Experts' Choice Award The Black Olive
What the experts agree on
The Black Olive's standout is impossibly fresh seafood prepared simply in Greek style, with tableside filleting and standout dishes like grilled octopus and kakavia. Pricey but worth it; affordable meze options help offset costs.
““Swimmingly fresh” fish is whisked from the ice display to be “prepared simply and beautifully” in the “delectable Greek style” before being filleted tableside.”
– Zagat
BlackBook "Greek starter standards such as Tzatziki, Hummus, and Grilled Sardines in Grape Leaves. Masterfully complimenting the if-it-were-any-fresher-we'd-be-underwater-seafood."
Rough Guide "Expensive but succulent Mediterranean restaurant that has affordable meze (small plates) like grilled octopus salad and calamari, as well as pricier entrees like rack of lamb, crab cake platters and lobster tail."
Fodor's "The Black Olive specializes in impeccably fresh seafood." Full review
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For an appetizer be sure to try the calamari, stuffed with feta and manouri cheeses.
Frommer's "Jumbo shrimp and scallops grilled to perfection, an array of whole fresh fish cooked to your liking, lobster, mussels, and fish swimming in a rich Greek broth called kakavia, as well as creamy baklava ice cream made on the premises, are among the unforgettable dishes served up here by an amiable wait staff" Full review
