Olive Garden
reviews and complaints

i am bully who makes racist comments but i can't help it ... i was just born with all my faults...at least i know how to carry and use a dictionary ...i have self esteem and those who don't deserve abuse...my english teacher said i wass hopeless bcause my spelling and puntcuation was so bad but i don't worry about these things...i failed englihs but it wasn't my fault at least i have my self esteem and self worth...

i am very sexist and believe women with low self esteem should be abused..they deserve abuse because of their low self esteem...that's just the situation..also women need to cook for their children, the father isn't supposed to cook it's just the mother who should cook...once olive garden rsufused to serve me because of the way i look...not very pretty or even attractive...do you see me complaining that the waiter was sexist? if he thought i was unattractive, he is enetilted to his opinin...so there

i am a bad speller but since when is anhyone perfect...i keep dictionary clsoeby...people say i am a bully and such and make racist comemtns but since when is anyone perfetc...i was just borne this wauy

peolpe have to stop criticing me for bieing a bully...ican't help it...its just what i am ...i am not perfetc but neighter is anyone else perfetc...at least i keep a dictionary nearby because i cannot spell or puntcuate...

There are a lot of choices. Use them. You can choose to go somewhere else to feed your kid. The OG doesn't owe you or your kid anything.

then shut up and go to KFC

You should raise your child to NOT drink beer !
Dont blame others for your Poor Parenting Skills ~~~~~~~

Not the servers job to babysit your kid either

you are such a liar

it is alwys the mother's fault

once a waiter at olive garden refused to serve me because i am not exactly pretty...do you see me complainting that the waiteer is sexist? no he is entitled to his opinion //i have self esteem and like myself/ that is my advice / also women have to be good mothers and they can never fail, the father has no responsiblity and neither does the restaurant / it is the mother's responsibility to always watch the child...so you can't blame anyone but yourself. it's the victim's fault or else the fault of teh victim's mother / no one to blame but the victim or the victim's mother / also don't criticize me for not being perfect / i like myself and accept myself with all my faults / i have lots of fautls but afer all no one is perfect

Your fault. They didnt serve her. You left a child unattended. I suppose no other person in your party was there. So after that, you were gonna drive home. I suppose it would have been their fault if you were involved in a dui accident because they served you and there was no designated driver with you

Totally agree with previous comments...you are the irresponsible one.

You are a very irresponsible woman leaving your beer on the table in front of a ten-year-old. I agree you are trying to scam the restaurant - no doubt if the waiting staff had taken the beer from your precious child you would have screamed for a lawyer and claimed staff had assaulted your kid. If I'm wrong, and you are for real..did you punish your daughter for her stupid action?

I just ran across this little gem. Next time, don't leave a freaking beer with a 10 year old. It isn't a server's responsibility to parent your child, it is yours.

How is it the fault of the restaurant for the ten year old daughter drinking the beer when the ADULT/PARENT with the child is the one whom ordered the beer that SHE WAS DRINKING. Does that person really think THEY ARE ABSORBED OF ALL RESPONSIBILITIES‘. Give me a break. The restaurants didn’t order the beer…you did. It is the parent or parents responsibility to teach their children what the can and cannot are. I mean really give me a break. To expect somebody else to do your job for you… What’s up with that?! REALLY? IT’S CLEAR YOU ARE THE ONE WHOM NEEDS TRAINING NOT THE EMPLOYEE.

How is it the fault of the resturant for the ten year old daughter drinking the beer, when the ADULT/PARENT with the child orded the beer that HE WAS DRINKING. Does that person really think THEY are absorbed of all responsiblities. Give me a break. The resturant didn't order the drink, the parent did. It is the parent or parents responiblity to teach their children what them the can and cannots. I mean really give me a break.

They arent supposed to babysit your child. Sounds like it's a parenting issue. Dont blame others for your shabby work. I'm not a huge fan of OG, but come on...

It is not the job of the restaurant staff to babysit YOUR child! They evidently didn't notice what she was doing, as they were focused on their tables, like they are supposed to be. If you cannot parent your child, consider placing her with a friend or relative. Failing that, consider foster care.

