Olive Garden Italian Restaurant — Restaurant in Rome

Note: clicking on the photos will have some additional information/details. Now without further ado! THE REVIEW! There is handicap parking and the restaurant stays busy. The restroom was 🧼 clean, The service of Our particular waitress was good…She kept our tables clean,kind …made sure to stay on top of our needs. One thing I liked was that she didn’t bring my check before my food, so many times a food server will bring my Check before they even get the food on the table or even ask me for their tip right away😳. Now let’s cover the FOOD! The presentation is good. Honestly for the price of the food it was bland. If I had to choose soup or pasta… the winner 🏆 soup! It was busting with delicious flavor 😋 I didn’t mind the pasta but it was just noodles and shrimp 🍤 I was hoping for a nice buttery garlic 🧄 flavored shrimp and a creamy fettuccine sauce. Maybe a pinch 🤏 of lemon and salt flavor on the pieces of chicken. You know something fancy, but it was nothing I couldn’t whip up at home. My husband felt the scallops in his seafood fettuccine smelled a little fishy. His favorite part of the meal was also his soup. My daughter felt like her first pasta was bland and chalky, where as… she enjoyed the five cheese marinara sauce pasta much better. My son ate the meatballs and spaghetti pasta first, then he tried the chicken fettuccine. I believe he enjoyed the spaghetti better. Once you finish the first initial bowl you get for the $13.99 with the additional $4.99 for the meat topping, you can pick a different flavor pasta from the endless pasta menu,if you choose to continue eating the endless bowls and are not full or just want to change flavors* note that the bowl size moves to a smaller bowl…. So don’t be fooled endless pasta bowls is one big bowl and small bowls after. The berry sangria is $8.00 it is not worth the price. It’s a small drink. The flavor is OK, but there is no punch 🥊 😵‍💫 over all we had a good time out but the check was pricey….with tip we paid $130.00 I honestly would have enjoyed the (Mexican restaurant Tequilas )better and the price would’ve...

Will not return for a long time. Server was nice but forgot about our appetizer until we mentioned it after a bit and it came out sitting in butter/oil mix. It was the cheese fondue so I get there's some oil but it was literally a pool of it. Since she forgot to put in our app our food was held for a few minutes in the back, the manager said it wasn't but I have worked in enough restaurants to know better. Not a big deal normally but the chicken parm was overdone in places and soggy in others and our pasta noodles were cold to the touch. The lasagna had started to harden around the edges from sitting and we had to ask for extra alfredo sauce, not bc we're difficult but there literally wasn't enough to cover the pasta. The chicken portion on my daughters Alfredo was so small she couldnt give me a small 1 sliced piece to put on my Alfredo (I got the tour of Italy and it doesn't come with chicken on the alfredo, I wanted to try it).

To sum it up, it looked like someone grabbed dead food and accidentally ran it.

The manager comped a good bit of it even though I did not ask and just wanted a recook. I'm glad though because the experience was not worth the $100 our bill would of been with tip. We were much happier with the new plated hot food that looked the way you expect. I am glad the manager fixed the issue and No I don't normally complain or send food back. I honestly can't remember the last time I did so I'm not "that person".

On a positive note I didnt get it this time but the lemon cake is heavenly. I love it so much I have tried to make it at home. Oh and the ability to put yourself on the wait list beforehand online is...

I've been here once before and the young waiter began by asking me if I wanted something from the bar. When I declined, he asked if I was sure and began rattling off different drinks that I would like, as if I wasn't able to discern whether I wanted to order a drink. I again declined he actually pressed once again. I got up and left.

My wife and I tried one more time this evening, hoping it was just a fluke. We were wrong. The waitress started by asking what we wanted from the bar. We declined and tried to order. She interrupted and asked if we were sure. I stated yes. She said "so what can I start you off with, a couple of margaritas? I told her point blank that we didn't want anything from the damn bar. I then reaffirmed by staring directly at her and told her again that we don't want to order anything from the bar, period. She took our order and the meal went uneventful from that point forward.

Either Olive Garden has a policy that their staff is to solicit alcohol without taking no for an answer, or the staff simply want to get you drinking in order to pump the bill up for all they can. Either way, it's disgusting and we intend to write their corporate office to complain.

It was also our last trip to Olive Garden. Their food isn't stellar enough to tolerate being pounced upon to order from the bar. You're far better off visiting Roma Mia, Bella Roma or Provino's. The staff and the food at those places are outstanding with great prices. No hassles. Sorry, Olive Garden but you're...