Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

Ok 1 star is all I can give them. The food was terrible. How can I get cold food in a damn near empty restaurant. They have changed the menu but not for the better. Will go to the mall before I make the mistake of going back to Olive Garden. Waste of money. Food was so bad that I left the take home on the table.

In all of my years of going to Olive Gardens across the US, this has been by far the best experience. Actually, tonight’s meal and server was better than most places I’ve visited in the past years. I swore off Olive Garden because of the service and the food, but tonight was simply awesome.
Although I got to the restaurant before my friend, I was seated. As soon as I was seated, my server Leona (I believe) gave me water and bread sticks. I was grateful because I was starving. Since it was chilly, I opted for hot tea. The orange peach hot tea was quite pleasant.
When my friend arrived, the server promptly gave her hot tea. We order appetizers from the table. The cheese fondue was good. I wasn’t a fan of the «smoky» taste, but it was ok. For dinner, we both created our own pasta dishes. I had the veggie primavera with tri-​colored penne. The presentation was beautiful. Yes, I said it; Olive Garden had a nice presentation, and the taste was great. I was shocked because I’ve never had food this good at Olive Garden.
My friend had chicken and Alfredo with whole wheat linguine, and she was equally pleased.
Although everything was top notch tonight, I can’t forget those other times when I had horrible service and food at this location. I was really skeptical about coming, but I am so glad I did. I just hope that when I return, the food and service will continue to be great.

I have been here many many times. The food is good service use to be great. Now they have added table waiter it is just awful. Been sitting here for 15 minutes and not even a sip of water has been offered. Ughh. The red light blinks and blinks but no one comes. Like I said before I gave been here many many times but nothing. Finally a very sweet server passed. We grabbed her attention and she was so nice. We requested that the wait our table and she agreed. What joy. Thank you.

I’m grateful that my husband treated me to this Hyattsville Maryland olive garden for my birthday (near the Prince George plaza mall). Our waiter was nice and served our food pretty quick. Some of the food in my husband’s main dishes was bites of steak in a pasta type of meal. While I had the new Northern Tour of Italy. The only caveats were that the pasta Alfredo And Asiago tortellini in my meal tasted bland, but the chicken with the smoke d mozzarella and provolone cheeses were At least ok Along with the zuppa Tuscana soup And the smoked fonduta Appetizer that we had. Additionally, there was not my first choice of limeade lemonade Available but the Alternate choice of the raspberry lemonade was fine. My husband And I may possibly come back in the future but more for the soup, salad, breadsticks, And/​or Appetizers if we did because we At least had a professional and courteous waiter (And my husband seemed fine with what we were charged)

This really isn’t Authentic Italian, but it is decent if you have no where else to go for Italian. It is kid friendly though. The breadsticks are the best part of the meal!

I am 22 years old. I have a CA ID that I got when I was under 21 so it is vertical. However, it doesn’t expire until end of 2018. I was denied alcohol because apparently they don’t accept vertical IDs… :/​great job losing another customer, MD OG

went last night with my daughter and granddaughter, our server he was wonderful and did a very good job being attentive to not only our table, there were 3 other tables that he was working with which made 4 tables full of just women he handle each of us and did an outstanding job. salad was the bomb, wine was good and our food was hot on time and good! I love to support my neighborhood restaurants!

Omg omg I love this place the salads are so good.
Took my fiancée here for the first time an he loved it
He hooked on the salads as well. He can’t stop talking about it. There customers service is awesome they make you feel comfortable an relaxed
An did I mention the salads omg

The Olive Garden eating experience was exceptional. The management team does an outstanding job interacting with customers. Kelvin the general manager on duty was amazing.
Our waitress by the name of Evelyn was superb. The minestrone soup and salad was delicious as usual. I ordered the chicken and roasted garlic meal. The two chicken breasts were grilled to perfection. My wife ordered the sampler and she was satisfied also. I recommend this location, if you are looking to relax and enjoy some Italian food.

