Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

I’m no Marilyn Hagerty, so I’ll keep this short. It’s an Olive Garden. It’s decent Italian food at decent prices. This location is well kept, has lots of seating, and the service has been good every time I’ve been here. Also, I love their breadsticks. And that’s all I have to say about that.

My bartender, Shelli Ernsting was very polite and professional!!! My drinks were always refilled before they were close to empty! She made sure the food was always hot and fresh in that the breadsticks were very very well made! Shelley also offered us a fabulous wine which was great complement the meal perfectly! I will definitely be back!

Probably my favorite Italian chain. We stopped in while Christmas shopping for lunch. Love their lunch specials. I had an endless bowl of soup and an italian mac and cheese dish with chicken. Everything was fantastic, of course my favorite soup is the chicken gnocchi. The only drawback is that our waitress did not follow up regularly enough with us or those behind us. I may be from the old school having been a server in college– but check on me, keep my drink full, and I’m a very happy guest. Although she was a bit slow, she was very nice. I recommend stopping into Olive Garden and trying the new lunch menu.

I had the lobster stuffed ravioli which was tasty and had a great presentation but a little salty for my taste. The main reason for the higher rating because they earned extra stars for the 5 star customer service. Great manager and staff who came out and explained they were a test site for new dishes at the avon location and he appreciated my feedback. Also showed a little love on my bill. Never had a bad experience here!

Went tonight redeemed their self from last visit. Good services good food.

I love the salad, breadsticks and peach tea. It is always busy, especially on the weekends so you need to get there early.

Im generally a fan of this location. The wait times can be a little harsh, but thats anywhere in Avon on a weekend night. Our waitress Christine was awesome, she kept us full. She had alot of different recommendations on wine and food, plus some new appetizers to try out. She did really well with our kids too.

I dropped in for lunch yesterday at Olive Garden with my colleagues. I have heard several negative reviews from my friends about this place and I was really skeptic when I entered. But everything changed as soon as I entered. The place was huge and beautiful. They have a special lunch menu called as «pronto lunch menu» with pretty good deals and combos. They have unlimited soup, salad and single entrée combos for reasonable prices. The menu was great. They served us the complimentary traditional seasoned fluffy Italian breadsticks. They were great. I chose the 7.99 DUO which has unlimited salad or soup and a single entrée selection. So, I went with soup. I took Chicken Gnocchi soup and Fettuccine Alfredo with Parmesan sauce with grilled chicken add-​on to it.
Oh boy! the soup was awesome and the Fettuccine, uff, please don’t get me started, It was fan-​taaaastic. I am craving for that dish right now while writing this review. That dish was absolutely perfect. I am in love with that masterpiece. If I am going back again, which I will definitely do, I am so going to order that dish of perfection. I would love to try out more items on their menu. The service was great. The waitress who served us was really friendly. The ambience was great. Food was great.
I cannot definitely review the whole place just because of a single dish but for this time, I will give this place five golden stars!

So this Olive Garden is pretty well put together but if it is raining make sure to bring an umbrella. Parking lot sucks because it wraps around the building so if you have to park in the back it’s a long rainy walk to the door.
Now, I sat at the bar and ordered the Tuscan trio. Soup salad and fettuccine Alfredo. They brought out my fettuccine right away which I thought was a little odd because I hadn’t even gotten my drink or anything else. After about 10 minutes I got the salad and soup and about five minutes after that I received some bread. Alfredo and salad were good but the soup was so watered down I didn’t eat it. It had no flavor. The waitress offered to check and see if there was a new batch made and came back and said that what was back there didn’t look any better. I wasn’t offered a refund on the soup which annoyed me a little so I just said I would take it to go even though I have no plans to eat it. Besides the watery soup everything else was good and my waitress/​bartender was very nice and attentive.

I worry that the Greenwood location has set the bar too high for me in terms of expectations for Olive Garden after the Unilocal event I attended because I was just really disappointed in my recent visit.
We decided to stop by for lunch to use one of our gift cards. Almost immediately I noticed that there was cold air just blaring down on me at our table. Our server stopped by since I was staring up at the ceiling trying to figure out where it was coming from and «Oh yea, the table before you was wondering where it was coming from too». Hmm ok… it eventually shut off so I got optimistic and told my server that when she stopped by to take our drink order and she just said «Oh well it comes and goes.» Great.
Sure enough I quickly put my jacket back on. Server was polite and was patient while we decided on what to do for lunch. We decided on the lunch soup and salad deal since we had never had the soup there, also add on the fact that I was freezing so soup sounded good…
While we waited for food my husband looked around noticed at least 5 people in our section were wearing their jacket. C’mon Olive Garden! When you see people hunched over and wearing jackets, do something! And how come our server said nothing to management when the table before us and then us said it was cold? I realize a server can’t control this stuff but they can say something.
The soup was decent and the salad and breadsticks were good as always. But at this point, I was ready to go home. I know for a fact that managers saw us and walked around our area often during the meal.
It wasn’t until we were done did anyone stop by doing a «How was everything?» type of touch, I told the first guy food was good but I was freezing. He didn’t seem super surprised but did apologize. I do hope they fixed it for the next round of people.
We also got a chocolate cake slice to go and it was small and overpriced. Also, as a note, most of the time this place is packed so expect a wait even on a weekday evening. Avon apparently loves the Olive Garden…

