Olive Garden: Love it or Leave it?
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Gross. I don't eat at chain restaurants anymore anyway, but I never really liked it when I did.0
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Gross. I don't eat at chain restaurants anymore anyway, but I never really liked it when I did.
chain restaurants are only good when you're traveling and in the middle of nowhere and don't want to be challenged by food choices. they are typically bland, boring and void of flavor or character, yet predictable.2 -
I haven't seen one in years, but I used to love them 'cause I basically only eat the salad and bread.0
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I haven't been in a long time, but I liked it.0
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I ate at Olive Garden once in 1999. That was the only time I have eaten there. The food was okay. I think I had ravioli.
I just don't go to restaurants much and the closest Olive Garden is about an hour drive.0 -
It's garbage1
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I like it, and so do my kids...but I really don't like it enough to wait 30-45 minutes.0
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I could tolerate it for lunch, salad and breadsticks or soup and breadsticks.0
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I used to love olive garden, then I started visiting more locally owned small resturants, and eventually only eating out a few times a year, Husband and I went to olive garden last year and thought it was awful now. Especially the zuppa toscana soup, we make a copycat recipe and ours is 500X better. I will not return again.0
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It's okay to me. I wouldn't go there regularly....maybe if I'm hungry and in the neighborhood or something. I would definitely not wait in line for it.0
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Motorsheen wrote: »Gross. I don't eat at chain restaurants anymore anyway, but I never really liked it when I did.
chain restaurants are only good when you're traveling and in the middle of nowhere and don't want to be challenged by food choices. they are typically bland, boring and void of flavor or character, yet predictable.
You know what I find bizarre? There's a Joe's Crab Shack on the wharf in SF and it is always packed.1 -
Motorsheen wrote: »Gross. I don't eat at chain restaurants anymore anyway, but I never really liked it when I did.
chain restaurants are only good when you're traveling and in the middle of nowhere and don't want to be challenged by food choices. they are typically bland, boring and void of flavor or character, yet predictable.
THIS or it is extraordinarily salty.0 -
Motorsheen wrote: »Gross. I don't eat at chain restaurants anymore anyway, but I never really liked it when I did.
chain restaurants are only good when you're traveling and in the middle of nowhere and don't want to be challenged by food choices. they are typically bland, boring and void of flavor or character, yet predictable.
You know what I find bizarre? There's a Joe's Crab Shack on the wharf in SF and it is always packed.
We were in SF a few months ago, and yeah, I made that same comment. Really sad.0 -
leave it. so many great italian restaurants locally. Find something better. OG is cheap and you get lots of mediocre food.1
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Motorsheen wrote: »Gross. I don't eat at chain restaurants anymore anyway, but I never really liked it when I did.
chain restaurants are only good when you're traveling and in the middle of nowhere and don't want to be challenged by food choices. they are typically bland, boring and void of flavor or character, yet predictable.
You know what I find bizarre? There's a Joe's Crab Shack on the wharf in SF and it is always packed.
that's really, really sad
there are so many great places to eat up there....0 -
I like it but I really have to plan my calories if I'm going there. Most of their entrees have like 2,000 calories.. so I plan soups, salad, appetizers, etc.0
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Carillon_Campanello wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »Gross. I don't eat at chain restaurants anymore anyway, but I never really liked it when I did.
chain restaurants are only good when you're traveling and in the middle of nowhere and don't want to be challenged by food choices. they are typically bland, boring and void of flavor or character, yet predictable.
THIS or it is extraordinarily salty.
This is why I say leave it, OG is WAY too salty.
Although, FTR, too much salt is why I rarely eat out. I always feel terrible the next morning.1 -
Motorsheen wrote: »Gross. I don't eat at chain restaurants anymore anyway, but I never really liked it when I did.
chain restaurants are only good when you're traveling and in the middle of nowhere and don't want to be challenged by food choices. they are typically bland, boring and void of flavor or character, yet predictable.
You know what I find bizarre? There's a Joe's Crab Shack on the wharf in SF and it is always packed.
I have an embarrassing story about that place. I had never heard of it before and and my ex wanted to try it while visiting SF. I thought it was pretty cool and funky, so I bought my dad, daughter, and neighbor some tie dye and we had had a decent (deep fried) lunch.
I got home and learned there was one across town in my own city. This was about 15 years ago. I'm a little more worldly now. My dad will NEVER let me forget that I bought souvenirs at a chain restaurant. To be fair to myself, we did eat at a bunch of other fab places off the beaten path.0 -
JeepHair77 wrote: »"Love it or leave it?"
Can I say "both"? Because I want to hate it, I know it isn't authentic, but I can't help myself. I love it. Those stupid oversalty breadsticks and their stupid buttery alfredo - it's just divine once in a while. Maybe it's a guilty pleasure, but I really enjoy it - our youngest LOVES it so we usually eat there once a year for his birthday.
I'm bumping this thread because today is our annual "Olive Garden for Young Boy's Birthday" day, and I'm super excited. I don't even want to order any actual food. I'll eat salad and breadsticks dipped in alfredo sauce and I'll feel incredibly sick thereafter and I'll be very, very puffy tomorrow, but it will have all been worth it.
Suck it, haters.1 -
Probably go there 2 or 3 times a year. I like the Zupa Toscana.1
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TheRoadDog wrote: »Probably go there 2 or 3 times a year. I like the Zupa Toscana.
The only way I'll eat kale.
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TheRoadDog wrote: »Probably go there 2 or 3 times a year. I like the Zupa Toscana.
Same here. I also like their zippoli's but dang, that place will leave your diet diary a smoking mess! Lol0 -
You're not missing anything. The sodium content of their food is horrendous and their food is subpar. I went like six years ago and it was awful. Don't waste the calories and get a good meal at a non chain local authentic Italian restaurant0
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JosephPulaski wrote: »It's garbage
.... but a pretty good punchline.0 -
I love it.0
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It's been a long time since I've been to one, but I like the salad. The breadsticks didn't taste like they used to when I first went... I think they changed the recipe. They are much saltier. I too wish they put more than 1 olive and pepperoncini in the salad. The dressing is delicious.
I love the Zuppa Toscana soup, but now that I make it at home I like my version better.
The actual entrees I've never really enjoyed. Generally too salty for me which is weird because I like salty foods. We always went for the $7 all you can eat soup and salad lunch.0 -
It's very pricey for easily duplicated recipes and the serving sizes are HUGE. Crazy.0
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It varies from restaurant to restaurant in my opinion0
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I'll pass. Their stuff is too salty for me. There are better places I can spend my money.0
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