Did it ever occur to you that maybe a server didn't actually see your daughter drinking? Maybe no server walked by, or maybe all the servers that did pass were carrying plates and food and couldn't see your daughter. It's annoying when parents blame other people for their own child's behavior. Shouldn't you be the one to stop your daughter from drinking by acting a parent and teaching her better?

Do you really think the Olive Garden staff care it is your mother's birthday? Let me tell you they don't, and why should they? Honestly, the birthday song and free cake thing for an ADULT is so irritating. And BTW if you don't want to spring for a $5 dessert for your own mother on her birthday then why the hell should Olive Garden foot the bill for your tightwad ways? Get a life cheapskate.

They charged me for my b-day dessert and didn't sing to me either. I don't think that is something they normally do at Olive Garden. And the wine samples are free, so unless you are planning on buying a glass they usually will give only a small sample. Olive Garden is always extremey busy so the waitress may have had too much to handle with tables. The only thing you can do is contact the manager about your experience there and hopefully left a small tip for the waitress.

There isnt an Olive Garden at 47th and Broadway...

What else happened?

The appetizers came back cold and chewy and so did your sons? How is it Olive Garden's fault that your sons were cold and chewy?

And yes, if it's "very busy" as you describe it, you're going to wait for your food and for a table that holds six.

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What time did you go? Were you given one of those electronic alert devices for when they could seat you? If you waited 45 minutes to be told anything, then that is a valid complaint. If you went during a rush hour and had to wait 45 minutes becaues all tables were full then that is not valid.

However the wait for the food is rather long. You should have refused your cold food or asked for management though. They can't resolve an issue they do not know about.

I think customer service in general has gone way down in recent years. All restaurants are asking outrageous prices for crappy quality. I have almost stopped going out to eat completely. Olive Garden lost my business years ago.

Did you file a wage complaint with your state's Dept. of Labor?

Lol... you, the complainer, are exactly the kind of person that people like me, who work at the Olive Garden, hate and make fun of every day. You sound like the type of person who will always find something to complain about. The world owes you a living, huh baby. Valentine's Day is the single busiest day of the year for us. And it SUCKS. the kitchen is backed up and behind by at least a half an hour, some servers are so stressed that they break down and cry or shake or curse when they leave the dining room, and the hosts are all trying to mantain composure while we deal with stupid ignorant people yelling at us because they think we are making them wait longer than they think we said it would be. It's not our fault when your party of 3 turns into a 7 and we can't get you in in 40 minutes. Sometimes yes we do go over quote, but it's not a science, it's an educated guessing game! How are we supposed to know which tables will leave in an hour, and which will camp there for 2 and a half? We make the best judgement we can and HOPE that the other guests will leave so we can seat you in time.

Our shrimp and scallops for the Seafood Alfredo have always been the same size. And like uni said, we aren't the freakin Macaroni Grill. We don't even have fresh garlic or herbs just laying around in the back, we pre-make everything, and yes if you ask for olive oil for dipping you are going to get plain olive oil because THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. I regret your sauce ended up watery, it just happens sometimes, and the manager comped your meal. What more do you want? As for the salad, when it's busy we have a salad person making all the salads, the servers are up to the mercy of how much dressing they end up throwing quickly onto the salad. In all the business you server prob forgot to ask the salad person for your special request, or the salad person forgot, or maybe their english was poor and they didn't understand. You have no idea how many little things have to go right in order for a dining experience to be absolutely perfect.

We try as hard as we can. And sometimes things go wrong. Sometimes it's the server's fault, sometimes it;s the kitchen's fault, sometimes things just happen. Sometimes the guest is wrong because they don't know how to effectively communicate what they want. I guess my point is, you're not the only one to have things go wrong at an Olive Garden, but there are actually a lot of REAL loyal customers who have mostly wonderful experiences. it is truly a great restaurant, a great place to work, and incredibly clean environment... The only downside is that when it is busy, things fall apart sometimes, and there are some truly horrible customers who I would never wish on any restaurant anywhere. Because of a certain total freak of a lady, I stopped serving and went to just hosting for a long time. Serving pays more, but because I grew to hate certain customers so much, I couldn't stand it. I took the pay cut.

Sorry about the random rant... but I defend my restaurant when I know we are awesome and always dedicated to making the customer happy. Tho there are people who will NEVER be pleased.

