Brought to you by the team at Elm City Social, Olives and Oil explores Chef John Brennan’s modern take on rustic Italian cuisine, wine, and life in a vintage setting. What you’ll find inside: fresh ingredients, small plates, brick oven-fired pizza, and a delicious raw bar.
Creative Italian cuisine & brick-oven pizza, with hand-pulled mozzarella, in a brick-walled setting. Based on 716 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.2 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
124 Temple St, New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: (203) 891-5870
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Hours
| Saturday | 12 PM–1 AM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11:30 AM–11 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 11:30 AM–11 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:30 AM–11 PM |
| Thursday | 11:30 AM–11 PM |
| Friday | 11:30 AM–1 AM |
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Reviews
Yachai Reilly
Very nice establishment. I did feel that my meal didn’t quite have the flavor I was expecting. I had a pasta with vodka sauce & really couldn’t tell if that was what I ordered. Drinks were great. Wait staff very kind. Loved that my drink had a little piglet in it!
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Sam Toman
We had a lovely meal here in an incredible atmosphere. The pasta was fresh and rich and savoury in all the best ways. The wine selection is affordable and broad.
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Shaniece Holmes-Brown
My friends and I went to dinner and had an ABSOLUTE AWFUL experience. We had a reservation booked and waited at least 20 minutes to be seated. After we were seated and got our drinks, our waiter did not come back, and we waited nearly AN HOUR AND A HALF before we got our food. BY the time we got it, it was not worth the money we paid. So bad that one of my friends couldn’t even eat her dinner. When management came, it did not seem like they genuinely cared about the wait. With a 20 percent gratuity automatically added, we felt like we paid for a terrible experience. They comped the dessert, but the gratuity basically paid for it. Will not come back and left genuinely feeling robbed.
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Sky Notaro
Cool place! We stopped in for their Happy Hour for a few drinks before a concert. Cocktails were awesome! We got the Notorious P.IG. And the Lavender 75, both were delicious. The P.I.G came with a little rubber squeak pig that we just had a blast with the rest of the night. I forget our bartenders name, we came on Wednesday 3/22 around 4:30p, she was very nice and drinks were great. Definitely recommend stopping in for a few cocktails next time your in the area.
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Xiao Yangfan
I have tried at least 20 restaurants in New Haven and this is by far the worst without doubt.
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Alex Martin
Good dinner spot with nice atmosphere. Pasta dishes and appetizers were terrific. Service was friendly and got everything right but could have been more attentive to our group of 10 (more drink orders etc). Pizza wasn’t great in comparison to the rest of the food. Would go again.
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REBECCA HO
This is such a cute little restaurant. I apologize for not taking a picture of the front of the restaurant and the menu. Dove right into ordering. Everything from appetizers to pizza was delicious. The calamari was just the right amount of calamari and batter. The roasted cauliflower was *chefs kiss*. The prosciutto pizza was something I’ve never tried before. On the menu while I was reading the ingredients, I thought it would be too salty. To my surprise, the hint of honey taste when you bite into the pizza was tongue twisting. The mixture of flavors, which I didn’t expect, really pulled everything on this pizza pie together. Definitely going back for more.
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Samantha Pacileo
The staff was very nice and accommodating. The food was great with the exception of one dish which the manager gave a free exchange. We sat outside and unfortunately a lot of loud cars blasting music which I know the restaurant can’t control but otherwise atmosphere was good. Would eat there again and recommend. Had a lot of mocktail options which is also a nice touch.
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Bill Oas
Been a couple times and waited to review as I was told it wasnt very good but my first visit I was surprised with the pizza. Not amazing but solid. Way over priced but solid. This time, not so much. The crust was so hard I thought is was a tombstone. Drink prices are stupid high too. First time was a fluke. Wont be back
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Margaret Walker
The staff was friendly but our food was tasteless. I went with two other people and all of our dishes were tasteless. The steak in the steak salad was all gristle, we sent the steak back and they did take it off our tab. The salmon had absolutely no flavor and the chicken in the other salad had no flavor either. I was very disappointed and will never eat there again, too bad.
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