Comments on: Oliveto Italian Bistro

By: Yankee Frankie

Yankee Frankie — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:12:58 +0000

I live in Longview, but Oliveto is a “must-stop” when I’m in Tyler! The crab cakes and farfale salad are to die for !!

By: Metro Matt

Metro Matt — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 01:50:36 +0000

Modern take on classic Italian dishes. Love it!

By: La

La — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:00:33 +0000

Mac n Cheese n Cheese is incredible with thinly sliced circles of red onion…was starving on arrival and managed to only get down half of it. Quantity and quality made this bistro a delicious choice. My friend says the Tomato Bisque is 2nd only to Le’ Madeleine.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:45:56 +0000

Food is great. Music is way too loud.

By: KBM

KBM — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:58:54 +0000

A great place to have dinner with friends! Reasonably priced wine menu and nice little patio. Portions are plenty big enough to share and the desserts are always winners! Probably my favorite place in Tyler right now!

By: 3WeepingWillows

3WeepingWillows — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:30:35 +0000

I’m laughing at the person that said Oliveto is overpriced and has small portions. That’s hilarious! What did you order, a side of marinara? Goodness. Oliveto is great! I’m so happy to have an Italian-type restaurant in Tyler that is appealing. The prices are wonderful. I’ve never left hungry…and have always taken leftovers home. The portions are generous. If you want more food, I suggest a buffet. What I was also impressed with was the drink menu. I can’t think of any other place in Tyler that has such reasonably priced drinks. I get a martini that I think is called the Flirtini. It’s only $5 and they leave the shaker with you so you can get ALL of the drink. It’s definitely a place to try more than once. I’ve been there for various occasions such as a bridal shower dinner and they were very accomodating. I recommend starting with the Hearth Baked Cheese Bread with the marinara and trying the Mac n Cheese n Cheese n Cheese (yes, really!) and add some chicken if you want. It’s great! The only thing I can think of that I’ve heard wasn’t great was the Pesto Chicken. My mom tried it and said it wasn’t anything too great…but was ok. Other than that…YUMMY!!!!

By: LL

LL — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:48:16 +0000

We have eaten here several times and it is always good. We actually call it in to go. I’ve only had 2 dishes because we get the same thing over and over! They are Asiago Spinach Chicken, and the Chicken Scallopine, which are $9.00 and $10.25 respecitively. But both are absolutely delicious and there is always PLENTY of food – enough left to have another meal. Also, we always ask for extra bread as it is really good and they have never charged us extra. Definitely recommend trying Oliveto if you haven’t yet.

By: Nonie

Nonie — Mon, 17 May 2010 23:45:01 +0000

Delicious!! We love the pizzas and tomato bisque soup. On the recommendation of our server, we tried the caramel bread pudding with ice cream. It’s the best we’ve ever had but be warned-this dessert was made to be shared, it’s huge!!!! Everything we’ve had was delicious, hmmmmm, maybe we’ll go for lunch tomorrow!

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:23:59 +0000

overpriced? small portions? LOL……really? My husband and I decided to try Oliveto’s last Sat. evening based on the MANY recommendations by friends and neighbors. We had a bit of a wait……but felt we were seated rather promptly compared to other “waits” on a Sat. night in Tyler. We enjoyed a great glass of wine at the bar……..and once seated had excellent service and fantastic food! The portions were so LARGE that we both had enough left over for an additional meal the next day! We shared the bruschetta sundae (yum) and I had the Asiago Spinch Chicken while my husband had the Chicken Scallopine……….we were very pleased and satisfied with our dinner at Oliveto and will go back again and again!

By: kimbrtones

kimbrtones — Wed, 12 May 2010 20:28:05 +0000

Overpriced. Small portions. Not worth the expense.