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Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

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One of the Most Reviewed Bars in Albuquerque


Address

6301 San Mateo Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109

Website

www.olivegarden.com

Contact

(505) 881-8425

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (4.5K reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Thursday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Friday: 11 AM to 11 PM
  • Saturday: 11 AM to 11 PM
  • Sunday: (Easter), 11 AM to 10 PM, Holiday hours
  • Monday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Tuesday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Wednesday: 11 AM to 10 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (16) great (13) server (11) service (10) nice (8) salad (7) dinner (6) experience (6)
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  • 5/5 Shanela C. 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely great place to dine in a group. My family and I were seated quickly during an busy Friday afternoon. Our server was very attentive and kind, everything was handled quickly and no request was overlooked. Everyone’s food was delicious, from salmon, to chicken, and of course, several different kinds of pasta. Most of us had enough food on our plates to take home which is always a nice treat! We left happy, full, and excited to return.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Wyld T. 2 years ago on Google
    Came here for my best friends birthday. As this is one of her favorite places to go, and mine. Sat in the bar area and Paul spoiled us. Thank you, Paul. We got our food got, service was great and the place always looks great.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Our Family Clan T. 1 year ago on Google
    We still like Olive Garden Restaurant even though the Prices are Getting Way too Expensive, for 2 people it's probably gonna cost you about 50 Bucks if you're Lucky. What can I say it's getting Outrageous Everywhere now days. The Food Was Fantastic though and good Service.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 John M. 1 year ago on Google
    Carlos was my server. Very polite very respectful of elderly folks as well. Didn't call them guys when there females presents. It shows a lot and individual especially when they're serving food to elderly ladies. They were seated next to me in the booth. I recommend this place all the time. Food was delicious
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 LK Y. 2 years ago on Google
    Actually had a night off and decided to treat myself to a nice meal. I was pleasantly surprised at the service, always tasteful salad, and meal. The new mini carafes that the coffee arrived in was just great! Kept the coffee at just the temperature I like. My server...Shannon...aka Merlot...was very polite and kind. She did not rush me, do not hover, just an incredibly relaxing evening. As always, large portions so the value is great. PS...always save room for dessert 😉
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jesse M. 1 year ago on Google
    Good food. Nice front staff. Busy during lunch but handled efficiently and quickly. Server P. was short, and stressed about something. We were patient. Hope he has a better day. Been there. Thank you.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 James R. 4 months ago on Google
    My Date and I went here tonight for dinner. Our server Thomas did ok his service wasn't great but ok. Ordered the cheese ravioli and it was overcooked. Overall my date and I still had a nice outing. As we were ready to head out I accidentally spaced it out that the server could cash me out as long as I gave him the ticket. On this night I made the mistake of taking our dinner check to the front area where the pickup/pay is at. Out of nowhere this imbecile starts to get aggressive with me and proceeded to tell me "seriously Bro"! I looked at him while I had the dinner bill and my wallet in both hands and straight corrected him that I was under the impression we could also pay at the front. So I followed him back and reprimanded him for his attitude and advised him that I am a security officer who does not believe in dine n dash. As a person who works with Law Enforcement and takes retail theft and theft in general serious. This server really had the audacity to approach me with an attitude to where I really had to put him in place really left a bad impression. By the time I finished paying my bill the manager who was at the front didn't apologize or approach me to offer to resolve the matter. I won't ever come back to this restaurant ever again. A SIMPLE WORD OF ADVICE TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS RESTAURANT HIRE PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY RESPECTFUL AND COURTEOUS TO PAYING CUSTOMERS NOT Aggressive Jerks who try to get ballsy with guests who come here to have a great dining experience. Horrible service and management

  • 5/5 Dino C. 6 months ago on Google
    Very nice place,food is good quality. Just a suggestion,is Italian restaurant,so you must need have espresso,.

  • 4/5 Francisca H. 4 months ago on Google
    What can I say. It is a chain restaurant and o wasn’t excited to go because I like local business but my kids love it and the food is satisfying. They always train the waitstaff well and they do a good job. I still say support local businesses but if you have a hankering for soup, salad, and breadsticks this place will never ever disappoint!

  • 5/5 Jessica M. 7 months ago on Google
    Went for a late lunch hoping to make it for the specials wait was about 15 to 20 mins. Server was amazing even tho he was new and nervous. My son gave him a Xtra tip. Our meas was less than 30 but my son has worked in the food industry so understood how he felt. Left a 10 dollar tip for him and some postive words.

