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Rated: Average
based on 4 reviews
Olive Beach
16 Wood Street, Ashoknagar, Bangalore
41128400, 41239483
| Locality | Ashoknagar |
|---|---|
| Place Type | Bar, Restaurant |
| Food Type | Western |
| Timings | 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM |
| Price |
Expensive
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- Additional Information
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Credit cards accepted
Air conditioned
- Tags
- western restaurant bar ashoknagar
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first reviewed by kanishkarcml
- User Reviews (4)
May 27, 2008
the finest amongst the 'fine'
being an 'expat' on the move, one's always looking for a piece of home...most crucial when u're expecting ur first baby! Olive Beach was recommended to me when i moved here about a year and a half ago and was craving some fresh wholesome food that wasn't spicy or oily (not that i dont like exotic spices)
so i dragged my husband and a girlfriend over one evening and as i stepped into the restaurant, the lemony scent seemed to envelope me and instantly comforted...
from then on, everything just got better and better...i can't recall exactly what i had that first evening, but i can't shake off a feeling of complete contentment when i think back to that night...and since then i've popped in every so often either for some fresh bread n cheese or to sate a craving for a steak (medium rare...just the way i like it...unlike some other places, where they patronize you and insist on forcing a well done steak down ur throat!)
which brings me to why i'm writing this review...i'm surprised to see the comment about food poisoning and bad service, because not once in my time here did i ever experience anything short of near perfect service or food (there was this once when conversation was impossible due to a raucous party inside...but then, thats just part and parcel of any space i suppose) And being of a 'less than cast iron stomach' i would imagine that such an experience was bound to have happened over the course of the last year and a half! i'm glad to say that it has never happened and i personally don't know of anyone within my circle of friends or acquaintances that has had a similar experience.
i on my part would recommend this restaurant to anyone and everyone...cast iron stomach or otherwise...and especially those that understand and appreciate their food!
May 17, 2008
Just Awful
Some places leave a mark on you because of the great food, some for the great ambience and some for the great service. A friend & I went to Olive Beach with a lot of expectations after hearing about it from a mutual friend.
As we entered the restaurant we were promptly showed a place to sit which initially looked nice & private. We soon realized that the table was very close to the kitchen - so waiters frequently entered & left the kitchen. The noise from the kitchen was also disturbing (yes, we did book a table in advance).
We still didn’t mind it cos' we heard this was the place to have one of the best Continental / Mediterranean food in Bangalore. With a lot of gusto we ordered our food & drinks (mezzanine platter, gnocchi, spinach with couscous). Though the potato in the gnocchi tasted slightly stale we ignored it and continued with out dinner. Over all the food tasted ok but nothing to write home about.
The regular interruptions from the kitchen continued and in between that, a waiter broke a plate right in front of our table. That should have been a warning of what was to come I guess. Also we didn't find the service as good as other restaurants in Bangalore. Our waiter was nowhere in sight when we were done with our main course. We had to wait nearly 10-15 mins just to get our bill.
Unfortunately that was not the end of it. I woke up at around 3.00AM and ended up puking for most of the early morning. Since I am not from India, I thought it was just my stomach. That view soon changed, when my Indian friend suffered the same fate later that morning. He is the kind of man who can eat anything from anywhere of the street. I left India a day after but it took both of us nearly a week to recover.
Unfortunately, I will always remember Olive Beach for one of the worst experience ever. The only plus that came out of the experience is my friend can no longer boast that he can eat anything of this planet!
Apr 14, 2008
Best Sunday Lunch ever...?
I find this really strange, that on a website where reviewers are saying how over-priced some restaurants are because they charge Rs1200 for a meal and drinks you can also find reviews on Rs2000 Sunday lunches, and people seem so happy to pay this... but if you are going to pay that much for your lunch, make it worthwhile!
I've had Sunday lunches at a couple of the hotels and while nice it tended to be a bit 'samey', and some of these places are a bit, well, lacking in atmosphere? So when we went to Olive Beach and I saw that they had a buffet, my first thought was "oh well, more of the same". I couldn't have been more wrong. Yes it was a buffet, but the selection had to be seen to be believed, and the quality was amazing. So you sit there with your plate of mini-gyros, little biscuity things with cheese and spinach, marinated pear salad, seared tuna etc etc, and the waiters keep appearing at your table with yet another pot of spicey meatballs in tomato cream, or delicious crispy thin crust pizza, or peppered gnocchi... then another waiter comes and asks if you want anything from the grill, so you get your fillet steak or lamb chops, then you spot the seafood counter with the freshly prepared baby lobster tails... and you just keep going back for more! Eventually of course you have to slow down, not least because you've had their cocktails and wine which they very kindly include in the price (Rs1900) , so you head for the dessert counter for a rest and find that this whole new 'pudding compartment' has now appeared in your stomach and you're ready to start again!! Bliss.
If it was just the food that was good, that would be enough, but the surroundings are lovely. We sat in the lovely cool white-walled interior and watched people outside enjoying the equally lovely sunny outside area, with trees, cool blue water, and multi-coloured cushions spead everywhere. Musicians wandered round from table to table taking requests, and I honestly couldn't think of a nicer way to spend Sunday lunch. Olive Beach was already one of my favourite restaurants in Bangalore, but is now possibly one of my favourites ever. So like I say, if you're going to do the posh lunch thing, do it properly...
Aug 30, 2007
Tad expensive, but worthwhile
Why waste your money on 5 star hotel restaurants (like the disaster that is Blue Ginger @ the Taj) when you can have the near-perfect dining experience at Olive Beach?
Tucked away in a residential neighbourhood not far from the madding crowds of Richmond Rd, Olive Beach is a fine dining restaurant, though, as far as we could make out, less Meditteranean, than "new age" American. When there are things on the menu that most folks have trouble pronouncing, you know the place is either pretentious, or just plain good. Olive Beach is good. Not perfect, but good. Very good.
We ordered a cheese platter as an appetizer, couple of glasses of Merlot (an Indian one and a French, just to compare --- no prizes for guessng which won), and a wild mushroom soup to get started. The cheeses were good --- usual suspects, Brie, Camembert, Edam, and a couple of Italian ones which I wish I remember the names of. As a main course, I got a steak (yes - medium well was in fact, understood and well executed) , and a seared tuna. The tuna fell short ... no blood red insides, the way it's supposed to be, but pinkish in teh deepest areas, and sadly chewy on the outsides.
Dessert - a white chocolate parfait, was more than perfect, and made up for the tiny-tuna problems.
Service was good, what you would expect when you're shelling out 4 figures for a meal, but the waiter, while good natured, and polite, did not come across as super knowledgeable.
We heard that OB has a food sale on last Saturdays of every month - that might be a good place to pick up some specialty mushrooms, and wine!
We also read that they have a location in New Delhi with the Qutb Minar as the backdrop.