The Ivy

Lauren was wonderful and the food was fantastic. The atmosphere nice and relaxing with a live band. But not so loud you can’t hear yourself talk.

My servers, Bonnie and Anthony, made the dining experience easy, and fun. The food was amazing, and definitely worth the 5 star review. Highly recommended.

Celebrated Father’s Day with my parents. The service we recieved was very friendly and the lamb skewers were very tasty. We enjoyed it. Fun, friendly and tasty. We will be back.

Love this place! Everyone that works here is awesome! Shout out to Chris, Brandon, Killer, Chelsi, Lauren, Anthony, and of course the owner Christos! Service, food, ambiance wonderful!

We have eaten here several times because my wife bought Local Flavor coupons. Last night was our last coupon and last visit. There were four of us (2 couples). Our friend ordered Rancott wine that she was looking forward to drinking (which is on their website.) They don’t carry it anymore. We ordered the hummus trio without the pita bread, just vegetables. It came out with just carrots and celery, no cucumbers as they were out of them. There were not enough vegetables for the four of us so we ordered a few more veggies for which they charged us $ 2.00. We have been going here since they opened and we always get the shrimp skewers and they are usually pretty good. Service has never been an issue but the wine prices (bottles) have gotten sky high. The air conditioner is always too cold too.

The service has really declined. We came for happy hour before 6 but waitress did not grant happy hour special on apps, since it showed 6:18pm. Just because she rang it up after is not our problem. Then, she said «Well, your wine came up as HH.» Shouldn’t everything be then?
Servers are all different and can see why the place is half empty for happy hour and dinner. Such a disappointment, will take our business elsewhere.

A must try is the shrimp with eggplant. It’s absolutely amazing! Large shrimp and the best sauce over thin sliced breaded eggplant. Don’t miss the chicken satay. The sauce makes it! Just the right amount of lemon and spices. The craft made cocktails are also something not to pass on. Great atmosphere and service! Will be be back again and again! You must try!

Meh. I REALLY wanted to like this place since we live within walking distance and frequent this plaza at least 1 – 2 times a month for good eats. I’ve been there once for lunch, once for dinner and once for happy hour with girlfriends. Each time left me more unimpressed than the last.
On the positive side, it’s a great location and the patio is awesome… just wish the service and food was up to par. I’m sure we will keep trying every once in a while since it is a family owned local business that we favor supporting over chain restaurants.

Happy to find a good place so close to my house
Very friendly staff, fresh and good place to come for food
Food is great and very delicious
5 * all the way

All my stars is for the ambience and starters. It’s a beautiful place for a nice lunch or a dinner. So relaxing and perfect with trees around. Food is on average side, we ordered calamari, the worst I have had. It was bland and tasteless. However the shrimp was right on specially the sauce. Hummus trio, never have complaints on that. Fish tacos was really good except for some smell. Lamb chops and grilled lamb were below average.
The dessert specially the baklava was perfect.
The price is relatively on a higher side, not for a regular goer

Maybe 3.5 stars. Great ambiance on a Saturday evening. There was a Guitar player singer on the patio. I would go back to listen to him, he had a John Mayer thing going on that I enjoyed.
Our server, whose name I don’t recall was quite pleasant. Service though was incredibly slow. So slow, we debated leaving and the restaurant was not full. We were seated immediately and there were open tables, so I don’t know why timing was so off. Our appetizer came shortly before our food, sigh. We got a hummus trio — the jalapeño was very hot and had to be tempered with the Mediterranean. Other than that the flavors were good. They serve them in bowls that are not functional (picture a deep, wide ramekin) — impossible to get the hummus out of with their thick silverware. It should be served on a plate so you can easily eat it with their pita. Which, by the the way, their pita were delicious. Really. Good. Pita.
We split a grilled chicken pita and it was ok. Not terrible, not amazing.
Didn’t try dessert. I think another reviewer mentioned this — it feels like some of, their menu selections are all over the map, but not in a way that breeds confidence.
We liked the live music, the interior is nice, silverware was odd, hummus had ups and downs — if I order again I’m asking them to hold their silly bowls. We want to give it another shot and try a couple more dishes before we rule it in or out.

