Elegant American restaurant with a warm & cozy interior serving locally sourced fish & more. Based on 379 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.7 stars. Price $$$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No delivery
Address:
111 Thurston Ave NW, Olympia, WA 98501
Phone: (360) 786-8466
Website: https://gardnersrestaurant.com/
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Hours
| Thursday | 5–8 PM |
| Friday | 4:30–8 PM |
| Saturday | 4:30–8 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 5–8 PM |
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Reservations: gardnersrestaurant.com
Reviews
Kefi Andersen
Delicious food and cocktails. Might be nice to dress up, but definitely not required. Excellent service. Took about 2 hours but we ordered appetizers and dessert and weren’t in a rush. Ambiance is a little 70s boat vibe but dressed up. I wouldn’t bring kids, but there were some there so they wouldn’t be unwelcome.
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Ajimon Thomas
Booked a reservation here for my girl friend’s birthday. This place DOES NOT look fancy from the outside. Not sure why they keep it like that. But it is very nice inside. The hostess and server was amazing. We had the spicy honey shrimp, Chicken Piccata, and Top Sirloin with Demi glaze for food. We also had drinks. Everything was so delicious. We ended the night with a Peanut butter Pie dessert which was also yum.
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Ella Krohn
This was such an amazing place to have dinner. The waitress was so friendly, knowledgeable, and accommodating and made our time really nice. We never felt rushed even though we accidentally stayed past closing. If you want to have a nice dinner with high quality food and a great atmosphere, I highly recommend.
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Becca Patterson
My husband and I ate here for our anniversary and it was the perfect celebration! I had the lamb chops and my husband had the seafood fettuccine – both were absolutely amazing! The lamb was the best preparation I’ve ever had. The drinks were fun and the salted caramel brownie was amazing too. Thank you for a wonderful evening!
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Jimmy Harris
We had an memorable anniversary dinner at Gardner’s in downtown Olympia. The food was FANTASTIC, the service was perfect, and the setting was intimate and enjoyable (we had a raised corner table for two). The chicken piccata could almost be cut without a knife and their was a perfect amount of white wine the sauce. The vegetarian ravioli was plump, firm, but not hard in texture, and it took everything in us not to literally lick the bowls clean. We had never been and chose the restaurant as it was rated very highly on Google, but it when we pulled into the gravel parking lot and saw a small, older looking building I was suspect. But from the moment we stepped inside the atmosphere, service and food were: WOW. Highly recommend. Go here. We walked along the waterfront park afterward for a while before heading home. Great evening, thank you to the staff for a wonderful dining experience.
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Zach Fang
Pretty meh for an upscale restaurant. We went on Jun 2. Oysters were super fresh. My wife liked her steak. I typically oversalt food and even I thought my scallops were a little salty. I don’t think it was the scallops themselves, but rather the fried onions put on top that seeped into the scallops but either way I don’t think most people would like it. I had seen a couple reviews complaining about the salty scallops but when I mentioned it to our waitress she made a big fuss about how no one had ever said that before and she had been working all these years etc. It was kinda strange.
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King Arthur
A quiet, quaint little experience. The ambience and hospitality are worth the trip alone. The steak was cooked well. They have a fun drink and dessert menu. The oysters were ABOVE average for the PNW in my opinion.
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Kelly V
At the end of a long day my husband and I decided we wanted a delicious cocktail. We sat at the counter and enjoyed chatting with staff while we slowly relaxed. He had the peach old fashioned. I had the tequila, basil, and blueberry cocktail. Wow, both amazing! When Talia brought around the dessert tray, we couldn’t resist. Marionberry cobbler with whiskey praline ice cream for him, blueberry tart with vanilla ice cream for me. Both spectacular! You knocked it out of the park again, ladies. Thank you for another lovely evening spent at our favorite date spot! ❤️
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Jeffrey Byerly
Small but very well executed menu. Good wine list, tasty appetizers, and deserts to save room for.
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Carrie Magruder
Treated myself to a special dinner while traveling and this was exactly what I needed. I ordered the Seasonal Side Salad… spring greens, pickled beets, goat cheese and fennel with Lemon Dill dressing… YUM! Then I had the Fried Razor Clams (limited special) and French Onion Soup. Everything was so fresh and delicious. Then I took a Lemon Bar home and it was enough to stretch my sweet treat over the next 3 days. Highly recommend this restaurant!
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