Kerbside pickup
Yes
Olive Garden Italian Restaurant in Ann Arbor
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Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan, US
Service options
No-contact delivery
Yes
Delivery
Yes
Takeaway
Yes
Dine-in
Yes
Health and safety
Staff required to disinfect surfaces between visits
Yes
Highlights
Fast service
Yes
Great dessert
Yes
Popular for
Lunch
Yes
Dinner
Yes
Solo dining
Yes
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible seating
Yes
Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Yes
Offerings
Alcohol
Yes
Beer
Yes
Cocktails
Yes
Coffee
Yes
Comfort food
Yes
Healthy options
Yes
Kids' menu
Yes
Small plates
Yes
Spirits
Yes
Vegetarian options
Yes
Wine
Yes
Dining options
Lunch
Yes
Dinner
Yes
Catering
Yes
Dessert
Yes
Seating
Yes
Amenities
Bar on site
Yes
Good for kids
Yes
High chairs
Yes
Toilets
Yes
Wi-Fi
Yes
Atmosphere
Casual
Yes
Cosy
Yes
Crowd
Family friendly
Yes
Groups
Yes
LGBTQ+ friendly
Yes
Tourists
Yes
Transgender safe space
Yes
University students
Yes
Planning
Accepts reservations
Yes
Usually a wait
Yes
Payments
Debit cards
Yes
NFC mobile payments
Yes
Credit cards
Yes
Phone: +1 734-663-6875
Site: https://www.olivegarden.com/loca...
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Opening hours
- Monday:11AM–10PM
- Tuesday:11AM–10PM
- Wednesday:11AM–10PM
- Thursday:11AM–10PM
- Friday:11AM–11PM
- Saturday:11AM–11PM
- Sunday:11AM–10PM
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Comments (199)
This was way more disappointing than we were expecting. The hostesses didnt know what they were doing and didnt seem to care, it took us 10+ minutes to get a waitress and my pasta was a bowl of oil, and they didnt even give us spoons. This place was nasty... and all the meals were $15+...? At least our server was very nice :)
If I could I could give a 0 charged me 4.00 for my sons tea even though he got a kids meal. On top of that took the server forever to bring out the soup and salad and bread sticks when she did we had them on our table for not even 5 minutes and she was already bringing us our food. Sad part is the manager just sat back and watched and my food was mess up to.
Great service and even when theyre backed up you get in and our relatively quick. Salad and breadsticks are always wonderful. Usually I order the chicken Alfredo with never ending Alfredo sauce to dip our bread in. Not a fan of their marinara. Personally, I think it could use a little salt and some extra herbs like basil or oregano. Occasionally I split the tour of Italy with my husband. I always take the lasagna home for leftovers and reheat it with salt, pepper, and basil.
It was very nice to dine in again. The place was not to crowded and the staff were friendly. As always the food was on point. I ordered the tour of Italy and couldnt eat it all lol. It made tasty leftovers the next day. The staff was friendly and polite.
First time here and really impressed. Our server was fantastic and so helpful! Had a great time (might have eaten a tad to much ;) )
Friendly curbside service was excellent!4 stars on food though...portions seemed smaller than expected, especially the chicken parmigiana. Side of spaghetti not much at all and two pieces of chicken are smaller than what the picture looks like. The Tour of Italy entree was better, although its been awhile since Ive dined here. The chicken gnocchi and zuppa toscana soups look tasty!Will update review on flavor later.
Wont come here again we had a issue with this restaurant 2 almost 3 months ago first time coming back here and the manager stopped us before having a chance to even be seated to tell us that because of last time the server quit and that we needed to act better when the issue we had was the server didnt take care of are table and over charged us for what we did get because of this I didnt tip her at all and told her she needs to learn to check on her tables more often and not just focus on one table its fine there are so many other restaurants around that would love me to spend my money there this restaurant has lost any future orders from me
Reasonable food, nothing special; one person at our table commented that the shrimps in the Shrimp Fettuccine Alfredo were somewhat fishy indicating not so fresh ingredients. Mu soup was a bit watery also.
Though it was highly high-priced for the food, the environment was relaxing friendly and comfortable. We had a large group and they said it is in a large table area where we could feel comfortable talking and not bother others. Overall it was a good experience.
Our party of 8 was there at 9.20pm, when the actual closing at 10pm. They simply refused us for dine in. This is the worst customer experience ever. Infact , we were ready to split the party into smaller group and dine in. Still they dont want to dine us in. I am not sure really sure why they dont want us.
I loved the food , the server was very helpful and dis point out to the food that was cooked with wine or contained pork .The atmosphere was quiet and family friendly.Definitely will be back again
Food was average, my never ending soup, salad, and bread sticks was limited to one because it waitress never brought any more out even came back to see if I wanted any. Also, 3.40 for a coke is a bit ridiculous.
Drinks are great!! Waitresses 1st day and she was good. Good food but, a bit expensive for portion size.
We had a wonderful server - the Princess of the Sea! So much fun. Good service. Good food. Well be back soon!
Went with a big group of people and our server was a saint. He was a blonde dude but I didnt catch his name, he made sure everyone was taken care of and was super helpful with recommendations.
Great food and great service. The italian margarita is the bomb!
The service was amazing and the food was pretty good. Not a big fan of Olive Garden but after this experience I wouldn’t mind visiting them more often. Really recommend the pasta and the bread sticks are delicious as the memes make them out to be. For a Thursday night it was very busy.
