Oliveta in Harrogate

Family owned business that delivers family driven service with great food.

beautiful place - family run and so friendly - the place is spotlessly clean and the food is wonderfully fresh and authentic- the Tiramasu was home made and absolutely devine - be sure to ask for a little jug of pouring cream with it and you will be in heaven!

Interesting mediteranean menu with friendly host

Beautiful atmosphere, authentic food and delicious desserts. Would definitely recommend!

Nice restaurant in Harrogate specialising in Mediterranean food. Very tasty Burek to start and a traditional Albanian dish for my main course. Both very tasty and good sized portions. Attentive and friendly staff. Recommend.

What a great restaurant. Everything first class. The menu has a really good selection which makes it difficult to choose, but rest assured whatever you choose, you won't get food envy, because all the dishes are lovely and came out piping hot, on preheated plates. Service was attentive and friendly. Highly recommended.

Had a great meal at Oliveta with delicious tasting Mediterranean food. The owner and his daughter were delightful, helpful and friendly. All in all a lovely meal and we left feeling very satisfied and full. Would most certainly be happy to revisit when next in Harrogate.

Great little restaurant with friendly staff, good atmosphere and great food. Our group of 13 all enjoyed the food and drink. Would definitely recommend.

Absolutely gem of a restaurant. We booked a table through the online booking service on a Thursday night for 8:45pm Very friendly owner and lovely family run business. We ordered the Fergese starter and Tave Kosi for main. Food was piping hot, and the taste was amazing. Will definitely make it a place to return when in Harrogate again.

Really enjoyed the food and service at Oliveta. We were a large group and had the nicest time. Starters and mains, tasty and plentiful. Good vegetarian selection. Thank you again, a fabulous night.

Decided to give this place a try after reading all of these great reviews. Even though it was quiet it did not lack atmosphere with greek music transporting us right back to Athens. Definitely recommend you give them a try, this food is not to be missed...

Came here late on a Wednesday evening and were so impressed with everything. We had the beef and vegetables stuffed peppers to start, definitely big enough to share and so warming. For the mains I had the sea bass and my boyfriend had the chicken cacciatore. Both were incredible and both plates completely clean despite being so full. Such a lovely family ran business, we spoke briefly with the chef too who was lovely and the service was so personal and fun. Our whole experience was wonderful and free limoncello at the end! Really recommend for family home cooked food and amazing service.

Just enjoying a delicious meal as a birthday present from family. Excellent food and service from delightful staff. Generous servings, nice atmosphere. Will definitely be back.

Do not miss this restaurant, incredible food, staff very friendly and attentive. Amazing value for money. Will definitely be returning!!

Another fabulous meal, always perfectly cooked. So nice to go to a proper family run restaurant.

As usual, thoroughly enjoyed our meal. The chicken gyros was especially good.

Lovely place, servers, and the owners are really friendly, with amazing customer service, delicious food, and a nice atmosphere. 100% recommended for everyone.

Excellent restaurant, had a lovely meal there on a Sunday night. Would give 6 stars if I could.

Amazingly delicious food. Best lamb and halloumi I've ever had. Highly recommend!

Oh my days ! Absolutely loved our food , still talking about it now. Fabulous little place, excellent service from the young lady & Absolutely amazing food.

Excellent cuisine, very welcoming environment, the waiter welcomed us in a very hospitable way, you can see that he is a guy with a lot of enthusiasm and desire to do things. Good luck see you soon when I return to Tirana!

We visited this restaurant based on the previous reviews. We weren't disappointed. It was very quiet as it was a Sunday night. The food and the service were excellent. We certainly recommend this restaurant and will return sometime in the future.

Nice Albanian resteraunt in Harrogate and reasonably priced. Great atmosphere with host presume owner interacting with customers A double gin and tonic with a choice of gins included the flavoured gins at 9.50 was nice. The chicken cacciatore is a good dish, nice authentic resteraunt 10 min walk from convention centre

Oliveta is a lovely family run restaurant with good food and great service. The Albanian menu brings flavours familiar to those who have eaten Greek or central European food.

Absolutely loved it 🤩 delicious every dish we ordered, everything looked so fresh and all the food come warm including the bread. Lovely atmosphere and outstanding service 👏 👌

Excellent restaurant in the town centre. Welcoming staff, lovely service and wonderful hearty food (goulash and roasted aubergine) you won't be disappointed eating here. Highly recommended if you are visiting Harrogate.

Excellent service, delicious food, reasonable prices. We turned up without a reservation on a Monday evening and this restaurant was almost full - a sign of a great place to eat.

