Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

I had a great time at the restaurant. I came specifically for the toasted ravioli and they didn't disappoint. They came out hot and fresh! The service was outstanding! The place was busy, but Deseree was intentional about getting my order in, and getting my food out very quick. Ill definitely be back to visit soon

Came here with my family, we had a great time. Service was excellent, everyone was very attentive. I ordered a Sicilian Sunset, and Stuffed chicken with mash potatoes. The chicken was stuffed with cheeses and pesto. Would recommend the Lasagna and the veggie soup.

Came in one evening. I was greeted by a cheery and smiling hostess with a sweet voice. I was seated promptly. It was busy but not super busy as I went before the dinner rush. I got to the table and my server Omar already had breadsticks in his hand cheerfully ready to take my order. I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted and he offered good suggestions. The food was good and refills were offered in a timely manner because that soup with the breadsticks just go so well together with the main meal.

The food was great and service was on Point, the atmosphere was very Italian and the artwork on the walls was spectacular, keep up the good work 👍

Good food and good services. They were very generous with the portions...of course my eyes were bigger than my stomach.

Deseree was one of the best, most attentive servers I've ever had eating at any restaurant ever. She was the sweetest thing, and helped our party out with everything before we could even ask, bringing refills and the like before we could even think of it. Every server should strive to be like her, and hopefully we'll have her on our next visit ad well. :)

We met family here. The service was good. The food quality seemed lower than it used to be. Our entrees weren't as good as we remembered. Both of these came with a choice of soup or a salad. We went with two different soups that we used to love, both of them were ok. We'll spend our money elsewhere.

Went there for dinner with my friends. waitress (Jules??) was very unfriendly even after we were all trying to be respectful. Ordered 3 dishes and they took a very long time to bring them out. The people next to us who were seated after got their food much quicker. Food came out and it was very dry and seemed like it had been sitting out for a while. This would’ve been reasonable if it was busy or during a rush but there were very few people there. There was also a 3$ charge for video games which we did not play. Finally after all that we paid (10% tip because the service was very poor). The waitress came up to us and asked if we wanted water to go and gave us a cup of water with parmesan cheese in it. Honestly super unprofessional and rude for no apparent reason.

Samantha was our waitress. Samantha went above and beyond. She took our group photo and packed our leftover food to go. You're my rock star Samantha.

First.. I should say that I've never been to a renovated location. It looks beautiful in here. But it's surely dusty. There wasn't a host at the host stand. After 5 minutes of waiting a manager walked by and asked if I had been helped.. and told the host in his Walkie talkie to come to the host stand instead of seating me himself... insane. Got sat right away (after the five minutes of waiting) Marlen is my waitress. She was been speedy and polite. My only complaint is she greeted me with bread.. which don't seem like a big deal but wouldn't you want your bread with your appetizer? Well.. I would. Also come to find out.. my waitress ordered the dinner portion without me asking for it. So I don't like wasting food.. but chicken Alfredo can't be saved.. once you warm it up the oil separates. There wasn't no table touch from the manager. The only reason why he's coming over now is bc I asked a server to get him bc I'm not paying for the dinner portion when I didn't ask for it. As a Darden employee this should never happen to me or any one else for that matter.

We met family here. The service was good. The food quality seemed lower than it used to be. Our entrees weren't as good as we remembered. Both of these came with a choice of soup or a salad. We went with two different soups that we used to love, both of them were ok. We'll spend our money elsewhere.

This review is mostly for the staff at this location. They showed up to work and serve people during the aftermath of the hurricane. While they were without power at their homes as well, they still showed up to work with a positive and serving heart. They were very patient and kind to the flocks and flocks of people pouring in looking for a meal. As we waited patiently for our table, we emphasized and were grateful for what they did. And with everything going on, the food and service was still good.

I visited Oliver garden after a while. A lot has changed especially no more complimentary bread sticks and sauce. You have to buy those and will cost you $15 together. I ordered chicken soup and a pasta. It was super dry to a point that i had to eat it with soup. My wife ordered ravioli. It was okay. Service was good food was bad. Overall it was not a great experience especially when you spend more $60 at Olive Garden for 2. Highly disappointed.

