Sadly, I have had the same experience at this Olga's as many of you: the food is only okay, it is overpriced, there is a lack of of parking (although there is more behind the restaurant), and the restaurant is in a poor location on Ford Road. With regard to the food, my boyfriend and I have been here twice and the first time I was told that the restaurant "could" make my favorite Fried Chicken Olga, but they "weren't supposed to." Since that was the case, and I was willing to give the "new" Olga's a try, I ordered a Thai beef sandwich; the flavor was okay but the meat was very chewy, to the point that I did not bother to finish the sandwich. My boyfriend ordered the original Olga, and was pleased, although he was disappointed that the restaurant no longer offers a Chicken Caesar salad. We also ordered the fried zucchini, but were completely underwhelmed; it lacked flavor on all levels. On our second visit, I simply ordered the soup, salad and snacker combination; that lunch was fine. We do enjoy their bread pudding dessert, the chocolate chip especially. Prices were high, but prices at Olga's have always been high for what you get. Overall, this new location has an interesting concept but I think an original Olga restaurant would do much better in Canton. Addendum from November 2011: Although my food experience here has still not been completely satisfying, the restaurant staff (in particular, the manager), is pretty top notch. See Bobbie with any questions or concerns. He's a pretty cool dude.
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Jay B.
Bear with me, this is long but a doozie: We will never return to this Canton Olga's EVER. I've eaten here twice before and was disappointed both times. But an Olga sounded good tonight. I considered driving to the the Olga's at Westland Mall, and really wish I had. But with all the construction everywhere, I decided to give this place another try. I went with an open mind. I psyched myself up, telling myself I wouldn't let the loud music and noisy accoustics here get to me. After placing our order, I went to the restroom to wash my hands. They have a super-strong lavender scented Meyer's handsoap. When I used It I thought "oh how lovely." But then, I realized back at the table, that my hands reeked of lavender. I tried rubbing them on my napkin, and my pants, on my shirt, even through my hair trying to rid of that strong smell. Our food came, and and I had to suffer to eat an Olga sandwich and fries with my floral-scented hands. I returned to the restroom to rinse my hands under warm water for several minutes. I just couldn't get the stink off my hands. On the way back from the restroom, I discretely asked the manager if he had any Wet Naps. I figured that would rid of or mask the odor of strong lavender. He said, "No we don't but I can give you lots of napkins!" I explained that I tried napkins, and I can't get the strong soap odor off my hands. I asked if he had any lemons, and he kindly squoze a lemon into my hand, meanwhile I suggested he may want to consider switching soaps in the restroom. He looked at me squarely and said, "I get a lot of compliments on that soap." REALLY? We had a brief one-way discussion about strong scents being unwelcome during a meal and lavender does not appear on the menu does it? I returned to my table and had to finish my olga and fries with a fork! But here's the even better part. Two gentlemen were seated at the table next to ours. One asked about ordering two kids meals, and the server, Amber said, "No, you can't." He inquired, "you don't HAVE kids meals here?" Amber said, "We don't serve kids meals to adults." The customer said, "Oh, so I can't order two chicken strip meals to bring home to my kids?" Amber said, "yes, you can do that." When the order came out, the customer began to eat the two kids meals. He then asked Amber for some BBQ sauce. Amber (must have gotten livid and) called the manager over. He said something about the sauce, and Amber piped up sternly, "HE LIED!!" It was just a ridiculous sight to witness. Who cares if an adult orders two kids meals? It probably came to twelve bucks or so anyway. She was so insulting to this customer, I couldn't believe it. She and the manager just walked away. The management here does not care about their customers and it trickles down to the staff. It's a shame. Canton really wants to love their Olga's but you make it impossible.
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Kari G.
