Olive Garden
| Address: | 3215 Sports Arena Blvd, San Diego, CA 92110, USA |
| Phone: | +1 619-226-2124 |
| Site: | olivegarden.com |
| Rating: | 4 |
| Working: | 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–11PM 11AM–10PM |
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Robin Wilson
Miriam was our server... Although the food was amazing.. and she was very attentive. I would have like to have been given my change and receipt.. so that I could have made the choice as to the tip that I was going to leave.. instead of her just assuming that my change was hers. also I did not like being corrected when I had to return to the restaurant because I had left my sweater. I was told on the phone that they would check.. they came back saying that it was not there. I had to go back to the restaurant and get it. I asked the lady that seated us.. and she said that she would go check lost and found.. I explained that I am sure I left it in the "Booth" and that it is black and probably fell on the floor. She took the time to correct me.. and tell me that they do not have booths... meanwhile new patrons were being seated at the table that I was at. And the customer found my sweater on the floor. I do not think they checked at all... and I didnt like the fact that she took the time to "correct" me... instead of looking for my personal belonging. This was at 11am which is when they opened 2/21/15.. They did not have a full house ... or any where close to it. I am giving the food 5 stars... the service is lucky to get ONE.
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Steve Gill
Absolutely amazing quality. Ive always wanted to try olive garden everytime I visit the states but dont end up going. Decided to take the family tonight July 11th 2016. Best decision ever. The food was amazing. Unlimited soup and salad and free bread was a nice touch. Free wine sample also great. Wesley our server was very very professional and attended to our every need. He was a very pleasant guy. If there was an award for best service he would get it. Thanks a lot. I dont know if the owners read the reviews but if they do I would highly recommend that Wesley gets a promotion or a raise as he was the most courteous and friendly server Ive ever experienced. And thats both in USA and back home in UK. Wesley my daughter was the one who had dry pasta as she didnt like the sauce. Just incase you are wondering who we are. Once again I will be back on my next visit to USA. Steve Gill and family Erskine Scotland. Many many thanks for a great dining experience.
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Sweetie Marie-Kay
Terrible I called 2.5 hours earlier and said I had a group of 28 coming. They couldnt take reservations but I was like eh okay. I asked their wait time and they said 30 minutes at the moment. I was okay with that because I had 2.5 hours to wait for it to die down. I get there with all of my people and we wait 52 minutes when they said 30 when we arrived. At 30 minutes I asked the manager of we could enter our orders so we can have them when were seated. He said "no because we might mess them up later and we just want to keep or organized."BUT EVEN WHEN WE GET TO THE TABLE IT TOOK ABOUT 20 minutes to order. Weve been here since 7:30 and its 9:12 and some of us dont even have soup. Im pissed. Dont come here with groups. Unorganized. The only people I liked were Adrian and the ladies at the front. The guy with the dreads was kind but he wasnt even our server. Never ever ever again. We also have 3 birthdays. Not a good experience or memory.
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Courtney Hartmann
It had been quite some time since I had been to an Olive Garden. We had a party of 7 and we had an excellent server who split our checks for us and was as kind and attentive as can be. Truly fantastic. The breadsticks are just as delicious and as addictive as I remember. I ordered the zuppa soup with my meal, a favorite and I got the braised beef tortellini which was delicious. I also had filled up on toasted ravioli and fried cheese as part of the appetizer sampler first, so by the time I got my actual meal I was kind of full. Good thing they give you to-go containers that are microwaveable. I had the strawberry-limoncello martini which tasted like a strawberry lemonade and was nice and refreshing. Olive Garden is never my first choice because I like to try new places whenever I can, but this was a great dining experience.
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Ju Belle
Went there for lunch on my birthday. Great service and great waiter. Food was delicious enough for what its worth. The mashed potatoes from the kids menu was weird. It looked more like an uncooked biscuit. Wasnt as flavorful as mashed potatoes should be. The chicken gnocchi soup was delicious except the chicken doesnt seem fresh...probably from a can or pre-made. The 3 cheese fondue was okay. I wish the cheese was creamier and with more flavor other than cheese grease and salt. I loved the peach sangria. Our waiter was pretty cool. He checked up on us quite often. He even sang in celebration of my birthday. The new chocolate caramel layered cake was pretty delicious. Its more of a sponge get cake texture. We had a great time and will probably come back again.
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Lyndsi Winer
I like the OG because it reminds me of some of my earliest dining out experiences. I ate there quite frequently many years ago and since moving to Cali really havent. I love their soup, salad and bread sticks. That is always good especially for lunch. Their Ravioli di Portobello is great. I dont think their specials and deals are all that great cuz from what Ive seen they are just plain pastas with simple sauce toppings. I would just skip the promotions and go straight to something on the normal menu. This is something that isnt a great example of Italian food but, I dont think their food is horrible. Its something I enjoy every now and again and it always takes me back!
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Luis Reyes
I hadnt been to Olive Garden in a while, I remember it was decent but a bit on the pricier side. It must of been a few years since then but I recently came in and had lunch by the bar and stuck to the soup and breadsticks. Based just on that I have to give them props, the Italian Meatball Tuscan Soup I had was absolutely bomb. Add in the fact that it was endless and I must have had about 3 bowls.... So frikin good and thats not even mentioning the breadsticks and Alfredo... Iv literally gotten hooked on that alone. Iv came in another couple times since then and tried the breadstick chicken parm sandwich which was very good too. I had forgot how good Olive Garden was.
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e18rayan1
Just like any Olive Garden youll see, its the same. Wait times in this location take longer than usual, and place looks like it got stuck in the 90s. I cannot say anything after they re branded it a bit ago. The salad and bread sticks are good, but for the entrees, theyre sub par. Eggplant was undercooked and the meatballs were insufficient for the amount of food you get. Wine selection is good and cheap. I also recommend going here for lunch since you pay flat fee for unlimited soup, salads and breadsticks. Servers were great at first, but near the end of my meal they did not come frequently and actually made us wait 10 minutes after they gave us the check.
