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| - The 'Olive Garden' is one of the few national chains that I can sing high praises about! At least this location. We've been coming here for over ten years, and the food and service is consistently excellent. Not many places can live up to that kind of claim. All of the servers we've had the pleasure of dealing with here were top notch as well. Attentive, friendly, competent, and truly professional. And they know how to cater to the elderly or fussy children too. Last night, I truly enjoyed their creamy chicken dumpling soup, cheese ravioli (with very fresh tasting marinara sauce), and lemoncello dessert in a 'shot glass'. And of course, I love the salads and breadsticks they bring to each table as well. Nice mix of both crunchy iceberg and leafy romaine lettuce. My only minor negative point is that they need to put much less salt on their breadsticks, which remind me of one of those street vendor pretzels that is often drenched in salt, to the point where you have to rub some off (which I do with a napkin)!
UPDATE: November 2015
My family has not been here in a while, so we decided to come back. The food was good, our server was nice, BUT I was very dissapointed in that we did NOT get the table salad and breadsticks that we usually get when dining here! We were sitting for about 10 minutes (maybe more), when finally we placed our order with still no salad or breadsticks brought to us! One of the appeals (to me) of The Olive Garden is the large 'community salad' with breadsticks that they usually bring to you when you sit down (at least in the past they did). This time, when finally ordering food, the server asked us if we wanted soup or salad, and I was a bit confused. I said "salad", given the fact that one was not brought out to us, but I really wanted soup, *IF* they had done what they did in the past, and brought out the 'community salad'. Being I did not get our large salad by the time we ordered, I went with my salad, but couldn't help thinking how cheap they got because they had, in my estimation, discontinued their large 'community salads' and breadsticks! Bottom line: I was very unhappy with this visit, since we did not get our large salad and breadsticks when we sat down. The confusion that ensued made me order a salad with my meal (he eventually brought out my salad and breadsticks), even though in the past I would order a soup, having ALREADY been served our large salad for the whole table. Now, I don't know if they are 'cutting corners' here to maximize profits or whatever, but this was a HUGE 'turn off' for me, and I think I will take my business to Brio's or Carabba's next time I want Italian food. Olive Garden Management, if you are reading this, large table salad and breadsticks for everyone at the table was one of the appeals of dining there in the past. I've dined at Olive Gardens in NY, NJ, CT, and OH many times in the past, but this time I was not happy.
UPDATE: January 2017
I had to take 2 stars away, because clearly the quality of their chicken in the chicken dumpling soup has gone down! The last 2 times I was here, the chicken was rubbery and slimy like an oyster! It didn't look or taste like quality chicken at all. In fact, I bit into a few fatty pieces that I had to spit out! Not sure if I want to come back any time soon.
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