Ordered the Sirloin steak, it was cooked to perfection but was expecting a bit more for the oz ( basing this from previous steak orders from other steakhouses) Server was amiable and attentive. 2 thumbs up to Micheal. Came for lunch and the crowd was decent enough, got seated immediately. read more

Good things: service, price, cold salad plates, hot entree plates, great hot food. Well done. Less favourably: The worst thing that happened to the food industry is food runners. They arrive at the table, interrupt the conversation, and ask us where the food goes. It is not the customers' job to do theirs. Secondly, all these young people call everyone "you guys." My wife and daughter are not guys. This is just poor service. Management has some work to do. read more

Waited for a table for 30 min even though a reservation was made. Food was fine. Service was very good. Courteous and friendly.

We went as a group to this restaurant. It was not difficult to find a table for 8 people in the afternoon on Sunday. The drinks looked really good and tasty. The waiters are nice, brought us a lot of tasty bread. Basically we got full with it before the meals. But they gave us containers to take the food home. Other meals were good, I did not like that my stake was more like cutlet and I it was well cooked and not medium. The sauce was spice but not too much, I liked that but overall I think that meal is overpriced ( the Calabrian Steak & Shrimp Bucatini). The soup was included in the price and I can't say it's something really tasty... it's ok. Overall we really liked bread. And strange thing, the pizza is only in kids menu. read more

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Best food in the world ! Always love soup and salad! Nobody beats the service and fun adventures of Olive Garden.

Their cheese smelt their food was disgusting. I used to love going there and now everything has changed. I couldn't even stomach their food. Their sauce tasted like it was ranted. I don't know if they're using different quality of food low and quality because of food costs are higher or what they are doing, but they should go back to the old way of them making their food because it's just disgusting. I will never go back there and eat again. They're going to be losing business unless they change back to the old way of their cooking and what they buy. read more

Great food, Service and prices. Couldn't ask for more. Lunch time is a little busy but worth the wait. The stall really know their stuff and always helpful. read more

Yesterday I took my Granddaughter for a bday lunch to the west end Edmonton Olive Garden. Our server was very nice. She asked my granddaughter if she would like any dipping sauce with the bread sticks and named the sauces.she chose the marinara sauce. There was no mention of an extra charge. I later looked at the receipt and saw a charge of $8 for the small bowl of marinara sauce. I feel ripped off!!! Make sure when dining at Olive Garden to ask about charges when ordering!!!!! I will be addressing this with the management. It's not the $8 but not being told of an extra charge when it sounded like the complimentary bread sticks came with a dipping sauce. read more

Every piece of food was cold we waited 30 minutes just for our drinks and breadsticks horrible customer service don't recommend this place at all not to mention the noodles were still hard on my plate read more

Family if 5 went for dinner last night at 9.45pm very hungry. upon arrival we were greeted and were given a choice of table, server was attentive, knowledgeable, and pleasant. drinks and our meal order were taken in a reasonable time. We had ordered all you can eat soup/salad and entree, after finishing first round of soup we requested for 2nd round of same, but our entree were brought to us by another server, we kindly requested to get our 2nd round of soup before the main meal, main entrees were taken back and shortly 2nd round of soup served. Now, when we got served with entrees the meal were all Luke warm so we told our server, she said would you like to talk to our manager Ryan; I said sure! it took him 7-8 minutes to attend our table. Manager Ryan was very unprofessional, rude and helpless to solve the issue. His quote was kitchen officially closed at 11pm and will see what he can do?.We wait another 20 minutes, still no 2 entrees on the table decided to cancel our order. No response from Ryan on our disappointment cancelling the order, ended up leaving the restaurant around 11.30pm unfed. worst location poorly managed. read more

Chicken Alfredo tasted bland sadly. Zuppa is typically my fav but it was a bit salty this time. Good thing I had the bread sticks and lemonade to wash it all down. read more

