Amongst the darling side streets of Covent Garden, like a perrenial favorite, Flower Street, hang a right and you’ll run into Olea Social. After much pub grub and cozy fare, we sought something lighter and landed on Olea Social for an attempt at vegetables.

I started with a housemade lemonade and the baba ghanoush with freshly baked bread to share.

Then, we each enjoyed a green salad topped with goat cheese and nuts. While very nice, it was an absolute robbery at 16 GBP for essentially an unimaginative side salad.

We also shared a spinach and feta flatbread, also nice in sopping up the extra baba ghanoush.

If you’re looking for fresh, fun sharing plates, Olea Social definitely fits the bill…the only problem is that it is a very big bill for what you get. Choose your degree of socialization wisely.