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.
Latest reviews from Citysearch.
I LOVE THE FOOD IS GREAT,NICE SERVICE
by SACfood
Nice Pasta,Very fresh decent prices, Nice place in Arden area. Alot of wines.Probably best pasta in Sacramento
Pros: THE FOOD IS GREAT
Cons: THEY NEED MORE LOCATIONS
Posted 01/25/09
changes?
by theother916king
Now that management has changed, this Olive Garden is a little better. There are still troubles with stocking but there have definitely been fewer incidents where the restaurant was out of a certain food.
Posted 10/21/08
Don't go there for lunch unless you are not hungry!
by naz95630
I have been to a lot of Olive Gardens before, who hasn't, I have even been to this particular one before. Must have been a bad day for the place because, they were out of everything and so I was left to order a sampler appetizer for lunch.
Stay away from the server, "Giovanni". He even messed up the salad, pretty bad, huh? Not as bad as his excuses for why my appetizer was taking so long. He did do a good job in one area, avoiding my table as 30 mins went by waiting for my meal. By the time I was fed up in waiting for my order, he said he was going to see what he could do about the bill, he said he took care of my check by not charging me for food that I never received. The guy didn't comp any of the other meals on my check, not even my soda. If that wasn't bad enough, I didn't see him again to pay my bill until I was upfront complaining to the manager. I hope it was his first week on the job, otherwise not a good Olive Garden location for service.
Your better off walking across the street to the restaurant that rhymes with "Looters" for some chicken wings!
Pros: poor service
Cons: poor service
Posted 02/24/08
Olive Garden
by the916king
After working in the restaurant business for a few years now, and working at this particular Olive Garden in Sacramento, I would not recommend it. There is a reason why this particular Olive Garden has a ridiculously high turn over rate; management. How can a restaurant run smoothly when the kitchen staff are all illegal immigrants from Mexico and cannot speak English? It is also difficult to have motivation to work as an employee when your boss does not care about you and does not have any type of loyalty to the employee.
Pros: too many to list
Cons: none
Posted 01/06/07
A good experience
by assassingalaxia
With a group of seven for lunch, I had a pleasant experience. The waiter was very friendly and prompt in responding to our requests. The food is standard Olive Garden fare, so it's just Italian food with nothing special in particular. We did enjoy the endless salad, and the waiter made sure that every time we came close to finishing our bowl, he brought a new one.
Pros: plenty of parking, friendly staff, quiet
Posted 02/09/05
Not my first choice in Sac restaurants..
by saharamirage
I have been to this place a number of times... out of those times my party has been forgotten twice... once being at my 21st birthday party! The food is okay... I believe that you pay for the atmosphere and not so much for the food... The soup and salad is the best thing to order but I think that if you must hit the Olive Garden do youself a favor and go to the Modesto location...
Cons: sucky service, long waits
Posted 06/01/02