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Purple Olive Restaurant & Catering

4.3 (217 reviews)
Open • 4:00 pm - 9:00 PM
Updated 1 week ago

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Moderate noise
Casual
Good for groups
Good for kids

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828 chicken
Rich G.

Moved to the new location. Having dinner tonight. Plenty of parking in the back. Crowded tonight we will have dinner at the bar. I had the 828 Chicken a stuffed chicken breast came with mashed potatoes broccoli and their red cabbage- yummy. Wife had short ribs yummy. Plenty of food we have leftovers.

Steak and Mashed Potatoes
Kelly M.

We were glad to find a reservation here on a Saturday night. It is a small, comfortable restaurant but they had plenty of room for our party of 6. We all enjoyed the appetizers and food. Highly recommend.

Short ribs
Mark M.

Ate at the new location of Purple Olive. Had yo sit at the bar but the bartender was good. We ordered the roasted olives, a shrimp curry soup and the shirt ribs. The olives were great as was the short rib. The soup was a tad too fishy.

Chef's Stuffed Chicken
Kelly M.

Super! Super! Super! Why? It was a wonderful experience. I had a party of eleven and anticipated all kinds of issues. We did not have one. Our waitress was patient, friendly and awesome. Our drinks were creative, fun, and yummy. I am an ole Gypsy customer and I loved the homage it paid to both Gypsy and Pape! Tip: MAKE RESERVATIONS. It's a hopping place.

Carpineto Rosso, coconut mocktail, shirley temple
Marialuisa M.

OUTSTANDING!!!! Inside was like a house full of family, just my cup of tea. Our waitress was EXCELLENT big shout out to 'Charyl B'. We started with drinks I ordered a Carpineto Rosso, Coconut Cocktail, Shirley Temple. Everything was great! Dishes ordered were a kids mac n cheese (homemade ) it was the best mac n cheese ever!! Best we have tried anywhere it was so buttery. Next dish was a kids chicken parmesan noodles looked to be pappardelle noodles. The chicken was cooked to perfection, suoer juicey. Perfect crust up top, sauce was delicious, not salty just super yummy. Noodles were wonderful. Lastly I got the sesame crusted tofu; it was perfect and had a crunch not soggy. It came on top of a bed of jasmine rice and onions. That was delicious. We ordered a creme brulee and I was happy they had coffee. Now for prices it was great! For food quality, portion size, only $75 with cash $78 with card. I love the cash method. Here are my scorings of everything: Carpineto Rosso 9/10 Coconut Mocktail 8/10 Shirley Temple 10/10 Kids Mac n Cheese 10/10 Kids Chicken Parmesan 10/10 Sesame Crusted Tofu 10/10 Creme Brulee 6/10 Coffee 10/10 Amazing spot I'll be back fo try some other menu items like the short rib over mashed potatoes I also love the kids menu it is priced well for portion and quality. Excellent job, Purple Olive we enjoyed ourselves.

Butternut squash salad
Joel Jz Z.

Spent the weekend in St Augustine area with some family and she likes this place so we went for dinner, It was more of a higher end nice for a date night or first date kind of place. Great service. Nice portions nice looking place in a strip mall. Next our to a pizza place and a Hurricanes grill, We went with the Ahi Tuna dinner with was tasty and fresh Also went with the Paella seafood with chicken and sausage. Unfortunately they were out of clams so non in the meal only muscles and shrimp. chicken and fish. and Chopped up sausage. Could not tell what kind. Not much flavor in the pallela but the Ahi Tuna was great! We started with a shrimp bisque just ok needed more shrimp but tasty and a nice salad.

Yummy drink. Sorry, don't remember the name.
Christine W.

Food was good. Party of four and we all liked our dinners. Think the eggplant was the favorite. Big portions. Service was attentive and friendly. We will be back.

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13 years ago

Filet excellent, good wine selection. Husbands beef bourguignonne was tough.

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Great dining experience. Always eat here when in st.augustine. Always have the special never had a disappointing meal.

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8 years ago

Exceptional!! Had the lamb chops and my husband had the ribeye with Gorgonzola cheese along with asparagus and lobster bisque soup

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17 years ago

Excellent meal and service! Highly recommend the filet mignon with the blue cheese and garlic butter sauce.

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14 years ago

Fabulous Crab bisque and the sesame seed blackened scallops are amazing! A must stop place!

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