The Olive RestoBar, Downey CA

Good Happy Hour deals on the Kabobs. The food was delicious, with the exception of the Calamari. Nice outdoor atmosphere and friendly staff. Wish there was one in Las Vegas too!

This restaurant does not disappoint. The chicken Panini was fire. Will be coming back to explore the menu.

Had the Lamb Shank. Was super delicious. Third time at this Restaurant snd always have a delicious meal. Happy 3-7 Monday thru Friday.

Excellent Mediterranean Food. Love the spicy Mango Margaritas, crispy calamari and shrimp provençal.

Great tasty food! Nice place and has a very nice bar! I also love the belly dance while having dinner! Ask and do reservations

Food was great, service was awesome.
The atmosphere was over crowded and super loud.
We could not have a conversation, my friend sitting across from me could not hear me and I couldnt hear her.

My friends & I love coming to the olive. The staff is great & friendly. The food is delicious, the portion sizes are filling. If you come here expect there to possibly be a wait. Specially on busy nights but they are worth every penny. They even commented on our night & provided suggestions as to what to do next while we were enjoying the nightlife. Then they also provided a specialized cocktail which was amazing. I wish I could remember the staff names but I'll be sure to leave another review so that you know who will provide you with a garunteed amazing service. The manager was great too which shows why their team was so great! Will come back again.

Great Mediterranean food in a nice setting. Outdoor eating was fine even in cold weather with the heat lamps.

I had the Grape Leaves for an appetizer which were Amazing. For my entree I had the Lamb chops with the mash potatoes which were Perfect. Our Server Vanessa gave us Excellent Customer Service. Will definitely be revisiting. Plenty of secured parking aswell.

The presentation of the food was great! The food was decent. I ordered the airline chicken piccata but the chicken was a bit dry. It had a really great flavor but just a bit overcooked. Saturday night was pretty busy so our server didn't check on us too often but understandable. The manager was helping out the servers and he was very helpful!

Went here for my parents anniversary, and on a Saturday night even with a reservation we had to wait 10-20 minutes. Inside seating is highly limited but outdoor options are plenty and comfortable. Our service was quick polite and personable, giving Ashley a shout out here. I highly recommend their calamari for an appetizer, it is one of the best I've had yet. For the main course we had the family platter and for 5 people it was more than enough. A great variety and all the meats cooked to perfection, the lamb was most enticing to me and if you're Ala Carte ordering I suggest the lamb skewers. And I would go here just for their baklava.

Took my 91 year old Mom to lunch. It's her favorite restaurant and may be ours now too.

Two words. Happy Hour

Everything was so great I forgot to take a picture.all that remains, are empty plates

Olive Lamb shank. Succulent braised lamb in red wine and herbs, roasted garlic mash. The meat was very tender. It almost fell off the bone.
Airline Chicken Piccata. Tender juicy chicken breast, roasted garlic mash, chefs veggies, lemon caper sauce. The chicken breast has great flavor. Not dry at all.

Amazing food. Superb staff. Loved every dish that’s been cooked. One of the best salmon I had in my whole life. Loved the music been placed. Restro has a very modern look. Overall if you are in Downey then it’s a must visit place. Already visited twice will visit again for sure.

Amazing salmon and great staff. Definitely recommended and I would go again to this restaurant.

DINER BEWARE. Had a great meal except restaurant only provided one thumb-sized ramekin of chimichurri for the King Kebob, when I ordered 2 more as it was a big sharing platter, server neglected to tell us the restaurant would charge $3 for additional ramekins. Chimichurri was also the least delicious part of the meal, their complimentary sauce is so much better.

Great food and wonderfully attentive service. We are out of town visitors so pleasantly surprised at the subtle infusion of SoCal food culture into the standard Mediterranean fare (jalapeño!)

The only minor annoyance is finding a charged for extra 2 chimichurri sauce. The server should have either provided FoC or told us at the time of ordering that this would cost extra. Anyway, won’t stop us from coming back, but is a blemish on an otherwise awesome meal.

Ordered the pesto shrimp fettuccine and it was DELICIOUS! Totally exceeded my expectations. 5 large prawns, tasty pesto and it made it to my table when the food was still hot! Friendly service. Nice outdoor seating area. Will definitely return