Saravanan Venkateswaran
+4
Olive and Basil, this small cafe tucked in Adyar serves relishing and delectable Chinese, Asian and continental cuisines. The décor is quite simple with black cushioned chairs and sofas that goes along with the light paint textures. They are known across the city for their pan Asian cuisine that includes a variety of Chinese and Thai dishes. The Olive and Basil offer some uniquely flavored momos and noodles.
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Its a nice place that has good food. The ambience is something unique, but still have a good vibe. I went with my friend and we wanted to try something new so we ordered the Honey Chilli Lotus Stem and it was delicious (more favorable for those who like the flavour of bbq sauce). Also ordered the asian bbq cottage cheese and pan fried chicken dumplings. The dumplings were cooked right and the chutney served along with it was great.
Sharanya(tales_of_shar)
+4
Schezwan chicken fried was the best part
Was not that spicy but was super yummy
Pan chicken was good.
A good place to visit with your friends
We tried the garlic chicken fried rice at last visit and the food was really delicious and well presented. Overall a good meal and great value we will certainly be going back.
Its a wonderful place to have food with your loved ones. The restaurant was less crowded hence we were able to sit for a long time and chat and slowly eat. The food was really good and was quite pocket friendly too.
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So I visited Olive and Basil, Adyaar a while back... My order was purely vegetarian.
We started off with the Hot n sour soup. Damn it was delicious and it lived up to its name. Definitely a must try ! (Rs 120)
Pan fried Momos, my personal favourite, was cooked to perfection and the chutney served alongside was ultimate ❤️, it was spicy, and had an essence of coconut and spices and it was truly amazing. I literally sat and ate the chutney separately in the end😂. (Rs 160)
For the mains we ordered schezwan fried rice and schhezwan chopsey- my fam's a huge fan of spice- and vegetables in brown sauce for sides. The gravy was good... But the vegetables were a bit too large in the gravy for my liking... The broccoli seemed slightly undercooked. The chopsey was really good and crispy although the sauce was a bit more on the sweeter side... That was the only downside of it... The rice was perfect... Could have been a little more spicy though.
( Gravy - rs 210, rice - rs 160, chopsey - rs 160)
The biggest downside was the late service... Even though we loved the food... We got really tired of waiting for the food... Even a. Few who came after us were served faster..
On the whole I wud rate the experience a 3.5/5 .
A really decent place to hangout with your loved ones. Food quality is great and staff is also nice. Veg fried rice and dragon paneer were awesome.
Went for dinner to O&B, the food and service was really good. What stood out was the overall upkeep of the restaurant. Poorly maintained. Not a place where you can comfortably eat without worrying about the hygiene. We ordered a bunch of stuff, soups and prawns in starters and American chopsey and a garlic based mains. The food was great and so was the staff serving it. I don’t intend to visit this place again but give a chance, I would be happy to order home delivery.
Awesome food at reasonable prices. Tried cottage cheese and chili fried noodles, were awesome . This is the best place for Some Chinese delicious food around here and also staff is really good and courteous.
The portion size and food was good.
The service needs improvement and the place smelled.
Visited this place again after a long time. This time with Zomato gold and a hungry tummies. We ordered the momo platter, couple of sizzlers and mee goreng noodles which was bit too much for the three of us. We wanted to top it off with fried ice cream but we were disappointed that it wasn't available.
One suggestion for the restaurant management is if they can soundproof the party hall it would be great as the music and noise was kind of distracting. Also we were wondering why the place is not being expanded to the adjacent space as well.
The food is great and affordable. The restaurant staff are friendly and helpful. Would definitely suggest all the #Foodies in #Chennai to try this place out.
Excellent ambiance. Food is quite good. Service good too.
Serving was decent as well. Best place for dinner. Everyone should check out. Must try
One of the best restaurant in chennai. Quality of food and service is awesome. Water is so good. Best place for breakfast, lunch, dinner. Please visit all
Athulyan Bindhusadhakan
+5
The food here is all good except for the chef specials but it a must try. The ambiance is not that bad too except for the music, after saying it all I think this is not a bad choice to go to for a dinner.
