The Olives Branch - San Juan Capistrano

Great tasting food. Some Lebanese dishes we weren’t familiar with, so they have an interesting selection. Friendly informal atmosphere.

Delicious food and attentive service. Busy on a weeknight, so you know it's good! Music was a tiny bit too loud for conversation across the table but was pleasant otherwise. They were out of the wine I wanted but that's ok because I will definitely be back again.

Came for a hookah and dinner. I appreciated the quick and friendly service. I didn't have to wait long for someone to come up to me. While quick service is great, it doesn't apply to later stages of the experience. I placed my dinner order and it came out, without exaggeration, in roughly 2 minutes. I didn't even have a chance to get a glass of water brought to my table. I ordered a salad to start and I got it within 30 seconds, followed by my meal a minute later. I had like one bite of salad. The salad was tasty. The rest was underwhelming. I got the lamb and beef schwarma. It was cold and had less than 3oz of meat on top of a kilo of rice. I've never seen such little meat in a schwarma plate from any middle eastern place. Rice was good. Hummus good. Schwarma cold and had thick gristly pieces, not shaved. The hookah was brought to my table at the same time as dinner, which is odd. Luckily I didn't get coals until well after I finished dinner. The hookah was okay for the price. It should be cheaper when people spend good money on meals that are subpar. In any case, the place just needs to work on timing, delivery, and value. I understand times are tough, but the amount of meat on the plate was embarrassing. I did not complain, left a 20% tip and headed out.

We had dinner, food was excellent and the service was exceptional Manager of the restaurant was very professional and the server Fatima was the best with her great smile made us feel welcome .

We have been going here for over 10 years. Our entire family loved this restaurant. They have authentic Mediterranean food and delicious hummus that’s just like what my Grandma would make.