Call it a moment of weakness with a dash of convenience to taste...but, as far as chain restaurants go, you can't really complain for all you can eat salad + breadsticks to the tune of ~$4. Now, hate all you want, but their zuppa toscana soup is tasty and more notably Olive Garden was rockin' kale well before it was deemed a quintessential superfood. Just sayin'. As for the pasta, meh. It's big box (yet recently brand refreshed!) Italian that can't possibly be messed up. What do you expect? For the real thing, go elsewhere obviously. But for easy everyday Italian, OG all day with your chin up! No shame.