We had lunch today at Olive Garden and were lucky enough to have Will as our waiter. I honestly have to say he was one of the best servers we've ever had. We eat out fairly often, so we encounter a lot of different waitstaff, and it's rare for someone to stand out the way he did. Will has mastered the very fine line between being attentive and being intrusive. He seemed to appear at the table at exactly the right moment every single time--never hovering, but never leaving us needing anything either. In fact, my teenage daughter even commented that he always came by at the exact right time. We wanted for absolutely nothing. He anticipated our needs before we had to ask, kept the meal flowing perfectly, and made the entire experience feel smooth and relaxed. This was especially impressive considering it was a busy Sunday lunch rush. Great service like that makes a big difference in the dining experience, and Will truly made ours exceptional. If you get the chance to sit in his section, you're in very good hands. read more

Been to this new location twice, both times it was perfect. No complaints, good and quick service. Food was fresh.

This location is pretty new. It is designed & decorated beautifully. It's always crowded when I come. The service is friendly & quick. But most of all, the food is good. There was a time that the breadsticks at all olive gardens were hard & dry. But the past couple times I've been here they are perfect. Warm, soft & buttery garlic goodness. I always do minestrone soup, salad, and breadsticks. Salad dressing is so good. I love the black olives. The minestrone is the only vegetarian soup. It's delicious. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Italian Near Me - Highland, Indiana

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This is our second visit to this location. Both times we've had 6 people and got a round table that sits 8 people and is semi-private. It is a great spot! I tried the chicken and gnocchi soup for the first time and it was amazing! The salad and breadsticks were fantastic as always. Everyone enjoyed their main dish. Such a good value! Will definitely return! read more

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During my first visit to Olive Garden, everything was perfect. The food was delicious, and our server was incredibly friendly and attentive. He explained how to use the touch screen for payment but also offered to handle it for us if we preferred. His willingness to go above and beyond enhanced our dining experience. However, on my second visit, the server's attitude towards us was less welcoming when we asked for the bill. She seemed bothered by our request and needed a manager's assistance for processing payment on the touchscreen. It was disappointing compared to the exceptional service we received previously. read more

We just got soup, salad, and breadsticks this visit and everything went amazingly. Server was on it! We got warm soft fresh breadsticks and soup refills with minimal wait times. Food was quality. We like this location. It is newer and very nice inside. read more

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The food here is better than any other olive garden i've ever been to. Everything was hot, fresh, and tasted better than i can even put into words, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Ivan was the most amazing server. He was quick and friendly, had our food out within 10 minutes of ordering, and was so attentive we didn't have to ask for ANYTHING. Drinks, breadsticks, etc. He brought out refills before we even realized we needed them. He even recommended what desserts we get, and man were they good. 10/10 experience. PS: If you're thinking about dessert, go with the Italian donuts :) read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Warm Italian Doughnuts - Italian Near Me - Highland, Indiana

Olive Garden is one of my favorite places to eat. It's casual, relaxing, has good entree choices, and good service. We stopped here to grab chicken gnocchi soup , salad, and shrimp scampi (my favorite dish here) to take home. Every thing was hot and delicious! read more

The manager, Rebecca, was so kind and attentive to me. I had an issue with my order, and wow was she kind! I would come here over and over again just because of her excellent customer service. Thank you! And she deserves a raise!! read more

This Olive Garden is by far the best location in the immediate region. It's new, it's clean. It's very aesthetically pleasing. The service is very consistent. The servers here go above and beyond. Like most locations in popular areas, you can sometimes expect a long wait, but if you go during a non-busy time, you'll get seated immediately. They have a very friendly team that goes above and beyond and the wait time is always reasonable and there is a lot of space to wait. The food is always quick and warm. Very enjoyable experience every time I've gone to this location!! read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Calamari & Fried Mozzarella - Italian Near Me - Highland, Indiana

I was about to give it 4 stars as hard for me to give a chain restaurant 5 stars, but I can't think of one negative from our experience. Greeted promptly/friendly. Seated quickly. Service quick. Manager checked in on us. Food came out hot and after appropriate amount of time. Unlimited salad and breadsticks. Ordered from cheaper smaller portions section of menu (called piccolo portions - e.g. chicken parm $13.49) which was the perfect size for us - we didn't want leftovers as we were on a roadtrip. Clean bathrooms. Paid on the device on the table. Was able to print receipt from device. Plenty of room to park an RV between the Target and the Olive Garden. read more