Was a really nice place.. Nice ambience.. Nice food.. Very well organised.. Would like everyone to go and try this place.. Highly recommended
Good food. Pan fried dumpling and dragon panneer was too good. Should try atleast once. Good ambience. Service is also good. Time taken for serving food is also less.
Food was good .starters and noodles are my favourite. Good service. Nice ambience. Zomato gold accepted . Friendly and good staffs . Overall nice .massa
The food was content and had the typical Chinese restaurant's quantity. The service was good yet the ambience was stuffy as the power was off.
Further, the customize the dish according to the customer's needs.
One of the must visit places in Adyar. This one mostly specialises in Asian delicacies and their Musamman curry is simply amazing. Only drawback is the flight of stairs needed to be taken to reach this restaurant situated in the first floor, which might be difficult for some. That apart, everything is brilliant. They have even helped us with currency changes during the 2015 floods. We have always been a regular here and I highly recommend this place.
A small restaurant in sardar Patel road. Thumbs up for the Pan Asian food.. the dumplings were awesome. Sizzling prawns tasted quite okay.. parking is a problem though. Zomato gold 👍
Delightful food at affordable price. The ambience was very good. My best dish lamb sizzilers this resturant lit. Best place to hangout with friends.
Keeps making me come back with the great quality and variety of food. Momos here are unparalleled, as is most of their other dishes. We had the veg momos, guay tiew and their sizzling brownie and found ourselves quite full in both out tummy and wallets! Definitely a place to visit more than once for Chinese food :)
Unique and unparallel. The best food in adyar with affordable price. Surely recommend to all other people .best place to hang out with ur friends....😊
A very small cute place to bring ur close group of friends for a mouth watering lunch or dinner, the food is delicious (the cracker chicken sizzler is a must try) and the quantity of all the items are for 2 ppl (unless u r really hungry) the prices r by far the best ive seen in this city n top it up with zomato gold u just found ur go to place for dates n good lunch
It's a pretty good place, especially if you want to have spicy noodles. Another good thing is the quantity of food that they give. It's a nice place to chill with friends as well
Excellent Chinese cuisine. Great taste and excellent service. Must try for Chinese ! Good ambience and friendly staffs. Must try dishes: cracker chicken and pepper chicken
Cheap food with good taste. Momos was nice with a solid filling, Mongolian chicken was okayish. Chicken sizzler was good. Nasi goreng wasn’t up to the mark, cud have been better. Overall a good Chinese joint😊
The food is very good. Their menu card is perfectly framed. Very easy to select your dish. Had very good experience...The service is good. People were polite and friendly. The fried rice was awesome.
a small cute and cosy restaurant in adyar...food is delicious and cost wise very cheap..they even offer combo which includes- soup, chilli gobi and fried rice...
It's the best place for Zomato gold users ❤️and it's flavors are spot on and very appetizing for every person in Chennai. Their spice mixes and level of spicy and tangy are very well managed and the ambience is good and I love the place! Personally.
Went on a Sunday. Small and quite place, probably some renovation work was in progress. The food tasted good especially the Masiamara Chicken was the stand out of the lot. Good place to dine if you are a smaller group of 3-4.
Ala carte has been good, combo offers typically are a let down. Recently ordered the sea food soup and was very good and did not disappoint.
Taste of food / experience has been inconsistent - some dishes are very good - a recent order of seafood soup and seafood fried rice was really good and would rate that at 5.
However the experience with the next order of chicken bao and eight treasure hot pot was ok and rate that at 3.
Similarly a combo meal of egg fried rice and gobi manchurian gravy was not great - the fried rice was good but the side dish was disappointing. ..bland , and qty was not sufficient for the rice provided, and would rate that 2. Not sure if the priced down/ value meal contributed to the qty and taste of the side dish.
