Oliveto - Rhodes

Requirements for lunch were a place with a waterview.

My partner and i decided to have his birthday dinner in this restaurant last September 6.

Very large restaurant set in a park - but surprisingly, not too noisy. Many large restaurants are so noisy that you can't talk to your companions, but not so here. Very good menu using fresh seafood, Italian dishes a specialty, steaks etc. Something to please most people. Good service even though extremely busy the day we were there (Sunday). My only criticism is that there aren't many wines available by the glass so we had to order a bottle. Also the rest rooms were very untidy, probably due to the large number of children in the restaurant at a party. Would definitely recommend this restaurant. In the Summer it would be lovely sitting outside looking at the water.

We held a birthday celebration for our son and in attendance were 22 Adults and 3 Children. Over a 3 month period I exchanged a number of emails with Lisa at Olivetos and found her to be an excellent coordinator, all emails were promptly responded to and flexibility was shown with variations requested. On the day the long table was well laid out and being adjacent to the river the views were stunning. No issues with e food which was both excellent in quality and quantity, service was good, non invasive and rarely needing any intervention despite the restaurant being full with several other functions on at the same time. In summary Olivetos offers an excellent venue for a function, the floor to ceiling windows offer a bright and inviting environment and coupled with good food, service and in our case an excellent drinks package it would be hard to beat.

Shocking food but great service. My seafood was over cooked to death and still charged at $42 for 2 prawns, 2 octopus legs, 2 scallops and a little piece of fish. My husband had the pasta with crab meat and the pasta was over cooked to the point where it was a groggy mount. The zucchini flowers were battered to death and fried for too long. We paid $300 and wish we hadn't.Henry is the nicest waiter ever and he was extremely good at his job. Services was to the point but will not go back there for a long time.