Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
5015 Marsh Rd, Okemos
(517) 349-0330
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June was absolutely amazing!
It's a well run OG. What more can you ask?
Service was terrible starting from the manager all the way down. Bring your own fork and knife cause you might get them 20 minutes after they drop the dinner off.
I realize they were very busy, but the breadsticks were reheated and stale...hard on ends. I worked in bakery previously. The salad was fresh and great! Meals were good. Fresh bakery food is a plus if serving it!
We visit this Olive Garden regularly and always have a great experience, but something happened today that we have to share. We came to Olive Garden this evening for a To-Go order, and ended up having card issues where our card wouldn’t go through. After fighting on the phone for almost a half hour, staff came out and comped our order, telling us that it was “on them today”. We were so grateful, albeit embarrassed, but I’m pregnant (they didn’t know this) and we were so appreciative that we could still enjoy our dinner. Our staff person, Matthew, was so kind and understanding and made us feel like we weren’t the worst people in the world for the mishap. We will definitely stay loyal to this local OG.
We recently dined at Olive Garden and had a fantastic experience. Everything we ordered was genuinely great – flavorful, well-prepared, and satisfying. What truly elevated our meal, though, was our server, Rose. She was incredible! Rose was attentive without hovering, anticipated our needs (like drink refills!), and had such a warm, friendly personality. Her amazing service made a great meal even better. We'll definitely be back, and hope to have Rose as our server again!
Steak on pasta was terrible. Spaghetti with meatballs was fair but not as good as we make at home.
Won’t go back.
Always an excellent choice for dinner.
I got the chicken and gnocchi soup as an entree and in my soup there was one singular gnocchi THATS IT. I was far from pleased.
Simply amazing
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I usually don't do this being that I work in the service industry however I only leave reviews when a restaurant does the same thing more than ones. We just ordered from there, we always get dipping sauce. Last time I ordered the regular size, barely got any, this time we did the large and for the price this is what I got-pictured below. Very disappointing! I will now probably never order dipping sauces again being that seems like each time I get ripped off!
If I could give my waitress Kasiah a million stars, I would. This woman saved my life.
I came into Olive Garden expecting a simple meal. Maybe some breadsticks. Maybe some of their signature Alfredo sauce. What I did not expect was a near-death experience followed by the greatest act of heroism I have ever witnessed.
Halfway through my third bowl of fettuccine Alfredo (don’t judge me), I felt a disturbance in the force. My throat sealed shut like a malfunctioning garage door. I had made a fatal miscalculation—I had inhaled the Alfredo sauce. The creamy, cheesy goodness became my mortal enemy.
Just as my vision blurred and I began to see the ghost of Chef Boyardee calling me home, Kasiah appeared.
Like an angel in an Olive Garden apron, she sprang into action. With nothing but a steak knife and a plastic straw, she performed an emergency tracheotomy right there at the table, allowing me to breathe once more. SHE DIDN’T EVEN GOOGLE IT. Just pure instinct.
As I gasped my first breath of air, bathed in the warm glow of the Olive Garden dining room lights, Kasiah simply patted me on the back, handed me a fresh basket of breadsticks, and slipped a crisp $100 bill into my hand while whispering, “This one’s on me, champ.”
I have never known such kindness. Such bravery. Such impeccable customer service.
Food was good. Service was better. Will be returning, but I’ll be chewing my food this time.
Tried the new stuffed chicken carbonara but I substituted the mashed potatoes with angel hair pasta. This dish was the bomb. The salad delicious as always. My boyfriend got the steak gorgonzola Alfredo pasta he says was also amazing. Can't forget the appetizer which was also good shrimp Fritto misto just forgot the picture for that one and our waitress, Bella was very friendly and sweet and very attentive to our table. I believe this is my 2nd time here and yet again some amazing tasting meals. Thank you!! 😘
We had an appetizer of Shrimp Fritto Misto which was delicious, unfortunately no picture because we ate it so fast. It comes with marinara and spicy ranch. I enjoyed the spicy ranch.
My plate was the Steak Gorgonzola Alfredo and my girlfriend's was the Stuffed Chicken Marsala. Both were delicious plates, although I secretly pined for her Stuffed Chicken Marsala because that's what I typically get when I dine here. The Steak Gorgonzola Alfredo was well cooked, yet slightly sweet which I assume was due to the balsamic wine. I'm not particular to sweetish dishes so if you have the same style of pallette I suggest looking elsewhere.
All in all, this was an overall great dish with a very accommodating server named Bella that made our experience excellent.
Good food, great soup and salad, great bread sticks. American Italian chain restaurant.
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