Olive and Ivy Reviews

I only had an appetizer, so I may edit this review after I go there again. The bruschetta was amazing, the service was great, the bathrooms were clean. I really enjoyed the atmosphere. Now, because of COVID there was barely anyone there, which is what I liked most.

Disappointed they didn't have the regular menu on a Saturday afternoon. Only Brunch. We went special based on the menu

Great service! The server was helpful and attentive. Had a salad, drinks, and Pacific Sea Bass, and I'd order it again. Looking forward to my next visit.

I love the design of this place. Indoor and outdoor seating. My meal was delicious but my mom hated hers. I would come back!

Great vibe... Ideal for a quiet wine and flatbread afternoon...

Fabulous made fresh gourmet sandwiches and flatbreads. Totally reasonably priced with incredible service.

One of my favorite restaurants in Scottsdale. Great ambience and tasty food.

Our server Mike was the best, we had a group in for a birthday and he did everything perfectly! Couldn't ask for better service from beginning to end! My bone-in Ribeye was cooked to perfection. Thanks Mike we will definitely be back!

We were a little worse for wear after hiking up and down Camelback Mountain, but Stone took excellent care of our large bachelorette group. Everything we had was delicious. The service was efficient and excellent. Beautiful atmosphere out on the patio. We were treated to a unexpected dessert in celebration of our bride-too-be. A must do for lunch or dinner in Scottsdale.

Excellent experience! All service was exceptional, we waited a little bit to be sat and for appetizers but they comped all appetizers. Very much appreciated!

Took my girlfriend and her parents on a nice, toasty Sunday. We got the always-awesome braised rib flatbread and the lamb gyro to pass around the table, along with a delicious cheddar-flour soup, then finished it off with the peanut butter mousse (so many flavors and textures). Our server Christina was very attentive and upbeat, overall a very good experience.

My only complaint was the menu is a bit limited for lunch compared to the dinner menu, but still worth the trip.

Great food and service! On a nice day you must ask for a patio table on the water front.

Great location. Make reservations so you can be certain to sit on the patio. Food good. Service excellent. Lots of free parking garages.

Tried getting a table at this place but desisted after we saw they have ZERO SOCIAL DISTANCING tables. It s like no pandemic is happening. Reckless! Will never come to this place.

Renovated patio is great. $5 Sunday Mimosas rock. Amazing breakfast burrito. Love the complementary bread with pesto

Got a tuna on wheat sandwich with a salad. Super yummy. Great service, great food.

Portillos is a Chicago staple but it has grown so much that it is in Scottsdale. I absolutely love this place and now I can get my Chicago food on the west coast.

Friendly staff, good food; extensive menu and a great location. What more do you want? There's free parking at the underground parking garage and the elevator provides more access for those who have difficulty getting around.

I was discusted to see the kitchen staff slice raw meat with meat slicer. Chunks of raw meat were flying all over the fresh cut bread on the other side of the counter. They man cutting the meat was laughing and pointed out the meat that landed on the bread to a server and the server tried picking it off the fresh bread.

Went for dinner about 4:30. Needed a reservation even though 90% on tables were empty. Sat in the front area where it's take out and had dinner. Mostly still empty when we left. Food wise the items I had were good. Server really didn't seem to enjoy her job.

Love this place, great food, great atmosphere, great everything. This is a definite must try and visit if you happen to be passing though the Scottsdale area!

Always delicious! Their selection of fresh seafood is wonderful. The drinks here are also to die for. This is a lively restaurant, and I would suggest having a reservation.

Nice and tasty restaurant in the area.
Their salads and flatbreads are delicious.

Sweet potato cannelloni was delicious but for $18 I got 5 pieces of pasta... not nearly enough. Had I come very hungry, I'd have had to go elsewhere to fill up. Their vegan option pasta was marginally tasty and minimal on the plate. Took my daughter here for her 18th birthday and, although the setting was beautiful, we were disappointed.

Was very excited to try this place after checking out the reviews. Service was average, nothing special. The bruschetta is excellent. Try the salmon and avocado ones. Mozzarella was so so.

I ordered the bone-in ribeye and it was the most flavorless steak I've ever had in my life. I was pretty blown away with how little flavor it had and I was still very hungry after eating 3 pieces of bruschetta. The potatoes and creamed spinach were good, the pasta my mom ordered was great.

TL;DR: So so service, great bruschetta and pasta, flavorless ribeye.

Had a ruben sandwich with fries and a drink. The pastrami was tough and chewy paired with a sweet (to me that's weid) sauerkraut, on soggy marble rye. All in- over $20 bucks for lunch. I'd love to give olive and ivy more stars but like all sam fox restaurants, olive was just lacking in the food dept. Ambience is great but meh food. For the price of admission one would expect better. Can't imagine why they have all the great reviews. Somethings off? Bots maybe?

When we visit AZ, we visit Olive & Ivy on the river! Beautiful location, friendly staff, and delicious food! Ask for the complimentary bread, it's delicious!

Very good restaurant with some yummy food. It's very good but not great. Some interesting dishes. Service is friendly and the atmosphere is good even though it's a big space. Outdoor seating is cozy.

Food is pretty good.
Price is reasonable
.service can be sketchy at best

Cannot say enough good things about this place especially if you are lucky enough to snag a table/firepit in the outdoor lounge area. The cocktails were fantastic, the food was outstanding and well worth the price. It is a great place to enjoy an evening out. It's refreshing to find an eatery that isnt trying to turn and burn customers for the sake of higher turnover. They are extremely receptive to any and all questions and find a perfect balance of being able to provide you with guest service without being bothersome or absent. If you are in Scottsdale and don't already know of this restaurant it is a must visit.

