The Olive Tree Cafe in Derby

The only thing that lets it down is the older man that works at the till sometimes.he could work on his customer service skills a bit.a thank you or even just a smile would be a nice change

A great choice of home cooked food. Good portion size. Serbuce very good.

Walked past this place no end of times but went in today for some breakfast. Me and the wife both had a full English. Absolutely delicious. Great service, lovely staff, served quickly and freshly cooked. Will be back soon!

Best breakfast in Derby, from the team that used to run the Acropolis on the marketplace. Simple, no nonsense basic food well cooked, promptly served & at a good price point. Nice enough location, clean with good seeting & the staff are friendly & work hard. Highly recommend: the breakfasts, cottage pie & sandwiches. Coffee is only ok, but there are plenty of cold drink options. No airs or graces required & some of the clientele are a little "rough round the edges," which can be "entertaining".

Classic old school UK food. Very tasty. Good value. Nice, friendly staff. Haute quisine this is not, just decent proper food. Good choice. I had gammon and chips which came with salad, a bottle of water, and a hot chocolate. All for £16. Good sized portions too. Lovely.

Wonderful old school cafe serving home made style food. Meal very hot, probably the end of the cottage pie for me but tasted nice. Fairly priced. Staff are bloody lovely, smiling and holding doors open for disabled etc. Attracts the older crowd moreso than the processed food yearning younger generations. Definitely recommended looking around the room at other plates. Nice atmosphere too.

A great place for a good meal and they serve pensioner meals at reduced prices

Lovely and clean service spot on .large portion of chips

Good food for the price and plenty of it

Lovely cafe, and staff. Breakfast was beautiful children said can we come again! Will definitely be back

Good food good prices what's not to like

I took a group of students to The Olive Tree. We were so very well taken care of both before and during our visit. The staff were patient and understanding and the food was fabulous. Thank you so much

Lovely meal, good portion and great value for money. Miles better than chain pub grub.

Very busy place, quick service.

Monty Breakfast... Great value and lovely staff!

I come yesterday afternoon for a jacket potato the jacket potato was hard and black inside I still eat it but i had stomach pain and i was sick all night i think you should only do drinks I give you 1 star

Had 'The Monty' because it included a drink but it is a massive meal so go in hungry 23-06-24 Fresh hot food, cheerful staff, calm atmosphere.

Well cooked everyday food, friendly helpful staff

Good food excellent price and lovely ladies working there

Pleasant helpful staff. Good range of meals.

Came here for the first time , so impressed with the friendly service and the food , the food was hot good value for money and large potions

The cheese burger I ordered was all bread and tasted as boring as it looked

The best breakfast in derby bar none 🙌 you need to sample the full monty !! 🥓 ❤️

Love this place hight recommended xx

Everything you want from a proper 'old school' cafe: affordable prices, cheery atmosphere and great food. Service is efficient and staff are friendly and will try to accommodate for fussy eaters. Also, offer an OAP menu, which has a variety of meals and perfect for smaller apetities and budget's. Overall I have a very full belly and impressed with our experience.

Great place, good old fashioned food.

Always good,polite and efficient service. Good coffee ☕️ Always feel welcome.

Visited this afternoon for lunch. Staff were very polite and welcoming. Ordered 2 roast lamb dinners, which were served in just over 5 minutes. Very inpressed with the food and service.

Friendly staff and customers very popular

Lovely, friendly staff. Cafe is always clean and busy. Food arrived piping hot and portion sizes are huge!! Coffee and choice of locally made cake for £3.75 is absolute bargain!!

Been in a few months ago with grandma and was lovely so Me and my cousin Been in with 2 babys today and women behind counter was very judgmental as we are 2 younger parents (21 not the youngest!) Older women just seemed very rude, one younger lady who worked there was very nice but atmosphere was awful would not recommend. Wasn't busy when we walked in but still hesitated almost turned us away when we first got there. Edit- as I can't reply, we was offered an highchair 1 time by the young lady as i stated who was really nice to us, but there was no room for highchair as they was very hesitant to let us move the tables In the first place just made it a really uncomfortable Atmosphere I had to do what I had to do in the situation we was put in, I don't normaly complain anywhere but this one had to be done, sorry if you feel like your staff did nothing wrong but there was a couple who made it very uncomfortable for us also I would not let my child fall off the table! I just had to make the best out of a bad situation as any mother would when there child needed feeding an was then to late to go else where. I just don't think some of the staff liked a younger generation in there an that's absolutely fine just wish I knew before going in the second time without my grandma. I did say it was nice the last time I went that's why we come in again as I tried to actually recommend but please don't try make me out to be a bad mother as i would never put her in danger at all! It was your staff who made it uncomfortable for us at that time, if they did nothing wrong there wouldn't of been a bad review, thanks for taking the time to acknowledge this.

