monday? But I don't think I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, because the food was pretty terrible so I think that was the reason. It was like they just pulled in anybody who was available for the night, put them in the kitchen, and said "hey, whatever you think this tapas dish is, make your interpretation of it with whatever we have in the kitchen. Here is everything we had: Chicken wings - these were smothered in some kind of sauce. It tasted like AYCE wings that you'd get from a Hoboken bar. Not really sure what we were thinking when we decided to order this. Lomo embuchado - so we didn't know what this was and they told us it was thinly sliced pork. But I just Googled it and it's actually dry-cured pork loin. What we got was a thin, and dry piece of salty pork. Not exactly the same as dry-cured. Croquetas - pretty basic. These are definitely refried again and again, if they can't sell them all Meatballs - salty and dry Seafood salad - we were told that this was ceviche but in actuality, it was just boiled shrimp and squid, covered in an old salsa Shrimp ajillo - this was the only thing that was actually not bad. But it's not enough to make me want to come back Drinks were no better. I had a cosmo and BF had a mojito and both were straight sugar. Maybe the regular, non-happy hour hour menu is better? (doubtful) Try the "tapas" at your own risk. read more

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I went there in a Friday night. Not too crowded. Great food portions and very tasty food. I got the churrasco medium. It was delicious. Can't go wrong with that. read more

We have heard great comments about this restaurant so we were definitely shocked by the service we received this past weekend. We never really had one specific waiter; at least 3-4 of them came to our table throughout our stay. It was a little unorganized to say the least. The tables are also very close to each other. Our reservation was for 1pm and we did not get our food until 2:22pm. The lobster tails and steak were both overcooked (my medium steak was more like medium well), and the steak was almost cold. It took so long for us to get our food that I was expecting it to at least be hot. It's a shame because the steak tasted really good, it would've been even better if it wasn't cold. The sangria was also just okay, very weak. Definitely did not live up to the hype. read more

Lola's - Overcooked lobster tails - Spanish Near Me - Hoboken, New Jersey

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I've lived in Hoboken a long time and never went to Lola's until recently. I had heard the food wasn't great--not true!! I thought it was excellent. The croquettes were excellent, the grilled octopus was as well. I forget what else we got, but we really enjoyed it and will definitely go again. read more

The apps were good and the paellas were good as well. Nothing remarkable but not bland/distasteful either. Service can be a bit slow here and I'm taking account it was a Friday night. Additionally, the restaurant says two hours of free parking but that's inaccurate. I parked for 2hours and 30 mins. The restaurant said they validated two hours but when I scanned the validation only $8 came off the total ( which is not 2 hours worth) and I ended up paying $20 for the parking. I see other reviews mentions the parking lot was an issue for them too. This place is about a 3.75 so I gave 4 stars. read more

Lola's - Chicken and sausage only paella and seafood paella - Spanish Near Me - Hoboken, New Jersey

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Wine should be served in a wine glass; not in a non-wine glass. Service could be better.

Our server was Israel recommended the paella negra. It's probably one of the most tastefull paellas I've ever had. Service was great and very attentive. Our dog got a water bowl so it's pet friendly. We got rumchata shots on the house at the end of our meal. Highly recommend! read more

Lola's - Paella negra wow - Spanish Near Me - Hoboken, New Jersey

Let me preface this review by saying that I have been to Spain several times. I might suggest the chef book a trip as well. First the service, we sat outside and it was a Friday night but not overly busy. The service was just okay. For dinner we had the Patatas bravas which were not crispy and served in what I might describe as prego tomato sauce. We had croquettes which we're okay, chorizo in wine which was also just okay and the lamb chops with rosemary which was the best dish with sangria. The sangria could have been a little fruitier but was okay. I felt like every dish just missed the mark is some way or was lacking flavor. The bread at the beginning of the meal was quite good. In my opinion it was close but not quite. read more

We had a wonderful dinner - the special mozzarella with tomato and lobster meat, crab cakes, and lamb chops with a tasty green sauce and vegetables. Service was quick and attentive. Looking forward to our next time. read more

Not great tapas at all, sangria was watered down, decent service but didn't enjoy the food Patatas bravas 2/5 Chorizo 2/5 Paella seafood 2/5 - super bland Gambas 4/5 probably the best thing read more

Went here for lunch with co-workers. We had reservations at 12 but when we showed up, they were still closed. They finally opened around 12:15 - 12:30 to seat and take our drink order. Was not a big deal as we were able to grab a table outdoors while waiting for others. Table and seats outside were filthy though and we had to use hand wipes to wipe the table and seats down. Beyond that service was good and food decent. We ordered a bunch of tapas and main entres of skirt steak, chicken, sea bass, and scallops to name a few. Drinks were ok - not too strong or weak. Table ordered mango mojito, margarita. We didn't try the sangria. Evening atmosphere is probably different but I would go back for decent tapas! read more