The Loft Restaurant/Lounge - South Lake Tahoe (CA)

5 /5 Joe Keil: Fresh, quality, creative food and The Butterfly Effect was one of the best cocktails Ive ever had!

5 /5 Erick Nielsen: What a delicious and wonderful first experience we had. Wife and I went in for Early Dinner on Happy Hour and just happened that the GM, Alex was behind Bar, she used to manage Bar but is GM now and she was filling in. Not only was she super sweet and easy talk to, she knew everything, inside out and understood cooking really well. I har Aribta Root Beer which was delicious and my wife had Mimosas with Wycliff Bubbly and she loved it. We did a laundry list of Tapas and some desert, everything we had was just beautiful and delicious, cant beat the $5 Happy Hour. We had Calamari with a Spicy Chipolte, BBQ Chicken Skewers were excellent, then Duck Tacos (not HH, but really worth it) that were fantastic with a little Chipolte and Tamarind - WoW. We tried the Tomato Bisque which was very farm to table and fresh and we wanted some crustini so they grilled us 4 pieces, so fun. We finished with Sweet & Spicy Shrimp that were just beautiful, very fresh and perfectly sauteed, so tasty. We rarely do Desert, but my wife asked Alex what was the best thing and Alex proceeded to describe their Bread Pudding with a fresh Bluberry Compote and drizzled White Chocolate. It sounded so good and interesting, so I asked if they had Ice Cream, they did and of course it was home made Vanilla, perfect, sold. It was really as delicious, fresh and light as all described. Just a super fun culinary and personal experience. Thank you Alex and Team. Erick & Sharon Nielsen

1 /5 Sophia Prater: Ok- Robert halls magic show was amazing and I will review it separately (5 stars!). But sorry, loft, 1 star for you. Why? 1 simple inhospitable mistake. I paid 130 bucks for tickets. Purchased a 16 dollar drink. And I was refused a TAP WATER. NOPE. Their policy is bottled water or nothing — likely 6 dollars. So. You want to force me to purchase a plastic disposable bottle of water to make an extra few bucks instead of giving me a glass of tahoes finest? That kind of nickel and dime policy? Gets you a 1 star review and zero loyalty — instead of a hearty recommendation.

5 /5 Samantha: Came here for dinner and a magic show and it was an outstanding night! The tapas were all sooo good, I could not pick a favorite. The Marsala fettuccine and cheese dippers were excellent though. The ambience is very cool too, and the servers were very polite. The magic show was thoroughly entertaining!