Olive Garden Italian Rstrnt

User Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Why patronize a big tasteless chain restaurant when you have SO many other delicious locally-owned Italian restaurants to choose from in TriCities?! It's sad that people think that the Olive Garden is real Italian food. It's glorified pasta with different sauces and/or meats and that's that. A friend of mine from Rome pointed out "that's American food - NOT Italian!" Better to keep your money local by giving it to a good "Mom & Pop" restaurant, rather than someplace where most of the food is pre-made and shipped to the franchises.

The few things I will say in praise of any Olive Garden is that, one, if you're in a rush with a group of finicky eaters (or people who think Taco Bell is "good Mexican food") the soup-salad-breadstick lunch is passable. The restaurants are kept very clean and the servers are generally very friendly and efficient. And the bartenders go out of their way to make very good drinks, just don't order anything off the fancy drink menu - they're usually loaded with fillers and syrups.

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User Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

service usually very promp food is good. However they donot take reservations so your wait time for a table can be anywhere from 10-15 minutes which i don't mind but usually ranges from 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours.

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User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Good eating: Good food! And Excellent service.

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