Cool and compact space,
Service was good
Food was good even more
I had
Chicken momos
Spicy corn soup
Chilly prawns
All the 3 dishes was so gooddd :)
We went during Lunch hours on a Saturday. Ordered Veg and Chicken Garlic Soup, which were absolutely delicious. For starters we went with Corn Cornet, Dragon and Julienne Chicken. Again all 3 dishes were excellent. The masala and spice content would be overkill in certain Thai and Chinese restaurants, but the spice was perfect over here. For main course we ordered Chicken Nasi Goreng, Egg Khao Pad Krapao and Veg Mangolian Noodles. The quantity was above average for 5 people and we ended up wasting a bit. The taste and variety was average and could not find huge differences in the varieties. The place is good value for money and great for Chinese and Thai lovers. Overall it was a good experience for a Saturday Lunch. :)
Good food. Nothing special though. Ambience is okiesh. You'll love the wall art and that's a huge plus for them. A nice place to hangout with friends. We tried one lamb sizzler and found that average. Quantity is good enough compared to the price. Interestingly they'll add service charge (in excess of GST) for Gold members. Initially they did some mistakes and charged extra for food. However, they rectified quickly and provided an updated bill (attached).
Krishna Kumar Subramanian
+4
Small restaurant. Good food. Ww had veg varities and it was very tasty. The presentation of food was nice. Loved the garlic veg soup and lotus stem honey chilli starter.
Main course Portions are good for two adults. Rates are very very reasonable.
Really nice food.
Worth the travel.
Small but cute too!!
Sooooooooooooooo niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Foooooooooooooooooodddddddddddddddd!!!!!!!!!!!
Today i tried Olive.and.basil which.was n long time bucket list..surprisingly all the dishes are very attractive..ordered *Dicy prawns*, which s out of menu, chefs.special which was amazing.
And.steal my heart...main course, ordered, *Hokomein noodles* 🍜, which turn on the..tastebuds.with turmeric flavours..Overall o.enjoyed. dining..Definitely ll.come.back.with.frds.🤗🤗🤗 Must.visit.for Pan Asian with.budget friendly list..
I ordered Tom Kha soup,pan fried fish with red chilli paste , pan fried prawn dumplings. Tom Kha soup aroma was good, and tasted creamy . Pan fried fish is wrapped with Banana leaf and fried.. its Basha fish with spicy masala and tasted good. And lastly their pan fried dumplings is too good and hot.
Take a long time to serve the food. The waiters have to learn to communicate properly with the customers otherwise the food here is great !!!
Located on the main roads of adyar , this place is a hidden gem !! ZOMATO GOLD users get good food at a amazing price 🤩
On the table :
Schezwan chicken fried rice : perfect balance of flavours
Soft chicken noodles : *fav fav fav*
Decent small space with old school caricature on the wall. This place is quite cheap in terms of price in comparison to other flashy places in that area. Easy on pocket but good in tummy kinda restaurant. Being Sunday evening ,crowd in this place was bare minimum. There is no parking for this place hence could be a problem some. Coming to the food i found few dishes to be very authentic while others were like regular chinese that we might have eaten in any other fast food joints. Last thing i’ll add would be ‘my taste buds won’t regret it’...
Good place to try out once in such a swanky neighbourhood. #pocketfriendly #oldschool #adyar
Parking is the only point of concern. Rest all is good. Every dish was absolutely good. And the place had a good ambience too. The staff were courteous and very responsive too. The pricing is also not too heavy on your wallet. The wash area could be better maintained though. Will definitely visit again.
The place hides in the plain sight and a has a small interior on the first floor. Must go if you're not able to decide which cuisine you want to go for.. because this place has a lot to offer both in terms of quantity and variety. Make up your mind or get even more confused when you go there to have your food.
Must try: Cracker Chicken Sizzlers and Lemon Grss Iced tea.
Nice ambiance.. Good taste.. Place is small but found good for small parties.. They play music as per your request.. Found good place in chennai..
Just because this place availed gold I checked in this place.
Ambience
The place is in the main road. The spiral stairs and the lighting was very nice. The place have two separate rooms and a small party hall.
The place was very nice with the cartoons painted on the wall and the small bridge was nice aswell.
Coming to food I ordered a szechwan chicken fried rice and julienne chicken.
The Friedrice tasted like Indian Chinese and the julienne chicken almost tasted like dragon chicken.
The quantity was more than enough for one person. Even it served for two of us.
