Olivers Bar & Restaurant in Medway

A great place for the more sophisticated in Medway. Great music, old skool classics. Can get a bit busy. Definitely the best spot in Rochester. Its a bit of old skool disco.

Excellent service, lovely food. A school Reunion for 20 of us in their marquee. They couldn’t have been more kind or helpful. Top marks!!!

Couldn’t see the menu on line as they were updating so took a chance. All that was on the menu when we arrived was a roast dinner. At first I was very disappointed as I would not have gone had I seen the menu. However the food was excellent and really enjoyed it. The only thing I did not like is it was £22 pp for a sharing platter and if you wanted an individual plate it was £22.50. Although there was a vegetarian option but I went for the third option of the veg only plate for £15 as I don’t eat meat anyway. It was scrummy and couldn’t actually finish it all. However I don’t think the sharing thing is good. I would never want to share a roast dinner and it was really strange a single plate was more expensive. I would recommend it though. Staff were lovely and surroundings good.

Celebrated a friends birthday at Oliver’s this weekend and had a great night. The newly decorated restaurant was stunning, the food was amazing as always and the staff were friendly and attentive. Carried on into the evening with great music and dancing.

On a normal Thursday night just popped into Oliver’s Restaurant for a drink and ended up staying for dinner and I am so pleased I did. I had the Oliver’s burger and it was amazingly good and to go with the high level of service I will definitely be back soon if not next Thursday.

I chose Oliver’s for my 30th birthday brunch. There were 17 of us and Luke and Carla were really accommodating and put us in a private dining area. The restaurant itself has just been refurbished and is beautifully decorated. We had the bottomless brunch and we had a mixture of options, some had cocktails, some beer, some Prosecco, some soft drinks. The cocktails were delicious and really good quality. Not too sweet or sour and were made fresh and you could tell they weren’t just bottled cocktails like you get at some cocktail brunches. The Prosecco and beer were also nice, and the soft drink selection was really good and not just coke, sprite etc, it included stuff like J2o also. The food was also really lovely. The burgers were all really nice, chips, chicken wings and halloumi sticks! It was really good value for money. Can’t wait to go back for a themed brunch!

Great fun & amazing hospitality cocktails Were tasty Taylor was so attentive informative & good fun thank u so much Really highly recommended

Met family here for Mother’s Day. Ordered Sea Bass which was served with roast potatoes,parsnips,carrots,cabbage,peas. Also a Yorkshire pudding 😮 very strange combination certainly wasn’t expecting roasted or Yorkshire pudding with my sea bass sadly it spoilt the meal for me. Found it strange also that a bottle of wine we ordered was kept at the bar instead of left on the table for diners to pour when required. Also the garlic bread ordered for a starter was burnt black one side very disappointing. Staff friendly and pleasant but it was spoilt by the strange choice with sea bass.

Service very slow and when I asked to speak with manager they sent a young waitress out instead!! Walked out and went to Wetherspoons over the road..

First time at Oliver's, but very impressed. Fin who oversaw the dining area, could not have been more helpful or courteous. The food was really good. My black squid ink battered sea bass was delicious. Will definitely be returning.

Went to celebrate for a friends birthday, waited over 45 minutes for food, when it came out was luke warm, the lamb could have walked home on its own it was blue, when complained got presented with another small plate of meat, did not even take the meal away, and give a fresh dinner. Although we did not pay for the food, the waiter proceeded to throw the drinks receipt on the table and whislt fiddling with the card machine dropped a dirty fork on her. No offer of a free drink, or dessert and a bottle of white wine was £30. Absolutely never, ever going there again !!

Worst Brunch I have ever done. Staff were rude. Food was cold. Service for a brunch was very slow. The Dj couldn’t play music due to something being broken. Half hour later there was a power cut. Not their fault. How ever we was left freezing cold. No complimentary drink not even a hot drink. We asked the manager and were told no. Waste of time and very disappointed AVOID

Very nice set lunch for £25 which included a bottle of wine for the table (although sadly I could only drink one glass!). The beetroot cured salmon was excellent, followed by chicken breast in a wild mushroom sauce. Friendly service and nice atmosphere. Would definitely visit again.

