Could this be possibly one of the best kept secrets for good food and value in the Pinardville/St. A's area? Ollie's is a very popular restaurant with families and senior citizens. The takeout service is just as popular.
Located at the corner of Mast Road and Henriette Street, Ollie's Food & Spirits, a casual family restaurant, offers a very extensive menu (over 150 menu items) to suit many tastes including American & Italian fare and a little bit of Greek. The menu offerings include appetizers, wings, soups, salads, sandwiches, gyros, burgers, wraps, subs, pizza, calzones, chicken, pasta, lamb, steaks, meatloaf, ribs, seafood, kids menu, and desserts. The prices here are reasonable and fair with good portions. Dinner entrees ($7.95-$19.95) include soup, cole slaw, vegetable or salad and choice of potato or rice (except pasta entrees). Daily specials are posted on the wall. Beer, wine, spirits, and cocktails served here.
The place has four dining areas with booth & table seating, takeout counter seating, and seating in the small cocktail lounge in front (small TVs here). There are black & white framed pictures of Laurel (Stan) & Hardy (Ollie) hanging on the wood trim walls and colored stained glass overhead lights above each booth.
My buddy and I stopped here for dinner on a typical weeknight and the parking lot around the restaurant was almost full with some cars parked along the Henriette Street. Wow!! However, we were seated immediately and ordered some drinks Diet Coke ($1.75 each - free refills). For dinner, the Stuffed Haddock ($11.95) was very good and baked with lots of butter and topped with a savory seafood stuffing & Ritz cracker crumb and served with creamy mashed potatoes & brown gravy and a basic garden salad (iceberg). The Spaghetti & Meatballs ($8.95) was a tasty heaping portion of soft spaghetti topped with a hearty marinara sauce & 2 large homemade meatballs and served with a good cup of vegetable beef soup (tomato beef broth, potatoes, celery, cauliflower) & a soft dinner roll & butter. Cannot leave here without having dessert, specifically the homemade creamy Rice Pudding ($2.75), which is a staple here. It's served warm or cold in a sundae glass topped with whipped cream & cinnamon sugar.
Overall, this place gets a solid 4 STARS. The food was delicious and a very good value for the money (under $35 including tax and tip). The service was very good and efficient. The friendly waitress was attentive checking up on the meal and the food was brought out in a timely manner.
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