Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

No complaints from us. We showed up on a Thursday around 6:30 pm. The wait was between 10 - 15 minutes for a party of four. Parking can get hectic, especially on the weekends and evenings. When we parked there was still visible empty parking spots, and we left around 7:45 ish, cars were waiting for empty spots. Front host was not too welcoming, not very approachable, a “Good evening” or a “Welcome would be nice.” But she did acknowledge us as soon as we came in! But our waitress, Shyne, was awesome, attentive, excellent recommendations, very kind and professional. Our food came out fairly quick, they were busy. Everything was as ordered, food was good and tasty. Good restaurant! Recommended!

Carlos is a wonderful person and server that's the reason we came back, Jay was a great host letting us choose our booth. Everyone there seems to really enjoy their job. Thanks again to hiring such a great crew

We had an outstanding experience at Olive Garden thanks to Mr. Arturo! He gave us top-notch attention from start to finish — professional, kind, and genuinely attentive to every detail. It’s rare to receive this level of service, and Arturo went above and beyond to make us feel welcomed and taken care of. Olive Garden is lucky to have someone like him. Highly recommend asking for Arturo if you want the best dining experience!

Our server was Grace and she did above and beyond! She was quick, kind and helpful! She walked us through everything when we had questions about the menu and made sure we had our refills with all our sides and drinks! She always had a smile and I saw she still had time to help fellow coworkers, would definitely would ask for her next time!

Walked in and were seated right away. Our server Alex was very nice, friendly & very efficient! His Co-Worker Jewelz was a sweetheart! Also very nice & efficient. Both checked in on us frequently. We had the never ending Soup/salad/breadsticks & hot tea. Pasta Fagioli

I just bought to go and all I have to say is that the whole atmosphere felt cozy the staff of Olive Garden very attentive ,and the Manager Andrew very sweet guy . Was concerned about my waiting and even offered me a free drink raspberry lemonade this was my choice to go . Thank you I will certainly come more often

When we went to eat on Friday night there was an amazing server named skyler(Skylar) and she was the best server we have ever received. My fiance was eating soup and when he was finished she noticed that he didn't eat part of the soup and specifically asked if he would like it without. The attention to detail and customer service was above and beyond to where we will be going back just for the customer service that was provided. I hope she sees this review because she was amazing. :) Thank you.

I recently visited Olive Garden in Santa Ana and had a wonderful experience. The restaurant was clean and well-maintained, and the staff was friendly and attentive. The menu had a great variety of Italian dishes, and everything we ordered tasted fresh and delicious. I especially loved the unlimited breadsticks, soup, and salad that came with our meal - they were both so tasty and satisfying. The prices were also reasonable for the quality of the food and service. Overall, I highly recommend Olive Garden in Santa Ana for anyone looking for a tasty Italian meal and a pleasant dining experience.

We walked in around lunch time. Was a little concerned because I thought it was gonna be busy. It was busy, but the customer service was right on. We didn't have a wait . MOE was our server WOW so patient SO kind . Great AWESOME customer services .. the ladies who wanted ALL that cheese .

I rarely eat here because my diet consists of 99.9% Asian cuisine but sometimes you just want some Olive Garden. Didn't expect much - I assumed good service and generous portions of pasta with a side of delicious breadsticks. Well, I decided that I just had to write a review because of our server, Chente. Super attentive and continuously checked in on us. He excelled in service and overall left a great impression. Everyone else was great too where I'll come back again eventually when I have my craving for some Olive Garden. Thanks again, Chente - you're super awesome.

Had a great time at Olive Garden! This was my first time ever and our server, Nery, made it a wonderful experience. He was super kind and attentive and we found him very welcoming. My boyfriend and I got the pasta with never ending soup and breadsticks and needless to say we got our money's worth! For $14.99, the amount of food is overwhelming so this is definitely great if you are on a budget. The minestrone soup was full of veggies and beans and flavored well! The pasta was good too, simple and nothing crazy but tasted good too.

