Reviews of Black Olive - Yarm (164)
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The parmo's where amazing as usual! myself and my husband love the food from here :)
Absolutely lovely everytime we go the staff are very friendly too!
A disappointing meal and slow service. My spaghetti bolognese was cold, needed to send it back. Asked for some Parmesan- didn’t have any. Gave me cheddar instead. Pizza had way too much cheese on. Batter on fish anaemic. One of the party asked for a second drink- didn’t arrive. Asked for a cappuccino- told ‘sorry, we’ve only got instant coffee’. Never been to a poor restaurant in Yarm before. Won’t be returning.
Easy booking via quandoo, pleasant staff, but food took an age to arrive! It wasn't a problem as we were catching up with relatives from Australia so were busy talking. Good food, not fantastic, but nicely presented and good value for money. Lovely decor and atmosphere. Would definitely visit again
Very slow service but nice cocktails. An hour and a half later and we still haven’t eaten!
Our team visited and reported that although the food was fine, the service was slow considering there was only two tables of people. Despite being a primarily Italian restaurant, the menu was varied and one person was particularly happy to see Fish & Chips as an option. We would visit again, but would like to see quicker service.
Very pleasant staff and food was delicious at a great price
Our favourite place to go for a family night out, the food is amazing and the staff are so friendly
The parmo was amazing and the waiters were very attentive!
Been here a few times in the past couple of weeks ...and enjoyed every time...food is fantastic...and staff are really nice. Going to work my way through the menu ..
Nice meal and drinks sound book again cocktails were lovely
Good food, excellent waiter service. Our first visit.... am sure we will be back. Had a parmo and chips and would def recommend it.
Good atmosphere on a Tuesday for the quiz , good prices
Went for Mother's Day having never been before. Not busy. Lots of staff but service was terrible. Men's toilets out of order so they shared with women. Okay until a waitress locked herself in the ladies one for 30 minutes crying. No cutlery provided initially. Bread given with butter but no plates etc. Meals were pre-ordered but wrong starters can't put, then two of our party had ordered soup, one for a bucket sized bowl of soup, the other a tiny bowl with hardly any soup. Sunday lunch then came out. Meat d very dry. Heavy was brought over then we sat for 10 minutes waiting for veg. When it never came we asked and we're brought one small bowl between 8 people. We then asked for another one. All in all a disaster but if we hadn't laughed about it, it would have spoilt the treat for our mums. Certainly will not be going back. Very disappointed
Relaxing surroundings and delicious food - menu was limited but varied.
Waited an hour no sign of food . Walked out
Awful was no dough therefore no pizzas were available or garlic bread was no halloumi As a vegetarian this left little options I ended up with a beetroot and goats cheese salad the cheese was not goats cheese was mozzarella no dressing on the salad bland and naughtiest
Although the restaurant was very quiet, there was a nice atmosphere. Food was lovely & very reasonably priced. We had the set menu (3 course for £10.95) and portion sizes were more than ample. I didn’t like any of the desserts on the set menu, so I asked if it could be swapped & they did without any issues.
Very good value for money. Nice food and staff :)
Excellent service Great deals Had a really good laugh at the friends quiz
Brilliant quiz and great offers on food and drink great atmosphere
We enjoyed the food and drinks at Black Olive in Yarm. The only part we weren’t so keen on was the fact that we were seated in the small room to the side of the restaurant as we felt quite cut off and isolated.
Lovely experience at my first visit to Black Olive, the food was fantastic and the service was great.
Food very good , surrounding very pleasant . Service a little slow but probably due to new staff that will improve Staff very friendly and polite Well done
The service was quick, the staff were very polite and served us with a smile, reasonably priced. The cocktails are lovely from this place and the food was great too!
Dirty tables, over cooked main and I sent my pudding back as it was awful. Only had half the pudding menu available. Not a great experience and won’t be returning.
