Olive Garden Italian Restaurant — Restaurant in El Centro

Okay so I’ve always like this Olive Garden because most of the time they have friendly service but my last visit there which was 2 weeks ago was not the best. First it was a Sunday and yes it’s always packed and crowded with a wait time of at least half an hour. Once we got our booth everything was good but the first server that we got was a little rude (thank goodness she had to leave) and then our second server was a little nicer. The thing that bothered me the most is that I had the stroller next to our booth and servers kept handing plates and everything across the stroller (my 3 month old was in there asleep) instead of on the side. Like is it obvious that you are not supposed to pass HOT plates across a baby on a stroller and there was space on the side, what if something would’ve fell on the baby?! only one server that wasn’t our server that did give us our plate through the side. Also our server kept hitting the stroller (accidentally) when giving us our plate. Now regarding the food, it was good, just like any other Olive Garden but don’t expect the service to be fast because it is not. And another reason for my 3 stars is that the restrooms were...

There was an obvious disdain for our party of 2 sitting across from a family clearly from Mexicalli. The family from Mex was treated better right down to the classic salad being obviously better prepared for the other family.. Our salad was missing classic ingredients. The lettuce was waterlogged with water diluted dressing. The bread sticks were absent the classic garlic buttered top. The chicken sandwich had exactly one tiny piece of chicken placed at the edge to make it appear to have chicken on the inside. The managers attempt at humor or whatever he might have thought he was doing delivering the token chocolate candy at the end of our lunch, would have been better served and less offensive as a simple thank you for coming. The waiter was AWESOME and did his job with excellence. This poor expiriance has to be a direct reflection of management direction and local prejudice. We won't be back to this establishment even as a guest of someone else. Very disappointing, I cant find ANYTHING good to say...

Editing my review for the Imperial Valley Olive Garden because every time I order food to go, they miss items. Even if you order 10 items or so they pile it all into one massive paper bag which makes it very difficult to verify all the items without spilling soup and or messing up all the entrees. I went today and not only were they 20 minutes late with the order but when I got home there were missing items. Additionally the last time I ate inside the restaurant, the waitress was literally bringing only 2 breadsticks at a time we had to ask her like 5 times to bring more breadsticks. Not sure if the employees are just getting super stingy, stealing, or if they get bonuses for leaving out items to customers / saving revenue. Literally any time we go here its for a birthday or to celebrate something and they ruin it every time to the point that we won't go any more. You are better off going to Yuma or San Diego if you like to eat at the Olive Garden. Those restaurants are better...