Oak & Olive Essentials Reviews

Went for brunch last weekend and although the staff is really nice and accommodating, the kitchen is not the best in the area. Nice atmosphere.

Absolutely lovely. Wonderful staff, great food, good wine selection and pricing. Very much worth coming to even if you don't live in the neighborhood or surrounding communities.

The have a really nice brunch that never seems overly crowded. Brunch is so crazy in the Portland area it's nice to have a place that you don't need to wait in a long line for.

Oak & Olive is one of my favorite Italian food spots around. Tonight was busy and the restaurant was packed... as it should be on a Friday night! The service is always awesome and friendly and tonight was no different. Given how busy it was, I assumed that I would have to wait longer for our food, but the wait wasn't bad. Once again I found the food to be excellent, from the portion sizes, to taste, to presentation. I am most impressed with the wait staff's patience with my children even with how busy they were tonight. This restaurant has consistently delivered a great experience. As a bonus, I'm guaranteed to run into friends from the neighborhood and that may be my very favorite part!

Fairly good italian food in a friendly, modern bistro setting. Service was a bit awkward. Moderate prices. Good wine list with an emphasis on Italian wines.

Not so great. Limited selection. Waiter seened distacted

Good food but costumer service is lacking to say the least

Attractive modern restaurant with good service. All 4 guests in our party had different, beautifully prepared pasta or individual pizzas. We'll be back.

My wife and I went here for the first time tonight. After moving to Portland we ve been eyeballing the restaurant for a couple of months because we had a favorite Italian restaurant where we lived previously. Oak and Olive was AMAZING the food was so good, the staff was really nice, and the restaurant its self was really beautiful. It had a fantastic atmosphere. All the flavors were outstanding and were dishes we hadn t tried before. We re looking forward to coming back.

Great salad and pizza. Can't wait to try the cheesecake!

Food was just okay. Felt overpriced for the average food. Nothing comes with your entree - if you want bread, you have to order that separately; the portions are also very small. Paid $50 for a dinner for two and only 1 drink - we both left unsatisfied. There are better places not far away: go to Seasons and Regions Grill instead; roughly the same price but the food is much better and the portions are far more reasonable.

Service just awful. Food can be good and can be just awful (Linguine Vongole...paltry little dollop of pasta, a few clams, clam juice at the bottom of the bowl with RAW sliced garlic. Just awful). Owner's response to issues or requests has been simply rude. High prices for a neighborhood eatery. No environment whatsoever.

We've tried it 3 times. Each one a minor disaster. Good luck.

The place looks really good, the food is fresh and local, and the customer service is out of this world!

Delicious and fresh. Great coffee and very nice interior design. This is one of my girlfriends favorite restaurants and it has not disappointed each time we ve dined here. Great locally owned business and a nice addition to the neighborhood.

The food was delicious. Especially enjoyed the warm olive oil cake.

Very delicious foods. Casual classy place, with great service. Loved coming here

It was wonderful!! A dear friend brought me to lunch and the food and service was incredible! Hope to come back soon with family

Loved the lasagne and they have a nice selection of drinks. Kids loved whatever baby nonsense they got. Wimps.

Greeted immediately. Wait staff conscientious. Pasta special excellent. Will come back for pizza another time.

The best Italian food in Portland. Get the cavatelli with lamb ragu. We are here once a week

They have great food and good service. The selections are bit eclectic for the average dinner.

Told me it would be a 15 minute wait for takeout. Took 1 hour. Poor customer service in such a small location. Shame.

read the reviews, looked at the photos ... arrived, ordered - in the end - is it pizza or coal ???? I'm shocked

Simple, perfect food done well. On our first visit, we had the pear pizza. It was absolutely delicious - the combination of sweet/savory was similar to a Hawaiian pizza, only more delicate flavored.
When we visited the second time, we had the meatball sandwich and the roasted garlic pizza with arugula and lemon zest. Wow! The sandwich came with a side of marinara for dipping, and it tasted like cream of tomato soup on steroids. I kind of wanted to ask for a second cup so I could drink it, but I was too shy to ask.
And then there's the cake. OMG, the olive oil cake. When we were there (meatball sandwich day), the seasonal fruit topping was oranges and grapefruit - it was like a thin marmalade glaze. It was moist, dense, perfectly sweet, and warm. Yes, they warm up the slice before serving. Mmm, so incredibly good.
This is our new favorite restaurant..

Not great but nice outdoor seating, smoked steelhead was good though.

Great brunch today. Very good food. My husband said the hash was great. My scrambled eggs were very fluffy, potatoes perfect. Very relaxing Sunday morning.

Service was poor. Food under seasoned. Basically Olive Garden has better food and service than here.

It's not consistent, but the food is usually good. Nice outdoor seating.

Food was great. But error with our service resulted in an hour long wait before food was ready and no one bothered to tell us. After half an hour of watching others who arrived after us get their food first, we finally inquired and found out our order went in late. Not happy with how it was handled.

Wonderful family restaurant in Hillsdale! Fabulous pizza and salad !

Just moved to Portland from NYC. This place is as a good as the best Manhattan Italian restaurant. Eaten here over a half dozen times. Food is great, service consistently impeccable. Very highly recommended!

We had a very pleasant dinner experience with Jill as our server. Apparently they have a new menu. The Dungeness crab risotto with prawns was fabulous.

Most things are a bit expensive, but not out of line for an Italian place. Pizzas are great and a decent deal. Good desserts too.

