Oliver’s Olive Oil & Balsalmic Tasting Gallery

Not cheap but the best olive oil and especially balsamic vinegar around, their 18 year aged is better than any we have had in Italy, highly recommended along with the roasted garlic olive oil but many other great options.
And nice helpful and friendly staff.

Love this place. Vinegars and oils totally worth the price. They also ship anywhere in the states at reasonable rates. They offer tastings and samples. They have large and mini bottles for sale. They are great to jazz up cooking with ease and also as gifts. Plus the owners are from Wisconsin and so are we. Plus it’s a great locally owned small business.

Great olive oils! I love bread dipping with garlic bread, and I just can’t go back to normal olive oils now! The Koroneiki paired with the 18yr Balsamic is just a bread dipping foodgasm! They were super nice there too!

They have the best balsamic vinegars. I tried just about every flavor. And, they are always helpful with suggesting what type of food to pair each one with. It may cost more than you are use to. But, a little goes a long way. It is worth the drive to check it out.
The olive oils are good. But, nothing extraordinary. I would save your money and spend it on the vinagers.

Quite surprised to read the negative reviews of this shop. We live an hour away and come down occasionally for the weekend. We have been helped by both owners and have never experienced any type of rude or unfriendly behavior. They are always ready and willing to have us sample the new vinegars. I have my favorites but almost every time I go in, I try a new vinegar and end up buying it. They are very patient and accommodating to my 8 year old who loves to sample and try new things.
Their vinegars are delicious and worth the premium price for quality product. The 18 year old traditional is amazing on anything from salad to steak. The lemon is fresh tasting and sweet! We just bought the chocolate balsamic and at the suggestion of the owner, drizzled it on strawberries for dessert… amazing. Nearly like having chocolate syrup!

I love me some oil and vinegar and when I saw this shop on Del Mar I was totally stolked. I remember the shop when it was in Laguna and the last time I was in Laguna it was gone. Guess it moved here!
The guy was super nice and allowed me to sample even when I told him I wont be buying right then. They had all kinds of balsamic vinegars and olive oils.
The one thing I noticed is that they no longer let the customers sample themselves they have to get them. But I understand on cutting back on the samples. I’m sure they cost.

I love the store!!! I give both the oil and balsamic as gifts and everyone raves at the gift that keeps on giving. Try the lemon olive oil with the strawberry balsamic with fresh goat cheese and fresh strawberries. They also have great gifts to go with the oil and balsamic. Everyone is always friendly and they will pour all your tastes and make suggestion. My latest find was fig balsamic, yummy! So come down to Farmer’s Market on Sunday and stop by!

I like this place! They let you sample the olive oils and balsamic vinegars before you purchase. Some might think it’s pricey, but you get what you pay for and great ingredients make for great results in the kitchen. The staff their is helpful and friendly. If you are in San Clemente for the day, check out this gem.

This was my third visit to Oliver’s. I use their 18 year-​old Balsamic vinegar in my Greek salads and for Caprese salads. I also buy EVOO there as well, esp. the Chipotle one, which I brush on meats and fish when grilling or sauteeing spinach. The ladies who work there are not overly pleasant, but that’s not too big a deal.

Two foodies from back East, we happened on Oliver’s by accident, parking directly in front to shop San Clemente’s Sunday Farmers’ Market. We had the attendant’s full attention and sampled several balsamic vinegars both to take home for future use and to use on the fresh heirloom tomatoes we had bought — the Oregano Balsamic was perfect.
The flavors will transport and inspire you. That said, this is just one more franchisee location in a growing gourmet segment (I have The Olive Tap near my Ohio home). Their pricing is comparable and this store is small in comparison to others I have visited. Don’t make a special trip if you have a local vendor, but do stop in when in San Clemente.

OMG this place is awesome. Maybe I loved it so much because we don’t have anything like it in PA, but nevertheless it was great. The owner of the store was very helpful and friendly. There are olive oils and balsamics to taste. The owner was mixing different combinations for us to try. Great combos to pour over salads. Great EVOO to pour over pasta. The Tuscan is fabulous. We loved it so much we had 5 bottles shipped home.

If you like being ignored come here! When we first entered we were greeted but that’s were it ended. We wanted to sample some oils and vinegars but getting the shop keeps attention proved impossible. With that treatment I will just order online.

