The Olive Branch Restaurant — Restaurant in Saanich

I ordered a chicken souvlaki and was very disappointed. The chicken was not fresh. It was precooked and reheated. I was expecting the tomatoes chopped up with onions. I got a few large pieces of tomato with no spices at all, along with a few pieces of lettuce. There were no onions at all. The only sauce for flavoring was zatziki which there was hardly any at all. It tasted flat, and I had to add my own dressing at home to have a bit of flavor. The chicken tasted old. I used to get sovlakis from Ocean Park Pizza, and they grilled the chicken on skewers, which were fresh. They chopped their tomatoes and onions up finely. They added lots of zatziki on the wrap, then added the fresh grilled meat and then lots of tomatoes and onions. It was out of this world. I can't say the same for the chicken souvlaki I received today. ...

The new owner is just lovely! My family and I popped in there yesterday and was pleasantly surprised. Our son wanted pizza, so he had two pepperoni pizza slices, boy was it delicious. All freshly made including the dough. Omg heavenly! Definitely going to call and order a full one next time. We actually took the last two slices left (to go) while waiting for our food as our sons was so good. My husband ordered a Donair and I ordered a chicken souvlaki. So flavorful, loaded on the inside and was pure goodness!

Atmosphere was great, cozy and the lady (Owner) I think Aida, was super friendly and kind.

Highly recommend, we will be...

Came back here after a long few years and was delighted to see it's still open. The new management is amazing and the ladies who work there are so wonderful and sweet it's a pleasure to see their smiles each day and you can see how many customers enjoy going there for lunch. I had the souvlaki wrap and saw the halo halo drink on the menu, couldn't stop thinking about it so I came back and all I can say is wow! Exceptional ladies there who make everything from scratch and the drink was beautiful and delicious! They made sure I knew all the ingredients and how to eat it and I couldn't have asked for a better experience....