Worth for money if you have gold.
My all time favourite restaurant. This is indeed a low budget restaurant, where u get good food and desserts. Their momos are the best. Love the Thai green curry, lamb and chicken sizzler.
Enjoyed the cuisine! The service was good! The food was great especially the starters& the desserts! The ambience of the restaurant was really nice! An awesome place to hangout!
Excellent food. Zomato gold accepted. Sizzlers and Steaks are mouth watery. Jus that ambience could be better and parking neatly organised...
Good Food. Good Taste. Good service. Bit compact but nice ambiance. Food suggestions need to be improved. Wallet friendly.
Will visit again!
Wanted to go for dinner, that’s when this place struck on my mind. It’s a very cozy place with limited seats. They’ve got cute doodles on their wall, unfortunately, I couldn’t click a picture of their wall. Coming to the orders placed , I got exactly what I had ordered. It took around 15-20 minutes for the food to reach my table which made me want to swallow my entire order within minutes.
Food ordered from the menu:
Chicken Hokomein Noodles- ₹180
Masiamara chicken- ₹230
Starting with the noodles: they were soft and cooked perfect. It smelt turmeric and had a bit of a turmeric taste to it. It wasn’t oily.
Masiamara chicken: it was a perfect combination with the hokomein noodle. The pieces were tender. Loved the masiamara chicken. Definitely worth tasting it.
Amazing food and very courteous staff. Highly recommended for excellent taste at reasonable price.
Soup and starters (veg & non-veg) were the best.
Ambience, Quality and Service was good.
Me and my friend been there for lunch, We've ordered 1 main & 2 starters which costs around 700/- That's why I felt a bit expensive, else I would have give 5 stars apart from that you can enjoy your orders with unique and different taste for sure.
Must try dishes #DragonChicken & #ChilliPrawns
Great food , wide variety of food too great taste the julieene chicken in particular was amazing,affordable rates ,decent ambience overall a great place
I went for lunch with my friend, it’s small joint. But is good, worth for money. I ordered momos it was nice..the service of the staff was good. I would recommend my friends to visit this place
Ambience was good.The environment is cool and romantic.A good place to hang out with your friends and family.The taste is very good.The flavours are varied.The thai foods are awesome😋😋
Good ambience and nice taste... Serving is also good... Nice variety of menus and is placed at middle of City... Gluay buad chee was really good.
Amazing food. The spicy corn soup and the pan fried dumplings are a real treat for starters. The main course had Hong Kong fried rice and veg ball Manchurian.. both with really good quantity and amazing taste.. WFM .. will definitely visit again
Place to get some peace along with food cooked to perfection. If you need a quieter place , nice music and amazing food then stop by olive and basil.
Hi, good environment I m ever seen in Chennai.. small and cute restaurant.. food is awesome.. one of the dish in hot basil chicken s spices good taste... and beverage mocktails is different types of drinks.. and service also good... congrats team..
Pretty small restaurant with just 4 or so tables, the service guys doesn't know the languages you speak, but the food is the top notch which is the ultimate thing you want.., the rate is also cheaper with more quantity than many restaurants out there. So overall a good one!!
Went here for dinner on a Saturday night. Service was confused and got things mixed-up, but was very courteous. Food ranged from average (main course) to awesome (the starters).
Will definitely visit again.
Went In for a quick dinner before the match screening (at the same place). Cozy ambiance with very limited seat and ideal lighting.
The food was amazing. A Thai Prawn Curry for 260 bucks with such quantity and taste was totally worth it. Probably the closest to the authentic ones I have tried lately. The lemongrass iced tea could have had more tea flavours, however, the drink was a good one at that.
Mosquitoes were the only negative that I could mention, overall a really satisfied customer. Definitely going back for more.
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We friends had tasty and spicy dishes. Loved it. Felt service(food placement) bit delayed since we were hungry. We ordered Mangolian Chicken noodles, same was billed too but what we received is Vegetable Noodles. We had it full since we doesn't want to cancel & waste the food.
