Green Olive in Newark and Sherwood

Serves a wide choice of English, European and Greek cuisine with vegetarian, vegan and other dietary requirements catered for. Great food and delicious organic coffee along with very tempting desserts. Newark is lucky to have a place like this.

Dark and dingy little premises, decent coffee. Pecan pie served way too cold to enjoy the favours. Cannoli were, definitely not fresh, quite chewey.

Lovely cafe/restaurant specialising in authentic Greek cuisine and baked goods, although it offers a wide variety of cakes, snacks and meals including a very generous full English breakfast. Green Olive is owned and run by chef-patron Kostas who finds time amid his amazing cooking to have a friendly chat with his customers. Many of these are regulars who look out for each other. So a lovely atmosphere has developed as people chat with each other across the tables. In warmer weather it's lovely to sit out in the shade of a covered area in the picturesque market square. Indoors, the cafe offers a snug downstairs area and a cosy, well-lit upstairs with views of the market square.

Staff wasn't available as much as we wanted them to be . Was scarce in asking if we wanted anything more .We had to get their attention

Visited Newark today 28/9/24 was looking for some where to have breakfast decided to try green olive what a big mistake my breakfast came absolutely disgusting the toast came with no butter the breakfast was swimming in oil, I asked for tomato ketchup and was told that would be 40p more never in my life have I been charged for ketchup with a breakfast, they say they are dog friendly but when we asked for a scrambled egg for our puppy they refused, which I found amazing as its another item they would have sold, if this was the last place on earth I would starve !!!!!!

Such a lovely little restaurant. The menu was exciting, the coffee was good and the service was great. The bonus was it was a beautiful warm day at the end of September so we enjoyed a seat in the sun which added to the Mediterranean vibe of the place. We'll definitely go back

Food was varied and very tasty.

Falafel tasteless but hummus was lovely. 1 serviette between us. Had to eat my salad with my fingers. Very slow service, even when trying to pay. Won't go again.

Authentic Greek food, absolutely delicious.

This place cannot be called Greek. The gyros is certainly not a Greek thing, no taste, no spices, tzatziki almost inexistent, just a few pieces of onion and tomatoes, some meet from a frozen box; the poorest gyros I have ever ate also the most expensive £8.95. No Greek music, no Greek atmosphere. The first and the last time, here.

Based on my experience, I believe that the level of food quality as well as the level of service available are in no way comparable to Greeck's standards in any way. It is also worth mentioning that the price for this restaurant is much higher than what you will find in Greek restaurants that are located in London. Following Greek message to owner An nomizeis oti prosfereis elliniko fagito sygnomi alla eise poli gelasmenos.

Very friendly staff. Speedy service. Hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows a must have!!!

Nice lunch outside. Great gyros.

One of the best spots in town. The food is always great, and very good variety. Can sometimes be quite busy especially in the summer.

This was one of our favourite places until today. We called for lunch - it was busy due to the sunny weather. We sat at a table for a few minutes but didn't get served so I went inside to order. 2 lattes came - 1 was OK but the other was only ¾full and just warm. Eventually the gyros came. The chips were hot but the gyros was rubbish. Cold flatbread that just broke away. It wasn't full like normal and again just barely warm not hot. The meat actually looked as though it had been kept in a warming drawer like a bad kebab shop. I went to pay the bill and the girl serving pointed out the tip menu to me - I laughed. I doubt we will ever go there again - busy or not there is no excuse for the standard of food we were served today. I only gave it 3 stars for atmosphere because we were outside in the sun.

Stopover on way home. Was a lovely cafe, apple pie was absolutely delicious 😋 staff were so helpful and friendly. Definitely recommend.

Nice trendy little place. Great for veggies, although being Christians, we were able to have a lovely hand-made meaty sandwich with chips. Nice pot of tea as well. 😍

What a lovely place to eat! A last minute change of plans meant that we found ourselves in Newark on Sunday lunchtime in need of a light lunch. Although it was busy we had no problem finding a table inside and service was friendly and quick. We could also have sat outside or upstairs. The food was delicious; fresh, tasty and good sized portions. Everything looked and smelled amazing! If we come to the area again I would definitely eat there again. Highly recommended!

Excellent food and great service

The best spinach Pie.... Ever! Fab staff , great atmosphere, family feeling and always made welcome. Location good as sitting just off the market square in the sun is great . Love it !