Call ahead. Right. Why bother. We reserved a table for 10. Too difficult apparently. Get here and wait ( we will get a table ready). So we wait. Every single group came and went ahead. Why bother. It's 7:45 at night. Pray for rush time. They were able to count to 9. We were seated at our table for 9 not 10 Food was good just useless TWO at the podium. TWO people doing nothing except nothing.

This being a chain restaurant that most people either hate or love, I honestly don't mind it. I came during the endless pasta promotion and I feel like I got my money's worth out of it. I was able to eat 3-4 bowls of different pastas with different sauces that I chose. On top of the endless breadsticks and your choice of soup or salad. Every time I come, I never have a problem with the service and the environment is usually pretty much the same for all locations. All of the soups I've tried have been good enough for me to get again, but I think if I had to choose, I would recommend the alfredo, although it is basic I feel like you can't go wrong with it. However, when I do order something that isn't part of the endless pasta, I would usually get the chicken parm.

I've eaten here several times before without issues but service this evening was really lacking. We ordered an appetizer, soup and salad and 3 entrees. First, the appetizers never came and the waiter never even noticed. I had to tell him to cancel it after our soup and salads were done and entrees had arrived. Our server, Cody, had to be asked when we needed drink refills. For 3 people, the drinks sat empty without offering to refill. The most awful part is that I had direct line of sight to our waiter and every time he walked by, he was running both of his hands through his hair multiple times. It really grossed me out. I spared the teens from knowing this since they were so hungry. There's no telling if he may have touched our food with his unclean hands. Yuck! When the manager came at the end of the meal to ask how it was, I gave him the same rundown as above and the only consolation was and "I'm sorry, I will definitely address it." No offer to extend another attempt to give them another try, no attempt to comp the dessert we ordered, nothing. One would think spending $80+ would make your waiter want to give decent service. Apparently not here. Having been a waiter before in my younger years, it certainly doesn't seem like they cared about repeat business or their reputation.

As a server in the industry, you always go into a situation anticipating good service. Unfortunately, this was not the case during my recent experience. The service was unpleasant as the server rushed my order without greeting us with a hello. Furthermore, the server failed to provide their own name, inquire about our drink preferences, or check if we were ready to place our full order. We had already been seated for four minutes before receiving any station for food or drinks. I had to specifically request breadsticks and salad after 3failed attempts, when I went to the restroom, I found it to be totally disgusting. This was definitely a poor choice for a family outing; I recommend spending your money at a different location."

Definitely got better service than I thought coming in at 9:40! The food was amazing! Shouts out to Chris and Cesar, they got us squared away! And the place was clean.

We just had an AWESOME experience at this Olive Garden location. We had a lot to celebrate: our son's birthday (and he chose OG!), our daughter's last day of school and our other daughter's last day of "no school" as she is starting school in the fall. Upon entering, I was pleasantly surprised this appears to be a newer OG. It looked clean and modern. We only had a two minute wait to be seated (and we came around 1:30pm on a Friday). Our party of 5 was seated in a round corner booth and it was great. Shortly after being seated, our Super Star Server Sean came over to greet us. This guy is AMAZING at his job. He genuinely LOVES being a server. We ordered the mozzarella sticks as an appetizer (and they are DELICIOUS!) Came out piping hot, crispy on the outside and super gooey and melty on the inside. Perfection! For meals, My husband ordered the chicken Parmesan lunch and I originally ordered the soup and salad lunch (like I normally do.) Sean, in his amazing salesman fashion, suggested that if I got one of the lunch entrees for $1-2 more, my husband could order the salad with his and I could order a soup and I could have a meal PLUS the soup and salad I originally wanted. It was a great suggestion and I ordered the chicken Parm lunch as well. Our kids got the Mac and cheese and the chicken tenders/spaghetti meals. Sean went above and beyond to provide for our kids making sure they had all they needed. The food was delicious. I mean, I didn't even snap a picture of it because we started eating it. The minestrone soup was amazing as ever, salad was perfect, chicken parm & spaghetti was incredible and the kids enjoyed their meals as usual. For our son's birthday dessert, he was able to pick any dessert from the menu and went with the Italian donuts. These reminded me of little pieces of fried dough and came with dipping sauces which I didn't try but the kids seemed to love. Honestly, I left there fuller than full. We had SUCH a great experience. Can't wait to go back!

