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Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

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One of the Most Reviewed Bars in Charlotte County


Address

1341 Tamiami Trl, Port Charlotte, FL 33948, United States

Website

www.olivegarden.com

Contact

+1 941-625-8807

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (3.1K reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Monday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • Tuesday: 11 am to 10 pm
  • 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

Featured Reviews


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  • 4/5 Nicholas G. 2 years ago on Google
    Food is good, staff was friendly. All in all, no complaints. Been here a couple times already and haven't had any problems!
    16 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ruh D. 1 year ago on Google
    We went here on our anniversary. It wasn't our first choice, but we're happy we did. My four cheese ziti was very good and my wife had spaghetti and meatballs, which she enjoyed. What can really make a good experience is good service. Our server was Kristin and she did a wonderful job, she even took a picture of us and congratulated us. Made for a good evening.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Mariana B. 2 years ago on Google
    Normal as all other franchises. Food came hot, server was friendly, fettuccini is good, carbonara pasta was ok… Sangria was ok. They didn’t have the wine I ordered, but I choose other… overall a nice place to eat something that you already know the flavor.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Elbert L. 10 months ago on Google
    Service was outstanding and the food was great. Even though we got probably, the most popular entry on the menu, the soup and salad, it was very tasty and then price was great as well. So here we have the trifecta of enjoyment, great service, great food and great prices. You just can't go wrong! Check them out! Update: Lunch is great there! We did not wait too long and the atmosphere was wonderful to meet and greet my grandson's girlfriend. Maybe even future wife! It was perfect to be there! Check them out!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Balloon E. 2 years ago on Google
    Always delicious!! Of course we love the bread sticks, salad and everything pasta. Even tho they’re short staffed you’d never know by how quickly we were seated and the pleasant attitude and attentiveness of our server, Ben. We’ll definitely be back!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Greg B. 3 years ago on Google
    There curbside pickup works great. Just like there food. We enjoyed our food and the staff very helpful.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Carmella B. 1 year ago on Google
    Our waitress Kay S barely came to our table and didn’t fix anything. Hard bread, big chunks of onion. The Marsala I wanted was 86 I ordered something else as she stood there without giving me time to decide. Got my entree it tasted like lemon and mint was nothing close to the description at all. Again server did nothing or cared to even show any interest in serving our section. The only thing positive worth the one star was the delightful host at the front. Would not recommend & definitely a one try and done at this location not worth it at all.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Sandi M. 3 years ago on Google
    Service was good and friendly. Their staff are always friendly and welcoming. Food was good and the amount that you get is very good for the money. One of my favorite places to eat.

  • 5/5 Chantel M. 3 years ago on Google
    We sat in the bar and even though they seemed a little busy the waiter was nice and polite and the food was hot especially the bread sticks! It was really delicious. Will def go again.

  • 5/5 Thomas C. 3 years ago on Google
    Great Food

  • 5/5 Ellen D. 3 years ago on Google
    Love it thank you my brother.

  • 5/5 Helen 3 years ago on Google
    😎🌴❤️

  • 4/5 Beth C. 3 years ago on Google
    It's always good food

  • 5/5 Bob S. 3 years ago on Google
    Great food and service

  • 5/5 Robin S. 3 years ago on Google
    Always great food and great service. Just wish they gave more sauce!!!

  • 4/5 Carol W. 3 years ago on Google
    Not crowded Good servi

  • 5/5 Susan R. 3 years ago on Google
    Great people nice place too eat in

  • 5/5 Roland D. 3 years ago on Google
    Excellent service, excellent food and love the remodel

  • 5/5 Traci G. 2 years ago on Google
    The service was exceptional. Had lunch and order the soup and salad. the zuppa was excellent. $8.99 is a great price for a refreshing lunch with great service and excellent food.

  • 5/5 Tracey W. 2 years ago on Google
    Tortellini chicken Alfredo yumm!!! Taylor was our server and she is awesome! Very friendly and attentive. She makes sure you have everything you need. Great food and great service!

  • 5/5 Nana D. 3 years ago on Google
    Went out for early dinner with Two of my Sisters! Awesome server named Vince 👍dinner wine appetizer and had to take home our desserts ! Excellent service, greatMoscato wine 🤪🍷🍷🍷🍷

  • 4/5 Brandy G. 2 years ago on Google
    We celebrated my brother, Kyle tonight. He would have been 35. The service was excellent as well as the food and the portions😁

  • 5/5 Gary 2 years ago on Google
    Really good as always. My kids love Olive Garden because of the bread sticks. This visit was really great because if our server. Her name was Kaia and she did a great job. Everyone at the table had good things to say about her.