Tasty Food, great friendly Staff. Good location.

Lovely little Greek restaurant 😍 & cafe with the most amazing owner and brilliant staff! The food is fantastic and delicious 😋 , refreshing frappe and nice desserts too! Highly recommended 👌 if you fancy Greeks food in Newark!

The food was nice I had the chicken gyros and my husband had the same with pork, the service was quick and helpful and moved the tables around as there was 6 of us. The atmosphere was very friendly and welcoming the only thing I can say let it down was the pub next door which is no fault of the green olive, I'd happily come here again when I'm next in Newark.

Every server I came across was bloody lovely. Went for the the first time today with my daughter to celebrate a new job and wanted to try somewhere different and not somewhere generic. This is definitely it and will definitely be back. Great value for money. Amazing presentation of food and left a tip which i never do but it was so lovely. Best place to eat in Newark I’m certain.

As always the coffee and cake was delicious

Nice greek meal, shame it's next to a pub.

An absolute gem of a place in the corner of the market square. This is definitely my new favourite Newark cafe. Authentic Greek food options are exceptional. Highly recommend the Gyros and the home made Greek sweet options (Baklava and Kataifi are to die for!).

Took 50 minutes to get a sandwich. Cheap supermarket bread, not the bloomer bread chosen. No garnish. Complained twice and got no apology.

Smashing ! Lovely coffee and sausage rolls were lush.

The WORST meal deal in Newark. The food was good quality, but there was hardly any of it. My "three-item tapas" consisted of four (4) pepperoncini, three (3) "dolma" which, connected together, might make one ordinary dolma; and a tiny, tiny cup of olive spread. For this, which wouldn't make up **one** ordinary portion of tapas, I was charged £11.40. A COMPLETE RIPOFF.

Excellent Greek influenced foid. So good we went twice in one day.

My first visit, lovely food, great service. Shall definitely go back.

Lots of food to choose from 😋😋 Lovely helpful Staff 👌 x

We were on a road trip to Newark for the afternoon. It was very suprising that tuesday afternoon 90% of the restaurants/bars are closed. The town was dead. This place was open, we arrived 45 minutes before the official closing time. The lady said the kitchen is closed already, (why... nevermind, ok) we can have only coffe or whatever is on display. I felt that we not so welcome, so I told her we order coffe and some cakes, we will be quick and be out before closing. She said no probs. We sat down, having our cakes, and the next minute, a person came out from behind the wall, and stared at us on a way like "god sake...what the .... are you doing here". Probably the gentleman was the dishwasher, he was bringing the clean dishes in a basket. He looked very upset, he had to wash 5 more items on that "busy" day. Otherwise the place was alright, if they would hide their hate towards us, the rating could be 5 star, even if it wasn't something special. But now it is memorable because that was the most unprofessional (and funny) gesture we experienced in english hospitality in 8 years.

We honestly hardly ever leave a tip but this place really deserves it. The service we received from the staff was so lovely, we felt welcomed and well looked after and the quality of the food was second to none. Thank you for a great visit

Staff are lovely, smiling and polite, which in other places next door is the opposite. Coffee and cakes are delicious. We are coming back.

I had to pass twenty minutes on Thursday and couldn't have spent it at a better place. Coffee and flapjack delicious

Wonderful service, food and atmosphere at a good price. Nice location, too. Can't recommended enough :)

We stumbled across this place on an afternoon out in Newark. We had the lunch special meeting. Very good price, delicious food, good service and the sun is shining. Top notch, we'll be back

Came here with with my mum. Ordered the leek and potatoe soup, and it can only be described as dish water. No flavour what so ever and served with a plain crust off of a standard loaf of bread. When we complained was told "every one else likes it". But looking at other reviews on the internet, i can now see that that is not true. Tea for two, was a pot for one normal size cup with one tea bag. Feel like we were robbed. If you do eat here i would recommend you try something different, definitely not the soup!

Absolutely disgusting! Had leek and potatoe soup, and it can only be described as dish water, no flavour what so ever and served with a plain crust of a loaf of bread. Tea for two was pot for one normal size with one tea bag. When complained was told every one else likes it. But looking at reviews now, I can see that that's not true. Feel like we've been robbed!!!

Fantastic place for breakfast or lunch. Great service. Lovely food.

