Olympia Cafe

Albuquerque, United States

3.3

Open now

20 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards
Free Wi-Fi

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Telephone:
+1 505-266-5222
Website:
olympiacafenm.com
Address:
2210 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106
Midtown/University
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
1.5 miAlvarado Transportation Center
2.2 miAfrica Train Station
2.5 miAsia Train Station
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Apple Pay
No
Good For
Lunch
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
Yes
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
Dogs Allowed
No
Waiter Service
No
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Open now
Local time (Albuquerque) 11:27 Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Tuesday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Wednesday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Thursday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Friday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am – 10:00 pm
Sunday 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Description

Specialties

We are conveniently located in the UNM area @ 2210 Central SE. Come on down and meet our friendly staff, try our tasty food and bring your friends!

Our extensive menu includes falafel, souvlaki platters, leg of lamb dinner, gyros, tabouli salad and baklava.

Need an event catered? We do that too!

If you love honest, high quality food, a warm environment and friendly service, come check out Olympia Café today. We look forward to seeing you!

History

Established in 1972.

Olympia Café serves the freshest, most authentic Greek fusion cuisine in Albuquerque! Here’s to many more years to come!

Meet the Business Owner

Charlie A.

Business Owner

Charlie knows that his customers are the lifeblood of his business, and seeks to give each and every customer the best experience a restaurant can bring. He looks forward to seeing and serving you some delicious Greek cuisine!

