Olio
2-10 Kensington St, Chippendale NSW 2008, Australia
Restaurant
•Why you'll love Olio
- Ideal venue for various events, including corporate lunches, weddings, and milestone celebrations.
- Characterful and charming, yet versatile enough to be transformed for bespoke events.
- Sicilian cuisine celebrated, blending influences from Greece to the Middle East with award-winning executive chef Lino Sauro, a Sicilian native.
Olio Kensington Street is located on the second floor of The Old Rum Store, the space features a contemporary indoor fine dining room with historic arch windows flooding the venue with natural light. At the heart of Olio (Italian for olive oil) is award-winning executive chef and Sicilian native, Lino Sauro. Lino comes from a lone lineage of self-sufficient Sicilian farmers and his passion for food and produce is evident in his menus. Sauro and his team open the doors to Olio as they would their family home and turn on the Italian charm, ensuring an unforgettable experience for you and your guests.
Since Sicilian is the unsung hero of cuisines in the global food scene, a cultural melting pot of influences from Greece to France, Spain to the Middle East, Olio Kensington Street is the perfect place to have a culinary adventure. All events deserve a great setting whether you are hosting a corporate lunch or dinner, a wedding, engagement party, end-of-year celebration, milestone birthday, family gathering or a canapé cocktail celebration. While Olio is full of character and charm, the venue is simple enough for you to transform to suit your next bespoke event.
Olio Function Rooms
Olio Kensington Street
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Reviews for Olio
DY K
We had the $59 Lunch menu, which I found to be an excellent value for money. The quality and variety of dishes offered at this price were outstanding. The atmosphere of the restaurant was enhanced by the beautiful sunlight streaming through the large windows, creating a bright and warm dining environment. What stood out the most was our server, Marcello Fiorentini. His kindness and cheerful demeanor made our dining experience even more enjoyable.
Nadia Banik
We got the $108/pp Truffle Set Menu - the food was pretty average. Not much of that wow factor going on especially for the price. Waited a while to even be seated even though we had a reservation. Waiter came by after 2 minutes of us being seated, but then didn't bother looking over to see if we were ready to order for some time and I had to flag someone down. No smiles, not very welcoming. The chairs were quite uncomfortable, the service in general was also a letdown. I felt like I was bothering them whenever I asked for something. The food also took a while to come out, and it took about 20 minutes for us to receive our cocktails - the food had already arrived prior. Definitely not worth the hype, would not come back here.
Emehh McK
We ordered the $59 3 course lunch which lets you choose a dish out 3 choices for each of the 3 courses. The forcaccia was warm and delicious. My entree was Ocean Trout Crudo which was alright. For mains I had catch of the day which was a very cut of fish and interesting. It also didn't taste too fishy My companions has the squid ink pasta which had a very rich and shellfish sauce and oyster blade steak. The mains were very flavoursome.and delicious . Overall food was above average and enjoyable. They seated our table of three in the balcony area as the inside restaurant had no 4 people tables inside. They really could have given us a larger table instead so we could sit inside. Especially since we were dining at 1:40. We had intermittent service as a result hence marking that down. Overall its good value but suggest you make sure to get a table inside.
Josephine
We were served by Marcello and had the most amazing anniversary lunch at Olio. Marcelo explained the menu and made us excited for each course. The squid ink pasta and tiramisu are absolute winners, but all of the food was exceptional. I will be returning at requesting Marcello as my server!
Jonathan Joel Sng
Service was top notch, waiters and waitress came to our table at least on 4 occasions to check in if the food was good and if there was anything we want. Chef Lino even came out to have a conversation with us. Food was really fresh and came pretty quickly. Overall I had a good time with my family and friends. Thanks Chef Lino for your hospitality and of great food of course!!
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