Food not great. Potatoes not fresh but could tell reheated. Veg was sat in a load of water. Garlic bread too doughy. Not much atmosphere
Nice restaurant but really poor service - waited 45 minutes for our food to arrive & it wasn't hot, so must've been sat in the kitchen for ages. I could have understood if the place was busy, but there were only 2 other tables occupied. Also the waitress didn't know what beers were available & she said she was new - I wouldn't recommend this restaurant based on my experience
I think it was ok but it was not all that different from the previous joint, same staff etc, will probably go back again though
Nice space, cocktail was lovely, food was nice but service was poor. Wine not cold, items unavailable , took time to get drinks and no real customer service. Given the prices and the way the website decribes the bar/restaurant I expected better. Wouldn't take a lot to correct the above but definitely needs sorting quickly.
Friendly and caring staff with a nice atmosphere and great decor
Delicious food and friendly staff, good night overall and we will be going back. Very tempting cocktails on offer too. Good location in middle of Yarm High St.
Awful. Food was cold, bland and overpriced. Half the food was missing! My pasta literally had no flavour, and for £16 for a bowl of pasta you'd expect a lot more. My friend's Monkfish came with all the vegetables missing. There are a lot of lovely places to eat on Yarm High Street. Don't go here.
Booked a table yet had to sit in the bar as they were full. Yet a table which the waitress said was booked for later than us and were also running late wasn’t available for us. These guests didn’t actually arrive until we were nearly finished our food. Food arrived within 10 minutes of it being ordered which for a fully booked restaurant seemed quick. 2 our of 3 meals weren’t very good. Drinks were nice, had two rounds of cocktails, waitress spilled a drink in the first round. Other than food being delivered to us really quick, the rest of the service was very slow. We had asked 3 separate people to take payment for us. On a whole, we were very disappointed.
WBlack Olive was lovely, really nice atmosphere. Staff were eager to please and very helpful. Restaurant is still finding its feet. Lighting is too bright , needs to be a bit more subtle. Nice evening though.
Lovely decor and great service. Food overpriced. Quiet for peak dining time on a Friday evening which may reflect this. There are better Italians in yarm
Excellent service from Nathan, and fantastic food. Relaxed atmosphere would not hesitate to recommend. Table of 5 all selected various steaks which where cooked to perfection. Excellent start to the evening.
Quiet Sunday night out. Food and service were just as excellent as last time 👍🏻
We went to Black Olive on Saturday night and were disappointed with the service. It was not very busy and we had to wait a long time for the food to be delivered. As it was the food wasn’t all brought out together which was not very good. I think the team of staff were very young and there didn’t seem to be anyone in charge. It is a shame as we only went there as we had gone for lunch on Christmas Eve and that was really good. We will just stick to our favourite restaurant Cena in future.
We should have been told there was an event/speaker/music on taking up most of the restaurant and they wanted to seat us at the back, beyond the event, on our own. Quickly resolved though and food was lovely. Staff are very friendly
We went on the opening weekend,, We were impressed good staff and lovely food!
Unfortunately the chicken Parmesan was burnt and tasted of the oil that it had been fried in. Which made me ill when I got home. The gin was nice however.
The service was great, the staff were really friendly. A little disappointed with the afternoon tea - there was only one vegetarian sandwich choice and the brownie was extremely dry. But the presentation was very nice.
Ambiance good, no loud drinking groups, which for Yarm is a positive. Food mediocre. Menu disappointing, Yarm needed something new, but it seems to be copying all the rest.
Overall disappointed, staff were very off hand with service ordered bread and olives for starter and told there was no olives available, side plates had to be asked for for starters.Generally felt staff were uninterested seated at a very small table for the 4 of us whereas a couple were seated in a large booth. Don’t think we will return
Staff very friendly .lovely stylish decor &'comfortable seats & great food would reccomend a visit somthing on the menue to suite fo al . Will deffinatly visit again
Food was okay and staff were pleasant but service was on the slow side considering it was 6.15pm and restaurant was not full at tvat time
Food was spectacular, service was exemplary got the mixed shellfish starter and the scallops and the half lobster was cooked to perfection!! Fantastic place to eat and drink
Great food great atmosphere. The staff were happy to make any of their cocktails into non alcoholic versions for my pregnant fiancee. We both found the staff friendly and accomodating. Will100% return soon.
Restaurant was quite cold and there was no atmosphere as very few diners. Staff were very helpful and polite. Food was ok but took a while to arrive.