Came here with my Unc and her wife after being denied at Via Carota. Which is fine. Busy place I get it. Taylor Swift was there the other night so their price went up but I think it got to their head as they were kind of rude. Don't fly too close to the sun. Careful, Icarus.

Anyways, my roommate (former USC basketball megastar) had been wanting to try Olio for sometime, so I suggested we make the short walk and see if we could get in.

I was worried about not having a res at 7:30pm on a Wednesday on the first real nice day of the year, but the hostess met my inquiry with a smile and said "it will be about 30 minute wait but I have 3 seats at the bar and you can have a drink while you wait!" Perfect.

We sat at the bar and wondered what "Olio e Piu" directly translates to. Turns out it's "Oil and More." Olio e Piu is a 100x better name. Nice.

I ordered an Old Fashion, and it was a bit sweeter than I would have liked but not sweet enough to not finish.

While sitting at the bar, we watched the chefs cook the pasta. I had no idea how much butter was used in that process. Literally sticks of butter. I mean I don't care at all it's just not something that ever really crossed my mind, simply an observation. See attached picture.

After about 20 minutes, the hostess again met us with a beaming smile and told us our table was ready. We got seated in a prime location on the covered patio. It was fantastic.

My Unc tipped the hostess $10 cash at that point for being so good to us. I realized this is something I need to do more. Shoutout to the old heads.

The ambience was perfect. It felt as though you were in an authentic Italian garden where you can talk about seemingly nothing for hours and hours. Also, there were string lights and lord knows I'm a SUCKER for some string lights.

Our waiter, Gustavo, was AWESOME. We can be a lot as we like to joke around and have some fun, but he rolled with all the punches like a prime Floyd Mayweather. Great waiter, better guy!

For food, we ordered the caesar salad, salmon tartare, Short Rib, Fusilli, and a margherita pizza. Everything was fantastic.

For dessert, we ordered the Olive Oil Cake (obviously) and it lived up to the hype.

Even putting my feelings and biases aside, I found Olio to be superior to Via Carota. If you sleep on a win you'll wake up with a loss!

Shoutout to Olio I will be back!!!!!!