Best of 2024: Naples Restaurant Reviews
Fifty Seven Dollar Rice, Elite Enclaves and Billy Joel: The Launch of LoLa 41 - 6/25/24
Pictured above: The amazing $57 dollar rice.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” I yelled across the house to my husband, who was attempting to work from home last Thursday, “this place has $57 dollar rice!” He yelled back toward me, not even questioning whether I was telling the truth, “are you surprised? It’s Naples!”
The results of our recent Naples Florida Review poll are in, and LoLa 41 beat out Le Colonial by a slim margin to be this week’s restaurant review. I’ve been anxious to go, but when I looked at the menu – with prices – for the first time last week, I, for one, was surprised. $57 dollar rice? A $42 sushi roll? I scanned the descriptions searching for “gold flakes,” “king crab” or “caviar,” but, nada. The Happy Hour Menu caught my eye next - $10 small plates, cocktails and limited sushi. I called up a friend, suggested that we arrive at 4 and transition to dinner. We were headed to land of luxury rice. Read the rest of the article on Naples Florida Review
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