Simply elegant and cheerful atmosphere. Where friends, family, and dates can enjoy a special day together, whether coming in out of town or in the neighborhood. Staff and Service were above and beyond, always attentive with our supply of breadsticks and beverages. Personally enjoy my Seafood Alfredo with my Chicken & Gnocchi Soup, and for dessert the Sicilian Cheesecake. Would definitely recommend this location. Can't wait to come back soon.

This just a classic go-to! I always order soup and salad! Zuppa Tuscana, salad, breadsticks with Alfredo dipping sauce and a peach tea. Servers hate when people order this because it's so cheap and think their tips will be low. Just be friendly and let them know you'll take care of them and they will do the same.

Great Italian food at a price that isn't too extravagant and service that I.dont mind bragging on..definitely one of my favorite picks.

Went in on 02/21/2024. Was promptly seated. Waited for 20 minutes and several waiters passed looked at me but never stopped and took my order

Do not judge me. But love a good Italian salad from the OG every now and then -- plus bread sticks, pasta and more breadsticks if I dare. The mushroom ravioli, chicken parm, and anything with their angel hair pasta are my go-tos. People tend to forget about this location, which I fully understand as there are dozens of local, high quality Italian eateries. But sometimes this woman just wants that tangy Italian dressing and all those breadsticks.

The food was good and the service was great. The environment was delightful. I may order wine instead of punch with rum.

I had decided after my last order (portion sizes cut in half while prices increased) not to order from Olive Garden anymore. However, someone gave me a bloody Darden gift card for Christmas! Because of this, we ordered twice on the gift card - once from this location and once from another location. And folks, it's official: the dinner fettuccine alfredo's service size has been halved for good - at multiple locations. Not only that, they will not honor most specials unless you dine in....in the middle of a pandemic....that is transmitted by breathing. Let's not act like we don't know that pasta is cheap has hell. Even at the full black to go dish worth you used to get, it was still not that great of a bargain. Now you pay more for HALF of the black to go container? Oh, and they're also cheaping out on the sauce as well. It doesn't taste nearly as rich and they are being super stingy with the amount you get to boot. Uh, no thanks. Unless someone else gives me a gift card, there are better places with more generous portion sizes and better quality ingredients that will gladly hoover up all of my money.

I absolutely love the salad, the breadsticks and the shrimp carbonara. It's become my favorite dish.

Ugh!!! Service has dropped way down along with the food. The soup is super runny, the breadsticks come out had and dry, the salad is just blah. I remember back in the day, this use to be the best restaurant. I will not be back, unless my mother really wants to. There are so many other amazing Italian restaurants in the city

For starters I had an alcoholic drink that took 30 minutes to come to the table spilled down my back. There was minimal apologies given by staff and the manager and after the incident they didn't speak to me again. Let that sink in, they spilled an entire sticky smelly drink on me and then left me there without even checking to make sure our table had what we needed again. For a table of 9 where everyone got salad they brought us one bowl, and I specifically ordered the soup salad and breadsticks, and the breadsticks were the last the arrive to the table. It's embarrassing the way that our service was handled by this establishment and how long we were left waiting for just the basics of our meal even after the server literally ruined my shirt and my evening. No consolations given and the experience took over 2 hours start to finish.

I am SUPER impressed with their curbside pickup service during this pandemic. You can order online and pay online as well. As shown in the photos, once you arrive you pull into a number parking spot then call the number shown to let them know you've arrived. They come out and leave your order on a tray then the person goes back inside so you can grab your meal completely contactless. Houston is under a Level 1 COVID alert right now so I found this service to be extremely appreciated during this time! We were so happy to be able to grab our order (which was done correctly, I might add - getting our order correct has been a challenge at other places in recent times) without having to be in close proximity to a stranger. Great job, y'all!

The food was great AND the service! Brandon H at the bar was awesome! Very nice and quiet quaint! Will definitely come again!