Great service and food as always. One note though the carry out containers dont stay closed seem defective.
One of the best Olive Gardens I’ve been too. Service was excellent food was great. View of the pond was awesome too.
After an unhappy experience in the Livonia location a week ago, we went to the Ann Arbor location and our faith in Olive Garden has been restored! We visited on Fathers Day, late afternoon, and were seated immediately and our waitress was very attentive and friendly! Our food was delicious!10-19-19 Just stopped in for Sweetest Day dinner. Katie (Katherine L) was our waitress. She was great and made our dinner even better!
We love this place the service is excellent great Costomer service our waiter Andrew was excellent and helpful and very kind seriously I recommend this place the food was amazing excellent service thank you Andrew
This Olive Garden is very similar to many other locations. The service is good and pretty quick. The staff always seems knowledgeable and friendly. The wait is usually about 20ish minutes. The food is always good and satisfying but a little bit expensive. The free salad and breadstick refills are nice. Make sure to eat your fill of both and take home some of each. The atmosphere is always pretty nice and good for family or date nights.
Clean, good waitstaff, good food. Slightly longer wait times than others but they are up front about it.Update: I dont know if its just me, but the quality of food has gone down the last few years.
Its an Olive Garden, so temper your expectations appropriately. Going from that point though, its the only Olive Garden Ive ever been to that hasnt been a complete disappointment every time. The wait staff are attentive and friendly, the food has always been hot and fairly quick to arrive, and when weve had to wait a while its been worth it.
Food was delicious. Our waitress was perfect. In fact everyone that worked there was.
My family and I had a great time. The staff was very attentive and considerate. Our waiter was awesome. We had a group of about 20 people who were coming from a funeral. They were kind enough to make accommodations for us and the food was delicious.
The WORST experience I have EVER had in my life.Mike, the manager was so RUDE to me, when I came in and when I asked for another manager, I got a TERRIBLE woman name Sonya and she was so mean when I asked to be seated. There was only one hostess seating people and I know that was stressful. Why are they so understaffed ? Are they not paying people enough ? And then as a black person I did not feel comfortable. The people in the restaurant and the staff were giving me SUCH nasty looks. And it’s sad because this is supposed to be an upscale restaurant, but it was the worst experience I have ever had. Also when I received my food, it was cold, VERY bland. The soup had HAIR in it. My drink was RIDICULOUSLY watered down and my silverware was dirty and when i didn’t pay for the DISGUSTING service, Sonya and Mike threatened to call the cops on me ! Especially with the day age we live in, we know how that could end for a black person ! I wish I could give this place a 0/10 because this experience was honestly heartbreaking.
I ordered the lasagna dinner and mango strawberry margarita! Very delicious and the bartender was super prompy and helpful with suggestions. She also checked on me just enough not overbearing. Will be back again 💜
Good very good I had chicken scampi . Went twice on different days.. take out..service could be better first time was good.second time not so stood at the take out area at least 15mins while staff just looked at me as if I wasnt standing there, until I got frustrated and went over to the bar area and he call for someone to help me check out because I had ordered ahead..
We had a great waitress & great food. We really enjoyed it today.
We were disappointed with our experience at this specific location. Our waiter was efficient and friendly. However, the front attendant who seated us was rude and did not offer any type of greeting when we arrived. She brought us to a dirty table that still had a tray on it and told us she was going to have someone clean it. She then walked away and didnt send anyone to clean our table. We stood by the table waiting for it to be cleaned for several minutes while staff members walked by without offering any help. I had to approach a staff member and ask him to clean the table. He was kind and willingly obliged, but I was unimpressed with the front staff. They were very rude and clearly didnt care about their jobs.
Food is always good, consistent for what you would expect from a chain restaurant. Service is friendly, but has been slow the last couple of times. Kind of expected with staffing shortages.
Came here a little close to closing time to celebrate and it’s definitely one of the nicest olive gardens I’ve been to. The food was great however they forgot my appetizers and a few other things. Overall good restaurant, worth another visit.
Took my daughter there for her 18th birthday 🎂 today. The staff is extremely friendly and the food is amazing. The minestrone soup is so tasty.
Service was friendly and food came out rather quickly for the amount of people. Would like to see more soup choices and green salad for the endless serving.
Good location. The table service is a bit slow. Food quality is average. Good for a casual lunch or dinner
I can honestly say I totally was disappointed the food tasted like something from a can or jar, the soup was so plane and the gnocchi soup only had 2 gnocchi, sorry this place has gone downhill. The staff was nice for the most part.
Terrible..fettuccine was very dry, food was old pasta hard.. Manager was very rude and unprofessional. Second time we had problem there. Will never go back. Do not recommend
Reliably good Italian fare. The lunch specials are reasonably priced and filling. Dinners are pricier, but quite good as well.
The Waitress I was not happy with. She not only approached my son to tell him not to stick paper in the card machine instead of talking to a adult at the table. She took it upon herself to rip out of my son hands and say don’t do that you can break it. Adults were having a conversation and we missed it. Didn’t think it was necessary to rip out of a kid hand. When asking for cheese it absolutely went everywhere. On my clothes, table and floor. I couldn’t believe how messy she was. Food was ok. Warm and not hot.
First of all food was all great and hot and so quick. But you guys!!!! The server, Julia, made this experience amazing. Thanks Julia!!!!!
Staff was friendly but it smelled terrible all through the dining room. I didnt even stay to eat because the odor was so bad.
