Olio, a well known brand in Singapore since 1996 ventures into Beijing, with its new store located right in the heart of the bustling city.

Customers can expect to experience the same elegant yet comfortable setting, with a personal touch, just like the pioneer eatery in Singapore.

Olio is a journey of arty and alternative culture, with synthesis of quality service, food and ambience unobtainable elsewhere in terms of it's value and price. Olio fills the gap between fine dining and uneventful restaurant/cafe experience. In essence, it is for those who want that little bit more without paying an arm and a leg for a stiff snobbish meal.

Olio is now opened!

Slotted in a soon-to-be bustling corridor under China Central Place, Olio's clean lines and open, inviting seating arrangement advertise a streamlined, relaxed dining experience, neither minimalist nor overly busy. This design ethic extends even to the attractive appearance of the menu, whose contents skip nimbly across countries and regions. Southeast Asian, pasta, Japanese, burgers, pizza, sandwiches, soups and salads, and even steaks: upon first glance such a dizzyingly diverse variety of dishes and flavors looks like an invitation to disaster.

It comes as a pleasant surprise then that Olio, for the most part, treads the uncertain terrain between categories sure-footedly. Although a cream of mushroom soup (RMB18) could have been creamier, its minestrone companion (RMB18) practically burst with tomato-y goodness. A Peking duck sandwich (RMB55) lacked some of the crispy tang that sets apart the best Beijing quackers, but both the club sandwich (RMB55) and Olio burger (RMB69) were as good an example of either as you're going to find in our fair city. All of that topped off with a delicious slice of chocolate mousse cake (RMB35), attentive servers with excellent English, and speedy wi-fi had us primed for our next trip back.