Walked in on a Saturday afternoon, without a reservation. We were seated almost immediately. We were seated at a table, even though we requested a booth. When seated, the hostess said they didn't have any booths available. Okay- but why do I visibly see like 4 booths open? Confused there. Anyway, we sat at the table, and I put my arms down, and the table moved. It was lopsided at first glance. Then I looked underneath the table, and one of the legs were broken. Well that explains the movement back and forth. lol I requested a new table. The hostess was apologetic and offered us a booth. Thank you. I wanted the booth to begin with and it worked out in the end lol Our food was really good! Olive Garden always hits the spot. It's just the best for pasta, bread sticks and salad. I ordered the chicken tortellini pasta and subbed chicken for salmon. The salmon was overcooked but, but edible. The tortellini pasta shells were cooked perfectly and the sauce was delicious. Still one of my favorite pastas of all time! I ordered the salad with my meals and scarfed some bread sticks. My husband got the chicken and shrimp carbonara and he loved. Food was 10/10 Overall, not a bad trip to Olive Garden!

i've been coming to olive garden my whole life, especially this location even back when it was inside the main place mall. whenever i'm feeling nostalgic for my childhood, olive garden is my go-to comfort food. my favorites are the fettuccine alfredo with fried chicken and broccoli, baked ziti, or carbonara, always paired with the tuscana soup (a must). i know it's not everyone's top choice, but it is and will always be one of my favorites.

Not worth the calories and absolute punishment to your organs & intestines but if you have no way out of it make sure you go baked out of your mind. When you're here you're familia.

Came here for a late dinner and the spaghetti is always good. I love the spinach artichoke appetitzer. Olive garden will always be my favorite. Service was quick, staff was attentive. I love the lighting in the restaurant.

I am sharing my dine in experience on Friday, August 1st,2025. Here are the check details: General Manager: Stacy J Eubanks Server: Baylee K. Check Total: $31.83 Check # 19416 Date: 08/01/2025 Time: 6:47:48 PM OG #6402 My dining experience began sitting in the bar area at approximately 4:00pm. The bartender was Diana. She barely did interact with me which was disappointing considering I was one of two people at the bar. Diana was more interested in talking to her fellow employees about her personal life. She talked to her fellow bartender, Edgar and about 5 employees who were signing in the computer for the beginning of their work shifts. I was shocked at the content of the conversation, which was right in front of myself and the other customer in the bar area. Diana kept saying repeatedly that she was "Triggered" about her personal life. She used profanity to describe the events going on with her life. I was horrorified to hear that she said that she was "not the other woman." This was so unprofessional to hear from any Olive Garden Employee. I enjoy visiting this particular Olive Garden in Santa Ana for the past 7+ years. Stacy Eubanks has always interacted with myself and my family throughout the years. Ms. Eubanks is very professional and a big asset for the Santa Ana location. The one bright spot is I asked to be seated in the section of Baylee K. The reason for my rare move from the bar area to the dining room area is because Baylee has always been extremely professional and providing excellent customer service during my recent visits to Olive Garden over the past few months. Baylee is one of the best employees and I didn't want the very public inappropriate talk by Diana to ruin my night. I was shocked at her sharing her personal life in a very explicit and offensive detail to her fellow co-workers.

I've been here several times this year. The restaurant is great. Food is great. Ambiance is what you'd expect from any other chain restaurant at this tier. I'd say what really stands out is the service that my server Ashley is able to provide! I've had her about 3 times now. She's extremely friendly, checks in to make sure that I'm taken care of, offers refills, and handles upsells like a champ without being pushy. But I had a different server this past weekend who was awful. Paid almost no attention to my table and didn't even bring me a napkin or silverware until after I was done with my appetizer and I asked for them. Out of courtesy, I'm not going to drop any names publicly, but I'd be happy to share if management DMs me.

Honestly, I've never felt so taken care of at a restaurant before. Arturo was our server at Olive Garden and he was on it from the moment we sat down. I didn't even have to ask for anything, he was already bringing refills, extra napkins, all the little things before I even realized I needed them. He was super sweet, super attentive, and just made the whole experience feel effortless. Like?? Where do they find people like this?? Hands down the best service I've ever had. If you go, PRAY you get Arturo. He's the real MVP

We have been here many many times and this was actually the first time where the service was beyond amazing! If you want great service ask for Dominick! He was our server this past weekend and he was just amazing so attentive, kind, helpful and respectful! We will definitely be coming and asking for him! He gives you the true feeling of what great hospitality should be at a restaurant. We are outside which is fine for us the only down fall was the veggie soup one for the all you can eat soup and salad tastes soup this particular night ‍ but we just ordered different ones. The salad always great Dominick was so quick with our refills and kept checking in on us . Can't wait to come back again! We honestly didn't even care that the soup was nasty lol Dominick kept up with all our orders that it did not even fase us.

