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Maison Olive
Candlelit dining room of Maison Olive

Modern European · Seasonal

Maison Olive

A table worth remembering.

Seasonal cooking, warm service, and a quiet room in the heart of the city. Dinner, Tuesday to Sunday.

12 Olive Lane, London · Tue — Sun · +44 20 7946 0812

Our story

Seasonal cooking,
served without ceremony.

The list is written at the market each morning — vegetables from two farms, fish off day boats, meat rested in our own cabinet. It keeps the menu to one page. Nobody here misses the other pages.

Our philosophy
Chef finishing plates at the pass

The pass, shortly before evening service.

Our menu

A selection from the kitchen

Three dishes that rarely leave the menu. The rest follows the market — see the full list for this week.

  1. Roasted seasonal vegetables on a ceramic plate

    Salt-Baked Celeriac

    £18

    Hazelnut, brown butter, aged comté. Finished tableside with thyme.

  2. Pan-roasted sea bass with fennel and herbs

    Line-Caught Sea Bass

    £34

    Fennel, citrus beurre blanc, sea herbs from the south coast.

  3. Sliced dry-aged duck with cherry jus

    Dry-Aged Duck

    £38

    Cherry, endive, juniper jus. Rested fourteen days in-house.

Dining room in warm afternoon light

The experience

An evening shaped around you, not a format.

Two hours or four — the kitchen paces the meal to your table, not the other way round. All we ask is what you can't eat. The rest is our problem, happily.

Cuisine
Modern European over oak. Few ingredients, treated properly.
Service
There when you look up. Gone when you don't.
Atmosphere
Low light, linen, oak. Built for conversation.
Seasons
The menu turns four times a year — and quietly in between.

The room

The dining room, low light
Finishing a plate at the pass
Glasses waiting on a set table
Timber and soft light inside
Red wine poured at the table
Roasted meat, sliced to share
Glasses raised mid-evening
Morning light across empty tables
A full table late in the evening

Private dining

Private dining, quietly done

A room of its own for twelve people, with a fire, a bar, and a door that closes. Family tables, small weddings, the dinner you've been meaning to host for a year. Menus start at £75 — written with Elena around the occasion, not picked from a list.

Twelve guests · set menus from £75 · dedicated host

Private dining room with long oak table

Reservations

Your table awaits.

Choose your evening. We hold each table for the whole night — never rushed, never turned.

Parties above eight? Contact us directly.

Find us

Location

12 Olive Lane
London W1U 6ED
United Kingdom
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Hours

Opening

Dinner · Tuesday — Thursday
18:00 — 22:30
Dinner · Friday — Saturday
18:00 — 23:00
Lunch · Saturday — Sunday
12:00 — 14:30
Closed · Monday
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Contact

Speak to us

For reservations, allergies, and private events — we answer personally, every day from 10:00.

+44 20 7946 0812reserve@maisonolive.example