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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 Mesa


Address

6201 E Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ 85206

Website

www.olivegarden.com

Contact

(480) 807-0207

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (4.8K reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • 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
  • Thursday: 11 AM to 10 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: great (17) service (14) server (9) good (9) salad (8) breadsticks (8) dinner (8) nice (8) staff (7) soup (6)
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  • 5/5 daniel l. 2 years ago on Google
    Can’t go wrong with never ending salad and breadsticks! Lunch specials that fit your budget with great atmosphere and service! I personally love the appetizers along with soup and breadsticks. Entrees are filling with enough to bring extra home with you. Lunch specials have smaller portions and it’s perhaps better to just get the full entree and have extra. Excellent waitstaff ensuring my drink was always full and that I never went without or waited for anything.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dan_E 1 year ago on Google
    7/7/22 update -Another great dinner with amazing service. Met all expectations, and the complementary birthday lasagna cake was a nice gesture for my son. Fantastic service and food. Met up with out of state family and our party of 7 was seated at a quiet table that enabled us to socialize. The strawberry passion fruit drink was perfect. Our great server kept our drinks and breadsticks refilled. Their chocolate after dinner mints were slightly chilled which is a nice touch so they're not melted and messy. 5-18-22 Edit. Another fantastic meal with great service and great food. The salad was wonderful and was properly drained, with no water left at the bottom of the bowl. The stuffed zitto appetizer was a nice treat, with nice soft warm center that is nothing like pizza pockets. Perfectly prepared with no cold or burning spots. The salmon and chicken were very tasty. Service was great despite a full restaurant on a Wednesday evening 1-26-23 Edit: Wife was craving soup, so we just got Neverending salad, soup and breadsticks. Everything was fresh, delicious as expected. Service was great despite a busy Saturday evening. Salad was served on chilled plates like it should be. Soup bowls and bread plates were nicely warm.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Deanna A. 1 year ago on Google
    My youngest daughter's favorite restaurant is Olive Garden!!! We went for her Sweet 16 and the food was fantastic as always. Great service, a small wait under 30 minutes and a great atmosphere. I recommend the Seafood Alfredo I always get mine with Angel Hair instead.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Lia L. 5 months ago on Google
    You can't go wrong with their soup and salad. Mozzarella Sticks, Alfredo, and Chicken Margarita were great. Our server, Ben, did a wonderful job. Thank you.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Matthew D. 1 year ago on Google
    Every time I've gone here for the last 10 years, the food has been messed up. I've had spinach and artichoke dip so over microwaved, it was rock solid. I've had seafood so overcooked it was inedible. Last night I ordered a sirloin at medium well and it was so overcooked, it was completely dry. The only reason I keep going back is because my dad proposed to my mom here. I don't think this place will ever get it together. Fazoli's has better food at half the cost. It's honestly sad to see these guys never get it right in the kitchen when the wait staff is always so on top of things. It can't be that difficult to get the kitchen staff some real training or to at least page a high enough wage to attract a person who respects the craft.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 John C. 1 year ago on Google
    It was kinda figured round a mother's day and my son's birthday. We had a lovely dinner, everything was delicious and prepared wonderfully. The staff was polite and friendly. The only 2 complaints that I had was to me the beers were too expensive and the wait time was kinda long. But anywho over all else we had a wonderful time. Thanks guys keep up the awesome reputation and try and lower your alcohol prices
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 D P. 2 years ago on Google
    The service was okay. Ordered endless dip but could never get our server to bring more breadsticks. We got one breadstick per person then 1 extra to fight over haha but didn't get more u til after the dip, which tasted like spaghettiO's, was cold. So that was a waste.. i asked to have it removed from my bill but he just offered me more dip,, and no breadsticks. Soups were bland as and portions are way smaller that they used to be. Asked for a box waited 20 minutes. Never got drinks refilled either. $50 dinner for 2 not including tip.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Poseidon 1 year ago on Google
    Harry was our server and he was really nice and made us feel at home. My husband and I had a few questions before ordering and he was very knowledgeable. I'll definitely be back. Please keep your lunch special prices and build your own pasta price, it's helpful during inflation.

  • 5/5 Daniel K. 6 months ago on Google
    I went here with a couple of friends for lunch. We were immediately seated. Our waiter, Tray T. was doing an incredible job. Quickly coming with drinks and breadsticks. The food all came out soon after. He was on top of drink refills and fixing any issue. This was some of the best service I have ever had at a chain like this!

  • 5/5 Kelly K. 5 months ago on Google
    Our server, William D. made our experience very pleasant. We had soup and salad. He put our dressing in a little bowl as one of our guest could not have your house dressing. He gave each of us a little side of house dressing except our companion, he gave ranch dressing. He was very attentive to our needs and made our visit very enjoyable. Besides your good food, it is staff like Mr. William D makes folks want to come back again and again. You have a jewel in him

  • 5/5 Roxanne M. 5 months ago on Google
    We were there Sunday about 1230 and it was really busy, but we were still able to get a table quickly. The food was excellent, we each had one of the never ending lunch specials. The service was terrific, thank-you Jaydon! The manager stopped by 2 or 3 times, which we really appreciated because it gave us the chance to complement her on the quality of the food and service. We will definitely recommend to friends/family and look forward to returning in the near future.

