Oliver Cafe/lounge

Came here for drinks after an event, and it’s nice. Swanky but chill, it’s easy to kick back at Oliver. It’s attached to Equinox, which seems like a fun way to put all the work you just did to waste, lol. Seriously, though, they have cocktails as well as a menu for snacks to meals.
The breeze coming from Camden and Wilshire makes for an airy comfort. Pop inside to get a drink, if you must. Or, just wait for the over-​worked server to make his way to you. He was pleasant, professional and cool. Note: If you’re looking to refrain from the booze, you might try the Ginger Beer. It’s non-​alcoholic and refreshing. Plus, there’s no ginger ale here, so that’d be your ginger choice.
I’d definitely return for cocktails or a meal. Low key yet has its own charge, given the neighborhood and the caliber of power in the room.

One of my favorite places to go for either lunch or dinner. Mario, Morgan, and Emanuelle are my three favorite people that are there. So welcoming and catering the second you walk in. The food is very consistent and tastes amazing every single day. The restaurant is very clean and has amazing vibes to just sit and enjoy a glass of wine over conversation.

Nice atmosphere, average food. The Wild Shrimp Salad might look good, but really, it tasted like something I could have made myself. On the plus side, my server was attentive and nice.

Wow! This place is better than expected. I got company discount on top of restaurant.com’s discount for the deal. It was a great find in the heart of BH. Great location w/​2-​hr free parking. Warm service. We went during lunch time. Their salmon & ahi were fantastic! Pasta w/​the right texture. Would recommend to anyone. :)

I enjoy coming here by myself for some reason. It’s just easy to sit at the bar and enjoy a salad, watch TV and work on a laptop.
SALAD
White Quinoa Salad (added chicken) — this is my new favorite salad over the Sedona. It’s fresh and beautifully presented with bruschetta bites that contain dates, goat cheese and a balsamic glaze. The ingredients are good and the cooked quinoa alone would make a great dish.

Absolutely horrendous service and quality. Ordered the chicken sandwich and it came out cold and bland. The owner argued with me when he was supposed to diffuse the issue.

Totally bummed that this place is filthy in many ways. Great menu selection but unfortunately the cleanliness was noticeably grotesque, from the tufted couch to the water glasses (only preliminary observations). Also noticed what appeared to be a bullet hole in the glass window lol, as well as one of the chefs preparing my Brie and Avocado bruschetta with his bare hands, no gloves topped this experience off.

What a hidden gem in the heart of Beverly Hills! Very reasonably priced and their happy hour goes till closing! My girlfriends and I will definitely make this a regular meeting spot!

This review is for the equinox part of the restaurant. Smoothies are awesome with high quality ingredients, even when putting water to make a smoothie they use smart water. Wide variety of quest bars and other healthy protein packed options. My go to before and after the gym.

Happy to have found another highly under-​rated place on the west side. This will now be one of my go-​to places for happy hour drinks and food on the westside. We went here a few days ago for happy hour drinks and a full meal.
The impressive part is knowing that you get happy hour from 4 to 10 even on Friday and Saturday! The cocktails were very generously poured and very good. We were only a party of 3 and had 9 drinks because of how well they were made. Highly recommend the martinis.
But the most impressive part was the happy hour menu! Had tons of options, from healthy fixes like hummus, salads, guacamole and tuna tartare. We tried them all. Very good. Then there are other less healthy (but arguably more delicious) options like the quesadilla, chicken skewers, sliders and bruschetta. Again, tried them all. Yes, I know we totally over-​ate. We also tried the steak stir fry (non happy hour item). Sooo good.
We left feeling very full but knowing that this place is a hidden gem and that we’d be back. Oh, and by the way, it cost us less than $ 45 per person to enjoy this feast and all those cocktails. Any other similarly placed joint would have easily charged double (if not triple).
Yay extended happy hour! Will be back.

Came here on a Sunday afternoon with my friend, the restaurant was completely empty. The décor is nice and we enjoyed our lunch outside on the patio. The server was nice, offered some recommendations should have went with my friends recommendation rather than his. =/​We started of with the brie avocado toast which was okay I have had better. I ordered the chipotle chicken panini it was sooo spicy too spicy for my taste. My friend ordered the greek wrap, wish I would have got that instead. The apple slaw was the best ever, very unique and flavorful. All in all this place is good, I definitely would dine again however I would not get the panini again.