The shrimp and scallops have been the same size for the last 5 years I've been there. The number has been identical each time too. The ravioli was over cooked but the pear was cold? The pear is in the ravioli so I guess it's possible they ran out of ravioli and didn't allow them to thaw completely before boiling but that's unlikely considering on V-day we overprep everything. Why didn't they bring your oil and spices? Because we aren't Carrabbas or Macaroni Grill. We give you bread sticks with garlic salt and butter. They give you bread with oil and spices. You want dipping sauce order alfredo (which I'm sure you love considering your meal selection). Can't explain frozen olives. They go from a can in the back to a pan on ice. How was your seafood alfredo sauce? Because it's identical to the sauce on your ravioli yet you didn't complain about that. You want bigger shrimp ask for grilled shrimp. And the picture clearly and accurately shows the size of the shrimp and scallops in the dish. Finally, your meal was free, you came to OG for Valentines Day, a complete embarrassment in my opinion which clearly shoes your unwillingness to treat your wife to an expensive dinner she assumingly deserves. Next year go to the store, buy parmesan, butter, cream, garlic, the biggest shrimp and scallops they have ($13 a lb most likely) a box of fettucini, bag of salad, tomato, olives, whatever dressing you claim you didn't get and make the meal yourself. Guaranteed you'll spend more than the $30 you could have spent at OG, but I'm sure it'll taste delicious.

Obviously you weren't such a "loyal" customer if you are never going back due to ONE bad experience. Not to mention it was on their busiest day of the year. The manager did the best he could to address the problem in giving your money back and apologizing for the bad experience.

i hate you lucy. good job stealth.

really? you're sure she wasn't...and how would you know stealth..you're some loser and ### who sits here commenting on half the posts it seems. First off, get a life and stop giving your -5 sense here...you have no common sense and are blatantly stupid and repulsive, and no one is interested in your ignorant nonsense. Also she didnt jsut spill it on me, she did on the seat and expected me to clean up the seat, which is what I was talking about. And its a server's job to clean up a spill, or do something about it at least not just walk off. And no I would never spill something on someone and barely apologize and leave them sitting in pasta sauce, that would be appalling, but im sure you would since you seem very mean, ignorant, and a total ###. You don't know what you're talking about and only say the wrong thing to make people look bad. Get help fast because you are so rude and stupid it's pathetic...

You scare me. Psycho.

Well yesterday I had ate the stuff mushrooms and also gotten and upset stomach but i'm ok today.

@gottschalk

Did you intentionally name yourself this user name? Or did you forget how to spell gottschalks?... Did you use to work for this retail company before it went out of business or something? LOL

i totally agree with Harpeville... Sounds like a snap judgement to post this. And out of curiousity, you made a point of saying that you only drank water, then ranted about the price and poor quality of the wine.. is that a side note or tasting the same night? something doesn't add up. And suggesting that you drink elsewhere beforehand kind of alludes to you drinking somewhere before, then only drinking water at OG... possible to have picked it up there?

But did your doctor specifically find the cause of food poisning to be from olive Garden? if the medical report doesn't specifically say OG, then you are wrong to accuse them.

What would I do? Ask Og to look at their mushroom supply. What would I not do? Accuse a business without conclusive evidence!

You are still having medical tests to determine the cause of your illness. I really think you jumped the gun in posting this. You should have waited till you had the conclusive medical evidence that the illness was caused by food from OG.

Our small community experienced a horrible tragedy today as one of our neighbors lost a son in a horrific accident. We wanted to buy the family a dinner that we could pick up from your Bend, Oregon location and then we would deliver the meal to a family of 10 grieving people. I called the Olive Garden and explained that I needed help in trying to pick a meal that would help the family avoid having to be concerned about feeding everyone.

The General Manager, Tina Anthony, spoke with me and was exceptionally helpful and understanding. After I placed the order she said Olive Garden was pleased to donate the meal as a showing of support for the family. I was completely taken aback. I intended to pay for 100% of the meal and her unsolicited offer of community support was more than I could imagine. She explained that Olive Garden is part of the same community I was and this was Olive Garden's showing of sympathy. Absolutely unexpected and moreover, so generous in this day and age that I had to thank Olive Garden for such a community policy and for General Managers such as Tina Anthony. What a treasure.