One of my favorite Italian restaurants in North America. Their soup and Salad are my favorite. My husband loves their Alfredo Pasta and Tiramisu. We visit Olive Gardens atleast twice every month for date nights. Their service is really amazing read more

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Always heard about Olive Garden and was so excited to find that there is one in Calgary. So decided to go here for supper and almost walked out because we waited 15 minutes before someone finally came to serve us. Once someone finally came by to take our order he was very prompt and always checking on how things were and refilling our drinks. The food was very tasty although the soup I got I did expect to have more gnocchi in it then just 3. Would try again just hope next time don't have to wait so long to get someone take my order read more

Me and my family knew that we wanted to come here on Friday so at the beginning of the week on Monday I called to make a reservation for 5 people at 6:00pm on Friday (because I knew how long the wait would be). When I called they told me that no we are not allowed to make reservations between 4:00pm and 9:00pm Friday , Saturday or Sunday. When I called they have a voice automated system and it says if you would like to hold your place in line to push 2 so I just thought okay when I am on my way on Friday I will push 2 on Friday so that by the time I get there we will be close to the front. On Friday at 5:30pm we are on our way so I call the number and push two and it takes me to a human at the restaurant. She asks how ca she help me and I say that I just want to save my spot in line and she says she can't do that. Well I said that the phone recording says that you can. She said well sorry it must not be updated so I was frustrated but just said okay we will see how the wait is when you get there! So we got there and went to the front to ask for a table for 5 she asked me do you have a reservation? I said NO I was told I could not make one between 4:00pm and 9:00pm on Friday , Saturday or Sunday and she said oh.... no you could have!! Very frustrating!!! Also when you walk in the restaurant stinks like old from being an old building and my bread sticks were not good this time! read more

Great service and friendly staff. Food is delicious and well portion. Prices are great and it's family friendly. Decor is outdated slightly and too busy on weekends. Highly recommend for any occasion and parking is ample. read more

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Food wasn't that great which I kinda expected but I wanted to give it a chance. Breadsticks were nice n soft but had too much salt which I had to brush off. Peach Bellini ice tea was way too sweet...like they emptied a tub of sugar in it. The soup my bf had was anything but spicy despite our waiters precautionary advice. He chose that because he thought it would be spicy enough. I had the shrimp and chicken carbonara with bacon and it was basic. It tasted better when I took it home and added my own spices. My bf thought the Alfredo chicken was meh. It's the mac Donald's of Italian food.This was our first and last (obviously) time at Olive Garden. read more

Really good..!! From order to taste ot was great!! We reached around 1 and it was busy but service was quick!

I started ordering Olive Garden during COVID. During COVID you would get good value for your money but the service was not always that great. They were super slow but the food was always great. Today when I went the service was perfect but the food was terrible. There was not nearly enough meat sauce on the spaghetti I ordered. Anyone else have a good recommendation for affordable Pasta? read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Spaghetti and meatballs to go. I cut up my meatballs and tried to stir in the sauce but still you can see some spaghetti with no sauce. - Italian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

This food chain isn't that great. All of the food is microwaved, you can taste it and you can feel it when the plates come out so hot the waiters and waitresses come out holding the plate with a tablecloth. The salad they bring out in the beginning is so good i gotta give them that. When we used to eat here, everytime we came, we visited this specific location about 5 times, my dad explicitly tells every restaurant he dines in, he is incredibly allergic to seafood. It's never missed. Everytime we have come here, he has an allergic reaction and has to rush to the ER. The workers are irresponsible, the food is heated up in a microwave, and it's not even close to authentic italian food. read more

The food was decent, Shrimp appy excellent. Noticed that mandatory masking was not being followed. Guests arriving at the front entrance had no masks and were shown to their table. People going to the washroom or leaving also had no masks. Many people went by our table led by the Hostess had no masks. One group had 12 people . I talked to the on site manager (Stephanie) , at the start of the conversation she seemed indifferent until I reminded her that this is a provincial and municipal mandate, not an option. She promised to address this with the staff. read more

