Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

Just went here recently and enjoyed dinner with my son. Their pasta is always delicious. The soup, forgot what it was called, was really good. Salad always fresh. Love going to this place. Really great for huge family dinner gathering to enjoy. Good times.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wow, where to start. I'm not exaggerating the 1 star for food, service and atmosphere.
It was my wife's birthday. It was a Saturday night. The wait was about 30 minutes, which was weird because as I looked around, less than half of the tables were occupied. It was about 2 hours before they closed. We were a party of 3.

When they finally seated us, it was squashed in-between two larger parties right by the kitchen door. Normally that would be fine, but when the restaurant is over half empty, it was annoying. I guess easier for the servers so they don't have to walk as far.

As far as atmosphere, there wasn't much talking, laughter or even music - just a loud vacuum going the whole time. Strike one.

Next was service. They must've been short on servers for a Saturday?? We all got the bottomless soup and salad. We saw our server a total of 3 times. Once at first to take our order, once to bring us food, and 30-45 minutes later to see if we wanted seconds of anything. (See picture of soup empty, salad empty, and bread empty. That's how we sat for almost a half hour! Strike two.

Lastly was the food. There was only about a cup of soup in all the soups, both times. But the annoying thing was, there were zero gnocchi's in the gnocchi and chicken soup. (See picture) Not only that, there were no pepperoncini's or onions in the salad and very few croutons. We asked the server where the pepperoncini's and onions were, and he said they ran out of them. And he said they don't get shipments in until Wednesday! That means from Saturday until Wednesday they would be serving partial salads to everyone. Strike three.

Needless to say my wife was sad about her birthday dinner. Last time at that restaurant. Olive Garden, if you read this, I'd like a refund.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Love this location Tracy California first visit not too long ago was very good and second & third visit it's been great food's good service is good nice restaurant clean friendly service
So many options on the menu

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great service and atmosphere

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Everything was perfect. The food, the service, everything!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very disappointing experience. I went with my kids and ordered water and garlic bread, but we were not served for almost 20 minutes. On top of that, they were out of fresh fries. What’s worse, all of this happened before the main dish even arrived. Poor service and lack of basic items made the visit quite frustrating.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

We’ve always enjoyed Olive Garden, but our recent experience at this location was disappointing. Our server was unfriendly and unaccommodating — even refused a refill on shared salad, something we’ve never had an issue with before. The service felt cold and dismissive, and we weren't even offered the usual mints at the end. We also couldn’t help but feel that the treatment may have had a racial undertone, which made the experience even more uncomfortable. Definitely not the standard we’re used to from Olive Garden.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

Oops!…so sorry, I forgot to take a picture of my order! Chicken stuffed Ziti Al Forno! 👍🏽

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Everything is perfect with this Olive Garden location. Food tastes great the service is always impeccable. However there has been multiple times where they run out of food items.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Average everything

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

So delicious

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We had a wonderful experience at Olive Garden in Tracy! The food was absolutely delicious, but what truly made our visit special was our server, Tynen. He was outstanding — checking in on us at least 10 times throughout the meal to make sure everything was perfect. It’s rare to see such dedication and care. Tynen made us feel welcomed, valued, and taken care of. Big thanks to him for making our dinner so enjoyable. Highly recommend this location — and if you get Tynen as your server, you’re in for a great time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Good price

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Came at 6pm on a Sunday. Lots of open tables and 3 avail tables in the bar area. Sat down and was told they are not “first come first serve anymore” you have to get on a waiting list per the manager Felipe.
He wanted to make sure the “server was able to get caught up”…..,
SHE HAD 2 tables each table had 2ppl.
SMH
Then walking to the table the hostess had us walking in circles bc of a chair vs having it moved like the ppl that walked right behind us did bc they were not going to walk in a circle.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

This is a nice place to have a sit down meal. Depending on the day and time, there can be a pretty long wait. I would recommend trying to visit this location during off-peak hours. The service is always welcoming and friendly.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Toasted Ravioli, Seafood Alfredo Pasta, Tour of Italy