Dysfunction Junction. Totally disorganized. They didn’t want our business because we had a party of 7 and that was too many people for them to sit. Very poorly managed. Would not recommend for larger party’s.
Ordered Togo today and it was a great experience. Our food came to the car very hot and once we got home, we enjoyed our food to the fullest. Its nice to see that some takeout service is still great(during pandemic). Thank you, Oliver Garden Ann Arbor
Had gone to celebrate a friends new job. Great food, great service.
Great place and good food. We got a table with a beautiful view too. Even though it was crowded, they treated us well and we got service at great time. Loved it here and going to visit it again.
I think this was a pretty decent Olive Garden location. Staff was kind if a bit unmotivated and the food was as expected.
As busy as they were our waitstaff was awesome. There are great people who still work out there. Tip them well. Its deserved.
I had shrimp chicken carbonara and it was awful tasting watery watery no flavor. This was my second time the food was not good. 🙄
Just left this Olive Garden. The food tasted good like normal which was satisfying, but for the 45 minutes we were here we didnt have one of our 3 drinks or 2 unlimited soups refilled. The server forgot a dip we ordered and kept coming back seeing if we need anything and each time we told him what we still havent gotten and he left then never came back with anything. I wish I has taken my wife somewhere else for her birthday, I wanted to get her a dessert they offered on your birthday but we left rather than waiting for 15 minutes to go by and possibly never get it.
Just talked to the hostess to try and make reservations. She was super short with me over the phone and very rude for no reason. Tried to speak with the manager and I was hung up on. I know good help is hard to find, but now I definitely will not be dining at this restaurant. This occurred on 8/28/21 at 3:30 pm. Hopefully, someone who cares will read this! I’ve never had such horrible treatment from an Olive Garden. What a disgrace!
Very delicious! Huge portions! Had to wait a bit, however, it was worth the wait! The waitress was very attentive, friendly and the food came out pretty fast!
Annarbor location : quality reduced. The napkins stink. But i always like salad over there
Love this place! The remodel really did them right ❤️❤️❤️ staff is friendly, food is tasty, and it is clean. Totally worth it!
Always love it. Food is always good. The server I use to get was great her name was Ruth. Service is good!
Went to this location on Friday November 5th and asked to sit at the bar. We were told it needed to be cleaned before we could be seated. There were two of us. We were waiting for 45 minutes before an older white couple came in and requested to also sit at the bar. They waited for no more than 5 minutes before being sat before us. We go mention this and they say “sorry.” Yet another example of blatant discrimination against people of color. Will not be visiting this location ever again. The hostess’ were both white women.
Francesca was our server and she was absolutely amazing. I felt a little bad because I was asking for a lot but she was friendly, and very attentive. The food was great, I liked the calamari and the sauce. Would definitely return and request her as my server. Thank you Francesca.!!
There was a bit of confusion when we arrived because we tried calling ahead because we had 9 people. We were told there was no wait and they couldnt add us to a list for call ahead seating. When we arrived after driving 30 minutes to get there (which we mentioned when we called), we were told there would be a 1.5 hour wait because we had more than 4 people. We spoke to the manager and explained this and he went above and beyond to get us seated quickly.The service was great and so was the food. The staff turned a frustrating miscommunication into a positive experience.
Great service and good food. The quantity and quality of food was really good.
Food was great. Server was amazing. The food came out faster than I could keep up with. Only bad thing was the noodles in the lasagna was overcooked
Ordered takeout yesterday. 3 meals, plus an additional order of soup, salad, and breadsticks. Gave us 2 whole breadsticks for the whole order. Spent $60 on our meals for them to give us 2 breadsticks. Not even enough for each person to have 1!!!!
Great curbside service! Everything as ordered, hot foods hot cold foods not.
Always a great experience and you can never go wrong with Olive garden!!!
One of my favorite restaurants. Always great food and nice portions.
Very friendly staff, quick service without hovering, delicious food.
Got takeout and loved my meal as did my partner. We ate up the street at the hotel and the food was still hot.
Been awhile since I have visited this Olive garden and had a good meal and had a great waitress. Everyone I was with had a good meal and experience too
The food was just ok, Ive eaten at many different OGs throughout the country. Breadsticks were not seasoned very much and not much dressing on the salad. I had spaghetti and meatballs and that was perfect! Our server was great! Still a great place for a fast meal!
Felt very safe and clean! The waitress we had was new, but despite that, she did such a wonderful job!The food was good overall. My family that went with me didnt have any complaints either.
The restaurant was busier than we expected but our wait was short and the food was great.
Really phenomenal. First time weve been out to a restaurant since start of COVID and I wasnt expecting much. Our server was beyond fantastic, so kind and cheerful. The food was over the top, fresh and delicious. The appetizers were freaking BOMB (fried mozzarella and spinach artichoke). Plenty of bread and salad. Alfredo and stuffed pasta was on point. Free dessert for our kids bday. And free trivia games at the table. Really an enjoyable experience. I gotta say I had a blast. Tipped the waitress for the queen she is. More than 20% because she deserved it. Keep up the good work 💪
We had a great experience- our server was awesome (I cannot remember his name). He was very accommodating, and gave us soup to go. Our food was great as always.
Delicious food, friendly service every time.
Waiter was very nice, food was fast and tasty.
Called ahead with party of 10, showed up early, then waited over an hour with no seating. Finally left, the kids with us got restless. Bad service and horrible communication. Do not waste your time going here. They kept saying they were cleaning a table for over 20 minutes.
