Olive Garden is just one of those restaurants that everyone loves, but hates.
This review is more about the hostess than the actual food, as we didn't even get the chance to eat.
Let it be known that OG is awful on any weekend. There always seems to be a wait even if there are tables that you can see aren't being put to use. But it is also an absolute nightmare on ANY holiday night.
We opted to use the check in online option thinking that if we checked in, shopped around, by the time our wait time was up, we would be fine. When checking in, it said there was a 30-40 minute wait. That was fine because we were out shopping. When we strolled in, it was absolutely packed in there. We walked up to the hostess to let her know we had checked in online a bit ago.
Her snotty response was "Yeeeeeah, it's still going to be another hour." So I said, "Wow, really?" And this little "B," responded snidely again like "Well you can see that we're swamped." So my friend chimed in, "Yeah it told us online that the wait was 40 minuets so..." and we walked out.
I doubt we'll be back.