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| - Before our most recent visit this week, we had not been to Olive Garden in quite some time.
Surprisingly, my husband gave me an Olive Garden gift card for Christmas this year. My daughter and I happened to be in the neighborhood that day so we decided to drop in for lunch.
Our server (Dreama) was excellent. If my review was based only on her service, I would give this review fours stars.
The woman who greeted us at the front wasn't unpleasant but she greeted us as if she wasn't sure why we were there. Which I found odd, to say the least.
We were seated immediately. In no time, our server appeared to take our drink and appetizer order.
My daughter wanted to try the fried calamari so we did. Along with the salad and bread sticks, it really could have been a meal by itself.
For our main course, my daughter ordered the "make your own" pizza and I made a special order of grilled chicken and pasta with no sauce and a side of the Olive Garden's tasty salad dressing.
A different server brought our food. My daughter's pizza was perfect. Although my plate was very hot, my pasta was cold. When Dreama came back, I told her about my pasta and she immediately whisked my plate away and had a replacement out to me very soon.
Dreama was a great server. Her banter was witty, she checked on us at the perfect intervals, and our drinks were refilled just when they needed to be.
We had enough to eat and enough leftovers to take home.
Although I love Italian food and we used to dine at the Olive Garden a few times a month, I can no longer eat alfredo sauce and I have to limit my tomato intake.
Sadly, this removes Olive Garden from our list of favorite restaurants. But for every now and again, this location is our preferred Olive Garden and Dreama is definitely our preferred server.
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