Nice cafe with extremely friendly staff and good service; very welcoming girl upon entry. Coffee and scones were nice; beware, although warned, the stairs were very steep.

Friendly staff and great array of tasty, Greek foods and pastries.

Superb brunch. Mediterranean twist on traditional English fayre. Excellent coffee Charming friendly staff in central location.

What a find in the centre of Newark right by Market Place! Mediterranean café. Breakfast/Brunch today with definite Greek influence - full breakfast including delicious peppers and little pot of butterbeans in tasty tomato sauce, meaty continental style sausage and good quality bacon with mushrooms and choice of eggs and buttered toast; many other smaller breakfast options (equally delicious) for the smaller appetite. Good quality coffee (including decaffeinated). Friendly service. Cosy atmosphere.

First time I,'ve been here very pleasant staff not rushed, and helpful. Reasonabley priced .seating outside,as well as in.

Lovely little cafe at the side of the market. The service was fabulous but the food was little cold although tasty.

Treated my teenage daughter to brunch here and the food is excellent. I marked them down one star because we was charged for condiments and in my opinion a small portion of ketchup should be complimentary. Also decor is tired, wallpaper peeling off the walls.

Our go-to place in Newark. Welcoming with lovely home-cooked food. Staff could not be more helpful. Always lovely to visit.

Thanks very much for lovely food, friendliness and looking after us really well yesterday for a birthday celebration. Staff kept us feeling relaxed despite our wide range of arrival times after train delays, storms and road works, and our rather haphazard food ordering! I'll be back whenever in Newark.

Gorgeous little cafe in the heart of Newark, great service, great atmosphere and some good gluten free options! Had the stifado (beef stew) and took a GF cannoli pastry to go, both of which were absolutely beautiful. Would definitely recommend for GF and non-GF and will be returning in the future. Bonus point for being dog friendly!

I really have to question some of the negative reviews on this site concerning this establishment! Went today with family and had a great experience right from walking in the door to leaving. 2 of us had the leek and potato soup and it was thick and delicious, perfectly seasoned and hot, served with lovely fresh toasted bread, just what you need when it's only 3 degrees outside. Another member of our party had the Chicken and Bacon sandwich and it was well filled on fresh crusty bread. Tea's and coffees were also very good. The service was friendly and very efficient and the price point was excellent. My family use this cafe quite often and have never had a complaint about anything.

Very friendly pleasant staff and good location close to the castle. Unfortunately the leek and potato soup was the worst I've ever had. Very watery and bland. No seasoning on the table either. Was accompanied by dry toast. No sign of butter or marg.........its a shame but i wouldn't come back because of this.

Ordered leek and potato soup and was disappointed. No flavour and what looked like cheap sliced bread as accompaniment. Informed staff and attitude was awful. Just wouldn't accept it was bland and tasteless. Both my girlfriend and I said the same. Dark green warm tasteless stuff. Manageress particularly obnoxious when she suggested I had a cold. Won't be going back.

Visited for lunch as was desperate for a decent soup. Which was absolutely tasteless. When commented the soup was taken away and still tried to charge for the soup. The place itself isn’t particularly clean and the staff didn’t have a pleasant attitude towards us at all.

Lovely little restaurant. A taste of Greece in Notts. Could almost imagine we were still in Greece. Traditional Greek music would have capped it all off though.

Love the Gyros here! Returned several times for lunch for this dish!

I ordered the chicken gyros, which were good. Priced well and staff were friendly.

What a little gem in Newark town center, amazing authentic Greek cuisine fantastic service and great atmosphere. Child friendly and plenty of indoor and out door seating. Lots of board games and card games to help keep the little ones entertained. Great veggie options

Simple café, but the food was outstanding. Very attentive staff (especially Oliver). Not ideal for less abled persons: a few steps up towards the toilets.

Rather limited lunch menu, leek and potato soup poor bread dry. Caesar salad OK. Appears popular however.