Oliveta is a fantastic family run restaurant that looked after our party of 14 superbly on a busy Thursday night. The food is authentic and first class and the portion sizes are generous. Highly recommended if you’re staying in Harrogate.

Easy booking & confirmation online with this restaurant. This was our first visit to this family-owned, extremely pleasant, restaurant. First Course: Calamari Fritti & Speca te mbushur Ve; all fresh ingredients, nicely presented. Main: Traditional tave kosi & Lamb leg roast fshati; both dishes nicely cooked, and presented. We drank a very good house red wine from Puglia Italy. The staff are welcoming, friendly and helpful. The food delicious and the atmosphere relaxed. Really recommend a visit to this restaurant for honest, well cooked food and wine.

Oliveta, a place not to be missed. Absolutely great food, service, and atmosphere.

Great place for fantastic food and the very best of hospitality. Highly recommend for the best of fresh flavoured food and service. Relaxed and comfortable atmosphere. Lamb leg roast fshati and smoked salmon farfelle were faultless. The highest compliments to chef and daughter, and team. A place not to be missed.

Went for a late lunch. Service was quick and very friendly. The food was excellent. I will definitely be going back.

Good food, good service. Thank you.

Excellent all round. Staff really good and friendly. Food was just amazing. We will definitely go back.

Delightful evening out. Delicious food and helpful friendly staff. Relaxed atmosphere. My wife said the Tiramisu was the best she had ever had (and she has tried a lot!) We will definitely return

Amazing food and a good atmosphere. Would recommend.

First visit and definitely not the last! A birthday lunch. We had the Traditional tave kosi and Perime Zgare & Haloumi, both really really flavoursome and good portions. The variety of olives in the olive starter was really great. All in all a very good visit with great service too.

Booked here last minute and so pleased we did. Food is amazing. Would definitely recommend the lamb shank, served with a fantastic broth full of flavour. The homemade baklava was one of the best I’ve had! Service was excellent and very friendly atmosphere. Will certainly be back soon.

So delicious food and Family run business makes it even more lovely

Two of us visited this evening and enjoyed a really fabulous meal. A outstanding family run business, it’s really comfortable and so well presented. The food and service was top notch. There are plenty of choices on the menu. I recommend the Albanian stuffed peppers with beef and vegetables to start and the King prawn risotto. Thanks guys. We’ll bring the family when revisit Harrogate.

Delicious food-The Baklava the best I've ever had!-Excellent service and really lovely staff-would recommend!

Nice relaxed atmosphere. Casual and good service.....food was good choices available.

Excellent and delicious food which quick service and friendly staff

I had lunch here today with a friend and we enjoyed every second. The service was excellent, the food delicious (especially the seabass) and they were really accommodating for my friends son. It's a family run business, and the owners and staff were genuinely absolutely lovely. Thanks :)

Excellent service, great food...

The food was amazing! Great portions are reasonable prices. The service was exceptional so welcoming! And the chicken was halal! Would definitely recommend and got again!

This is the first time we have been to portofinos in Harrogate will be going back. The food was delicious and the service was good. 5 stars all the way

Great selection of Italian and Albanian food in a very cosy, relaxed atmosphere. Lots of choice for vegans and omnivores to eat together.

the food here is amazing, it’s the best authentic albanian food you can have outside of albania :) the staff are so so friendly and welcoming, i heavily recommend! the lamb also was cooked to perfection, will definitely come again and order more next time im in harrogate

Lovely and delicious food, friendly staff, would definitely recommend

Great family run restaurant...superb cooking try it

Great, friendly service with good food.

Amazing experience: delicious food and friendly staff. The baked pepper and feta starter was especially lovely, as was the goulash. Everything I tried was fresh and made with love 😊

Pretty good food, as authentic as it gets in the UK, plus you have the chance to try out Albanian dishes which are not as popular as other cuisines in the UK. Relaxed environment and friendly service too. :)

This place is a must. Amazing staff, atmosphere, and food! The beef goulash was outstanding last night, and the service was brilliant! A great Saturday night atmosphere in an amazing restaurant with fab staff! Will definitely be back!

Kids welcomed and the menu for them was varied, they thoroughly enjoyed the carbonara and spaghetti bolognese. Adult sharing platter and drinks were authentic, will call again, a place for friends and family to get together. Kids desserts were flexible thank you!

Kids welcomed and the menu for them was varied, they thoroughly enjoyed the carbonara and spaghetti bolognese. Adult sharing platter and drinks were authentic, will call again, a place for friends and family to get together. Kids desserts were flexible thank you!