Visited Oliver’s for the first time for a family Sunday Roast. Both food and service were excellent. Nice to meet the Chef at the end of the meal. Well worth a visit and hopefully be back soon

Took a friend for an evening meal and we were both really impressed. Presentation & flavours were amazing! The complimentary bottle of wine with our meal (we went on a Wednesday) was most welcomed!

Amazing food fantastic & very friendly chef who makes a real effort to come out & meet us So glad & excited about the new management 100/10 cannot recommend enough

We heard there was a new chef who had recently started at Olivers and thought we would give it a go for my mums birthday. This time the food had drastically improved and the service was great considering a busy saturday evening. My partner loved their steak which was cooked to perfection and I loved the burger! They catered for the kids and it was great to see empty plates. We were made aware they will be having a new menu soon so we will definitely be returning! Thanks to all at Olivers and great to see some worth while changes.

Lovely evening at Oliver’s. Pleasant ambience with chilled out background music, lovely cocktail menu and amazing food in the chic restaurant. Will definitely be back.

Fabulous evening meal with family to celebrate my birthday. I took my young granddaughters too and we were well looked after. There was a good choice of food to cater for everyone including some nice vegetarian dishes. The service was excellent and the food was delightful, not to mention the cocktails!

I reside in a property behind Oliver’s and have lived there for 8 weeks now. Every Friday and Saturday/Sunday nights from 3pm roughly onwards until early hours of the morning myself, my other half have been kept up from outrageously loud thumping music reverberating through the walls. After speaking with several residents we will be touching base with the council to look at measuring the volume. It goes on from Friday to Sunday and last night on Monday went on Until 3am which is frankly preposterous. Several residents have made complaints and I have as of today Liaised with Medway council to look at a plan going forward to limit the noise as residents are finding it rather difficult to sleep at a weekend.

Cocktails are great, went for food today and it was awful lamb was over cooked and tasted disgusting. Made me feel unwell. Not a great experience - thought giving the price it would have been nice but no. They did take the lamb off my bill but I was hungry and left feeling still hungry and sick. Wouldn’t recommend going for food

Olivers is a lovely place, nice decor, attentive staff and reasonable pricing. Let down slightly by the food, some was great, some was just average. I had the goats cheese and red onion tart to start, which was a little dry and overcooked. My lamb main was also a little overdone and could have been seasoned more. The ratatouille that came with it was delicious though, as was the passion fruit creme brulee I finished with.

We arrived a bit early on a Thursday evening, and we were staying nearby. We were shown to our table in a small dinning area, there was a table of 2, already on their main courses, a table of 5 next to us all having exotic cocktails, and us 2. After being seated for near minutes, we asked for the menu, which we were duly given. We then waited a further 10 minutes and asked if our order could be taken bearing in mind. it's not a large menu. We ordered some olives and warm baguette to eat while waiting for our starters of pate and goats cheese, and eventually, they all arrived together, which was not the idea. Mains were lamb for me and a mushroom risotto for hubby, he found the rice to al dente, but because of the service decided not to say anything, until the lady on the table next to us, who had also ordered the risotto complained that it was not cooked properly and sent it back. The manager did come over when my husband mentioned about the risotto and very kindly sorted this out for him. Hubby had tart au citron for dessert Some seating out side several steps to get into restaurant, so might not be great for a disabled person, car park nearby

We had a 3 course dinner here last night which went down very well indeed. Great food, a decent selection and a set price menu - though I was taken aback by how expensive everything is in Rochester. At least you are pretty much guaranteed to eat well here, and service is excellent. I had salmon and chicken, all beautifully prepared and cooked. Surroundings are great too. This is probably the poshest restaurant in Rochester high street, but they avoid any snootiness. Cocktails were decent quality and good value at 2 for £12. We didn’t have much change left from £100 for the two of us, but felt it was the going price for the area.

