The Blue Olive

Greek restaurant · Cockfosters

The Blue Olive

Greek restaurant · Cockfosters

12 Cockfosters Rd, Barnet EN4 0DL, United Kingdom

Highlights

Large, lively restaurant serving traditional Mediterranean cuisine including meze sharing starters.

12 Cockfosters Rd, Barnet EN4 0DL, United Kingdom Get directions

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"Cockfosters has a surprising amount of Greek businesses, marking a stop for the slowly-building trail of affluent north Londoners exiting the capital for Hertfordshire. The area now has outposts of familiar Greek-Cypriot businesses like Kiki’s butcher, but the two family-run tavernas that popularised the place are Blue Olive and Deserie. Blue Olive is more traditional, with a decent takeaway service at the front, a large seating area, and a mezze that starts at a reasonable £25 per person. Some in the community reckon the souvlaki is the very best. Deserie meanwhile is an upmarket, modern, white-tablecloth taverna — mezze at £33 per person — where diners can enjoy calamari, dolmades stuffed vine leaves, and a very popular grilled octopus. If looking for quality traditional cooking in a modern space, Deserie is the place, and the leafy, quiet environs of Cockfosters make both restaurants a satisfying respite from the city." - Chris Cotonou

London’s Best Greek or Greek-Cypriot Restaurants for Mezze and Souvlaki - Eater London

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Anthony Winter

Google

Great food and very nice people I will be back soon

George Achilleos

Google

I've eating here many times and the food has always been on point. I've attended with friends and family and neither have been disappointed. The food always tastes good and there is a variety to choose from. We mainly go for the meze as it has a mixture of dips, fish and meat dishes. The portions are reasonable sized.

Ian Hallett66

Google

First time visiting. Welcomed and show a table. To me, the tables are too close so heard everyone's conversion. Food was delivered promptly, and tasty. I would like to see more authentic Greek decor to make it more of an occaction. Don't think I would return.

Esen

Google

Tried the fish meze at blue olive and it was great. You get quite a good selection of fish. My favourite items were octopus, swordfish and calamari. I visited when it was relatively empty at around 4pm (pre-dinner rush) and the service was good but service is expectedly slower during busier times, so definitely worth factoring.

Cannock Road Cars Featherstone

Google

The food was amazing, and the staff was great couldn't fault it we would definitely be going there again

Duncan Taborda

Google

Food tasted ok, but the service was terrible. We had to wait over 30 minutes for a plate of chips and when we enquired why, we got an extremely rude response from the waitress. Expensive and just not worth the money! Avoid folk! There are much better options up there, with much better service and much nicer staff! 👎👎👎👎👎

Afaq Rajput

Google

Good quality food and service. Wasn't too busy on the day we went, we were greeted and shown to the table. The food and drinks came out fairly quick, we didn't need to wait around. Overall it was a good experience and I would definitely recommend this place for anyone thinking of going there.

STEVE LANGLEY

Google

Decent meze, nothing exciting or exceptional about the experience , functional, average portions, nothing bad but nothing specially good either for the £30 min a head with a drink. Much better available in that area, a meze should wow with overflowing Greek flavours.