The Olive Grove Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Authentic and delicious Greek dishes served by nice and considerate staff."
• "Food is excellent, service is great."
• "The food was amazing, the ambience the service were completely perfect."
• "Fresh ingredients you can really taste in their simplicity and their full flavour."
• "Really tasty food, especially the honey feta block thingy."
• "The food, especially the two mains we shared (mpifteki gemisto and arni filleto) were superb and, comparing it to the food I've had in Greece, very authentic flavours."
• "Absolutely delicious traditional Greek food cooked to restaurant standards."

Cons:

• "The calamari starter is no longer gluten free, such a let down."
• "I have docked a star because the falafels were certainly not what we’re used to… they’re made with chia and taste a little like mushrooms."
• "Food wasn't the best quality for the price."
• "The venue is well decorated and staff friendly, but sadly the food just lacked flavour."
• "Very disappointed with the food. Calamari was chewy and sauce much flavour."
• "The risotto felt a bit bland."
• "Terrible food. Mainly frozen! Nothing tasted fresh apart from starters."

Service

Pros:

• "Me and my partner are very pleased with the service and the quality of the food."
• "One elderly guest fainted but it was dealt with quietly and efficiently."
• "Personable and efficient service."
• "The staff were very friendly and the service was excellent."
• "Service was nice & careful, I felt they want to maintain a top service experience for their clients."
• "The staff were all lovely and had just the perfect amount of attentiveness."
• "The servers we had were absolutely excellent to us- 5* service."

Cons:

• "The staff was rude, they spilt my prosecco glass and I got charged for that and the second one they brought."
• "Servers were polite and friendly but service was very slow."
• "They seemed very stressed and clearly didn't want us there late on a Sunday night."
• "Service was neither bad nor good."
• "Service seemed somewhat haphazard - we waited quite a while for our cocktails and had to ask for milk for our coffee more than once."
• "Service was really slow (we waited at least 30 min between plates)."
• "Lovely food but the worst service I have ever experienced."

Value

Pros:

• "Excellent food with very reasonable prices."
• "Really fair prices."
• "The food at the Olive Grove was so tasty and delicious."
• "Prices were reasonable for the amount and quality of the food."
• "Good value, about £40 per head for generous mezze and main course."
• "2 drinks and 4 courses for 40 pounds seemed extremely reasonable."
• "The Food is just astonishing and the price is amazing."

Cons:

• "£70 for two main course and glass of wine.. not again."
• "WAY too expensive."
• "Prices a bit on the steep side."
• "We had the feeling that we were being robbed with bill, considering the size of portions we were served."
• "Food was ok.. bland taste.. very expensive.. not various choices for vegans."
• "Again, quite overpriced: drinking water, no dessert, one starter to share and two mains was £50."
• "The restaurant is a little pricey taking into account the whole experience."

Ambience

Pros:

• "The Olive Grove was the perfect setting for my wife's birthday celebration."
• "Ate upstairs in a cool, relaxed dining room - a haven from busy Regent Street."
• "The restaurants aesthetic was a clean minimalist style with a relaxing ambience."
• "The atmosphere was lovely."
• "The interior is roomy and fancy, ideal for a date or a nice diner with a group of friends."
• "Delightful place to have lunch before visiting the Fitzwilliam. Decor has a calm natural vibe."
• "The atmosphere and food here was really lovely! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves."

Cons:

• "Downstairs the product table and bright lighting made it feel a bit like in a store."
• "Sadly it lacked a little ambience, we booked a table for two and were seated in the middle of a well lit room with not much music."
• "Atmosphere is very bad.. place feel dull."
• "The only down side was that lighting above our table which was uncomfortably bright."
• "The place can become very noisy during rush evening hours."
• "That’s clearly a very bad management of the restaurant and it’s obvious they had booked more tables than they have!"
• "The venue has a classic decor, but still very fresh."