We all know about Olive Garden. I have made fun of "corporate" Italian Food" for decades. But when your grandson will only eat pasta, and has issues with almost everything, and he is 8 years old, you stomach your pride and bring the gang to Olive Garden! Our lunch was fun, delicious, cost effective, and, most importantly free of any drama! My soup salad and breadsticks was yummy, the chicken parm was very tasty, Teddy loved his pasta, and they have vegan options for Mamma! The service was terrific, friendly, accurate, and relaxed! The ambiance was homey, clean and fresh. I think you can't go wrong with the Olive Garden!

Good afternoon, We wanted to give some feedback on our dinner experience. On Monday May 12 we decided to celebrate mother's day, the restaurant was busy but not over wellm. We sat and got greeded. After we ordered the server brought the salad to the table but not the bread sticks, thing that the kids love it. When the food came to the table, my wife's order came wrong so he sent it back to fix it. I got my food but the kids didn't. When i was almost finished eating I decided to get up and start looking for a manager. It wasn't eassy, I found him on a station close to the bar, it look like a gathering area for chatting . We went back to the table and the food was finally coming to the table. At that time I was finished. Staff not very helpful, we left very disappointed. Manager never came back to check on the table.

I had the Tour of Italy--honestly, it's not as good as it used to be. I'd give it a 6/10. That said, the ambiance at this Olive Garden is definitely a step up compared to others in the area. Service was solid too; our server was attentive and friendly, so I'd rate the service an 8/10. Overall, a decent experience but not outstanding.

I haven't been to Olive garden in a long time. I just picked up some soup (chicken gnocchi) and it was actually really delicious. The soup came with 2 bread sticks, parmesan-romano packets, and andes mints. Definitely worth the $10. Also the staff were super friendly.

In Anaheim for 2 nights to go to Disneyland and wanted comfort food so as a group we chose Olive Garden, GPS said this was the closest so we went here on both Friday and Saturday night for dinner (This past weekend) My friend Silvia ordered the all you can eat salad and Minestrone soup and had like 5 bowls and then the next night she ordered the exact same thing, Their soup is always delicious whether it's Las Vegas/Henderson or Santa Ana it would seem. And the breadsticks.... They are Vegan so that is a huge plus! I ordered make your own Pasta and again being Vegan, I went for angel hair pomodoro w/marinara, breadsticks and minestrone soup. My friend Don ordered the all you can eat pasta--with sausage the first night and chicken the second :/ It was good he said. And another friend ordered Cheese Ravioli and the next night Chicken Parm--and loved it. I am the only ethica....er I mean the only Vegan in the bunch :) The first night we sat inside and it was great service and ambience, super busy but we were able to make reservations on the way there and the wait was something like 10-15 mins and the second night we did the same thing but sat on the patio which was super cool (like weather wise I mean) The service was top notch both nights. We will be back next Year to do the Christmas Disney experience and I am sure this is the restaurant we will pick! Thanks so much~

Came in for dinner with my family. Food was great but the service was great! Chente went above and beyond! Thank you!

Great service and the place is huge! The tables are really big and truly are meant to fit a whole family. Service was also great and they checked in on us a lot to see if we wanted more soup, salad, or breadsticks. We got the chicken parm, Tour of Italy, Spaghetti, and the new Chicken and Shrimp carbonara. All was really good but the chicken in the parm and tour of Italy was way too salty. Portions are always HUGE tho and we had plenty of leftovers that were still yummy afterwards.

Visited to celebrate my cousins birthday on the same day as Mother's Day and still had a great experience. We had a party of 10 and didn't have to wait too long since I joined the waitlist beforehand. Our servers Ollie and Emma were so kind and attentive! They made sure we were well served. Our food was great as well. My cousin had a great birthday dinner. Thank you Olive Garden team! You guys work so hard!