I have not been to Olive Garden in years and with the news of issues with the one in West Edmonton, I would not eat there. But I was in Calgary on business and it was close to the training location, and my colleagues recommended we go there. We arrived before noon which I suggest if you want a table as it seemed busy in there. We were seated in a semi private area as we had a table for 8. The server came to take our drink order promptly. Some of us order a pasta dish and other enjoyed the salad, breadsticks, and soup meal. I ordered the spaghetti and meat sauce for a reasonable price of $13.25. The server brought out 2 large bowls of salad and 2 baskets of breadsticks. The salad was ok, but it was made with iceberg lettuce which is inexpensive and doesn't have much nutrient. I remember they have yummy breadsticks and they didn't disappoint. Our dishes came out about 15 minutes after and I enjoyed my spaghetti. It was cooked to the consistency which I liked; not under or overcooked. The sauce was delicious and had lots of meat. I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed my meal as much as I did. The price was decent, and atmosphere nice. Likely I won't be eating at Olive Garden in Edmonton but if I am in Calgary, I would return. read more

One word - Meh. The server took a long time to even greet us and offer drinks. -1 star We had our 2 yr old son with us and his food came out first which was nice. +1 star The portions were huge. +1 star But the food lacked seasoning and taste. It was all pretty bland. -2 stars Server didn't offer refills which my husband hates. -1 star Server was very quiet and was hard to even hear what he was saying. Had a bored look on his face. We sat for a looooooong time for our bill. -1 Wow! -1 star AGAIN had to come edit this as the server gave a bill to another table and the customer commented on the slow service and the server didnt acknowledge him and was super rude then slammed his bill book at the till stand. Wowewww All in all I would rather cook pasta at home and save my money. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Chicken Parm. Bruschetta. - Italian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

I used to think Olive Garden was a place you'd go once in a while as a treat. They used to have the Steak Gorgonzola dish that was delicious. The breadsticks dipped in Alfredo sauce was amazing, and I'd often eat way too much before our meals were even served. Those were the good ol' days! I went there yesterday. I was surprised at how bad it has become. The ambiance is now similar to a Denny's, the restaurant looks like it was forgotten by Olive Garden Headquarters-- the furniture is falling apart, the washrooms are dirty, and the carpet is stained and tattered. When we got the menu, all of their best dishes are gone, and they've put all of their bets on lasagna, spaghetti, and fettuccini-- everything on the menu is basically a variation of one of those three items. When the food came, I tried the fettuccini carbonara, which tasted almost exactly like a fettuccini microwave dinner. The lasagna tasted exactly like the frozen lasagna you get at grocery store. I ate about half of my plate because I ate mainly due to hunger, not for pleasure. For a frozen dinner, I paid nearly $30 per plate. The service was fine, but nothing special, again, about the same as a Denny's. Sorry Olive Garden, your time in the sun is over. read more

Reasons I go to Olive Garden: There is only 1 in CGY and it's in the NE Waiters are nice and cute to look at Unlimited breadsticks and Salad I like Italian food My current fave is Eggplant Parmigiana - comes with 4 strips of eggplant and a side of spaghetti with tomato. I can't eat too much tomato so I order Angel Hair with Garlic Cream sauce.. ohhhhhhhhhhh so yummy! Desserts are to die for: I went with 4GF's and we ordered 4 desserts. Check out my pic: Zeppoli - Italian Donut Tiramisu Lemon Cream Cake White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake My favewas the Zeppoli read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - 4 desserts - Italian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

We ordered the trio appetizer with deep fried mozzarella, loaded nachos, and pork ravioli. The ravioli was deep fried which was unexpected. The fried mozzarella were large triangular chunks which tasted great, as expected. The loaded nachos weren't impressive. There were chunks of chicken which was cold and beef and some sort of cream sauce. The breadsticks were really plan and the marinara we ordered wasn't yummy. The salad was as expected which was good. We had the chicken parmesan where the spaghetti noodles weren't very good and the breading had a weird old deep fryer taste. The service was great, the food just wasn't very good... read more

