A very good place to come in the weekends. The waiters are very kind with you and make you feel welcomed. Also the food is so good, and the soup is my favorite thing because I can eat all I want. The environment is also cool, the music they play in the restaurant is good, today the played laufey : ) read more

Savannah is a great waitress! We really enjoyed our family lunch here. The food was also fantastic.

We visited Olive Garden in Montclair and I just checked my emailed receipt and FOUND the $10.00 tip I typed in myself turned out to be debited as $16.23, this place is a RIPOFF if their "new" system CHANGES tips to 30% from 18% or as I WROTE in $10 Won't be back to this place!! Check your receipts before you leave!! read more

There was a poop drainage spill outside the restaurant poop all over the parking lot it smelled horrible! Outside and inside while we were eating. We went there for a birthday. The breadsticks were very salty! We went there specifically for the breadsticks and salad. The salad was made from bagged lettuce not homemade! I don't know if this is the new cheap way to make the salad at Olive Garden but this is the only one that made bagged salad. Our family will never be coming back again to this location. Our server was nice though. read more

UPDATING MY REVIEW: This place has gone to hell. We were served salad without onions or olives and the last of the croutons bag just dumped on top of our salad, crumbs and all. The breadsticks were hard and processed. Bring your own bread. And our soup, it was boiled over into mince meat, so much so that we asked for fresh soup, and it just never was fresh. It was thick mince goop. The last soup my waiter brought to me, after knowing I had asked for fresh soup -- told me it was the last of the barrel and he'd come back if I didn't like it, then laughed and walked away. I paid, and left without tipping, and my food untouched. Customers are treated like trash here. Even the clean white plates smelled a little bit. If you feel sick after eating here, you'll know why. read more

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I've been coming to this Olive Garden for a while, but unfortunately, my recent experiences haven't been as positive. The service hasn't been as attentive as it used to be, and on several visits my order has been incorrect. Overall, the quality and experience just aren't the same anymore. I hope they can make some improvements because this location used to be one of my favorites. read more

First time here but this was the restaurant we wanted and the location was best for us, we usually go to Whittier or La Puente. This place is located in a rough dirty area, and very small, the restrooms are so close to the check in area and I'm sure it can get pretty foul at times. I do however give major props to our waiter, he was super friendly and loved chatting with us, very attentive and you can tell he loved his job. The meal was delicious and we had a nice time, unfortunately I will never come back, Olive Garden just doesn't fit the area. read more

My mom wanted salad for dinner, what is better than the Olive Garden?? Who does not love the dressing on the all you can eat salad?? who does not love the sinfully delicious breadsticks?? So we go there for the salad and breadsticks, all you can eat, $14.49.... When we order it, the waitress says for $1.50 more we can have never-ending pasta, which includes a salad and breadsticks!!! What the heck, I had the 5 cheese rigatoni... it was very good! Almost al dente, but not close to the mush you get at many pasta chains... Great service and a comfortable booth. The value is off the charts.... read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Five cheese rigatoni!! Pretty great!! - Italian Near Me - Montclair, California

Came here on a Saturday night. We thought the wait time might be long at 5pm, we checked in at the front and put down our name. Literally barely sit down outside to wait for our expected wait time of 25 min, I got the buzz the next minute that our table is ready! Place is already packed at 5pm. We waited for quite a bit before our server showed up. Server is very nice though. Food came out fairly fast. My adult daughter ordered an alcoholic drink, got carded it as she should. We had a great night. This location is nicely decorated and updated. Feeling upscale. read more

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I came here for lunch today. The restaurant was pretty empty and the host sat me right away. I haven't been to OG in a while and I guess the upgraded the interior. It was ok. The food - as I expected was mediocre. Then again, this is not a Michelin restaurant, so you get what you pay for. However, I was little surprised by the high price. Fried shrimp had some sort of soggy breading and half of the food portion was mixed with fried veggies with same soggy breading. My lunch deal - spaghetti with meatballs had 2 Costco meatball size meatballs with overcooked spaghetti. Keyword. Al dente. The salad was the best part. The reason why I wanted to give 5 stars was because of the service. My server, Treasure, greeted me with welcoming smile and took my drink/food order. Her service was on point in terms of asking me exactly what I needed and when I needed. She wasn't overly chatty, but spoke with just the right amount of voice and professionalism. As someone in restaurant business, I can see her working at more upscale restaurant. I would come back and try different food items as long as I can get the same quality of service. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Italian Near Me - Montclair, California

