There is over 100 martinis to choose from and some of the best chef prepared food. The new Stuffed Olive is full of soft leather seating in a modern, luxurious, yet minimalistic atmosphere. We often hear from our guests that the Stuffed Olive is their favorite place. We think it just might be yours too. From the incredible food to perfectly selected background music and lighting, we think you’ll find Olive to be a very sexy and sophisticated atmosphere to socialize and make yourself at home with your favorite martini.
Tanya
I’ve been coming here for a while now, and while the drinks are usually great, they tend to take a long time. Last night, though, was honestly too much.
My group of about 10 walked in, and right away one of the staff members pointed out how large our group was and how the area meant for bigger parties was “already taken” by four people. (Just curious why they are allowing a group of 4 to take up a space that’s meant for bigger parties?) She told us there wasn’t really anywhere for us to sit unless we pushed tables together ourselves which we were fine with, so we did it.
She then came back with a stack of empty cups and let us know there was only one bartender working, and our drinks would take 30 minutes to an hour because other people already had drinks ahead of us and we haven’t even ordered yet ourselves. The way it was communicated just made us feel like our business wasn’t wanted at all.
It was disappointing, especially because we brought newcomers with us to celebrate a friend’s birthday and had hyped this place up. If I were the owner, I’d be frustrated knowing 10 customers walked out especially over something that could’ve been handled better. We ended up going to another bar down the street that was recommended to us by one of the workers there.
We’re actually heading back tonight for another friend’s birthday, so I’ll update this review after that experience.
Edit: The next visit went great our server was on top of it and so upbeat. Loved the red floral cardigan by the way!
Edit: I did raise my rating due to how well everything went the next visit and for how the issue was rememdied by management.
… moreDenyse Nizam
Very classy vibe with amazing martinis and great food! The Crab Rangoon Flatbread, Artichoke Dip, Steak Skewers were all to die for… and trying something new? The fried blue cheese stuffed olives are something else!! So good… plus I loved my birthday martini! So cute and delish!
… moreTabitha
ali and adam were actually amazing ! great service, helped my friend and i with some great recommendations. best service we’ve had in awhile! i had the bloody mary martini with the cream cheese stuffed olives and he had the tiramisu martini.
… morePaige Koroll
I wanted to give this place a 5/5 for how fun their cocktail list is and everything, but I was just disappointed. We came into the bar around 10:30pm, we were told where to sit by the bouncer. The table was dirty and sticky, not to mention filled with dirty glasses and plates. We waited around 30 minutes, until I felt the need to tell a staff member we were waiting to be served. Even then, we were left to clear the table of the dirty cups and plates, even though they weren’t ours. Brought them up to the bar ourselves. Took 20-30 minutes more for our drinks to come out. Cocktails and food were good, but just that overall starting experience ruined it. I believe this place can be great, just some tweaks need to be made.
… moreHannah Kolt
Bought two martinis, crab rangoons and calamari. The drinks were great and the apps were as well and came with SO much dipping sauce (which I loved). Will come here again!!!
… moreGavin Ver Velde
The food and drinks here are amazing to begin with but the service was even better! The skewers and flatbreads are to die for as well as the hangover burger during brunch. This place easily gets a 10 from me!
… moreSylvain Francois
Disappointed after the reviews. Food was just okay, forget everything about Spanish tapas, just some fusion food without much personality. Not impressed by the cocktails either, on the sweet side for the 3 we tried out. We were the only table on a Sunday at 8pm, so we can’t judge the atmosphere. And we have experienced more attentive service.
… moreRachel Ives
The martinis were all enjoyable and would potentially make me try this place again. However, the service could be very very much improved. It took over 30 minutes to get our food order in and we tried to get our server’s attention many times and couldn’t. We overheard her saying she was covering 15 tables!!! This is way too much, and I really felt for her. But at the same time, I’m not sure the hustle was really there. We wanted another round of drinks and never got to put them in because after our food was dropped off, she never came back to us. So it seems like a lot of missed opportunity. Also, while the martinis were good, the Halloween themed one that we ordered didn’t have promised garnish and we were dissapointed in that because that was part of the fun of ordering it. The food is also average. The sweet potato fries and hummus were pretty good, but the flatbreads were dry. Recommend adding more suace to them for more flavor
… moreJakeKaminskisRacing
My wife loves olives and specialty martinis. While we were staying in Madison for our wedding anniversary, we stopped in. The selection of specialty martinis was awesome. The food was delicious as well. We ordered the olive platter, deep fried olives, calamari, as well as the sesame crusted tuna. All are great choices!
The service was also exceptional! The bartender made us a special chocolate martini to celebrate our anniversary.
… moreRutta Droege
10 out of 10 easily! There’s a martini for EVERYONE including a good selections of NA Martini as well! We got a few apps and tried a bunch of their martinis and all is recommend, you really can’t go wrong!
Also our server – Sophie I believe (sorry!) She was wonderful with our large group! Thanks for dealing with us! 🙂
We’ll be back!
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