We took a friend out to dinner at Oleana last night for her birthday and it was one of the best meals we’ve had. We loved being able to share and sample so many dishes, and each one was a masterful balancing of herbs, spices and flavors. The service was also top-notch. We can’t wait to return! It’s no surprise that it’s hard to get a reservation.
William Dickinson
Buzzing restaurant with exceptional food and service. Lived up to the hype and well worth a visit!
It’s a great restaurant. The food is good. The wines are too expensive.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Whipped Feta
Robert Anderson
This nearly hidden restaurant provided the best meals we have had, perhaps ever! Wow! We arrived without reservations and were seated at the bar. Aryssa, our charming bar tender walked us thru the menu and poured samples to bring us to dry white wines. The Muskaget Bronco, rocked our palette. Small to medium plates, innovative yet genuine presentation. Fried mussels. With ephemeral breading and sparky peppers, the lamb moussaka and Sultans Delight, a braised boneless rib on pureed egg plant with a tamarind glaze. Highest recommendation!
I love Oleana's food. I have eaten there multiple times. Last night the meal took too long and the small plates came out one at a time and 15 min apart. Main courses were not served at same time despite being small portions. Disappointing. No one acknowledged the lapse in service and abominable timing of the 14 dishes. Very disappointing.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Olivia Ebertz
Excellent food that satisfied the very varied food preferences of our whole party. Beautiful back garden.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joy Atwood
Consistently excellent food, service and wine. Highly recommend
Food portions are ridiculously small, and expensive for what they are. Same thing with the drinks. Disappointing, really don’t understand the high ratings. Atmosphere is good, perhaps the only positive thing.
amy
We had an amazing experience at Oleana but not without some critics. We did a bit of research beforehand and knew what we were ordering when we walked in. Before we were seated our server yelled something at another staff member and slammed metal plates down and then walked by us and slammed menus down at the hostesses table. The kitchen brings out dishes as they are made. The order our plates were delivered was great until the end when our final plate was delivered which was smashed potatoes about 15 min after everything else. Kind of an odd dish to end with and we definitely would have enjoyed it more if it had been delivered with our protein. We definitely recommend getting the fatteh, topik, and sultans delight. These were our top bites! We ordered sparkling water and our server told us it was out of a filtration system and came in a carafe but it was $10? This seems high for not being served in a bottle. Also a complaint was that beers started in the $12 range which is definitely high. We also didn’t love the 6% added kitchen fee, I feel the restaurant should just pay their employees fair wages instead of expecting customers to tip 20% + an additional 6%. Regardless of all the negatives it still gets a 5/5 from me. The outside area is super cute and comfortable at night. Getting to sit out there was a pleasant surprise. Definitely try this spot if you’re in the area!
I think Oleana is overrated. Yes! The ambience is great. It is fancy and booked for several weeks in advance and the portions are tiny as expected from a place lime this. We ordered 7-8 dishes for dinner and honestly none of them were that great to crave going back there. I believe Oleana is an experience worth doing once and that’s it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spinach Falafel
Sheridan Grant
Oleana was great, interesting dishes and excellent drinks. Unfortunately, the owner has decided to add a 6% "kitchen and admin" surcharge to the bill, which is unethical. I'll happily update this to a 5 star review if I learn that they've gotten rid of the sneaky surcharge!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Yann Echelard
One of best loved restaurant in the Boston area. I’ve been there 5 times, the food has been consistently amazing. Modern riffs on Turkish and Mediterranean dishes - you order small plates, a bit like tapas. Everything we’ve had has been both surprising and delicious… also many vegetarian options. Btw the dessert menu is wonderful - but probably one dessert for 2 people should be approach ? The wine list is extensive and focuses on good values - overall a wonderful experience at a very good price point. Very good idea to make a reservation and sitting outside is most comfortable, as the affordability means that the restaurant is a bit cramped.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Rashmi Patil
Delicious appetisers, loved topik with the humus and potato flavours. Really enjoyed the crowd favourite baked Alaska and fatteh too. The large plate lemon chicken is definitely a lot even for two people. Next time I will be ordering a number of meze plates rather than a large plate. Tasty Mediterranean food in the area
This place is awesome!! One of my friends took me to this restaurant and I was blown away by the vegetarian options they had. Scrumptious and the ambience is super nice ! All the servers were great and special mention to Cristian !
We took a friend out to dinner at Oleana last night for her birthday and it was one of the best meals we’ve had. We loved being able to share and sample so many dishes, and each one was a masterful balancing of herbs, spices and flavors. The service was also top-notch. We can’t wait to return! It’s no surprise that it’s hard to get a reservation.
