Olive Garden Italian - Vernon Hills

Olive Garden has great food, great service, and a friendly staff. They have a large variety of options on their menu. They provide a good overall experience. Olive Garden is known for their breadsticks and salad, which are both delicious. The location is perfect as it is easy to reach on a main road.

Music playing on overhead speakers were loud. Very hard to have a conversation with the people I was with. Food came the plates were very hot but food was just above warm.

I’ve never been a fan of franchise restaurants. My daughter is obsessed with Olive Garden and whenever it’s her turn to pick where we eat we end up at Olive Garden. I never was a big fan until this recent trip. The food was amazing and now I’m looking forward to going back. Normally I get spaghetti but because Olive Garden doesn’t have hot sauce to me it lacked flavor lol. That forced me to try something different on this visit. I had the chicken tortellini Alfredo. I was extremely impressed by the flavors. I didn’t need to add anything to it! Being from New Orleans we add salt pepper to everything! A dish that doesn’t need anything added is a huge win in my book. If you’re ever in mood for Olive Garden make sure you stop by the Vernon Hills location and order the chicken tortellini Alfredo. The staff was friendly, attentive, and fast! Overall great experience. If I can make one recommendation; Louisiana Hot Sauce

I was stuck in traffic I was so tired hungry, I pulled into Olive Garden to have Some Lunch. The waiter sat me to my table. I placed an Minestrone soup a coke order. As I looked Over the menu I couldn't believe what Great Deals they had Under $10.00. Olive Garden has Endless Soup Salad for $9.00 The Minestrone was 1 of 4 choices, I prefer To stay with I Ordered. The Waiter was very Attentive. He made sure that I was doing Okay. I had 4 bowls of their Delicious Minestrone Soup their Tasty Garlic butter Bread Rolls,. I wanted to Order more food,. But the Soup was very filling. I highly recommend that Anyone who has an appetite for Great food, definitely go to Olive Garden.

On this day last year I endured lasting trauma at this Olive Garden location that I will likely never forget. I scoured the menu and carefully made a selection, the cheese ravioli. I was delighted with my pick and informed the waiter what I would like to order. He then asked me a question I was not expecting “Soup or salad?” My world was shaken. To my knowledge, ravioli is neither classified as soup nor a salad and so I said “neither, I want pasta.” He laughed at me and replied “no sir, all of our entrees come with a free soup or salad; which would you prefer?” I was absolutely not prepared for this question. Free? What did he mean free? Nothing in this world is free, except for torture which is what I was enduring at this very moment. “I don’t really want either. Could I do without a side?” A perfectly reasonable request I thought, the waiter did not agree. He started berating me, yelling that ever since the foundation of the first Olive Garden people have been choosing soup or salad and that I just needed to “man up” and make a selection. Eventually, I picked the minestrone. I thought that was the end of it. I was wrong. When he delivered the soup to the table he did not leave, he simply stared at me. “Go on,” he said “take a bite” I reluctantly complied, fearing for my safety. He continued to watch me as a choked down the dish, chanting the entire time “eat fatty, eat! Fat boys love soup!” Tables were coming up asking him for refills but he just hissed in their face and told them to touch grass. Eventually I finished the soup and escaped the hellish nightmare, or so I thought. He brought over another bowl of soup and we continued the ritual until the restaurant closed. It was horrible. Worst of all, he charged me for each and every bowl of soup and demanded a 30% tip for his service. I came back a year later to get my revenge but got a different waiter and this time my experience was excellent. No soup, no salad, no problems.