I insisted on paying but when I picked up the meal for 10. I was told it was $64, well below its fair or advertised value. It was explained that Tina donated some of the meal anyway. Today we are all experiencing in-fighting and suspicion between various groups. It is quite disheartening. This genuine gesture of kindness to is to be applauded. Tina was a star and the whole episode was terrific and lightened the load of this family. I was an Olive Garden "Frequent Flyer" before, but now I am a die hard supporter

I have one complaint. You do not have a place where you can send positive comments. That is unfortunate. Please acknowledge receipt of this compliment so that it is not lost and let me know that it has been sent on to the highest levels of the Company. This is truly an extraordinary corporate policy and it was beautifully implemented, with genuine heart and concern, by Tina Anthony. Thank you.

me and my family had dinner tonight. It way too long for us to be served our dinner we waited over two hours to get our wholemeal done between our are salad and our dinner. Some people in our party did not get all the food they ordered. We ask for again for stuff ordered.

Hi, Me, my husband and my son love olive garden restaurants. But after today probably it was our last visit there. Everything start from we was waiting 15 minutes to our server, servers keep ignoring us and not offer us at least drinks. we left.

on Saturday December 26, 2015 we went to olive garden for dinner as usually I have dinner with my family 2 times a week at olive garden we got the and we have to set for 15 minutes without a server if it was a busy day I will understand but the restaurant was almost empty. it is not okay

Last Saturday, Jan. 20th, my husband and I wanted to go out for a nice dinner. We have recently started going to Olive Garden after many years of absence due to poor quality and service. We had a 20 minute wait which was no problem. We sat in the bar and had a glass of wine.

When we were seated, we sampled some of your house wines and placed our order for dinner. I had my favorite, stuffed chicken marsella (sp?) and my husband had his usual, spaghetti and Italian sausage. Our waitress was new but very nice and our salad came right away. However, after 2 bites of salad, out dinner was served. Needless to say, we were disappointed and irritated that the main course was served so soon. Also, my “stuffed” chicken had absolutely nothing between the layers of chicken and it was also on the cold side. It was not the same an previous orders. The waitstaff didn’t seem to think there was anything wrong and hurried on to help other tables.

I realize it was a busy night due to the fact there were 2 birthday parties going on at the same time. However, I have been associated with the restaurant business for over 30 years and know this is not acceptable as an excuse.

I guess I can sum it up by letting you know how disappointed we were. We were hoping things had changed at Olive Garden. Perhaps not?

The Redding Olive Garden is 90% of the time horrible! You pay good money for bad service. Almost everytime my husband and I go there we get out food before we even have time to finish our salad! All you can eat they advertise, well unless you want your main entree cold, you can't even finish the first salad. You never get more bread sticks until you have already finish your main entree! Why can't they automatically bring out bread sticks WITH your dinner! Our waitress last night (8/7/9) was busy talking it up with some other customers while we were waiting for more salad and bread sticks and of course our main entree was served by yet another waiter, where the hell did he come from? I love their food, but the Redding Olive Garden sucks. I have eaten at other ones and they are wonderful for service and getting you what you want when you want it. I hope the Redding, CA manager reads these complaints.

My 16 year old son take his girlfriend out to the olive garden for her birthday. They both order pasta, my son orders a salad with no dressing and his date orders one with dressing they bring the one with dressing but he never sees another salad come out. Also they bring the bread sticks out, but never return to the table except to leave the ticket for them. This was almost a $30.00 meal and also a special occasion that basicly went bad all becasue they had a bad waitress. I would hope that we would get a gift card from them for this bad experience.