We had my husbands 50th birthday party here. There was 21 of us and we had a room to ourselves. The food was really lovely, everyone commented on how nice it was and they could cater for gluten free etc. They were super accommodating all day long and had also printed out loads of kids resources and provided crayons etc. for all the kids. We were there from 12.30 and finally left at 8pm!! The staff were absolutely fantastic. Thank you for making our day so great!!

A lovely setting for a wonderful meal. Excellent value, two courses for £20 (three would have been £25, but we had eaten so well we couldn’t manage a third!) A good selection of dishes to choose from, including several vegetarian, vegan and gf options. The service was friendly and attentive, the food was first class. All together a very enjoyable meal out.

Ho scelto Oliver's restaurant perche' , guardando il menù on line, ho visto che aveva diverse opzioni gluten-free, e poi perché era categorizzato 5 stelle per il food hygiene rating. Posso dire tranquillamente che le aspettative non sono state deluse. Locale molto bello e personale cortesissimo. Hanno avuto la massima attenzione per il celiaco del gruppo, e hanno anche fornito il pane, che avevamo scordato. Alle bambine hanno dato dei colori per disegnare dietro il foglio del menù bimbo. Ambiente accogliente, caldo e anche i servizi igienici erano puliti e ben riforniti.

Had an amazing meal with the kids, the bistro menu has something for everyone, our server Gemma was great! Would definitely recommend.

We were a party of 10 to celebrate my husband’s birthday. We were allocated our own room and the service and food was fantastic. We weren’t rushed - nice gap between each course. Thoroughly enjoyed our lunch. Thank you Oliver’s!

Had a very enjoyable evening. Service and food was spot on. Thank you Allie for being very attentive and making the evening special.

Really good food - sea bream on samphire was delicious. Soup was a little salty. Prompt service but unhurried. Recommended

Same food as in a pub but very very expensive. I booked 1 month ago and the price was 26£ for 3 courses. We went there on the 28th of December and paid 40 pounds for the same menu… It was tasteless, the hollandaise sauce...

We held our company Xmas meal here. The food was delicious, the service was excellent and you dealt with the changes we had to make due to illness very professionally and efficiently, making it in all a very enjoyable evening for us all. We highly...

Had a lovely hen night out here, the atmosphere was amazing and the staff were so friendly and accomodating. Taylor really went out his way to make our night as special as possible!

Overall an ok experience but problems with all elements of the evening. A group of 5 ladies. Cocktails, all really nice and well presented. Starters again all really nice, tasty and well presented. The Pork Belly comes with a tiny jug of gravy which was...

After walking around Rochester a good lunch was in order! Crowded pubs and a lack of individuality was disheartening until we found Olivers at the start of the high Street. Although quite pricey (2 courses £29 each) the service was excellent & a new autumn...

What a lovely way to hang out with the girls with a bit of daytime drinking and yummy food! Thank you Taylor for being so efficient with filling up our procecco! We will be back!

Had an amazing bottomless Afternoon Brunch with Taylor - absolutely smashed it! Can't wait to come back... food was amazing!

Lush afternoon out with the sister. Taylor really looked after us. Lovely food, lots of drinks. Bottomless brunch 😋

Amazing. Served by Jade. She was really lovely And welcoming. We went after I graduated and she made it an amazing experience for me and all my family and friends!!! Thank you Jade

came here today had a roast dinner. we.didnt have a booking.but was accomadated quickly. we were served by a young lady called Jade and another whos name i didnt get these girls were very attentive . the food was fantastic we had roast dinners. the...

Had an enjoyable time at Olivers for my friends hen party. Bottomless cocktails were lovely. Special thanks to Tyler for great service and being a great sport for one of our dares. Cheers 🥂 😊

came for cocktails on a Saturday night sat in the lovely marquee and had amazing cocktails and food and served by the amazing Taylor Will defo return

10/10 cocktails and heaters in garden, amazing cocktails every time by Taylor love em and Meg xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Had such a great time. Food and service was great. Especially Taylor !! We went for bottomless brunch and there was so much food 👍🏻

Fantastic service, friendly atmosphere, brilliant food. Thank you for a fab birthdays Shout out to Tayler especially!!! Top notch!!!

