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Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

Restaurant Bar Meal takeaway Italian restaurant Family restaurant Seafood restaurant Catering service Wine bar Mediterranean restaurant Gluten free restaurant Soup restaurant

One of the Most Reviewed Bars in Lakeland


Address

3911 US Hwy 98 N, Lakeland, FL 33809

Website

www.olivegarden.com

Contact

(863) 858-3876

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (3.9K 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


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (15) Garden (15) Olive (13) service (12) salad (9) soup (9) great (7) delicious (7) lunch (7) server (7)
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  • 4/5 J R. 2 years ago on Google
    Had a large group of women. 2 servers. Did a great job. Love the salad and bread sticks.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Alicia Van D. 2 years ago on Google
    Our waiter was amazing. The staff is very friendly at this location. The food is so yummy and you get large portions. The endless salad and breadsticks I could make a meal out of just those two things. I had the Chicken Marsala with broccoli. The broccoli was actually tender.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cheryl Fortin (. 2 years ago on Google
    My sister, niece and I went for an early dinner. When we arrived there was plenty of seating available. Originally we were going to be seated at a table. When we saw that we requested a booth and it was not a problem to change our seats. My sister ordered the soup, salad and bread sticks. She always gets the chicken gnocchi soup. This was very good as usual. She also always asks for extra black olives and no peppers for the salad. It was no problem to accommodate her request. My niece ordered a create your own pasta with Angel hair pasta, Alfredo sauce and shrimp. She said it was delicious and ate it all. She isn't usually able to eat a whole plate of food so that said a lot to me. I ordered the Eggplant Parmigiana which included a side of spaghetti. I opted for soup rather than salad. I, too, ordered the chicken gnocchi soup. Everything was delicious. I brought half of my Eggplant Parmigiana and spaghetti home for lunch the next day. Just as delicious then as at the restaurant.😋😋 If I have any complaints it's that all of the Olive Garden Restaurants are too stingy on the butter and garlic on the bread sticks. We even asked the server to put extra on ours and they still barely had any on them. Maybe many people like it that way but the servers should be instructed on how to do them if people really like them buttery and garlicky as we do. I still give Olive Garden a Five Star. I enjoy their food very much.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 A Mexican P. 1 year ago on Google
    Consistently the best Olive Garden in the area. Becca, our waitress, was wonderful and very attentive. We usually order the soup and salad which is always tasty. The fried calamari was especially good this time. We went for lunch on a Saturday and there was no wait.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Gabriel R. 6 months ago on Google
    I will recommend. As always Olive Garden does a good job on their consistency and quality. You can eat anywhere and the flavor is the same. One thing I didn’t like about this location was timing before getting the waitress to take our order, but I understand that it was late at night.

  • 5/5 Ridiculous W. 6 months ago on Google
    My husband and I came for the never ending pasta promo and it was well worth every penny. Our server Tosh made it even better by providing the best service I've ever gotten at an olive Garden. She was polite and engaging with the best customer service. The food was stellar and she even had amazing suggestions on things to try, which were all amazing to eat. I absolutely want to return to this location any time Tosh can be my server :)

  • 5/5 Drsournacho 10 months ago on Google
    Just came in today for a family dinner and they implemented a new way to check in. Guest now give your number and get a text when the table is ready. It's so much better and faster. The food came out great and our server was awesome. Glad to be back

  • 5/5 Cindy V. 6 months ago on Google
    Always enjoy sitting in the bar. Nice atmosphere and no wait to sit. We don't require a booth... high tops or bar is fine. Normally just the two of us. Seems more intimate.

  • 3/5 Tina M. 8 months ago on Google
    I love the atmosphere and our server was great, funny and outgoing! The food has totally declined from what it used to be. The bread was cold, I got Eggplant Parmesan and it was loaded with more tomato sauce than the plate can hold.. The Pasta was too hard, a step above aldente. Another draw back was that we had suds in our wine glasses

  • 5/5 Kristie N. 5 months ago on Google
    My husband's birthday always falls right at Thanksgiving time. It's always hard to celebrate him because of all of the holiday season chaos. We went to Loive Garden to have dinner and our server was Bailey. She made the whole night! She was kind and funny and never made us feel rushed while talking with her. She did great with our very talkative little one. She surprised my husband with a dessert of his choosing! It meant so much to us that she did this for us. We were too full to eat it there, so we took it home and ate it. She even gave us a candle to put in it. Ask for her if you go there.

  • 5/5 Thomas Villaverde (. 5 months ago on Google
    ALWAYS clean & efficient. Staff is very helpful & accommodating to dietary requests. The food is consistent with Olive Garden branding & I would consider this location to be on the “fresher” side of production. Pro-tip: get the black tie chocolate mousse cake!

  • 5/5 Aria S. 1 year ago on Google
    Very nice presentable appearance. Staff was very thorough and friendly. Loved my chicken scampi . I also got a chicken gnocchi soup but found a tomato in it. I called the manager and he apologized and mentioned his cooks may have been working too fast. Which I assumed. But he offered me a gift card for my troubles and I got the same thing when I went back. Everything was delicious.

  • 5/5 Donna-Joy R. 1 year ago on Google
    We go there regularly! The service is always stellar and the food is really good!

  • 4/5 Angie G. 10 months ago on Google
    It was ok. The Tortellini meal I had was practically nothing but cheese. It would’ve been good if it wasn’t mostly cheese. Staff was really nice though, and the manager aimed to please. He switched my meal out for Chicken Alfredo. He made rounds and asked everyone if everything was okay for them. That’s appreciated. The Strawberry Bellini was great.

