I Love Olive Branch, the food is amazing. The service is great, we always order to take out, or for large party's we have them deliver it. They deliver exactly on time never late, and the food is Hot, Fresh and, delicious. Will definitely be ordering for a long time. read more

Best Middle Eastern food in the area. They have all of the traditional stews as well as all of the different types of bbq meats.

We eat here a lot and we have never had a bad experience. Their food is great and the service is outstanding. The people are very friendly and you feel at home. They even do party's if you need to host a event. You should try this place out if you haven't already you won't be disappointed. read more

The VERY VERY best in DELICIOUS and extremely generous portions of Persian food and excellent service. Everyone LOVED the food. Now planning to have them cater a Shabbat Oneg for a retirement celebration. Exceptionally wonderful restaurant. read more

Really 5 star Restourant. High quality food. Nice staff. For 7 years we are they customer and they never changed the quality and service. read more

Yesterday, we stopped at the Olive Branch an ordered chicken kebabs. They told us it would be ready in 15 minutes, but it took 30. The kebabs were so overcooked that they were inedible. Very pricey for what you get even if it was prepared properly. For sure, we wont be back. read more

One of the best resturants in Ca they have big portions and a lot of tasty appetizers . Great service complementry hot pitta bread with butter yummyyy read more

Ordered few dishes from this restaurant unfortunately we were disappointed. Meat and chicken was over cooked. Shish kabob was almost burnt and dry. Beef lule was dry and over cooked as well and no flavor. For a Mediterranean restaurant it's a shame not to know when is the meat cooked perfectly will not order from here anymore read more

Been going here for years with my family. Lunch is a great price and the cherry rice has always been good. Meat is moist and rice is good. Nights, they have a guy play jazz on a keyboard (sometimes a panflute) Recommend read more

This is one of my favorite restaurants. They have a friendly staff, good live music, great food and a pretty big vegetarian section!

Ditto all the other 5 star reviews! Not too hard to get from Seattle to Tacoma via Sound Transit, which stops around the corner, or on Amtrak if they are operating on time. Often, they are not. And don't miss the HUGE Tacoma used book Center near by. The should join up and have a Literacy-Tea promotion! Truly amazing Victorian décor and excellent pastries and lighter-than-every-other-scones. (Egg, chicken and tuna Sandwiches were 4 star, but that's just a taste thing) One of us ordered from the menu, and said that her Reuben was the best she'd ever had. On our Thursday visit, they gave us 5 our own room. Even if you are not bringing kids, don't miss a peek at the princess corner. There are many nooks and crannies for most group sizes. They were incredibly kind and responsive when Amtrak messed up our schedule, and we had last minute changes. Unfailingly polite service. Very much appreciated. Since the closure of our former first choice tea room, Cederberg South African tea room, I wish that Olive Branch would order their cook book, and make their pasties and Malva cake. Then OB would be way, WAY over the top!! We'll be back! read more

I love this place , family oriented, delicious barbeques and rice I love chicken kabob and shish kabob ,yougurt drink and specialty lentuce soup ,i always go there with my family and grand kids,they all enjoy the food , read more

First time eating here, probably won't bother again. The service was good. The place looks nice enough. The pita bread was completely flavorless. I never expect pita to taste like anything in particular since it's more about holding things that do have flavor, but if you've ever made bread and forgot to add in a bit of salt, then you know how inedibly bland it comes out. The pita came with unsalted butter that was also flavorless so the pita had no taste at all even covered in butter. I had to add table salt to it just so it didn't feel like eating paper. It was okay with the entree later but saltless bread is such a weird taste I didn't much bother with it. It tasted so much like someone forgot to add salt to the dough that I honestly have no idea if they bake the pita there and it was just a rare oversight or what. Maybe it's not normally like that. Then the salad was awful and flavorless too. It was watery, the tomato was very mushy, and the dressing barely tasted like anything. So if you get something that comes with salad as an option, pick any other option. By the time the entrees came out, I was expecting them to be awful. Fortunately the entrees were good. The rice that came with them was very good. You get a decent amount of food for the price. There's just a lot of similar restaurants around that are better overall; the pita and salad were so bland it put me off, to be honest. read more

Chicken kebab was probably the best I've had in town, a little spritz of lemon and I was in heaven. The rice, tender, fluffy and that that salty zing to it. For a second I almost forgot about the horrible service until..... Too much effort to go back in person and deal with it, but never going again. Beware and CHECK YOUR FOOD before you leave to make sure the order is right. read more

Turned out to be a good place. Amazing food and friendly service. Very pleased. Much better than it used to be!

