I love food. I especially love Italian food and would jump for the chance to go to Carrabbas Italian Grill, however I am always up for new things. On Thursday, April 12, my Soldier came home and Olive Garden was suggested. Of course I agreed being that it was advertised as great Italian food. This was not the thoughts that I left with at the end of the night. Olive Garden does attract many customers so it was unsurprising that we had to wait about fifteen minutes before being seated. Once we were seated we were greeted by a kind waiter who took all of our drink orders. At this time there were six of us getting something to drink so I guess this would mean it should take extra time to fill and serve all six drinks. I didn't think anything of it. He took our orders and proceeded to run away into the back kitchen. The food took an excruciating amount of time to get to us which is slightly annoying, especially where an 18 month child is concerned. Once again I brushed it off as soon as I saw him bob his head out of the kitchen and sat each plate with its respective consumer. I was dissatisfied, as was everyone else, with the food because it looked as though it had sat under a hot lamp for an extended period of time which indicates that we should have had our food sooner but something else most likely got in the way. At this time the waiter had also noticed our drinks were on E and needed to be refilled which was nice of him until we received them right before we wanted to leave. As he brought our drinks, we asked for the check. He must have really wanted us to be hydrated because we didn't receive our check until our second round of drinks was nearly finished. At this point it was already far passed the child's bed time and she was on the verge of throwing a fit. We still had food we wanted to bring home and were stupid enough to ask for boxes. It had gotten to the point where I would have gladly gotten up and found the to go boxes myself for us to fill and leave. Unfortunately, my Soldier would not allow me to do so. What I did do however was tip below 15% as the child was not the only angry person at the table. Would not suggest going during the night but I may try again during a slower day.