The Star, which is the highest honor in the world of gastronomy, was awarded to the Arco by Paco Perez restaurant, and the Treinta y Tres restaurant received the Bib Gourmand distinction. Both establishments are located on the 33rd floor of Olivia Star and are run by internationally renowned chefs - Spaniard Paco Perez and Italian Antonio Arcieri.
Managing food and beverage in a business center is a daily challenge that presents managers with an even higher degree of difficulty than running a fine-dining restaurant. Such restaurants provide the necessary prestige for such a place and are perfect for celebrating special events, both corporate and private.
The key to culinary success in a business center with as many as 15,000 employees seems to be not only high quality, but also variety, allowing an escape from daily monotony and repetitiveness. That's why there are as many as 12 restaurants and smaller food and beverage outlets in Olivia Centre. Underlying such a wide range of food and beverage options is the belief that its quality is one of the factors influencing the evaluation of a workplace. Moreover, good, quality nutrition and a varied diet underlie well-being and translate into productivity.
Certainly, providing this to 15,000 employees is not an easy task, but such a number of potential guests is a considerable market potential. The example of Olivia Centre shows that it can be done well. “We are fully aware that the vast majority of Olivia's employees regularly use the range of dining establishments that are located in our center. That's why this is one of the areas we try to cover. Even if not on a regular basis, at least at the stage of selecting culinary concepts, we want to ensure the greatest possible variety and quality,” says Maciej Kotarski of Olivia Centre. “We realize that tastes are very diverse, but they can also change. That's why we try to ensure that the proposals available at Olivia allow us to provide interesting culinary options not only in terms of dishes, but also in terms of the forms and times of day they are offered. We have been able to provide proprietary breakfast, lunch and evening concepts, as well as varied formulas: from casual bars, patisseries and classic cafes to prestigious restaurants awarded by the Michelin Guide.”
The newest of the outlets available at Olivia is Zachcianki, a café combined with a bistro, which offers designer breakfasts, lunches and desserts. As Ewa Kowalska, co-owner of Zachcianki, points out, their offer is unique in the Tri-City market: “The dishes are prepared on site, and we bake cakes in our studio in Wrzeszcz. We use simple, natural ingredients that everyone has at home, but what sets us apart is that we show full ingredients - so that the customer knows exactly what they are eating. We don't do this only with desserts, but we also show full ingredients and nutritional values with dry dishes. This is an unusual approach in the Tri-City market for now, but we hope this will change. We wanted Zachcianki to be a place where you can slow down for a while, take a breath and remind yourself that you need to take care of yourself, that you need to be good to yourself. That it's worth fulfilling your cravings. And we see that it works well - despite the vacations, we have more and more guests. They come in both for specific meals, and for a cake with coffee, and for informal meetings.”
Olivia's food and beverage outlets include a sushi bar, Natka bistro, Starbucks, Lobster restaurant, café combined with coworking Work Cafe Santander and Hotly Recommended. As Maciej Kotarski points out, the volatility of preferences requires the creation of a well-thought-out and diverse, but also flexible offer: “In Olivia, the answer to this is the multiplicity of premises and the selection of proposals that takes place already at the stage of signing their leases. After years of operation, we already have experience that allows us to predict what the reception of individual proposals might be, and we also make sure not to create internal competition that could affect our existing tenants. That's why we certainly wouldn't launch two sushi establishments or two pizzerias.”
Olivia Centre aims to develop an attraction for Tri-City residents and tourists 7 days a week and after 5 p.m. For this reason, attractions such as the observation deck on the 32nd floor of Olivia Star, Olivia Garden and the conference and event center on the 34th floor of the tallest building in northern Poland have been created. As a result, Olivia has quickly become a destination for excursions, a place to spend a Friday evening at a disco, shanty or jazz concert. Poland's largest business center also already has theater performances and concerts by such Polish stars as Krystyna Janda, Leszek Możdżer, Daria Zawiałow, Mrozu and Krzysztof Zalewski. More than 1,700 events are held annually at Olivia, so it can be considered that Olivia has become one of the most attractive places not only for work, but also for cultural and entertainment life in the Tri-City.
This is also confirmed by the award of the Marshal of Pomorskie Voivodeship, granted to Olivia on the occasion of International Tourism Day for expanding the tourist offer of Pomerania with non-obvious projects at an exceptional level. To date, it represents the only award given to office buildings for developing a region's tourism offer.
Olivia's new buildings, the construction of which is already being prepared, will further increase demand for the services offered at Olivia, so it is not out of the question that the proposals in this largest Polish business center will expand even further. The most important thing, however, is that Olivia remains a friendly center, open to residents and visitors from all over the world not only during the center's operating hours.