It's probably been about 10 years since I've been to Olive Garden - being that the only location in Calgary is in the NE and it was usually lined up out the door, I've never had the urge to go back. However after seeing one of those mouth watering Olive Garden commercials on TV and the current special was "2 for $25 Italian Dinner", I started to crave pasta all day! Conveniently, I had been carpooling with my boyfriend (who works in the NE) for the past week so it worked out perfectly - we were having Olive Garden for dinner! YESSSSSSSSSSSS! We arrived around 6ish and I was expecting a line because the parking lot was pretty full but we actually got seated right away. Although the decor is a bit dated, I like that this place is quite big and there's windows surrounding the entire building so it looks open and inviting. A quick glance at the specials menu, I realized the special was "2 For $35 Italian Dinner", what the? I pulled up the website (Canadian version!) on my phone, and a small disclaimer said "Prices may vary in Alaska, NYC and Canada" . . . okayyyyyy We started with the famous garden fresh salad and baked bread sticks - and seriously one helping was already filling, I wonder if people actually take advantage of the unlimited salad and bread sticks they offer? After our helpful waitress answered some questions about the entrees, I went with the Tuscan Garlic Chicken and my boyfriend got the Five Cheese Ziti al Forno. Our food came out pretty quick, and after a generous helping of grated Parmesan to cover our pasta we dug in. My dish was super tasty - the chicken was lightly bread and crispy, pasta was cooked perfectly and it was all lightly coated with a nice cream sauce. I had a bite of the Ziti al Forno and it was like fancy homemade Mac & Cheese - if ya love cheese definitely go with this! I only ate half of my meal to make room for dessert - which was a white chocolate raspberry cheesecake. I was expecting just a bite size piece, but out came a HUGE slice of cake! I think I might have been a bit full to really appreciate the cake, but it was pretty delish. My boyfriend ended up having my leftovers for lunch the next day and he said it was still really good. I will keep in mind for next time we go again :) read more

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Not really good value for your money $175 for a family of 5 Ordered 3 plates of Calamari for the kids, it was well undercooked, white & rubbery Should of sent it back but the kids said not to The salad was nothing special, iceberg lettuce & a few fill ins I had the Chicken Margherita and it was not 2 big chicken breasts as in its menus picture. It was 2 small chicken thighs & they were tough & bland. The toppings of pesto, tomatoes & zucchini were delicious. The sangria's were ok. I doubt that their made their locally. My husband had the $25 Salmon Piccata. He said it was ok, nothing WOWZERS My son had the Fettuccine Alfredo...portion size was good but there was no garlic in the sauce......who doesn't put garlic in an Alfredo sauce????? My other son had the Cheese Ravioli, the meat sauce was not made at restaurant level, there was no melted cheese on the plate as stated in the menu Bread sticks were enormously salty, we needed to scrape off the garlic salt Our server was Tiana and although she seemed a bit upset initially when we asked for our salad and bread sticks together, she got over it. My generous husband tipped 15%. We had 2 birthday people at our table. They provided a small dessert and the waitress did light a candle on each and wrote happy birthday on the plates with strawberry jam - nice touch. The waitress did charge us an extra $6 for my one son who did not order an entree but had some salad an appetizer and an ice tea. That was not cool. We've been there 3 times now & it's just not worth the $200 (includes tip). We won't return. The menu is stupendous but nothing is made there at the restaurant level. Take yourselves to a nice Italian restaurant in Calgary, there are many read more