Lovely place overall, however there was one member of staff in particular - a ginger female, around 18 or 19 she had a very snarky look on her face, and I overheard her telling another individual about my “death smelling perfume” I will not be...

Gave it a go, only diners in for the evening. Food poor, low quality ingredients, fried food cooked in old oil, guy serving us did his best and was pleasant enough. It’s a sign of the times, venues need to cut costs so try and...

We thought we would give Olivers a try as we love Brettingtons and it's the same owners. That's where the comparisons end. The place is a lovely building however its in dire need of some TLC. The decor was grubby and stained and seating was...

Had an outstanding meal at Olivers From the door staff to the bar staff and the waiters and waitresses we had a fabulous evening. Can I take this opportunity to thank both the staff and management for making us feel so welcome. Compliments to the...

We chose this restaurant for a Mother's Day Sunday lunch as one of the top 10 in Rochester on Trip Advisor. We arrived early and enjoyed some cocktails in the bar before being shown to our table. The starters were nice so we were confident...

Has to ask for drink menu,then the food menu then starters turn up after being in the restaurant an hour with the bread sides missing. Service a joke and “manager” too busy to speak so sent poor girl out to explain they had issues in...

4 of us in the group for a birthday meal, carrots not cooked, service was dreadful, for which the service charge 13gbp but the web site states service charge applicable for 6 or over persons dinning, the dinning area was absolutely freezing cold we would...

Had the perfect ‘Sunday Lunch’ at Oliver’s. The staff were all friendly, approachable and, professional, they did all they could to make our lunch special and it was. The food, we both had the beef, was superb. Perfectly cooked, absolutely delicious. Our desserts too were...

Fab food, great atmosphere. Taylor served us our food and was great. Amazing cocktails and Taylor was very knowledgable on the menu and choices! Great night out afterwards!!

went for a friends birthday, wasn’t my choice and I wasn’t expecting too much but was amazing!!!! Taylor - our waiter- was really good 😊 great food, great atmosphere and will 100% be coming back, very happy!

Great food, fantastic service!! Taylor was our server and was brilliant, very attentive and great fun! The food was great quality and delicious, brilliant night out and cocktails after!!

This place is very nice with good service but it is far too overpriced for what it is, could do better

Massive thanks to Tyler and the team for the bottomless afternoon tea, lovely food, great Prosecco and attentive service. Highly recommended - was a fab way to spend a Saturday afternoon ☺️

Went here for my husband's birthday, he was very impressed. Friendly staff, good choice of menu. Food was delicious and presented lively. Restaurant was very clean.

Taylor the barman was an absolute delight. Charming, attentive and humorous. He really is an asset to your brand! We will return!

Out with friends for a quiet birthday celebration and Taylor was just brilliant: attentive and just such fun. Pay that boy a bonus.

A family birthday meal yesterday - 14 of us including 5 children. Food was perfect, better than expected and beautifully presented. Staff were very attentive, nothing was too much trouble. Will definitely visit again, particularly when we have family gatherings. Highly recommended.

Pleasantly surprised with the ambience and quality of the meal. We stayed in the bar after the meal and there was a dance floor with dj . We will definitely visit again

The first time I tried Olivers it wasn't very pleasant, but this Friday 19/11/2021 everything was wonderful, the duck and meat we ate was tasty, made with care and attention. I hope it stays that way. A special thanks to the chef and the whole...

Brilliant. Can’t fault. Attentive staff and beautifully prepared food. Totally different from my last review September 2020 when COVID was the excuse. Can’t recommend highly enough and looking forward to their new venture at the old Simply Italian in the high street.