This Olive Garden has great service everytime we've come to eat as a family very friendly and always checking up on us to see if everything is okay. We always get sat pretty quickly and it's pretty clean inside. The food always satisfies and the soup is always the best with the warm bread sticks. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Free birthday dessert - Italian Near Me - Montclair, California

Food was awesome, 10/10 came for my 21st birthday just to have a little pasta, only waited like 5 minutes, and huge shout out to Nick! He was the BEST, very attentive offered us refills on drinks, bread, and soup! He was so kind and we hope to get him again!!! read more

Rosalie was an amazing person very attentive She has great customer service keep up the good work she is amazing read more

Went there the wait wasn't an issue got seated right away but the server was horrible it must have been the first day for this kid or something but my order was completely messed up and he took long to come and bring us our beverages then the breadsticks were hard and cold and so was the soup, was promised dessert but then had to pay for it... will not come here again. read more

Very poor and long wait to be seated then they take someone else before us this is not the regular service we have received here but we will see in the future.... But our server was off the hook respectful, caring,attentive and worth every dollar of his tip $20.00 (jouse) hope I spelled it correctly...i highly recommend you sit in his serving area... read more

It's always good to start the meal with soup/salad and breadsticks with dipping sauce. The service was always available. The ambiance is definitely for good for family gathering. read more

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Came here expecting a decent dining experience and left disappointed. The restaurant felt extremely unorganized, service was slow, and management clearly did not seem to have control over what was going on. Staff looked stressed the entire time and the atmosphere was chaotic. Food took forever to come out and simple issues were handled poorly by most of the general management team. The only bright spot during the visit was Jason, who was actually professional, helpful, and seemed to care about both the customers and employees. He was the only manager actually checking on tables and helping staff instead of standing around like Mario Castro does. He seems unfit to run a restaurant and is to harsh to his employees and nobody there that we heard likes working with him at all. Honestly, Jason should be running the restaurant because the difference in leadership was obvious the moment he stepped in to help. read more

I came here tonight with my husband for dinner and we left dissatisfied. Not with the food - the food was great. We were more dissatisfied with the service. We were at table 54 and our server was Treasure. We were sat for 6 or 7 minutes before Treasure (or anyone) even approached our table. When she came to our table, we were greeted by one of the most unenthusiastic and quiet greetings. When you greet a table, please do so with a smile and loud enough the guests can hear you! She was just smiling a minute ago... Again, 6 or 7 minutes in and we're just now getting asked what we wanted to drink. We gave her our entire order on the spot and she walked away. She then came back with the salad and breadsticks and told my husband his bar drink should be coming soon. The salad plates were WARM. Who the hell wants to put their COLD salad on a warm plate? Like guys cmon. Treasure walked away before we could even ask for butter and I had to ask the girl that brought my husband's bar drink IF WE COULD FINALLY GET OUR WATERS. That was just so so wild to me. By the time we received our waters, we'd been seated for over 15 minutes and SERVED FOOD . Luckily the food tasted great. That's the only reason I'm giving 2 stars not 1 star. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Italian Near Me - Montclair, California

We did Olive Garden lunch today, we arrived at 2:30 and were sat immediately. Our server Julie was amazing! She refilled our drinks constantly and checked up on us for soup refills. Everything came out great the Toscana soup is always delicious. read more

love Olive Garden, and totally adored my server Genesis! she made the experience a wonderful one, and was totally accommodating. top tier service and upbeat personality. the food is quality as typical of Olive Garden, but the service made the experience 10/10 ! read more

Food and service was great as always BUT bathroom nasty and trashed I was shocked asf when I got there I needed to use it so bad but walked into that, so I asked if they had a second bathroom and the guy said he would tell someone to clean it. I waited till the end of our meal then went back to the bathroom and nothing was cleaned. read more