I was leaving a review on the little machine but it went away so fast so I came on here instead. Thank you Cesar & the amazing manager Leah. I ordered something I usually never ordered (felt spontaneous) the chicken on the dish I ordered was too salty for my liking. I let our server Cesar know and he right away grabbed the manager Leah, she was so gracious on switching the chicken, or replacing my dish for something different. It truly made my wife's and I's evening. Olive Garden is my favorite restaurant, but when things like these happen, I appreciate the business and employees that make the experience so much more special. Thank you. A Happy, full, && appreciative customer.

Nary was very nice and helpful taking our order, he came and checked up on me and my family multiple times during our meal, making conversation, and being overall very helpful and kind. I most definitely recommend coming to this location it is very nice the ambience is also very beautiful.

haven't been to Olive Garden in forever, so thought I would give it a try again! some things have stayed consistently good like their soup, salad, and breadsticks, but their main dishes aren't as good as I remembered :( 'soup, salad, and breadsticks': chicken gnocchi soup is probably my favorite from here! it's creamy with bits of chicken and vegetables in it too. love dipping the warm breadsticks into the soup. as for the salad, I like the dressing on it! 'fettuccine alfredo ': the alfredo sauce was soo bland, it straight up tasted like just cream with no seasoning whatsoever. also added chicken crispy fritta which had a nice breading to it and was nice and crispy, but it was a bit too salty. 'lasagna': this was decent, not super impressive, it's your average lasagna with tomato sauce, ricotta, and beef. i thought the service here was amazing tho! the staff were all very nice, welcoming, and extremely friendly! food tho was just okay...

Would not give any star to this specific place actually. We've been customers at Olive Garden at the other location. 1. When we walked in, the lady host told us the booth at the front opened so we could sit there. We just sat and another host told us that we need to move and waited for 20 minutes like every body else. It was not even our fault that we sat there and the host didn't even bother to apologize or fixed the issue. 2. When the soup came, they didn't offer the cheese as usual. 3. The waiters kept coming back and said that the food would come soon but took awhile and the food cold and disgusting. Definitely won't come back to this Olive Garden.

The wait was long but once we got sat, it was quick. Service was good. Only thing was they never refilled our water. Everything else was good. Food was awesome, came out quick and they gave a good amount. They also comped my wife's cake for her birthday.

This is my first time having Olive Garden and I have to say it's really good. I had the chicken Parmesan plate and the chicken was really good as well as the pasta. The waiter was really friendly and always attentive and wanted our experience to be great. I will definitely come back.

Haven't been to Olive Garden in a while and really enjoyed my time here. The unlimited soups, salad, and breadsticks were delicious. I could just eat these and be full and happy. I don't eat salad that often but the salad and dressing here were bomb. You can have the dressing on the side also to try it first. The main dishes were okay. Service was attentive and great. Seafood Alfredo 4/5 - This is fettuccine alfredo that comes with shrimp and scallops. The pasta tasted alright, a bit off in terms of taste. The shrimp was yummy though the scallops were overcooked. I would just get the normal shrimp alfredo or get a different dish. 6oz Sirloin 3/5 - The sirloin was dry. Flavor was okay. I wouldn't get this again. It was cooked correctly medium rare but the meat quality wasn't good. Zuppa Toscana soup 5/5 - Soup with sausage and potato. It was so delicious I love it. What you get depends on the scoop. My first bowl was full of potato and very little sausage. My second bowl was full of sausage and not a lot of potato. Chicken & gnocchi soup 4/5 - Warm and hearty soup. Good tasting but I prefer the Toscana soup more.