So we just got home from here. It was pretty busy even for 10pm on a Saturday night but it was Valentine’s day. I asked to be seated somewhere warm since it was –10 with wind chill outside. They sat us at a cozy table right by the fireplace. I could have sat there all night. Well right now they have a deal where for $ 12.99 you get unlimited soup/​salad and appetizer an entrée and a dessert. So I got my favorite Zoupa Tuscana soup. The best soup in the world. I did get two bowls of it and my only complaint of the night was both times the soup was not warm enough. I got the chicken meatballs with marinara sauce for my appetizer and to my surprise I loved them. For my main course I got the Smoked Mozzarella Chicken and minus the red peppers it was really good. I opted for the Raspberry Cheesecake for my dessert. I would say this cheesecake could give the Cheesecake Factory a run for their money. Good stuff. Service was just ok. The server was really friendly and all. Just spotty service. But we cut her some slack as she had some really sketchy tables who were giving her a hard time. My only complaint about Olive Garden and all other restaurants is they use way too much SODIUM. there is just no need for all that salt.

Nope, won’t be back to this location. Our server (wish I remembered his name) did not have the right attitude for a crowded night. At 6:00 on a weeknight, the place was packed with a one-​hour wait. We managed to snag a table in the bar, but I kind of wish we would have waited. Our server was not nice, not fast, and actually rolled his eyes at my friend when she asked if she could have breadsticks without the butter topping.
The food was ok, but nothing special. The salad and breadsticks were delicious as always, but not worth fighting the hoards of people and dealing with attitude. Now that they sell the dressing in grocery stores, there is truly no reason for me to ever return.

We all know what Olive Garden offers to its client base. So this review is going to be a comparison between this Olive Garden and many others around it. This one specifically has more of an Italian feel to it from the inside. The food is up to par and it is clean. Service is also great, but it really depends on who you end up getting as your server. This is one of the very few locations where I did not have to wait for long before I was seated. Good food, decent service, and price isn’t that bad either

It’s ONE OF THE. BETTER OLIVE GARDENS, but still «very average» food, manufactured & warmed up. The facility is great, & service was good.

I’ve always had a good experience at this OG location; both dining in and carry-​out. We’ve been seated quickly, even on their busiest nights of the week. Wait staff is friendly and and I’ve never had an issue with my meals. Restrooms have been messy at times, but other than that I don’t expect much. :)

I always enjoy the Olive Garden. Since I was on the other side of town, I stopped in at this location. There were a couple of hiccups during dinner. My sprite came out without any syrup in it but it was promptly taken care of. I also asked for more breadsticks for dinner and they didn’t come out very quickly. My waitress noticed this and apologized and then set me up with plenty to take home to go with my «buy one take one home» special as well as some Alfredo sauce to dip them in as I had told her how much I liked them earlier in the night. Thanks to waitress Kennedy G, what could have been a lackluster experience ended very well. I will be returning.

Tried new spicy Shrimp Scampi Fritta– lightly breaded and fried shrimp tossed with spicy cherry pepper sauce. We really enjoyed. Nice portion size and enough for sharing. Will have this again.
Dinner tried New Spicy Shrimp Vesuvio nice combination of flavors. Spicy blend of hot cherry peppers, roasted red peppers, spinach, and arrabbiata sauce. Comes over very light bucatini pasta and topped off with smoked pancetta. Excellent flavors.
Server prompt, courteous, and pleasant.

Hey, it’s Olive Garden, so keep that in mind. You know what you are getting into immediately.
We had to wait about 40 minutes — no shock since it was noon on a Sunday.
We got seated and were taken care of quickly with salad and bread. No complaints there, good as usual. I ordered a new dish on the menu, the ‘crispy parmesan shrimp’ and it was really great! Would totally order that again. Waiter brought out refills really quick and gave us adequate attention.
My hubby and I were filled with hot tasty food, all was good!

Endless Soup and Salad = Cheap Date lunch!
Hubby and I just woke up, hungry, but I needed something healthy. He said Olive Garden’s soup and salad lunch special, which I forgot all about. We got there about 2:30PM and we had a wait, but not as long as they stated, which was nice.
Large location, rustic, old feel around the place. Clean bathrooms. Service was nice and prompt. We had two different soups, which I forget what we had. I think the first was their take on chicken and dumping; good but not the greatest. The second was chicken and tomato based, which we both enjoyed. Great salad with lots of cheese (keep on shedding) and good bread.
We eat and were able to stay full until very late in the evening. Under $ 20 for two (with a pop).
Nothing special, but a great date lunch for the cheap with my hubby. I am sure we will be back!

The typical Olive Garden that has been in Avon for a long while.
I recently tried a new item on their menu. It was the «Grilled Lemon-​Herb Chicken» composed of Grilled chicken breasts in a lemon-​herb broth, served with garlic broccoletti and cauliflower-​mashed potatoes. It wasn’t bad. Chicken was a bit dry, but I enjoyed the atypical sides it came with. And as always… the salad is enjoyable because of the free refills.