Purple Olive - Ellesmere Port in Cheshire West and Chester

A great place for food and top class food.

Great service. Food fantastic. Great prices too.

We eat here quite often. All ways excellent.

Another lovely family meal at Purple Olive. The food was delicious, great value for money and friendly staff. Would definitely recommend.

Awful food, worst buttered chicken I’ve ever had in my life

Best lamb chops ever. Great curry as always!

It took a long time to get the food but it was very tasty! Nice that it had such a buzzing atmosphere on a week night. The decor isn't my cup of tea but in general I liked the restaurant!

First time at this place, certainly won't be our last. Food was fantastic, service was excellent, price was fair. Two starters, two mains, two breads, one rice, two drinks, pennies over £50. Very much recommended.

Best Indian i've had so far by a clear mile. I made an error with my web order this evening and didn't realise until I came to collect it. The guys were more than happy to replace it with what I thought I actually ordered.

Had a takeaway tonight a few people still waiting to collect after there alloted time and I myself waited 20 minutes longer. actually the food was still as good as usual. but service not great!

Lived in the area for a while now and always use another local curry house , this week decided to deviate from the script and try the purple olive . Never again ! My initial feeling when I walked in was it very unwelcoming but decided not to judge a book by its cover, 25 minutes later a gentleman came over to take our drinks order , 5 minutes later the SAME gentleman came and asked if we had ordered drinks , this is where the red flags started and the problems unfolded . We ordered 8 popadoms with two chutney trays they brought one tray , one of the lamb dishes came out as chicken , one meal was cold and I cannot comment on my meal because it didn’t come at all !!! I was offered a complimentary drink to apologise and asked for a gin and tonic …. To top of the night what came was a passion fruit martini 🍸👍

Delicious foods would definitely go again

We came here for the first time last night and everything about the experience was first class. It says something about how good a place is when it is busy on a Wednesday night! Everyone's food was amazing and the service was good and the staff were also a good laugh. Really enjoyed it here and this place is now my new favourite Indian restaurant!

Worst part is the service, the waiter literally said "your friend is crazy" because my boss was asking for a separate bill. He even DECLINED to take a photo if us on the table, saying "OH SORRY I'M A BUT BUSY" and he kept standing around our table for good 5 mins doing nothing. Idk if it was racism that I felt, but the worst hospitality service ever Food was okayish, probably because I'm Pakistani and I've had a lot better.

Food is beautiful. Great atmosphere. The service was good.what more can I say, oh the takeaways are just as good, well done purple olive

This is the best Indian restaurant I have been to. always consistent and delicious. Nice staff too.

Great staff, food when it's correct and hospitality but you got our order wrong and still charged us extra. Must do better!!!!

A brilliant night, for 30 people. The food was delicious, and great value for money. The staff were so patient, and couldn’t do enough for everyone. Most definitely recommend.

Came here whilst on a trip to liverpool.....Best curry I've ever had, was looked after so well too & the atmosphere there is so friendly, loved it all!

Absolutely brilliant place... staff cant do enough for you... Best Indian food I've ever had. And an absolute bargain. Portions massive too. Definitely recommend and will 100% return.

Ordered a takeaway, they forgot our poppadoms but sent them straight back out with some extra onion bahjis. Food is always excellent and staff are lovely. Best Indian in the port.

Great place! Thanks to all staff really helpful when we went on the weekend - went above and beyond for us and all very polite. Curry always very very nice! Would recommend 100% can’t fault them

Always good food, but let down by a poor delivery service. Also you cannot pay via debit card over the phone, which is bizarre in this day & age

We ordered a takeaway and we were very disappointed.The onion bhajis were rock solid ..We also ordered a garlic naan bread which had no garlic on it but had chilli powder all over it .. The curry was nice but we did not finish the meal as the so called garlic Naan was nothing like a naan .. Very disappointed with the meal and will not order a takeaway from Purple olive again …

First visit but won't be the last. Lovely choice of food to suit all tastes even some non Indian food. The cost was very good and the staff were delightful and entertaining. Portion sizes just right and they really did everything to help you enjoy your meal. Be mindful they don't do puddings but everything else. Give it a whirl you won't be disappointed.

