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
There is always a long weight. Our server was very rude. The food was good as all Olive Garden's are but I would not go back to this Olive Garden again .
Posted 11/16/07 | Report Abuse
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If you have to watch your salt and fat intake, don't eat here!
by skacleve
This is low-rate food for sure. The food at the Garden in Beachwood is not completely inedible, but there are plenty of other Italian restaurants that do better, so why bother? Every course was overly salted and was probably at least 50% fat. I'm a salt-lover, so I'm not afraid of it, but this food was almost painfully salty. I bet even the dessert (which we didn't have) are salty! The risotto was disappointing. Besides being almost too salty to eat, it was gummy and seemed to have heavy cream in it. That's not how you make a good risotto. The table cover and all the menus were sticky, which is gross. The place was not completely filled, but we still had to wait at least 20 minutes for a table. The host and hostesses were only minimally responsive. On the plus side, the waitress was very nice, and we tipped her well.
Pros: Good wait service (the hosts not so much), some food is OK; adequate parking
Cons: Some dishes not so good, too salty and fatty; long wait for table; competitors do better
Posted 06/09/08
yuck
by velaxkra
Every time I have been to the Olive Garden the food has been awful. Everything comes in frozen, from what I understand, and it always taste awful. The pasta is gross, the salad is like any other and the breadsticks are the same as you can get in the frozen food isle at the local food store. They overcharge for food that is gross.
Posted 01/10/03
are you kidding me?
by rahfem
Clearly some people need to be educated in authentic Italian cuisine - The Olive Garden comes no where close to this!!
Pros: inexpensive
Cons: poor quality, poor taste
Posted 11/29/02
Yuck
by nikkirock
Olive Garden is a chain... plain and simple. Thier food is bland and uneventful...who needs a never-ending pasta bowl when it tastes like show leather.
Pros: inexpensive, accessible, good salad
Cons: bland, cold food, bad wine
Posted 09/25/02
You gotta be kidding me
by TARFU
Calling the Olive Garden quality Italian food is like saying Taco Bell is authentic Mexican food.
Posted 09/05/02
Olive Garden
by crazy_freak
A great place for anyone who loves Italian food! Great spaghetti, pizza (for kids), breadsticks and more!!
Posted 07/23/02
Just as good as Tuscany itself
by BaddassSara
The Olive Garden in Parma is one of the best resturants in the Parma area. The atmosphere is comfortable and warm and the staff treat you well. As you get served, expect large helpings and great italian food. Even the price is reasonable. Great pick!
Pros: great food, atmosphere, price
Cons: parking, crowded
Posted 07/04/02