I come back to this restaurant every year only for their endless pasta bowl. This year they got the price down to 11.99 Canadian dollars. Comes with soup or salad n bread sticks...endless of course. Food is great. I came with my friends and they didn't have all we wanted which was chicken pomodoro. So the following week I came back. They have it! So it came looks good....til I have to mix it...Uber lots of water so it's runny. Other than that it was good. Ordered raspberry iced too....yummy....I'm on my 3rd glass...I'm so full now. Ordered another small bowl of spaghetti with meat sauce...my all time fave. Anyways, that is that. I gave it a 4 star since the service was great. 1 star less since it was kinda runny sauce but the overall experience is great. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Menu for endless pasta bowl - Italian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

Let's be honest with a show of hands, is anyone here going to "all of garden"? If you don't get it or haven't seen the meme that exploded throughout the internet back in 2015 then a) you're missing out and b) where have you been? But in all seriousness the real review: I've been to Olive Garden twice so far (one being checked in of course) and all I can say is if you never had real Italian pasta then I don't know what to say. The reason why I used the word "real" and not "authentic" is that there might be another Italian eatery in Calgary somewhere that is serves amazing mouth watering food but I haven't found it yet. Although Olive Garden is a real Italian restaurant and not a bootleg mall food court cuisine all I can say is for the past two times I went the breadsticks were either bland, too doughy or not fresh enough I mean come on I'm using it to dip into my sauce at least let me have that warm crisp feeling instead of having it feel like I'm eating a basic chopped up baguette. Recommendations: - peach bellini - moscato citrus berry cocktail - peach sangria - caramel hazelnut macchiato - strawberry/passion fruit limonata - create a sampler - cucina mial read more

Went lunch today with a friend. Great food, was hot and came out just add at were finishing our salads. Pam was our server and was very attentive, but not hovering. Very pleasant experience and I will return soon! Thanks Pam! read more

The best part of our experience was our server, Barb. Every thing else was just average. It was Grandma's birthday and she wanted Olive Garden. What Grandma wants, Grandma gets. We made a 5pm reservation for last Saturday. 7 people including 2 kids - 8 and 10. Arrived at 4:55. Seated at 5:20. Ordered food at 5:40 and started eating at 6:20 It's easy for adults to wait an hour an 20 minutes for food - hungry kids are aren't as understanding, even with the distraction of crayons and paper. While the kids loved their spaghetti the adults found the food to be average at best. It wasn't terrible - just average. If A&W can makes a fresh and great tasting hamburger, Olive Garden should be able to make great tasting pasta. Our server, Barb, made regular checkups and did well to upsell us on celebration drinks but we had no intention of staying for dessert. If dinner was average, we assumed dessert would be too. read more

Came here on Sunday (Canada day long weekend) for my Aunty birthday. We came at 5:30 and got a table right away. Our waitress Tiana was amazing she was very friendly and service was great. She made our special occasion even better. The menu has a large selection, something for everyone. All meals comes with salad or soup and bread. I got the stuff chicken Marsala and asked for spaghetti instead of the mash potatoes and it was good very saucy. Food portion large at a decent price. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Stuff chicken with spaghetti - Italian Near Me - Calgary, Alberta

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Service is always amazing when I come down to eat. The endless breadsticks and salad is extremely delicious but the main plate is okay. I've tried many of olive gardens pastas and they aren't amazing but not bad either. The pastas are something you can make at home easily. However I love the atmosphere of the restaurant and prices are fair. I would come back to Olive Garden for sure. read more

Classic Olive Garden. Tastes almost exactly the same at every single one, however it's nice to have a Canadian location. Salad and breadsticks are tried and true and are delicious every time. Pretty much the only reason to go to any Olive Garden. Service was quick and friendly, and no wait to get in on a Saturday night made it worth it. read more

There food is so delicious the only complaint I have is some of the servers being rude and also some days you have to wait a long time to get a table either than that I have no complaints read more