  • 1/5 Becca S. 4 months ago on Google
    Really rough night apparently for Melissa as she started off with giving attitude to the host about how her tables were open and ready. Then of course this is the section we get sat in and she comes up fairly quick awesome right, not. As we are giving her our drink order she literally got in my wife's face and said what did you want with a very nasty attitude and tone. We tried then to order an appetizer at the same time and she said let me grab drinks and I'll be right back. Cool I understand if your super busy, but she didn't come back with drinks for over 10 minutes so unfortunately we did not get to eat at olive garden tonight. The food is always great though and we have not ever had an experience like this before at this establishment. I'm sorry but when you're in customer service you're serving the customer so try to have a better attitude about your job!

  • 5/5 Denisse B. 2 years ago on Google
    So my husband and I went to have dinner on my birthday it was a very good experience the service was great the food was delicious , definitely recommend this restaurant if you like Italian food.

  • 3/5 Email1 E. 4 months ago on Google
    Was little surprised with Olive Garden.. their service sucked like usual. Was overpriced, but food was tasting good, and the garlic bread sticks were off the hook.. shrimp scempy was good.. may not come again only if it's an emergency.

  • 5/5 Jeremy C. 4 months ago on Google
    Wow Loreena really went out of her way to give me exceptional customer service. She had a great attitude and she remembered everything I asked for in my to-go order over the phone. I much appreciate you Loreena, thank you. (Deserves a raise) 🙂

  • 4/5 Jeff 1 year ago on Google
    Had the steak, smallest I've ever had at an Olive Garden. Food was well prepared and tasted good. Waitress was nice but it felt forced. Also, not a good idea to tell us how you're overworked helping other tables. Most people have stress in their lives, and part of dinning out is to forget about it for awhile. Having said that, I'll be back. Just a thought, not criticism

  • 5/5 Rick K. 1 year ago on Google
    I love the Italian sausage, kale and potato soup! And the bread sticks are awesome! That what I've ate there the past 15 year's. Before that I'd get the Tuscon steak and western vegetables. Almost always the staff is wonderful, plenty of parking, great Italian food and pastas, drinks are delicious! Back in the day I loved their version on the red wine 🍷 with fruit mix, was a wet wine not leaving you with cotton mouth. I would certainly recommend this place for anyone liking Italian food and spirit's

  • 5/5 Gloria E. 2 years ago on Google
    Great place. This location looks bigger than some of the other ones I've been to & the ambiance was beautiful. The service was Outstanding. The staff here are really on their "A" game. They take care of you from the minute you walk in to the moment you leave. I came in with friends who live close to this location & I can't wait to come back to this specific location. Thank you James for being our server & to the young server with purple hair & eye shadow who took care of us after James went home thank you to you as well.

  • 5/5 Michele D. 1 year ago on Google
    Birthday celebration! Salmon was excellent and so was the Chicken & Shrimp Carbonara. But I gotta admit my favorite was the Black Tie Mousse Cake. Best birthday cake ever! The only bummer was they did not serve a dark beer ... Like Guinness or a Porter ... That would've made my evening perfect!

  • 5/5 Tahlisa B. 1 year ago on Google
    By far the best Olive Garden we’ve been to. But what stood out the most was our server Luke!!! He was amazing super nice professional kept up with things and most of all interacted great with our kiddos. Luke made this experience really great as it was our last event for our family day out.

  • 5/5 Theresa T. 1 year ago on Google
    Our server, Jennifer, was fantastic: pleasant, accommodating, and professional. All of our meals were wonderful, and she kept our glasses filled, as well as salad and bread. She bagged up leftovers, sang happy birthday, took our photo, and got our take-out ready. Acoustics were good where we were seated and we had nice conversation without having to speak loudly, like in so many restaurants nowadays.

  • 4/5 Steven W. Schultz J. 2 years ago on Google
    The food tasted good. I was a little disappointed with the size of my lasagna compared to the other plates we ordered. But two breadsticks and a salad with the lasagna did the trick.

  • 5/5 John M. 1 year ago on Google
    Olive Garden offered a Veteran's Day meal which was an incredible value! The wait staff was speedy, kind and easy to work with! The only tiny complaint was my table's proximity to the extremely busy and chilly front door. Still, zero complaints for such a great meal!

  • 4/5 CA Prasad V. 1 year ago on Google
    Good Italian place to try out. I loved the marinara here and egg plant too. So good. The salad dressing is perfect and comes with every entree ordered. Should give it a try. Prices are a bit on the higher side.

  • 5/5 Tina M U. 1 year ago on Google
    Went to this location yesterday evening. There were 3 of us in our dinner party. We arrived around 8:30ish & we were seated right away. There was Absolutely no waiting at all for a table. It's been quite a while since I've been able to go out to dinner where we haven't had to give our name to the hostess & wait usually at least 30 min & even over an hour before a table for 2 people or a maximum of 3 people seating for dinner. Our waitress was the BEST!!! Very pleasant, engaging attitude, with great knowledge of all items on the menu. I realize the last few years have been a bit stressful for most & I know things everybody took for granted on a daily basis before COVID-19. Those days will never return. Bring yourself to be a better person. Just like our waitress last night. I realize I've gone way off topic, but yet I haven't. Be positive, Be courteous of those around you, Be patient. Don't be in such a rush. It takes very little to be kind to somebody you don't know, but you can be that someone that stranger needed to cross paths with in their life at that very moment. Have a Wonderful Evening.


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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
    • ✓️ 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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