Restaurants in Olive Branch

Situated inside Palladio Antiques & Art, Cafe Palladio satiates guests with a modest lunch menu of casual café fare, including 10 types of sandwiches, fresh salads, homemade soups, and its self-proclaimed “famous peach tea.” Surrounded by antiques, artworks, and decorative furnishings, diners dig into Dixie Delight with vegetables or slabs of moist coconut cake served upside-down or right-side-up at the customer’s request. Free WiFi is also available for lunchtime web surfing.

Chef David Johnson and his culinary team create southern comfort fare with a Cajun zing. The menu rotates daily, offering special items such as beef tips with garlic mashed potatoes on Tuesdays and bourbon-glazed peach pork loin paired with mississippi grits on Thursdays. Along with preparing food for dine in, take out, or delivery, the staff also caters corporate events such as employee-appreciation lunches and executive-level food fights.

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Helmed by a L'ecole French Culinaire graduate who previously worked in Japanese restaurants throughout New York City, the culinarieans at Sea Bistro & Sushi Bar have created more than 15 chef's signature sushi rolls and classic Thai and Asian entrees. Comprised of noodles, meats, veggies, and house-made sauces, popular offerings include ichiban, TNT, double spider, pad thai, drunken noodles, Thai basil fried rice, and signature entrees such as miso bronzed Chilean sea bass in Thai green curry sauce, caramelized salmon in a caper sauce, and mango chicken and shrip in spicy tangerine mango sauce. Mounted floral art and decorative plants accent the eatery’s gold walls, cultivating a dining atmosphere that’s more relaxed than Thanksgiving in a sauna.

Like plate spinners at the circus, parents constantly race among multiple potential catastrophes. Brandy Marek, herself a mother of twin boys, established Take A Break to give parents time off from this endless balancing act and allow them to focus on their own neglected interests. Guardians unleash pent-up conversation with their grown-up peers over sandwiches and salads washed down with coffee as occasional gleeful shrieks drift to their ears from the playroom, where charges cavort under the watchful eye of Take A Break's staff. As parents take advantage of the alone time and wireless Internet to work, read, or research, kids build fortresses with blocks, assemble puzzles, and tear through a playhouse. With the jingling strains of kid-friendly music playing softly in the background, adults may reserve the café's conference room for meetings with clients, study-group sessions, or to practice setting up a new air mattress.

Grand Buffet's chefs slice fresh vegetables and sear meats in an open kitchen to craft a menu packed with more than 80 classic Chinese and Japanese favorites. The team fills huge chafing dishes with sweet, sour, and spicy buffet treats, including a spread of sushi at lunch and seafood at dinner. Though many patrons enjoy mix-and-matching, chefs also accommodate diners who want their favorite dish. House specialties include beef and scallops with garlic sauce and orange chicken, as well as traditional fare such as chow mein, fried rice, and egg foo young. Alternatively, diners can create-their-own entrees, allowing them to enjoy their favorite vegetables or edit their own fortunes.