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
I know... Everyone loves this place. However, every time I go I get the impression they are trying too hard to turn the tables over. You get your salad our soup, and you aren't even finished with it before they bring the main course, and then the bill. I just feel I am being pushed out the door so they can give the table to someone else.
The food is good, however.
PROS: Good food, and lots of it
CONS: Always feel rushed
Posted 05/19/05 | Report Abuse
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Average
by DineOutALot
Waitstaff is not friendly, Food ok nothing great
Pros: Salad and bread
Cons: Food and friendliness
Posted 07/07/09
Why go Chain?
by gosabres
With so many great family Italian restaurants in the area, why go here? Went there during Christmas shopping last year and they had our entree out before I had a bite of my salad. Bill on the table less than five minutes later. Nothing like a relaxing twenty minute dinner.
Pros: consistent
Cons: chain minded service, food
Posted 05/03/05
VALUE ??
by gry99
With MANY good/great Italian Restaurants in the Buffalo/Niagara Area, Olive Garden is a safe bet but nothing special. I don't eat there because their wine prices are a rip off and the last time I was at the Walden Avenue location they were OUT of BEER!! A glass of just OK wine shouldn't cost the same as an entire bottle of OK wine from a wine store. Maybe I'm cheap, but often a small thing CAN make the difference. g
Posted 05/03/04