I am at Olive Garden for the first time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still dream about the zuppa toscana soup and I havent been there in 10+ years

Ugh that always gave me diarrhea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love it. Total guilty pleasure.

Same here! I’m certainly not under the impression I’m eating anything close to real Italian food but man is it tasty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not too bad usually. Not great but not too bad.

Agreed. I like their salad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is very salty. Don't get on the scale tomorrow.

My mom loves OG and I take her every now and then. I ordered the lunch lasagna and it was so so salty!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Soup salad and breadsticks for lunch is the best

Yes! It's totally fine, most people just act like snobs.

[Anonymous]

I love OG. Zuppa Toscana is amazing. Their breadsticks are not as good as the garlic toast in Ikea. Entees are great.

I have yet to find an Italian restaurant that I have liked better than OG.

[Anonymous]

We all like it but don’t go often. Their Alfredo is really good.

[Anonymous]

I've lived in three European countries. I've eaten plenty of "real" Italian food, in Italy.

And you know what?

I really like Olive Garden. When I'm visiting family in the US, I always like to go there.

There is a bizarre kind of snobbery re: Olive Garden that I don't understand. Sure, it is fashionable to sneer at it, but...I think it's really good. I'm going to be in the US for two weeks over Christmas, and I plan to go there more than once, and I have no shame.

[Anonymous]

I don’t turn up my nose at OG. I enjoyed eating at a Bravo! restaurant, which is also a chain.

[Anonymous]

I like the eggplant parmigiana

[Anonymous]

That minestrone soup is SO BAD. I could not even finish it and i’m generally not that picky about soup. Salty and mushy. Yuck.

[Anonymous]

SO MUCH SALT! Even the salad is salty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've lived in three European countries. I've eaten plenty of "real" Italian food, in Italy.

And you know what?

I really like Olive Garden. When I'm visiting family in the US, I always like to go there.

There is a bizarre kind of snobbery re: Olive Garden that I don't understand. Sure, it is fashionable to sneer at it, but...I think it's really good. I'm going to be in the US for two weeks over Christmas, and I plan to go there more than once, and I have no shame.

If I couldn’t cook and didn’t have choices in my area, I would go to OG occasionally.

But I make excellent pasta dishes at home that are healthier and tastier, and I also live near several good Italian restaurants and can easily take a half day trip to the north end for some of the best Italian restaurants in the country.

So I didn’t cry when our local OG closed up shop and I haven’t been to one in many many years.

[Anonymous]

I do like the salad. Crappy lettuce but when you combine that dressing with a bunch of cheese, it is good.

Nothing else, is, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Right?? I like the salad and soups. The pasta portions are HUGE. The only thing I don’t love is the breadsticks although I know many do.

They are dry and tough.