Always super friendly. The best time to go is at lunch time. Their lunch menu is cheaper than their dinner time. Did you know, you can purchase a cheese grater from them? I don't like the kiosk on the tables, but that is standard these days. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - 5 Five Cheese Ziti al Forno - Italian Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

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My favorite location & staff. The mgr,Lynn is the best. Jasmine C is my favorite server. Love the Carbonara choices, salad & soups. They make a great chocolate cake. read more

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I like it! I always get the build your own and it hits the spot for me. I am not Italian and never been to Italy but for pasta it's a go to place for me. Service is friendly I think our server was "Terry" feel bad if that isn't her name but she was really nice! Definitely need to ask for her next time.. our food came out fast.. normally we need to wait longer then 15 minutes just for our soup within 5 minutes of ordering our soup came out! 10-15 after that which was good gave us time to finish our soup then our main dishes came out.. It was so hot but good because it was so fresh normally it can come out a little colder like it's been sitting awhile but not this time.. definitely liked our last experience and will be going back read more

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Dined-2.22.25: Came in on a Sat around 6p and we were able to be seated right away! The located is near several restaurants and a shopping center, so I was surprised when there was no wait. I had the 6oz Sirloin w/ fettuccine alfredo and it was cooked just as I requested (med rare w/ a nice sear). My cousin had the herb grilled salmon which came with veggies & my aunt had the chicken & shrimp carbonara (her go-to) and we all enjoyed our meals! So much so, I wasn't quick enough to snap pics of their meals. Our server was attentive & came around regularly so we never waited long for anything needed. All went well and food was great! read more

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It has been about ten years since I have visited this Olive Garden location. It's conveniently located to the ASU West Valley Campus (right along the I-17 and Peoria where Metro Center used to be). My colleague and I held an end-of-semester dinner for a bunch of our student leaders this evening, and it went very well. We had good and quick service, enjoyed tasty food, and found the ambiance at the restaurant to be nice. We noticed that they do not take reservations, and the waitlist is good for groups of 1-6 people. We had a group of 7 people which didn't apply to either. Fortunately, we had a very early dinner before the place got too busy for dinner on a weekday night. I arrived first and had them start preparing our table. Two others arrived right when our table was ready. The others arrived shortly after we sat down. We ordered two appetizers (mozzarella sticks and artichoke dip), and we each ordered drinks. I ordered a raspberry lemonade. We were provided breadsticks (which are incredible when they are fresh out of the oven), which were later refilled. We also were offered soup or salad. One of our group ordered soup while the rest of us enjoyed the salad. Two salads were dropped off at our table even though we weren't offered a salad refill (which I believe was bottomless). We each ordered entrees. Mine was the lasagna, which was incredible! I took some of it home for lunch tomorrow. The meal wrapped up with Andes mints. We enjoyed all of the food and drinks. While the area seems run-down, the restaurant itself is a good one, especially if you can get to it, which was a bit challenging due to how close the restaurants, gas stations, and other businesses nearby. You can go to the website (https://www.olivegarden.com) to join the waitlist if you have a group of 6 people or less. You can join the e-Club by going to https://www.olivegarden.com, where you get occasional coupons and a free birthday dessert. You can of course also find catering information, menus, online ordering, gift cards, and employment information. You can also sign up for the e-mail lists for various of the other restaurants in the family of restaurants. read more

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Awesome service! Great food! Ambiance casual/fancy setting. I enjoyed everything I ate. The drink was a little strong but that's ok lolol read more

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Absolutely delicious food & excellent service was provided by Nikki our server! We love coming to this restaurant! Highly recommend! read more

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I haven't been to an Olive Garden for a very long time. Me any my kids/friends were out checking out Halloween decorations for sale and got hungry. My friend, Ai was like "Olive Garden!" and we were right by this one. Two of us got endless soup/salad/breadsticks and one got endless pasta bowl. It was all so good! But for me, the Zoupa Toscana stole the show! That was good I'm still thinking about it the next day! And the staff there were amazing. It was busy, they were running back and forth taking care of everybody, even multitasking with their arms full and STILL didn't miss a beat making sure everybody has everything they needed. That was a customer service while new level! read more