This is a perfect example of a restaurant I used to love that now is a shell of its former self. I had a gift card so I thought I should use it before it went out of business. Olive Garden used to be you sat down, they brought you a big bowl of salad and soup for the table to share. This was to symbolize the hospitality found in Italian homes. Now it depends on your entree and what side you get. So it's either soup or salad. The salad is per person. There were three of us. We all ordered salad as the side. So we got the bowl of salad. It was large pieces of iceberg lettuce 3 slices of tomato, 6 croutons, 3 peppers. This Darden Restaurants-owned leader in the Italian food market can fold itself into what I call the "Boston Market Box", those restaurants that pimped themselves out and spread themselves too thin to even compete with their former selves. Olive Garden was one of the first national chains to cook the books, as it were, in order to take their wait staff to part time, thereby stripping them off their health coverage. Well tot get what you pay door. The service was ridiculous. The touring man was very nice but didn't know the first thing about waiting tables. We ordered two glasses of house white, which was unsinkable. We ordered 2 upgraded glasses which didn't come until after the main course was served. My sister ordered extra salad dressing, that was delivered with the main course. They've introduced this small computer at the table that you are to use to order additional items and pay your bill, but it shows ads any time it's not being used and there are no instructions as to its use. I will point our that the bread sticks seem to have returned to their former glory, but on the whole It was all a very sad spectacle for this Houston location. RIP Olive Garden

Absolutely love Olive Garden- Food was great but service was horrible, after waiting 15mins for a refill on our beverages we tried to get the attention of 4 employees at the "TO GO COUNTER" that were standing around horse-playing - finally asked to speak with a manager- before explaining to manager "NAKIA" yes she spelled it out when asked for her name RUDE - instead of listening she started making excuses for the 4 employees poor Customer Service - yes, they work with the TO GO ORDERS- NOT FOR OLIVE GARDEN. No dessert ordered, took our food to go and paid our bill...General Manager John Hernandez you need to retrain management!!

Wow has Olive Garden changed over the years! I thought it would be exactly the same judging by the exterior, but the inside is completely renovated! The inner decor is updated and much more modern - especially the bar area. Might be a nice place to grab a drink if they could garner the crowds. They also have at each table a small iPad which has the menu on it (although it seemed to only include appetizers). Perhaps to facilitate the beginning of the ordering process? We did not use this feature so not sure how quickly it works. There's also a button to call the server - when pressed it lights up a red flashing light on the iPad case. I don't know that it also notifies the waiters because it didn't seem to correlate to when they showed up to the table. You can also pay with this contraption - it takes credit cards in a slot at the base for chip and you can slide at the main section on the right for non-chip cards. Service was incredibly slow with only 3 tables in that section. But friendly. Olive Garden is cheap. Not excellent Italian food by any means but it holds a special place in my heart from childhood. Their crowning jewel of deals is the famous buy one take one home for $12.99. Included in this is your choice of soup or salad and of course free bread-sticks. Add in the extra bread-sticks you get to take home, the butter and chocolate mints, the leftover salad and you get several meals leftover for just $12.99. I actually made 8 meals out of this one outing. To reheat pasta at home, I recommend 30 seconds in the microwave (for half a plate) then put a pat of butter on a pot and saute until pasta is separated and sizzling. I'd add a little salt and definitely some pepper - olive garden is astonishingly under-seasoned many times for a chain.

The host wants to put us in an area that is packed, ask to be seated in an area adjacent and am told its closed (for the next customer coming in the area was miraculously open), the bread sticks were cold, then my daughter gets the kids meal (see attached picture of the menu), she gets an entree "chicken fingers & spaghetti" and French fries, then am told French fries are extra, not what it says on the menu, also if a child got "macaroni and cheese" - then no side???, $70 for 2 adults and 2 kids & especially for fast-food disguised as Italian dinning is theft and this place as Italian as I am (not at all). Our server was polite and attentive. The only positive in that place. Go anywhere else but here.

The food tastes amazing. The soup, pasta, and breadsticks were so good. The restaurant is clean and it is not too loud. It is a good atmosphere with a lot of friendly people. Janai was very friendly and took very good care of us. She was very fast and efficient. This place is doing great work. Keep it up. Four stars only because the silverware needs to be polished or replaced. Will definitely be back. Great value and great food!

Came in on a Monday a little after 5pm and it was not busy at all. Service was horrible. We had to keep asking for things over and over and still nothing being brought to us. Staff was more worried about laughing and having their own conversations. Even when we got the manager it still didn't help get more attentiveness.

