Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining in The Lakes

Our waiter was extremely friendly, engaging and efficient. Wonderful service and absolutely wonderful food. It’s always a pleasure dining at North Italia. Always hits the spot.

Sparrow+Wolf's one-night-only Thanksgiving Day menu - four courses, 11 dishes, for $88 + 20% autograt + tax! Difficult to pick out a favorite out of the multitudinous offerings; if forced, the foie gras stuffing and the duck breast carpaccio, but all were intensely flavorful. Bountiful too, had a lot of takeaway from the main course onward; food held up as leftovers. There was also a special cocktail menu; tried all three of the $16 alcoholic choices. Creative, all sippable, using unusual (to me) ingredients like yam-infused vodka or black pepper syrup. A true brobdingnagian feast! Service: Delightful from Amy and Cami! Atmosphere: Place was packed and loud; bar was a bit cramped, especially when the food really started to roll out, a jenga exercise getting all of the bowls, plates, and pans into as narrow a spot as possible. Value: Immense.

We love this place! We come here for every occasion which is a lot! The service and food are always excellent and consistent! We love the ambiance! It’s so cozy! We love Jeff Russo our favorite server, Stacey the hostess is the best! Everyone in the staff is great as well! We always have the best time and we’re treated with kindness and respect! Can’t wait to come back for Christmas! Our reservation is in!

We were seated upstairs where we had a nice view of the surrounding area and mountains. Our waiter was excellent and deserving of mention if only I could remember his name. There were 9 of us for Thanksgiving dinner. We had several traditional turkey dinners; a couple of chopped Asian salads; fish and chips and a few appetizers, all of which were much to our liking. The only thing which might have been better was the cheesecake (the graham cracker crust would have been better if thicker).

This is our favorite restaurant. It’s a lovely time whenever we dine here. The food and drinks are delicious and the service is impeccable.