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They forgot our soup to go. When i called, the first manager i spoke to offered me a$50 gift card. When i was only given $15, i called to clear up the discrepancy and the general manager, James, mocked me and was completely condescending.i can't believe he made it to his position treating people like that. I was beyond offended! read more

Prices have gone up! Sizes have gone down! Got the Tour of Italy and I was very aggravated. It was like a scoop of crack. The size of the chicken was smaller than a McDonalds hamburger. That is pathetic. This is advice for anyone and everyone planning on going to Olive Garden. Look for a better place to go. read more

Had a nice weekend lunch at the Olive Garden. First time at this location. Olive Garden is pretty consistent on food quality. Overall a good experience. Service was very good. Lunch portions looked smaller than I remember. I had the bottomless soup and salad. Minestrone soup was very good, salad and bread sticks were tasty. Good family restaurant. read more

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My Fiance went to celebrate our one year engagement and some other wins we've been having. We had Nikki as a server and my goodness, she was terrific. Great personality, fun, fast, attentive and truly a great human and server. Listened well, talkative but not too much. Great server all around. Worth the 30+% tip we left and more. Thank you Nikki for making our night so special. Along side all our other wins, we had you to add to the winning list. We will absolutely see you again. read more

Manager of the I-17 location is not a nice person. I placed an order so I thought at his location. Instead the order was for the arrowhead location. I explained that it was a mistake and could he call the manager and just make it at his location. He was unwilling to do that. He said his location is a different something (don't remember the name) and finances. He said I could call the other store and cancel the payment. Just as I was about to do that he informed that the money wouldn't go back to my account immediately. At that point I had to decline and drive 20 minutes to the arrowhead location. Now I have spent $38 (28+10 gas) when he could have written that off. He throws more than $28 dollars worth of food a night! Just not a nice person in my opinion ! read more

Upon entry, we were greeted with a friendly smile and welcome from the manager. I believe her name was Lynn. Our server, Leslie E. was was extremely friendly and made us laugh a LOT which made our dinner much more enjoyable. We've gone to a few Olive Garden's in different states and by far, this one was the best. Food was delicious and drinks were good. Overall, a great experience with the right vibe. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Alfredo pasta with Breaded chicken and berry sangria - Italian Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

We hadn't been to Olive Garden in a while so decided to have an early dinner. Everything was just great!! Our (young but experienced) waiter was excellent! Friendly & efficient-attentive but never intrusive. The food was great (it's Olive Garden!) we had a really nice dinner and it reminded us of all the Family dinners over the years! We'll be back!! read more

One of the more disappointing experiences we've had. Our server Joan asked us literally 3 times in under 10 minutes if we were ready to order, not including when we had just sat down. Everything felt very rushed with her and we got out as fast as we could, but before we left we placed an order for blacktie mousse cake. My partner had to stop her to ask to check on it and she said she had no idea about the order from the ziosk and would go check. We should've know to check the box before we left, it wasn't what we ordered it was the chocolate lasagna which was dry and smooshed in the box. read more

Olive Garden is usually a solid choice--pretty consistent, and there's not much to mess up. But my most recent visit was just bizarre. We had four people order salads: two as their entrees and two with their meals, each customized differently (ranch, no dressing, no onions, and one as-is). The server brought out one salad for all four of us with everything on the side. We had to ask for an additional salad, and then it got awkward because we had to wait again for cheese. The rest of the experience didn't get much better. It took an unusually long time to get our change back after the bill was split on the Ziosk, as the server disappeared after that. The kids' meal was especially disappointing, the mac and cheese was old and dry, literally fed it to my dog once home, my 4 year old wouldn't touch it. The whole visit felt lackluster and dragged on for nearly two hours from start to finish. Thankfully, this isn't my local Olive Garden. We usually have a much better experience at the Tempe location, where the service and food are consistently great. read more

