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Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

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One of the Most Reviewed Bars in El Centro


Address

504 E Danenberg Dr, El Centro, CA 92243

Website

www.olivegarden.com

Contact

(760) 337-1952

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (1.7K reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Thursday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Friday: 11 AM to 11 PM
  • Saturday: 11 AM to 11 PM
  • Sunday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Monday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Tuesday: 11 AM to 10 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: great (16) service (16) good (15) server (11) attentive (8) time (8) soup (8) nice (7) bread (7) experience (6)
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  • 5/5 Ramon M. 1 year ago on Google
    Chicken Margherita was great, though I think that asparagus would have been a better veggie serving than the broccoli . Excellent food and great service. Servers are attentive and courteous.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ramon B. 1 year ago on Google
    Food was really good, and they served it in a timely manner. Waiter was so attentive and ffiendly.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Aaron L. 2 years ago on Google
    My fiance and I had a wonderful experience dining here this evening. Sonny, our server, is such a fine young man. He is professional, courteous and goes over and beyond. I would recommend Sonny to anyone who wanted to have a nice dining experience. I will ask for Sonny next time for sure. 5 stars !!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Marci M. 2 years ago on Google
    I chose this restaurant for my Birthday Dinner with family. The food was great as always! The only bummer was that my favorite dish of chicken marsala no longer comes with mashed potatoes it's fettuccine Alfredo now but it was still delicious! My husband and I love the endless salad bowl and our waiter was very nice.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 DesRae W. 2 years ago on Google
    This place seems to be in the middle of nowhere but they blew us away with their amazing hospitality, service and food! Our waiter did a great job making sure we were comfortable and even took the extra time to listen to the kids. Awesome job and keep it up!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Laura V. 1 year ago on Google
    We came here on December 10 for our daughter’s birthday and again on January 2 for my birthday. Both visits were beyond good! Our waitresses for both visits were so much fun and attentive!! We enjoyed the atmosphere and the food was outstanding!! Most definitely will be back!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Camilo P. 4 years ago on Google
    I came to visit El Centro and I decided to try their olive garden. My experience was amazing. Abby my waitress provided great customer service she made sure my cup was full at all times. My food was hot, delicious, and very tasty.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mina E. 1 year ago on Google
    Food was good and service was excellent. This place really makes you feel welcomed. Definitely a place to recommend

  • 5/5 Silvia Mendez (. 1 year ago on Google
    My son took me there to celebrate my birthday. The crew is very friendly and they also sang happy birthday to me. It was a really nice surprise. The food is really good and the portions are large. I totally recommend to save space for dessert.

  • 4/5 andres z. 1 year ago on Google
    The service here was great, they took real good care of us. The food, well it's pasta, good sauce and great bread sticks. The gnocchi soup is awesome and filling.

  • 3/5 AJ 1 year ago on Google
    Went today for the soup , salad and bread. My wife and I ordered the chicken gnocchi and it was very watery not creamy at all. Have been to other Olive Gardens and has always been a creamier soup. Also when we got down to the middle and bottom of salad bowl it wasn’t fresh at all. The bread sticks good as always. I gave 3 stars as the server we had was excellent.

  • 3/5 Craig C. 1 year ago on Google
    Haven't been in a while. Food quality has declined since last time. Salty and kind of dry for Chicken Parm and Fettuccini. Lasagna was just average. The best part of the meal was great service and soup with bread sticks.

  • 5/5 James R. 1 year ago on Google
    Great food and professional polite staff. Most of the food is frozen I honestly don't know how they make it so good. Some of my absolute favorite foods are from here such as the Toscana soup and Chicken Carbonara.

  • 5/5 Miguel Angel Mendoza G. 11 months ago on Google
    Today 06.27.23 I had dinner there, it was awesome! Our waitress was Sophie, a kindly and with exceptional take care of customer mission, all the food was delicious: my eggplant, my wife's spaguetti with shrimps and the wine. This is the place for a outstanding experience in dinner.

  • 5/5 Ernie De La V. 1 year ago on Google
    my family was very happy enjoying the good food, and great service. your staff was very attentive to our needs. thank you.

  • 5/5 Lee B. 1 year ago on Google
    Excellent attentive service. Minestrone soup was hot and very flavorful. Salad was servrd cold and crisp as it should be. Breadsticks warm, tender and tasty. Good experience all around.

  • 5/5 Jonathan N F. 6 months ago on Google
    Today i was there with my daughter and had as a server Lucy, she was fantastic in every way, great customer service. I will definitely go back soon and ask for here.