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20 reviews of Olympia Cafe

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Place rating: 3
Albuquerque, NM
First time here and I think it’s a fairly mediocre spot for Greek. To begin, the only parking available near this location is pay parking. You can park next door at the McDonalds or Papa Johns and risk a $ 75 boot remocal fee. Whatever. $ 2.50 before I even walked in here. My partner and I ordered two gyros, a hummus app, dolmathes, one soda, and one water. With a 15% tip, it came to about $ 25. The seating is in desperate need of repair, but there is ample amounts of it. The air flow in this building needs to be attended to as well. In addition, they charge 50¢ for refills. Sadly, the dolmathes is canned, not fresh. Ultimately, I doubt I will purposefully return here. This place is probably kept afloat by the college crowd from across the street.
Place rating: 2
Albuquerque, NM
What a disappointment. We use to visit here once a week when we lived close by. We moved to rio rancho and haven’t been able to make it down till yesterday. First off they have no where to park unless you pay 2.25. I go in to order food for take out and the owner and a worker are YELLING at each other. All the patrons were very unsettled by this. I placed my order and waited for my food. The portion sizes are incredibly small for the price you pay. And on the Greek diner we ordered they dont come with a pita any more that is extra now. We will be finding a new Greek restaurant to visit.
Place rating: 2
Albuquerque, NM
Extremely disappointed with the service. The owner was rude when he found out we had a groupon. The point of groupon is to attract customers. He did the opposite. He made me not want to go back. In regards to the food, i asked for no onions. It came out, with onions. Instead of remaking it, they wiped them off and gave it back to me. My gyro tasted of onion, which I hate! I would prefer not to return but now I am stuck with groupons.
Place rating: 2
Albuquerque, NM
The spanakopita was inedible. Really awful. And no parking, unless you pay. The gyro was good but didn’t make up for the bad.
Place rating: 1
Gallup, NM
There is No more free parking here. $ 2.25 minimum. The portions are small but they are pricey. There are plenty of other restaurants that have earned my business. This one has lost mine.
Place rating: 3
Rio Rancho, NM
Reasonably priced and well executed middle eastern food in a friendly, cozy-​if-​not-​fancy setting. Nothing great here — and nothing bad. If what you seek is a decent falafel /​shawarma /​gyro, you should head right over. If you need something rarefied, keep going.
Place rating: 4
Corona, CA
Been here twice. My go-​to Greek Restaurant when visiting Albuquerque. I recommend the chicken skewers but stay away from the potatoes. They didn’t taste quite right. Choose the rice instead. It’s much better. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. They were patient while I tried to make up my mind about what to order.
Place rating: 4
Kirkland, WA
It’s alright the falafel was very very well cooked and the wrap was yummy. Not much for sides
Place rating: 3
Rio Rancho, NM
They really don’t seem happy to see you come in. The food is just OK so when I came to find do out that I had to pay to park to go and eat I decided I will not visit this place again. their prices and the pay for parking has made this place not worth visiting.
Place rating: 3
Roswell, NM
Food was great and service was great. I went to my class afterwards and got a really bad headache. I’m not sure if the headache was random or if it was the food, but it’s good enough I’m willing to try it again.
Place rating: 5
Albuquerque, NM
Always my favorite Greek restaurant in ABQ! They know how to do lamb right! Also the tzatziki sauce is so delicious! Love the Greek Murals that cover the walls!
Place rating: 3
Dallas, TX
So… The food is very good. I am giving this place 3 stars because they ripped me off with the pitas. The hummus spread is huge but came with 4 small pita triangles !!! I asked for more pita & they brought out 4 more triangles then added «that will be 1.50 $» ummm ok lol food good, but I don’t like feeling scammed period.
Place rating: 4
Broomfield, CO
This place is one of the quintessential college restaurants that you’ll find in the Nob Hill/​Campus area. It’s slightly grubby and a little run-​down looking on the inside but that doesn’t deter from the fact that they make one mean gyro. It’s everything you’d want for a quick and easy little Greek meal. The best part? Add the hot sauce to your gyro, thank me later.
Place rating: 5
Albuquerque, NM
The best Greek food around the campus and in Abq. Loved the delicious meat and baklava :)
Place rating: 5
Albuquerque, NM
Excellent food. My first x today they passed. Gyros kabobs n shawarma are delicious food in this casual restaurant just next to Frontier in central
Place rating: 5
Rio Rancho, NM
Treated my buddy and her friend from LA here today after her husband’s viewing for his funeral. We were just looking to get out of the funeral home for an hour for a bite to eat and a break. We had the nicest, most courteous, wonderful late lunch. The gentlemen working had no idea we were mourning and it was such a nice experience to go there and be treated so well! Here’s what we ordered: Olympia combo with chicken (salad, pita, lamb, potatoes, chicken skewer), a regular gyro, chicken souvlaki, tea, vitamin water, baklava and dolmathes. Everything was so good. I couldn’t decide between the chicken and beef and he sent me a skewer of each! Also, everyone was just SO nice. Thank you so much for a memorable experience during a terrible day. It was the best part of mine!
Place rating: 4
Norman, OK
Always stop at this place when I’m passing through ABQ. Not the fanciest Greek I’ve ever had, but for the price, it’s solid. Always get the Olympia platter cause it literally has EVERYTHING I love… gyro meat, dolmas, moussaka, pastitsio, pita.
Place rating: 2
Horche, Spain
Recently, I went with some friends. We tried to redeem coupons from Daily Lobo. However, they told us that we could only redeem one coupon per table due to ‘manager’s indications’, but there was no such limit printed on the coupons. Besides, there is no water fountain to refill your glass and you need to request it to the cashier, who is usually serving customers in line. So it might take about 5 minutes to get your glass refilled (additional $.50 per refill if you want a soda instead).
Average food quality. Not large portions (I have ordered a couple of times the ¼ chicken special and it seemed like 1⁄6). Yummy pita bread, though. In general, I think that this place is overpriced. Not really good value for money. If you like this kind of food, I strongly recommend San Pedro Middle East Restaurant.
Place rating: 1
Downtown, Albuquerque, NM
This place has really gone down hill. I stopped going there years ago because the owner was a real a$$hole to his cooks.
Fourth of July. Nothing else open. Called in the order. They got it wrong, but they fixed it quickly. While I waited, the cashier stripped parsley leaves from stems. With her bare hands. After taking my money. Without washing her hands. Avoid the parsley.
The food was mediocre to bad. The lettuce in the salad was brown and wilted. The gyros meat was dry, and clearly they used the scraps from previous slicings. The rice was way over seasoned. Blech. Wish I’d just cooked something at home.
Place rating: 5
Albuquerque, NM
Always great Greek food! Friendly staff & outstanding service! There is no plate breaking but you will feel you are in another country, bordering the warm waters of the Mediterranean with the gentle trade winds carressing your sun soaked skin… Oh! back to the SW, so anyhow they take student discounts which is cool considering they are located directly across from UNM! Over the years I’ve had just about every dish here, at least twice… yes, its that good! Also desirable too is the ambiance~ with Mediterranean music piped over age-​old speakers, large roomy booths of by-​gone eras & the hustle-​bustle of people watching traffic just outside their huge windows… its quaint & you take the food to a table of your choosing… all this points to the fact this establishment puts a lot into the FOOD itself… which did I mention? Is Awesomeness Opa!
*******Try the Moussaka (Greek lasagna; layered eggplant/​potato w/​creamy baked bechamel topping) also some delicious Baklava for dessert!