  • 5/5 merrisha l. 7 months ago on Google
    Lovely appearance on the inside. Had a wonderful server with a few interesting stories. Just made this dinner wonderful and explained how to use the tablet. Also to pay with card at our table. Interesting to see an area for take-out. So many choices to make, I'm thinking it maybe possible to share a meal for couples. Just good size portions or I just order too much. 😆 Did finish it later after a jog.

  • 5/5 Irving R. 8 months ago on Google
    Honestly I prefer a calmer, quieter type of atmosphere. Was rather loud this time. Our server was great, though he seemed in the hurry he was polite and did not rush us at all. A very pleasant person. Food was amazing. No complaints there at all.

  • 2/5 Travis K. 9 months ago on Google
    Food was good. Our server was awesome. However they have an employee who is obviously a man posing as a female and they allow that male employee to use the women's restroom. I will not be paying $115 to feed my family at any place where i cant even let my daughters go to the restroom without wondering if there is a confused grown man in there with them. I will not be returning to this location.

  • 5/5 Rodzilla 1. 10 months ago on Google
    I don't know why people bag on OG. Our service was really good. The salad was COLD and refreshing. It was just good to eat. Our food was great. I know it's not Mama Mia's Kitchen in downtown Venice, but zero complaints! Our food was hot, tasted great and we all took boxes home. We had a great dinner!

  • 5/5 Shaylene V. 10 months ago on Google
    It was a fun time. Paul the bartender was awesome! Atmosphere was fun. Food was excellent as always. Met a nice couple at the bar.

  • 4/5 Anna L. 1 year ago on Google
    Have been coming here for years, it's still good and still good value, friendly staff. Today was endless soup salad and bread sticks. The only negative for me was that my soup wasn't hot. But it was tasty otherwise and so was everything else.

  • 4/5 Gerardo L. 8 months ago on Google
    Cool good atmosphere good wait staff. Enjoying adult beverages at the bar with wonderful appetizers. Phil, bartender made the experience much better.

  • 5/5 Suzy P. 8 months ago on Google
    We stopped for dinner, and I was surprised how quickly we were seated and served with it being a busy Saturday night. Our waiter was good and so was the food.

  • 5/5 Stepha M. 1 year ago on Google
    Always love olive garden only thing I had to wait for was my drink from the bar other then that good service and food

  • 5/5 Valerie M. 1 year ago on Google
    Food was DELICIOUS. Portions were HUGE. Breadsticks and salad were fresh and always full. Service was good and quick. Ryan the manager was on the floor keeping things nice and smooth. This was a GREAT experience. We will definitely be back.

  • 5/5 sarasaa 1 year ago on Google
    I love it!!! Shrimp pasta damn good! They serve free flow appetiser. The mushroom soup nice! Damn creamy 😋. For first try, best to share portion. The portion is 1.5 bigger than usual restaurants. Tiramisu dessert tasty too

  • 3/5 None Ya B. 1 year ago on Google
    All in all Olive Garden is fairly good I do not think by any means does this come close to authentic Italian food, It takes a long time for your food to come out. They tend to get the orders wrong a lot so if you're doing a to go order make sure that you check thoroughly before leaving. I believe that their prices are fairly high compared to what the quality of food is. All in all not horrible. The to go order staff really needs to start sticking around a little more than just shoving a bag in your car and running away. It's a highly inconvenient when they forget something and you have to go back inside just to talk to someone to get your correct items or extras if necessary.

  • 5/5 Liz S. 1 year ago on Google
    Hadn't been back since beginning of pandemic...it's changed. At least at this location - Service was excellent. Food was GREAT. Atmosphere nice. That was not our experience back in 2020. We would say anywhere else please. Service has improved GREATLY. Thank you olive garden.

  • 5/5 Brandi S. 1 year ago on Google
    We had a really great experience! There was a large group of us for a birthday and more people than expected showed up. They were easily able to reaccomodate our party size very quickly. All of the food was perfect temperature, taste, and surprisingly came out quick for how many of us there were! Our server, Gabby, was also very amazing! It is honestly hard to get great service these days and we were very pleased overall.

  • 5/5 Roberta M. 2 years ago on Google
    The food was so delicious! And our server Isabella N. made my experience wonderful! She was very polite, excellent customer service & went above & beyond for us! Thank you

  • 3/5 BOK T. 1 year ago on Google
    Salty with spotty service. My wife and I had cheerful but incompetent service. Bread, no butter, salad but no salad plate, etc. It appears they either have too few servers or bad floor managers. Also it’s tacky to have a TV set on the table with your fancy meal…


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Curbside pickup
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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