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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 Revieweds in Pensacola


Address

5037 Bayou Blvd, Pensacola, FL 32503

Website

www.olivegarden.com

Contact

(850) 477-6544

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.20 (4.5K reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • Sunday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • 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

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: time (13) soup (12) server (12) service (12) great (11) table (9) Alfredo (9) good (8) delicious (7) salad (7)
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  • 5/5 Brent M. 1 year ago on Google
    We were able to get a table almost immediately. Our hostess and waitress were both super nice. Our food arrived quickly. We all ordered something different from the menu and all enjoyed our selections. Place was clean inside and out.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ed W. S. 2 years ago on Google
    My first time visiting this location since I moved to the area a year ago. The did not disappoint, set the standard for what O.G. is known for! I sat at the Bar since I was Solo, my Server / Bartender "Joycelyn" was AWESOME and right on point with everything. The Salad came out fresh & crisp. I ordered the Tour Of Italy, it was hot & delicious along with the Bread Sticks. Restaurant was clean, staff was friendly, & the restrooms were clean & well stocked. I'll definitely be back. Highly Recommend this location !!!!!!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 PAUL R. 3 months ago on Google • 579 reviews New
    This review is for OG catering. They were a great, responsive caterer for a lunchtime office event. They had a full spread of hot and delicious food. The food arrived on time and the order was exactly correct. They had all of the usual OG suspects from salad to dessert.

  • 4/5 Cyndi Y. 1 year ago on Google
    Olive Garden is one of my favorite restaurants. With that being said, I will say that I'm kinda befuddled about what they've done to the pita bread and,my all time favorite,the Tuscani soup. As long as I've been going there(35 yrs) the pita "chips" had always been warm but still soft, suddenly they're much too hard and crunchy. Even the new one's she brought were still too hard. The soup, though still good, seems to have lost some of it's zing😕 I've never had to add salt before but I did this time. Now as far as the soup goes,it could have just been the particular cook that day, it happens from time to time but, please,OG, fix your pita bread! Our server was a very nice, friendly woman and she never got any kind of attitude when I asked about the soup and for new pita chips. She apologized and brought new one's and was still cheerful and helpful, even when a fly flew in my water...lol 😁😁 That's getting more and more rare these days. Nice to still find that out there 🙂🙂. Good job 👍👍
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Sam S. 1 year ago on Google
    Wonderful service despite how busy they were, our waitress was on top of everything and very friendly. She accommodated us very well even with our numerous requests (sometimes can’t be helped). The food was also great and came out hot and fresh. We’d come again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Brad H. 2 years ago on Google
    Poor service..... scratch that..... NO service. Wife and I walked in for a date night and was seated. Waited about ten minutes while multiple servers walked right by us....I know they saw us cause I purposely made eye contact with them. No one ever greeted us or even took a drink order. Meanwhile a gentleman who walked in was seated and a server immediately greeted him and took his drink order! And what was insulting about that the most was the gentleman was seated DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM US! And we were never aided so we left. Will not ever be back and will not recommend to anyone. Poor service deserves a poor review..... UPDATE..... Olive Garden reached out to me after this review and corrected this matter! I was pleased with the courteousness and speed in which they dealt with this. As a reflection of my appreciation to the guest relations department within the Olive Garden corporation, I’m updating my stars from one to four.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Joshua P. 1 year ago on Google
    Started out as a great visit, got us right in and seated, our waitress was very nice and did a great job… then came my chicken alfredo with a side of hair… found a couple of hairs in my alfredo, been coming to this location for a while. Probably won’t come back.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Desmond L. 1 year ago on Google
    Even though it was late Mother's Day, they seated us right away. Food was great! You can get never ending soups for $5. I love their soup myself. But tonight we all got spaghetti ($12.50-$16). The smallest portion is the children's spaghetti ($6) with a meatball. It was all so good!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jericho C. 1 year ago on Google
    8-16-2022: picking up dinner. Curb side service is excellent! 7-17-2022: ordered to go and use the convenient park, curb-side pickup. Never had any problems with service or food. Always a huge portions (not a rip-off like some do for to go orders). 5-1-2022 Local go to, for good food every time. Use the app without fear of being slighted for pick up delivery. Fast and friendly every time.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Terry M. 1 year ago on Google
    We ate lunch here, our server was great, we got our food in a reasonable amount of time. It's what you've come to expect from Olive Garden. We'll come back, unlimited salad!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Debbie J. 4 months ago on Google • 119 reviews
    The food was good however the wait times to get your food to your table was ridiculous. I overheard a table of about 7 say they waited 2 hours for their food. I watched 3 tables seated after me receive their food before me. Sadly, I won't be going back to this location.

  • 5/5 Raquel P. 5 months ago on Google • 80 reviews
    Food was delicious and the waitress/bar tender Christina was amazing.

  • 5/5 Madeline I. 2 months ago on Google • 74 reviews New
    Laura was a fantastic server!! We were so impressed with the service. She was extremely attentive, engaged, friendly, and knowledgeable about my allergy to milk. The food was yummy and you can't beat the price.

