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L'Olivier offers guests authentic French dishes as well as a wine list, consisting of Californian and French vintages. The private dining rooms offer banquet facilities for business groups, as well as social events, such as weddings, birthdays, and rehearsal dinners. The kitchen offers a menu borrowed from French country style recipes that are classical yet light in calories. Superbly rich desserts include a delectable souffle and signature creme brulee.
With no banquet rental fees, this brightly outfitted traditional French restaurant draws corporate events and other celebratory gatherings. Though dotted with antiques and chandeliers, the main dining room is...
citysearch.com - expert review - 08/05/2006
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2 of 5 stars.
went here for a large party last friday (we rented out the whole restaurant) and our meals were already ordered for us. i had a pork pate appetizer, sea bass with fennel sauce and creme brulee as…
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2008
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What can I say. I've been to L'Olivier several times and have yet to be disappointed. The food is always terrific, the staff attentive and the wine list won't break the bank. I really like the roasted lamb and...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/25/2008
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I was here with a group of about 30 people. We were celebrating Easter and we had to be there around 6:30am. The service was INCREDIBLE. The food was exquist and we were all pleased with what we ordered. We...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/24/2008
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I was at this restaurant with large party of 30 people celebrating birthday. The food was better then ever, fresh and wonderful as always! Every time we go here I am surprised with new twists to favorite...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/21/2008
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I was surprised reading the latest review posted on 3/10/08. I was at this restaurant the same day on March 9 with 35 more people celebrating our friend's birthday. The food was fresh and wonderful as always!...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/19/2008
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I was attended the b-day party on 3/9 and it was a disaster. The plates were very old, scratchy and looked not clean, the service was very bad. We asked for coffee in the middle of the party but never got it...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/10/2008
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2 of 5 stars.
this place was not worth the money. our dinner for two was 2.5 hours long and the food was a 2/5. especially for the $$$. best part of the dinner was the chocolate mousse cake and it was just average.…
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2008
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4 of 5 stars.
I came here for a work lunch, so with our large group, we were given a private room, and a special group menu. The restaurant is very charming. Very much old style French. Lots of floral…
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2008
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4 of 5 stars.
i don't know how this place is now, but back in the day when i went here with my family it was pretty darn good. i got the filet mignon i think and it was delicious everytime i got it. the desserts…
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2008
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1 of 5 stars.
If there was a choice to not give this restaurant any stars, I would. The experience started off with a bad note when our waiter didn't show up for 15mins and neither were we given any menus. I waved…
yelp.com - user review - 12/21/2007
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2 of 5 stars.
The best thing about L'Olivier is that you can get a prix fixe, three-course French dinner for only $31.50. The worst thing about L'Olivier is that your prix fixe, three course French dinner tastes…
yelp.com - user review - 12/08/2007
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3 of 5 stars.
I felt a bit bad for paying so little for full service meal. I was walking by, just thinking to myself that I should try to go to three new lunch places a week at least and the $7.77 lunch special…
yelp.com - user review - 11/21/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
My husband and I came here for dinner a couple of times, not so much by design but just because we happened to be near the FiDi at dinnertime and decided to have a nice meal. The food was pretty…
yelp.com - user review - 11/21/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
I came here on a Friday evening and noticed there was an almost empty room with only two other tables occupied. Oh well, that was fine for me since we wanted our own privacy anyways. The food turned…
yelp.com - user review - 11/20/2007
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3 of 5 stars.
Decor was OK at first glance. But then the fake plants and empty band set in the corner starts to bother me. As for the food - got the filet mignon - extremely tender. So it was nice, but I was…
yelp.com - user review - 09/18/2007
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5 of 5 stars.
I come to a restaurant for food, not to look at the wall color ( although it is extremely yellow, but it didn't spoil my appetite). The food was amazing, and I am hard to please. Mmmmm.... excellent…
yelp.com - user review - 08/14/2007
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5 of 5 stars.
I go to this place pretty often with my friends and family for the past couple years. A little bit over a year ago they renovated the place adding some modernity to the place but yet leaving the…
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2007
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3 of 5 stars.
