Tried new spicy Shrimp Scampi Fritta- Â lightly breaded and fried shrimp tossed with spicy cherry pepper sauce. We really enjoyed. Nice portion size and enough for sharing. Will have this again.
Dinner tried New Spicy Shrimp Vesuvio nice combination of flavors. Spicy blend of hot cherry peppers, roasted red peppers, spinach, and arrabbiata sauce. Comes over very light bucatini pasta and topped off with smoked pancetta. Excellent flavors.
Server prompt, courteous, Â and pleasant.
Hey, it's Olive Garden, so keep that in mind. Â You know what you are getting into immediately.
We had to wait about 40 minutes - no shock since it was noon on a Sunday.
We got seated and were taken care of quickly with salad and bread. Â No complaints there, good as usual. Â I ordered a new dish on the menu, the 'crispy parmesan shrimp' and it was really great! Would totally order that again. Â Waiter brought out refills really quick and gave us adequate attention. Â
My hubby and I were filled with hot tasty food, all was good!
We took my grandmother here earlier for Mother's Day. To show their appreciation, Olive Garden gave her the gift of one of the worst cases of food poisoning I've ever seen. I see it this way: if I knew someone ate somewhere and I saw them this ill, I would never walk through their doors again--and that's exactly the advice I'd give to anyone even giving this location a second thought.
Review Source:The food here is pretty much on par with other Olive Gardens I've visited. Â The thing that sets it apart is the building and decor inside. Â It's very nice!
Probably the biggest draw back to this olive garden is how busy it is. Â It's in an area that gets a lot of shopping traffic. Â I've stopped in and found the wait to be 60 min.+ a few times. Â We just go to one of the other places in the area when that happens.
Endless Soup and Salad = Cheap Date lunch!
Hubby and I just woke up, hungry, but I needed something healthy. He said Olive Garden's soup and salad lunch special, which I forgot all about. We got there about 2:30PM and we had a wait, but not as long as they stated, which was nice.
Large location, rustic, old  feel around the place. Clean bathrooms. Service was nice and prompt. We had two different soups, which I forget what we had. I think the first was their take on chicken and dumping; good but not the greatest. The second was chicken and tomato based, which we both enjoyed. Great salad with lots of cheese (keep on shedding) and good bread.
We eat and were able to stay full until very late in the evening. Under $20 for two (with a pop).
Nothing special, but a great date lunch for the cheap with my hubby. I am sure we will be back!
Here's the thing about Olive Garden. Â Nobody eats there and says "Yes! That was the best Italian food I've ever eaten!"... Â Definitely not what it is. Â However, it is GOOD FOR THE MONEY. Â I mean, never ending salad and breadsticks with any meal.
It's not anywhere near a big-time Italian resaurant, but it's a pretty good deal overall.
So it wasn't my turn to pick or I would have gone somewhere else because its been on the decline for the last 2 years...I would think their numbers would show them that they needed to do something different - but they are not.
I feel Olive garden is way over priced for pasta and bread based dinners they serve. Olive Garden used to offer a nice coupon (save $5 on $20) but haven't seen that one sent out in a while. I can say they usually have great servers who are on top of their game here. The food is good....but the they have overly priced up their dishes!
OLIVE GARDEN : Â Whats up with not celebrating a persons birthday anymore? I can understand the no singing part but to hear from a manager that they cant even offer a free piece of cake to the birthday boy....WOW its getting a little stingy here for my tastes after spending way over $60 for a party of 4. I really think we will choose somewhere else next time. Maybe something family owned and operated like Papa Joe's 2 miles down the road -- where you get greeted with a smile, served great authentic food, and would treat a birthday boy to a "free desert
" SHAME ON OLIVE GARDEN...I was really shocked!
You are focusing on the money and not the customer and thats when you see a decline is business! I sure hope your corporate office reads this because if something doesn't change you'll be the next Smokey Bones in Avon!
meaning out of business!
The typical Olive Garden that has been in Avon for a long while. Â
I recently tried a new item on their menu. Â It was the "Grilled Lemon-Herb Chicken" Â composed of Grilled chicken breasts in a lemon-herb broth, served with garlic broccoletti and cauliflower-mashed potatoes. Â It wasn't bad. Â Chicken was a bit dry, but I enjoyed the atypical sides it came with. Â And as always...the salad is enjoyable because of the free refills.
Our waiter Zach was extremely attentive. Â He went back to the kitchen twice to ask if a specific item was in the dish. Â (We had someone at our table with a specific diet.) Â He brought the dish with extra care saying that he requested half of the butter sauce which made the other gentleman very happy. I want to commend our server Zachary R. (name on the receipt)! Â Not only did he display excellent attention to detail... he offered to refil drinks and made sure we all had enough to eat. Â His enthusiasm and attention to detail made our dining experience very memorable! Â Everyone at our table would agree to this statement. Â I know that this is only my opinion, but I hope that (if he wants) he gets a chance to move up in the company. Â I've never experienced service like his before from any Olive Garden! Â His friendly manner and energy was above and beyond what we expected! Â Thank you to Zachary R, again, for a great experience! Â :)
-JEB
I know that I do not need to give any review for this chain restaurant, because I have never wanted to go here anyway. However, we decided to go to this place with my in-laws because we thought it could please everyone (adults and children) and it was one of the few family style restaurants in the West side of town. We have been avoiding dining at Olive Garden for at least 7 years, and now I know we should have gone to another Italian restaurant.
Their menu is quite extensive and very similar to other Italian restaurants, such as calamari, pizza, spaghetti, salad, chicken or pork scaloppini etc. Everything sounded good in the menu and the pictures looked very enticing.  However, nothing tasted right, and in almost all of their entrees, they have added cheese to their dishes which means extra creamy and FAT. YUCK! Their  kids cheese pizza did not taste good either. The only thing that is fresh is their Garden Salad. The service is good. The price is not cheap for the quality of their food.
We will cross out Olive Garden from the list...FOREVER.
Yes, this is definitely an Olive Garden.
If you've been to an Olive Garden, there are no surprises here.
If not, then expect to wait a little bit for decent Italian food that looks better in the menu than on the plate, with lots of corporate-encouraged enthusiasm from your wait staff, including subtle arm-twisting to buy wine.
The food is fine, very consistent. Everything we've learned to expect from corporate franchising.
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