My friend and I love olive oil so when we spent the day in San Clemente when we walked by we couldn’t resist. The owner is the nicest person and really caters to the customers.
It’s a cute little place, and has many interesting sauces as well as the oh so many flavors of olive oil and balsalmic vinegar.
I happened to be full from lunch, but my friend tried many flavors of olive oil. Yep, you can try them for free! You just have to ask to sample and you can sample as many as you would like. I can’t even tell you how many they have it’s that much variety. My friend wound up buying two bottles of olive oil — Tuscan Herb and Cortina. Each one according to my friend had a very distinct, unique flavor. It just all depends on what you like.
They were a bit on the expensive side, but unless you go to a place like this you will not be getting quality like it should be.
We learned that the owner is a chef and wants the customers to be happy with their tasting experience.
I would definitely frequent this place because it’s very unique for a local place and you just can’t go wrong because you get to try it before you buy it.

Great Store And Great People.
I am hooked and cant wait until I run out and have to come get more.

Great Customer Service. Last year, I drove down on a Sunday and they were closed. They had a family emergency I found out after I emailed to express my disappointment at not being able to buy a birthday gift as they were closed. After a few emails and a phone conversation, they offered free shipping on my order. I was thrilled. My cousin also loved the gift of Blueberry Balsamic. Thanks so much.

Foodies, food lovers, chefs, gift basket creators, and gifters everywhere — take note: Oliver’s is one of those diamonds that you find quite by accident, while on vacation, and then never want to be without!
Bf and I were in San Clemente for the weekend and were browsing around Del Mar, when we read the name of this store — and immediately realized how SPECIAL and UNIQUE it was!
We walked in and were greeted immediately by a chef who would be our olive oil pourer for the the next 20-​odd minutes!
She was AMAZING — suggesting we taste the Persian lime evoo with the strawberry balsamic, or the blood orange evoo with the tangerine balsamic, and giving us tastes of most of the balsamics alone — leading us to our FAVE — the cinnamon pear balsamic.
I want to make a Pellegrino soda with a drizzle of cinnamon pear balsamic! I want to mix the Persian lime evoo with the strawberry balsamic and drizzle it over this year’s amazing strawberries! I want the oven roasted tomatoes that our olive oil pourer made with the italian herb evoo!!!
Almost $ 70 later (8 mini $ 6 bottles + 1 big $ 16.99 cinnamon bear balsamic), bf and I walked out with a heavy bag full of the most delicious flavored balsamics and olive oils we’ve ever tasted.
Oliver’s is amazing — I’m just glad you can buy online, because when I run out, I’ll DEFINITELY want more!

I used to love this place. It was fun, welcoming, and a spot I’d always take out-​of-​town guests. Unfortunately when Mrs Oliver’s is working there it’s not nearly as fun.
Oil and Vinegar makes a great gift so I consistently shopped there. Eventually my friends and family would ask to go by there to refill when they would come to town. Sadly, the last time a group of us headed in we were left alone in the shop, wandering around until I found the owner in the back wrapping something up. I asked if we could have some sample cups (like we have always done before) but they have removed that option. The owners have to serve you the sample now. Sorry, that’s awkward when we were excited to try some new combos and make a purchase.
She didn’t come out of the back room for a while and after being asked twice for help she shouted «I’ll be there in a moment, please wait.» Like we were a total nuisance.
I wish I could explain to her that especially in this recession, being nice to your customers is the only way to keep them coming back. Oh well.
Go back to the Oliver’s we loved so much… a friendly oil and vinegar tasting room. Bring back the sample cups, maybe just limit one cup per person. You’re losing more customers than inventory.

I’d never heard of an oil and vinegar tasting room and was definitely skeptical (the idea of eating oil «naked» is kinda gross), but the flavors they had available were too intriguing to pass up. The girl at the counter knew what she was talking about and gave us several amazing mixes of oils and vinegars. All of the flavors were so great. I bought the blood orange oil and the tangerine balsamic vinegar and use them together in salads all the time. I will definitely go back to this place and pick out a new duo. Anything in this store would make a great gift for any food lover– so unique and delicious!

I’m giving them 2 stars… And only because the product tasted good. The salesgirl who seemed to be newly hired was very nice. But even her niceness could not get them higher than 2 stars.
The owners were rude and abrupt. When we asked if they had a cracker or a piece of bread to try the product, he acted like we had some nerve. «Yeah, it’s there so people can smell it. If you like it you buy it»…Really? Wow, novel.
That being said, we did purchase some very good 18 year Balsamic VInegar and lovely Blood Orange Olive oil. Nice combo suggestion.
Next time I’ll head back to Balboa island for my olive oil…

Oliver’s is a cute little store that recently opened in Downtown San Clemente. It offers a large variety of distinctive olive oils and balsamic vinegars which you get to taste, combine and play with before bottling and buying. The owners are really nice and accommodating, and excited about their products.
Great place to find gifts, or even check out on a date!