Olives Branch Express
5365 K Alton Pkwy, Irvine
(949) 679-4222
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I ordered the Beirut, which is a chicken and beef shwarma, hummus with tabbouleh and rice. The portions were decent, and the food was great. Not too salty, and spices were just right. My family member ordered chicken shwarma with grilled vegetables with no rice, beet salad, greek salad, and hummus. She especially enjoys this establishment because she can plan around her diet.
This is our second time visiting this establishment. The only problem I had was that an employee of the restaurant provided my family member salad container as a regular food container to go. Can you imagine trying to place a meal in a small container. It was just frustrating. My recommendation is always to order your meal to go. You can always eat the meal outside the establishment where the tables are located.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
The food is legit Lebanese and fast casual and fair price especially for fresh made from scratch! Go and taste!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Visited this Mediterranean restaurant on a Saturday afternoon with a few friends for lunch. The place itself was decent with a fair amount of seating both inside and outside. We were greeted by a very enthusiastic staff member behind the counter who was eager—maybe a little too eager—to walk us through the menu. It was a hot afternoon, and the inside felt stuffy with no AC. Sitting outside probably would’ve been the better choice since it felt cooler out there.
Since we were a group of four, we went with the family platter tray, choosing chicken shawarma and chicken kabob. I was a bit surprised that the shawarma wasn’t cooked on a classic rotisserie—it was marinated and grilled instead. I don’t mind as long as it’s flavorful, but in this case, the meat was just okay and really needed the sauce to bring it to life. The tray came with rice, a tray of salad, pita, and hummus. The meat quantity felt underwhelming for the price, and the salad was soggy. On the bright side, the garlic dip and hummus were quite good. For the price of a family platter, you’d expect maybe a small dessert or something extra—but no luck.
Overall, this place was okay, but I’ve definitely had better Mediterranean food elsewhere.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
I was not happy with the presentation of my catering order. I ordered a large tray of the braised lamb but due to them not having the “large” tray on hand it was split into two small trays on top of that the meat was not visible as the chef said he shredded it extra small because the trays were too small to fit the big chunks. I was embarassed to present this at my event. I will give the credit that it did taste good. I will post what I was given and what I was told it would look like. Not sure if I would trust another catering order from here
Food: 2
Service: 2
While here the cook dropped his knife on the floor. It was brought to the attention of the person taking orders. She went to the kitchen to talk to him. When confronted he seemed annoyed, but went back to the kitchen grabbed the dirty knife and continued prepping the now contaminated food. If he is too lazy to grab a clean knife imagine what other health violations they are making.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I'm an Uber eats driver. While I was waiting for my delivery order, I personally saw the worker prepping onions drop his knife. He picked it up look up and didn't even wipe it off before he continued cutting the onions. I told the woman at the counter. She spoke to him in Spanish and continued to prep the rest of the food with the same dirty knife. I've never eaten her and it honestly smells great. But I wanted to vomit after seeing this. Please be careful where you eat. This was disgusting! 🫣
Ordered the chicken shwarma wrap on uber eats. This was the saddest, most empty wrap I've ever had.
Food: 1
The chicken shawarma wrap for $13 was great. The lentil soup was “meh,” but a lot of the other food coming out looked fantastic. I gave this place five stars because if we were friends I would tell you to try it. I will definitely come back and eat here again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Shawarma Wrap
Machallah, the wonderful taste of the East
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
I normally don't leave reviews but man oh man this was awful the falafel was burnt and no seasoning. We also found a hair in the wrap. The staff was so rude for no reason . I was standing waiting for the order and the man was( your order was not ready) . Wait away. The worst experience ever.
Food: 1
Service: 1
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I normally avoid posting negative reviews… food made me sick, bad tasting garlic, and undercooked pastry. Overall very poor atmosphere created by the staff. I will not go back here.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Our experience here was not bad, but not good either.
I would say walking in we were greeted pretty quickly and had the menu explained to us when we asked, but it seemed that the cashier had an 'over it' vibe- not a super welcoming feeling.
The food itself was tasty even without the extra sauce, however the portions seemed very small for the price at 15$ each even considering the extra meat. We got the beef and chicken shawarma and left pretty hungry still.
Plenty of outdoor seating and the store was very clean.
We'd probably still come back because the food was indeed tasty, but we'd probably hope for larger portions. Either that order a recommendation would be to reduce the plate size to make the food look larger?? Especially if we aren't getting the combo, I think the plate makes the food look small.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 3
May be false advertising from GrubHub but this simple greek salad was a huge disappointment.
Food: 1
Good and service was very good and delicious
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It was pretty and clean, food was expensive and not that good. Wouldnt do it again
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
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