I went to Olive Garden last night with 2 other people. I was really not impressed.
They have benches right next to the entrance which allows smokers to sit right next to the door so you have to walk right through their smoke to walk into the restaurant :(
It was about 830pm when we shoed up we were sat right away, right next to the kitchen door, in a pretty empty restaurant :(
I at down and grabbed the chair to move it closer to the table and I put my hand in some sort of stick black goo, gross!
a few minutes later our waiter showed up and brought us our water a few minutes after that.
I needed a little time to decide what I wanted because I was super hungry, it was not like 8:45 and I was hoping soup would be out soon because we ordered it, I asked it was on the way and the waiter told me that we had to order before he could bring us the soup/salad/break sticks. Seriously? I'm freakin' hungry and I don't know what I want yet.
Finally we order and the soup and breadsticks come out about 10 minutes later. Breadsticks were hard as a rock and the Gnocchi was very soggy which created a poor texture. Zuppa Toscanna was good though, BUT THEY RAN OUT :(
AS WE ARE WAITING FOR OUR FOOD THIS GUY POORS A BUCKET OF WATER ON THE FLOOR AND STARTS TO DECK SCRUB THE FLOOR, NOT EVEN 8 FEET AWAY FROM MY TABLE...YES, THIS CREATES THE PERFECT AMBIANCE FOR MY DINNER! NOT!!!
The food came and it was okay, not OMG I remember why I love this place, good, but just okay.
My son got the BYO Tour of Italy and it only cam with a small portion of lasagna, 2 ravioli, and a very small portion of Alfredo, portion not worth the price at all.
I ordered the spaghetti with chicken, bacon, and veggies and the flavor was great, I would get it again.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OVERPRICED, COMMERCIAL TASTING FOOD TO EAT WHILE FEELING RUSHED THIS IS THE PLACE.
DO NOT TAKE A DATE HERE
USED TO BE A QUIET, QUAINT, "ROMANTIC", INTIMATE ITALIAN RESTAURANT BUT, THAT IS DEAD AND GONE...SAD