After eating at the new Olga's location I felt compelled to write a review. My boyfriend and I were super excited that an Olga's had been built right near our home in Canton as it is a restaurant we really enjoy going to. The first thing I noticed was that the menu was about half the menu of every other Olga's Kitchen. And with that said, they don't offer broccoli soup every day! Olga's signature broccoli soup is what so many people go there for and what I was most excited to eat and they didn't offer it! The menu didn't even have some of the most original olgas on there. However, I did ask our waitress about it and she said they would be able to make the one I wanted (the turkey club). I specified TWICE what I wanted on the sandwich and that I'd like a salad instead of fries after she gave me the option of one or the other. When our food arrived, after nearly 30 minutes of waiting, my sandwich was all wrong and I had fries instead of a salad... My boyfriend had ordered the mediterranean olga, they managed to give him the salad he asked for instead of fries yet half of what was supposed to be on the sandwich wasn't even there. Because the waitress did not come back to check on us ONE SINGLE TIME we had to wait, yet another 10 minutes, to try and flag her down to fix our order. After she had brought out the rest of what wasn't put on our sandwiches she asked my boyfriend "are you sure it wasn't on there?" ...Really? I mean, being that I had been a waitress myself, I thought at the LEAST she'd have the common sense to be generous and bring me out the side salad that I had originally wanted regardless of the fact they had mistakenly given me fries. Or even acknowledge the fact that we were upset and offer something in return! Chances are we will not be returning to this new Olga's location but hopefully this as well as the other reviews will help improve the service as well as expand the menu items to satisfy future customers. Thank you, Kari
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Amanda F.
Visited Olga's Canton today, and was pleasantly surprised! Last trip there was just so-so, but today my daughter and I walked into a warm greeting by the manager, "David", seated and served immediately. Food was perfect, service was better, and the atmosphere was the best. The place had a good vibe about it....friendly, servers who actually enjoyed being there...better service than most 5 star restaurants I've been to. My new favorite in Canton, thanks David and team!
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Tommy L.
My wife and I had a recent experience at Olga's for which we were not pleased. Olga's showed concern by contacting us and treating us to a meal of which we could be very satisfied. This even included how it was presented. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone who wants an upscale meal at an affordable price.
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Tanya K.
I visited the new Olga's in Canton despite the so-so reviews because I am a huge fan of the other locations. I was pleasantly surprised by the new location. They have a bunch of new, fantastic looking items on their menu (although not everything from their old menu), including more ethnic choices. To respond to some of the other negative reviews, the portion of soup for both the bowl and the cup were generous, I'm not sure what other reviews were talking about. Yes the dish is shallow, but that doesn't mean it's small. Also, they may not have the snacker basket, but they have 2.99 orders of snackers, which included plenty of food. The price seemed comparable to what I have seen at other Olga's locations, maybe a little high because they included fries with the sandwiches. The bottom line is that I would definitely recommend this location if you like the traditional Olga's, or if you're looking for a twist on the same, old sandwich/wrap place.
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C E.
Like most other reviewers, I was super excited to see an Olgas being built in Canton. I've also grown up eating Olgas my whole life and is honestly one of my favorite places. However, the Canton Olgas has been a slight disappointment. I've noticed recently even at the mall locations that they are trying to appear more "high class" and this new location in Canton just takes the cake. Although I can understand updating the decor to be more modern and contemporary and I honestly find the interior design of the Canton location to be beautiful, I don't understand why they feel the need to offer a different menu at this location. The menu is very, very limited. Thank goodness my two favorite Olgas (3-cheese and Original) are still offered, but all of my boyfriend's favorites are not offered at this location. They've also redesigned their menu prices specifically for this location. The "small plates" and desserts are a reasonable $2.99 each, but I cannot believe they charge $6.99 for a bowl of soup and snackers. They've also raised the price on their sandwiches and they include fries. If you want something subbed for the fries there is an up-charge. To give you an example of how outrageous their prices are at this location, yesterday I ordered carry-out which was almost $17 just for myself! I ordered bowl of soup with snackers (I thought you still got the option of snackers or Olgas bread with soup, didn't realize it was $7 for this combo now) and a 3-cheese Olga. Then to my surprise, the soup I received was more like a "cup" size, hardly 1/2 of the plastic carry-out bowl was filled, adding to my disappointment and guilt over spending so much on a carry-out dinner for myself. One other thing I'd like to mention in case someone from Olgas reads this review....bring back the old spinach pies! The new redesigned triangle spinach pies are terrible and all you get is a bunch of filo dough with not enough filling. I much prefer the old square style. I'll probably go to this Olgas on occasion if I have a craving, but because of their limited, changed and high priced menu I probably won't be going as much as I originally thought I would.
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Ashley K.
