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24 W. 45th St., New York, NY 10036
nr. Fifth Ave.  See Map | Subway Directions Hopstop Popup
212-764-1588 Send to Phone
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  • Reader Rating:

    3.7 out of 10

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    3 Reviews | Write a Review

  • Cuisine: Middle Eastern
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Official Website

breadnolive.com

Hours

Mon-Fri, 11am-7pm; Sat-Sun, noon-7pm

Nearby Subway Stops

B, D, F, V at 42nd St.-Bryant Park; 7 at Fifth Ave./Bryant Park; B, D, F, V at 47th-50th Sts.-Rockefeller Center

Prices

$7-$17

Payment Methods

American Express, MasterCard, Visa

Special Features

  • Delivery
  • Lunch
  • Take-Out
  • Online Ordering

Alcohol

  • No Alcohol

Reservations

Not Accepted

Delivery Area

34th St. to 57th St., Lexington Ave. to Eighth Ave.

Profile

Bread & Olive inherited its narrow, brightly-tiled premises and menu from the previous occupant, Bread From Beirut; quality remains high and flavors fresh in meze like lemony hummus, smoky babaghanouj, stuffed grape leaves, and zesty tabouleh. And there is still bread from Beirut baked on premises—most notably, keshik, a puffy flatbread dusted with dried goat cheese, crushed wheat, and sesame seeds, and rolled up, upon request, around yogurt as dense as cream cheese; plus the best chicken shawarma in town. — Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Recommended Dishes

Baba ghannouj, $7; hummus, $7; warrak enab, $7; chicken taouk, $12

3.7 "Not Recommended"
Average Reader Rating
on a Scale of 10		 Write Your Own Review
33% Would you go back?
33% Would you take a date?
33% Would you take kids?
33% Would you go on business?
33% Would you go on a special occasion?
Food: 4.0
Service: 5.0
Décor: 3.7
Value: 4.0

Bread and Olive review

StellaJean123 from 10022 | Posted on 11/13/09

Overall Rating: 9 (Highly Recommended)
Food: 10
Service: 9
Décor: 9
Value: 10

Whoever wrote the review on Bread and Olive does not seem to know what is authentic lebanese food. The bread that person ate is not Tortilla but Pita. All dishes are made to perfection and if it happened that day that the 'Tortilla' as it was called was dry or the meat, it does happen sometimes but opinion cannot be based on one tasting. Tabbouleh, Falafel, hummus are truly middle eastern and not from some neighboring country which takes pride claiming that is belongs to them. Plagiarism was never a good thing. Hopefully this place will become a chain in the near future.

INEDIBLE

PBlauner from 10075 | Posted on 8/25/09

Overall Rating: 1 (Not Recommended)
Food: 1
Service: 1
Décor: 1
Value: 1

This listing on NYMAG.com must be a prank! It was so bad that it was offensive!

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