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Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

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Lively, family-friendly chain featuring Italian standards such as pastas & salads. People often mention Olive, good, service, Garden, salad, server, asked, pasta, time, sauce,


Address

4868 E Cactus Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85254

Website

www.olivegarden.com

Contact

(602) 494-4327

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (2.5K reviews)

Open on Google Maps

Working Hours

  • 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
  • Monday: 11 AM to 10 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: Olive (18) good (17) service (15) Garden (15) salad (13) server (12) asked (12) pasta (11) time (10) sauce (9)
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  • 5/5 Chandra M. 1 year ago on Google
    Always great service we visit all the time. They always remember me and call my service dog 🐕‍🦺 by her name. Thank you. From kiss k9 bella and I.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Phil M. 1 year ago on Google
    My go to Place for lunch, soup and salad. Service was awesome and the endless bowls are hot and delicious. I
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Bob 2 years ago on Google
    The food was delicious but even better was the outstanding and enjoyable service from Amy, our server. I wish I'd taken a picture of the salad before we dug into it. It looked like a flower out of a Magazine! Honestly, the server, Amy, asked what we liked in our salad. We'd never been asked that before. When she brought the salad it was put together in the big serving bowl like a flower with each ingredient being a pedal. It was beautiful. We remarked about it and Amy said that's how they look in Olive Garden's picture so she tries to make it like that. Outstanding success, Amy! Our dinner was as delicious as ever. Amy even brought out an extra side of the awesome mushroom sauce and we gladly used it! Kudos to the cooks working that night! We're definitely returning and we will be asking for server Amy. The olive garden is quite reasonable, our bill came to $38 (we just drink water with our dinner) so it felt good tipping Amy $20!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cindy L. 1 year ago on Google
    Fabulous, or was I just really hungry? Actually, it was so good. The breadsticks were so warm and tasty my shrimp scampi on angel hair pasta was perfect and so flavorful, my friends meatballs, the fettuccine Alfredo was equally as good. I forgot how good the salad was. I WILL go back! This place was so clean! Our waitress Taylor was awning. I WOULD RECOMMEND
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Edgar G. 1 year ago on Google
    My wife and I love Olive Garden. But this Olive Garden is a hit or a miss at every visit. The food is great but the service is not. The service at your table is really bad. Waitresses are not kind and are always missing. Your lucky to see the waitresses 3 times during your stay. But when it comes to paying the bill. The waitresses all of the sudden have a change of heart and act very kind, expecting a tip for their bad behavior. Expect good food, but be ready for bad service at this Olive Garden.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Joanna B. 1 year ago on Google
    I used to love Olive Garden. Don't know what happened. The last few times we went the food was not very good. My husband wanted to give another location a try since the last place the service was horrible and the food not good. This time we ordered the never ending pasta. Me the meat sauce him the chicken carbonara. It was as if the noodles were just reheated and the sauce was straight from a jar. No flavor. Neither of us ate much of it and we did not order another serving. Now the breadsticks were nice and warm and had enough salt that made them delicious. The soup was perfect. The main reason for the 2 stars but the pasta was not good at all. Back to salad and soup and bread if we go back. That can't be messed up unless the bread is not warm.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Johnny K. 1 year ago on Google
    One of the worst experiences of my life at an olive garden. The server kept forgetting my request on a refill and would not come back after saying he would come back, I’ll never be coming back here.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Brad K. 3 months ago on Google New
    Curbside takeout of the holiday season only meal of Baked Tortellini with grilled chicken. It was very good with salad and the 3 breadsticks. I only eat here in December for this meal.

  • 5/5 Jan M. 1 year ago on Google
    I love the consistency of eating at Olive Garden. The taste and quality of the food amazes me. I especially like the lunch menu and always take advantage of the $6 take-home meals. They are a generous portion and taste great. I like both the ravioli and spaghetti with meat sauce. If you haven't tried the take-home meals, give them a try.

  • 4/5 june grace K. 9 months ago on Google
    They always deliver. Always clean and welcoming. Food always good. Salad dishes delivered ice cold so salad is stays cold and crispy on the plate.

  • 5/5 Witching Hour 1. 8 months ago on Google
    Came here for supper. They made a special request dish for me and made me the cream pesto like they used to have. It was absolutely delicious and our server was wicked nice and on point. We will definitely be back.