I love the food and drink great to talk to I love it so much okay from ELVIS Smalley

Ordered a takeaway halloumi, roast pepper & salad ciabatta but when I ate it there was only a half slice of halloumi in it. Also the salad was soggy. Disappointing for £6:20! Won't be returning

Extremely disappointed with the food, extremely bland and some of it tasted like it had been locked in a dusty cellar for a year beforehand, i’m pretty sure it gave me the craps for a week afterwards

Not much to say about really other than the place is disgusting. I had to wait a long time for my food and I don’t think it’s freshly prepared at all as the menus implies. And the salad my god I didn’t realise that hair was now apart of it. The way the managers speak to the staff also is down right disrespectful especially when the staff look very young and this could be their first job. The place also needs a lot of cleaning I would recommend hiring a professional for this as apparently they are incapable to do it properly themselves. The menu itself is all over the place and isn’t very authentic. Definitely would not recommend here at all if you value your health and wellbeing and if you respect yourself enough.

I can not say about the atmosphere it was a stop over to the airport. I had done an 8 hour Jouney because of a train strike, but the staff was excellent when I arrived, and in the dining room, just the morning was a bit of a letdown the staff just went on about my room number I could not rember so I left front of house was excellent

Went for lunch, we had the cheese pie, and the moussaka both were good quality and well presented. The staff were all pleasant and polite. There is also a nice seating area at the front of the cafe unfortunately it was raining on the day we went, dog friendly inside too which was good for us made to feel welcome. Next time we are in Newark, we will call again.

Visited for breakfast and was extremely disappointed. The staff where lovely but the quality of the food was awful. The bacon looked raw and the sausages tasted sour. there where no salt or pepper and so we asked for some sauce to be told we would have to pay extra. The beans where butter beans in a tomato sauce,bland and utterly tasteless. The drinks where fine though. Overall I found the place overpriced for what we got and not what we expected when we walked In.

A lovely little café in the centre of town. I had a simple omelette which came with a tasty side salad and bread. Service is quick and efficient, lots of locals appear to use the place, which is always a good sign. Will definitely be back.

This is a very good Cafe with proper Greek dishes at reasonable prices. It is busy . People like it and rightly so. It is unpretentious but you need to look past that. My Moussaka yesterday was excellent. And at around eight quid good value. I go there whenever I am in Newark.

i asked if the food was fresh when ordering, as the menu says everything is fresh. when i enquired i managed to speak to the manager who showed me the produce which was all tinned or frozen. hardly fresh. not worth it.

Charming little cafe with great food. Much more spacious than it looks on the outside. Absolutely love the Greek Gyros.

Today myself and my partner had lunch here it was lovely i had a open sandwich with hummus salad etc and my partner had spinach and feta cheese pie both were so nice and tasty we also enjoyed a pudding each. It was the first time that we had visited here, we sat outside and it was smashing lovely gentle service nothing was any bother staff were very polite and nice so i cannot understand why some people have slated this place clearly it is an absolute gem and well worth a visit. Well done Green Olive i wished we lived nearer we would come alot more.

We stopped for a double gyros and kids meatballs….absolutely delicious 😋 A great feeling of authenticity reminiscent of our family holidays to Skiathos. Would highly recommend

Really lovely little eatery serving Greek food. The gyros was delicious accompanied by a glass of Mythos…. Making it all the more authentic experience

The halloumi salad sounded wonderful on the face of it but the reality was a bowl of limp, lifeless shredded lettuce with a few bits of onion and four tiny pieces of halloumi cheese. They charged an outrageous £8.20 for this and a similar price for my son’s spaghetti and six (tiny) meatballs . To add insult to injury when I went to pay the bill they tried to get an additional 10% out of me dressed up as a ‘service charge’. Needless to say I had no Intension of paying a penny more and certainly won’t be going there again.

The friendliest welcome on the Market Place. How it makes a difference that simple, smily “Good Morning!” Coffee hit the spot and a fine array of cakes and breakfast items that I resisted on this occasion, pre-match. A great place to sit and watch life, in the historic Newark Market place. A short walk from the castle. Enjoy!

The staff don’t seem to know what they are doing, coming back to the table to ask again what our order was. The food was okay but the coffee is the worst we’ve tasted for a long time. We asked for an extra shot each of espresso, which then resulted in comedy of errors with staff going to and from the table… but the espresso did not improve the coffee (pig’s ear and silk purse cliché come to mind). When I went to pay the owner charged us for the espresso!!

Nice location but coffee was very weak and 40p extra for oat milk. They really need to improve as they are surrounded by coffee shops and most of them better. In fact even the coffee in Wetherspoons oppose is better!

