Olga's Kitchen

I arrived during peak lunch rush and I think they were a bit understaffed for the rush. Service was friendly and efficient. Place was clean, the food was great. I ordered an original Olga, and Olga salad, a tomato and cucumber salad, and a fresh squeezed lemonade. Yes it's too much food for me, but I wanted to try the cucumber and tomato salad it was good.

My husband had to wait an extra 30 minutes until the order was ready. Why have an estimated time that you fulfill. We got the family bundle and the salad portion is so small. It is one persons portion, not four. Also there’s a lot of rotten salad pieces that I took out. I haven’t been to Olga’s in a while and I’m the past, have always been content with their service.

Olga's used to be one of my favorite places. We would regularly eat at the Toledo, Oh. location for years. Then, they closed this location. Sometimes I would just eat the Olga salad & a piece of fat free Olga bread as my dinner. The salad always had a wonderful light dressing...not light in calories, just not an overwhelming heavy dressing. Other times, it would be an Olga burger & cheese with a small side Olga salad. Then, the scourge of the world hit. We tried a takeout Olga's from a location in Monroe, Mi. That was rather disappointing...Now that the state of Mi. is mostly open from Covid, we thought we would visit the Ann Arbor location that used to be in a mall. Major disappointment. It was no longer in this location...& the few stores that were still there didn't open until after 11 a.m. That governor sure screwed that state up! Anyway, we found another location. First of all...no more burgers. So I opted for the original Olga plus. It came with the small Olga salad & fries. I also had what was supposed to be fresh squeezed lemonade. It was so syrupy sweet...definitely not natural sugar. Almost undrinkable. The lamb in the Olga was so strong tasting that my husband took some of his out. The Olga bread that it was wrapped in was doughy & seemed different from the old recipe. It even got mushy with the ingredients inside of it. The Olga salad, now comes to the table with the dressing on the side. I am sure this is not the same dressing that was used years ago as it appeared to be whitish & somewhat creamy. Tasted just OK. I hate rating this a 3 but actually, I will never go back. Just reminds me of the old adage, If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Came in with my son to get lunch. The hostess was told where to put us by someone in a red shirt. Neither said hi or asked how many. Sat us down in booth in back left corner. Waited about 15 minutes. Every waitress walked by us, including the one in the red shirt, serviced their tables and nobody stopped to ask for our order or to see if we have been helped. We got up and left after not being serviced. Restaurant was not busy.

Second time visiting Washtenaw ave. location. The first time was mediocre. This time was disappointing. I ordered a burger, I was given a flat rolled bread with chopped beef. The sandwich barely contained any meat. What happened to the hamburger patty? The server never came back to ask about a refill. I ate half of my meal without a beverage. I consider the $2 tip very generous.

Didn't even get the chance to be seated. Waited over 25 minutes, no one greeted us, the cooks were in the back eating while prepping food for to go orders. There was one person running the checkout who never acknowledged we were there, along with the 2 parties before us. Another customer came in who'd placed a curbside order and told someone he'd called 20 minutes prior from outside and no one's been out yet. One employee came in from the parking lot as we were leaving... Then finally we were very coldly told there was only one server working tonight. Probably would have stayed had someone actually greeted us or communicated. I get everyone's short staffed right now, which is why I waited so long in the first place. But the lack of any kind of acknowledgement isn't called for.

The food is good, but be very careful if you order take out! I ordered 4 Original Olgas and 2 orders of fries To Go and waited inside. We were already home before we discovered they only gave me 3 Olgas! I even checked the receipt. It said Server:Lanae and Cashier:Staci, but who knows. We had to cut them in half and try to share so the kids could eat. I was so mad!