Olive Garden Italian - Irvine

First time at this place was waiter very friendly and helpful, I asked about my steak medium and got my first done more well than everything and the waiter saw that I cut it up and saw that it was overcooked and immediately went to get it repaired without having to ask him! the suppe was pretty good, I have the zuppa toscana, but all suppening looked good.

We utilize the curbside pickup that Olive Garden offers. We typically pick up from this location 1x a month. They always get the order correct according to the notes. They provide extra breadsticks (per our request), utensils, and Andes chocolates each time too. Our go-to dishes are the kid's pasta with meat sauce. Sometimes they are liberal with the meat sauce and other times it feels like they could've added more. It's always a hit though, my daughter eats her whole plate. She also gets fries as a side with her pasta. The fries are often soggy so we don't normally eat them. If we don't get the fries, we will get the extra side of spaghetti with marinara sauce, but they also offer grapes and broccoli. We also get the build your own pasta, usually with spaghetti or angel hair, and meat sauce. The side of soup is our choice instead of the salad. My husband eats the soup as his main dish actually and he loves it. The pick-up times are sometimes very long, and then it takes even longer once you check-in and are waiting. Other times, they bring out the food right away at the time it says it's going to be ready. It's really hit or miss. They are consistently good though, and the staff is always pleasant. ??

The seafood on the Alfredo was burned and shriveled. The breadsticks were hard as a rock. The service was wonderful but have never had their food be so awful. I love olive garden and was really looking forward to bringing my mom her favorite meal but this was a massive let down:

Just wanted a howl of gnocchi soup and som breadsticks. Ate at the bar for quicker service (It was just me, and I was told it would be 20 min for a table. They did not use enough servers). The bar tender was friendly and kept me company during my meal.

You either love Olive Garden or not so much. We love it and make sure we don't go to often because it is easy to eat too much. They have a 5 dollar take home menu too.