We had a party of 5 and just wanted a good dinner and Olive garden was not busy whatsoever, which we thought would be nice. However, we were very disappointed. We sat down and it took our server (Heather) at least 10-15 to even speak to us. After that we ordered a couple waters and cocktails, our waters came out pretty quickly but 2 cocktails took another 20 minutes. By the time we got the drinks our soups and salad had already came out, when my boyfriend started to look at his soup he saw the chicken was very pink. We brushed it off and thought our meals would be better, but when I got my food it was in a pound of grease and didn’t taste good, and my boyfriends shrimp alfredo came in a pool of water and the shrimp didn’t look or smell like they were good. I eventually tracked down our waitress after she disappeared and asked if we could have it remade, she apologized and said of course. Then after 35 minutes of waiting for his food she brings it out in a togo container and also brings the bill and asked for a card and takes my boyfriends card very quickly and walks away, when I start to look at the receipt I see that she charged us for 2 shrimp alfredo's and we only ordered one, one was taken off so technically we were only charged for one but after talking to her further she said her manager was taking the shrimp alfredo off all together and we didn’t have to pay for it, so I was confused. After I was asking her why we were still charged for it she couldn’t give a straight answer and told me “well I already swiped the card.” I was getting upset at this point but my boyfriend said it was fine and we left. This was some of the worst service I have ever received, I am also a waitress and know how hard it can be when the kitchens messes up and you get blamed so I was very kind until she started talking to me very condescending.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Minoo Hosseinzadeh
The food was good there, but it could have been better. I did nit like the deserts. The service was great and people were nice there.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Alicia Campbell
A step above Fazolis. It's decent but honestly, the servings are small for the price and very basic americanized italian.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Soup and Salad
Jake King
The food, service and atmosphere was fantastic. Dylan was great at greeting us and checking on us throughout the night. Our server Maddison (Maddie) was fantastic! She was very personable and pleasant! Both very professional. 5 stars ? ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chris Laprocido
Ordered online. I’m in a semi truck and she still brought the food out to me. Thought that was pretty awesome! Awesome job Olive
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ramona Q
our waiter was wonderful..he took excellent care of me andmy daughter and son in laws family an we have 1 large family Kid-friendliness: 6 kids from ages 10 down to 1 an our waiter was extremely friendly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad & Breadsticks, Soup and Salad, Chicken Parmesan
Scott Ford (Scott Exploring)
food is good, we just don't get to this part of town much
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bonnie Carpenter
Great service and food was excellent. Went there for my birthday week.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
BRANDON “SELF-MADE” PHILLIPS
They are always so kind here. Managers go above and beyond to make sure you are taken care of.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad & Breadsticks, Soup and Salad
As expected, Olive Garden in Lexington was of the high quality of food, service, and atmosphere you expect. Highly recommended.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad & Breadsticks, Tour of Italy, Calamari, Chicken Parmesan
Carolyn Roberts
Service was great! Food was good although bread sticks seemed different than I've had previously. Am not pleased with having to pay with the box on the table. There were 4 of us & we all ended up having to have the wait person take our cards to the register. As a customer I should have that option anyway without them worrying about getting in trouble if I didn't use the box first.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup and Salad, Fettuccine
Frank Nassida
The service was great! The potato soup is really good, I recommend it. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup and Salad
Henry Cox
Excellent Food. Great and speedy Service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tiramisu, Salad & Breadsticks, Soup and Salad, Unlimited Soup, Fettuccine, Salad Bowl, House Salad
merrittdrains
First time at this restaurant and immediately when I walked in it is very dated and the smell isn’t that good (I believe the smell is from the very old atmosphere) the wait time was about 15 minutes (not bad) the waitress was absolutely awesome, but unfortunately the food and wait time was not! My wife ordered the Chicken & Shrimp Cabonare, it was very dry not sauce. Once she dug to the bottom of the plate, she found maybe a spoonful of sauce, this made the entree awful. I ordered the lasagna fritta, same thing it was brought to me without sauce. They must’ve been understaffed, because once my waitress had many tables she was working with, and by the time she finally got back to me and asked how everything was I told her how dry the food was, and I asked for more sauce by the time they brought the sauce back to me or food, was completely cold.Once again, not our waitresses fault because she had a lot of tables she was working with, but we had to wait for refills on our drinks and when you pay $3.50 for some ice tea (which you know, it only cost the restaurant $.05 and they charge us $3.49) it makes you a little upset because you should be able to get all the refills you want in a timely manner.I know in Florida (that’s where we’re from) the Olive Garden there which Orlando is 3x’s busier than Lexington, the managers take the time to go to each table to ask how the services & food is, this location does not do that. this the management gets a thumbs down from meWill not Return