Overall this restuarant is aweful. They have one chance to impress me… and they failed.
The service is real bad, not going to take it out on the servers, but management needs to review this.
We sat at a dinner on a Wednesday night for over 2 hours and Not by choice. After ordering drinks it takes your servers 10 minutes to come back to the table and tell you «we are out of that paticular drink». Let me just say there was only 4 people sitting at the bar… your bartender could have come out from behind to communicate.
Lastly there was no hostess when we walked in at 5:50 and no hostess when we left at 8:30. So why make a reservation.

We had a group, so tried a few of the appetizers: brushetta (manchego, prosciuttio, honey and feta, black olive, balsamic — great combinations), hummus, shrimp & eggplant w/​spicy marinara, and ivy fries. Everything but the ivy fries was delicious. The ivy fries were interesting at first but really, they’re just fries!
We then enjoyed lamb skewers, Shrimp Santorinia pasta, a gyro pita and the Chicken and Lime Cilantro salad. Again everything was delicious.
The only issue I had with this place was the flies. The doors were open on a lovely day but there were WAY too many flies inside. Annoying to gross.

Close to my work for a healthy lunch. Patio is dog friendly & a great option (weather permitting). Great beer selection, too!

UPDATE
alright, so I guess I spoke too soon with writing this review. The day finally came for our rehearsal brunch to happen. We arrived and they seemed ready for us and got us all sated quickly. However things quickly went downhill. It took forever to get any drinks and our orders because they also booked a second party in the restaurants but did not staff accordingly. Only half the people got their drinks and many were served wrong drinks. Same happened with entrees: there was probably 20 – 30 minutes in between when the first person was served and when the last person was. It was embarrassing to being our guests to this restaurant for them to be treated so poorly. All in all, the food is good and the staff is nice, they just aren’t equipped to handle large parties and I made that mistake I guess.

I’ve been here a couple of times and enjoyed it for the most part. The restaurant has a nice atmosphere and the food prices are reasonable as well. The pitas are good with the Ivy Club being my favorite. It’s basically a gyro and chicken sandwich with pitas as the bread. The eggplant and shrimp app is great too. Some on here like the ivy fries but I found them very greasy. The potatoes that came with the lamb skewers were just awful. They were basically raw and when we told the server, he said «some people like them like that.»
No. No they don’t.
There are ample wine selections and a few quality beers on tap.
Live music has been going on both times I’ve been there which has been ok.

Yummy sangria, amazing food! The shrimp and eggplant appetizer was incredible! I had it for my meal along with the Ivy fries, which were equally great. Nice ambiance and service. My only complaint was that it was sooooo cold inside! I didn’t dress for the outside weather but they had all the doors and windows around the bar area open so it seemed as cold inside as it was out. I survived by warming my hands over the little candle on our table. I’m looking forward to going back… I’ll just dress warmer next time.

Dish: Lamb Pita $ 9.95
Price and Quality: The pita had big chuck of meats and I loved it. The meat was soft. $ 9.95 pita is pretty reasonable. Other entrées are pretty pricy. I would like to revisit them when they have a lunch special: D
Comparison with other restaurant: Pita Jungle Vs. The Ivy
I would like to go back to The Ivy. I was not happy with Pita Jungle food taste when I went in 2015 in Tempe location.
Revisit? YES

We came here for my friend’s birthday. Ivy has a very modern flair with a tasteful interior design. The ambiance was fun with a live band playing low-​key melodies. Our server was very prompt and courteous and did a great job being his first day!
I ordered the Ivy kale salad with chicken which was quite delicious. I also tried some calamari and hummus which was right on point! My others friends all seemed to enjoy their dishes and drinks as well. My only disappointment was that they were out of the saganaki (flamed cheese cooked with ouzo). A few of us were very curious about this intriguing dish. Perhaps next time. After dinner we sat in the patio outside which was very quaint and enjoyable.
Great place for dinner and very accommodating for groups. Will definitely be back at some point! :)

My friend and I came here for a girls night out. Since it was a nice weather outside, we’ve decided to sit in the patio area. What a beautiful place to hang out with my girls! Appetizers were great as always, drinks were awesome and our waiter was funny and amazing! We asked him to take our photos (he did a good job BTW), I found his selfie on my phone lol several times he even stopped by to check up on us… then he dance as he walked away from our table.
I’ll definitely come back here again. Love the service food and the staffs.
Note to owner: thank you so very much for opening this restaurant in Chandler. It is beautiful like Scottsdale restaurants without the snobbiest