Buzzing restaurant with exceptional food and service. Lived up to the hype and well worth a visit!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Baked Alaska, Sultan's Delight, Fatteh
It’s a great restaurant. The food is good. The wines are too expensive.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Whipped Feta
This nearly hidden restaurant provided the best meals we have had, perhaps ever! Wow! We arrived without reservations and were seated at the bar. Aryssa, our charming bar tender walked us thru the menu and poured samples to bring us to dry white wines. The Muskaget Bronco, rocked our palette. Small
to medium plates, innovative yet genuine presentation. Fried mussels. With ephemeral breading and sparky peppers, the lamb moussaka and Sultans Delight, a braised boneless rib on pureed egg plant with a tamarind glaze. Highest recommendation!
Great food and unbelievable service
Food: 5
Recommended dishes: Baked Alaska, Sultan's Delight, Lemon Chicken, Fatteh, Spinach Falafel
I love Oleana's food. I have eaten there multiple times. Last night the meal took too long and the small plates came out one at a time and 15 min apart. Main courses were not served at same time despite being small portions. Disappointing. No one acknowledged the lapse in service and abominable timing of the 14 dishes. Very disappointing.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Excellent food that satisfied the very varied food preferences of our whole party. Beautiful back garden.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Consistently excellent food, service and wine. Highly recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sultan's Delight, Fatteh, Topik
Food portions are ridiculously small, and expensive for what they are. Same thing with the drinks. Disappointing, really don’t understand the high ratings. Atmosphere is good, perhaps the only positive thing.
We had an amazing experience at Oleana but not without some critics. We did a bit of research beforehand and knew what we were ordering when we walked in. Before we were seated our server yelled something at another staff member and slammed metal plates down and then walked by us and slammed menus down at the hostesses table. The kitchen brings out dishes as they are made. The order our plates were delivered was great until the end when our final plate was delivered which was smashed potatoes about 15 min after everything else. Kind of an odd dish to end with and we definitely would have enjoyed it more if it had been delivered with our protein. We definitely recommend getting the fatteh, topik, and sultans delight. These were our top bites! We ordered sparkling water and our server told us it was out of a filtration system and came in a carafe but it was $10? This seems high for not being served in a bottle. Also a complaint was that beers started in the $12 range which is definitely high. We also didn’t love the 6% added kitchen fee, I feel the restaurant should just pay their employees fair wages instead of expecting customers to tip 20% + an additional 6%. Regardless of all the negatives it still gets a 5/5 from me. The outside area is super cute and comfortable at night. Getting to sit out there was a pleasant surprise. Definitely try this spot if you’re in the area!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Sultan's Delight, Fatteh, Topik
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I think Oleana is overrated. Yes! The ambience is great. It is fancy and booked for several weeks in advance and the portions are tiny as expected from a place lime this. We ordered 7-8 dishes for dinner and honestly none of them were that great to crave going back there. I believe Oleana is an experience worth doing once and that’s it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spinach Falafel
Oleana was great, interesting dishes and excellent drinks. Unfortunately, the owner has decided to add a 6% "kitchen and admin" surcharge to the bill, which is unethical. I'll happily update this to a 5 star review if I learn that they've gotten rid of the sneaky surcharge!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of best loved restaurant in the Boston area. I’ve been there 5 times, the food has been consistently amazing. Modern riffs on Turkish and Mediterranean dishes - you order small plates, a bit like tapas. Everything we’ve had has been both surprising and delicious… also many vegetarian options. Btw the dessert menu is wonderful - but probably one dessert for 2 people should be approach ?
The wine list is extensive and focuses on good values - overall a wonderful experience at a very good price point. Very good idea to make a reservation and sitting outside is most comfortable, as the affordability means that the restaurant is a bit cramped.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Delicious appetisers, loved topik with the humus and potato flavours. Really enjoyed the crowd favourite baked Alaska and fatteh too. The large plate lemon chicken is definitely a lot even for two people. Next time I will be ordering a number of meze plates rather than a large plate. Tasty Mediterranean food in the area
Parking: Free parking after 5 pm
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Baked Alaska, Spinach Falafel Tahini Sauce Beet Yogurt Cress, Fatteh
This place is awesome!! One of my friends took me to this restaurant and I was blown away by the vegetarian options they had. Scrumptious and the ambience is super nice ! All the servers were great and special mention to Cristian !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Potato Hummus, Spinach Falafel
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