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Address: 44 W Third St, Dayton, OH 45402
Phone: (937) 221-8399
Website: http://www.olivedayton.com/
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The Vegetarian Mix is a combination of hummus, baba ganouj, grape leaves, and Greek salad with falafel. I could eat my weight in Hummus!! Garbanzo beans mixed with tahini, lemon juice, fresh garlic, and then topped with cayenne pepper, parsley, and olive oil. Oh my!! I’ve had many Baba Ganouj appetizers, but this one is my favorite! It has chunky fire-roasted eggplant with tahini, garlic and lemon juice. Irresistibly delicious! The Grape Leaves are stuffed with a mixture of rice, tomatoes, fresh dill, mint, and lemon. It is savory with a hint of tartness from the grape leaves and lemon. Greek Salad is so fresh, crunchy, and simple. It consists of juicy tomatoes, baby cucumber slices, fresh romaine lettuce, kalamata olives and a pepperoncini pepper, and it’s topped with a homemade vinaigrette dressing. Oh, and the Deep-Fried Falafel tastes aHHmazing! I give this platter 10 stars!!
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The photo is from their menu, but mine looked just like this when I finished putting sauce on.
If your in the downtown Dayton area i highly recommend giving them a try.
Now, from some of the pictures of the outside on Yelp, it looks like this is a standalone business with a private parking lot. That might have been the case at one time, but either the business moved or it has a second location that’s freestanding and the pics are in the wrong spot, as that’s not the case now. This Olive is very much in the downtown-ish area, carved into the ground floor of a much larger building.
As such, parking may be a bit more challenging since there doesn’t appear to be a private lot. That said, we had no trouble finding a spot on the street within a block or two. Parking was paid for with the Passport app, and it was reasonable. Of course, it might be harder during nicer weather — not a lot of people out on a rainy evening!
We walked in to find the restaurant fairly spacious but almost deserted — only two other people waiting for to-go orders. Kind of odd for a Friday night, but again…weather. The decorations are kind of sparse but the place, including the bathroom, was clean.
We ordered our meal at the counter and sat down to wait. Husband got a gyro and fries, and I got the Shish tawook platter, which came with grilled chicken, a salad, rice, and pita. We also got an order of the Greek potatoes to try out as an appetizer. Service was a little gruff at checkout but gave us a genuine, kind-hearted thank you as we left, so I guess they just had to warm up to us, lol.
The potatoes came out first and were my favorite part of the meal! They were clearly cooked fresh. I’m honestly not sure what’s Greek about them as they kinda reminded me of hash browns (the cubed, hash kind) with a little squeeze of lemon and maybe some herbs on top…but if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! They were piping hot and very crispy.
Husband and I enjoyed our meals, too. His gyro was very large and almost over-stuffed with gyro meat. The fries were medium-cut but tasted like McDonald’s fries somehow…not complaining. My Shish tawook was very juicy and flavorful. I’ve had better rice and pita but these were both quite serviceable and I enjoyed a fairly healthy-feeling meal.
Honestly, my true rating is maybe more in-line with a 3.5…but I don’t have any super severe criticisms and we had a quite pleasant time overall, so I’ll just round up to a 4.
Seems like they do a lot of carryout / delivery business. I’d recommend this spot for a decently healthy, very fresh Mediterranean bite if you’re in the area.