Olympia Coffee House, where nobody really goes for the coffee, was suddenly in the news because Christopher Nolan, Tom Holland and Matt Damon dropped in before *The Odyssey* premiere. Someone from the Universal Studios local PR team thought this was a clever play using Greek terminology, but sadly the clever idea was not clever with what was ordered at the table and I will tell you why....

Olympia has been a favourite among the city’s actual food people for ages. It was always underrated compared to the more famous neighbours across the street, Leopold and Mondegar, even though those two mostly run on nostalgia and not exactly their food. When people slowly realised that, Olympia turned into the hidden gem which Instagram food influencers now pretend to discover every few months.

Olympia looks like an Irani café at first glance, but it is actually run by the Chilya community, who have a long history of running 'Cafe' type joints all over Mumbai. [You can read here](https://www.reddit.com/r/MumbaiFoodTalk/s/IpJILWHujt).

In the reel from Nolan’s visit, you see chai, bun maska and phirni. People who go there regularly know that Olympia is really famous for its ***kheema*** and ***sliced pav***, or ***'slace pav'*** as they call it. You can spot an Olympia veteran if they order a ***single fried omelette*** along with their kheema. I have regularly observed this since the 90s. (*Kurush Dalal would even call it the Mount Olympus of Kheema.)* Chai is always an afterthought there. The only thing they accidentally got right on that table was the lagan nu custard. It is technically a Parsi delicacy, but Olympia does it better than most of the overhyped Parsi restaurants in the city.

If you want to visit Olympia, order the kheema with a fried single omlett, slace pav and lagan nu custard. Not what was put on the table by an ill-informed PR executive.

***Pro tip: try their dal gosht and khichda on the days they make it. They are easily as good as the kheema.***

Christopher Nolan’s Greek Tragedy at Olympia Coffee House, Colaba.