This place is a hidden gem. Their food is to die for and the prices are ridiculously low. Always excited coming here, even when I have to drive 20 miles. read more

I was amazed to find a Persian restaurant this good out this way. I have gotten Persian food this good only in Beverly Hills and Westwood. The authentic dishes are wonderful. I'm partial to the kasht y bademjun, which is tahini and eggplant. They really have that one down. Their traditional grilled meats and rice and fine and their gormi sabzi was outstanding. I will be going back. read more

This place used to be one of our favorite places to order from, until I ordered their lamb shank with chelo. There was a small shard of glass in the rice, small enough that I didn't see the but large enough that I bit into it and thought my tooth broke! My husband called them immediately and they were very nice about replacing it, but by the time the replacement arrived I had already lost my appetite. Fast forward two days later, I decided to pull the replacement out of the fridge and snack on it until dinner was ready. When I bit into something hard AGAIN in the rice I about lost my mind! I looked through it and at first thought it was a piece of bone from the lamb shank, but I rinsed it off and realized it was a rock. There was a rock in the replacement they sent to make up for the glass shard I bit into. TLDR: glass in first rice, rock in second rice. Examine your order very very carefully before you take a bite! read more

I'll never go there again. We ordered 5 combos. None of them came with rice. When we called there was no apology or offer to fix it saying we were supposed to somehow know the web menu is different than the dine in one. This is the only time I've ever written a negative review about anything in my life but I've never felt so wronged. Please do not give these people your business. They don't deserve it. read more

I ordered out food Last Night thinking I would get Delicious Tiger Shrimp, Chicken Barg Plate and Sides to go with it. No such luck... The food Arrived and the minute it did I smelled a Fishy Odor. It was the shrimp plate. The shrimp wasn't cooked properly, it was Yellowish in color and it smelled aweful. The vegetables that were grilled with it and rice smelled and tasted like rotton shrimp. I couldn't eat it. Then I ordered Chicken and it wasn't cooked either and it was the wrong kind of chicken. There was also a Metal staple found inside the box with my chicken plate. It was an aweful experience!!! I will never go back or recommend this restaurant to any of my family or Friends!!! read more

Awesome food. We were celebrating my friends birthday. They played happy birthday. They didn't charge us a cake fee. The food portions were really large. The staff was amazing. I really liked this place. read more

When I'm in the area I come here to order one thing.. kabobs! Of course they have other items on the menu but why would you order anything else when theres kabobs on the menu!? You really can't go wrong, steak, chicken, both, vegies, etc. They're all grilled to perfection and filling. Plenty of awesome sides to choose from to go along with them, I myself always prefer some hummus to go along with my kabobs but that's just how I roll. read more

Love This Place. One of the few great Mediterranean restaurants in Los Angeles (County). The food is fresh and I love the herbs. The kebabs are very good, as is the falafel. Staff is friendly - I think it is family operated. read more

Been living in the area for 12 years and I can't believe I never came to this place . The food is excellent and the service is great , our waitress was Aida and she was super nice . We definitely be coming here once a week. read more

I checked online to make sure this restaurant was doing take out and delivery only and it was, as far as I could tell. So I was pretty taken aback to find a restaurant FULL of people at crowded tables this afternoon when I went inside to pickup some lunch. The guy working at the front counter was wearing his mask around his chin while talking to a patron who wasn't wearing a mask at all. A quick glance at the kitchen staff through the door did allow me to see that at least some of them were wearing face shields. The food was fine but I won't be back. read more

Not what it used to be. I don't know if ownership changed but the quality of the food has gone down. I ordered chicken breast kabob. It had no flavor. You DO NOT get what you pay for. Too pricey for the quality. They leave the doors open and there's flies everywhere. Eww. The only pro here is there's never a wait time to sit....(because it's always empty) and my yogurt drink was perfect! That's the only thing that tasted good...won't be back. read more

Hmm where to start.... When my mom and I first walked in, the owner of the restaurant was at the counter but once he saw us, he turned his head and immediately walked to the back. [minus 1 star already] The waitress on duty saw us and walked us to a table by the window. She was pleasant enough but seemed very disinterested in us and walked away after seating us with menus without a word. The table was sticky & the ground had lots of crumbs even though there were no other patrons in the restaurant. [minus another star] Once the waitress finally came back, she took only our drink orders, even though we were ready =/ She brought back our drinks but my glass was SUUPER dirty! [minus ANOTHER star] We ordered 2 Greek salads & one of the specials - first of all, when you say salad, wouldn't you expect lettuce? I do. When she brought the salads, I was surprised, there was no lettuce in sight. In my "salad" I had about a whole diced red pepper, one whole diced yellow pepper, and one whole diced green pepper. I like my peppers as much as the next person but I don't remember ordering a pepper salad.. oh yeah, when she came back, she noticed I had taken out the peppers and put them on a separate plate and said as she took the plate and walked away: "Next time you should tell me you don't like peppers." WTF!? How am I supposed to know there would be 3 whole peppers in place of my salad?! [minus a star again.] The special we ordered was a beef something plate with a side of rice, this dish was good, the meat was a little bland but still was good. Now, the prices weren't bad but for those prices, we could've went to a better spot down the street. Overall, I will definitely not be returning nor would I recommend it. Sorry, just too many reasons not to. read more

