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
Good place to go with friends. Casual, relaxed. Food is of average quality, like many other chain restaurants are. All you can eat salad & breadsticks make for a full belly before the entree even comes. (Hey, doggie bag!) The lettuce is your basic iceberg, but is topped with very good tomatoes, red onion, and seasoned crutons, but the salad has the best Italian dressing I've ever tasted. It's addictive. For entres, they have these specialties that are much better than the basic spaghetti & meatballs type of stuff. I highly reccomend their Chicken Vino Bianco.
Posted 11/27/05 | Report Abuse
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This is one of the nicest Olive Garden Restaurants I have ever patronized. The food is delicious. The restaurant is well-organized, and service is fast and efficient. On a recent week-day, we had a server named Bob, and he was the best server, I have ever had anywhere. He was attentive without being bothersome, providing everything we requested quickly, efficiently and with a pleasant smile and a gracious attitude. Outstanding!
PROS: Great service, delicious food, reasonable prices
CONS: often wait to be seated
Posted 09/05/05 | Report Abuse
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