Black Olive Reviews Summary

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The atmosphere is completely transformed to resemble an authentic Greek restaurant."
• "It was nice to be able to have a relaxing dinner and actually hear each other from across the table."
• "The atmosphere is quaint and lovely."
• "The atmosphere of the restaurant and music give their own little taste of Greece."
• "Awesome atmosphere, and I like the staff."
• "Restaurant has a nice atmosphere and was a wonderful location for a New Year's day lunch with family."
• "The decor feels like you were in Santorini."

Cons:

• "It was nice and quiet until a party of two decided to take a video call with the volume turned up."
• "It was super cold in the restaurant- not sure what was going on with their heat, but we were wearing coats inside while eating."
• "Had a 7:30 reservation for a party of 4 on a Friday night... By 8:30 the lights went on, music turned off and they started putting up the chairs."
• "Better sound system for music would be nice, because we could hardly hear it."
• "The acoustics aren't the greatest."

Service

Pros:

• "Absolutely fabulous!! Excellent service, and the most delicious foods ever!"
• "Our server Murat was fantastically attentive- not too much and not too little."
• "Miguel our waiter only working here for a month was superb!"
• "Raquel was an awesome server!"
• "Our server Evan was attentive and knowledgeable."
• "Our waitress, Julia was fantastic."
• "The wait staff were friendly and knowledgeable about the menu with their own personal selections."

Cons:

• "For some reason he made eye contact with me and my wife but, never approached us."
• "We were greeted with a waiter who was obviously annoyed we showed up."
• "Waiter needed requests to do his job."
• "The service is always... off."
• "However, I believe that the person who wears the chef's outfit that goes around the restaurant is the owner/manager... he engaged and have a little chat with all the customers except us."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The Chef made my meal the best I ever had.. Whole Branzino."
• "Fresh authentic Greek food at reasonable prices."
• "Hummus was light and had a nice flavor with dill. Lamb and porkchops were really tender."
• "Dolmades were fresh made, with a phenomenal avgolemono."
• "The octopus appetizer is delicious, and so is the spread platter."
• "The food at the Black Olive is homemade, authentic and DELICIOUS."
• "The food was authentic and incredibly delicious."

Cons:

• "Just the smallest portions I've ever scene."
• "The food is also really pricey for its size and taste."
• "Food was cold after 1/12 waiting, with only 3 tables of customers."
• "The pastitsio, my favorite Greek entrée. The dish was bland and a bit dry."
• "Crab cakes were too mushy like they put too much mayo or something."
• "The spanakopita was good, but the filling lacked the depth of flavor that you'd expect."
• "The food was extremely bland, we had Chicken Souvlaki, Spanakopita and Moussaka, this was the worst Spanakopita we have ever had."

Price and Value

Pros:

• "The prices and quality of the food make them a good place for lunch."
• "Price is reasonable."
• "Fresh authentic Greek food at reasonable prices."
• "Very reasonably priced, and very high quality meats and vegetables."
• "The prices were reasonable and the food was prepared with care."

Cons:

• "The food is also really pricey for its size and taste."
• "I didnt feel that the quality of food matched the price."
• "Ordered take out…. Not good…. 27 dollars (19+8 ) for a salad with 2 little pieces of chicken that were not cooked through."
• "Overpriced for mediocre food."
• "Food not that good considering how expensive it is."

Management and Staff

Pros:

• "The owner came around and made sure everything was ok."
• "We had balloons delivered a couple of hours before the party and the staff decorated the restaurant with the balloons for us."
• "Service was great. Accessible via wheelchair. Staff was very kind and accommodating."
• "The staff very knowledgeable and kind."
• "The staff is very friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "For some reason he made eye contact with me and my wife but, never approached us."
• "So I asked to speak to the manager George about giving me another option besides split pea soup... But to my dismay he came out said a few things 'no other options besides take it home'."
• "The owner refused to take back a dish that was very poor quality and replace it. He was also extremely disrespectful and quite nasty."
• "However, I believe that the person who wears the chef's outfit that goes around the restaurant is the owner/manager... he engaged and have a little chat with all the customers except us."
• "Ate here then saw they had a job opening for dishwasher & instead of being honest they lied and denied me because I was black look in the kitchen and the people who work there if you go they only hire token attractive black woman like any prejudice would but you wouldn't see a black person anywhere else like management etc."