The food and service was amazing! I highly recommend the bacon wrapped dates!

Olive & Ivy - This restaurant was our first in a long weekend getaway to Arizona, including stops in Scottsdale and Sedona. Olive & Ivy, located in Old Town Scottsdale is Mediterranean by definition, although the menu is all over the place. The flatbread seemed to be a specialty and it was good, but nothing particularly delicious. The entrees were good in terms of portions, but overly salty, greasy and heavy. The flavors were there, but were enhanced with indulgence. The bacon-wrapped pork scallops with pineapple and spinach were very flavorful and the meat was cooked perfectly. The chicken Milanese, filled with prosciutto and mozzarella was delicious the first three bites until it becomes just way too much. The dessert tho was a showstopper, the butterscotch cake is homey, warm and delicious.

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Food is good but was definitely underwhelmed from what I was expecting. I'd go again but not too far out of the way.

Second time visiting here and each time it gets better! Made another reservation before I left, for the chef's table. I got the salmon bruschetta and the Chicken Pesto Flatbread and it was DELICIOUS! Definitely reccomend and the prices arent too bad. The desserts were the coconut sponge cake with sorbet, and a frozen chocolate bar with pistachio cake.

Disappointed that the menu at 3:30 pm was very limited. We all ordered a lavosh. Two of us really enjoyed what we ordered, chicken with pine nuts, artichoke with goat cheese. The third was sausage and salami and was not eaten, as she thought it was too spicy hot. The waitress very graciously removed it from the bill without even being asked. If you like butterscotch the cake with butterscotch sauce and vanilla gelato was absolutely delicious and a reason for a return visit. Having been there previously for lunch and dinner I would definitely recommend Olive and Ivy. The patio is one of THE best.

Hostess greeting was odd and not warm. The date appetizer was without flavor, lacked depth and interest. Could not taste the sausage.

Extensive wine list, awesome atmosphere and service! Love Fox Concepts restaurants

Had my first flatbread and it was beyond amazing. The right seasoning, right texture!

The olives were ivy. The ivys were olive. Dan was the best server ever!

We had the chicken scalopini and it was perfect. We also enjoyed the ambiance and service was excellent

Great food, great service, great atmosphere. Enjoy

Very clean, beautiful establishment that runs like clockwork despite always being busy. Food is consistently great and pricing is reasonable. I have attended a private even here as well and the food was fabulous.

My server Kim was Amazing!! Very attentive, but never disrupting my lunch meeting. The food is always fresh and tastes great.

Excellent Food! Great Service! Really outstanding and safe environment! All PPE is followed to a very high degree!

Only stopped in for coffee and cake, but both desserts were delicious. Had the brown butter strata and the chocolate cake.

Nice location on the canal just across from old town. Say outside for an early 6 pm dinner with the hubby and our out of town guest. Free parking in garages right next to our across from restaurant. Hostesses didn't even bother to help direct us to my husband who had been seated? Food was ok but really nothing to write home about. Bruschetta...go to Postinos. Bacon wrapped dates were very sweet. Shrimp risotto was ok. Seabass was cooked well but lacked seasoning. Lamb meatballs with tzaziki was probably my favorite. Beet salad was nice. Server, Kevin was great. Not stuffy and was very friendly/helpful. Service and ambience gets this up to 3 stars.

Love this place! Right on the canal, beautiful this time of the year! Friendly and knowledgeable service! Food is amazing! Happy to be back next time I'm in the area!

We had very friendly service, and an outstanding meal. Sitting on the patio by the fire on a chilly night made a great meal really special.

Great group dinner setting, attentive service and great entres

This is one of THE best places for food, service and ambiance. I took my wife and mother-in-law here today for Sunday brunch. This is a tough crowd I hang with . My wife's mom is a hard to please WW2 French war bride that is very opinionated and expects what we had today for lunch all the time, which rarely happens. You got to try the $6 weekend mimosas! Poured at our table by a great waiter (Zach).

Went there September 21, 2019 on a Saturday. Not looking to be critical or anything... just sit and have a nice time. While waiting for people to show, I sat in the "to go" area and looked at the menu. The prices were considerably higher in the sit down part of the restaurant. I ordered the tuna sandwich and fries (how could you mess that up). The tuna sandwich was tasteless... and the bread was tough (tuff). How could you get bread that was hard to chew! They should hire a real chef to oversee recipes and the monitoring of outdated or old food. For the prices you pay you would think you could get at least a hint of quality. At least the service was good.

Great food, service was a little slow, but day after Christmas shoppers made things busy. Atmosphere on the canal is fun.

Healthy fresh food. Friendly staff. Nice views. Nice weather. Outside seating is recommended this time of the year. Pesto Chicken Flatbread is really delicious. Very reasonable prices.

Very good, high quality food. Great tasting food that was mostly healthy.

ambiance and atmosphere here are what realllly set it apart/above the rest! and then your food comes and your like oh yeah... look around and g oh yea.... and then take a drink and its like oh yeahhhhh this is a goooood dinner. smile on face!

Brunch time! First of all, make sure you reserve a table on OpenTable to make sure you don't wait too long. They have a full service coffee bar and the Latte was amazing! Unfortunately the brunch menu is very short and if you are an omelette lover, you have very limited choices. The being said, I tried frittata and it was surprisingly good.
The waitress asked whether we like to have bread and pesto and on the table and we said yes. Pro tip: Always say yes! The pesto is yummy and it goes well with frittata.
Last but not least, the outdoors view is pleasant, the service is great and the waitress was happy to help in any way she could.

Great food and drinks. The lamb meatballs and the red sangria are always a must when we go here. On our latest trip we had Landis as our waiter and he was great!