Olive Garden
When You're Here, You're Family
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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.
Reviews for Olive Garden
I don't know if any of you have worked in the service industry, but some, or should I say a large amount of customers are extremely rude. If you don't like a place, don't eat there and stop bitching. And if you can't afford to tip.... You can't afford to eat out.
Posted 08/18/09 | Report Abuse
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We had two waiters for a party of 9 and they added an 18% automatic tip. One of the two waiters was so impatient and unfriendly that it really made me mad to have to give him any of the tip because the other guy was fantastic. Not fair.
Posted 07/11/05 | Report Abuse
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I HIGHLY recommend staying away from this Olive Garden !!
Unless they changed management, and the entire staff the since Nov. 2003, expect not only longer-than-usual delays for a Olive Garden restaraunt, but very air-headed staff and management.
I was treated here for my birthday, and the server ( who coincidentally had the same first name as me ) gave away the surprise birthday wishes that were meant for me, thereby ruining the evening all together, since I wasn't expecting this.
Naturally, an aquaintance of the family who treated us to this, spoke with the manager, whose name was Leany or Lenny, something like that, and even though the manager didn't charge for the food we had ordered, the server never apologized to us for ruining what was told to her in secrecy was a surprise birthday party.
I actually visited this establishment 2 other times before, and all 3 visits just go worse from one to the other. They will never see me in there again !!!
Posted 06/26/05 | Report Abuse
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The Gresham Olive Garden has to be mine and my husbands favorite. We've
had better consistency in service and food there. This location has the best and creamyest (sp?) zuppa toscana soup. That's our fav soup there. We also like to sit in the bar area to eat dinner because Shelly is our favorite waitress there. Shes great! She always remembers what we like. Even if we haven't visited in quite while. When you go to the Olive Garden, get alfredo sauce for dipping your breadsticks in. Olive Garden has the BEST alfredo sauce!
Posted 11/12/05
The best salad and breadsticks ever! I love the "feel" of the restaurant. It can seem a bit pricey and its usually crowded. I think the tables are too close together. But, the food is great. They keep adding new entrees to their menu, so there's never a reason to be bored with the selection.
I just went to an "average" Italian restaurant and it made me realize just how awesome The Olive Garden is!
Pros: Nice Ambiance, Great Food
Cons: A little pricey, too crowded
Posted 08/23/05
This is overpriced average food. The salad was too salty. The Shellfish combo on pasta was average and was overpriced. The wine was good but the service was slow and he brought the wrong food to my neice. It was my sister's 60th birthday and I don't think we will return to this place. The waiter was new and you could tell that he should not have been waiting on tables yet, they need a better training system.
Pros: Wine
Cons: , Salty, Slow Service
Posted 05/05/04
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