We tried it again... I have no understanding why getting in is such a mess every time. We got one of their remote beepers with an expected wait time of only 15min. We waited outside the restaurant and when the beeper came up it took us less than 2 minutes to show up just to get told that our table was gone already. We were not amused as you do not need beepers if you have to stay in shouting distance of the ladies at the front-desk. When we finally got a table and wanted to sit down my company jumped up from her chair completely soaked. Someone obviously dropped a glass and the water as well as the broken glass was not cleaned up. The server cleaned up the mess and exchanged the chair. During our meal our server dropped a glass again while serving a refill and my company was almost spilled a second time. Highly unprofessional front-desk service, highly unprofessional server and poor management as there was no real excuse at all for the soaking or spilling. Did the manager show up? What do you think? Another chance - another fail. read more

What can I say. They have reached a new low. My wife and I use to go to the Olive Garden every couple of months, for years. The food was always what you would expect and was very consistant ,on the mediocer side ,at best. When we arrived it was an 1 hour wait, which is normal at 6pm on a saturday. no problem, we wait for our table for six.I noticed other large groups that came in after we did getting in before us. I do a quick recon of the hostesses clipboard and sure enough, no less than 5 partys of 6-8 ppl got in ahead of us. Sorry they say....it will be just another 5 minutes. We ordered drinks and they did'nt have the advertized special. Mint lime fresco something. No problem, it must have been so good they sold out. We did get the breadsticks( cold and way undercooked) The food ,when it arrived,was obviously sitting under the heat lamp for waaay to long. Everything was dry dry dry. Our friends young son order pepperoni pizza. It came with no pepperoni . Dessert time. Hmmmm what to have? Nothing of course because its still all frozen!! ( insert apology here)......ha ha ha , NOT! They normally do better. This time , however, they completly failed on so many levels I was embarassed for them. read more

This place seriously bothers the hell out of me. Why? Well, the 1 hour+ wait times during dinner, is absolute BS. Unless you are say 60 and prefer dining at 4:00pm- go somewhere else. I mean come on, the owner of this place is absolutely brilliant in that he only has one, just one restaurant in all of Calgary, all one million of us have to wait like cattle (fitting isn't it?) to get into this place, SERIOUSLY? I prefer spending that time waxing my legs to be quite honest. Then when you do finally manage to get in, you still have to wait a while to get your order taken, drinks take even longer to arrive. Then to keep you from complaining about the mediocre food, they cram all the free salad and bread sticks down your throat so you end up taking your main home for left overs... I AM SORRY, WHY WOULD I PAY $20 FOR AN ENTRÉE IF I HAVE TO EAT IT THE NEXT DAY!!!!! For the love of god, please open another restaurant, you might be surprised that it also would be successful, if people from the far south are willing to drive their asses to the far north to "dine" in this establishment, don't you think it is worth the investment? Just a thought. PS drive around to the back one day after the dinner rush, you will notice that the majority of the kitchen staff are teenagers hanging out for a dope break. Nice work kids, nice. I won't be coming back anytime soon. Invest in some real staff that probably won't spit in my food if I send it back. read more

Good food. Waited for a table longer than sat at my table. Service is very rushed. DOES NOT TAKE RESERVATIONS!! Sure wish they valued my time ... Too bad, wouldn't take much to show they cared about their customers. read more

Went here with my family to stuff our fa---- er, that is, celebrate my Texan Grandma's 80th birthday. There was a short 20 minute wait in order to seat our group of 10. Service was excellent and even though the food wasn't blow-your-mind-amazeballs, it was homey, comfort food that everyone enjoyed eating. And! They had a couple of vegan options for me :). Which is more than I can say for that other pseudo-Italian chain that's inexplicably named after a US city (which isn't even known for their pizza?). Price was reasonable too. Appetizers, main course, drinks and desserts for 10 people, with the gratuity tacked on (I guess they do it for groups larger than 8, which is pretty standard for most places in the city) came out to roughly $35 per person. I went home fat, sassy, glad to be driving a roomy SUV and ready to tuck in for a long afternoon pasta coma. read more