Food is great. Always has been, especially for a chain, sit-down joint. Which is surprising. It shows how much goes into crafting the recipes and keeping the dishes consistent. The bread sticks typically have too much salt on them, but 1 swipe from a napkin takes care of that Our server (& past servers) have always been sweethearts, real nice gals. My main complaints come from 2 things tonight which are intertwined: The ladle used to dole out the soup has got to be as shallow as the clientele from Bushwood Country Club... Don't get the reference? Stop reading this review and go watch Caddyshack, then come back to this review. The soup portion hardly leaves much in a bowl. It's about a third of the small size of a small can of Campbell's soup. A pitance. Then the intimidating kitchen manager comes out, attempting to school me on how many label scoops (I'll clue you in, it's one, uno, 1, single digit...) that they serve. That is the one thing Olive Garden likes to do on their Endless ______ (soup/pasta bowl), they do not like you taking home anything more than 1 miniscule portion. Like they're leaving so much money on the table. Like it's going to come out of the manager'a picket. Why the F does he care so much in the first place? It's not like I'm going to get on a megaphone and announce it to the world "I just got extra soup and special treatment! I'm better than all of you!" And it's not like 'word of mouth' or 'gossip' is an excuse as a manager. There is no excuse. What this is is downright Mr. Scrooge greediness, lack of caring. Bah humbug and don't worry Mr. Kitchen Manager, no matter how much you change, your heart isn't going to grow 2xc or 3x this Holiday season you Soup Grinch.

Wife and i paid $50 for two chicken parm entrees no sauce on the spaghetti and the chicken was cold and tough as leather salad was amazing though

Came in today for lunch and asked if the same server was ther :) David L is the best! Very friendly the food was spectacular thank yo u so much

Great food, excellent service, the food is always very tasty, and new options every time I come, the waitress Delia was so attentive and focused on us, checking for anything we need. I highly recommend this place to everyone. The new iced tea was very good, and my chicken Alfredo crispy is the best.

We came for our friends birthday and had a great time! Shoutout to Ollie and Meranda they were amazing and so on top of everything even with our large group. They even helped coordinate the cake timing perfectly.

Olife Gardennis a place I like to go to with family. I got the tour of Italy with raspberry lemonade. We were seated right away. The server and people came by to ask if we needed anything. The salad and breadsticks were great. The tour of Italy was delicious even though I couldn't finish it. Would definitely recommend this place to anyone.

The waitress was a cutie and super nice was so happy we got her ,,,, BUT whoever is cooking in that kitchen need to quit ASAP or b fired !! There is absolutely no Italian whatsoever in the Italian food here, ! it tastes like shlt just the worst tasting rubber chicken over cooked pasta , and tasteless soggy shrimp , everything was so over salted ...only the salad was good

Food is amazing these ice was fast even thought it was packed we got in right away. Will definitely go back again in the future.

We received an excellent service from Joyangel M. She is a great server, fast and friendly, stopped by our table several times to ensure everything was good with us. In addition, she provide us with refills on timely manner, the Minestrone soup was hot and tasty as well as the Fettuccine Alfredo, they have great and enjoyable music, we had a great experience. Thank you Joy!

On a rainy day in Anaheim what better than to call in a car side pickup order from Olive Garden? Super easy and you don't have to get out of your vehicle! The food was in good containers to travel back to the hotel. They provided plastic silverware, napkins and packets of grated Romano cheese. Great experience!

Our server/waitress Bailey was amazing! Everything came out in a timely manner and the food was great. She went above and beyond for her tables. Thank you Bailey next time we will ask for her.

We visited for a late Sunday lunch and were promptly accommodated. The service and food truly impressed me. Our waitress was outstanding, checking on us with a warm personality and even offering additional food and drink refills. The ambiance was fantastic and we had a good dinner and appreciated the warm hospitality.

We had a great time at this place today. Ernesto is an amazing server and made our evening special. It is my son's birthday and Ernesto went above and beyond to make him happy! Thank you Ernesto :) Also the food was awesome!

Amazing food!!! Shrimp and chicken Carbonara is outstanding. Jessy is an amazing server!!!

This review is towards our waiter Logan he was very patient with my family it was a large party of 12 and he was very nice his customer service was great! He had another employee a female helping she was nice as well did not get a name. The food was great we come specifically for the soup of toscana. The place is always clean and great!

Great restaurant with super servers, with exception of it taking 25 freaking minutes to get a damn beer!!!!! Everything else was exceptional but I do think their prices are a bit high for what you get, remember, it's freaking pasta, that's cheap! I will think about going back but there are so many other places I like that gives you good food that's not so spendy.