  • 5/5 Maui V. 8 months ago on Google
    Food was EXCELLENT, but our server, ZEPHEN, was even better. We arrived a little bit ahead of time but he accommodated us. He was our server the last time we were in. He was so good last time, we had to have him as our server again. He has all of the skills you'd like in waitstaff, but rarely get anymore. He's professional, personable, able to look you in the eyes when talking. He's reliable and responsive. He's just a really nice guy. Ask for Zephen. You won't be disappointed!!!

  • 1/5 Bob C. 8 months ago on Google
    Had lunch there Tuesday. Soup and salad only. Got real sick later that day. Dr said it was severe food poisoning. I know it was from OG on Cactus because I did not eat anything Tues eve....I was too sick. Never again. It's Thursday and I'm still sick.

  • 4/5 Charles E. 10 months ago on Google
    We will go again. Great fun. Good experience. This would be 5 stars except they forgot our bread and soup. We finally got it and took it home.

  • 1/5 Robert B. 3 months ago on Google New
    Worst experience I ever had at Olive Garden. My partner and I went for lunch. Our drinks were brought. No straws. When our soup arrived only one soup spoon on plate. About one minute later our entrees arrive. My partner ordered angel hair pasta with her spaghetti and it arrives with regular pasta. Send back. Meanwhile we’re still waiting on a spoon. Again we asked fur additional meat sauce. Spoon arrives. No pasta. Oh and no butter that we asked for. Added a take out order for our grand daughter. Angel hair pasta with meat sauce on the side. It arrives with meat sauce on the pasta. Again had to send something back. Finally arrived and all us well. No mints given. Manager came by and told him our experience. All he said was sorry and perhaps our next visit will be better. Guess what. We won’t be back.

  • 5/5 Greg K. 4 months ago on Google
    We have been to this Olive Garden location multiple times, and mostly for early dinners. No real wait when we go, service was good, waitress came back multiple times and refilled drinks without being asked. Food came out quick and was good. Love their bread sticks. We will definitely return.

  • 5/5 Derek S. 5 months ago on Google
    My daughter and I showed up an hour before close. I also had a friend join us about 20 minutes after that. I asked if we could just sit in the bar area as they seemed like seating was still pretty full at the time. The bar seemed like it was closed, and I'm not sure if they really wanted anyone there, but the host never batted an eye. He also was our server. Very kind and welcoming. I appreciate you guys.

  • 5/5 Jeff M. 4 months ago on Google
    Definitely worth it. We did the soup and salad. The soups were excellent except for fagioli (pasta red based) which needed some seasoning. Nice location in an area we were visiting. Definitely come back. The server was tentative but not over the top

  • 4/5 Jamie 4 months ago on Google
    The experience wasn't the best. The waiter was not good at all, the lasagna noodles are way over cooked but the chicken Parmesan is excellent. This is my second attempt with the lasagna because I would think they should have it down but unfortunately, it's not their specialty. The spaghetti with sausage was excellent. There was a party sitting next to us that was sick and should not have been out at all. They all had masks on ( part of the time) and the one closest to us was coughing and you could hear the sick nose noise, and somebody had stinky feet. This isn't Olive gardens fault of course but it did effect the experience. Two of the 4 items were good that we got. Probably won't go back and dine in though.

  • 4/5 Marla R. 10 months ago on Google
    I absolutely love Olive Garden. Not only do they have amazing all you can eat soup and salad with fresh bread sticks but I just learned they have this awesome fettuccine dipping sauce and let me just say WOW! Great food, great service, with the best boyfriend to top it all off! Man what a treat! Love you baby! ❤️

  • 5/5 MarieAdaLiz 10 months ago on Google
    Best Olive Garden we have ever ate at. Greet service and hot food.

  • 1/5 vachana s. 1 year ago on Google
    The Fettucine Alfredo was very dry contrary to how it has been advertised in television. The sauce was just a thin layer on top of the pasta and chicken. The lower layers were dry, I asked for more cream, that didn't help either as the pasta didn't taste the same and still remained dry. Also ordered the warm donuts which was dry and not at all appetizing.