My go to restaurant. Always great food. Never dissatisfied. Thanks.
Very good as always. Dinners came out too fast, need to ask customers if theyd like more time to enjoy the soups and salads first
James was a great waiter, attentive, courteous and took care of us to a fault. Give this man a raise and make sure he is lead for the servers there!! Far and above the best waiter I have come across in years!
We had a great experience at Olive Garden last night! Sabrina was our server and she was fantastic! We were able to join the Wait List online at Olive Garden and the wait was 15 minutes, which was perfect as we arrived our table was ready. It was a little surreal since the capacity is still limited, the menus are just a double sided piece of paper (which I am sure has to do with COVID restrictions) and it makes me feel like the options are less then before but we were excited to be out again and we had missed Olive Garden! The food was great and we look forward to going back!
This place was soo good. The people was nice. Would go there again. I do not recommend the take out . It does not taste the same or as good as it would if you dined in
My waitress got sloppy and didnt bring me what I asked for so she could go to the front and have a conversation with one of the hostesses. I tipped triple what it recommended as a tip on my bill and she didnt even say thanks which I felt was also pretty rude. It was a young blonde girl but its not the new one that was training (just so they dont get confused) its Wednesday July 28th at 4pm . She needs to improve on those things and paying attention when a customer is waiting on her!
I enjoy Olive Garden. The soup and salad is always good. The cheese that is grated on your dishes is good. They have a dish called Asiago Tortelloni Alfredo with Grilled Chicken. I think its my favorite dish. Prices are slightly above average.
Attentive wait staff. Good sized portions and tasty food.
Very delicious. Great service, great food as always.
Great Restaurant with excellent food. Must visit again.
Very nice food, excellent portioning.Ive not seen such fresh salad at a restaurant in long time.Ravioli with grilled chicken on top was excellent.Chicken literally melted and so did ravioli.Everything was fresh and tasty.
Great attentive staff! Great cooks and Bar staff
Long wait but pretty decent foodIt’s Olive Garden 🤷🏼♀️
Waited almost 30 min past my carry out time for my food. Sonya came out and was more than accommodating without being asked. I have no complaints other thsn there was zero pieces of gnocci in my chicken and gnocci soup. Which is the only thing i ordered for myself in a 8 item order - that stinks but its not huge deal. Every thing else was great. This is our fav location and we will always be back. Thanks.
The food and service was great, however expensive. I had eggplant parmesaen and for the price of the vegetable you dont have to be so stingy with the amount you serve! I can understand if it were meat but its not! Otherwise, tastey and great atmosphere!
It was a very nice outing and the food is always delicious! Our waiter was Amazing, I wish I knew his name. The only part that I didnt particularly care for was while my friends and I were in the middle of a conversation a waitress walked over out of nowhere to add her 2 cents to our conversation......which she happened to mishear and wasnt what we were talking about. That was quite irritating.
It was ok. Our server was working pretty well. She took a long time to bring us our to go lids.
Very good food and it arrived curbside at the time stated when the food was ordered.
Phenomenal food under a reasonable price, with a happy bonus: tablet with games and comics renders it perfect for kids to kill time with.
Food was pretty good. First couple of bowls of gnocchi soup was barely warm. Our waitress wasnt a very waitress.
Great food, amazing service and it was one of the only places open at 7pm. We travel 3 hours for Dr appts in Ann Arbor and this place was perfect. Well done to the staff for an amazing job well done!!!
I was very displeased with this specific East specific Olive Garden restaurant they put the word chain in chain restaurant restaurant because The pasta was overcooked and island the portions were small.
Other than a wait to be seated, the visit was perfect. Both our meals were great, service was excellent!! No concerns at all, will definitely return.
Brooke was the bombI slid in at 9 too.So closing at 10Sat at the bar.12/10 service.
The Olive Garden was excellent. The staff was friendly and the food was excellent. I had the salad and lasagna. It was very very good.
Car side pickup was fast and the packaging was extremely secure. Nothing spilled (including soup) despite some of the containers falling sideways on the way home. The quality of the food was mixed, but mostly good.
Good food, friendly staff, but it took over 2hours to get food for a party of 9 people
It was okay... theyre falling off a little in my opinion. My wifes homemade alfredo is better... handsdown. I had leftovers brought em home and we had sauce she made a couple days prior for a client. I added it and OOOH BOOOY!!!! Yummers!!!
The food and service was okay. We had a larger party so trying to check out on only one working tablet was not convenient and took way longer than needed.
The Ann Arbor Olive Garden was excellent last night. Great food and great service. I will be back soon!
Friendly, prompt service. Good food, good prices.
The service was ok the waiter was trying to be funny and sounded more insulting than funny and he had no idea what was gluten free other than the noddles on the menu and they were out of them the menu is only one page and I didnt see what I usually get on it. They compt the meal but I didnt eat anything but a bowl of soup and it didnt taste like it should and the tables had nothing on them (salt pepper ect..) and I asked for a spoon and I had to go get it myself the entire staff seemed to act like it was a bad McDonalds.
I love this Olive Garden. Everyone is so friendly and kind to me when I pick up my order. Keep up the great work guys. I also noticed that the restaurant was very clean and tidy.
Everything was delicious. I will come back soon :)
Service was awful,food was cold had to send it back to get it warmed up twice,the food and service was so bad I shouldnt have left a tip....
