Olive naturally Indian ST Neots Branch Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was fantastic!"
• "All the dishes taste really fresh and are packed with flavour."
• "Authentic tastes of India without all the oil."
• "Freshly cooked and beautifully flavoured."
• "The food was simply amazing served fresh from the kitchen, so much flavour."
• "Authentic dishes and classics. Prices ok but flavours and choice of foods brilliant."
• "The meat was so tender! Staff were very helpful and honest."
• "Absolutely delicious, lovely fresh tasty food in a lovely setting with very friendly staff."

Cons:

• "Chicken Tikka was a bit too spicy for our daughter."
• "Food excellent but main dish was a little cold."
• "Food was okay and the Customer service was awful."
• "Food arrived at an acceptable time, but after repeating twice about ordering onion Bhajis they didn’t turn up."
• "We probably wouldn't order again, popadoms tasted horrible like they were fried in very old oil."
• "The wife's lamb dish was mostly large pieces of bone."
• "The mustard beef was so tough as to be almost inedible."
• "Found portion sizes when involving prawns are tiny. 3 prawns in my prawn main dish once."

Service

Pros:

• "Top class service! Team are super friendly, highly professional and passionate about the food & the restaurant!"
• "The team makes sure the service is really top tier. Very polite and chatty, but not overbearing."
• "Staff are fabulous and attentive and treated our granddaughter so well."
• "The staff are more than friendly and are happy to recommend and chat to you about the dishes."
• "We were so well looked after, first by having temperature check for Covid, so felt very safe."
• "Really friendly staff. Served different food from a normal Indian well worth trying."
• "Friendly knowledgeable staff. Tried all food and drink we'd never had before."
• "The staff are all very helpful and knowledgeable about the food and make you feel at home."

Cons:

• "The manager of the place can sometimes make you feel uncomfortable with his over friendliness."
• "Received the confirmation 'e' mail, so assumed that the booking had been accepted. On arrival, we were informed that they had no record of our booking."
• "Table booking for 7:30, gone 9pm before we had our main course."
• "I have never experienced such appalling service."
• "The gentleman who said he was the manager was the only member of staff not to mask up correctly."
• "When we told the staff that the service was not very good, they were rude to us."
• "Ordered a takeaway tonight, and from the ordering by an extremely polite man and from the delivery guy who was also very polite, the food was fantastic."
• "Cancelled our table on arrival. Blaming me that I left a wrong number."

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

• "Inside, I was surprised with how opulent everything was. It is so well designed."
• "The decor and surroundings are modern and very clean."
• "Olive is a wonderful restaurant and should be around for quite a long time. Congratulations to the staff for creating such a wonderful dining experience in an exceptional restaurant with a beautiful relaxing atmosphere."
• "Very neat and clean. Very safe and Covid aware. Amazingly looking interior."
• "The atmosphere was great, the staff were wonderful and the food was delicious especially the local specialties."
• "The restaurant is clean and very comfortable."
• "The restaurant is modern and clean in design and there was plenty of space between tables."
• "The atmosphere was great, the staff were brilliant and the food was amazing."

Cons:

• "Came here on a Saturday night. It was very busy, and the staff seemed very stressed and overwhelmed."
• "Our recent visit fell way short of expectations. The room was way too crowded and certainly did not comply with Covid requirements."
• "Communication maybe ?? Ok so first time trying olive ordered went to collect my order got home and was missing one whole meal."
• "The capability was way over sold. They ran out of glasses so cocktails were being served in tumblers. Beer brands also ran out."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "All the portions were large and great value at £46."
• "Food was amazing and really good portions and still lovely and hot."
• "Large portions which fed us for 2 days with good value for money."
• "Good value for the quality of food and service."
• "Nice atmosphere, friendly, funny, helpful staff, excellent food and drink."
• "Large order placed for 5 people, the food was beautiful and fresh, service from the phone order through to collection was great."
• "Great value for money."
• "Reasonably priced dishes with apt portions and wide choices of delicacies."

Cons:

• "I have never paid £4:50 for a small glass of lime and soda. £13:50 for three small glasses is a bit over the top."
• "My only reason for not 5* is price of beer is slightly high for my liking £5.50 a beer and wine spritzer £6.50."
• "Felt a bit ripped off paying 8.95 for a pint of lemonade, 2/3 of glass came up first and then waiter brought a small glass lemonade bottle and topped the glass up."
• "Nice food but no different to others around town and definitely not fine dining."
• "The gentleman who said he was the manager was the only member of staff not to mask up correctly."
• "I'm not in the habit of letting restaurants down when I book. The fact this happened is not the issue it was the way it was handled which is why I left a negative review."
• "Probably the best Curry in St Neots with the best service."
• "Felt very safe. The food was well spiced and generously portioned."