Twisted Olive

Delicious! Nice view of Lake Michigan. Great waitstaff. Our waitress overheard that it was one of our birthdays and arranged for a special dessert as a surprise! Great food, great service!

This is a great restaurant… Great attentive owner and charming (Liz? an awesome sommelier in training) servers (with one exception) and staff. –
Filet and pasta terrific … The cookie ice cream sandwich not to be missed!
However, recommend staying away from «Will», a waiter with anger management issues A restaurant of this caliber shouldn’t have such a person interfacing with the public IMO, when everything else is so great…

Beautiful décor and views. We went for a Saturday lunch and it was quite busy. The building doesn’t accommodate much so I suggest reservations during busy times. There isn’t a huge menu but just enough.

Always a great meal at the twisted olive.
I had the omelette and it was very good. Wife and kid enjoyed their meal as well.
Service was good.

Very good food, and beautiful atmosphere! Feels very cozy and nice.
Linguine and the fish sandwich recommended.

We had intended to eat here for dinner but opted for Barrel Back. Instead, on our way out of town we stopped at Twisted Olive for lunch.
None of the pictures I saw prepared me for the size of the dining area. The place is exceptionally small. Also, although there is dining outside on the street side, there is no outside dining on the water side. Don’t let that be a deal breaker; the food is phenomenal.
The lunch special sandwich was amazing (turkey, slicked apple, fig compote, arugula, brie). Again, amazing! My husband had the crepes which he really enjoyed. Prices are very reasonable for the quality of the good you receive.
Bonus: When we left the restaurant, there appeared to be a parking ticket on our windshield. It turned out to be a «warning ticket»!! Thank you Petoskey!

First experience here, and it was YUMMY. My hotel recommended the French toast, and I opted to pair that with bacon and one egg scrambled.
I got here at 8AM, and happy I did because this place gets packed.
Great food. Amazing view and service. I will come back.

This is a nice little restaurant located in downtown Petoskey. We found this restaurant via Unilocal because it has highest number of reviews and total of 4 stars in the area. and thanks for Unilocal,this turn out to be one of the best restaurant that I have tried recently.
Location: convenient .many parking spaces around the restaurant. EXCELLENT VIEW. we made a request to sit next to the windows where we could oversee the lake.
Excellent FOOD! we came here around lunch time (it stops serving at 3 PM. so make sure u come early to make it for lunch).we ordered the Whitefish sandwich and steak sandwich. and a side order for vanilla bean pancake. Drinks. we ordered Ice caramel macchiato coffee and special mango bellini
Food:
1 Steak sandwich. amazing!.. steaks (grilled sirloin) are really tender/juicy.the grilled sourdough is really crispy and added a nice texture to the sandwich. i chose provolone (vs gorgonzola) cheese as part of my sandwich… they are so tasty.
2 Whitefish puttanesca sandwich: sauteed with paprika, capers, olive, puttanesca aioli. excellent choice… fish is really fresh/flavorful/juicy…the capers and paprika gave a little kick to its overall flavor. love it
3. Vanilla pancake. we just ordered a side pancake .It is good, comes with some blueberries
4. macchiato coffee is great… I am surprised that it only costs $ 2.50 + $ 0.50 caramel flavoring… really cheap for the quality of coffee you get
5. Mango bellini. it is the special for the day… i didn’t really taste the mango. and it costs $ 8.00…i don’t think it is worth the the money
all the sandwiches are priced less than 10 bucks. the prices are really reasonable considering the quality of the food we got…
The food is great. but the reason why I gave a 4 star review rather than 5 star review. because of its slow service. and the servers didn’t clean the table well (there were still water on the table) when they seated us…
Overall…excellent food with spectacular view

This is the best restaurant in Petoskey!!! You have to come here for brunch for sure, but every meal is great! Steak sandwich, eggs Monaco and Croque Madame are some of my favs! Such a beautiful scene with the big windows over looking the lake too

Wonderful evening at the twisted olive. Went with a few locals to this quaint restaurant that has wonderful views of the bay. The greens salad was delicious, the salmon special was cooked and flora voted perfectly and the homemade ice cream sandwich sealed the deal!
Will, our server, was super attentive and offered great suggestions. The wine selection was delicious and overall it was a great experience. Will be back soon!

Well, I think we were here on an off night — we were the only table in the place, and there were more staff than patrons.
It was hard to tell who were the hipster locals and who were the hipster staff at the bar scene.
The Wagyu beef steak was quite tough and overdone for the $ 45 price tag — which was strange. We told staff about it, and got an «oh, really» from our server.
That’s it? C’mon guys.
I’m sure this place is as good as folks say it is, but on this night the staff seemed worn out and just wanted to go home — not sure we’ll be back.