My wife and I were celebrating our 26th Wedding Anniversary and decided to dine in Saturday, October 3rd. The food was great and service quite pleasant. Hopefully, well get pass this pandemic and get back to normal living.Thanks!Greg
Phoned in take put order. Took advantage of curbside delivery. Food was good and well packaged. Only 4 stars because the chicken Marsala was missing the sauce. Big portions.
We had a wonderful server named Lake. The restaurant was packed and she did a great job covering all her tables and was very friendly!
Sonya is very rude and ✨mysterious✨ She be passing gift cards like 🕺 purr go off rude queen💅 Hate, karen😀
I think the service was quite nice. they had the complementary wine tasting going on which added to the experience. I personally dont really like wines so I ultimately went for the beer. I think I had a pasta dish and I believe the size of my portion was quite huge and if you add the two side dishes I believe it was enough for another meal as well. I would highly suggest going there if you like to try upscale Italian restaurant. Thats a nice place to go out on a date or maybe to celebrate something with your friends or family or colleagues for that matter.
The chicken gnocchi soup and bread dipping combo is to die for! Plus this location the food seemed fresher than Im used to getting at other olive gardens plus they topped the bucket up!
First time here and really impressed. Our server was great, her name is Lauren, she was so nice and kindThank you very much for everything.
Condensed menu, salt forward, increased prices and informal service standards move this down on my list of regular haunts.
Ordered car side pick up, I live 30 minutes away, ordered and paid for a full price Dinner Size entree and when I got home I noticed they gave me the lunch size portion. If this was the first time this has happened I would be more forgiving, but this is the 2nd time this has happened to me!!! WhatIs even worse, is I always tip 20%, they don’t deserve the tip for the quality of service I received.
I love this restaurant and I always have. This was the 1st time that Ive come in and hated it. The breadsticks were hard. I ordered the new asiago cheese alfredo. The noodles were so hard that I couldnt chew them, they tasted bitter, and very dry. I paid $18.00 for a plate of food that I had 3 bites of.
Excellent service, our waitress was awesome
Had a great time here, nice view, delicious food and fast service! Loved the mini desserts!
Got take out! They got everything correct! They give you like 3 or 4 breadsticks for free, so you dont need to order them (unless you want extra). The spinich artichoke dip was soooo good.
Our server was fantastic. The food was accurate and delicious. Their system went down so we had to wait 10-15 minutes before we could leave as they werent able to print our bills. I felt bad for the server who basically had good hands tied as the manager wouldnt just let us go or even give a discount for having to wait. He did great. -1 star for the manager.
A known quantity. Food is fine, server was terrific.
While I expect a wait time on a Saturday night, an hour and 20 minutes was a bit much. After the long wait time to get a table, we ended up waiting quite a while for our sodas. Then, the Sprite came out with no syrup-just carbonated water. Our appetizer arrived before we got another Sprite. The table next to us sat down 10 minutes after we did and were done eating and gone by the time we go our food. They were a party of 2, we were a party of 4. The Shrimp Scampi that I ordered tasted as though it had been microwaved. After such a long wait, I was rather disappointed to receive such poor service and food as well. I gave 2 stars only because I received good service on a prior occasion at this location. If in the future I receive better service, I will update rating.
Food was delicious and service was fast and very pleasant
One of the better Olive Garden. Was busy for Saturday dinner. Had to wait about 40 mins before being seated. Food tasted as good as one can expect at Olive Garden.
Today 5/9/2021 I’m totally disappointedI ordered the Chicken Marsala which was my Mother’s favorite and every Mother’s Day we would dine in until she became terminally ill and we would order takeoutShe passed awayMarch 18th 2020 and I’ve since tried to keep the Mother’s Day traditionAnyway I ordered 2 dinners one for me and the other in remembrance and the dinner was the worstThe menu picture shows it with potatoes it came with noodles the chicken itself was not chicken I don’t know what it was but it wasn’t tasty at all very little Marsala sauce. Olive Garden has done themselves a disservice by messing with the meal . I’ve seen it go from redskin potatoes to mashed potatoes , back to redskin potatoes with sweet potatoes to noodles. Please leave a good thing aloneGo back to redskin potatoes and real chicken40.25 in the garbageThank youChristopher Kelly
Food was delicious with only a few things not worth mentioning and had no impact on my enjoyment of the dinner. Greatly grateful to utilize the $5 take home meal. Only true disappointment came after I left the restaurant. I noticed at the end of my dinner little packets of what I assumed was more flavorings...which I dont care for. But upon looking...they looked like it was various flavors for coffee. I too two....well....that was SO GOOD, I would have taken just a enough for a few more cups if coffee....and I drink a fair amount of flavored coffees if they can exceed the local houses. I truly regretted once I finished the coffee.Experience awesome from being greeted, seated and served. I also am a Customer Service consultant in my past. Excellent job by all. Ill stop. Hope you found the humor I did in a lost opportunity!
Service was really good but the food seemed a bit over cooked while the broccoli was a little under cooked. Luckily im not picky so it was fine but some others might not like that.
Salad was fantastic, main courses were ok. Certainly not a high quality Italian restaurant but the food was still good.
Olive garden is probably one of the best chain restaurants left. Pasta can get kinda pricey, but the unlimited soups/salads is always worth the money fa sho.
Went to dinner tonight with my parents, our server James was incredible, one of, if not the best, servers we have ever had! Food was great and came out quickly, James recommended some wines and brought out a bottle of our favorite, and also recommended a limited menu item which was fantastic as well. Great visit! James is awesome!