  • 4/5 Ayla Lombardi (. 8 months ago on Google
    I wasn't super hungry when I went so I ordered the calamari. It's a simple food, but it was done really well. Service was really nice and the bread sticks were good (as always)

  • 4/5 Karla G. 8 months ago on Google
    Food choice & quality have dropped, service was bad at the "to-go" area as all waiters are going to shuffle clients way back to the to-go order zone & forget about them. The to-go is area is the kitchen exit for personnel to take their smoke break, the client only gets attention if they step inside the kitchen yelling for someone to help with their stuff.

  • 5/5 Blanca Y. 1 year ago on Google
    Server was great and the staff was friendly too.Food was delicious. Clean. First time there as we passed from vacation. Will eat there again.

  • 5/5 Celso G. 1 year ago on Google
    We celebrated my son's birthday in a nice low key and great food place. Food speaks for it self can't go wrong with dinner and good company. Couldn't get enough of the salad with extra cheese , shrimp scampi was great .Server was very nice , polite attentive with a great sense of humor .

  • 4/5 Teri R. 2 years ago on Google
    no bread, only upon request. refills upon request. your unlimited salad, gotta ask and then takes awhile. I like to be served. Everytime you flag the waitress or waiter, you should get a 10% discount.

  • 3/5 G. V. 2 years ago on Google
    The food was delicious but the bread arrived when we finished our plates. The plates and beverages arrived late. We asked for water twice during dinner. Then, before the waiter gave us the tickets, l asked again for water, he returns with the tickets who he gave us in a separate accounts and we ask him to put together 3 of those, and l asked him again for water...He charged 🙄 the diner and l asked for water. Well, l'm still waiting for water...well, we live in a desert....The restaurant is in El Centro, CA where the temperature is really 🔥🥵...

  • 5/5 Vanessa L. 2 years ago on Google
    I'd like to write this review based on the great customer service that was provided to myself and my family by our server Fernando! This gentleman helped us with enthusiasm, and was very polite!

  • 5/5 Alex Z. 1 year ago on Google
    Fernando was an amazing waiter! He was very attentive and cared to meet our needs in order to make our dining experience awesome.

  • 5/5 Manuel De L. 2 years ago on Google
    Not familiar with meal wanting to order. Thus, waitress was helpful in offering options. A delicious and appetizing meal was ordered shareable with two people.

  • 3/5 Filthy Fingers of F. 2 years ago on Google
    Took my daughter for dinner. The server was great. She was attentive and nice. But I hadn't been to OG in a long time. Although their menu is now the size of an overrated leaflet, their prices are as steep as always. A lot of things have been cut, except the prices.

  • 1/5 andrew B. 2 years ago on Google
    Black rotten spots on potatoes in Tuscana soup. Also soup was advertised as creamy on the menu, in fact, it was as watery as chicken both from a box. Sent it back. Spicy ranch for appetizer Shrimp Misto was foul(gone sour). So disgusting and embarrassing. Had to spit it into napkin. I didnt trust the food at that point and begrudgingly ate salad and filled myself up with a bottle of cheap sparkling/Blended Moscato was better than expected. On the service side, server spoke very little english making things somewhat frustrating because I do not speak spanish. He was friendly, and the manager was also friendly and took our concerns well. Customer service was fine. This restaurant is not for people who know how to cook, appreciate quality and/or care about their health.

  • 5/5 Marycarmen T. 2 years ago on Google
    Delicious food!

  • 3/5 Erika A. 2 years ago on Google
    Okay so I’ve always like this Olive Garden because most of the time they have friendly service but my last visit there which was 2 weeks ago was not the best. First it was a Sunday and yes it’s always packed and crowded with a wait time of at least half an hour. Once we got our booth everything was good but the first server that we got was a little rude (thank goodness she had to leave) and then our second server was a little nicer. The thing that bothered me the most is that I had the stroller next to our booth and servers kept handing plates and everything across the stroller (my 3 month old was in there asleep) instead of on the side. Like is it obvious that you are not supposed to pass HOT plates across a baby on a stroller and there was space on the side, what if something would’ve fell on the baby?! only one server that wasn’t our server that did give us our plate through the side. Also our server kept hitting the stroller (accidentally) when giving us our plate. Now regarding the food, it was good, just like any other Olive Garden but don’t expect the service to be fast because it is not. And another reason for my 3 stars is that the restrooms were disgusting, very dirty.

  • 5/5 Joey H. 2 years ago on Google
    Customer service was excellent. Food was served hot that's a plus. Did not have to wait for a table

  • 4/5 Omar C. 4 years ago on Google
    Food is always good, this time salt was not enough. Hostess and waitress were were very friendly. We had the opportunity and tried a Bubbly Rose, too sweet for my taste, but very good flavor.

  • 3/5 Albert M. 2 years ago on Google
    Really clean other then the expiration date tag in our appetizer. Really Friendly staff. Would go again. Just definitely check your food before you dig in!


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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
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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