Gave us menu for new year when we paid depisit, on the night, they gave us 3 different menu's last one double price, we walked out. Big scam didint even taste food 👎

A very pleasant evening, great food,lovely setting, and knowledgeable,attentive staff. My new goto Asian food restraunt.

Christmas Dinner, family of 7, every year everything is fantastic from welcome to service to food to atmosphere. Can not recommend this restaurant enough. Not just Christmas but throughout the year. Thank you Sid & team from the Shepherd family 🤣

Absolutely amazing place, never have I ever had a better meal. Had many takeaways from here before but this was my first sit in meal and I'm already planning the next one.

Great night celebrating my daughters birthday.lovely food great service.even sang happy birthday to her.

Lovely big restaurant with a great choice on the menu. Quick friendly service and the food was amazing. Would highly recommend.👍

Fantastic service and great food as always

Absolutely disgusted in the service 2 1/2 hours wait to be told your foods out on delivery won’t be long 30 mins later still no food so in the meantime my food been with a driver over half hour turns up cold not good at all and the staff not bothered in the slightest and the driver the same just laughed. From using this restaurant a lot to this, very poor standards think twice about ordering takeaway from here

Absolutely delicious food. 💯 recommended

Abit expensive but overall it were value for the service.

OMG the food is divine !! Only moved to the area at the of September and have been twice already 🤩

Fabulous Indian restaurant. Very friendly staff and great food.

My dinner here was one of the best Indian meals I've had in the last 10 years. The flaming lamb served with house special rice was delicious.The meat was top quality and cooked to perfection.The flavours were so delicious that they lifted my spirits and took me to a happy place. The waiters were friendly and helpful and the service was very good .

We loved it 😍 From beginning till the end ! Best !

Lovely curry. Madras delishious as always 👍👍 Update: did not disappoint again. Stunning curry had by all the family. Friendly and helpful staff

Had food here and it was beautiful. Lovely curry. Cocktails were very small though.. they call themselves a cocktail lounge but they only served 4 cocktails so hardly a lounge 🙈 food was immaculate though absolutely beautiful. So fresh, tasty and reasonably priced. The service was slow but food deffo made up for it and staff kept us informed and apologised for the inconvenience. Will be visiting again and now we use this for takeout too. Be warned however.. they don’t accept card payment for takeout which is a nuisance! Cash only! But you can pay on card if dining in the restaurant.

The best curry i have ever had! Service was a little slow but the food more than made up for it! We even ordered a takeaway from here the week after and that was also absolutely phenomenal!

Shocking. Waited over an hour and a half for main course as waiter forgot to put order through. Had to go bar to order drinks as table service non existent. Not worth the money

Really poor experience - ordered early online with a prebooked time of delivery so we could enjoy our evening afterwards, got a confirmation email with all details spot on, impressive so far. Rang them after they had missed the delivery slot by 15 minutes, kept on the phone for another 10 to be told eventually that our food would take an additional 1 hr 15 minutes as we were now at the bottom of the queue. Surprised and disappointed, no apology, no compromise, no attempt to help - not a good way to run a food business.

Always brilliant food, and great service.

Had lovely meals with friends last week staff where very helpful . Will definitely be going again soon

One of the best Curry's we've ever had, food, service and value is top notch! Can't wait to go back! Thank you to all the Staff and Chefs!

Another takeaway, food is well prepared, tasty and hot. Recommended

We ordered a takeaway for delivery, we have just finished our meals and I had to write a review because our meals were excellent, tasty, fresh, full of favour and we will be booking a table very soon. Absolutely satisfactory.

Lovely food. Staff friendly. Will definitely be going back.

