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| - It has been a long time since I have visited an Olive Garden, I keep hearing of long lines on a Friday & Saturday night. Went on a Sunday & tried to make reservations early in the morning but the person said we don't take reservations, when we arrived at 5:15 they said the wait would be 45 minutes to an hour, while I was talking to the host a person got right in, with call ahead seating. I described what had happened to us & the host proceeded to ignore my comments. At about 45 long minutes I grabbed the manager & explained my situation the manager seemed genuinely concerned but did nothing to seat us faster, there were tables but not enough staff. At roughly 1:05 wait we were seated & the manager offered us appetizers as a peace offering for our wait.
In all honesty the appetizers were below average, the calimari was chewey, the stuffed mushroom caps were OK, the lasagna fritta were over cooked rubbery, the mozzarella sticks were more breading than cheese.
When the salad came to our table of six there was barely enough to serve 3 of the 6 at the table.
When dinner came I had ordered the chicken & shrimp carbonara at $18.29 it arrived my luke warm with barely enough shrimp & chicken, I boxed most of or up hoping I could bring it back to life with more chicken & a spin through the skillet to serve it bubbly.
The other dinners at my table were far from impressive, the braised beef Bolognese was overcooked but luke warm, the stuffed chicken marsala looked like leather, the recipient of this meal said it never was like this before. I think the people who ordered spaghetti were happy.
All in all I would look for a locally owned italian restaurant for better service & much better food.
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