Average food but very arrogant staff. I wonder who asked these people to be waiters. Do you guys even know what service is all about. Awful place. Gets ZERO

Delicious delicious food! Fish tacos and the baby kale salad with avocado are insane. I’ve been eating here for YEARS and Moses is an exceptional professional waiter, ask for him YOU won’t be disappointed. Yum!

Half of these comments are jokes… seriously…
You cannot judge a place by 1. how many people are in a place 2. your feelings towards a waiter. or 3. your terrible taste in food.
This place has amazing food, huge portions and great prices.
Every single thing on the menu is amazing. Even the drinks are amazing.
:)

This little restaurant is nested in the Equinox in Beverly Hills. This review is for the smoothies. I was so impressed that they had a wide variety of «green» smoothies and even feature Philosophie superfood powders that you can add!
I ordered the Delicioso (spinach, kale, avocado, carrots, coconut water, vanilla protein) and it was great! I will be back for sure. Minus a star for service and because it’s not as good as Erewhon.

My friend and I came here on a Wednesday for Happy Hour. We were quickly seated and got to ordering drinks and happy hour menu items.
The price was affordable, and the happy hour food choices are great for individual consumption or to split amongst friends.
Guacamole and chicken skewers are great, in my opinion.

never had the greatest service here. one time it took me almost 20 min to get my check. … no exaggeration. … for that id give it a 3.5 if I could
but my review is just on the food. i only come here during my lunch break and always sit outside. I love being out there to enjoy the LA sunshine and breeze~
i feel like all the dishes are portioned generously and I don’t ever feel unhealthy eating there.
today my friend had the fish tacos (which is pretty popular there) and I had the vegan wrap with a side of Apple slaw. apple slaw was amazingly fresh and delicious.

i went here when they first opened but did NOT like it
Several years later i went back and it did a 180 degree turn for the BETTER!!!
Great healthy menu. Tons of salads, wraps, pastas and entrees to choose from
Today i had the Cobb salad that was finely chopped with fresh quality ingredients and a unique horseradish sherry vinegarette. We also had the pomegranate chicken salad and the greek wrap and all were DELICIOUS!!!
I will definetly come back here

OMG!
I can’t believe that this place took a 180 degree turn for the worst! I went there for Happy Hour and the food was mediocre, if not pretty sad. The prices are not worth what you are getting because the portions are small and the choices are lacking.
I do not think I will be going there again for Happy Hour nor Lunch. The last time I went to lunch yes, the server was much more pleasant and the food seemed to be a little more worth the price, but there’s nothing that will keep me going back.
Servers suck, waits (to get your order and drinks) super long, so yeah. Not going back… sorry!

I’ve had lunch at Oliver Café twice now with a client in the area. The first time, I thought the place was pretty good. I really should have taken notes like I saw another Unilocaler do one time because you tend to forget the food if you don’t write your reviews right away. I know, tsk tsk. But life comes at you fast sometimes, ya know!
I think the first time I had the Ahi Tuna Wrap
and the Organic Kale Cranberry Apple Salad
. The wrap was simply delicious. It wasvVery savory and hands down a great choice for a meal. The salad was a complete winner in my book as well! So fresh and tasty. The honey lime mint dressing really gave the salad a nice zing. I’d definitely order this again. The combination was excellent!
On my second visit however, I wasn’t really keen on what I had. I had split a Chipotle Barbecue Chicken salad with my friend. We were toying with this or the Chicken Curry salad. We asked our server what she thought, which, looking back, might have been a wrong idea. Not to be stereotypical but she was Latina and said she really liked the Chipotle Barbecue Chicken which is why we went with that. Upon eating it, I thought the salad was not very flavorful and that the chipotle sauce was somewhat bland. I should have gone with my gut and ordered the Chicken Curry but I’ll know better next time.
We also split the Chipotle Chicken wrap which sounded very appetizing when reading the ingredients on the menu. However, this also fell flat in that it was not very flavorful. Again, I was not wowed by the chipotle sauce flavor as I thought it was too mild. I had to resort to dipping my sandwich in some of the dressing for the salad to increase its flavor value. Disappointing.
The servers were friendly and attentive enough but the dishes here are hit and miss so you really have to know what to order to be satisfied with your meal. Based on that, if I were to return, I would order what I had ordered on my first visit for sure because those were seriously some good eats. Definitely skip the chipotle anything because you will be disappointed.