Lovely meal, both my girlfriend and I couldn’t get enough and we will be back for more when we visit family locally. We were after a good meal after a long trip from Scotland and a lovely meal we got. From the starter to the main it was all spot on. Thank you boys, if you pop to Scotland, come and say hello if you visit fort William

Absolutely delicious.. such a wonderful gem of a restaurant,, hot , tasty and authentic

Absolutely fantastic food. I was not sure if it would be as good as i wanted, but it was. The staff are friendly and very smartly dressed. The restaurant is very atmospheric and traditional as well as relaxed. The prices are actually quite low. I enjoyed my meal, and i was happy. I genuinely recommend this restaurant and bar for a night out and traditional Indian experience 👌

Had a family meal for my 70th birthday, and they couldn't do enough for us, food was all amazing, great place.

I had an absolutely beautiful meal there, thank you so much

Phoned for a booking an they said no bookings but they have tables at the back. Terrible ss we're locals especially 😔

Freezing cold. No heating. Food was fine, but nothing special. One meal was served quite cold. Service was very average at best.

This is a lovely place. Larger than it looks from the outside. Fantastic tasty food. The staff are young and enthusiastic! I'd recommend trying it.

Must be the best Indian in the area.

took a while to get served and took longer the get food and it was incredibly mid, would’ve rather gone over the road for one of the other curry houses, staff were friendly tho

Take away rather than eat in tonight - excellent food chicken balti vegetable rice onion bhaji 🤗🤗🤗

Placed order, two hours later still no delivery two phone calls to find out when it’s coming, told he’s out delivering, don’t lie, just tell people the truth… Never again

As usual, I can't fault it first class

Amazing meal as always! Excellent service. Staff so welcoming and friendly. Favourite place for a family meal by far.

Pre booked a 7 people table for New Year’s Eve, when we got there they tried to say we had cancelled our table which we hadn’t, we’d paid a £70 deposit, sat down and we weren’t even allowed a minute to pick our food off a set menu hardly any options, rushed through our starters and mains, we were told upon booking there would be entertainment there wasn’t anything, we weren’t told it was a set menu, when complaining at the end about the shocking service the staff were very rude and dismissive, I’ve been a few times and never had this disgusting service, won’t be going back

We came here for a birthday celebration, food, service and staff all excellent, highly recommended

Fantastic Christmas Day lunch at the Purple Olive. Amazing food and atmosphere. Thank you for another lovely day 😊

Great place, staff wonderful considering our rowdy party if 30!

Great restaurant. Tasty food, friendly, polite staff and good prices. Restaurant is nice and clean too. Recommended.

Tried this place for the first time and found it quite disappointing. We was left waiting for quite sometime before we got asked for our drinks order. Our starters were lovely but then had a 40 minute wait for our mains. The one main was luke warm and really off putting but had waited too long for it to arrive to send it back. We wanted to order more drinks throughout our time there but we didn't have a waiter come over to ask us. Was told to go up to the bar to pay the bill even though some customers had a waiter take the bill to the table with chocolates and cloths to wipe hands on. Not sure why we had to go up to the bar to pay but that is very poor customer service. The food was actually very tasty but there is nothing worse than a curry that is just luke warm. It was very busy in there tonight but guessing you have to be a regular to recieve good service.

It was very enjoyable, the staff were excellent, very good service, very good prices and good helpings. Will definitely go again. Very clean and tidy.

Best Indian food around, can be really busy so we often get a takeaway, lots of variety on the menu and the chef's specials are really good, lots of flavour instead of just spicy hot.

First time for me. Loved it. Great decor, service and the food was amazing. Will return

Perfect, Best curry I've had for ages!!

Food was average, menu didn’t reflect actual food. Starter states mushroom veg starter, not a mushroom insight. Main chicken curry, looked like they just threw chicken into a sauce. Needs to be authentic, on the positive the staff where nice and nice look decor.

Great place, Clean, friendly staff and fantastic food. Parking not far away if cant get outside.