Oh my gosh. Had the BEST experience today. I took my daughter on a mom-daughter date. We were immediately greeted with the biggest smile and welcome. She checked in on us frequently as she wanted to be sure that everything went perfectly for our daughter mom date. It was just so amazing to have that kind of customer service these days. I wish that I would have gotten her name but she was the manager at the Olive Garden at Metro Center. Truly amazing :-) read more

We just finished dinner and everything was great. Our server Jasiah was very attentive. He kept our soup bowls fill and pilled on the cheese. Service was fantastic! read more

We love Olive garden, and our grandkids love it too, so we come alot. In fact, after touring Europe for a few weeks, Olive Garden was the first place we went to afterwards!! Nothing like it in Europe read more

Food was amazing, service was phenomenal. Our server, Alicia S, made sure we were well taken care of! She made our day and we left with a full belly and a smile. We will definitely be coming back! read more

The food was absolutely terrible & food came out cold 2 times . Service was subpar. Ambiance old dirty & bathroom was really dirty . Oh wonder why they're having money problems . In order to get this restaurant above water they need to make changes quickly . This restaurant isn't anything like it was 5 years ago . Maybe they should completely shut all restaurants down???? PRK read more

I ordered lunch to go, which included multiple orders for me and my coworkers. Keep in mind the lunch specials do not run on weekends. I think we had five orders in total, everything was correct and on time. The Andes mints were a great end to a meal with friends. read more

Food was just the same as always, Delicious. Ofc there was hair in our food but that's just standard with olive garden, and i don't think it's done on purpose. The worker got very Sad and nervous for our supposed oncoming outburst for the hair, but we just wanted a replacement, he tried pushing the manager on us, which honestly if u want a discount then talk to the manager. The paintings remind me of subway which is also a great place, very reminiscent. great vibes and low lighting, always feels homey. read more

I feel weird writing a review of a chain restaurant that everyone has been to but I have to say, as someone who lives halfway between 2 different Olive Garden locations, there is a night and day difference and this location by Metro Center is awesome. We had a late lunch/early dinner here on Sunday and both the food and service were outstanding. I have noticed this twice now on 2 different visits. There is a noticeable difference in food quality between this location and the one by Arrowhead. I have noticed the food and drinks at the Arrowhead location are... weak. That's the best word I can use to describe it. Metro Center location by comparison is much better - raspberry lemonade is always full of flavor, not watered down. And the alfredo sauce at this location is just delicious. Kudos to whoever runs this Metro Center Olive Garden! read more

Vanessa was an amazing server, we came in for lunch as a party of 6. She was super helpful and was on top of our service, we even had some special requests and she was very accommodating. Some of the best service from an Olive Garden. Food came out hot and quickly and had that classic Olive Garden taste! Ask for Vanessa!! read more

Olive garden is one of my top 6 favorite restaurants to go to the kids menu is awesome i love their menu i love Olive Garden seating and also Applebee's seating olive garden spaghetti is really yummy and i cannot wait to try it again next time it has been over 6 months and 7 weeks since i last went read more

I got a 6 oz sirloin to-go. It doesn't have a 9 oz version unfortunately. It ended up costing $21.71. What's nice is that it comes with two breadsticks. The side salad is also a lot of salad. The meal comes with a small side of fettucine as well. Overall, the meal was average. read more

Ask for Stacey W to be your server/bar atender and you are set!! She is the best service we've ever had at Olive Garden!

This place treats customers very warmly and the food is delicious the manager is also warm with the customers, everyone should come here to eat and I highly recommend it read more

Great service from Cord the bartender! Very attentive server/bartender who anticipated everyone single one of our needs. Well deserved tip, heck the man deserves a raise for keeping customers happy and coming back for more. read more

Went to Olive Garden in Glendale by Arrowhead Mall. My friend ordered the spaghetti lunch special. It went up from 9.99 to 12.99 however the plate was a small bowl. It was a kid's portion. They should tell people how the dish was diminished substantially. My friend said she will not return to Olive Garden because of this. The servers should advise people that the plate is very small and give people the choice of lunch portion or regular order. Shrink-fation is really getting ridiculous. read more