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This was by far one of the worst Olive Garden experiences I've ever had. The service was extremely slow, the wait time was over 15 minutes to be seated even though the lobby was empty and while waiting the staff was just standing around avoiding eye contact. Once we were finally seated the bread was stale and cold. My kid ordered a fettuccine Alfredo and it was cold, grainy, dry sauce, chicken was falling apart, and chicken was watery for some reason. read more

We had lunch at Olive Garden Montclair today. As usual the food was great so was the service until my wife had to use the restroom. No Toilet paper. She talked to to Restaurant Manager. It made it worse. He had the most disgusting BAD BREATH .It almost made my wife throw up all the food she just ate. Please inform all of your employees about proper hygiene before coming to work.Also the place is not vey clean. read more

It would be 5 stars alone for the service Milton provide but the reason for 4 was the food. I haven't been to an Olive Garden in over 15 yrs easily. Went with girlfriends and their kids. I had the light portion of the lasagna clasico. Perfection portion size but the meat sauce wasn't the best very plain. The salad was soaked in Italian dressing l, a bit too much. Their breadsticks are good but don't get the 5 cheese blend sauce just stick to the traditional one. My friends seemed to enjoy it although I had a friend get a cocktail that she said wasn't great. Overall it's ok nothing special about the food but Milton's service on a Saturday evening (6/14) for a table of seven was quick friendly and very attentive. Place wasn't too busy and it was clean. read more

Wanted pasta so I came here.. Was told it was a 30-40 min wait but it was not crowded at all with a lot of open tables finally got seated and my table was dirty and wet I had to ask someone to clean it that's the first thing you should do after a party leaves is wipe the table..I needed a drink ASAP so I ordered a green apple Moscato that was so good now it's time to eat got the shrimp scampi it was flavorless had to send it back so I ordered more drinks.. the customer service here is awful I don't know if it was a bad day or what but I might give it one more try.... read more

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All the servers sit it the back and talk to each other in the break room the host do not know the front door from the back door and the managers don't do anything but worry about themselves...they are too worried about being friends with the host's and server's than actually managing their restaurant and it's sad when there are 4 managers and they still can't take care of one restaurant. Just make pasta roni at home. read more

I came here on a Friday night and was deeply disappointed. Our waiter was attentive at the beginning of the meal, but as the night went on he was essentially nonexistent. We were served our dinner entrées before receiving bread, and I had to ask the waiter for an update rather than him proactively addressing the delay. When the bread finally arrived, it was crunchy and hard, not fresh as expected. The biggest issue, however, was my chicken parmesan arriving without breading. When I asked the server about it, he told me, "It comes grilled, and if you wanted it breaded you would need to ask for that." I've been coming to Olive Garden for quite some time and have never once had to request chicken parmesan be breaded--it has always come that way by default. Between the lack of attentiveness, poor timing of courses, stale bread, and confusion over a basic menu item, this visit fell well below the standard I expect from Olive Garden Montclair. read more

I ordered two meals to go and ordered extra bread sticks. All of the food was ice cold and the breadsticks were beyond stale. It's not right to give out old stale breadsticks when you are paying extra for them. I don't know what was going on with my order yesterday. I have never had a terrible experience like this at this Olive Garden. I frequently order to go and food is warm and fine. I will reconsider going back to this location. Make this right! read more

If I can give zero stars I would. This is my second time coming and we just sit there for 10 minutes with no one coming to take our drink order. Once they do take your order, the food takes forever to come out. The waiters apparently only check on rich looking people for refills or to see if they need anything. The waiters apparently only checks on you once you show your upset. I try to give the benefit of the doubt but it wasn't even busy both times I've been here. I won't be coming back to this location ever again. Chino one is always the best! I live in upland and will be doing that drive. Do better! I never do reviews but this was honestly ridiculous. read more

