La Barra - Oakbrook - OAK BROOK

Place had minimal customers, sadly. Remodel unimpressive. Felt rushed by server. Busboy was a gem!

I used to come here all the time when the name was La barra not Labriola.. sad to say I will not be coming here anymore. I made a reservation two weeks ahead of time to make sure that my family will have a nice table next to the water outside. Upon arrival they were trying to seat us inside. Finally, after giving us a crappy table outside where you can’t even see the water they basically told us to be lucky that you’re sitting outside that “you made it”. We were told all of the tables are reserved and yet they were all still vacant when we were leaving not to mention we reserved an outside table next to the water, but another host then said that they don’t take reservations for outside tables after the host told us that they were reserved ..not to mention the photos online are not accurate with the set up currently they have high top tables covering the whole view of the water and then the little tables behind it so you’re sitting looking at people eating instead of water. Also, the food was mediocre. I will not be coming back. 

We used to love this place but they have gone downhill since moving to the new location. First off, they insisted we sit outside even though we had a reservation for the restaurant. It was cold and windy even with their heaters working. They did agree to sit us inside bit it was right in front of the door to the patio, which swung open about every 3 minutes and hit us with a gust of cold air. It was miserable. In addition, our waitress was a bit slow and generally unpleasant, and the food was warm at best when it arrived. All this at a pretty hefty price as well. We won’t be returning anymore.

The restaurant wasn't crazy busy. There were a few empty tables in the dining room we sat in. The food came out sporadically. We had a party of 6, and two of the meals came out first, then 15 minutes later, three more came out, and then 15 minutes later, the last meal and a salad we ordered for the table came out and the last meal came out cold we had to send it back. It just seemed like either the kitchen or the waitress were unorganized.

Always enjoy my experience at Labriola.. Love the pizza, fish dishes, and the fabulous Mother's Day brunch!