Oliver Cafe & Lounge

Tragic! The shakes here are horrible. Fruit is not fresh, ingredients are substandard. How they stayed with Equinox this long is beyond me.
Bring a protein bar or something, Oliver’s is not a place to count on for quality.

Ok, so I’m not a huge fan on the restaurant itself but the blackened salmon salad is hella good. I wish I could make salmon like that at home!

I went here for lunch with a couple co-​workers. This place is located toward the back of the Equinox Sports club. We parked in the parking structure which is okay since they will validate your ticket at the front counter of the club. It wasn’t crowded, but we showed up for a late lunch around 2pm so we were able to be seated right away. They have a full bar setting with more casual dining tables more toward the back. We came to watch the world cup since this place has two large tvs behind the bar.
Our server was really nice and was quick with his service. This place has bread before the meal and it was delicious. I think it is some sort of pretzel bread and I would definitely recommend trying it out. For my meal I ordered a turkey burger and salad. The waiter didn’t ask me what dressing I wanted so I assume there is a house dressing that all the salads come with. I didn’t mind not choosing a dressing because whatever the salad came with was awesome. My turkey burger was very good as well. It comes with your typical toppings and a thousand island type sauce.
Overall, this café is located in a very nice venue. Everything is really clean and well kept. The food is good and service was as well. I would recommend coming here for a casual lunch. A lot of their items seem healthy which is probably a good thing since its located in a sports club.

Their paninis are huge… Actually, to the point to being too big. I tried the bbq chicken and struggled to finish half the sandwich. The bbq, bread, and chicken were all full of flavor. However, the proportions would be much better if they half sized it and kept the total amount of chicken the same — in other words, it was too big with too much bread. I also tried the apple slaw and that was delicious as well.

Terrible sliders, didn’t have anything but some defrosted Sam’s Club unseasoned beef on there, no veggies or anything. Makes McDonald’s taste like a premium steakhouse.

OLIVER café is located in the Equinox Sports club right off Macarthur and Main in Irvine… CAnt beat the location. They have an amazing café for breakfast and lunch with any thing from grab and go smoothies, protien shakes, omelete made to order, build your breakfasr… Lunch always has fresh fish and chicken, SWEET Potatoes, awesome salads and its so quick .
The restaurant has AMAZING SUSHI, huge portions my girlfriend and i split a roll and got edamame and miso soup. The salads are so fresh and great porion… Recommend the warm shrimp salad.
If you ve never been you should definitley try it out. Its open to the public and you have a great view of the awesome ladscape and pool!!! Oh and i forgot to mention they have happy hour Monday thru friday from 5pm– CL!!!