Fantastic atmosphere, the staff is wonderful and their food is amazing! Great local spot, support our locals!! You will not be disappointed!

Great food, nice venue, nice service. The smoked salmon is awesome.

Food was excellent, creative and schmancy. Had a breakfast sandwich (which was huge) with some sort of artisan sausage. Great, friendly service, nice ambience (lots of light). A little pricey for me, but a really nice place.

We have been there three times. Delicious salads appetizers and pizza. Really lovely food and great service.

Hands down best pizza in SW Portland. The Margherita was money. Service was pretty fantastic also.

They have a nice menu and good staff. I enjoy having a meal there.

Food and ambiance are impeccable. My new favorite place!

Great fresh ingredients. Clean and pleasant atmosphere. Somebody there knows their Italian wine too ;)

Great server! Good mama's kitchen style Italian food.

Food was delicious, wait staff was attentive. Cozy place to sit and talk over great food.

Really friendly staff and delicious, fresh food. Having travelled to Italy many times I am always seeking authentic Italian here and this is as close as I've had.

Pretty good! They served a good Salmon dish and a WONDERFUL dessert!

Earlier today we had a family reunion at Oak and Olive with eight adults and five young kids. Food was great, service was excellent and the atmosphere in the restaurant was very relaxed and very welcoming. Oak & Olive is one of our very favorite restaurants. Highly recommended.

Great and delicious food, I loved the ambience this spot has, and the workers were very welcoming. Will definitely visit here when I m around.

I have welcomed this restaurant since it opened...elegant design, usually easy to access, and the food is well prepared and delicious. My family was appalled on Friday evening to try to dine in a half full environment, with owner present, and the restaurant completely overrun by one party, who brought in at least 8 children, 3 to 8?. The children, some still wearing sports team attire, were unsupervised and unrestricted, screamed incessantly, ran circles through the establishment for the 90 minutes we were present. Parents clueless, restaurant staff apparently resigned to it. We were told as we left oh, it is always like this on Friday . This restaurant cannot survive. Chuck E. Cheese; certainly broke our patronage.

We've been here twice in the last week. The lamb osso buco and polenta brunch dish were delicious. Good prices and good food.

I got the gnocchi, which I thought was pretty good but my mother said they were a little tough, the sauce was super good though. She got a pizza which was super good, and possibly the only thing they do well. My dad and friend both got the meat balls and for 17$ they should have been better. The meat balls were pretty tough and should have been marinating in the tomato sauce. Over all it was pretty good they just need to refine some of their dishes.

Their pizza and salads are delicious! My daughter said it was the best gluten free pizza crust she has had yet. And she s picky!

Outstanding!. Can't wait to come visit in person, both entrees were delicious.

Great meal. Really fresh salad and tomatoes, Lamb stew was a special, very tasty! 4 stars was the service was a bit slow and caprese salad was quite small for the price.

The food was great.We went with our two small children. They have a large chalk bored wall they will sit you next to if you ask. The kids shared a cheese, apple and bread tray they loved. All of the wait staff talked and were friendly to the kids allowing me and my husband to have a nice dinner.

Staff is very friendly. Great atmosphere but the food is over priced for what you get. I ordered scallops with risotto. There was about 3/4c. Of risotto and one large scallop cut in half. It was $25. I came home and had to eat again. It was all cooked well. Just not enough food.

The food was excellent. The staff was very friendly and the atmosphere is very open and bright. I would definitely recommend trying it out.

The food was delicious. Well prepared, fresh ingredients and has finesse, eg the bruschetta with steelhead pate had grated orange rind. A little weird that it was served on soft bread but hey, that's their prerogative. Mushroom risotto was also delicious and cooked perfectly with more that a handful of wild mushrooms. Couldn't give 5 stars because it was $78 for lunch for 2 plus a third entree, no alcohol. The prices feel about 15% too high for a casual neighborhood place.

We ordered through post mates for delivery. Every single bite of food was amazing. The portions were small as others have said. However, I would never hesitate to recommend this place. Cacio e Pepe, Spinach cavatelli and the Marscapone Cheesecake are to die for!

Great space. Attentive service. Relaxed atmosphere. Spendy. Food good not great.

Good food, the interior seems Stark and sterile though. Not cheap.

Great ambiance. On hot days they open the front/back so you have a nice breezing going through. There's also some outdoor seating that you can use on the back side. Parking can be a little annoying here though.

I had lunch on 9/18 and ordered the Zuppa di Casa, which is beans, zucchini, carrot, etc. It tasted like tomato sauce from the can with a few beans and veggies thrown in. There was no flavor. I actually wondered if they had run out and just threw it together when I ordered it. On the other hand, the bruschetta and lemon/lavender gelato were good. Service was very good.

Nice relaxing place with pizza and pasta. The lasagna was delicious as well as the bruschetta and gelato. They have a nice twist on a Caesar salad. The only problem is that it's right off of Capitol Hwy, which makes it a little noisy, but not much. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a dine-in local pasta place.

best place in Hillsdale my new favorite Italian restaurant! I recommend a pizza but its up to you they have everything! with low prices and friendly faces this place is great.

We finally got around to visiting Oak Olive for the first time to check it out. We were seating quickly and tried the smoked steelhead for a starter and loved it! The pizza was big enough to split and was also equally as good (we had the Italian.) Overall a great experience and atmosphere.

Lovely birthday dinner with lamb pizza, crab agnolotti and italian sausage orchietta. Delicious. Lovely service, easy place to go and have relaxing meal!