Olivocarne - Menu

This was my first visit to this restaurant. The food was average and extremely overpriced and the drinks, even worse.....only to be insulted by a 15% service charge....I certainly won’t be going back, despite being a local......

Having been invited for lunch last Friday with a most amazing starter of Insalata Finoocchi and then my all time favourite Vitello Tonnato (equally as good as the Cipriani in Venice) I had to book for Saturday lunch. Briefly my guest and I could not fault the wonderful food, wine and service. Thank you will now save up for the next visit.

Friendly servers greet you and lead you into a very modern decorated two rooms. We started with a Malbec blend. My husband and I shared a salad of wafer thin zucchini tossed in an olive oil dressing. I relished my lamb rack in a sauce that made me want to like my fingers. My husband chose a pasta with crab sauce that he declared delicious. No room for dessert. View menu

We have been coming to OlivoCarne for years. Always outstanding food, delightful and attentive service and warm welcoming ambience. When we arrived they remembered our 12 year old daughter and greeted her by name!! As I read some of these reviews here, I wonder if they are talking about the same restaurant!! Mauro, the gracious and charming Sardinian proprietor is extremely proud of what he delivers to his customers at all his restaurants Highly recommend

We are locals to this area and visited many times in normal times and we feel strongly that we all need to support our local restaurants during this difficult time. We ordered takeaway and it was delicious!! Apart from not having someone to serve it to us,the meal was restaurant standard and SOooooo delicious. Not easy under delivery conditions but it was excellent!!We shared the entree of mozzarella and cured meat and then the baby chicken and grilled veal chop .. exceptional!!! And then indulged by sharing the semifreddo .. can’t wait for next time. Highly recommend and perfecto!! Grazie

We have visited twice recently for lunch (today) and supper (about a month ago). In both cases the service was excellent and attentive without being fussy. The maitre d' was very good. The menu is of course meat orientated but there are fish and pasta choices. My melon and Sardinian ham starter was perfection as was the prawn risotto. Steak and lamb choices of my guests were perfectly cooked. I am a big fan of their roast potatoes. Good choice of wine house wines very acceptable. Elizabeth Street is charming with flower displays and outdoor seating. Olivocarne has outdoor tables and is a great spot for lunch on a warm day. Highly recommend this restaurant. View menu

Despite a free table available in the heated area outside we were offered a table in the street which was not clean . We were told it is reserved but for the whole time we were there it remained empty . Also the waiter changed the tablecloth k kg when we complain . Gods order was taken after another ten min wait and then I was discouraged to order gluten free pasta was told it will take over half an hour . I felt they just did not want me to order the pasta as it just came in 15 min but that was the ONLY good thing in the service as it was undercooked . No one offered any cheese on top and we were left to keep looking out for someone to see us . Finally after another five min they came to pu...

We dined here after attending the theatre and were expecting great things. Unfortunately we were quite disappointed. The inside dining area is very dimly lit and, despite booking a table several weeks ago we were seated right next to a busy staff area where they cut up bread do the till. 2 out of 3 starters were good, the third being the Midollo (bone marrow) had only the tiniest bit of marrow to spread on 2 pieces of sourdough bread, despite there being 2 large pieces of bone on the plate. Then came the mains the papardelli with chicken liver was nice, but bits of liver scarce; the seafood risotto was tasteless the rice undercooked (I like a bit of 'bite ' in the rice, but this was way unde...

Popped into Olivocarne today for lunch and what a disappointment. Initially all was well ,Lovely breads and our starters Steak Tartar and Crab Linguine were excellent however the same couldn't be said for the main Course. We both ordered the ribeye steak with homemade chips (which definitely weren't) The steaks were covered in sea salt and were inedible so we sent them back .The second ones came out and we'd both ordered medium and they were rare to blue !!! My partner ate his as by then we were hungry but I just couldn't eat mine so it was returned .I wasn't asked if I'd like anything else so I just went hungry .. The desserts were OK, Chocolate fondant and ice cream didn't really hit the s... View menu