Great food and service, had take outs many times for family gathering everyone loves the food whether beef or chicken. It's always fresh and tasty. read more

Olive Branch has been around in La Crescenta for as long as I can remember. They have great food - I love the chicken kebab plate. The hummus, salad, pita bread, and rice are all so tasty. Highly recommend. read more

This is my second review of this restaurant. While the food is still wonderful, the service has tanked. The first several times we went we had the same waiter and he was wonderful. The last couple of times we have gone in our waiter wasn't there and the people who did wait on us treated us as if we were intruding. The woman on our most recent trip acted as if we were diseased. When we walked in the restaurant she didn't even say a word to us; merely turned up her nose, grabbed some menus and stalked over to a table. They MIGHT get one more chance to turn the tables again, but this restaurant is quickly falling off our favorites list. read more

Try to eat here every time I'm in North LA. The food and service are excellent, and even have come to appreciate the somewhat funky decor. I really wish this place was in the Bay Area as well. read more

Nice, clean restaurant with friendly staff. Ordered koobideh (ground beef) thinking it would be soft and juicy. However, it was dry and over cooked. read more

I've driven by dozens of times and finally decided to visit for dinner. While I found the food to be pretty good, the service was very bad. There was only one server/cashier/host for the entire restaurant, and so we went without any refills on drinks the entire meal. I saw other customers looking around for the server, and finally just getting up to get their bill and pay it at the host's table. Empty, unbussed tables throughout the dining room. I had to leave behind an almost untouched plate of food that I wanted to take home but that sat out too long waiting for someone to come bus our table and bring me a box. It's too bad...as I said, the food is decent Mediterranean but I'll never be ok with paying for inferior service. I will not return, and judging by the three other tables that seemed as aggravated and disappointed as me, I doubt they'll be back, either. read more

We found this on Yelp and decided to give it a try. Very happy we did! Food was fresh and cooked perfectly- especially the salmon. I'm not much of a fish person, but tasted my wife's salmon and it made me a convert (well... temporarily). It was exquisite. My beef kebab was great and the barbecued vegetables were perfect. Humus and Babaganush (sp?) also great. Prices were very reasonable. What really made this a great evening and complimented the meal was the live music. There was a sax player, accompanying himself with pre-recorded backing tapes. Mellow tone! Very relaxing and romantic. We'll definitely be back. read more

This place is just perfect .....food is really good....it's nice & clean....also servers are friendly

I've eaten from this restaurant three times. The first two experiences were not great but not terrible, the last was terrible. First visit they gave us menus and we ordered. A few minutes later a "regular" customer came in and asked for the lunch menu. We inquired "whats the difference?" between the lunch menu and the menus we ordered from (didn't say lunch or dinner on the menu). The server acted like there was no difference but ultimately we got the lunch menu and the prices were several dollars cheaper for lunch. It was 12:30 in the afternoon so we weren't too happy with this switch of the menus and then the hesitancy to give the right menu/price. The next two times were for delivery food. The online menu said our dish came with rice but no rice was delivered. Called and inquired about the rice and they couldn't have cared less just saying sorry, it no longer comes with rice. The vegetarian platter came with bland hummus, hot stuffed grape leaves mixed right in with the cold food so the whole plate was lukewarm. The falafel were very dried out. Our full entrees came with only a single pita bread each and those were cold, hard and just plain yucky. And of course there was no rice. Then when the delivery girl showed up the bill was $27 and we had $40 (2 twenties) and she said she only had $7 in change, which she had in her hand ready to hand to me. I believe she had already figured that we would likely have $40 and she was getting a $6 tip, which she did. Third times a charm, I will never eat here again. read more

There are other kabob places that are better. It kind of reminds me of a business office converted to a restaurant. The food is a little spicy, a little salty and the rice is a little smelly. The service sucks. read more

Went last night for my grandpa 100th bday and the food was really good and the staff was very nice. My grandpa had an amazing time . Thanks olive branch for hosting my grandpa 100th bday party. read more

I was very disappointed on my last visit...for my birthday no less. One waitress, and she was straight-up rude and condescending. I returned with high hopes of a fantastic dinner, like on previous occasions. Half of the food ordered was lukewarm to cold. Never a refill of iced tea. AND the waitress dramatically argued when a hair was found under the rice. I need to find a new Mediterranean restaurant. read more

I ordered dinner for 5 adults and 4kids got 6 items. The girl that answered the phone was very nice and knowledgeable about the menu. The chicken and beef barg are the best item on the menu here. Finally a kabob place that is somewhat comparable to rafis place at half the price. read more