Literally the BEST Indian Restaurant and Take Away. Also fantastic for hosting a Birthday Meal! We have been to all - Wirral/Cheshire West & Cheshire East. The food and the guys here are fantastic! If you like a Vandaloo - ask for Sid’s Special - it will not disappoint! Thank you all. 😍

Absolutely beautiful food cannot fault it

Food amazing lamb rosti exceptional and king prawn dopiaza delicious brilliant service definately 5 star staff friendly and attentive

Really lovely Indian restaurant, food was excellent and the service was brilliant. Prompt seating, friendly staff, plenty of local parking. Prices very reasonable for the quality of the food. Please note they don't offer deserts since the pandemic but it's not a loss as the food is 5 star. Going back next Sunday for another banging meal 🤘

Omg I've just had the best Indian of my life.

Absolutely brilliant. Best Indian I have ever been to. Thanks

We dined at the purple olive on Monday 25th July 2022. We arrived 6.30pm and were greeted and seated by a smart well presented gent. We had our drinks. Poppadoms and tray of sauces. Fresh and delicious as always. The restaurant was very clean and immaculately presented as always as were the staff. We had our starters which again were beautifully presented on warm plates fresh and delicious. Then for our main we ordered 3 different main curries. 2 types of rice and (chips for the heathen). Peshawar NAAN. Our meal was delicious throughly enjoyed it always freshly made tastes fabulous. Well presented on piping hot plates with spotlessly clean cutlery. Napkins and tablecloths. Never had a bad experience or bad meal here in all the times, we have dined here. Top class absolutely delicious.. Service with a big smile. And very helpful staff especially 'saucy Rosti' waiter. Thank you very much. Keep up the excellent standards We love it here and will be back soon. Xxxxx

Awesome place. Definitely visit again. Very friendly atmosphere.

Really nice, I don't know why I don't come more often. There's lots of competition in little Sutton so the standard has to be high and the purple olive doesn't disappoint. Highly recommended 😋

Food is excellent and staff very friendly will definitely go back

Amazing vindaloo, had a good time 👍🏽

Friendly staff and the food is always amazing, I've never heard anyone say a bad thing about the place. You won't regret going.

Good food nice staff. Relaxing meal will be back

The best chicken tikka masala it is divine. The staff are really friendly the food is the best I have had.

Excellent food value and service would highly recommend

So we only live 5 min walk from this restaurant walked past it many times but my wife & I thought we would give it a try and well I am so glad we did from the minute we arrived we were greeted by guys with smiles we sat young lad took our drink order and our waiter arrived I asked for his recommendations but not the usual English curry off proper curry what he recommended we both chose they even did me lemon rice which was not in the menu the food we received was piping hot and full of flavour so glad we did not go with the usual English curry I can't remember the name of them but they were in the chef's special page numbers 5 & 6 along side we had Nana bread which was amazing also I would recommend this restaurant to any body but I would also say book we arrived at 7pm & by 7:45 they looked full fantastic meal we will be back again very soon

Excellent meal. Very attentive and friendly staff.

Very good food and attentive staff.

Amazing food and service and a very enjoyable evening.

Had a lovely time last night celebrating my granddaughters 18th, our waiter was lovely, nothing was to much trouble for him, the food was really really nice, definitely be going back again,

So bad I don’t know where to start. Cold room and cold food, cutlery placed in a bundle on the not wiped table, very long wait for food, queried allergen menu, (nan was apparently gluten free), the waiter said he had no idea but best to not trust the info! Salmon curry was rubbery white fish. Four of us dining each agreed just about the worst curry we’d had. I wonder if people doing reviews are confusing this place with nearby Holdi which is actually pretty good. There was nothing to redeem this place, sorry.

Absolutely beautiful place. The food was to die for and the staff couldn't do enough for you. Would highly recommend

Best Indian by far ... Nothing to much trouble.. friendly attentive staff.. Highly recommend here

Food nice. Had a singer on good but a bit loud couldn't turn down the speakers. Service OK.