Stopped by on Saturday, 01/20/24. This is my second time dining in at Olive Garden (and second time at this place). Wanted my parents to try it out (my mom's first time and my dad's second time, he tried it yearssss ago). We were served quickly as we entered around 11am. We ordered the following: - 1 Shrimp Alfredo (with Chicken & Gnocchi soup) = $21.99 - 1 Chicken and Shrimp Carbonara (with Fagioli soup) = $22.49 - 1 Create-You-Own-Pasta (Gluten-free Rotini, Creamy Mushroom, and added Shrimp; got a salad) = $13.99 + $5.29 (shrimp add-on) = $19.28 SUBTOTAL = $63.76 TAX = $5.74 TOTAL = $69.50 What I love about this place is the endless free refills of the soup, salad, AND yummy breadsticks. We ended up getting 2 rounds and took some salad and breadsticks to go. We had a wait about 15 minutes for our pasta and so we were pretty much full from the bread, soup and salad. The to-go containers are high-quality and you also get a couple of chocolate mints after. Our server (Brittney N) was wonderful - excellent customer service AND she usually stops by frequently asking if everything is ok. She leads by example and you can tell she loves her job. We also ate our leftovers for dinner. read more

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Our server named Helen was the best server ever! So sweet and very attentive!! This girl needs a raise ASAP!!! Love it! Thanks OG! read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Italian Near Me - Montclair, California

Don't order takeout, I ordered chicken and shrimp carbonara and usually you get two chicken breasts, and a full bowl of pasta. I got two breaded chicken tenders, and a half portion of pasta from what they usually do... maybe their trying to save on food cost, but it's not standard quality. Find another olive garden to go to. read more

Found a piece of hair in the salad and in a soup (SOS). My expectations for Olive Garden were already simmering on low, but somehow they still boiled over. The breadsticks arrived fashionably late (after we'd finished eating) and despite their dramatic entrance, they were dry as hell. Like, "wandered the Tuscan countryside for three days without water" dry. I came for endless breadsticks and left with endless questions. read more

horrible experience last night. I ordered the soup & salad and my husband ordered his fettuccine alfredo with gnocchi soup. We never got his soup. I felt like our waiter was annoyed that we even were there. on top of them forgetting his soup they also forgot the breadsticks. How do you come to olive garden and don't serve us breadsticks? isn't that the main point?? everyone else had breadsticks at their table except for us. Bathrooms were disgusting on top of that they don't practice cleanliness here. read more

No waiting, food was very good, service even better. Our waitress Genesis was really nice and attentive, helping us with our menu choices and just making our experience better. She certainly gets 5 stars from our family. I would also recommend this Olive Garden over the other ones in the area. The restaurant was clean and everything was in shape. Yet, I took away a star from the rating for that awful carpet. I get the "olive" color, but no matter how new and clean it might be, it would still look like you're in one of those shady motels you only see in movies. If corporate or Darden Restaurants are monitoring Yelp reviews, have your interior designers pick a nicer looking carpet. You will definitely get more business. read more

Little did we know it was "Never Ending Pasta" season! The place was packed. Food was good. Marilyn V. was our sweet server. She was worked so hard and apologized for not being able to provide service to her standard due to an extremely large group. She clearly knows the meaning of service! read more

The food was delicious hot and fresh and the service was awesome Alondra, Marilyn, Anelly were so nice great customer service. The restaurant is very beautiful inside. On my way out the door Genesis opened the door for me, and she was very kind as well keep doing a great job ladies! read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - I love the Chicken & Gnocchi so warm and delicious! - Italian Near Me - Montclair, California

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The meal and service were excellent! I had the Chicken Margherita and my wife had the Seafood Alfredo. Both dishes were delicious! Olyvia was our server and she was pleasant and on top of everything. She followed up several times to make sure everything was good. I have been coming her for about the past 25 years and I would have to say this was the best meal and best service I have ever had here!!!! Thanks for a great meal!! read more

Great lunch Pam was a excellent waitress. Had the sirloin steak and pasta and salad. Pam was very attentive. I like this location. Excellent at greeting upon entering all the way to when you finish. read more

First off I love coming here but today's experience was just way off I ordered for pick up and waited outside for about 20 minutes which I wouldn't mind but there was only one other person in pick order and on top of that I had to keep calling to let them know I was outside after checking in online and once I received my order it was so cold and the bread was already hard my pasta was cold like if left outside and The soup of chicken gnocchi had no gnocchi I felt bad since my wife is pregnant and was craving that on this day read more