Anonymous
08/10/2024 10:16
Subject: I am at Olive Garden for the first time
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.
Anonymous
08/10/2024 10:15
Subject: I am at Olive Garden for the first time
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.
Nothing else, is, though.
Anonymous
08/10/2024 10:13
Subject: I am at Olive Garden for the first time
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
08/10/2024 10:10
Subject: I am at Olive Garden for the first time
SO MUCH SALT! Even the salad is salty.
Anonymous
08/10/2024 10:03
Subject: I am at Olive Garden for the first time
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
08/10/2024 09:59
Subject: I am at Olive Garden for the first time
I like the eggplant parmigiana
Anonymous
08/10/2024 09:51
Subject: Re:I am at Olive Garden for the first time
I don’t turn up my nose at OG. I enjoyed eating at a Bravo! restaurant, which is also a chain.
Anonymous
08/10/2024 03:49
Subject: I am at Olive Garden for the first time
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.
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
08/10/2024 03:31
Subject: I am at Olive Garden for the first time
We all like it but don’t go often. Their Alfredo is really good.
Anonymous
08/09/2024 23:06
Subject: Re:I am at Olive Garden for the first time
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.
I have yet to find an Italian restaurant that I have liked better than OG.
Anonymous
08/09/2024 21:09
Subject: I am at Olive Garden for the first time
Anonymous wrote:Soup salad and breadsticks for lunch is the best
Yes! It's totally fine, most people just act like snobs.
Anonymous
08/09/2024 20:57
Subject: I am at Olive Garden for the first time
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
08/09/2024 20:51
Subject: I am at Olive Garden for the first time
Anonymous wrote:Not too bad usually. Not great but not too bad.
Agreed. I like their salad.
Anonymous
08/09/2024 20:50
Subject: I am at Olive Garden for the first time
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
08/09/2024 20:49
Subject: I am at Olive Garden for the first time
Anonymous wrote:I still dream about the zuppa toscana soup and I havent been there in 10+ years
Ugh that always gave me diarrhea.