  • 5/5 Joan H. 1 year ago on Google
    Finally, a wonderful lunch which was the result of our wonderful waitress Grace. She was extremely good. Drinks were delivered to the table within minutes of ordering. Our soup came out soon after and was actually still hot! We had plenty of time to enjoy it and weren’t rushed by our meal arriving too soon. Our food was brought out and it was still hot and perfectly cooked. Drinks were refilled. Just wonderful. It’s been quite a while since we had good food and good service at Olive Garden. Dinners had been disastrous so we just get lunch. Either Olive Garden is getting their act together or our wonderful Grace orchestrated everything perfectly. They need more like her.

  • 5/5 Tina H. 1 year ago on Google
    Tosh gave us fast friendly accurate customer service! All of our food was fresh and hot served with perfection! She gave us the best food service we have had since coming out of the pandemic! Thank you Tosh!!!!!

  • 5/5 Scott E. 1 year ago on Google
    We went to Olive Garden on the northside for my wife's and I wedding anniversary. Chelsea was our server, and she made our experience even more special. We couldn't have asked for a better evening. We ended the evening with a surprise dessert that Chelsea brought out to us, what a wonderful surprise. It will be an evening we'll never forget. Thank you so much Chelsea and the Olive Garden staff for making our evening so special.

  • 5/5 Lisa M. 1 year ago on Google
    Had an excellent lunch here on Friday. Unlimited soup, salad and Alfredo Dip sauce for their delicious breadsticks. I opted for the Chicken Gnocchi Soup which was amazing as always. I LOVE it now that they have the Unlimited dip sauces! Service was fast and we were well taken care of.

  • 5/5 Jami G. 1 year ago on Google
    My favorite lunch or light dinner is the unlimited soup, salad and bread sticks. Its great food for the price, though I'm not sure how the entrees are. This location is clean, comfortable and inviting and the staff is friendly and very professional.

  • 3/5 Andrea V. 1 year ago on Google
    We visit here about three times a month. It's our go to family restaurant. However, this past time was a little under satisfaction. The food and waitress were decent. We chose to split the check with the rest of our party (there were only 5 of us). We left cash at the table while the rest was paid on the kiosk she handed us to pay on. The cash was tucked half way under the kiosk, so it was definitely noticeable. We got up and walked out. It was slightly raining so once we exited the doors we paused for a moment. Then a manager came out and asked us how was the service, the food, etc. We told him everything was good. He then said "I only ask because only half the bill was paid". I'm glad my husband piped in and said we had left cash, so he suggested they look again. Because I was livid! I've worked in restaurants and hospitality before and THAT was rude as hell!!

  • 2/5 Natalee S. 2 years ago on Google
    It’s a bar service & manager issue - why is there only ever one bar person one at your busy times and they are responsible for entire bar, all restaurant drinks and all tables in bar! I sit at bar and it takes me almost a hour and half to get my meal to check & only one glass of wine - this is why I stop in maybe every 3 months & don’t even get offered dessert or my candies!

  • 5/5 Alecia D. 1 year ago on Google
    Me hubby's Anniversary was on the 20th this month. But we celebrated today on the 23. Everything was delicious like always. Then our middle so came and joined us. Thank you Lord for 29 yrs with my man ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • 5/5 Lennox V. 1 year ago on Google
    The breadsticks weren't as good as I remembered, but the Chicken and Shrimp Carbonara was so tasty. Even the salad was delicious, and I had a nice black olive surprise. We also tried the Eight Layer Chocolate Lasagna, so good. I recommend eating here also for the service. The servers are very attentive and nice to talk to.

  • 5/5 Nancy P. 2 years ago on Google
    I was part of a large dinner party on December 20. We had a reservation at a different restaurant that, last minute, "lost" our reservation. Olive Garden stepped up and welcomed us in, and quickly, efficiently, and productively accommodated our party. Everyone was served, food and drink orders were accurate, and the serving staff worked cohesively and cooperatively to keep it all smooth. It was a perfect night!

  • 5/5 Katie C. 2 years ago on Google
    Hubby and I went to eat. Not sure where so I brought up Olive Garden as we haven't gone in forever. It was so good. Waitress was on top of everything. Food was yummy. Highly recommend it.

  • 5/5 Nerry J. 2 years ago on Google
    Hauler was great! Sweet, kind, lovely person! She served us very well, happy! The person that sat us down was not friendly at all. A face she had, bad! But we did not let that stop us from having a good evening!

  • 5/5 Alcamax G. 2 years ago on Google
    My parents and I came in this past Tuesday for an early lunch and we genuinely had such an amazing visit, we've been coming to this Olive Garden for quite literally my entire life; my mom even worked here about fifteen years ago and said the service has only gotten better. Our waitress Cynthia did absolutely amazing! She was so very sweet, attentive and provided such excellent care to us. She mentioned we were I belive the third table she had ever taken by herself and I 100% reccomend requesting Cynthia if she is ever there on your next visit! Thank you!!!

  • 5/5 The CGM N. 2 years ago on Google
    We went to Olive Garden on N. 98 in Lakeland FL) to celebrate our anniversary as this is my wife's favorite place to eat. She ordered fettuccine Alfredo and I had the unlimited Soup, Salad & Breadsticks. Everything was really good today including the service from Zyandra (I believe is how you spell her name). She provided really good service today.


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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
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ 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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