Pasta is disgusting to me, so I couldn't order any of those. If there was something else, though, it'd be worth it for the unlimited salad and bread, like East Side Mario's. I just got chicken fingers and fries and filled up on salad and bread.
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What ya'll think of the Olive Garden Neverending classics?
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It's really not.
I've been to Italy and sincerely, Olive Garden's offerings have matched most of what I had when I was over there.
Olive Garden is alright. Not the greatest but not as bad as many here make it out to be. My four year old really wants to go so we may make a trip there next month.
Oh wow, a quip. So unexpected on the internet.
But yep, spent more than a week there, including Rome and Venice.
The funny thing is, people act like sauce and pasta is difficult to replicate and it's really not. I love Italian food and I've eaten it all over but the dishes I tend to gravitate towards really aren't that spectacularly difficult to make. (Pasta in marinara, ravioli, etc.)
I may have had some shitty food in Italy, but at least I never had an Italian try to gaslight me with a made-up history lesson after they misspelled "y'all," which has had a consistent spelling since 1824.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y'all
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y'all
It's probably a smart deal on their end because pasta and bread is filling as fuck and most people probably can't stomach more than one bowl.
And good sushi is easy to find everywhere because it's just raw fish and rice. Come on man... I guess ignorance is cheap at least.
Ok ok. Add some sun dried tomatoes and Italian seasoning to your box of Mac and Cheese with a side of stale bread sticks and you have the equivalent to Olive Garden or better.
I complain about the tiny ass steak, but the goddam bread and soup legit had me full once I finished the steak. They still saw fit to charge me 20 bucks though.
Wow, you just keep bringing the nasty.
God forbid I don't fall into line with the hive-mind, huh?
Out of curiosity, have you been to Italy? Because if you haven't, the only person being ignorant is you.
Was literally posting that exact reply.....
Olive Garden has always been garabage tier food.
If you want people to take you seriously don't use words like "hivemind".
Yeah, it's a bit odd.
I'm curious where these detractors go for 'real' Italian food because besides Italy I've eaten it in Chicago and various smaller, upscale places and again, what Olive Garden offers doesn't seem off target.
And their soups are damn good, specifically the Zuppa Toscana.
Yeah, because I'm really worried about you and the guy who called me ignorant for liking Olive Garden taking me seriously.
And like it or not, the Olive Garden is trash-tier meme comes off as very much hive-minded. That doesn't mean people can't dislike it but the hyperbole and derision seems quite excessive.
We go on ocassion for kid deals because it saves money. Typically do kids eat free at chained food places, but most chained places are kind of meh. Because I can cook fairly well it makes me realize the only advantage is saved time when eating out.
I have and I can't believe you don't see a difference between authentic Italian food and Olive Garden
Those breadsticks were legit lmao
My wife actually ordered one and she loved it lol
Anyways @OT - it was okay , took a good 20 or so minutes for the food to come in and stuff
Waited 10 min with pager, one of the ladies who took us to a table said she will give us silverware but never did
The waiteress or whatever you call them was new I think cause the way she explained sounded like I would be paying more than what was shown in the menu but I got that sorted out
Lasagna was good with breadsticks. Pettucino alfredo was okay.
The soups were horrible like literally terrible, store can soup was better than this mess
Overall it was somewhat okay experience but I don't think I will be going back there, at least not anytime soon
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Logically that suggests you ate at Olive Garden-tier places in Italy.
I was close to full after the first plate and first soup so...so it really wasnt that much.
Just had the first plate and a smaller 2nd plate - 3rd plate - got it packed up for home but gave it to my wife since she wanted to try out Lasagna since she never had any before and wasnt sure if it was worth buying it.
Her response was that she couldnt believe people were rushing to get to a pager and a seat for this lol.
Your wife has never had lasagna before? Get her to a place that serves proper Italian food because well-prepared lasagna is a wonderful thing. It's seriously depressing to think that her first experience with lasagna was at OG.
This right here. My disgust with Olive Garden is well documented. When the best praise people can conjure up is "They have good soup and breadsticks!" that tells you all you need to know.
This really should be their new motto...
"When you're here, just eat the fucking bread sticks, drink the cocktails, and shut the fuck up."
The only reason to go to Olive Garden is for soup, salad and bread sticks. Cheap AF, chicken gnocchi and Breadsticks.