Had a lovely afternoon with the girls at Olivers! Had exceptional service, food was delicious and the drinks were flowing! Had Taylor as our waiter and he was fabulous. Will definitely be back.

Amazing brunch at Oliver’s, food was divine and come out on time. Drinks flowing getting me going. Taylor is the best waiter, I’ll see you later

We honestly had the best service ever from Kerry and Taylor, they were amazing! They filled up our drinks when they was empty without even asking and such fun people too!

Absolutely outstanding service! Food was sooo good, drinks were constantly topped up. Kerry and Taylor were amazing!

First time bottomless brunching at Olivers, usually we go to London for bottomless brunch, but why would we bother now!? This restaurant topped the London service, the London food quality and the London drinks. All for such a good price!! The service was amazing, staff...

we were on a thursday evening, friendly service fantastic food even though we were late. Congratulations to the chef, you can see that he gives his heart to cooking. We will definitely be back Thank you

Trip advisor reviews were amazing…. Truly a terrible place to eat. The food was absolutely awful. We were expecting a “french wine bar”, couldn’t have been further from the description. However the staff were very nice.

First time here and will return in future. Well presented surroundings. Very good staff. Food nicely plated up and cooked well to order. Red wine was actually slightly warmed and that does make a change from lots of restaurants! Shame I was driving as really...

Lovely atmosphere, attentive waiters and wonderful food. We spent lovely evening after work here. Also has a lovely back garden for drinks 🥤

We had booked a table for 18.00 prior to attending a concert in the Cathedral. Having spent half the day exploring this lovely city, we needed a sit-down by 17.00. The waitress ( manageress ?) was extremely welcoming, and showed us to a restaurant table...

Comfortably the best around. Food selection of food, nice decor & the young lad in particular is very good & has an excellent memory for people who come here, no matter how regular. It's especially good for large bookings.

From the moment we booked to the day of the wedding the service was fantastic. Both the lady managers/owners where so friendly and nothing was too much trouble. They decorated the room for us and it was just perfect! The food was delicious. I really...

I hope this a thorough and fair review offering some constructive feedback and perhaps why some of the reviews are so mixed. A friend recommended this place and anywhere that does cocktails gets my vote so I’d been looking forward to visiting for a while...

We came here for a Sunday lunch, the restaurant looked really promising and had a nice atmosphere and decor. The service was excellent. We had some nice starters of scallops and crab cakes, although my crab cakes tasted like they had been cooked in slightly...

Food average, asked for medium rare steak and got near enough well done, atmosphere was awkward and service seemed to take forever sometimes up to 10 minutes for a cocktail, didn’t manage to put birthday ballon out and still put it on the wrong table!...

The restaurant has some style and the staff looked after us well. We ate there a couple of times and enjoyed our meals. The food is a cut above most places and reasonably priced for a set meal - £26 for three courses during the...

Booked a table and was able to sit in the covered garden to order from the lunch menu. Fantastic friendly service. Lovely historical decor. Delicious cocktails. Two for £10. Yay. We enjoyed the chicken and bacon open sandwich which was presented beautifully and filling too....

I recently visited Oliver’s, prior to arriving called to see if there was any availability and was assured by the time we got there there would be a table if not we could wait on the terrace, once we arrived we had a very cold...

Came for a few drinks and food & Taylor looked after us really well! Very happy with the service. Thank you Taylor! :)

Big thank you to Taylor who looked after us in the brand new garden music was on point, food was really good we had the crab cakes was really nice maybe couldve had a bit of sauce to make it better but thankfully taylor made...

Superb Service and food, we went on a Friday at 2pm got a table in marque outside The rose was nicely chilled, the mussels and prawn and crayfish open sandwich were lovely Jerry our server was fantastic, superb professional service. Deffo going back Thoroughly Recommend

Amazing garden space Great food Great service and drinks by Taylor Very covid safe Not really sure why the bad reviews for this place. Couldn’t fault anything can’t wait to come back

Good choice of music for the new garden, new food menu which came out good value for money, cocktails 2 for £10 was delicious. No complaints here!

