The Old Library Restaurant 116 South Union Street, Olean, NY 14760

"Honestly what a great place to come to. We ventured from Ellitcottville, just wanted to explore a town near by and stumbled upon this amazing place. Sat bar side for the evening was planning to just have a drink and then go back to Ellitcottville and cook dinner for the evening. While looking at the menu I noticed they have a prime rib special of Fridays and Saturdays. Bang for buck what a great deal, just over $50 for a 30oz prime rib with sides. Prime rib was cooked to perfect medium rare and the sides were great as well. Service and atmosphere were just as great. I will definitely come back to enjoy another prime rib dinner."

"Be honest, the food of this restaurant sucks, I can say it is the worst in this area, especially with such high price. But the building, the theme, environment and service is really good. So, if you want to visit this restaurant, don’t have a good expectation about the food. Just thinking as visiting a museum. I don’t want to be rude, but their chef don’t know how to cook: I ordered Chicken Masala, but it tastes not even close to masala. Very disappoint with the food. As I said, maybe have a drink here and enjoy the environment, but don’t have a dinner here. Add: after dinner, we ordered screwdriver cocktail, it’s really awful, because bar tender using pineapple juice instead of orange juice, so you can tell how wired it tastes like."

"Andrew Carnegie designed this modest library converted into a trendy restaurant, so good views, nice tap beers but the Yuengling was a bit skunky. Bar maid offered to swap it out, but my fault, I refused because I haven't had one in such a long time."

"When I was young, The Old Library was a restaurant staple in Olean! That's why I was so happy to see it reopened as a full-time restaurant, and not just an events space. Before even commenting on the food, I'll say that it's worth visiting just to see the Carnegie library! It is so beautiful and I'm so happy to see it has continued to be preserved! Regarding the food, I was excited to visit because it's under new ownership. I was initially concerned because the menu seemed a little random (ramen, quesadillas, sandwiches, etc) but I was pleasantly surprised! I was very happy with my meal, and I anticipate coming back next time I'm in Olean!"

"This place was amazing! We were in town visiting my family for Thanksgiving and we wanted to go somewhere new for dinner. My sister called to see if we needed reservations and we did. They initially told us the first opening was 8:00 p.m. which would have been 3 hours from when she called. We decided not to go because of the time. Within 5 minutes of her calling they called back and said if we can come right away they would slip us in and so we did. I have been by this place many times but never knew it was a restaurant. It was the perfect setting for the holidays. Our server Logan paid much attention to our food requests especially since my mom has celiac disease. She was very kind and patient. The food was out of this world and very affordable especially since the atmosphere was kinda upscale. Two of us had the prohibition Burger, one had the smoked mac and cheese, one had the pesto pasta and the other had in her words, "the best gluten free burger and fries she's had" for a long while. I highly recommend this place!"