Olympia Cafe

What Olympia Cafe does

Olympia Cafe is a family-owned Greek restaurant operating from a single location at 5 E River Street in Savannah, Georgia. The core business is a full-service restaurant with a bar, complemented by two in-house sub-formats — Olympia Express, a to-go counter, and Peaches and Crème, an ice cream shop — all operated from the same address. The menu is built around family-owned recipes and the brand is positioned around Greek cuisine, with consistent local recognition as a "Best Greek Food" destination in Savannah.

The company serves two primary customer segments: Savannah-area locals and the tourist foot traffic characteristic of River Street. Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed but follow standard full-service restaurant economics — dine-in checks, bar sales, to-go counter transactions, and ice cream shop purchases — with no visible catering, wholesale, or franchise revenue. The company employs 52 people and is privately held, with no disclosed funding rounds, investor base, or expansion strategy.

As of the source date, the restaurant is closed for renovation with reopening planned for late 2026. The temporary closure eliminates operating revenue during the renovation window and represents the single most material operational event in the data set. There is no evidence of digital ordering infrastructure, loyalty programs, delivery partnerships, or any technology platform beyond standard restaurant point-of-sale.

Name

Olympia Cafe

Website

https://olympiacafe.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Olympia Cafe is a family-owned Greek restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, operating a full-service dining room, bar, to-go counter (Olympia Express), and ice cream shop (Peaches and Crème) from a single River Street address, serving locals and Savannah tourists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Full-Service Greek Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Limited-Service Restaurants (722513), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Ethnic & Regional Cuisine Restaurants (THAFACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Fast Casual (THAFABAD), Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias (THAFACAI)

Keywords

• Greek restaurant
• Mediterranean cuisine
• Full-service dining
• Ice cream shop
• Greek wines

Headquarters

HQ city

Savannah

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Restaurant: Full-service Greek restaurant with table service. Customers order appetizers, salads, entrees, and desserts. Revenue generated through per-transaction food and beverage sales.
2. Olympia Express To-Go: Quick-service counter for gyros, sandwiches, and burgers to-go. Casual counter-service model.
3. Full Bar Service: Wine, cocktails, and specialty coffee. Extensive Greek wine selection along with California house wines. Beverages can be taken to-go in downtown Savannah.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Olympia Cafe is a full-service Greek Mediterranean restaurant in downtown Savannah serving authentic dishes such as Moussaka, Dolmades, Pastitsio, Spanakopita, gyros, kabobs, steaks, and seafood prepared daily from the owners' own recipes. The location also operates three adjacent concepts: Olympia Express for to-go gyros, sandwiches, and burgers; a coffee bar with 20+ cappuccino flavors; and Peaches and Crème, an ice cream and gelato shop offering 30+ flavors.

Product overview

Olympia Cafe is a single-location full-service Greek restaurant in Savannah, GA operating multiple dining concepts under one brand. The core offering is the main full-service restaurant serving authentic Greek Mediterranean cuisine prepared from scratch daily using the owners' own recipes. Supporting offerings include Olympia Express (quick-service to-go), Peaches and Crème (adjacent ice cream and gelato shop with 30+ flavors), a coffee bar with 20+ flavored cappuccinos, in-house made Greek desserts (baklava and galaktoboureko), and an extensive wine selection featuring Greek regional wines alongside California house wines. The restaurant is currently closed for renovations until late 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Olympia Express: To-go counter service offering gyros, sandwiches, and burgers.
• Peaches and Crème

Products and services

• Olympia Cafe (Main Restaurant) Full-service Greek Mediterranean restaurant in downtown Savannah offering appetizers, salads, entrees (Moussaka, Dolmades, Pastitsio, Spanakopita, gyros, kabobs, steaks, seafood), and desserts prepared daily from the owners' own recipes. Includes vegetarian, dairy-free, and gluten-free options, full bar service, and reservations for fewer than 15 people by phone and 15+ via online form.
• Olympia Express (To-Go) Quick-service counter for grab-and-go meals including gyros, sandwiches, and burgers. Cocktails and other drinks can be taken to-go for walking around downtown Savannah.
• Peaches and Crème Ice Cream Shop Adjacent retail ice cream and gelato shop featuring over 30 flavors of ice cream and gelato, frozen yogurt, smoothies, and milkshakes with a wide range of toppings.
• Coffee Bar Full-service coffee bar offering cappuccino in over 20 flavors and international-style coffees, available steaming or frozen, made by dedicated coffee baristas.
• Greek and California Wine Selection Curated wine list featuring Greek regional wines (Retsina, Alpha Estate, Moschofilero, Amethystos, Naousa, Mavrodaphne, Santorini, Chateau Julia, Oenodea) alongside California house wine selections.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30 flavors of ice cream and gelato available
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Zoës Kitchen: A Mediterranean fast-casual chain comparable to Olympia Express, with similar grab-and-go gyros and Mediterranean bowls, though now operating at much larger scale under CAVA ownership.
• Taverna (Greek Restaurant Group): A multi-location upscale Greek restaurant group offering appetizers, moussaka, and Greek wine programs analogous to Olympia's core menu, but operating at greater scale and broader geographic footprint.
• CAVA (Mediterranean fast casual): A large fast-casual Mediterranean chain directly comparable to the Olympia Express to-go counter component, with a similar Mediterranean positioning but vastly greater scale and brand reach.

Direct peers

• Santorini Restaurant & Wine Bar: An independent Greek restaurant featuring an extensive Greek wine list and destination dining positioning, similar to Olympia's wine-and-Mediterranean-cuisine niche.
• Niko's Greek Taverna: An independent or small-group Greek taverna concept serving moussaka, souvlaki, and Greek wines in a full-service format closely analogous to Olympia Cafe's main restaurant offering.
• Avli by Tonks: An upscale Greek/Mediterranean small-plates concept with destination dining positioning, comparable menu authenticity (proprietary recipes, Greek wine selection), and a multi-revenue-stream operation including to-go and retail.
• The Olive Tree Mediterranean Kitchen (Savannah): A Mediterranean restaurant operating in the Savannah market, directly comparable as another locally rooted ethnic-Mediterranean concept competing for the same tourists and residents on or near River Street.
• Leopold's Ice Cream (Savannah): A historic Savannah ice cream parlor directly comparable to Peaches and Crème as a destination dessert operator competing for tourist foot traffic on or near River Street.

Others

• Grecian Delight Foods: A Mediterranean food manufacturer and supplier to Greek restaurants and foodservice operators, comparably positioned in the Greek/Mediterranean category though operating in wholesale rather than restaurant retail.

Emerging players

• The Coffee Fox (Savannah): An independent Savannah specialty coffee bar with flavored lattes and a similar craft-coffee position to Olympia's 20+ flavored cappuccino program, targeting overlapping downtown Savannah foot traffic.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/olympia-cafe

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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