So we was a table of 2 but had a friend joining us later on but was sat right by the smoking area so moved to a table for 2 as we was having some foodFood was nice but really overpriced for what you got as we have the charcuterie board to which only had 3 very small slices of bread and was £14 at most was worth £10 Crab cakes were amazing and well worth the money So now for the negative The server was rude and arrogant, we ordered to start two pints and two cocktails we waited at least 15 minutes the cocktails came out first and was told that they prioritise cocktails even tho they knew both drinks were for us the pints which are the quickest came 5 minutes later so wasn’t happy about that! we moved tables due to our friend arriving we went to order drinks for him to then tell us we were the worst customers due to moving tables that he requested us to do as couldn’t fit a third chair on our table and that he wasn’t taking our order (we ordered two pints, vodka red bull and 3 jäger bombs so wasn’t that awkward) Absolutely shocking service considering you should be valuing customers due to Covid I work in the pub industry myself and would never treat the customers as we was especially as our bill was £86 which they already added service charge onto which I think is wrong as the service we got was terrible

Went here on a last minute dinner.Booked the table for 8pm.Venue very nice Barman and waiter excellent service.Food could have been a lot better.First started wasn’t available as sold out but second choice was ok.Steak very small and dry even though I asked for rare. Steak pie soggy on top and dry in the middle no gravy.Desert nice and and cocktails very good.Price was ok for what you got.

Thank you to David the Daddy for giving us the ultimate service despite the rain and making our Girly evening one to remember .

Visited early evening for date night. Managed to get a table last minute on a Saturday night!!! Lovely atmosphere with delicious food, compliments to the chef! well priced set menu and generous portions. Felt very COVID safe and a huge thank you to Kirsty who was very attentive. We saw several tripadvisor reviews mentioning kirsty, so we are pleased when we got her as our waitress. Will definitely return. 5*.

Lovely atmosphere with delicious food, well priced and generous portions. Felt very COVID safe and a huge thank you to Kirsty who looked after us so well for our anniversary dinner. We will most definitely return, for the bottomless brunch next time. 😉

I really don't get the negative reviews. We were welcomed and treated very well. The food was excellent. I had the crispy beef and the salmon which I cannot fault. Everyone in my party of 4 was happy with all their courses. The menu is short but to me that's a sign that everything is freshly cooked and it certainly was lovely. Cocktails were great and many were 2 for £10. Even though w didn't order dessert my son was brought a delicious slice of cheesecake with a sparkler in it when they found out it was his birthday.This restaurant is also adhering to Covid-19 guidelines. I can only assume it's people who don't want to do the same who are rude and don't like that they can't talk to staff that way. Good manners gets good manners back.Give it a try, you won't be disappointed if you are a polite person.

I went with five friends on Saturday 19th September, we were addressed with rudeness and aggression by the woman who told us she runs the place. She was so rude in fact we didn’t even finish our drinks and left! Never returning!

Dinner visit while visiting Rochester. The food was good, steaks cooked to the perfect temperature. Our waitress (?Kirsty) was so kind, attentive and understanding, especially because we had a grumpy baby girl with us who might have disturbed other guests. Will definitely return

Dreadful, popped for cocktails ( 4 of us ) asked bar person if we could sit together on the 4 chairs , yes she said . Some blonde abrupt woman then came out and said we can't sit there like that , so rude and could have been more polite , ended up sitting outside and same woman came bashing about turning lights on etc . We won't be visiting in the near future , the owners need to teach their staff how to be polite , well that woman , the rest seemed to realise how she was just by their faces

We visited as a family of four and all left happy. The food was top notch and the cocktails on par with a high-end London cocktail bar. The setting was lovely and the staff extremely helpful, We can’t wait to go back.

Visited last Friday evening for date night with the wife and can gladly say pleasantly surprised, food was london quality at a very good price. Cocktails was 2 for a tenner and they were very tasty. Staff was friendly and attentive defo coming back!