Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

5525 TN-153, Hixson
(423) 877-7704

Recent Reviews

Grace

Consistently good food and great service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Gnocchi Soup

Milena Garrison-O'Hara

Arriving at restaurant they put other people ahead of you, they don’t respect order of arrival. Very unpleasant to wait so long when you are the 1st one to arrive

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Marilyn Halcomb

Out of mushrooms for chicken marsala at 5:30!! Salmon was good but brocceli was not even warm. Sister had to ask for Alfredo sauce 2x for her dry pasta. Her soup was very thin for a creamy soup with very little chicken or pasta in it. The bread sticks, salad, and service was great and our tip showed this. Bad kitchen experience was not the waiters fault. I had gotten out of the hospital and this was not a great experience.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 5

Bear

Olive Garden used to be my favorite place, but this location needs to be investigated big time. I found a piece of plastic in my soup, like a plastic bristle from a cleaning brush!! The place smells damp and dirty when you walk in, stagnant and zero air circulation. I went last year during summer, and they sat me in the back by the window with NO air on. It was scorching, and the floor smelled so bad. I couldn't finish eating it was so hot. My waiter wasn't filling my drink either, so my drink was empty, and I was burning up. I asked for a to-go box and high tailed it out of there. Didn't go back for a while, decided to try again recently and it's gotten worse. The floors smell AWFUL. The whole place still smells damp and dirty, like mildew. So bad.Parking: Parking was good, lots of spaces available. Large parking lot.Wheelchair accessibility: There is a ramp for wheelchair accessibility.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Minestrone Soup, Fried Mozzarella, Gnocchi Soup, Never Ending Soup Salad & Breadsticks

Dave Matthews

The Olive Garden Chain has lost its way. A reduced menu and the quality has shifted.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 4

Destiny Taylor

Love the soup salad and bread sticks!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mike Hollingsworth

Great experience... food was very good... our server "Sunshine" was outstanding!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmigiana with Spaghetti, Gnocchi Soup

Drago5 4 6

We had Zee as a waitress. Impeccable service! And of course the food was awesome ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad Bottomless, Fettuccine

Brianna Evans

Clean, staff was so friendly, food was delicious and price didnt break the wallet. Wait times on a weekend was only about 10-15 mins for a last min drop in. Worth it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad Bottomless, Create Your Own Pasta, Zuppa Toscana, Sauce, Gnocchi Soup

Danny Ray

Great waiter, Jackson took care of us. We didn't run out of Drinks and the Food was fantastic.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Soup and Salad, Sauce

eric edmond

Not what it used to be.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Soup and Salad, Gnocchi Soup

Change Orderz

MORE THAN FANTASTIC MEAL- AND " OLIVE GARDEN- HIXSON,TN" ABSOLUTELY ? % - HANDS ✋️ DOWN - HAS THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE OF ANY RESTAURANT IN THE AREA! IF YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN THIS " OLIVE GARDEN- IN HIXSON, TN " A DINE IN MEAL FOR A WHILE - ( MAYBE- BECAUSE YOU HAVE JUST GOTTEN OUT OF THE EATING OUT AT LUNCH OR DINNER ROUTINES AND HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN A GOOD BIT) IT IS DEFINITELY TIME - TO GIVE THIS OLIVE GARDEN THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU, THE NEW MENU COMBINATIONS, THE BEST TRAINED STAFF AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ASSOCIATES THAT COME TO EACH AND EVERY TABLE- AND THE INCREDIBLE VARIETIES OF OPTIONS FROM THE MENU - - AS WE DID - OUR VERY FIRST TIME - TO ORDER AN ENTIRE GALLON OF OUR FAVORITE SOUP- AND THE WONDERFUL CHEF EVEN WAS SOOO ACCOMMODATING - THAT THE GALLON OF OUR FAVORITE SOUP BE AS FRESH AS POSSIBLE WHEN WE WANTED TO EAT IT- THE CHEF- PUT THE GNOCCI ( NOT IN THE SOUP) BUT IN A SEPARATE CONTAINER- WITH DRIZZLED OLIVE OIL ON THEM, SO THEY DIDN'T STICK TOGETHER- AND WHEN WE WERE READY TO HEAT UP OUR AMAZING SOUP - WE ADDED THE FRESH GNOCCI THE LAST 30 MINUTES- IT SERIOUSLY WAS LIKE WE WERE SITTING AT OLIVE GARDEN ALL OVER AGAIN!! ALL THAT AT THE MOST AMAZING PRICE! I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS OLIVE GARDEN HIGHLY ENOUGH! IF 20**** WERE AVAILABLE- THEY DESERVE IT!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad Bottomless, Tour of Italy, Soup and Salad, Sauce, Spinach and Artichoke Heart Dip with Chips Homemade, Shrimp Alfredo Fettuccine Alfredo Tossed with Sautéed Shrimp, Never Ending Soup Salad & Breadsticks, Gnocchi Soup, Chicken Gnocchi

Michael Davis

Unfortunately, I was disappointed here.First off the managers have decided that heat is a luxury for more affluent restaurants. This place was freezing, the staff was bundled up, the guests were bundled up. I overheard another staff member saying every morning (we arrived at opening time on Sunday) it is like this. The food cools off very quickly when the ambient air temperature is so low. Kudos to the manager on finding a way to save a few hundred dollars per year since I didn't see anyone leave and there were plenty of people waiting for tables when we finished our lunch.Or food took about an hour from placing the order, until it was delivered to the table. Not sure why, since there were less than six other people in the restaurant when we ordered, again we arrived right at opening.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 5

Shark

Both times I've been here had great food & service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Trena Clark

We waited on our food for fifty-five minutes. Others after us got their food. Don't know what exactly happened. Our waitress Lacy was very nice and courteous.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Chocolate Mousse Cake, Soup and Salad, Create Your Own Pasta, Spinach and Artichoke Heart Dip with Chips Homemade, Never Ending Soup Salad & Breadsticks

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Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

5525 TN-153, Hixson, TN 37343
(423) 877-7704