We had a party of 5 and just wanted a good dinner and Olive garden was not busy whatsoever, which we thought would be nice. However, we were very disappointed. We sat down and it took our server (Heather) at least 10-15 to even speak to us. After that we ordered a couple waters and cocktails, our waters came out pretty quickly but 2 cocktails took another 20 minutes. By the time we got the drinks our soups and salad had already came out, when my boyfriend started to look at his soup he saw the chicken was very pink. We brushed it off and thought our meals would be better, but when I got my food it was in a pound of grease and didn’t taste good, and my boyfriends shrimp alfredo came in a pool of water and the shrimp didn’t look or smell like they were good. I eventually tracked down our waitress after she disappeared and asked if we could have it remade, she apologized and said of course. Then after 35 minutes of waiting for his food she brings it out in a togo container and also brings the bill and asked for a card and takes my boyfriends card very quickly and walks away, when I start to look at the receipt I see that she charged us for 2 shrimp alfredo's and we only ordered one, one was taken off so technically we were only charged for one but after talking to her further she said her manager was taking the shrimp alfredo off all together and we didn’t have to pay for it, so I was confused. After I was asking her why we were still charged for it she couldn’t give a straight answer and told me “well I already swiped the card.” I was getting upset at this point but my boyfriend said it was fine and we left. This was some of the worst service I have ever received, I am also a waitress and know how hard it can be when the kitchens messes up and you get blamed so I was very kind until she started talking to me very condescending.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
The food was good there, but it could have been better. I did nit like the deserts. The service was great and people were nice there.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
A step above Fazolis. It's decent but honestly, the servings are small for the price and very basic americanized italian.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Soup and Salad
The food, service and atmosphere was fantastic. Dylan was great at greeting us and checking on us throughout the night. Our server Maddison (Maddie) was fantastic! She was very personable and pleasant! Both very professional. 5 stars ? ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ordered online. I’m in a semi truck and she still brought the food out to me. Thought that was pretty awesome! Awesome job Olive
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
our waiter was wonderful..he took excellent care of me andmy daughter and son in laws family an we have 1 large family Kid-friendliness: 6 kids from ages 10 down to 1 an our waiter was extremely friendly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad & Breadsticks, Soup and Salad, Chicken Parmesan
food is good, we just don't get to this part of town much
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great service and food was excellent. Went there for my birthday week.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
They are always so kind here. Managers go above and beyond to make sure you are taken care of.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad & Breadsticks, Soup and Salad
Family friendly menuAmazing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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As expected, Olive Garden in Lexington was of the high quality of food, service, and atmosphere you expect. Highly recommended.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad & Breadsticks, Tour of Italy, Calamari, Chicken Parmesan
Service was great! Food was good although bread sticks seemed different than I've had previously. Am not pleased with having to pay with the box on the table. There were 4 of us & we all ended up having to have the wait person take our cards to the register. As a customer I should have that option anyway without them worrying about getting in trouble if I didn't use the box first.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup and Salad, Fettuccine
The service was great! The potato soup is really good, I recommend it. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup and Salad
Excellent Food. Great and speedy Service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tiramisu, Salad & Breadsticks, Soup and Salad, Unlimited Soup, Fettuccine, Salad Bowl, House Salad
First time at this restaurant and immediately when I walked in it is very dated and the smell isn’t that good (I believe the smell is from the very old atmosphere) the wait time was about 15 minutes (not bad) the waitress was absolutely awesome, but unfortunately the food and wait time was not! My wife ordered the Chicken & Shrimp Cabonare, it was very dry not sauce. Once she dug to the bottom of the plate, she found maybe a spoonful of sauce, this made the entree awful. I ordered the lasagna fritta, same thing it was brought to me without sauce. They must’ve been understaffed, because once my waitress had many tables she was working with, and by the time she finally got back to me and asked how everything was I told her how dry the food was, and I asked for more sauce by the time they brought the sauce back to me or food, was completely cold.Once again, not our waitresses fault because she had a lot of tables she was working with, but we had to wait for refills on our drinks and when you pay $3.50 for some ice tea (which you know, it only cost the restaurant $.05 and they charge us $3.49) it makes you a little upset because you should be able to get all the refills you want in a timely manner.I know in Florida (that’s where we’re from) the Olive Garden there which Orlando is 3x’s busier than Lexington, the managers take the time to go to each table to ask how the services & food is, this location does not do that. this the management gets a thumbs down from meWill not Return
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 5