The Olive Tree Bistro

This is the restaurant within the Marriott Courtyard hotel. I stopped by for dinner last night. The deco was excellent and the atmosphere very nice. The bar area was filled being Friday night and the restaurant was just starting to get busy. I arrived barely in time for the early bird special. I highly recommend it — the typical entrees were 25 –27 Euros, but the early bird provided 3 courses for 22 Euros.
Course 1 was the seafood cakes… it came with a little salad and two balls that looked like hush puppies. They tasted like mashed potatos, but was edible. Course 2 was a beef & Guinness casserole. The beef was excellent and the sauce was rich. I couldn’t eat even half of it, but it was good. Course 3 was a rhubarb crumble with vanilla ice cream YUM! I hadn’t really had rhubarb before I will have it again! My friend ordered the ceasar salad, a baked filet of salmon and the lemon cheesecake. The cheesecake was just okay; it had an odd gelatin top to it.
The service was prompt until the end. It was a long wait for the check and actually I had to go up and request it. The waitress was gorgeous, so that made up for some of the slowness :)
If you are in the hotel and looking for someplace to eat, give the hotel’s restaurant a try.