LOFT — Restaurant in Town of Gibraltar

Greasy calamari."Dusted calamari" server told us it was bread crumbs but on menu it was listed as gluten free (server said he didn't know about that). Grilled asparagus/ bacon/cheese/pine nut app had fresh asparagus but seemed like just ingredients thrown together. Not a cohesive dish. Focaccia was twice as thick as typical focaccia. Absolutely no flavor despite being topped w salt and a few olives. Manhattan was very frothy and seemed to lack sweet vermouth. Entrees consisted of mushroom. Gnocchi and calamari/shrimp marinara and pasta. Pasta cooked well, large shrimp and good amount of calamari but it was hidden underneath what looked like 3 plus cups of sauce w a pool of oil on top. Sauce had visible onions, Parsley, basil, and onions in it but for some reason had no flavor. Gnocchi dish had no flavor at all. We do have taste buds and have had delicious meals all over Door County so far this trip. Service was overly attentive to the point of the server coming every 3-5 minutes (yes, we timed after a while) to see if we wanted to place our order. On a Monday dinner reservation the place was not busy at all. We waited to place our entrees after apps were delivered thankfully because the entrees came out within 10 minutes. The look of the restaurant is beautiful w the 2 levels, water features, and open air dining but the music selection didn't seem to add to the ambiance of the place... Billy Jean and Jessie's Girl are 2 examples. IN RESPONSE to Manager response-really, what was a young kid/server going to do about the food quality? Was the Manager going to go back into the kitchen and re cook the food? And we wait for it? Our party did not eat all of the calamari and did not eat all the "house made bread" despite dipping it in the oil/basalmic mixture. It didn't help it sorry to say.We ate all of our entrees except for the 3 cups of marinara left in the bowl because it was $29.45 for the seafood marinara dish and $31.95 for the whitefish gnocci (prices are per website). We rarely experience negative quality food when dining out and hesitated to write OUR review of Loft because we saw the place full on the top deck on Sunday night. But it is OUR review of OUR experience at Loft. We're sorry to now experience push back from the Manager after...

Came here just planning to grab a drink at the bar but ended up ordering some appetizers, the cheese curds and calamari. Both were delicious! It was actually my first time having real Wisconsin cheese curds in Wisconsin, so that was a fun first.

While we waited on the appetizers, my boyfriend and I wandered around the nearby shops, there are a bunch right by the restaurant, and they all had really cool stuff. It was a fun way to pass the time.

We ended up hanging out at the bar for about an hour or two just enjoying drinks and apps. By the time we decided we wanted dinner, it had gotten pretty busy. The bartender let us know it might be hard to get a table, and when my boyfriend’s stepdad went to check, the dining room was fully booked. So we decided to stay and have dinner at the bar, which actually ended up being a good decision. Our bartender was awesome, super friendly, easy to talk to, and really made the whole experience fun.

I got the chicken mushroom pasta (bartender’s recommendation), and it was really good. My boyfriend and his stepdad got the chicken Parmesan, and his mom got the korma pasta, but neither of us liked that one much, glad I didn’t choose it.

The drinks were great too: watermelon martinis with fresh watermelon, a key lime martini for me (so good), and a rotating cider. Overall, great food, great drinks, and a...

I can’t rate the food because I left before waiting 5 minutes to be greeted by a waiter at the cold table the hostess placed me at. I had a reservation for 7pm. I saw they had heaters placed by tables. To start I wasn’t greeted with a hello. The hostess said, “One second” and ran upstairs to grab menus. She came down and acted confused when she saw I had a reservation and then told me the only table available was in this spot where heaters didn’t reach and was isolated from the other tables. I asked if there was anything upstairs (where there was plastic up to block wind) and she said “Not for 30 minutes” no emotion. So I told her I would just stay at the cold table because I didn’t make a reservation anywhere else. I saw good reviews of Loft, so I didn’t have a Plan B. After a while or waiting for a server, I just left. One thing I will add is that I am a single diner, so it just felt like she didn’t care to lose my business.

Now I’m somewhere else ordering drinks and food and giving them my money. But I was pretty upset leaving Loft, and I’m leaving this so hopefully this nonsense doesn’t happen to anyone else. Maybe invest in one more heater for the table in the front closest to...