Waltham Forest
The Olive

The Olive

25-27 Kirkdale Road, London E11 1HP, United Kingdom, Waltham Forest

Pizza • Cafés • Kebab • European


"Booked on line on Friday for 4.30 on the 5th after I was unable to reach them by phone multiple times in their opening hours. The good Calamari superb, no one does this dish as good as the Turkish Hummus best I 've had Olives delicious Pitta bread light and airy Olive special mixed grill (except ribs They didn 't ask 'is everything OK for you? ' until 20 mins Baklava was lovely : The bad No email acknowledgement of booking No text acknowledgement of booking 15 x calls to confirm booking weren 't answered until the 16th on Thurs 3rd The ribs in their mixed grill were positively anorexic, I 've never seen so little meat The owner sat in the restaurant with a friend/business partner Non Efes beer shouldn 't be sold in Efes glasses, it 's too confusing No social distancing as there was another occupied table right behind us. No unlimited pitta as it is at most Turkish places I 've eaten at. No Turkish music (or indeed any music playing. No WiFi useful when you have uncommunicative teenagers with you. The staff didn 't seem happy probably as they didn 't get the tips! I have been to Turkey 27 times and owned three properties there, this is quite common and acceptable there, but I don 't believe it is in London. I left a £10 tip but wouldn 't have had I known that the staff don 't get this, the owner did nothing (except look bored , at least in a Turkish place in Turkey they will come up and introduce themselves. For this reason alone I will not eat here again."