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| - I had my best Olive Garden meal here recently--really tasty food and stellar service!
Crab-stuffed Mushrooms were quite cheesy, just as I had hoped. The best Pasta Fagioli is served here: hot assortment of beans with Ditalini Pasta swimming in a thick and robust tomato-based broth topped by grated cheese. Endless Garden Salad with the OG's homemade light Green Goddess Dressing, lettuce, tomato slices, pepperoncini, and seasoned croutons sufficed as another great prelude to my entree of Spaghetti with Meatballs & Sausage in Bolognese Meat Sauce, also topped by grated Parmesan Cheese. I opted for 2 meatballs and 1 sausage link, and had plenty of food, even though a normal add on is 2 lengths of the mild Italian Sausage. Zeppoles were sugar-dusted and good as well, nicely dippable in a Chocolate Sauce. Tiramisu and other desserts also looked fetching, but I left them to others.
Alas, the vaunted buttered Breadsticks were good but not great. I prefer them to be lighter.
Still 4-1/2 stars overall in what seemed like a fine Italian meal one would be much likelier to be served in a non-chain restaurant. Even though it may not be the closest to me geographically, this location will be my go-to Olive Garden in Las Vegas from now on.
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