Olive Tree Reviews Summary

Location & Ambience

Pros:

• "Inside our outside seating overlooking the marina."
• "The outside tables overlook the canal which is really nice."
• "On the plus side, it is situated in a stunning location."
• "A real sunspot and great for families."
• "Lovely spot by the water canal in a pedestrian street."
• "Beautiful location and if you sit outside you are right beside the canal."
• "Wonderful location just from the beach and next to the canal, dog friendly."

Cons:

• "No tables inside for our group size, so had to sit outside."
• "Had evening meal here, unfortunately only outside seating was available which, at gone 8pm at the end of May, was a bit chilly!"
• "It didn't feel cosy or comfortable for evening dining, mood lighting would have been nice."
• "Very cramped, uncomfortable and inappropriate."
• "Whilst we were waiting a young girl saw us stood there, with our newborn as well, completely ignored us."
• "Unfortunately the toilets were unisex which was rather uncomfortable and unpleasant."
• "Not my sort of restaurant for an evening meal due to the selection and atmosphere."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff really welcoming, friendly and efficient."
• "Staff are lovely."
• "The staff were really friendly and helpful."
• "The staff are super nice and attentive!"
• "The staff were very attentive and pleased to help, if necessary."
• "Service was great."
• "Staff were lovely and helpful especially given we were a noisy group of 10!"

Cons:

• "Laughable service won't be seeing them again."
• "I was walked past by staff whilst standing at the wait to be seated sign. 9 times."
• "Poor service, the guy behind the till didn't seem to know what he was doing."
• "They took 40 minutes to bring out our drinks 2 groups infront of us ordered food and drinks."
• "Inattentive staff, despite there being a sign stating 'wait here to be seated'."
• "Service was disappointingly slow."
• "Sadly the length of time will mean I won't return."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Amazing fresh, local food."
• "Food delicious, service excellent, their hygiene and safety standards are very good."
• "STUNNINGLY VEGAN 😻 Ahhh!!!! Buddha Bowl, Burger, Tacos! They got it all 😻"
• "Our fish and chips (pictured) were absolutely amazing."
• "The banana blossom 'fish and chips' was simply amazing."
• "Food tasted fantastic would definitely eat here again if visiting Bude."
• "Everything was yummy."

Cons:

• "Over £20!! Not only that but it was awful."
• "The ploughman's lunch was fairly good, though they definitely need to improve on the ham as this was tasteless."
• "Priced very high! 2 sausages, 2 eggs, slice of toast and a rasher of bacon for £7.50! Extortionate."
• "Waited almost an hour for food that wasn't even good and was overpriced."
• "Waited 40 minutes! To be then given salad drenched in oil, cold bacon and the prawn sandwich full of lettuce not prawn."
• "Had a cream tea, the scones were super dry and crumbled everywhere."
• "Very disappointed tonight, had the most wiered calamari, it's my favourite dish normally, but never had anything like this before."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Definitely recommend."
• "Great price, portion size and very tasty."
• "Food was great value."
• "Given the premium location, this was good value."
• "Price. Fair."
• "It was a touch on the expensive side but I didn't feel ripped off as the food was excellent."
• "Absolutely amazing, service excellent, food stunning, price massive value for money."

Cons:

• "A little pricy for lunch menu in my opinion."
• "Would think twice about going back."
• "Not a cheap place most meals start at around £16.00. A pudding was £7.50 each."
• "Lovely setting but was ruined by incredibly rude staff!"
• "It's not cheap, be prepared to spend around £70 for two people."
• "Very poor value for money."
• "Nice tasting food but not a lot of it for the money."