The Olive Garden , Kalkan ( Zeytinlik) — Restaurant in Kaş

This was my third time at The Olive Garden and I was somewhat disappointed this time around.

The ambiance and complementary bread, fried halloumi, etc the start were lovely as always, however it was the veg and potato that accompanied the 650 tl / £26 steak that left me shocked and quite frankly, insulted.

No word of a lie, to accompany the expensive steak was a small clay pot, circa 5-6cm in diameter and 3-4cm high. Within this tiny pot was one small piece of broccoli; one small piece of cauliflower; one, yes one, small carrot baton; and, the pièce de résistance, half of a new potato! It was a portion insufficient for even a 5 year old. I asked the waiter where the rest of the veg and potato was and he looked a little bit baffled. On realising that this was all I was getting with this expensive steak I kicked up a fuss and they had no choice but to bring us an additional bowl of veg and potato.

This was a real shame for me as I was looking forward to eating here, but this took the shine off the experience. I’ve eaten plenty of good steak in my life and in Kalkan on multiple trips and this was laughable.

Hopefully this review will make them re-think their extremely tight and ungenerous side...

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