Great restaurant and beautiful food. Fabulous staff , Recommend. Would definitely visit again. Restaurant very welcoming. Amazing thank you

Absolutely lovely evening out for dinner at Oliveta. The food was incredible and really fresh, they are not shy with their portions and it was really great value for money. The atmosphere was so nice and the owner is fantastic and really friendly. I would definitely recommend!! We will definitely be returning☺️☺️

What a beautiful place☺️the food was so wonderful and fresh and tasty with a fantastic value for money. The atmosphere is very relaxed and the music and decor is on point for a Mediterranean restaurant and the service was so friendly and warm. I would definitely recommend, you will not be sorry, it is lovely place. We will most certainly be returning!!

My wife booked this restaurant for a family gathering to celebrate my 60th birthday and I have to say she couldn't have chosen better. The owner is an absolute gentleman and made us very welcome, the restaurant is beautifully presented and is a lovely environment to eat in. Between us (4 generations, from young children to my parents) we tried a wide variety of starters and main courses and the food was superb. I had the tave kosi as I'd not tried it before and I wasn't disappointed as it was absolutely delicious. The house red and white wines are Italian wines and really good quality. We will certainly be returning in the near future.

Lovely restaurant - food was absolutely excellent and staff are warm & friendly

Delicious food, exceptional service, clean, warm atmosphere. We had, stuffed peppers with beef to start with then Sea-bass as main and Rovani dessert.

Found this restaurant through trip advisor reviews lovely little find , lovely staff , comfortable atmosphere, great food , brilliant service had a fab time would visit again.

Last minute booking whilst visiting Harrogate for the weekend and really couldn't have been more pleased. Staff were lovely, friendly and attentive, food, which is a mix of Albanian and Mediterranean was absolutely delicious. The baklava we had for dessert was juicy and packed with nuts, nicest I've ever tasted.

Delicious Albanien, Mediterranean food with nice atmosphere. V good house wine and great staff. Had a great birthday dinner.

Just been for a meal to celebrate our anniversary here with friends. Absolutely fabulous meal; staff were great too. Would certainly visit again if in the area and would definitely recommend to anyone.

Oliveta Is superb great family run restaurant, food is varied and really tasty we would recommend you visit, the visit was after a day of walking round Harrogate and was was warm ,friendly and hospitable

Fabulous find. Lovely family run restaurant, excellent food cooked by the lady of the house. Very authentic and very welcoming atmosphere. We shall be returning.

What a lovely place for a meal, we where greeted by a wonderful attentive manger who made our evening feel special, the service, staff and food great it made for a nice evening as we frequently visit Harrogate we had tried many restaurants here. But this was a very special meal. We almost felt part of the family here. 10 out of 10 all round. I had lamb chops they where marvellous, so tender i didn't had to chew. My better half had Gyros it was well cooked to her taste. Drinks reasonable and staff great.

Excellent meal, outstanding service from our new favourite Oliveta waiteress Nichollette.

Me and my fiancé came to Harrogate for a weekday away and was recommend this restaurant. I'm so glad we followed the recommendations. The food was incredible. The staff were absolutely fantastic, friendly and in truth, would take another 200 mile trip just to visit again for the food and service. Anyone visiting Harrogate looking for somewhere to go for a great meal out. Don't hesitate booking here. You won't regret it. Thank you all at Oliveta!

We have had the best time ever, best experience ,delicious meal, beautiful atmosphere, family run business , giving this place 5 star is not enough, thank you Oliveta for you best hospitality and your warm welcoming, See you very soon Vini Bruna Margarita

Really lovely family run restaurant. Food was delicious and huge portions and the owner and family really welcoming. Everything on the menu sounded great so we’ll definitely have to return to try more!

Great place, and food, good portion size as well. Lunch from the al la carte menu, two courses for two with wine £70. The service was very friendly, and not at all rushed. Will return and would recommend.

Fantastic food and amazing service

Discoverd this place by chance. Extremely delighted with my find. A really warm welcome from the delightful Albanian family. Made to feel special. Nice spacious and very clean establishment. Sadly I was at work and only had time for one course. I chose the Sea Bass as a main. Superb "pretty as a picture" presentation and so delicious. Exactly how I like my food to appear and taste. Must come back another time to really appreciate this wonderful restaurant. They deserve to do well.

Very tasty food, great service and very friendly staff.

