Olivo Mare

felixmarks

Luck locals 14th April 2009

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What a place! We're already familiar with Olivo and Olivetto. The food in Mauro's new place is every bit as good as his first two of his restaurants. What's really amazing about this place is the incredible interior (and exterior) décor job that some genius has performed. The back wall is inspired (sculpted to look like fine sand on a flat beach where waves have formed beautiful shapes. On the ceiling, there's a hanging and elegant white creation, perhaps suggesting seaweed. The design of the main wall on the left suggests waves in the white, brown and black pattern. Lastly, the chairs are wonderfully generous, rotund shapes (perhaps designed with sea shells in mind). It all works wonderfully and should be seen as a modern design classic.

The service was impeccable throughout. The staff were friendly, courteous and professional. The restaurant has a wine shop attached (Olivino). The guy in there gave some really excellent and enthusiastic advice of Sardinian wine (before we went into the restaurant), which we used to order in the restaurant. The two white wines we tried were really superb and excellent value (Carla Silente and La Carla).

Lastly, the food didn't disappoint in any way at all. The tuna, in its various guises was absolutely lovely. The sea urchin couldn't have tasted better. The expressions on the faces of my fellow guests eating the cheese fritters indicated very high levels of titillation. The deserts were excellent too.