We have been coming to Olive Garden for years in many cities and states. My wife loves thier food. Usually thier food is consistently good. We went there last night for a dinner and was very disappointed. Thier lasagna and sausage filled rigatoni left much to be desired. Smaller portions... My lasagna noodles were hard on all the edges. The pictures of the sausage rigatoni on the menu made them look like the size of a taco or a egg roll. However they were the size of a little dumpling. Sausage was dry with no flavor. The whole meal was blah. My wife had the stuffed Chicken Marsala. The chicken was dry overcooked. I would have been dissapointed as the chef to put that food out. As if they microwaved a frozen chix breast. For an appetizer we have the the risotto nuggets with marinara. Definitely frozen nuggets not fresh or good. Risotto had no flavor. They might as well just add cheese curds to thier menu.
I love writing great reviews when they are deserved. I feel bad being so negative. Read the first line of my review one more time. My salad and Shocktop Belgian white beer on tap was the best thing we had all night. The service was 4/5 stars by a young man named Tyler. Good job kid.
We will not visit this Olive Garden again. With Bonefish Grille next door, Old Chicago, Granite City..... Too many great places around to eat at than to waste my money or time on crappy food.