Olympia Restaurant Lindsay — Restaurant in Kawartha Lakes

Olympia has always been a great food guarantee....so the disappointment was a surprise. We were a group of 9 having dinner before seeing a concert. So to start with drinks, understanding that this a Greek style restaurant, the wine list was very limited, I wanted a simple glass of pinot grigio, the best they had to offer was a pinot grigio STYLE wine...it was ok. I'm not sure why the wine list is so limited. My friends wanted beer, and again the selection was limited, one of my friends did order a red wine and said it was great. We ordered appetizers, calamari and saganaki. The calamari were breaded and fried so we expected a nice crispy crunch...they were returned to the kitchen, they were floppy, soggy, lacking seasoning. The saganaki was ok, the pita served with it was over toasted making it dry, the cheese was dredged in too much flour, giving it an almost battered coating. For the main course I ordered chicken souvlaki, potatoes and greek salad. The meal offered also rice but I opted out on the rice. There is a one or two skewer size meal, having previously eaten here I knew one skewer would be plenty, or so I thought. My plate arrived with four loonie sized pieces of chicken, not on a skewer, which is no big deal, but the portion of meat was a shocker! Each piece was about half inch cube. There was no seasoning, no herby greek flavour, nothing, just 4 nuggets of chicken. The potatoes were cut in wedges, no seasoning, no Greek potato flavour, just bland wedges of blah. The salad had one tiny quarter of a slice if cucumber. It was dressed with a blah dressing. Basically the plate reminded me of what I may expect at a hospital cafeteria. Some friends had the same meal, others had schnitzel, odd for a Greek place...which was decent but they commented on the blah flavour as well. We ordered a couple of dessert items, the pumpkin cheese cake, which was very good, not sure if it is made in house, and baklava which was too over loaded with cinnamon to the point that you couldn't taste the nut filling and it actually kind of was unpleasantly spicey, not sure if it is made in house or not. I'm not sure what has changed to cause the lack luster food. It has always been one of my fav spots for a long time, and a sure fire place for amazing food so this experience has been a big disappointment. My dinner was 50 dollars, plus tip, not cheap, not outrageous...but not worth it. There is huge history with this restaurant I hope they sort things out and restore...

Food is absolutely amazing but the service was outrageously awful!

We had 7 of us on Valentine's Day - a very busy day in the restaurant industry so normally I would allow for the excuse of less than quality service however, what happened during this visit is inexcusable. After we all ordered, the food came to the table for 6 of us - my husband's food for some reason never came with the rest of ours. We were sitting close to the till so I could hear the waitress telling the OWNER of the restaurant that she had punched it in but it was no longer on the screen and the food didn't come up. I am normally really empathetic towards waitresses as I have been one myself however, she punched in his food after we were all eating and came back to the table and said "it'll just be one more minute on yours" and proceeded to scurry away without even asking how the rest of us were doing (my brother in law wanted to order a drink and never got to do so). I get that things happen but to blatantly lie to our table about what happened is awful customer service - I would always be honest to the customer as a server and I would have also gone to the kitchen and mention what happened and ask if they could rush it out (she never went to the kitchen at all).

20 minutes later, his food finally came and again, she scurried away again so my brother in law still could not order his drink. By that time too, the rest of us had pretty well finished our meals. No dessert on the house was offered and our bill was full price. I get that Valentine's Day can be very hectic but there is no excuse for such poor service. If the food wasn't amazing, I would have made a bigger stink about it but it being a holiday and all, we paid our bill and left. This used to be our favourite place to go for special occasions, we even hosted our wedding dinner there as we had a small wedding... now we will...

As a fellow Greek I’m surprised I haven’t eaten here before. I came across Olympia Restaurant while in Lindsay Ontario. Atmosphere 5/5, decor 5/5, Super friendly staff 5/5 and the food was excellent 5/5. Double skewer Chicken Souvlaki plate had a bit of rice, some fries, a very well seasoned salad with crumbled Feta sprinkled over it (Perfect!). The Chicken Souvlaki was made very well and was very soft, not overcooked at all. The Staff were extremely polite and professional from the moment I entered the restaurant and this is why I left a good tip. I was seated quickly and catered to right away. My server came back twice to ensure that I was happy with the food and that everything was good. If you are in Lindsay, the surrounding area, or passing through, give Olympia Restaurant a try you will not be disappointed. The restaurant is large enough with enough seating to cater to parties. They have a complex menu of everything Greek and then some. Their desert and drinks menu was also very nice. Thank you for making my first impression and experience a very memorable one, I will...