Awful atmosphere with rude staff, no wonder the place was empty, save your money!

No one at the till for a couple of minutes when I arrived which may have been a one off as there were plenty of staff afterwards. Pleasant lady that served me. Had full English breakfast although not liking egg n tomato I had an extra hash brown instead. Beans had a different tang to them, bacon too much fat but other than that I thoroughly enjoyed the food. Not sure about the foreign? radio station for background music.

Fantastically decorated cafe with friendly staff and more than reasonable prices. I got myself the veggie breakfast and a mug of tea and it left me entirely satisfied. Will come back here many a time.

Excellent service and the food is very nice

I went into the cafe with my 9 month old son, slightly nervous because I didn't see any high chairs. The staff were very welcoming and helpful, brought us out a high chair and regularly checked to make sure we were doing well. The experience was very positive and my son's bib was the cleanest I had ever seen it after eating. He really enjoyed his part of the sausage and chips that we shared

Have been today foe lunch with a friend, lovely pensioners pork dinner highly rate this cafe fabulous food and hot ,fast service and very friendly staff and general atmosphere not forgetting the very good prices we'll done to all who work there

Great place for oldies to have a good meal and some friendly people around as being on your own is very lonely.

Excellent service. Food very good. All staff very pleasant and helpful. Would recommend for breakfasts.

What a lovely cafe. 😍 it is the best cafe I have been to in Derby, other than Wayfarer and it is always so busy with smiling faces from other customers. The food is always excellent ,served with a smile, good prices and I would definitely recommend here.

Lovely place to eat, No frills, Great choice and ery reasonably priced

This place is such a nice place to be and to drink something.

Great service and friendly staff. English breakfast 10/10

What a lovely cafe. We have been visiting for a while now and cannot fault the food, service, cleanliness of The Olive Tree. The staff always go above and beyond to help and get you exactly what you ask for. Thankyou to all that work there . X

First time in The Olive Tree and Loved it fantastic Foodand Service

Stopped in for a breakfast this morning… couldn’t fault it at all… lots of smiley faces and great service, and the breakfast was beautiful. Had the full English, everything perfectly cooked! Deffo recommended! (Would have taken pics but, was too busy eating and enjoying)

Most enjoyable Food good Service good could do with a little back ground music in cafe but overall lovely place

Absolutely awful. My friend and I sat down to get a drink whilst we had food from another place and asked the lady for a drinks menu and she turned round and said “well you can’t eat here so it’s pointless getting a drink” never really experienced customer service so poorly before. Fyi it was a blonde lady with glasses. Management needs to have a word because her attitude and approach to customers is god awful

Fantastic food,the full monty breakfast fills you for a day,staff very friendly,food cooked to order and the omelette meal is Fantastic

What a wonderful place. Great wholesome food, simple clean decor and terrific prices. Plus service with a smile.

Food and service good. Very busy/ full.

Nice little British home cooking cafe, the kind that were everywhere in the 70's & 80's - nice friendly staff

Very good service by had the full English breakfast.👍🏁

Decent food at a decent price with excellent service 👌

Very nice place clean and friendly

Lovely atmosphere and staff!! Food was hot and portions were great!! Pudding was lovely and extremely hot!!!! Will definitely be coming back in!!!

Lovely food and good to have a gluten free range even though it's a little limited .

Me and my friend came to Derby for abit of shopping, upon arrival we decided to go for food and came across the olive tree, I must say that their breakfasts were really nice, absolutely no complains and come highly recommended, compliments to the chef

Lovely little cafe, very good value.

Great family run cafe, which is good value for money.

First visit friendly food lovely had breakfast would recommend

Lovely cafe plenty of choice food is lovely proper home cooked dinners and breakfasts and sandwiches and jacket potatoes highly recommended

A great place for bite to eat after a long morning Christmas shopping. Definitely worth a visit

I like the traditional food, people are nice too

A real treasure in the heart of Derby City Centre. Great food, reasonably priced and staff very friendly. Will return. Thank you and Happy Christmas 🤶

Very reasonably priced (especially pensioner's specials) . Excellent service, good food.

Amazing value for money and friendly staff well worth a visit

In need of a coffee, tea or bite to eat? You will find just what you need here at reasonable prices. Food is tasty and well cooked with decent portions, not had a bad meal here after numerous visits.

