The Olive Tree York

We arrived in town at dinner time and picked this place at random, so glad we did. The Staff were very friendly, and food was great and very reasonably priced. We tried one of the specials, beef stroganoff, and it was absolutely delicious. Would definitely go back again.

The staff are friendly although it can be very noisy in busy times. We went here twice during our visit. On second visit I sent my meal (bolognese) back as poor standard and taste. This was not charged for and no disagreements over it. We found the food overall average to good apart from that. Worth a try

Just gorgeous. Great service, so friendly and helpful. The most incredible food. So fresh, so tasty. We had tomato pizza (not on the menu but it was delish). From the menu, lobster and prawn ravioli from the special menu filetto stroganoff oh my. Just gorgeous . Dreaming of when I can go again..... just a shame they're off the usual footfall. Just go, you won't be disappointed. Enjoy. View menu

This is our go to restaurant if we are eating in York. We have eaten here over the last several years and never had anything other than excellent food. I was a lone diner today but my seafood risotto was such a generous portion I would have shared it with my husband if he had been there; it was packed full of seafood, beautifully seasoned and well cooked. I only took one photo which wasn’t really for this review but I’ll share it anyway.

Hard to express just how poor service was. We left after starters and weren't even asked why. Only one other table in there and when they left we were the only table they had, but we just waited and waited while FOH staff stood looking bored behind the bar. Had to ask them to come take an order. Shame as caprese salad was amazing, but we got bored of waiting for them to take a mains order and told them we weren't planning on staying. They pretty much shrugged and we left. Was a birthday meal too so not a great experience. We went to Lucia's instead and it was amazing.

Tricky to rate our visit here as service wise, we found it really quite good; the staff were quick to take our order and clear tables and, my subsequent complaint was dealt with openly. The food, however, was not so good. I ordered a seafood risotto and whilst it was literally jam packed full of seafood, it had very little taste. My friend ordered lobster ravioli which had too much too runny a sauce for the amount of pasta in the dish. Disappointing all round. Both meals were very underwhelming but made worse by my find of a suspicious creature in the bottom of my risotto. It looked like a larve of some kind and was not pleasant. However, I’m not particularly squeamish so I reported it and w... View menu

We visited for a dinner reservation for 10 people 6 adults and 4 children, 3 of whom were under 10. The restaurant is directly opposite Clifford’s Tower just a few minutes walk from some of the busier streets and area of York. Staff were friendly and welcoming and there was a nice atmosphere the restaurant was busy but not bustling or noisy. There was no children’s menu but when we were enquired we were told the restaurant would do 1/2 portions of anything on the menu for them. We didn’t have starters so straight to mains the lamb and mushroom kebabs were excellent, as were the fish dishes the fish was beautifully cooked. The children had half portions of spaghetti bolognese and lasagne whic...

On arrival in York, we instantly looked for somewhere to book for the evening. On entering the restaurant no-one came out to see us, I found someone by shouting through the staff door, he said he 'd be with us. We waited another 10 minutes still he didn 't come out? Meanwhile another two couples came to book but they said we 're not waiting! We then gave up left. There was a tray of used coffee cups on the bar, on a tray with cash? Obviously there was noone to take payment either? Later on in the evening (not knowing where we were going to eat, we passed the olive tree once again, this time two gentlemen were in the bar area, I booked our table for 7:30, reserved a nice table in the corner l...

As a couple of senior citizens in our 80’s, we visited this restaurant for an early evening meal on the 7th Sept. We found the ambience and initial reception from the two front of house staff very good, and our two course meal was of a high standard, congratulations to the kitchen staff. The Set Menu as advertised on the web site, and which had attracted us to this restaurant was not available but still present on the web site, and so we had to choose from the main menu which was more expensive. Whilst eating our meal, the two tables either side of us were filled, and served accordingly. We finished our meal before them, and sat waiting for our plates to be cleared. One of the other tables f... View menu