Had such a great dinner after spending all day at renaissance festival. We were ready for some awesome food and this place is always great! Our waiter Joe was phenomenal as well. We were all a little delirious after having a long day so we were in goofy moods and he played right along with us and provided awesome customer service!! Thanks for the good service and keep up the good work Joe!
Had a great time here this evening! The waitress was very very good. She knew the menu and made great recommendations. She brought drinks and refills many times during our meal. The price for the amount of food we received was very reasonable. We had plenty left to take home. Havent been to an Olive Garden in a long time but we will be coming back again soon! A+
Four of us went for dinner on a busy Friday night. We used the call ahead seating so our wait wasnt very long after we got there. The restaurant was clean and the staff was well trained signs of a good management team. We had an appetizer sampler with calamari and stuffed mushrooms, both excellent. After eating the salad and breadsticks, all of us had to take the entrees home for lunch the next day. Good food and good service.
Always great food and quick turn around for to go orders!
Party of 8 was seated in a semi-private area which was nice. Our friendly waitress did a great job overall getting the orders out promptly, keeping drinks filled etc. The food was typical mediocre tasting Olive Garden fare. There is obviously much better Italian food to be eaten, probably within walking distance. If you like eating at other Olive Gardens, youll like this one just fine as well. Personally, Id go somewhere else.
Ive Visited this garden of Flavor twice now. First time we had impeccable service from Autumn. The second time we also had fabulous service from Joe.
Went to dinner last night with my hubby, daughter and friend. Our waiter James was amazing! James was personable, on the ball and efficient! He was the best waiter I think weve ever had, our drinks were always refreshed, he brought us fresh hot breadsticks, refilled our salads and soups promptly. He recommended some amazing wines and dishes. Everything came out fresh and hot, James was amazing! He deserves a raise! :)
I just went with a few friends for my birthday, and I must say the food was amazing!! Wen didnt get a chance to take pictures of our food and drinks(which was ALOT!) however, you know how good food looks in a picture? And you only hope youre comes to you the same way? Well it looked exactly like it and treated better than I expected. Service was spot on too!
Great place for lunch while working in AA!!
Had a great dinner date with my lovey Shelly Lorraine
Food and service are both good. The place smells stuffy and it took away from the experience.
Our server Aria was amazing. She put up with our constant drink orders and bread sticks.Our dinner was the steak fettuccine Alfredo and we were all very disappointed. It was like a mini petite steak with a small side of fettuccine Alfredo. It was less than the size of a fist. .Overall we were very happy with the service and taste of food but we will avoid the steak Alfredo from now on.
We all greatly enjoyed eating at Olive Garden today. I tried a new dish today... The shrimp and chicken carbonara. Wow! That was a great experience. The sauce is so creamy and tasty.The staff was very nice and helpful. The speed of the service was very timely. All in all, we had a great time there. I will be returning there at a later time.
Me and my family called to see how long the wait was to dine in. We were told 15 to 20 minutes. We have 3 children and figured that the time frame was good. We gave a name for call ahead seating. We got to the restaurant and there we were told 40 to 50 minutes. By the time we got a table we were there an hour and a half. When we were seated we asked for a high chair and was told we could not have a high chair in that section due to fire hazards. We ended up with a booster that we asked for several times and got attitude from the hostess. Finally the server gave us the booster. We were half way do e with out meal and 2 other tables were sat by us and they were allowed to have high chairs. Crazy. I would never recommend this location. Horrible hosts with attitudes. And food not the great for the pric .
I wasnt impressed with todays waitress. Good thing I was with my wife & mother, or she would have only got a $2.00 tip... She was horrible. Below average at best.Other then that, the food here is great. My wife eats here twice a month.
I wish I remembered our servers name because she was so great! (Rebecca? Taller young brunette)... anyways it was such a great experience! Two of my friends had never been to Olive Garden before and it was such a great experience. Server was friendly and efficient, food tasted great, and our booth was very comfortable!
My table of 9 was seated very promptly, the food tasted great, and the main highlight was our waiter. Nicest guy ever. Very funny and patient- my group will genuinely go back just for him @Bruce :)
My favorite restaurant. I like the option of unlimited salads and bread sticks 😋
The best thing about Oliver Garden is the combination of a soup and ever green salad. Shrimp Alfredo or Shrimp scampi are great for dining. Spinach dip and dry shrimps are great as an appetizer. My kids though not salad eaters but they love to eat their salad and for a change a healthy diet.
Went here to meet with my family for a meal. We ended up changing our renovation time... Then we changed the amount of people from 4 to 6... On a separate phone call... At any rate despite my poor planning, the women taking the calls were all polite and helpful.When we were there the waitress was fun and good to banter with.
Absolutely superb!! Service more than met our expectations. The food was better than ever. So grateful 🙏 to almost have this pandemic behind us 🇺🇸
The food was fresh, served very quickly at a fair price. The waitress we had was very nice and checked at our table several times to make sure everything was ok and if anything else was needed. Every time I come here this is the kind of service I get. Its worth driving to and has been one of my favorite places to come!!! Thanks again
I enjoy coming here with family for dinner. Food is always good. Service is good. This place can definitely get busy though. Wish they took reservations, but its not big of an issue for us. Breadsticks and salad are always the best. They offer a ton of different meal options. So, everyone will find something they like. And prices were very reasonable for the portions you get.