  • 5/5 David R. 2 years ago on Google
    So I am a big fan of Olive Garden, I travel all over the United States and frequent this chain quite often. The restaurant in Port Charlotte is excellent… i’ve eaten there plus dine out. Food was great, portions were big, everything was tasty and the waiter and waitress were excellent. Just a great overall experience thank you

  • 5/5 Pat B. 2 years ago on Google
    Stopped for lunch and had the unlimited Soup,Salad and beadsticks. Everything was good and had a pleasant waitress. She was very attentive , never had to ask for refills on food or drink and she was right there asking if we needed anything else when she saw plates or drinks were nearing empty. We will go back!

  • 5/5 Nicole T. 2 years ago on Google
    Much like many other businesses right now, they are very short staffed. The wait for a table was long, even with putting our name on the list electronically. However, the staff we encountered were all friendly and took great care of us. They were efficient and all of the food was delicious. We will be back soon.

  • 4/5 L E. 1 year ago on Google
    Our waiter was attentive. The food looked amazing. Unfortunately, spoons for the soup were visibly soiled. The waiter corrected this issue immediately. Our beverages were refilled repeatedly without us having to ask, and finally, our waiter packed up our leftovers. Great service.

  • 5/5 Brittany Y. 1 year ago on Google
    Bread sticks with Alfredo sauce is the best! Zuppa tuscana soup is my favorite!

  • 4/5 Brian R. 1 year ago on Google
    We had a large party of 35 people. The waitresses were excellent and handled the tables with ease. The food came out quickly for the size of our group. The food was delicious and no one had any issues with their meal. I had the chicken Alfredo and it was succulent. We ordered the calamari for a starter and it was cooked excellently and came with 2 different sauces. We will definitely go back with our group. They had a nice area in the back to handle such a big group easily.

  • 5/5 kristi t. 11 months ago on Google
    Have not been to an Olive Garden in Years, but OMG the bottomless salad! I ate so much salad, it was delish. The rest of the food was good too. Atmosphere was standard and pleasant, Service was friendly and good as well. Wait time was less than 10 minutes on a Sunday night. It was a very nice dinner and I will return for more.

  • 5/5 L.D F. 1 year ago on Google
    Food was excellent and hot. Waitress was friendly, tentative and professional. Each course was timed perfectly. The portions were overwhelming. We ended up with dinner leftovers for the next day and still have some left over. We will come back and recommend it to others.

  • 5/5 William R. 1 year ago on Google
    These guys are the most consistent of all the big chains. Olive garden.. soup or salad, lots of cheese. Olive garden, you never let me down. This location is a number one. Our server was fantastic her name was Brittany. Great food, great night, great restaurant.. four stars across the board

  • 5/5 T.K. S. 9 months ago on Google
    New to this area and I took my 5 year old for the first time(and I haven’t been in years myself). Had the best customer service ever from Tianna and then the staff wrote my little one a card thanking her for letting them be one of her “Firsts” in life and the entire serving staff signed it! How incredibly thoughtful! My shrimp scampi lunch was delicious and the kids menu is only $6.99 which I think is a great deal. She loved every minute of her “first time at Olive Garden”.

  • 5/5 L. A. 7 months ago on Google
    We had a great time...tried the tour of Italy 🇮🇹 and it was great. Our server Savanah was absolutely fantastic! If only all places had people like her! Thanks for making out evening joyful.

  • 2/5 Lionel C. 6 months ago on Google
    Soups were just warm. Asked for hotter soup but got the same as before. The salad was limp and soggy. Waitress was very slow to react and didn’t come around much. I have had good meals there before but this one was bad. My guest felt the same about the service and food. Too many other restaurants in the area so we will go other places. Regards.

  • 5/5 Paul S Rohrbaugh (Paul S. 9 months ago on Google
    Jessie did an amazing job! I showed up just before close, and the staff did an AMAZING job giving me good service while getting me in and out quickly. I had an amazing experience under unusual circumstances, and will definitely be back again under more normal circumstances! The staff and management obviously understand what's important about customer service, even under extenuating services. Can I rate them 150%? Because that's how good of a job they did, You will not be disappointed here if you have remotely reasonable expectations.

  • 3/5 That Guy J. 3 years ago on Google
    Service was awesome but food wasn't that good and kinda dry!

  • 5/5 Danielle 3 years ago on Google
    Not bad at all... great birthday dinner.

  • 3/5 Shamus St C. 3 years ago on Google
    Meh slow...so slow

  • 5/5 Louis S. 3 years ago on Google
    Great food and service

  • 5/5 Liudmyla M. 3 years ago on Google
    Nice

  • 5/5 Ethan B. 3 years ago on Google
    Staff was nice and food is always good.