Wrote this review a while back, but it wasn't posted. Went again last night and the food was horrible. This has to be the worst Olive Garden ever!! Where do they find these sour servers who act mad that they are at work? Horrible experience here last visit, and again tonight. Wes the bartender was great and kept coming to our aide when our long haired server walked right on past. She shooed a fly off of herself onto me when she first came to the table. The manager was very nice and took care of part of our bill, but why not spend some time hiring and training friendly faces? 2nd time this has happened here. Also, my friends glass had a big chip in it. Could've cut his lip / tongue. Still paid $41 for all this mess. Avoid this location at all cost. Horrible.

My sister was staying with me for the weekend and when I was driving to drop her off, she mentioned that she was craving some chicken Marsala. Since Olive Garden was on the way, I decided to drop by here. We got here around 9:15 pm and the restaurant closes at 10:00 pm. Yes, I know; we were the customers that waitresses love to hate since we came in so close to closing time. But hey, 45 minutes was pretty decent time to dine, right? As we entered, the host area was empty. But someone showed up not too long after that. I told him that I needed a table for two and he asked me to wait a little bit since the table was being cleaned. A minute later, we were seated. So far so good. Our waitress showed up not too long after we got seated. She didn't introduce herself and immediately asked what we wanted to drink. Me and my sister just asked for water. Before she left, I also placed an order of calamari. A short while later, she came back and we placed our orders. My sister obviously ordered the chicken marsala, while I opted for the never ending pasta - starting with the chicken parmigiana. The calamari came out not too long after along with the house salad and bread. Me and my sister chowed down pretty quickly and left with a bunch of empty plates on the table. And then when our main entrees finally came out, our waitress put the plates down and asked if we wanted some cheese on top of our entrees. We didn't so she just left WITHOUT PICKING UP ALL THE EMPTY PLATES ON THE TABLE! WTF?!?!?! When I was about halfway done with my meal, our waitress came back out and asked if I wanted a refill (on the pasta) and I told her to give me a little more time. She left and didn't come back out for the longest time. During our dining experience, our water glasses NEVER got refilled. Not once. When she came back out, I asked for the chicken Alfredo. It didn't take long to come out, but the dish looked like it was only half a dish. Not sure if that was supposed to be the case, but the chicken alfredo came out in a tiny bowl instead of a full plate. Decent meals for the price. Crappy, inattentive service. If you want some Olive Garden, just order to go. Or hopefully you get a much better waitress than I did.

Rhoda G had amazing customer service! definitely seems like she loves her job!!!!!!!!

We hadn't been to Olive Garden in awhile, so we decided to check it out. This Olive Garden off the SW Freeway wasn't busy. The hostess showed us to our table right away. My husband chose the Tour of Italy, while I chose the Shrimp Scampi. We both chose to have the salad with our meal. The salad was fresh and very good, though the dressing seemed very salty. The breadsticks, though warm, were a bit hard, so we wondered if they were just warmed up. Our dinners looked good and came hot. As my husband said of his Tour of Italy, there was a large amount of food, it was tasty, but was nothing special. The Shrimp Scampi wasn't bad, but there was nothing really memorable about it. All in all, it was nice to get out, but we plan to pass on any Olive Garden restaurants in the future. For what we spent, here, we could have gone elsewhere for a better meal.

Good food! grate costumer service! The food is very delicious and authentic! It has a very good Italian flavor!

service is good and food is good. always come here for the salad and bread sticks. love it

Good overall service and very efficient waiting staff. Enjoy the meal and make sure to ask for seconds. :)

We were in a hurry to catch a flight and stopped for an early dinner. We had toasted raviolis & Soup, salad & breadsticks. They were delicious!! Totally satisfied. But that's not the best part....our server, Tee, was the very best part. She was quick and kind and was so attentive. We will go back and ask for Tee! She's wonderful and worth waiting for! Ask for Tee and enjoy a fabulous lunch or dinner!!

On the northbound of 59 off of Buffalo, this Olive Garden is one of my favorites over all. Great hospitality always. I had the chicken fritta which was very cheesy and seafood platter where it tasted very flavorful and the scallops just melt in your mouth! Also, I celebrated a friend's birthday, and the three chocolate cake was very substantial and filling! The company used to have a drink called the Cicilian Splash, but they discontinued it, so I got the Lemonata with passion fruit and it was delicious! My last visit was Saturday evening, and I had the limited edition chicken Alfredo pizza calzone. It's cut up into four pieces and the inside stood through the cut so you can pick it up with your hands. It comes with a side of marinara as well, but I liked the Alfredo sauce better. The waitress was very nice and funny. Thank you for always being consistently great! Enjoy!

