Reviews for Olive Garden Italian Restaurant in Scottsdale, AZ

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) wasthe perfect balance of attentive and unobtrusive, she checked in regularly but never hovered. Her service was perfect. Read more

My go to Place for lunch, soup and salad. Service was awesome and the endless bowls are hot and delicious. I

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 thenever ending pasta. Me the meat sauce him the chicken carbonara. It was as if the noodles were just reheated and the sauce wasstraight from a jar. No flavor. Neither of us ate much of it and we did not order another serving. Now the breadsticks werenice and warm and had enough salt that made them delicious. The soup was perfect. The main reason for the 2 stars but thepasta 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 notwarm. Read more

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 wewere ordering our entrees. The wait time between ordering our entrees and their being served at our table seemed longer thannecessary but that is subjective. Our waiter was pleasant and accurate. All in all, it was a good experience and the family hadan enjoyable evening. Read more

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 3times during your stay. But when it comes to paying the bill. The waitresses all of the sudden have a change of heart and actvery kind, expecting a tip for their bad behavior. Expect good food, but be ready for bad service at this Olive Garden. Read more

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 aresatisfyingly large. This particular location has a large staff on hand, all of whom are polite and eager to be of service. Theambiance is pleasant, and the booths have a private feel to them. While I'm not sold on the pay-to-play game screens theyoffer, at least they are looking for more creative ways to survive in these tough times than simply raising prices and shrinkingportions. A solid 4 Stars...... Read more

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!! Read more

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 weliked in our salad. We'd never been asked that before. When she brought the salad it was put together in the big serving bowllike a flower with each ingredient being a pedal. It was beautiful. We remarked about it and Amy said that's how they look inOlive Garden's picture so she tries to make it like that. Outstanding success, Amy! Our dinner was as delicious as ever. Amyeven brought out an extra side of the awesome mushroom sauce and we gladly used it! Kudos to the cooks working that night! We'redefinitely returning and we will be asking for server Amy. The olive garden is quite reasonable, our bill came to $38 (we justdrink water with our dinner) so it felt good tipping Amy $20! Read more