We visited the Green Olive Cafe today and were disappointed with its food and service. For the first time in my life I was served a cake that was SO disappointing it proved inedible. Greek Walnut Cake, tasted stale and unpleasant. When I returned to the counter I was told that’s how it’s supposed to be. ( like old cake that was baked three weeks ago at £4.95 a slice). I rarely write reviews and never really complain but I feel disappointed in the quality of the food and service My advice is avoid the Green olive cafe and walk 30 seconds across the road to Costa where the cake is edible.

We deliberately returned having visited over a year ago, also when we were in transit. it’s a real gem of a place, with fresh Greek food, awesome orange juice, cakes and more. And lovely friendly staff. Perfect Thanks 😊

Fabulous food served by lovely staff, alwayswith a smile. It just gets better each time we visit. Tapas worth driving to Newark for!

Overpriced and the staff are unclear of their own menu and food average at best. We had a quick look at the menu and on the board in the premises on the wall we chose a toastie The man serving us asked us if we wanted salad and crisps with it which we asked if it was included he said yes and when the bill came they added £250 on per portion . He obviously didn’t know his own menu and he was fumbling about not sure of anything. The lady came over and said it was on the menu in the book not on the wall The man should have said this when we asked if it was included as we were looking at the board in front of us and hadn’t seen it in the other All in all disappointing with their response and certainly wouldn’t return The food was pretty average and we never got asked what bread we would have wanted either

We loved the Green Olive. Sat outside in the sunshine had wonderfully tasty wraps and gyros. Excellent food and very reasonable priced! The service was excellent! Polite, friendly and efficient. Can’t believe how anyone could leave a negative review for this place! It’s amazing!

Charming cafe. Lots of choice. Really friendly staff Food was freshly prepared and very tasty. Recommend the tapas.

Popped in for coffee and chocolate mid morning, and Mrs C noticed they had leek and potato soup on the menu, now that's one of her favourites so we went back for lunch, Mrs C enjoyed her soup and the good bread that came with...

Went for a coffee plus nibble today. We found this place as much of Newark was closed. We arrived and found a table to be advised by staff they would take our order at the table. There was a large selection of eatables plus various...

Excellent service and food. I visit most days for breakfast. I am looking forward to tasting their Tapas. Usually royale eggs

What we ordered to eat was just an average quality, it did not stand out with its taste. The desert was not fresh.

Fantastic pork gyros. Comes in soft flatbread and lovely mix of salad, onions and yoghurt dressing. Always delivers on taste. Would highly recommend

We just popped in for an morning coffee and a snack, we had no issues with the snack, but the coffee (flat white) was rank. The the milk froth on top looked like the bubbles from the washing up water and the coffee was sour,...

Slightly off message coffee shop, Excellent local and Greek style cakes and pastries . My wife loved the macaroons and cappuccino coffee. We were quite surprised to see "Cannabis Tea" on the menu..........Which rather put a cloud (but not of smoke) on our brunch.

Took my mum to green olive. Been here before and thought it wasn’t great but decided to give it a second chance. I ordered two coffees, a scone and pate with bread. I then asked for tap water with a bit of ice as it...

Called in today for lunch a first time for us,it was a cold day the door was wide open it was freezing in there,we asked to be moved upstairs to be warmer,to be greeted with a sash window propped open at the bottom by an...

Was looking for a place for lunch with my daughter, and seeing that the cafe served Greek food which we love we decided to try it. What a shame we did. My feta, olive and sundried tomato sandwich was basically a slimy lettuce, onion and...

In Newark for the day. Noticed this place being popular. Had a taster menu of olives, mashed aubergine, dolmas, feta, Okra in tomato sauce with flat breads. Very tasty. Good place to sit and watch the world go by. The staff are very friendly and...

Food was nice enough, but £30 for “Meze for 2” was disappointing - poor value for money. Dishes were tiny (I know, meze is small dishes, but when it’s for 2 people, you shouldn’t provide for 1!)- “pastries included” turned out to be 1 pastry...

Tapas was expensive and very disappointing. The falafel was poor and had no garnish. The feta cheese was hardly worth having and you have to pay extra for the dips. Not good value or particularly tasty.

Sat down to have a nice breakfast in the sunshine and I ordered poached eggs with sun-dried tomato and the waitress asked if I wanted toast and I explained I couldn’t eat it, so she said would you like bacon instead which I said yes...