My mom and her lady friends decided to lunch and invited me along for the ride. I'm always down for a good free lunch! When I first walked in I notice the antiquey flowerly type of decorations, and…
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2007
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Just wanted to say that L'Olivier made our office retirement luncheon very special. Everyone was extremely pleased with the casual elegance of the restaurant. Usually these types of affairs have only mediocre...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/14/2007
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4 of 5 stars.
I do agree, this place reminds me of a retirement home. Food is pretty good. We both had bisques, one lobster and the other was a butternut squash. Both very flavorful! Dinner was sweetbreads, seemed…
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2006
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1 of 5 stars.
French food in the sense that I envision French people in a retirement home would eat. My entree, a flank steak w/shallot sauce was mediocre and the side of steamed vegetables was cold. This was the…
yelp.com - user review - 12/12/2006
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Have been here a few times within the last year and I liked everything about this place. It's beautifully decorated (although I would probably choose a different color for the walls, but it's just a personal...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/04/2006
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Moved to the neigborhood about 2 years ago and while walking one day found this great place about a year ago. Since then I've been going there quite often, recommended it for birthday celebration to several...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/14/2006
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Haven't visited this place in a while. Coincidentally wondered in on a Thursday night and were pleasantly surprised to see the restaurant renovated and to hear a live jazz band. The food was excellent as usual...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/09/2006
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4 of 5 stars.
I read the other review it's a shame the place has fallen to crap. I understand the original owners sold the place to the current ones. I'm basing my review on the original owners. I used to go to…
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2006
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Management has changed. I recommended this restaurant for a rehearsal dinner not knowing of the change. It took an hour to be served bread. One waiter for 22 persons while the new owner conversed rather than...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/23/2005
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We ordered from the Prix Fixe menu and it was really good. The Duck Confit appetizer was large enough for an entire meal, and it tasted great. The salmon over Tarragon was an excellent combination and the...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/03/2005
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I was ready to excuse ambiance that reminded me of my grandma's living room from the 80's, hoping that the food would be as terrific as everyone here mentioned. It wasn't. Although the polenta appetizer was...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/24/2005
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LOlivier is the best hidden gem in San Francisco! The location is great, between Embarcadero Plaza and Sydney G Walton square. Its a nice, quite and romantic area to take a walk after lovely dinner at...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/16/2005
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Unbelieveable service - only surpassed by the bill - 3 people for less than $50 each! With a bottle of wine, 2 beers, 3 and 4 course meals. Wow. The food was very, very good. Could use a cheese menu, though...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/18/2003
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Great brie in filo on greens. Service exceptional, food very good and solid. Not too heavy for traditional French, but friend and self were only people dining on Thursday evening under age of 55. Decor also...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/23/2003
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Ask many San Franciscans where Sidney Walton Park is and you'll be greeted with a blank expression. But go west from Embarcadero Center, east from Jackson Square and north from the Customs House and you'll...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/05/2003
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The main dining room, decorated with French antiques, exudes quiet, inviting grace and opens onto a large greenhouse filled with plants and fresh flowers. This airy room's elegantly casual ambience is the...
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tres magnifique!
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l'olivier does a large business with the residents from the high-rise apartments above, who tend to be older and a bit conservative...
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this popular place for business lunches becomes a romantic dining spot by night. the main dining room sets the mood: dark-wood antiques, dramatic chandeliers, oil paintings of the french countryside and white...
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i stayed in the lenox hotel where the sam adams is located. i went there the first night and had a drink. ok service and atmosphere. the second night i went to have dinner...
cityguide.aol.com - user review
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this charming downtown restaurant occupies an airy, open space and is adorned with fresh flowers, linen-draped tables, and rush-seated chairs. traditional french fare is the specialty, and affordable prices...
10best.com - user review
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best french food in town...
restaurantrow.com - user review
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this dignified restaurant scores top marks from critics and guests. it is owned and run by two french brothers who strive to maintain both classic elegance and reasonable prices for prix fixe meals (around $40...
wcities.com - user review
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this attractive, old-fashioned restaurant features traditional french food at reasonable prices. good desserts...
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