If you get the soup and salad, the Olive Garden is a good place for a cheap lunch. If you come for dinner, I'm not so sure. I'd say it's mediocre Italian food. Nothing special. Nothing fantastic. Just your run of the mill ravioli or lasagna.
The breadsticks are really good though, but their minestrone soup is either hit or miss. Sometimes it has a really good flavor and other times there's no flavor at all.
Is that really a chance you're willing to take?
But if it makes you feel any better, when you're here, you're family.