Olive Oil's Pizzeria — Restaurant in Richardson

This place turned out to be a very pleasant and unexpected surprise 😀.

Here's the story:

Last night my girlfriend and I were planning to eat Italian for dinner, but we fell asleep early and took an unplanned nap.

When we woke up at 9:10, the majority of Italian restaurants nearby were closed, and only a few were open until 10. Not enough time for us to decide which place to choose, what to order, and for me to go get it. This was pretty much the only nearby Italian place open past 10, closing at 11.

I briefly noticed the 4.4 star rating without reading any of the reviews, not wanting to waste time, and figured it was good enough. And it was our only choice in any case. But for some reason I thought this place would be mediocre. But oh how I was surprised!

We ordered the medium roasted garlic chicken pizza on hand tossed crust, spaghetti and meatballs with Italian salad, chicken cacciatore with Olive Oil's special salad, the chocolate suicide cake, and the Italian cream cake. I ordered the two pasta dishes instead of one, because when I saw how low the price was, I thought it wouldn't be enough food.

The order was estimated to be ready in 20 mins, and when I got there 25 mins later, the order was ready to go, and I was out the door in a minute or two. As soon as I got the order in my hands, the first thing I noticed was how heavy and hot it was. It felt like a lot of food, and so hot that they just made it.

When I got back home, as soon as I walked in the door, my girlfriend couldn't wait and had to try the pizza. As soon as she took the first bite, the look on her face said it all! It was the best pizza she had eaten in a long time!

Then I opened up the pasta dishes and was more surprised! The chicken cacciatore was packed with chicken, peppers, and onions, and it was mainly for me. It tasted good initially, not great, but got better as I continued, and was very satisfying. To my surprise, as I was closing in on finishing it, I was starting to get full, and I hadn't even eaten the bread, salad, or pizza yet!

Then I tried the spaghetti and meatballs, and wow! I thought the chicken was good, but this was so good that I felt like finishing it even though I knew I would be over stuffed. The meatballs were huge, and very soft and tasty. And I loved that both dishes had angel hair pasta, which I felt was perfect.

The bread was ok by itself, but definitely tastes better with the pasta. Then we both tried the Olive Oil's special salad. It was a lot more than we were expecting from a side salad, packed with olives, a lot of tomato, enough artichoke, enough onion, and the dressing was excellent. We both deemed it the best salad we've had in a long time.

We didn't even get to try the other salad, because we wanted to leave room for dessert 😀. The Italian cream cake was again, the best we've had in a long time, as was the chocolate cake. The chocolate cake was VERY rich, and both cakes were big slices, and cold, which I loved.

This place was a huge unexpected surprise in every way, the quality and amount of food, and the price. We still had half of the pizza, most of the spaghetti and meatballs, and the entire Italian side salad leftover for today!

This is our new favorite Italian place, and we can't wait to try the rest of...

The pizza here is very delicious. I paid about $32 for a humongous thick crust pizza with bacon and ham. This is definitely one of the top 5 pizzas I’ve ever had in my life. It was cooked to perfection. With that said, there was an employee that was very aggressive and rude. The first employee that rang me up was a very polite girl who I would give 5 stars to. When I came back a little while later to pick up the pizza, the second employee had a horrible attitude. At first he handed me the pizza, but when I asked for extra napkins or an empty styrofoam container to use for serving the food in my car, he gave me a dirty look and gave me the tiniest stack of paper thin napkins. I could tell he was visibly frustrated so I accepted the napkins and went on my way. Once I got back to the car to share the pizza with my passengers, it was obvious that the extremely thin napkins were going to handle the ginormous pizza slices. I went back to politely ask again for an empty to go container, but he gave me a weird look and said “no”. I had just spent $32 on a pizza and you can’t give me a disposable to-go container? I said please, and he said “nah dawg you can trip about it”, in other words he said no and that he doesn’t care. I then asked if I could speak to a manager. He walked to the back, then a couple of minutes later he walked back over and handed it to me begrudgingly. If you decide to come here to enjoy the amazing pizza I would think twice if you see this man working the register. He seemed to be in his early 20s, about 5’11”, African American, a gold mouth grill, with black medium dreaded hair with...

The young lady at the front counter was very nice and friendly. I accidentally ordered my pizza wrong online & wanted to add pepperonis on top. The young lady went to the back to ask the manager & the manager said no it was not possible. I ordered another pizza with just pepperoni & asked to speak with the manager because I did not understand why I could not add additional toppings if I was willing to pay for them. After a back & forth between the manager & the young lady (that I was able to see) the manager came up with an attitude & rudely told me that she in fact could add the pepperoni but the crust might burn a little. I asked if I could be refunded for the pizza that i wasn’t going to eat & she said no because it was my fault. Customer service skills could be worked on. Maybe she’s had a long day, but her attitude was very nasty & her approach was very off putting. Everyone doesn’t want something for free. I understood that the pizza was ordered incorrectly, however I was willing to pay for the mistake that I made. I asked if there was a number I could call to make a complaint & she said no. So I’m leaving this review here. The pizza is really good. I order it all the time, but this was a...