They were busy, I get it. But to seat 5 adults in a round booth where no one had an inch to breathe should have been my first clue to leave. Second clue? Waitress came back after taking drink orders to tell me they had no Pinot Grigio - an Italian restaurant with no Pinot Grigio? Seriously? I also asked for water with lime. It came with lemons, and an explanation they the bar doesn't "have lime wedges". But my friend's Margarita came with a lime slice! I ordered shrimp scampi. It was ... OK. But how in the world do you make scampi with NO GARLIC??? We will never cross that threshold, or any Olive Garden, again. Yes, it is beautiful inside. But unless you want to pay $20-$25 per person per entree for interior beauty, don't bother... read more

I feel like you know what you are getting when you go to Olive Garden. Things I love 1) it's kid friendly - kids are given a paper menu with crayons 2) endless salad and breadsticks 3) service has always been good Is the food earth shattering? No, but it's also pretty consistent and to me pretty good. It does seem the portion size has decreased in the last few years but this is probably everywhere. It's clean and inviting. My family will keep returning. read more

We waited 30 minutes just to order our food and we were some of the only people in the restaurant. This is our second time experiencing this and it has been very annoying. Definitely not coming here again until they fix the wait times and get better servers that actually keep checking up on you as you are there. read more

We came in for a party of 30 people. Due to not being able to take reservations we were seated in 2 sections(20 people & 10 people). The staff were very friendly and accommodating. I smaller portion lasagna. Our server Tristan was absolutely amazing. He handled the large party very well and kept a positive attitude the entire time. Great job to Tristan for excellent customer service! read more

Ok let's start with the best thing on the menu. Those Italian doughnuts are fire. I mean fire. Definitely should start with those because at the end of the meal you are already too full but yet you must finish the doughnuts. Service was great and we were sat as soon as we got into the restaurant which was nice for a Friday evening. The salad and breadsticks are always good. The cheese ravioli was fine but the doughnuts took the prize. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Italian Doughnuts - Italian Near Me - Highland, Indiana

Food was fine - I had the salmon. The part that bothered me was how rushed and careless the service was. Salad dressing was splashed all over the serving bowl, my salmon came out and was the same way. Sauce was literally splashed all over the plate and running over the edge. The kitchen just seem to be (literally) throwing food on a plate to get it out the door. After my server delivered my plate, I never saw him again read more

Food was beautiful. Service was amazing. Everyone seemed to love where they worked And my waiter was SO NICE! We are going back on Friday! Can't wait! read more

Our waitress, Megan, was amazing. Food served promptly and hot. Delu ious soup, zuppa and gnocchi. We had the lunch specials, spaghetti and meatballs, baked ziti, eggplant parmesan, chicken Alfredo. Really liked the peach raspberry tea. Lots of salad and bread sticks. Overall all great service, with a smile. Constant check-ins. Place was full as well. Seated immediately. Great job. read more

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Revitalized Experience I have been so happy each time I visited since they opened this new location. Food Is Hot : Service Is Fast Staff continues to check on their tables Everyone is enjoying their food and visit Sometimes there's a little bit of a wait but that's to be expected when the taste is that good read more

I make better pasta at home. The food is mediocre. Add best it taste like you microwaved the food and then had it the next day. Service was good. The ambience was updated. read more

This Olive Garden is beautiful and parking is easy but that's about all I can say was good. We waited 15 minutes for drinks, 30 minutes for salad and breadsticks and 1 HOUR for our entrees. I ordered just the soup salad and breadsticks and asked for a refill of soup and it never came. Plates and empty bread baskets weren't cleared before entrees came. The waitress was nice but clearly overwhelmed and I guess the kitchen and bar were probably similarly short staffed but this was just unacceptable. Bathrooms were dirty with toilet paper and paper towels on the floors and even out in the hall. I also hate the stupid tablet things - the kids were fighting over it cause there is only one. They also charge you $3 if the kids play a game on it. I regret this night out. read more

Our server Tristan was amazing and put up with all our orders of breadsticks. The food was amazing and the service was as well. Thank you so much for the amazing dinner night and great service. read more