Tonight my hubby and I decided to go to Olive Garden as I was craving a salad. We arrived tonight at the local Olive Garden and we were greeted right away by friendly Olive Garden employees. Seated right away and our server Josh came right up to our table to take our drink order. When he came back with our drinks he also brought bread sticks. We ordered spaghetti and I did get my salad my hubby got the pasta e fagioli soup. Great food, the best service, well worth the visit. Ask for Josh so great he is. read more

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When your here, you're family. Oh do I love this place. I am frankly surprised I haven't gone as much in the last two years. I think because of the pandemic it really dragged me away from a lot of restaurants mainly because of my distaste for restaurant takeout. Boy am I glad to be able to walk into the dinning room again to get my favorite dishes. This time around I went with my usual, Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo combined with some of the Fried Mozzarella. I thought I died and went to heaven for a moment there. My server was unbelievable! That woman was beyond marvelous! She took care of me from start to finish! She was so kind and so very amazing! I love this place, and I will gladly return! read more

First Johanna asked for our drink order and we asked do they serve Shirley Temples , Johanna said yes and we asked for it and she then brought us plain sprite. When we informed Robin of the error Johanna proceeded to say we didn't ask for those drinks. It went down hill from there . When I alerted Robin she over charged us for an extra soup that she brought out that was not ordered separately , we thought it came with the Shrimp Fritto Misto. She did not explain that soup doesn't come with every meal. So her solution was to remove what I actually ordered which was the unlimited soup and salad lunch deal and charge us for a soup and salad separately adding an extra $10 to our bull instead of removing the extra soup. This service was unexceptionally worse than any other time. I felt unvalued, uncared for and like what I wanted didn't matter, my experience didn't matter and my concerns didn't matter. Just horrible service. Almost like I wasn't important enough to be listened to and Like I should've just been grateful to get any service at all. All I can say is do better Olive Garden read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Over charge for a soup we didn't order that was served. It was served as if it came with the Shrimp Fritto Misto not as an added cost . - Italian Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

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Fast Adfordable Lunch I was driving by late afternoon on a weekday and dropped in for a quick bite to eat. I have to admit sometimes Olive Garden is hit or miss with On this visit we split salad, soup, and eggplant parmesan sandwich. The salad was fresh, served cold, and the soup was pipping hot and so flavorful. The eggplant sandwich was delicious, and has now become one of my lunchtime favorites. Service was great, food was delicious, and the prices are very reasonable. A good choice for a quick bite to eat. read more

I ordered the chicken marsala because of the commercial. For $22 my chicken was over cooked and dry. It was half the size it looked like on the commercial and there were 5 mushrooms on it. To say the least I was disappointed and would not recommend the Christown on 19th ave and Bethany Homes in phoenix az location!! Also when did the bread sticks start tasting like JUST bread. Horrible experience!! read more

I definitely love the customer service here, the food is great it always comes out good, the place is kept very clean, besides your usual wait time when it's packed, nothing bad about it to be honest. read more

I ordered take out and I got a pizza and French fries with my order and when I open the container with the French fries this is what I got, they weren't even warm it looked like someone's left overs. I am disappointed because the cost of it it's not cheap so to pay so much to just get this in returned it's pretty sad. So people check your food if you order take out because the amount can be less than what you expect. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Sad French Fries. - Italian Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

Visiting from Orange County and met our daughter who lives in Phoenix at this Olive Garden that was close to our hotel. Arrived at 6:15 on a Sunday evening. The place was very busy. We were told there would be a 25 minute wait but we were seated at a nice corner booth within 10 minutes. So far so good. Our waiter was a nice young guy. It took a while for him to greet us but we weren't starving. We ordered drinks and the endless soup, salad, and breadsticks. Again, it took a while for the drinks and food to come. We finished our first round and were ready for more of everything. The server didn't return to our table for 10 minutes, maybe longer. When he did and we ordered another round, he said he had to sing Happy Birthday to some other nearby customers. Maybe 5 minutes later we hear singing and another 5 to bring our food. After we were finished I paid by kiosk. Good thing because we saw him taking a smoke break as we were leaving. Who knows how long we would have waited for him to return to the table. Bottom line: good food, lousy service. read more