Reviews for Olive Garden Italian Restaurant in Bakersfield, CA

Amazing chicken fettuccine and garlic bread . I can never have enough of their yummy salad.

Everything is above the average, but the iced tea is too sweet to drink. The place is good to eat, and the vibe is fantastic.... It's a good place to date if you don't order iced tea. Read more

Shout out to Gage, my server was on point, attentive and very very manner able and polite. Thanks Gage....the food , the service... was excellent. Great place to go on Sundays for family time. Drinks were good and generous. Busy spot so think about the timewhen you go, you will wait a good 10- 20 minutes. Food comes out hot and salad was fresh fresh fresh. Read more

I had to ask if someone was going to take our order. We did get our food fast once the order was taken. The server was notified... that we were celebrating my daughter's birthday. The server failed to check on our tablet and server the birthday girl with anice cream We said something about it a few times and we got nothing. Meanwhile others are getting a birthday song and ice cream.We had to flag our server down for any services several times. Not a very good impression of good service. But the food wasgood. Read more

We went on Saturday night while it was packed. The service was excellent from beginning to end even though we had a pretty big... group. We were not disappointed with our food choices! I noticed that all of the employees were dressed nice and looked neat,clean and professional. There was one male server with his face done up like a drag queen. Since his makeup was so overdoneand dramatic, i was wondering if they would allow a female to represent the company like that or if they were afraid of a lawsuit?? Would they allow someone to come in with their face painted like a clown?? It was very unprofessional and he certainlydidn’t fit the evident dress code that the other servers were presenting. He was also wearing long black fingernails withsharp points that should not be allowed for any food server regardless of any personal statements employees are trying to make. I heard him explaining that he was having challenges doing certain tasks with the nails on. Long nails of any kind do not looksanitary nor professional in the food industry. He seemed like he was doing an excellent job and had a great enthusiasticpersonality. There should be a written dress code that would apply to any and all food servers that would prevent this kind ofthing from happening without fear of Repercussion. There’s a time and place for everything. Read more

If i decide to come try again I will leave a better review. But upon the service of trying to have a sit down meal and the hunny... being shunned away was disrespectful. A simple sorry were closing and not taking further seating arrangements would have beenfine. But the attidude and sheer disrespect from the host??? I would like to update my review as we tried this place again. Wesat there for about 20 minutes after being seated with no server to come take our drink orders or even greet us. I was about towalk out but he went to grab someone and it wound up being the manager. Vicki apologized sincerely and told us she would takeoff our appetizers and drinks. Angie became our server and she was absolutely amazing. She was very helpful with everything andfixed any mistake up as there was a wrong drink brought to our table so she apologized and fixed it very quickly. Christopherwound up taking over for Angie and he was ok but definitely couldn't fill Angie's shoes. He brought us boxes at the end and 10minutes later we literally had to ask for our check. Usually the waiter will bring u ur check with the boxes or go grab it rightafter but come on... I didn't receive a pasta spoon so that made eating alot messier then I'm used to and without the check insI couldn't ask for one. So we got our check and couldn't pay. We had to take it up to Vicki and not only was our drinks still onour ticket but we were double charged for the mistake. She only took off the mistake. So the promises she made about taking offthe drinks and apps for our inconveniences only mounted to taking off the one appetizer. Thanks Vicki. Should have walked outlike I wanted to in the beginning. Onto the food portion. It was not 5 star quality. They didn't have the lasagna fritas weoriginally wanted so we got these instead. Not recommended over the lasagna fritas. I didn't like my chicken and seafood pastaso my hunny switched me plates with his Alfredo. The salad was very heavy on Italian dressi Read more

I don't get here often, as it's the only one here in town and the lunch time wait is too long. Well the food was basically okay;... a little dry everywhere. The breadsticks were not fresh or warm, and the main course was dry. The Bellini was really good, andthe service was stellar - If I could single out the service for a rating, it would be 5 stars . I noticed on the menu thatfettuccine seems to be the side pasta for everything. It's not really the best choice when having chicken marsala. I know thatfettuccine Is really cheap, and the sure sign of a cost saving measure, but it is also heavy and flavorless. . And, I dislikepoorly prepared pasta, as this was lukewarm and a little chewy. I would not consider going here again in the near future. I DOrecommend the 'italian donuts' though Read more

This is a typical olive garden with good food and huge portions. I tried the chicken gnocchi soup and it's just amazing. I... didn't enjoy the chicken Parmesan much. The staff is pretty good and quick. We went a little late around 9:30 so there weren'tmany people in there and it was a little dark Read more