When this place opened, the quality of the staff was amazing but in the last year, they are very average. They just introduced a steak and pasta dish. You're lucky to get maybe 2 ounces of steak in it way overpriced not worth the experience.. read more

Parking was ample. The restaurant was clean and well maintained. The food was ok, not great. I was disappointed when I came in at 4:00 pm and was told I could not sit at a booth even though many booths were empty. The hostess said they were short handed. That should not have made a difference since the booths were only a few steps away. This was a bad start to my visit. The server was fine and attentive. Overall I was disappointed with my experience. read more

Soooooooo where do I start..... this is a newer OG location and we all love a good endless breadsticks and salad right???? We tried to do dinner here on VDAY but the wait was 2:45......not sure WHOOO on their right mind would wait for that....needless to say we didn't stay..CULVERS got our VDAY money. Fast forward to 1 week later when we finally get to go. This time the wait was only 25 mins with a really nice cool waiting process when they text you when the table is ready. SO service was great...shout out to Felicia. The drinks were decent and the appetizer was fresh and SO good!!! Here we are now at the MAIN FEATURED PRESENTATION........5 minutes into the meal and KABOOM we notice a WHOLE PRICE TAG in the noodles....we both stopped eating and alerted the waitress..she was super nice about it and accommodated us with the bill and made a fresh one to go for us. OVERALL...it's another OG and you can't beat it for a quick dinner night. read more

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I used to often with my husband back In 1980s. The one in Lansing. The best atmosphere and best salad, soup, bread and entres, drinks and dessert. I went to OG in highland and it was the worst experience I had. Cheap messy salad and soup. The waitress was slow and didn't care She kept walking away for long periods, rude and brought us soup you wouldn't serve to a dog My soup had a big lump of chicken, one gnocchi and cold. Never again read more

Genuinely the worst experience I have ever had ever. The food literally took over 50 mins to actually get to our car with the food. The service from the people was absolutely unbelievable and the development of the app is overall incredibly stupid. They said the food would be done at 6:30 and just got it at 7:20. If you ever want to order here or use the app make sure you have a lot of time on your hands because I promise you will be needing it. read more

Food and service was and is always great . There is just a few busters that I occasionally see whenever I go , but they always seem to mess around and not do work and just joke around leaving an older woman too do more work. And I don't think it is fair because i have seen them doing anything. I'm absolutely starting to get fed up with how these workers treat their other co-worker. ANd not once but multiple times my son's have said it smells weird in there. SO time passes and i think nothing of it but when im walking in walking down the hallway back is 3 boys laughing and when I walked in it smelt like marijuana and I seen smoke in the lights . But oftenly coming I think they're names are Alex and Pablo and then the other is an Amish looking kid. read more

Delicious soup, salad, and bread! Great service BUT.... The stinking Ziosk on the table was crap- I couldn't find the menu, games kept popping off and you couldn't get out of the screens and I inadvertently hit the gaming but and it charged me 3 $! Check your bill read more

It was very odd to be put on a waitlist to be seated, only to request a seat at the bar since I was by myself and then observe almost half the restaurant empty when I was seated. But other than that odd routine, I had a rather pleasant experience. The bartender took my order and easily served drinks to other guests without any problems. She managed to refill my unlimited soup and breadsticks and bring my entree out with very minimal lag time. My chicken marsala and fettuccine alfredo was passable, nothing amazing. Maybe it's been a while since I've had Olive Garden, but I remember the chicken having better texture and the alfredo more flavorful. A little overpriced in the grand scheme of things, but the service was quite good. I'll give them another shot and try something different. read more

Always go to Lansing location but wanted to try this one since it's newer. Brief summary. Took forever to get greeted Get greeted... place drink order and water Wait And wait And wait some more Yippee we got water! Asks us if we're ready to "order" "Can we get our drinks"? I have to wait on the bartender! Oh ok. Can we get our salad and bread? "You'll get that when you place your order! Poof! Disappears So we drink some more water. Then left!!! Went to Lansing Ordered our own appetizer because now we're STARVING but we didn't need too because OMG here's our server!! Takes drink order Comes back with water Then drinks Hot fresh appetizer And guess what???? Salad AND bread before we placed our order !! Everything was ON Point @ Lansing Highland... coming from a server.... Train your servers better! *it wasn't even busy! Won't be back read more