Our first experience was so good on a short visit to Harrogate we went back again. We had great food in a nice atmosphere with a friendly host. What more do you need

Visited this restaurant after reading the fantastic reviews. The place was spotless, host was great and food was delicious. My picky 4 year old ate his way through a full basket of bread and dips (unheard of) ! Lovely place, we would have returned the following evening if we weren’t scheduled to return home.

Recommended by a local, food was great and service excellent. Would definitely return.

We ate here on NYE 2023/24. The food is uncomplicated but perfect, very fresh and Mediterranean. What makes it is the welcoming family vibe. From the welcome at the start to the many goodbyes and happy new years at the end it exuded friendliness and goodwill. Dad is the manager and front of house, mum in the kitchen, and daughter waitressing. Such lovely people. Who knew this place even existed? Not me. We’re going back for sure.

Lovely evening. Friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere and delicious food. The food was very fresh and cooked perfectly. The house wine was also very nice. We will definitely return.

Lovely restaurant. Service was exceptional. All of the food was high quality, freshly cooked, piping hot and absolutely delicious. House red wine was excellent. We had a fabulous time and will definitely be back.

Lovely staff,atmosphere & food would highly recommend

What a lovely restaurant- best seafood risotto ever -, great choice, fabulous service and lovely table. Thanks! Made our visit to Harrogate very special.

Great food, service and atmosphere. A must if you are in Harrogate. Thank you to all staff for a great evening.

Brilliant spot in the centre of the town. Wonderful food and extremely pleasant staff and reasonably priced. Will go back again.

Fab food, friendly service, professional attentive staff. We really enjoyed our pre Christmas Dinner.

We visited here one Saturday evening after the seeing the positive reviews and it certainly lived up to the hype! The welcome was friendly as soon as we arrived and we were seated at a table in the front of the dining area. It’s nice...

We visited here one Saturday evening after the seeing the positive reviews and it certainly lived up to the hype! The welcome was friendly as soon as we arrived and we were seated at a table in the front of the dining area. It’s nice that the tables aren’t too cramped together and the table itself was spacious enough for a couple. The service of drinks was really fast, and remained so when getting refills throughout the meal which was fantastic. The menu is a good size and has a nice mix of traditional Mediterranean dishes as well as some more recognisable options. The stuffed pepper with beef starter was sizeable and really tasty. The king prawn starter had a very good chilli kick, although the white wine sauce seemed more tomato to me, and an extra ciabatta slice would have been welcome, but was also very delicious. The main Greek gyros dish was again sizeable with succulent meat, and the traditional tave kosi was impressive, with the lamb tender as promised. Service time was quick, presentation great and the two courses filling. We still decided to sample the tiramisu though and it rounded everything off perfectly with more decent presentation. The whole atmosphere is cosy and enjoyable, as well as being in keeping with the style of food on offer. The service from all the members of staff was great and it was a very enjoyable evening. A lovely restaurant and I’d highly recommend!

Superb service, real warm welcome from arrival. Food was hot and beautiful- we had the house red wine which was also lovely.

Food was freshly made, without taking ages to arrive, and was absolutely delicious. We enjoyed every bite of the starters, main courses and desserts

Fabulous atmosphere and the food was just AMAZING! We came here for a special occasion and it did not disappoint! Amazing Starters (was spoilt for choice) and the mains were just fab. Great portions .... The flavours were incredible (the Sea Bass was the best I've ever had and my husband raved over the Koftas) You have GOT to book in here!!

Loved everything about this place. Service, food, everything so much so that when they accidentally gave us the bill for another table that was much lower than ours would have been we told them. Just wish we lived closer so we could go more often. LOVED IT.

Found this restaurant with good reviews on TA and Google Maps. Booked a table ahead of time, but when we arrived we were the only two customers for quite a while on a quiet Wednesday evening. So it’s safe to say that ambience was a bit lacking. The restaurant was clean and organized. The food was nice although I can’t really place where its origin is. There were all sorts of items from Albania and other Mediterranean regions. Sadly my colleague decided to have a quarrel with me in the middle of the meal🤣. Hope to return to this restaurant next time under better circumstances.

A friendly, family run restaurant with a good range of well priced home, cooked food. Our meal was delicious and the service was great. Happy to recommend and will visit again.

Fabulous staff, food, service. Go!!

We had read about this restaurant and had never eaten Albanian food before. Frankly we were thrilled and will certainly come again. Excellent in every respect.

Our visit to Oliveta was excellent.. Kolin was a fabulous host, food and wine were delicious. If we lived local this would be our go to restaurant but sadly I can only highly recommend it for others to enjoy!