Olive Garden
When You're Here, You're Family
Message from Olive Garden
Olive Garden is a family of local restaurants focused on delighting every guest with a genuine Italian dining experience. We are proud to serve fresh, simple, delicious Italian food, complemented by a great glass of wine, served in a comfortable, home-like Italian setting where everyone is welcomed as family and friends. Olive Garden's menu features a variety of Italian specialties, including classic and filled pastas, chicken, seafood and beef. Enjoy our freshly baked garlic breadsticks and your choice of homemade soup or garden-fresh salad with any entree. All menu items are available for take-out, and our Parties To Go! menu offers generous family-sized meals for your next family gathering or office party.
Editorial by Citysearch
In ShortEstablished in 1982, this chain gained a following for its laid-back atmosphere and generous portions. Patrons settle into comfortable booths and tables in dining rooms with plants, artwork and décor reminiscient of the villas in the Tuscan countryside. Starters include scampi, sausage or pepperoni pizza, and several soup choices, as well as a signature seafood dip (crab, shrimp, cheese and marinara). Entrees include classics like lasagna, fettuccine Alfredo and chicken parmigiana. There are also "Garden Fare" options, which promise 30 percent fewer calories.
Key Points
- Fresh, delicious Italian food
- Variety of wine and beverages
- To Go ordering available
The Inside Scoop
- What to Drink - What's spaghetti and meatballs without a glass of wine? You'll find vintages here from Italy, Australia, California and Washington.
Insider Pages Reviews for Olive Garden
This past weekend me and my family had a great time at Olive Garden for my B-Day. I chose Whittier Olive Garden because last year we went to La Puente Olive Garden and the wait was terrible. The Whittier Location is reasonable when it comes to the wait. We got there and were seated within 20-25 min considering it was a weekend, this was a good thing. Service was great, Food was Great! Bartenders were cool, and the waitress who's name was Ericka was extremely Sexy! Anyways... If you are thinking of dining at this particular Olive Garden I recommend it! I give Whittier Olive Garden 4 stars. Enjoy!
Posted 11/13/07 | Report Abuse
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I enjoy going to this Olive Garden particularly because there is not a long wait to be seated and the hostses are great. I love there food , especially the breadsticks.
Posted 08/07/05 | Report Abuse
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Latest reviews from Citysearch.
Yes, it's a chain restaurant, BUT...
by panchamora
the food is so delish...i can honestly tell you everything about each dish!!! The service is always great, the decor is so romantic and pleasant...the salad and breadsticks...my new found love is that cheese fonduta...its like melted cheese and comes with these bread slices,very good...i always try there new dishes and the latest one...filled ravioli with chicken in a cream sauce...sooooo good..the steak gorgonzola alfredo also very tasty...drinks and desserts are great and everything is affordable.
Posted 02/11/07
YUMMY FOOD ALL AROUND
by cubasianchica
Ive been coming to this Olive Garden forever. I love their food. I always get the same thing. I get the seafood alfredo and I ask them to add sun dried tomatoe (they are really good about custom orders) and the peach ice tea is to die for. They even put a real peach slice in it!!! Then as an appitizer we ALWAYS get the Mussels di Napoli....can we say OMG! Those mussels are unbelievable. OMG! My mouth is watering just thinking about it. Its fantastic. The sause is also excellent for bread dipping. Wine is also awesome. Try the Lambrusco Riunite, its lovely. I dont recommend buying a bottle because they mark up the price big time. They charge you $15.00 a bottle and seriously you can get the same bottle for $3.00 at Ralphs. We found it there and get it all the time now. Nice seating area, quite and clean. Staff is super friendly as well. Very fast service and usually no waiting and kinda romantic.
Pros: Great food, great service, friendly staff, good price
Cons: besides that fact that they mark up a $3.00 bottle of wine to $15.00 no cons...
Posted 11/22/06
Rudest waiter ever!
by bnw310
I don't know what to say to a restaurant with a waiter that slams down glass of water and give customer dirty looks for asking for a glass of water.
I don't care how everything else is at a place, a place with waiters like that isn't a place worth ever going back to.
Cons: rude, rude, rude waiter
Posted 05/17/06
Exellent pasta
by jorge1013
Great place if you're interested in pasta dishes. A nice mellow atmosphere. Great for family reunions.
Pros: excellent pasta
Posted 07/01/02