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
The Olive Garden has a large variety of Italian foods on their menu. The Lasagna Classico, Salad and Pasta fagoli is especially good. Some of the deserts are outstanding. Lately I have noticed where they are cutting corners. The Chicken Parmasean looks like a flat, frozen breaded piece of chicken instead of what used to be a fresh cut & breaded piece of chicken. They no longer make my favorite Chicken fettichini flourentine (fontina cheese sauce on pasta with chicken). Overall the place is nice, has good food and the service is average.
PROS: good food, changing menu, decent prices, great deserts
CONS: changing menu
Posted 09/11/05 | Report Abuse
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I always love the atmosphere of this restaurant. There is a wide variety of items on the menu, with new items quite frequently. The wait can be long.
Posted 06/18/05 | Report Abuse
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