My niece and I just had lunch here this past Saturday and I was so excited that they put an Olga's in Canton. I couldn't wait to eat here. Inside the restaurant, you'll see that Olga's is trying to change their image to more of an upscale look (they also serve beer and wine which is weird to me). It was nice to look at but didn't really give you that family vibe that other older Olga's locations gave you. The staff was friendly. The manager was walking around the restaurant but was paying more attention to the cleanliness of the floor then the actual food that was coming out. At other Olga's locations you can order just a sandwich by its self but at this location you must get either a salad or fries. My niece got fries and I got a salad that went along with our grilled chicken pitas. We also ordered snackers and orange creme coolers. First our orange creme coolers came out, (by the way, they don't offer it on the menu), and it was by far the most disgusting thing I've ever drank. It didn't even taste like orange at all. All you could taste was the creme. I felt like I was drinking straight out of a heavy whipping cream container. I was only able to drink a quarter of it. Then we got our snackers. The snackers weren't bad. They were nice and hot. Then our food came out. My salad that came with my pita was drenched in dressing. It was the soggiest salad that I've ever had and my niece's french fries were rock hard and stale. So I didn't even eat that. The pita was the most disappointing item. Olga's is known for having this amazing pita bread that has a bit of sweetness to it and this did not. The pita bread tasted like regular pita bread. Definitely not the trademark pita bread that Olga's usually has. I was very bummed that this Olga's was so different. Their menu was severely different and their food was just plan crappy. If I have a craving for Olga's again, I'll be going to the Westland location or the Novi/Wixom locations. I really wouldn't recommend this location to anyone. If you want true Olga's food, go to another location that's been there for more then two years.
Takes Reservations : No Delivery : No Take-out : Yes Accepts Credit Cards : Yes Good For : Lunch, Dinner Parking : Private Lot Bike Parking : No Wheelchair Accessible : Yes Good for Kids : Yes Good for Groups : Yes Attire : Casual Ambience : Casual Noise Level : Average Alcohol : No Outdoor Seating : No Wi-Fi : Free Has TV : No Waiter Service : Yes Caters : Yes
No O.
First time at the new Canton Olga's was for the Grub Crawl, which offered samples of the polenta over a bed of greens with a delicious balsamic dressing and tasty veggie twigs. That was enough to bring me back with a dining partner. I had the turkey pastrami with artichoke pesto sandwich, with a side of curly fries for $9. It was a delicious sandwich (though a little lite on the pastrami and pesto for my taste), and one I'd like to get again, but not at full retail price. Partner had the classic Olga's, super tasty but also up in the stratospheric price range, so the only way we would consider going back is with promo deals like BOGOs or heavy discounts. Two sandwiches and one soft drink for $24.40 out the door with tax and tip--um, I don't think so in this economy! Honestly, for the amount, the value of the meal fell short. Not on taste, but on portion size for sure. The gyro sandwich Olga's serves is available at other diners in the $6 and $7 price range, which is more appropriate for that sort of sandwich. As for ambience and décor, nice, but as others have pointed out, why not deal with the loudness--it's like a cafeteria with constant clanking and banging. Is it because they want faster table turnover? If not, then why not put sound absorbers in the corners on walls or do something? The decibel level is off the charts, and I can't think it's good for patrons', much less employees', long-term hearing. Does one of their small plates offer hearing aids?! The parking lot is not much fun either with itsy bitsy narrow spaces and super tight alleys for turning around. It's almost like that lot could use one of those flag mechanics like they have at the airport to guide planes in and out of gates! Olga's probably wanted that location to capture Ikea traffic, but the space on Canton Center and Cherry Hill by the old Farmer Jack's would have been much better as far as parking goes. It's a new and fun place for the time being. I wish them well (along with their new partners on that mini strip) and hope to be able to return there at some point.
(4)Shanna L.
Sadly, I have had the same experience at this Olga's as many of you: the food is only okay, it is overpriced, there is a lack of of parking (although there is more behind the restaurant), and the restaurant is in a poor location on Ford Road. With regard to the food, my boyfriend and I have been here twice and the first time I was told that the restaurant "could" make my favorite Fried Chicken Olga, but they "weren't supposed to." Since that was the case, and I was willing to give the "new" Olga's a try, I ordered a Thai beef sandwich; the flavor was okay but the meat was very chewy, to the point that I did not bother to finish the sandwich. My boyfriend ordered the original Olga, and was pleased, although he was disappointed that the restaurant no longer offers a Chicken Caesar salad. We also ordered the fried zucchini, but were completely underwhelmed; it lacked flavor on all levels. On our second visit, I simply ordered the soup, salad and snacker combination; that lunch was fine. We do enjoy their bread pudding dessert, the chocolate chip especially. Prices were high, but prices at Olga's have always been high for what you get. Overall, this new location has an interesting concept but I think an original Olga restaurant would do much better in Canton. Addendum from November 2011: Although my food experience here has still not been completely satisfying, the restaurant staff (in particular, the manager), is pretty top notch. See Bobbie with any questions or concerns. He's a pretty cool dude.
