Double Olive

I have only come here on Wednesdays so far. My experience has been pretty good here. I have not tried their martinis yet but they have great bartenders and they have Angry Orchard on tap, which is pretty dern cool.
Karaōke on Wednesday night is great and there is a nice crowd that comes in for that.

Relatively quiet, comfy chairs/​couches, good martinis. Nothing to complain about. :)

Let’s just say very cool and quiet spot… I was enticed to check it out because they offered a very good happy hour draft rate & free pool on Thursdays… There is only one pool table so if you plan on Hustling well you need to get there early to stake you claim…
The Bartender during the day is super cool and always is eager to serve you and replenish quickly… Of course if you’re tipping well you never have to worry about running out of your drink… It’s a very good spot to hang with friends or co-​workers during the day …
I always stop through when I’m in Dearborn for work so now that I’m Unilocaling watch out.

What can I say about the Double Olive? When you’re drinking everything looks nice lol. I’ve been here many, many times. Its not my go-​to bar but its fine. Nothing to write home about or special. Drinks are moderately priced (rum & coke runs $ 6) and the bartenders are fairly attentive. If you’re just looking for a drink this place is fine. No ambiance, no decent entertainment… just decent drink at a moderate price.

Great place and full of attractive women, well that night anyway. this review is after the drink!
Great memories of this place, the night I went they had an offer which any draught beer for $ 1! 15pints later…
The DJ was good, they got a pool table, the people are friendly. and of course you must start of with the house special «Martini» with double olive.

I hear this bar in under new management, so maybe it will improve. For awhile, it was getting pretty loud and annoying for a «martini bar», but maybe now it’ll settle back down.
The staff knows what they’re doing though, so drinks are good, but the company lacks a bit of finesse. I know its a bar, but some of the guys there are a little pushy. Let’s hope that changes too.
Bathroom could be a tad bigger. One toilet gets clogged and 12 girls are standing in line waiting for the one other toilet. Rather run down to Howell’s and run back sometimes.
Of course they can’t help the parking situation, and I think we’ve all become accustomed to it anyway. It is what it is.
Let’s bring the old double olive back!

The Double Olive used to be a 5* but, years back, they added a dance floor room which I feel brought the bar down to a 3*. The martinis are pretty good, but better if Nick or Megan make them. I prefer to go there on week nights or Sundays because it gets really packed on the weekend and that dreaded dance floor room (with a cage) is open. Parking is either on the street or in the lot. The lot has meters that you have to keep putting quarters in, so remember that when you go in the winter and have to run out to refill the meter!

If I could give out 2.5 stars for this martini lounge in west Dearborn, I would. Instead, I’ll round up.
Here’s the breakdown
Martinis: very tasty, well-​made, some very strong and potent, but all expensive. $ 8+/martini
Cocktails/​mixed drinks: strong.
Beer: Decent selection from Bud Light bottle to Guiness on draft.
Dance floor: small and feels like it’s about to cave in.
Crowd: 20s and 30s mostly, diverse ethnicities and races
Service: Friendly, somewhat attentive
Music: Wayyyyyy toooo loud. Can’t even think at times.
Restrooms: Not entirely awful. Not entirely clean though either.
Other amenities: Jukebox, cage for dancing, billiards, darts, cigarette machine
Double Olive has the makings to be a great bar. The martini list offers a wide variety of tastes from the classic to potent to fruity martini choices. The bar is fully-​stocked and has a decent variety of beer. They have two separate rooms, each with a set of restrooms and a bar. The lounge room has the jukebox, pool table and darts. The other room has the dance floor and cage and dj spinning tunes. In the summertime there is seating outside, and in the winter they sometimes set up a tent with heaters and live entertainment. (There’s usually a cover charge of $ 3 – 5 on these nights though.)
The low rating is because the bar doesn’t live up to it’s potential. The music is so loud you can’t hold a converstion and sometimes you can’t even think. Don’t you go to a martini lounge to sip and converse? Also, the bar gets so smokey. The drinks are also on the pricey side, and I’ve found patrons generally stick to the group they came with.
An experience at Double Olive, rather than the alcohol you consumed, may unfortunately be the cause of your headache afterwards.
It’s fun on occasion, if you are with a fun group of friends. Or you might stop here early in the night (before 10 p.m.) when the bar is less smokey to enjoy a martini before walking to one of the other bars on the block, including Bailey’s, Post Bar, Crave or Howell’s.

Since 1997, the Double Olive has offered downtown Dearborn the low-​lit bar atmosphere of a neighborhood bar complete with pool but with a fun and inventive drink menu. Enjoy everything from a Godiva chocolate martini or a Dean Martini, which comes with a Lucky Strike cigarette for those with lungs of steel. A dance floor makes it one-​stop shopping for a night out, but it isn’t very big, so it may get crowded quickly. If dancing isn’t your thing, there’s always the big screen TV for game day. Note that parking is in back at the new city pay lots.