Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

Had lunch and enjoyed the meatball sandwich. The low rating is for the lack of care in prepping the food — the French fries were tasty but had way too much salt — had to scrape off each one and wound up with an impressive pile. Come on OG, get on the healthy bandwagon and let the guests determine their seasoning level.

For a chain restaurant they are not bad.
Zuppa Tuscano is an excellent soup.
Black Tie mousse cake is an excellent dessert.
Garlic Chicken dishs is good.
Just recently they introduced a new appetizer… Artichoke Fritti. It’s good but if in the Eau Claire area have the Artichoke Fritti at Draganetti’s.
Steak Gorgonzolla is very good.

I’ve never had a bad experience here. The wait staff appears professional, friendly and on top of things. No waitress or waiter is ever ‘just standing around’. They always seem to keep busy. Thank you for making every experience a good one.

We stopped for dinner on our way back from a road trip. Fun, friendly atmosphere! The staff were all smiles and friendly. It was fairly busy, but we were never forgotten.
A young woman came to check the restrooms were clean while I was washing my hands– I’ve never seen that at a restaurant before. I’m glad to see they’re making sure their facilities staff clean and welcoming.
It’s Olive Garden– so you should know by know it’s not as cheap as day McDonalds, but the food is way better. I had a glass of Malbec wine I like so much the waitress grabbed the bottle so I could write down the info for a later date. Our waitress checked on us enough to keep is happy without being stalker like or pushy.
I had the vegetarian lasagna primavera with chicken off the lite menu. The chicken was quite salty for my typical low sodium taste buds. Overall though the meal was still quite good. A big portion as well, I couldn’t finish it. My hubby got the trout with broccoli and liked it enough that he’d get it again. A great restaurant to bring friends, family, or a date.

The food was ok. We weren’t sure if the orders being messed up were because of the server or the kitchen. The things we ordered that were correct were great though. Server was very nice

Family favorite. The kids call it «epic»

I have the eggplant Parmesan, which was very well done. The eggplant was crispy, and the pasta al dente. The salad and breadsticks were fresh as usual. The best part of the experience, was the bartender, Erica. I placed a to go order, and accidentally my dessert was not included in the bag. I then drove to my hotel, and several minutes later, realized that my dessert was missing. I called back, and spoke with Erica, and she apologized profusely. I told her that I would return tomorrow for a credit or to pick up the desert, but she insisted on delivering it to my hotel when her shift ened approximately 30 minutes later. She completely went above and beyond the call of duty, and I really commend her for this. What an excellent waitress, with amazing work ethic.

Sloooooow Friday night (added the extra O’s to emphasize how not busy this place was). I was out for dinner with a few friends after moving back to the Midwest.
Olive Garden, I feel, is generally a safe bet – you get your breadsticks, salad or soup, waitresses add cheese, etc. Simple, safe, predictable.
Well no one could have predicted the mess that this visit became.
I got a real good idea what our visit was to become when a friend asked for a wine recommendation and was looked at like he was speaking fluent Russian.
Then a forgotten water then two forgotten straws. Our waitress, while kind, was off in space. Both a friend and I ordered appetizers at the time of ordering our entrees. We drank some wine and waited for the appetizers to show. They never did. Our entrees arrived at the tables before the appetizers did and my friend asked on the off chance if we would be seeing our appetizers soon. The waitress informed us that they had never been put in. We cancelled the appetizer order at that point.
The fun doesn’t stop there, either.
We dusted off an order of breadsticks (they are amazing, right?) in a matter of minutes and was approached by the waitress as to whether we wanted another order (and who would say no to that??). No one that’s who. However…
Like our lost and forgotten appetizers, so became our second order of breadsticks.
Then came the time for the bill… we split the bill three ways and again, the items were on the wrong ticket. Another «urgh» moment.
After we had paid for our meal, some random lady came to our table periodically and took the dishes. I understand it was her job, but she didn’t say anything and just kinda creeped me out.
The stars earned goes for the food, which wasn’t bad. After the whole appetizer fiasco we were given two free deserts in lieu of my coveted spinach and artichoke dip and my friends stuffed mushrooms. While it was a kind gesture damage was done.
I did mention above that our waitress was kind and had good intentions – but isn’t it that the road to hell is paved with good intentions? Indeed.
2 stars.

fabulous service on a busy Saturday afternoon. moscato was yummy!

The meals can get a bit pricey, but never fails to be good. Outstanding staff and service. I have eaten here many times and I have never failed to get great food and service!

Everytime I go here it’s the same, which is a good thing! I know what to expect and I get exactly that. The service is great here! Whoever does the hiring deserves a pat on the back. It’s always clean too. I will always go back to Olive Garden!

Your typical Olive Garden, but with great staff. We’ve never had a bad experience or rude service in all our years here.