(3)Jay B.
Bear with me, this is long but a doozie: We will never return to this Canton Olga's EVER. I've eaten here twice before and was disappointed both times. But an Olga sounded good tonight. I considered driving to the the Olga's at Westland Mall, and really wish I had. But with all the construction everywhere, I decided to give this place another try. I went with an open mind. I psyched myself up, telling myself I wouldn't let the loud music and noisy accoustics here get to me. After placing our order, I went to the restroom to wash my hands. They have a super-strong lavender scented Meyer's handsoap. When I used It I thought "oh how lovely." But then, I realized back at the table, that my hands reeked of lavender. I tried rubbing them on my napkin, and my pants, on my shirt, even through my hair trying to rid of that strong smell. Our food came, and and I had to suffer to eat an Olga sandwich and fries with my floral-scented hands. I returned to the restroom to rinse my hands under warm water for several minutes. I just couldn't get the stink off my hands. On the way back from the restroom, I discretely asked the manager if he had any Wet Naps. I figured that would rid of or mask the odor of strong lavender. He said, "No we don't but I can give you lots of napkins!" I explained that I tried napkins, and I can't get the strong soap odor off my hands. I asked if he had any lemons, and he kindly squoze a lemon into my hand, meanwhile I suggested he may want to consider switching soaps in the restroom. He looked at me squarely and said, "I get a lot of compliments on that soap." REALLY? We had a brief one-way discussion about strong scents being unwelcome during a meal and lavender does not appear on the menu does it? I returned to my table and had to finish my olga and fries with a fork! But here's the even better part. Two gentlemen were seated at the table next to ours. One asked about ordering two kids meals, and the server, Amber said, "No, you can't." He inquired, "you don't HAVE kids meals here?" Amber said, "We don't serve kids meals to adults." The customer said, "Oh, so I can't order two chicken strip meals to bring home to my kids?" Amber said, "yes, you can do that." When the order came out, the customer began to eat the two kids meals. He then asked Amber for some BBQ sauce. Amber (must have gotten livid and) called the manager over. He said something about the sauce, and Amber piped up sternly, "HE LIED!!" It was just a ridiculous sight to witness. Who cares if an adult orders two kids meals? It probably came to twelve bucks or so anyway. She was so insulting to this customer, I couldn't believe it. She and the manager just walked away. The management here does not care about their customers and it trickles down to the staff. It's a shame. Canton really wants to love their Olga's but you make it impossible.
(1)Kari G.
After eating at the new Olga's location I felt compelled to write a review. My boyfriend and I were super excited that an Olga's had been built right near our home in Canton as it is a restaurant we really enjoy going to. The first thing I noticed was that the menu was about half the menu of every other Olga's Kitchen. And with that said, they don't offer broccoli soup every day! Olga's signature broccoli soup is what so many people go there for and what I was most excited to eat and they didn't offer it! The menu didn't even have some of the most original olgas on there. However, I did ask our waitress about it and she said they would be able to make the one I wanted (the turkey club). I specified TWICE what I wanted on the sandwich and that I'd like a salad instead of fries after she gave me the option of one or the other. When our food arrived, after nearly 30 minutes of waiting, my sandwich was all wrong and I had fries instead of a salad... My boyfriend had ordered the mediterranean olga, they managed to give him the salad he asked for instead of fries yet half of what was supposed to be on the sandwich wasn't even there. Because the waitress did not come back to check on us ONE SINGLE TIME we had to wait, yet another 10 minutes, to try and flag her down to fix our order. After she had brought out the rest of what wasn't put on our sandwiches she asked my boyfriend "are you sure it wasn't on there?" ...Really? I mean, being that I had been a waitress myself, I thought at the LEAST she'd have the common sense to be generous and bring me out the side salad that I had originally wanted regardless of the fact they had mistakenly given me fries. Or even acknowledge the fact that we were upset and offer something in return! Chances are we will not be returning to this new Olga's location but hopefully this as well as the other reviews will help improve the service as well as expand the menu items to satisfy future customers. Thank you, Kari
(1)Amanda F.
Visited Olga's Canton today, and was pleasantly surprised! Last trip there was just so-so, but today my daughter and I walked into a warm greeting by the manager, "David", seated and served immediately. Food was perfect, service was better, and the atmosphere was the best. The place had a good vibe about it....friendly, servers who actually enjoyed being there...better service than most 5 star restaurants I've been to. My new favorite in Canton, thanks David and team!