On seeing bill, they informed service charge is optional but didn't ask our opinion on the same, rather they informed that Zomato review will offer us 10% discount on current Bill, but members been there doesn't know to guide us on usage of zomato app to review. Atlast found the way and reviewing now after bill settlement.
Definitely will visit again to taste more spicy tasty dishes.
Ambiance - 4/5(very small place)
Service - 4/5
Taste - 4.5/5
VFM - 3.5/5
The food speaks up for itself: quantity and quality, both.
It is super reasonable and the food is yum.
The place is really cozy and one of the best Chinese in town.
Good food Not much place to sit, Beware of the quantity of fried rice here it can be for two people.
I have been here many times... A great option for Chinese.. Corn kernels and Lotus stems are a must try for veg.. Schezwan veg rice is good not too spicy... Also this place has Zomato gold so you can get great discount...
Tip: call before going and tell them to turn the AC on. Good food and good service. Its a small space so ambience is decent. It's located on the main road so parking is an issue. If you go by bike still it's okay you can manage. No way for cars, you have to park it somewhere else and walk. Still the food was nice. Ice tea was not available when I went. I had Pan fried Chicken, garlic and Chilli mixed(chicken & prawn) fried rice, Lemon soda. Overall God experience.
Recent time favu spot for Chinese and Asian cuisine. Restaurant seems to be small and cute but the food really speaks out. We ordered atleast 5 to 6 items, each tastes delicious especisally their Chinese gravies were really good. Will refer my friends to cisit this place too.
A small restaurant with good ambitious. We went to this restaurant late night, but the staff were very kind and gave us the ordered menu with a smile. And then we came to know that they have closed the restaurant and only for us they remained open. The taste blended our taste buds especially American chopsuey soup Gravy.
What ever others say but I love the food what we had, we had tumpura prawns, honey lamb, manchow soup, fried rice, pat thai Noodles & more. Everything was very good & phenomenal in taste. Price is also reasonable but service was very very poor idk why.
Love the quality and quantity of good! Tasty momos at the best 😋 the place and ambiance is not that great, kinda small place! No parking availability is a huge concern as on my first experience had to go around the outlet couple of times to find a parking spot in the road.
Parthasarathy Seenivasagan
+4
We had great food here late at night, so parking wasn't a concern for us but would be if you're looking to dine in during day time. We ordered Momo's, cracker chicken, corn cornet and Szechwan fried rice. Every dish was absolutely good. And the place had a good ambience too. The staff were courteous and very responsive too. The pricing is also not too heavy on your wallet. The wash area could be better maintained though. Will definitely visit again.
Parking is the only point of concern. Rest all is good. Beautiful steaks and sizzlers. Zomato gold accepted. Toilets could be neatly maintained and better ambience from road to dining table is recommended.
It may have been one of the nice places to hangout in Chennai and so we tried out with my friends, but i found it really disappointing.
The food items were very mediocre, the service even more, we were the only customers(table of 6) one evening. They were preparing everything all at once. It took them half an hr to give us soup and then everything was dumped on us while we were eating soup.
One of the best Chinese restaurants in town. Granted, the place is a bit small and the hand-wash area is not promptly maintained, but the quality of food is top-notch, and I always pop in here for their Kung Pao chicken and Mountain Chilly Prawns.
Good portions and excellent flavour... Ambience not so great... Can go there only for the food...
The dishes were amazing, the quality of food was very good, the quantity was also good. People who was serving and managing hotel were so friendly.
Good food, small place but good ambiance.
No specific parking space for this restaurant but we can still manage to park in nearby streets.
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Near Ambika depot, Adyar - Next to “Aunty Uncle” shop in Adyar.
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We tried Tom Yam soup , Hot basil chicken, Mongolian chicken noodles and Veg fried rice. Good food with decent quantity and good taste.
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If they could change “Tissue holder”, that would be great..not comfortable one to take napkins.
Great food, power outage when I was there. The waiter staff tried everything they could to keep us comfortable tho. Would recommend 10/10. Oh and the presentation is just wow. They definitely aced their culinary school
Soups are not great.. starters and main course is amazing. Zomato gold is added advantage 🤩 lamb sizzlers is a must try ✌️Portions are hearty 😊
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