  • 1/5 Max C. 1 year ago on Google
    First I love Olive Garden and that’s why it pains me to report a bad location in this franchise. If you love Olive Garden then skip this location because after you will never go to any location again. Got there 3:00 pm Sunday. Place was kind of empty. Not totally empty but light on patrons. Even with this being said that sat us in a booth at the bar. The waitress/bartender was totally not interested in doing her job. Had to call her over TWICE to get us stuff and mind you she was staring at a book 15 feet away. Yes we were the only ones in the bar area. She was totally disinterested in taking our order. Acted like it was a big thing to help us. The manager and the floor manager got a drink and chilled with her at the bar all the while ignoring us. I eventually stood up and starred at him and he came over. I asked if he was the manager and he said yes. I then told him “shame on you for not giving and concern about his job” The waitress came by and dropped of the drink I asked for in the same uncaring way she acted the whole time. I told him the food (lasagna) was extremely salty and I’ve had it before and it was never that bad. My friend said anything with the marinara on his food was the same. His response? “Well a lot of people order it!” Huh? He asked if I wanted to take it home and I said no it’s not going to get unsalty on the trip home. He asked if I wanted something else and I asked him if he had anything that was not overly salted. He shrugged his shoulders and said no. He took it off my bill and I paid for it. So shame on whomever owns this location. You’ve given up and your making Olive Garden look bad. Now the real tragedy? My corporate headquarters is across the street. I’m the President. 46 people strong there. We will just go to your neighbors.. red lobster, Outback, longhorn steakhouse, and many more literally across the street. Fire this GM. Fire that girl. Raise your standards back to what people expect out of Olive Garden. Taste your food and if it’s not right don’t dish it to the customers. Have a little pride! Oh last thing, as we were walking out we noticed about 15 people in front with no reception to be found and a couple of those incoming customers started walking around looking for her. Their nightmare is just begun but mine is over.

  • 4/5 Matthew R. 1 year ago on Google
    It's an olive garden. If you enjoy the taste of middle class suburbia with a dash of Italian seasoning, this is the place for you. The food was middling, the atmosphere is bland, but the service is usually phenomenal. Our server this evening (Cass) was the perfect balance of attentive and unobtrusive, she checked in regularly but never hovered. Her service was perfect.

  • 3/5 Fred T. 1 year ago on Google
    The service was a little off. Asks for the calamari to be extra crispy.. Server proceeded to use the pad that is provided on the table to order appetizers I let him know that I tried it and there's no option on there for extra crispy. That's why I was telling him directly but he insisted on using the pad.. so of course the calamari did not come extra crispy. Had to send it back. My mother ordered the dressing for the salad to be on the side of course came to the table with dressing in it. Had to send it back. I totally understand servers have a lot to do but nevertheless this was my experience. I still love Olive garden 🥰

  • 4/5 D B. 1 year ago on Google
    You always know what you can expect from the Olive Garden. They've got a formula that works, and they stick with it. While the food isn't going to blow your mind, it isn't going to blow your budget either. The menu is simple, and the portions are satisfyingly large. This particular location has a large staff on hand, all of whom are polite and eager to be of service. The ambiance is pleasant, and the booths have a private feel to them. While I'm not sold on the pay-to-play game screens they offer, at least they are looking for more creative ways to survive in these tough times than simply raising prices and shrinking portions. A solid 4 Stars......

  • 4/5 Caia B. 2 years ago on Google
    If I could give 4.5 stars, I might have. Not 5 because... Come on, it's not fine dining. Olive Garden succeeds because it's solid: Food is good, served hot, reasonable value for the money--and it's one of the few places where everyone can find multiple favorites on the menu. Great service!

  • 5/5 Pam S. 1 year ago on Google
    Our server was friendly, our food was served quickly and it was yummy. My friend brought dessert in. We had a quiet area and could talk!!

  • 4/5 Charlie M. 1 year ago on Google
    One of our grandsons was celebrating his birthday at his favorite restaurant and we were invited to join him and his family. We were seated promptly and our drink orders were taken. We were served the "never-ending" salad and breadsticks promptly while we were ordering our entrees. The wait time between ordering our entrees and their being served at our table seemed longer than necessary but that is subjective. Our waiter was pleasant and accurate. All in all, it was a good experience and the family had an enjoyable evening.

  • 5/5 Barbara L. 1 year ago on Google
    We went today for take out! Service was great. Food was ready in 15 minuted! We love their food. We miss eating at restaurant. This is our first time there since pandemic began. We did take out and it was ever so great just like when we used to eat in! Everything was nice and hot and so we're the soft rolls of bread! Delicious.


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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
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery

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