The best part of our experience was our server, Barb. Every thing else was just average.
It was Grandma's birthday and she wanted Olive Garden. What Grandma wants, Grandma gets.
We made a 5pm reservation for last Saturday. 7 people including 2 kids - 8 and 10. Arrived at 4:55. Seated at 5:20. Ordered food at 5:40 and started eating at 6:20
It's easy for adults to wait an hour an 20 minutes for food - hungry kids are aren't as understanding, even with the distraction of crayons and paper.
While the kids loved their spaghetti the adults found the food to be average at best. It wasn't terrible - just average. If A&W can makes a fresh and great tasting hamburger, Olive Garden should be able to make great tasting pasta.
Our server, Barb, made regular checkups and did well to upsell us on celebration drinks but we had no intention of staying for dessert. If dinner was average, we assumed dessert would be too.