text: Olive and Ivy was the suggestion of a friend I was not to keen on the idea of driving up to Scottsdale in the middle of the week to eat expensive and tasteless food Now I come from California so my idea of a waterfront is very different than that of someone who lives in the desert I will give Scottsdale some credit though the waterfront looks better when you are sitting beside it at night eating pesto and bread with sangria at Olive and IvynnWe waited about minutes for a table for three on a Wednesday night We sat outside on their very nice patio right on the waterfront They bring you pesto and bread to start and its so delicious and plentiful we probably did not need to order an appetizer The appetizer we did get was the calamari which was delish A friend and I split a pitcher of sangriaa little pricey but good For my main I ordered the mediterrean flatbread with no cheese and it was very good The portion was huge so I took almost the entire thing home for lunch the next day Service was good and the atmosphere is nice especially the outsidennOverall very good experience A little on the pricier side if you order drinks but I think its a great place to start a night out with friends