Reviews for Olea

07/15/2024 - Nori R.
Food is always good.

04/30/2023 - MenuPix User
Restaurant response on Yelp to the same review I posted here. I encourage you, please go there and spend your money

"You do realize that you are the problem, right? I mean, read the reviews. You are entitled, insignificant, tiny, childish and silly. I absolutely LOVE how obsessed you all are. We laughed all night as we spent YOUR money buying drinks. You are the reason why restaurants have rules. I will copy and paste all of your names and info and spread the word to all of my restaurant owner friends. You should be embarrassed and ashamed of yourselves. I cannot believe that you are all the next generation. God help us!"

My review:

That's my second BYOB and I am not excited to say the least. I like their primi more than their pastas. The octopus app was small for it's price, although tender, the mussels needed salt and acidity and the pesto didn't really work well there. The dish sounds better than it actually tastes and mussels require more balance in flavors.

The pastas were flat, underseasoned and simplistic, averaging at $26. If you have had pastas at Osteria, Fiorella, Ventri's, Fiore's, you would find the offerings here to be below average.

The lamb chops came well-done and they are market price and I usually laugh when restaurants do that for red meat dishes. Apparently we were charged $54 for 4 of those.

Last but not least, the quality of service is the lowest of the low. These people shouldn't be in this industry. I mean l, they should dine at Vetris or Vernick or Barclay prime etc to experience that level of hospitality.

With the level of competition that restaurants have in Philadelphia, I don't expect this to survive v long. Train your staff, restaurant dining is an experience, it's not just food. Probably the only thing that saves them is the lack of a liquor license.