Lisa Brand
Adam Brand
377 Lakeshore Dr.
McCook Lake SD. 57049

Arrived at Olive Garden and was seated by a very nice young lady and fifteen minutes later no one had taken my order for a drink or food. In this day and age money is tight and I will not be back to a restaurant with such poor service with a very good italian restaurant two blocks away. After fifteen minutes we got up and left and went elsewhere, the aforementioned "other"restaurant" where our order was taken in two minutes.

god damn mofos @ olive garden. OGservergirl & Dawniette too are a bunch of discriminating a**holes. They don't like asians. None of them do@ the olive garden. Last time i went there with my parents they kept telling us ''we dont sell anything with dog meat here''. As if we even asked. I was furious and almost punched our server. I was born in Miami and parents are asian immigrants so I do not like any of this. I am an american

@GWM: You expect free refills on salad but only want to pay for ONE meal. If you have to split a meal you are a tightwad and/or not hungry. Either way, don't expect unlimited salad for everyone even if they ordered nothing. IT SAYS IT RIGHT ON THE MENU ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL CHARGE FOR SALAD ON SPLIT MEALS! The server heard what you ordered and cringed inside because it means double the work for half the money and ### and moaning from the cheap ### table. I hate people like you. Olive Garden doesn't owe your entitled ### anything.

Exactly... why didn't you say you weren't finished eating. She definitely should have asked before taking your plate away, but you really should have said something...

Also... why do you jump to the conclusion that she was repulsed by you? Maybe she forgot to brush her teeth that day... or maybe she was new... or jusy shy... or both

It's called saying "I'M NOT FINISHED YET."

We eat soup and salad, but tip very well. If they offered more vegetarian or vegan options, it would be nice.

Number One: You are illiterate and I wouldn't waste too much time on you either.

Number Two: Only idiots take 8 people out to eat at a restaurant and only order salad.

That is absolutly correct $5.60 for 8 people is $44.80 . For ALL YOU CAN EAT SALAD AND BREAD STICKS... and if everyone got drinks its about $2.80 per person which is $22.40 for 8 ALL YOU CAN DRINK ... SODA, TEA, or what ever you ordered...which comes out to $67.20... your lucky they didnt put the 18% gratuity then it would have been more..you would have complaned about that too ... WE WATCH OUR TABLES AND IF YOU SHARED A SALAD WE WILL CHARGE EACH PERSON THAT EATS IT... AND THATS WHAT THEY DID... DONT GO OUT TO EAT AND PLAN TO GET STUFF FOR FREE

You get free refills on the salad... why didn't you ask for more salad?

Also... the breadsticks should always come out with the salad and soup unless you ask for it ahead of time...

Also... I am sorry to break this to you, but...

I am a server. If I have a table who is just eating soup and salad (or just salad, in your case) and I know it's going to be a cheap tip... and I have two other tables who's bills are raking up, I am going to spend more time and give better service to the tables with the higher bills. Sorry, but that's just the way it is. It's a business. Not that I will ignore my "cheap" tables, but when you are waiting on upwards of 12 people at a time, money talks.

So you went to the Olive Garden with seven other people and you only ate salad?

At NUMEROUS locations Olive Garden makes people wait unnecessarily even lined up outside regardless of the weather while dozens of tables sit empty. Meanwhile servers are standing around talking or even sitting at tables in another dining room. The attitude is: folks ought to feel "honored" to dine with OG. News stories show sales dropping and dragging the rest of Darden, Inc. but instead of shaking things up guest relations makes excuses and at most apologizes for "inadequate staffing". NONSENSE ! It's the OG culture that says "let's see how many beepers we can give out today" as they make fools of those who wait while
losing more and more people who go elsewhere never to return.

The food at Olive Garden is usually heavy and mediocre. And I am a server there... How come people come to Olive Garden expecting a gourmet meal. It's not. The majority of the food is pre-packaged. You get what you pay for. I think the food is decent, but it also depends on what entree you order. Also... you get free refills of bread, soup, and salad. That is a pretty good deal, no matter what the food is like.

As for your food being brought out by someone else... I wish Olive Garden would put out an advertisement about WHY this is... It isn't BAD service when someone else brings out your food. It's GOOD service. It means your food is being brought out IMMEDIATELY after it's made and it's not sitting under some heat lamp. If your server is busy getting soup and salad for table A and table B has food ready to be taken out, a different server who might be standing around with nothing to do at the moment will bring out the food for table B so you get it hot and fresh.

In really upscale restaurants, servers NEVER bring out the food. The restaurant employs food runners who's only job is to take food to the tables. The servers are there to bring drinks and make sure you are enjoying your meal and to be the mediator between the customer and the kitchen.