Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

We called ahead to see what the wait time and seating options were.
There was no wait and a half booth available which was better than the 20 minute wait and no booth availability at the Arden location.
The lights outside on the porch make it look so beautiful at night.
We walked in and were greeted and seated right away.
It wasn’t too busy for 9pm on a Friday night.
There was a lot of staff compared to the amount of guests which tells me it was unexpectedly slow.
We got our drinks from the waitress and ordered our appetizer through the little thing on the table.
It came pretty quickly, surprisingly, and it was lukewarm and probably not fresh.
The way the cheese didn’t ooze out when you bit into them demonstrated their lack of freshness.
Next we received our salad and breadsticks.
They were wrapped so nicely in a warm, cozy napkin.
😅 They’ve changed over the years, and are a bit saltier than preferred and what happened to the crumbles that used to be on top? 🤔 The salad and breadsticks are always delicious.
The chicken and gnocchi soup was very good.
Finally our food came and the ravioli was okay.
I usually love any vegetarian ravioli I have access to but these were okay.
I decided to try them this time because last time I tried the five cheese ziti which was mediocre as well.
My friend got the chicken Alfredo which looked amazing and I might imagine it was considering their Alfredo sauce is really delicious.
We took most of our food home.
We were also charged for a game on the little thing on the table, so don’t touch it if you don’t want to be charged.
We didn’t even play it, we were just looking around and all of a sudden the game started.
👎🏽 I didn’t realize it until later that night because I failed to do as my mom says and make sure the charges are accurate.
The service was decent, the food was decent, and I might go here again.
There is plenty of parking since this location is within a shopping center.

The food was terrible.
The bread sticks were hard as rocks and old.
The gnocchi soup literally had 1 gnocchi in it!! The spinach artichoke dip appetizer was burned, and only the very center was not stuck to the plate.
The chicken was undercooked.
Overall, terrible! I did complain to the manager and played the drums to the waiter with the rock-hard "bread" sticks.
Left unsatisfied, unhappy, and paying over $100. Checking in online is not real time.
I had to wait an additional 15 min after arrival to be seated, when online, I said less than 10 min.

Personally I love Olive Garden.
The food was yummy and the service was good.
The portions are great and you can’t forget the never ending soup and salad that comes with the entrees.
The calamari is always a must when I come.
This Olive Garden in particular has always treated me well.
Service is relatively fast and the staff is kind.