  • 5/5 R S. 3 years ago on Google
    Always a favorite

  • 5/5 Richard F. 3 years ago on Google
    Fantastic Italian food prepared deliciously. Love those breadsticks and soup. I had the tour of Italy entree. Highly recommended.

  • 5/5 Cynthia O. 3 years ago on Google
    Our waitress, Lizzy, was amazing. She was so on top of her game. The food was amazing

  • 4/5 Angel M. 3 years ago on Google
    Stop spying on me Google..but it was good thankyou

  • 5/5 Marge L. 3 years ago on Google
    OG is my go to place. Always get the lasagna. Never disappointed.

  • 5/5 B J. 4 years ago on Google
    Have been in twice this week for lunch and both times was a great experience. Lauren my server the first time was a doll and literally the sweetest person I've met in a long time. Food is the same as every Olive garden across the country (good!) but the service at Port Charlotte has been fantastic.

  • 1/5 M T. 3 years ago on Google
    In the day of the Pandemic to have parties where not one soul walks around the Business with mask on is alarming. What made it worse is not 1 server spoke up to ask them to put one on and a family of seniors sat where they all walked past. Shameful for Olive Garden! This is how super spreading starts!

  • 4/5 Aiden M. 3 years ago on Google
    The service was great. The social distancing was working. I had the soup and salad which was great. I ate like a bowl and a half of salad and a bowl of soup. I also had two glasses of wine. My daughter had shrimp alfredo and commented that is was very good.

  • 5/5 Shante P. 3 years ago on Google
    It was our first time and it was AMAZING. The food was good and the wait staff was amazing and so attentive.

  • 3/5 Steve J. 3 years ago on Google
    Reasonably priced fair food. Breadsticks are microwaved now and not good and fresh like they were once upon a time. You have about 30 seconds to eat them before they are too hard.

  • 5/5 Stan K. 3 years ago on Google
    Great waitress, great hostess, very friendly greater, even better food. The family had a nice night out in a covid safe restaurant with all staff being aware and safe. Great feeling to get out and have such a great time during this crazy time.

  • 5/5 Kathy R. 3 years ago on Google
    On Monday, August 10, we received a dinner delivery. While it was part of the service provided by Olive Garden, the outstanding service was above and beyond. Our family experienced a tragic event which required family to be in town. Our good friends ordered a last minute dinner delivery to accommodate our family. The service was handled by Bree and her team expeditiously and did not skip a beat. We are very thankful to the dedicated staff for their compassion during our time of need.

  • 5/5 Xaimayra C. 3 years ago on Google
    My girls love it here

  • 5/5 Emilee H. 3 years ago on Google
    Always good food and good service. Went tonight with my family of six, and our server Kyle was super attentive and polite. Treated my youngest sister (9) with respect and was very relatable, making plenty of jokes that made us laugh and had a good night. From appetizers to desert our meal was enjoyable and our night was very memorable. Thank you Kyle and the rest of the staff!

  • 5/5 Terry D. B. 3 years ago on Google
    Great food and fast service for lunch. In and out in under 30 minutes.

  • 4/5 Derek S. 3 years ago on Google
    Food was good, service was aight

  • 5/5 Shawn P. 3 years ago on Google
    Always consistently salty no matter what Olive Garden you dine at

  • 5/5 Andrew G. 3 years ago on Google
    Soup salad and breadsticks. Need I say more?

  • 4/5 Abdiel F. 3 years ago on Google
    Just what you would expect from Olive Garden. Great service, good people.

  • 5/5 Viacheslav S. 3 years ago on Google
    Had an awesome dining experience here. Great server!!

  • 5/5 Steven L. 3 years ago on Google
    The service people very nice The views and the food very good

  • 5/5 Cindy H. 3 years ago on Google
    Always good food at Olive Garden!

  • 4/5 Domenic M. 3 years ago on Google
    Friendly staff good food

  • 3/5 Sammy B. 3 years ago on Google
    It's ok.

  • 5/5 Kevin E. 3 years ago on Google
    Very nice restaurant, wait staff wearing P.P.E.

  • 5/5 Andrew W. 3 years ago on Google
    Always warm and welcoming.

  • 2/5 Kaylee P. 3 years ago on Google
    The server was new and very sweet but my alfredo was very bland, in both the appetizer and my meal. The ranch tasted like it had way to much vinegar in it and my friends gluten free pasta was very chewy.

  • 5/5 Jason C. 3 years ago on Google
    Great food and drinks

  • 3/5 Mat G. 3 years ago on Google
    Food ok, service slow. Not one of my favorite places to eat. Chicken had the consistency of rubber.


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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
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Kerbside pickup
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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