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Fig Olive

Fig Olive

104 East Oak Street, Chicago, 60611, United States Of America

French • Italian • Spanish • Cocktail


"We had a reservation for brunch and showed up on time. There were 6 of us in our group and we were seated on the third floor. When we looked at the menu, we didn’t like what was on it for brunch. We asked if we could see the Dinner menu and were told they aren’t serving dinner so we cannot order dinner. Then we asked how much longer we would need to wait if we wanted to order dinner and the answer was an hour. So we asked for appetizers and ordered Labneh and Baba Ghanoush. By the time the apps were brought out and we finished them, it was close to an hour and we asked if we could order dinner now. The server seemed reluctant to let us order dinner for some reason. Eventually, we were allowed to order dinner. The appetizers were great, so we were really looking forward to dinner. The people who brought out the apps were very friendly and nice, however, the person serving our table was absolutely terrible and had the worst attitude, no smile, and seemed like they hated their job. This person should not be in a customer facing role in a nice higher end restaurant, they are the face of the restaurant and completely killed the mood. A few of us ordered the Amalfi seafood risotto and it was fantastic. One person ordered the Moroccan spiced salmon and they really liked it. Two others ordered the lamb top sirloin and Free range brick chicken and they also really liked their food. The only reason I’m giving this restaurant a 4 star instead of 5 star is specifically the experience we had with the server. Frankly, I should have given a 10% tip or less for their terrible service but I didn’t do that. The food was very good but I’m not sure I’d go back again because the bill was $235 and after the tip it was $280 with extremely terrible service. When we were leaving the server was sitting by the elevator, clearly saw us leaving and didn’t have a single thing to say, not even a simple thank you for coming. To sum up my experience, the food was great and the server behaved as if they gave us a free meal and did us a favor by allowing us to eat there."