Olive garden will always be a favorite for pasta. Their cocktails/drinks are pretty good as well. Had a dish I wasn't really into but usually everything else is always good! Last time I went staffing was slower, I'm assuming due to the pandemic.
Let’s be honest: Italian food sucks compared to what a typical Olive Garden chain restaurant dishes up. Great cheesy food in excess, cheap drinks, and a chill atmosphere with commensurate service.
Virginia took care of us tonight and she was excellent!
In times like these, where and how you spend your money is incredibly important. You have to be more selective with your discretionary spending when facing inflationary pressures; what I value most in determining my "bang for the buck" is service, friendliness and genuine interaction.
When visiting the Olive Garden today on my lunch, I was greeted by Beth (fantastic server by the way) and the restaurant manager (really great guy). The food was fantastic, as always, and I really felt like "family" when eating there today! I got to know some staff members, and it was just an overall great time. I feel that service is hit or miss when you eat out - pay more money for food and get worse service. But the staff at Olive Garden are the real deal and will make you feel like you had the best day all week. :)
My wife and I had dinner tonight 30 April 2022 at Olive Garden. The restaurant was very busy part to it being a prom night. Our server was super busy and you could see it in her face that she was stressed. The busyness of serving a packed restaurant with a line waiting for tables out the door on a chilly, windy, rainy evening wasn’t enough, we later found out the kitchen was so short staffed the service staff was helping them out as they could. With all this going on our server was was exceptional. Above my high expectations on service. I could see she was extremely busy but I felt like her first priority was us. My only disappointment is I can’t have her as our server every time. Kayla M. Is amazing.
PS food was excellent too.
Food was pretty good, it’s an Olive Garden. Service was excellent, our server Josh was polite, fast, and a problem solver. My dinner was supposed to come with garlic Parmesan broccoli and the kitchen gave me uncooked plain broccoli, he got it corrected immediately and convinced the manager to take the whole thing off our bill. Josh: five stars. Olive Garden on 28th street: three stars.
OG seems to be our comfort spot. There is always something everyone likes. This location has a pretty quick kitchen and a friendly white staff. I don’t think we have ever waited very long for a table either.
One time, our daughter went there with her friends and had a little problem, overcharged for some items if I remember correctly. A quick call to the manager(sorry I don’t remember the name) took care of it to our satisfaction.
Super friendly staff, not to mention pretty fast for being busy on a week night. Food was tasty as always and drinks were never empty. We strongly recommend you stop in and enjoy your meal.
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