I was disappointed in the taste of the food. Bread was cold. Pasta was flavorless, the Calamari is an absolute joke. Some the size of a dime with a very pale yellow color. Just disappointing. Not worth the money. Salad was great and so was the service.

This is not a good location. Called for the Eggplant Parmesan. I order this all the time from different locations. This location specifically would not substitute my side of spaghetti for extra eggplant Parmesan per the manager. Im so disappointed with the service and will not eat at this location ever. Added photos from another location. The gave it to me with no questions.

I love the salad and breadsticks here hands down. I had both and I ordered the cheese sticks, they were good too. However, upon eating my salad I noticed old tomatoes in it. I told my waiter that this was prepared with old mushy tomatoes. THIS TAKES THE CAKE!!!!!!!!! He brought me fresh tomatoes and left the salad for me to pick out the old ones out. I was too shocked and surprised I didn't even bother asking for the Manager.

The restaurant is very clean and has a modern design. We sat in the bar area, and the bartender provided great service. The food was average, not great but satisfactory. Overall, the experience was pleasant.

okay so olive garden kinda sucks... goods: -breadsticks -good cheese -ice yummy bad: -too much garlick -bad service from julia like what?? *smh* i asked her if she liked the hit game of 2020 amogus but she said and I quote "what do you want to eat". I ASKED A QUESTION AND I DIDN'T GET THE PROPER SERVICE. -didn't pour enough cheese into my salad, apperantly just staring at them for 10 minutes is too long?? I SAID MORE CHEESE DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT MORE CHEESE MEANS, it means more cheese.

I really love this place , The food is really good and the servic is awesome! Rae is a great server she is really Nice! I loved the way that the food comes so quickly and the place is really nice to eat with your family and friends. It is a very clean place.

Trying to support restaurants during these hard COVID times&come home to burned HARD bread.left a decent tip worth half my order&I get crap food.Not supporting this location any longer

Our waitress was nuts. I actually felt threatened. She was extremely forward and kept questioning me, it was super weird. It's hard to explain but I left running pretty much. The food was average but it did come out nice and hot! The salad and breadsticks were good ofcourse, but we don't see ourselves ever going back to any Olive Garden! We've both been servers for years, so we're not complicated. But we felt so strongly about it this is literally the only review we've ever written and probably will ever write.

This place is ridiculous! I'm sitting here and no one has waited on me or greeted me!

This was my first time ordering a to go order i waited 15 mins to get my food. The cashier was rude and i ask to order 3 teas and she did not fill the cup up. She didn't greet me at all. First and last time i go there

So this is the location I usually go to since it's one of the nicer franchises near me. But last night, I was a little wary of the visit. I was greeted promptly with my roommate when we went last night. We both were in the mood for the unlimited soup and salad since it was pretty chilly outside in Houston last night. We say at the table and was greeted by our waiter, Noah. He made sure to check on us, was great with his timing in when to check on us, when to ask if we're doing okay and in general very friendly. He did offer me the complementary wine but spoke a little fast for me to hear which one it was. He's probably one of the best most attentive waiters I've had at this location. Besides the service, the soups we got were fine but there had been something random placed on one of my soup plates when it was served to me. It had kind of put me off, but decided to just try to enjoy the soup anyways. My biggest complaint though would probably be the cleanliness of the table. Through out the whole dinner, the table had felt sticky and it smelled a little bit like mildew from whatever rag was used to clean it. I usually like to rest my arms on the table when I eat and I place my phone there so it kind of killed the mood a little to keep going back and thinking about the table. By the end of the dinner, the receipt had came and showed that we were to pay $50 for 4 soups, and an appetizer. At first my roommate and I had just given our waiter our card but then realized he had given us the wrong bill...he came back and I'm not sure if he had realized this on his own, but we ended up just paying for the appetizer since the computer had messed up our billing. Hoping that this was due to Noah catching the mistake and trying to fix it instead of just the computer working out on him, cause that bill could've ruined the whole night. Well, I'll be back anyhow when I'm craving for my usual Zuppo Tuscano! Just hope that next time the tables will be clean and the computer doesn't mess up our bill.