(5)Tommy L.
My wife and I had a recent experience at Olga's for which we were not pleased. Olga's showed concern by contacting us and treating us to a meal of which we could be very satisfied. This even included how it was presented. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone who wants an upscale meal at an affordable price.
(5)Tanya K.
I visited the new Olga's in Canton despite the so-so reviews because I am a huge fan of the other locations. I was pleasantly surprised by the new location. They have a bunch of new, fantastic looking items on their menu (although not everything from their old menu), including more ethnic choices. To respond to some of the other negative reviews, the portion of soup for both the bowl and the cup were generous, I'm not sure what other reviews were talking about. Yes the dish is shallow, but that doesn't mean it's small. Also, they may not have the snacker basket, but they have 2.99 orders of snackers, which included plenty of food. The price seemed comparable to what I have seen at other Olga's locations, maybe a little high because they included fries with the sandwiches. The bottom line is that I would definitely recommend this location if you like the traditional Olga's, or if you're looking for a twist on the same, old sandwich/wrap place.
(4)C E.
Like most other reviewers, I was super excited to see an Olgas being built in Canton. I've also grown up eating Olgas my whole life and is honestly one of my favorite places. However, the Canton Olgas has been a slight disappointment. I've noticed recently even at the mall locations that they are trying to appear more "high class" and this new location in Canton just takes the cake. Although I can understand updating the decor to be more modern and contemporary and I honestly find the interior design of the Canton location to be beautiful, I don't understand why they feel the need to offer a different menu at this location. The menu is very, very limited. Thank goodness my two favorite Olgas (3-cheese and Original) are still offered, but all of my boyfriend's favorites are not offered at this location. They've also redesigned their menu prices specifically for this location. The "small plates" and desserts are a reasonable $2.99 each, but I cannot believe they charge $6.99 for a bowl of soup and snackers. They've also raised the price on their sandwiches and they include fries. If you want something subbed for the fries there is an up-charge. To give you an example of how outrageous their prices are at this location, yesterday I ordered carry-out which was almost $17 just for myself! I ordered bowl of soup with snackers (I thought you still got the option of snackers or Olgas bread with soup, didn't realize it was $7 for this combo now) and a 3-cheese Olga. Then to my surprise, the soup I received was more like a "cup" size, hardly 1/2 of the plastic carry-out bowl was filled, adding to my disappointment and guilt over spending so much on a carry-out dinner for myself. One other thing I'd like to mention in case someone from Olgas reads this review....bring back the old spinach pies! The new redesigned triangle spinach pies are terrible and all you get is a bunch of filo dough with not enough filling. I much prefer the old square style. I'll probably go to this Olgas on occasion if I have a craving, but because of their limited, changed and high priced menu I probably won't be going as much as I originally thought I would.
(2)Ashley K.
My niece and I just had lunch here this past Saturday and I was so excited that they put an Olga's in Canton. I couldn't wait to eat here. Inside the restaurant, you'll see that Olga's is trying to change their image to more of an upscale look (they also serve beer and wine which is weird to me). It was nice to look at but didn't really give you that family vibe that other older Olga's locations gave you. The staff was friendly. The manager was walking around the restaurant but was paying more attention to the cleanliness of the floor then the actual food that was coming out. At other Olga's locations you can order just a sandwich by its self but at this location you must get either a salad or fries. My niece got fries and I got a salad that went along with our grilled chicken pitas. We also ordered snackers and orange creme coolers. First our orange creme coolers came out, (by the way, they don't offer it on the menu), and it was by far the most disgusting thing I've ever drank. It didn't even taste like orange at all. All you could taste was the creme. I felt like I was drinking straight out of a heavy whipping cream container. I was only able to drink a quarter of it. Then we got our snackers. The snackers weren't bad. They were nice and hot. Then our food came out. My salad that came with my pita was drenched in dressing. It was the soggiest salad that I've ever had and my niece's french fries were rock hard and stale. So I didn't even eat that. The pita was the most disappointing item. Olga's is known for having this amazing pita bread that has a bit of sweetness to it and this did not. The pita bread tasted like regular pita bread. Definitely not the trademark pita bread that Olga's usually has. I was very bummed that this Olga's was so different. Their menu was severely different and their food was just plan crappy. If I have a craving for Olga's again, I'll be going to the Westland location or the Novi/Wixom locations. I really wouldn't recommend this location to anyone. If you want true Olga's food, go to another location that's been there for more then two years.
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