Easy solid four. A very good expression of Olive Garden. While everythings generally been very good Im dinging them for the obvious smalls.So Ive been here a number of times now; idling in Ann Arbor on biz, and timing issues along with table turnover pressures a thing here. Enough you know it. This last waitress was reading my tip before I even left the table. I hate that. And more times than not, single diners get second rate seating here. Thats just wrong.I also dont like checking myself out with the table side kiosk. Thats so 2004. Between printer fails and not getting emailed my receipt. Sucks having to chase a receipt.
Loved my visit here. Gabby, my waitress was absolutely incredible and weve actually requested her a time or two after and each time shes amazing!! Highly recommend and if you get her as a waitress you wont be disappointed.My only complaint was that the kitchen was not stocked well on two occasions. Ran out of soup one time and had a shortage on veggies and breadsticks another.
Lunch time staff is better but the food is always great this is one of my favorite places to go!
Head an excellent dinner. There were 7 of us and they seated us in a private room with a beautiful view of a pond filled with geese. The food was delicious and served quickly and correctly, the service was friendly and couldnt ask for better treatment. Wed definitely go back!
Service was great and wait time was exceptional.
Ive had both good and bad experiences here. Our last experience was a little rocky. Our server was extremely awkward and wouldnt stay at our table for more than two seconds, sometimes leaving before we were finished speaking. The food has always been good though, the cheese ravioli with alfredo sauce is my weakness.
Good as always was great, but the service was slow.
Liked the soup and salad, bread sticks like most comments.However the spaghetti sauce tastes like plain tomato sauce.
Shrimp scampi very tasty except filled with inedible asparagus stems. Makes foe nice color contrast, but not fun to eat.
Great service , good food. Beautiful set up inside. We had a very nice circle room all for our group. It made it the perfect spot to meet up with family and have enough space and privacy. Well definitely be back!
Food quality is down and prices up
Went for lunch for soup and salad. Felt very comfortable with current COVID rules in place. Seated far from the next patrons. Server wore masks entire time. Would go back.
Food tasted great. Server was very attentive. Would have to say service was excellent.
Good atmosphere, not crowded at all on Easter Sunday afternoon. My only complaint about Olive Garden is the Chicken Carbonara is not the same dish of a few years ago. They changed the sauce...now all the white sauces are the same. They stopped using buscatini noodles & substituted spaghetti in this dish. It isnt even carbonara.The chicken & the way it is prepared is the best part of the dish but it definitely isnt worth $19.00.They should offer that style chicken on Make Your Own Pasta because they dont actually sell carbonara any longer.
We placed ourselves on the online waitlist an hour before showing up, just to be told that basically we wasted our time and gas and had to sit on the new 2hr waitlist. This place is a joke and after being hung up on 5 times so is the service.
I’m torn on how to write this. I’ve been vocal on how Michigan Health Department is handling the pandemic, so I know this may not be popular amongst many patrons. But when my wife and I, can’t go out to eat with our 5 children (one is a baby) bc of what might be the most ignorant rule I’ve ever heard, i feel the need to voice my opinion. We have been to many restaurants who will seat us at 1 table, but we’ve also been to a few who want to split us up. Olive Garden wanted to split us up....bc our 7th is a 12 month old baby. This is absurd. Even if we all had covid, wouldn’t you want to keep them all in one area? But nope, let’s spread them throughout the restaurant! Can someone explain this logic to me?? No more of our business will go to places who can’t use common sense.
Normally good food and decent service but dont count on the online waitlist, what a joke.
This was your standard Olive Garden restaurant. The breadsticks were plentiful and warm. The pasta is nothing special and pretty much forgettable. Our food was out quickly for a group of 10 and we were on our way out soon after.I didn’t have any issues with mysterious charges on my receipt, but I saw reviews that said others did. Be on the lookout for them just in case.
The food was good! A little salty but good! The service even better!
Are waited Rashawn W. tabe 606, was friendly and helpful! One of the best Olive garden, times. Food wastasty 😋, now with less salt! I shall return.
Food (so abundant that there was hardly any room for all of it on our table), atmosphere, prices were fantastic! Most of all ... although our waiter was slammed by customers; he was excellent in timing and serving! No matter where I go to Olive Garden; I am satisfied!
Wife loves their unlimited soup and salad combo. I like their food ok. Wish they had some non-pasta main dishes for the carb conscious crowd
My sirloin steak was very salty.
Out waitress Sydney was awesome. The food was great!!
Little to no wait, covid tracing as well a masks are enforced. The food was really fresh and the staff was helping when picking out what to order. Overall a pleasant experience.
We just left there, Everything was amazing especially the service! We were seated promptly didn’t have much wait on the waitress and she was on it with everything! Best service I had in a long time! I didn’t catch her name but we chatted for a second and she said it was her sons 1st birthday and his name is Zaiden! Best server ever! Tipped her good she so deserved it!
Took my daughter there for lunch, after waiting over 30 minutes for a waitress to come to our table, the coffee we ordered was cold and tasted burnt. Once the dinner proceeded the waitress was nowhere to be found. She kept apologizing, but still took FOREVER to get anything to our table. I will not go back! For the price that you pay, you expect at least decent service.
Host forgot about us and seated people who came in after us, however we were seated immediately when I asked. Our server was great although I forgot to catch his name. I overheard other servers who were equally as friendly. I enjoyed the Mediterranean shrimp scampi, which was under 600 calories, salad & breadsticks of course! My mom had chicken quesadillas which she said were very good. Easy entry and exit with two main roads available. Three stars because it was typical chain restaurant food. Overall good experience.