The service was a 10/10 and that waitress deserves a raise. The food here was terrible, and I am an avid Olive Garden lover. The ravioli was not impressive, although I'll admit it was the first time I've tried it. However, it was very overcooked. The salmon was also very bad along with the brocolli. They were extremely salty, to the point that we'd never come back to this location again. I didn't try the fettuccini, but I've had it before at this specific location and it was good.

Okay first of all, our waiter was amazing! He catered to our every need. We even asked for extra items, and he accommodated as best as possible. Chicken Parmesan - 8/10 Shrimp Alfredo - 8/10 Spinach Dip - 10/10 Mozzarella Sticks - 6/10 Apple Sour Sangria - 10/10 Moscato - 9/10 The service and the food were great, no complaints here! We enjoyed our waiter and the service provided. We will be back, those are my takes on the dishes we ordered. Everything was to our liking. I like the open area for seating, we sat in a booth and its very comfortable. We will be back!!

A party of 6 arrived around 5pm this past Saturday. As we parked, we checked in online and the wait said it was for 20mins and we got the text to go in on or before that. Can't remember the name of the waitress as we weren't planning to leave a review. We were there to celebrate a birthday. It was a full Olive Garden but I think it was more full when we left than when we got there. We got the adult meals before the kids meals. Idk how I feel about that. One kid meal was fettuccine pasta with grilled chicken and they mistakenly brought crispy chicken instead. My child didn't like the pasta so we asked to replaced it with a pepperoni pizza. While waiting for the pizza, we asked for our waters to be refilled and to bring my breadsticks out multiple times and nothing. Waitress was handling our surroundings tables and wouldn't remember the bread nor the water on ours. It seemed like a manager lady who came by and asked us if we were the ones waiting on a pizza. That's how long. We asked them to put it in a to-go box (that's how long they took, sad!) To top it off, We didn't noticed that my child's pizza she got was cheese only, Not even a pepperoni pizza as we ordered. I have to say the waitress kept cool though and was nice but she just kept forgetting our refills and/or our orders. Like if she sees they're giving us crispy chicken to our table, stop and tell cook is grilled and not crispy before it hits the table. An example you know. Despite all that, the waitress got a $20 tip cash from one of our guests. Our guest said, "I'll pay tip. I don't feel like she deserves the $20 bill but let her have it. It's Thanksgiving week and a birthday celebration. After seeing they messed up on the pizza too was my motivation to type a review in and add everything else too.

Greatest SoCal Olive Garden I've been to yet. Mia was amazing and funny, and Leah the manager was attentive and kind, friendly, and checking in with every table. We had a great emotionally connective conversation. Wait and Service staff were surprisingly calm and composed when navigating walking areas- whereas I'm used to almost bumping into staff. Felt like a professional use of Quality over Quantity; props for a healthier work environment! Thanks for a great dining experience :-)

I don't see why there are any bad reviews! Right off the bat you can see that the restaurant was BUSY. So of course we were a little worried but man were we wrong. Our server was Aileen and boy was she on it. Very friendly and on top of all our crazy requests. Appetizers and drinks came quickly. We had a little problem with the soup being cold and not getting our utensils but the manager (I think) took care of it quick! And it's not like we asked to speak to the manager, he was just walking around the restaurant helping out the staff and asking customers if everything was alright. In my opinion, it means a lot when the management staff is doing that because it means they actually care about the customers. Soon after, the food came and it was so good. We love the never ending pasta bowls. The rest of the meal went great and everyone was very attentive till the minute we left.

Went in for my daughter's boyfriends birthday. Seated promptly. Service started out lackluster and awkward. Switched up and got Baylee with assistance from Jacob and Edgar. It was a refreshing. She had such a great attitude and was sweet. She offered suggestions. Overall A+ with the exception of the first server but Baylee and her crew more than made up for it with thier attentive and superb customer service. We had a great meal!

Came by for a pickup order, and didn't even wait 5 minutes. They were quick to bring out my order and had great customer service! The five cheese ziti is my absolute favorite meal. The breadsticks never miss, and their salad is my #1 go to. I love this place and will definitely be coming back soon. Thank you!