Fabulous place to eat . We were visiting Derby and found this café the food was delicious and hot and a very reasonable price. When visiting Derby again will definitely eat there again. I definitely recommend

The food is cooked well and tastes good

nice clean place to eat freindly staff

Went today to the olive tree cafe and had Christmas dinner and roast lamb dinner well it was so delicious good home cooked food can't wait to visit again

Affordable hot tasty meals. Some items pre-cooked and reheated. We both had steak pie with veg, 1 with chips, other mash (needed more mashing as a few lumps). Plenty of gravy. Polite prompt service, especially by the young waitress who brought our food.

Visited this place for food and found it excellent. Friendly staff plenty of seating, drinks, snacks, + main meals.

Great find this cafe prices very good along with produce

Nice food , good service and good price , usually two main meals and hot drinks around £16

Portions we had today was disgraceful 😱£19 for 2 meals and 2 coffees which were brought out on children's plates, I can't understand why this place was packed out! Won't be going again nothing but rob dogs.

Came here for lunch for first time today. I had fishcake & chips & my friend had the lamb dinner. Mine was lovely. I didnt expect 2 fishcakes when they bought it out. Was really impressed. My friend said her lamb was lovely. We got service with a smile & it was very good value for money. We will definitely be back 😊

Excellent service and lovely food

Amazing food and great value for money.

Lovely friendly staff , good food at reasonable prices . Would definitely recommend it others

Was in derbion now outside renamed was bramwells food is great prices very reasonable service great nice and friendly even sell decaff coffee and tea

Very nice and clean cafe. I enjoyed the breakfast cobs. Very well priced.

We have just had lunch I had the liver & bacon which came with chips peas carrots cabbage & onion gravy it was fantastic very tasty well presented & quite a lot of it excellent, We also had a cheese & mushroom omelette that came with all the trimmings peas chips & salad it was full of mushrooms & cheese also excellent Total price £14 & a few pence definitely value for money

Superb quality of service and the food was excellent value for the price.

I went in yesterday for a ham and cheese toastie and a latte the food came out lovely and hot and the food was very nice and tasty I will have to go there again.

Stopped by yesterday and had a look at the menu inside. While looking at the menu, one of the waiters whispered ‘I hope they dont order’ as they looked very bored and couldnt care less about people. Absolutely rude. We left instantly and definitely not going back again.

Service painfully slow,prices over the top.Why do they microwave everything?Pastry,stuffing and Yorkshire puds should never go near a microwave,as they go rock hard.AVOID.

Regular when visiting Derby good value.

Lovely home cooked meals, very reasonably priced.

Very friendly service and excellent service with lovely customer service

Me and my boyfriend went yesterday to this cafe and was very very disappointed with the food. I had a jacket potato with beans and cheese and the amount of beans I had was disgraceful. You have to pay extra for beans or cheese and the fact I paid extra for basically nothing is very very annoying. My boyfriend had the full English and he had the same amount of beans that I had. We definitely won’t be coming back here.

We found the Olive Tree after Thornton's closed. We love it, staff are nice and kitted out like old Lyons! Best of all are their toasties which are very well presented with some nice little touches. We make a point of going into Derby just for their toasties alone. Nice one folks.

When he last Monday for some lunch coffer machine was not working. Tea & cold drink available looked at menu when for cottage pie thought Monday be made nice and fresh what a mistake it was tasted like it had been sitting there all weekend. Had mashed with don't know what they mixed in it but tasted off. Best thing about it was my bottle of pop. Will not be back

Sometimes you don't want to eat off a some beautiful welsh slate, sometimes you don't want your chips *dusted* in anything, sometimes you just want a traditional, reasonably priced meal to eat during a busy day in town. This is where The Olive Tree comes in. Hot and cold food, clean and accessable, friendly accommodating service.

Lots of homestyle cooking and very reasonable prices, staff are very accommodating and friendly

Stopped by this place for lunch today . My wife had a jacket potato with tuna mayo which was huge, it came with a side salad. I had a chicken mayo sandwich with a side salad. The sandwich was delicious with lots of roast chicken. Thoroughly enjoyed our meals and would go again

Went in for some lunch, ordered the brunch. Seemed OK, however at about 4am I was hit with THE worst food poisoning I have ever had. And since that was the only thing I had yesterday it narrows it right down. Definitely not worth the risk for some cooked breakfast that was OK at best.

Lovely staff and food. However the huge increase in price is off putting. Increase of 55p on my usual order. No doubt be blamed on covid , World crisis, brexit and not Greed !!

owner was very discriminatory against a disabled customer that came in, was told to keep his voice down even after his carer explained that he had a disability. afterwards obviously felt embarrassed and made an employee come and apologise on his behalf. not good enough .