  • 4/5 karen c. 3 months ago on Google • 60 reviews New
    Sat at the bar area as the restaurant had a huge waiting line. Christina, our server, was EXCELLENT! Customer service skills and service timing were impeccable. The fettuccine with broccoli was fine except the broccoli. It had zero taste... Never-ending soup and salad is always a good choice.

  • 4/5 Laura M. 3 months ago on Google • 50 reviews New
    Although the Alfredo was delicious, it lacked enough sauce for my liking. The waiter was a bit slow, but he was very pleasant. The eggplant parmesean is a vegan option.

  • 5/5 Karen Z. 3 months ago on Google • 3 reviews New
    Delicious food, excellent service, with Lexi as our waitress, and fun atmosphere. We met other people at the bar and had some great conversations. We were celebrating our anniversary. They gave us a complimentary dessert and chocolate mints from the manager. :)

  • 5/5 Charles J. 2 months ago on Google • 3 reviews New
    My partner and I went for dinner date and we had Sarah H as our server. We both ordered the stuffed pasta, excellent recommendation. The food was hot, the service was quick, the date steamy, the night was a success.

  • 5/5 Mary P. 6 months ago on Google
    We celebrated my Birthday Lunch at Olive Garden. We had a party of 9. A little wait time but no bad. We actually got a private room with a huge round table that Seated all 9 of us. It was perfect. Our waiter did a great job in keeping us all happy... with everything we needed. The food was delicious as always... a huge portions so I got to take home the rest for another meal. Excellent!! Everyone enjoyed it!!

  • 5/5 Steven A. 5 months ago on Google
    My wife and I had a really nice time here for a date. Our server was fantastic, the food and wine was delicious. It wasn't too busy and loud either so we enjoyed our table and conversation. I highly recommend this restaurant. Some people go to the beach and visit the overpriced restaurants, but Olive Garden has pretty reasonable prices, good food, and good service.

  • 5/5 Penny A. 10 months ago on Google
    First time trying this since I was young and it was great. Wish they would just put a bowl of cheese on the table though so you don't got to feel bad having the servers standing there for a while shredding cheese lol. But our server was great and the food was great!! Love the salt on the bread sticks.. we will return for sure!!

  • 5/5 Melondy B. 10 months ago on Google
    We went for our anniversary. Our server was constantly checking on us to make sure that everything was OK and if we needed anything. The tour of Italy is what we ordered, and it was delicious.

  • 5/5 bryce 1. 10 months ago on Google
    10/10 would highly recommend! We’re from out of town and felt right at home! Our server Julie was terrific, best attitude you could hope for with someone working 8:30pm on a Sunday! Food was excellent and the atmosphere was very clean!

  • 3/5 Renee M. 10 months ago on Google
    It was just ok … my soup tasted very basic , no salt or seasoning . The chicken Alfredo was good , but it could have used more Alfredo sauce . My server was slow , and it kinda felt like she was checked out , as I ordered soup salad and breadsticks and she offered me nothing more past the first round .

  • 2/5 Megan S. 1 year ago on Google
    I went out with my mother to get some lunch and enjoyed our soup and salad. When the soups got to our table I asked to put in a to-go order for the lunch Alfredo. The waitress brought out the bag quite quickly and I was really thankful, but then we go to pay our check and she had charged me for the dinner chicken Alfredo. I then explained that I had wanted just the lunch Alfredo which was supposed to be like 9.99. She took back the receipt and came back, placing it on our table and retrieving the food she had previously given me. The receipt this time charged us 9.99 for the Alfredo and an extra 4.99 for the chicken, and then the food bag was brought back to us clearly changed. At that point I was frustrated since I clearly said just the lunch Alfredo, but I left and came home. I later looked at the food and it was the smallest serving size I’ve seen them give out. Needless to say, I probably won’t be doing the to-go again as it was a huge disappointment.

  • 5/5 Country R. 1 year ago on Google
    Updated visit and which we are more then pleased with our waiter and more then so our food. We dined a lilttle later closer too 9:30PM food was hot off the grill and was at our table within 15 min of ordering and was cooked too perfection.

  • 1/5 mercedes r. 1 year ago on Google
    My serves was horrible I had to ask my server for everything (breadstick, salad, refills etc.) he acted like he didn’t see me several times. I asked for a supervisor one never came I had to flag one down. My food was horrible which you can see in the pictures if I wanted just noodles I could have boiled some at home myself. I will probably never eat here again .

  • 3/5 Demetria G. 2 years ago on Google
    Ordered food but it didn't taste fresh, like it was on the warmer or reheated too many times. The soup was barely warm. Ordered Alfredo sauce to dip the bread. Over charge for the amount they give you. Check your food before you leave. If you order soup and salad, you only get one bowl of soup. If it's all you can eat in the restaurant, you should've at least give the customer two bowls! Use to be one of my favorite places to go. Not so sure anymore.


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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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