Server doesnt listen well.Got Chicken and Gnocci- literally tasted chicken twice in the whole bowl.Got the Chicken Margherita- chicken was cooked too long. The garlic parm steamed broccoli was just steamed, no flavor, and dry.My brothers steak was extremely small (6 oz) and he said wasnt worth the price.My Moms Tour of Italy was great.My favorite part (as if I havent worked in the restaurant industry before) when she sent my plate back all I could hear is laughing since we are right next to the kitchen. Thanks for the wonderful experience 🙃
Service was good. Very popular location. Expect a long wait but worth it.
We go to Olive Garden very often, always great fresh food and very pleasant staff I took my mom with me they opened the door for us in friendly welcoming manner and we sat down next to the pond enjoyed the beautiful view our waitress this time called Zainab, she was very friendly and hard worker.thank you so much guys
Plenty of space between tables. Somewhat limited menu vs the old one, but the food was hot, tasty and a lot! Good service, try the apple sangria.
Total reviews rating 4.3
199 Reviews for Olive Garden Italian Restaurant 2023:
Review №1
2022-05-10Came here for dinner w my bf, he ordered chicken Alfredo n I got the five cheese ziti. The food was amazingly made n our waiter Daria, she was amazing. She was very friendly, attentive, n calm at all times making sure our food was to our taste n everything else. We both enjoyed our dinner last night 💜
Review №2
2021-12-2611/28- visited again and this time food was awesome but service was little off and can see lack of staff to take out plates and clean tables etc. Giving one more ⭐️for foodOverall OK experience but few items look like overcooked and but waitress did remake. Soup just OK. Waitress was great and provided awesome service. we will try to again and see any see any difference. Chicken marsala, chicken scampi, pasta
Review №3
2021-10-23Good restaurant. Slightly on the expensive side but worth it. I like their drinks menu. The staff is very welcoming and prompt. One of the highlights - unlimited breadsticks. Do ask for Alfredo dip with it. Entrees might seem expensive. Unlimited soup and salad is a great option as well.
Review №4
2021-12-19This location has wonderful food and service. The restaurant is very clean also. If youre lucky you can be seated by the pond and watch the geese and a cute little Beaver 🦫. Also the food is very good! Love the chicken parmesan! I would definitely recommend anyone to give them a try during non peak hours! They do get busy.
Review №5
2022-06-18All around a great experience! The waitress we had was really kind and took great care of us! The food was delicious!
Review №6
2021-10-25Possibly the worst experience I’ve had service wise. We were sat 15 minutes before we were asked for our drink orders. We were waited on by Destiny. By then we figured out what we wanted to order entirely. It was confusing because we beat the dinner rush and it really was not busy yet. We were brought a visibly dirty salad plate and asked for a replacement which we never received so my autistic brother figured out to make a bowl out of the breadstick basket and a napkin… he ate his entire salad out of it and she never brought a plate even after witnessing this. At one point my brother got up and filled our drinks himself. It was all very odd and uncomfortable. I have no idea what she was doing or why she was seemingly always missing from the dining room while we saw other staff again and again. Very disappointed. The food was good but the service was the worst I’ve ever received in Ann Arbor - we are still all shocked.
Review №7
2022-02-20We check in at 12:20 with call ahead seating stating our table turn was ready and possibly a 10 minute wait. Understandable. Lobby was full. The 2 hostesses seated entire lobby. We waited. More people came in. Still was by passed for another full lobby. (We are a family of 5) There was possibly 50 people seated while we still waited. We asked 3x if we were going to be seated. I went to the kitchen area and asked to speak to the manager. (Privately) He went to see why we were being bypassed. The girls told him our name was called 5 minutes earlier! My party was standing there patiently waiting. Never unkind. The 5 minutes was the 5 minutes it took to speak to the manager. My family was standing right there. 100% these 2 girls lied! He said it was in the computer we were called 5 minutes earlier. They watched me go toward the kitchen. It feels as if they added that for him to say that we were called. He got us seated. When we were seated these 2 girls went (blatantly in front of us) to tell our waitress we went and reported them to the manager to dirty her about us. This waitress never let these 2 girls words affect her. She was kind, caring and served our table with respect. We tipped her 20%. This manager NEVER came and apologized or even check up on these girls. I asked him to check how many folks were seated from 12:20 until he seated us. We live in A2 and many, many friends live here and can attest we are kind people. I am hurt for the disrespect we received and in our Building Business in this community we would never disrespect a client. Not one of Olive Gardens guests even knew we were upset. We handled it with dignity. Somebody needs reprimanded. This manager and those two young ladies. Appalling!
Review №8
2022-06-14My mom and I were feeling brave so we brought FOUR kids in with us tonight to eat and ABBY was our waitress. She was amazing. I felt terrible with how demanding our crew was but she did it all with ease. She made our experience a breeze and kept our kids happy and behaving good plus the food was amazing! Thank you so much Abby! Olive Garden Ann Arbor is so lucky to have you as the face of their establishment
Review №9
2022-03-13I was there with a party of 6 and most of us enjoyed our dinners, but the two who ordered fettuccine noodles were served noodles that were hard and didnt have enough Alfredo sauce. Also, the person who ordered steak said it was cooked on too high a heat, so it was tough on the outside and undercooked on the inside. They were surprisingly busy, so we arrived at 4:30 and had to wait for a table at 5:30 and they seemed liked they were rushing to take care of everyone.
Review №10
2022-01-31Had a wonderful server, his name is Omar!!! Food was 🤩 amazing, we will be back…