First day opened and ordered online for pick up during dinner hours. Everything was perfect and ready on time, and food was delicious. Great Job ! read more

On arrival no one at reception desk. Waiters and waitress walking by ignoring us. Finally get a table order drinks. My wife and I are on 44 yr anniversary. Waitress states my wife's drink is not available. Peach Bellini. I order a margarita it takes forever to come. I go to take a drink and a bug in it. Waitress apologizing just get me a beer. From then on food was good waitress was busy but not giving good attention. read more

DO NOT EAT HERE! I have NEVER made a review before, but this Olive Garden was so appalling I had to say something. I ordered the chicken gnocci soup and a salad, and my roommates ordered spaghetti, chicken alfredo, and a few other things. Our waiter was nice and time efficient, no complaints, but as soon as the food was eaten my stomach started hurting something fierce. In the car we were all complaining to each other, we were all in discomfort, except for the only male of the party who ordered chicken alfredo, as he made sure to say! That night I was sick, as well as the roommate who ate spaghetti. We were both sick for the next day, and it sucked. AVOID THIS PLACE! My compliments to the chef xx. read more

My order ready time was 8:15 pm. We got there a for pickup and the employee brought out the food to the vehicle. After looking to the bag we found we were missing a spaghetti to go meal, so I took the bag into the restaurant to tell them it was missing. The employee went back into the kitchen and returned approximately 5 minutes later and informed me they were currently out of the spaghetti meal so I could wait or choose one of the two other options. My child wanted the spaghetti and I was ready to go so I asked for a refund. The employee went back into the back again and I was waiting again. She finally returned with a manager and I was told that she would have to go to her office and do the refund in order for me to receive a confirmation for my credit card purchase of the meal. At this point it was around 8:40 pm, our other food was getting cold and I was tired of standing there waiting for the "to-go" order that I had placed at 7:45 pm and was promised at 8:15 pm so I just asked the manager to give me one of the other options so I could leave. It seemed as though no one at the restaurant cared about the inconvenience they caused us. read more

The wait times at the Olive Garden in Schererville are terrible. The app shows a few minutes, but expect an hour. When they have tables available, they sit empty while customers wait. When we bring the long way to the attention of the manager, he said there's nothing he can do. They need new management who can run this place more efficiently. read more

Food was good and I had meal to go. The salad(included with the meal) wasn't packaged to go, I was told to get salad from what remained on the table. It was large group meeting that I was dining with read more

The location and parking is very good. But that is about all. Took 11 minutes to take my drink order. I was in the bar area, and there was another couple already there when I got there. Then after 17 minutes, I asked for a refill. After she walked by several times and saw my empty glass. I asked for breadsticks, and she asked if I wanted them now or with my meal? Weird to me, but okay. Then I got my meal after 35 minutes, and you guessed it, it was cold. By then I was out of my drink and never got another drink. I asked for one, but apparently talking to her coworkers was way more important. Never checked to see if my meal was okay. I finished, wanted cake, but for the love of all things holy, I didn't have that much time to wait. So paid by ziosk, and left. But she did throw 2 mints on the table as I was checking out. Bottom line, service was horrible! Especially for only having 2 guests. The food was cold. Nobody seemed to care. Not even the manager that walked by and looked. read more

Olive Garden was a family favorite food destination when my kids were at home. Now my kids are grown and I haven't been to an Olive Garden since pre Pandemic. I took my sister and my youngest grown son to the Highland, IN Olive Garden yesterday and Oh My, how have things changed. First, many of our favorite items were no longer on the menu. The menu has been stripped down to the very basic bland, unappetizing dishes. We waited so long, over an hour after being seated to be served in an underwhelming crowd. We had to remind our server to refresh food and drink items numerous times. As we waited for our food we scanned the restaurant and discussed amongst ourselves that not a single person working at the restaurant had any sense of urgency or hustle. They wait staff shuffled around like zombies on weed. Even the bus boy sat down at the tables while wiping them off and ever so slowly. Our meal for 3 was just over $100, not including tip. It was the worse $100 that I've spent on food. There are so many other Italian choices in the NWI area. I won't be going back to this Olive Garden, or any Olive Garden with the unappealing limited menu items. read more