We drove 20 minutes to get here and all We got was a very horrible experience from the host until the manager on duty. I asked for the to go menu, a lady handed it to me nicely. Then me and my partner were looking for what we wanted to order then finally decided what we wanted and got up to order. The guy that was going to take my order completely ignored us and so did the manager that came to answer the phone for a order. He never asked what we needed or if we were ready to order. Very horrible staff, they need to learn how to keep customers.

I visited again today at lunchtime with two of my coworkers; we each left very happy. We all ordered the lunch duo (salad or soup and an entrée). I ordered the chicken parmigiana breadstick sandwich and my coworkers ordered the veggie pasta and the risotto bites. Everything was quite good. We were served salad and breadsticks as if they were a given, not a super-​secret menu item available only upon request. The service was attentive, but not at all intrusive. The manager made the rounds of the restaurant to check in with each individual table twice in the 90 minutes we were there. The entire restaurant felt clean– a huge plus in any restaurant, at least for me.
Take a bow, Hyattsville Olive Garden!

Wanted to just leave a review since I received great customer service at this restaurant. Went here with my family for lunch last Sunday for Father’s Day and enjoyed our meal. We expected it to be full but Thankfully we didn’t have to wait in line and the staff seemed to keep up with the pace. Our server often came by and checked up on us which was impressive since it was a busy day. They started us off with a large bowl of salad with delicious breadsticks which was great. As for the food, We all thought the pasta was great but the salmon was too dry. Although I did encounter a problem with my pasta, the manager took proper care of it. Overall I’d definitely come back and suggest people to come!

Overall a very very good experience with a service hiccup at the end. Tasty food, service slightly above par and active management involvement.
Parking lot clean, entry was clear of debris. Plenty of parking, don’t forget to use both sides of restaurant.
Our party of six was seated in a nice table away front the crowd. The manager was at the check in area and spoke to us.
Our party was separated and we had to wait on four others. Our waitress was patient and kept checking in on us. She got my son started on drinks. The dining room from what I could see was in order and clean.
Once our party arrived she immediately began to get all drink and food orders to move us along. Bread and salad with refills flowed nicely most of the service until the end.
Our orders came out correct. The food was tasty and the service remained friendly throughout. The manager checked in on us which is a great sign that it is being managed well.
Toward the end as we were wrapping up we needed our bill. The waitress was AWOL for around 10, possibly 15 minutes. It was not a huge deal, but we were ready to go.
I would come back and not providing a major deduction on a slow bill at the end. With both food, service and even management involvement being well above par I am providing a 3.5 and rounding up.

There are some definite pros and cons to this Olive Garden, but all-​in-​all our experienced averaged out to be just about what I would expect.
First, I called in advance to see if this location offers Call-​Ahead seating. (For the record, it does not.) The woman who answered the phone was incredibly rude. She kept giving exasperated one-​word answers and then hung up on me as I was trying to thank her for answering my question. This made me very nervous to dine at this Olive Garden.
Luckily, we were seated immediately upon arrival and had one of the best servers wait on us. I commented to the manager how fantastic she was only to be told she had been hired just a few weeks ago! It’s crazy how much a great employee can make a dining experience so much better.
Be wary of the beer selection here. They no longer offer Blue Moon, but it is still on the menu. I also tried to order a Shock Top, only to be told it was out-​of-​stock. I would prefer not to have to order three times in order to get a good beer, but I was pleased with my third choice, the Stella Artois. They even served me the bottle with a frosted glass, as I prefer.
The food here is typical Olive Garden fare. The salad was delicious, though I wish our server had let us empty the bowl before replacing it with a full one. Don’t get me wrong; I appreciated her attentiveness. I also just hate wasting food. The breadsticks are a yummy appetizer as well. Between these two, why pay for another appetizer?!
I had the Italian duo of the chicken parmigiana and chicken lombardy. The chicken was cooked excellently and the bread and sauce were spiced well and heated properly. The spaghetti had a weird taste to it, though. Maybe the spices were wrong in that batch? Either way, it was quite good overall.
Look, Olive Garden doesn’t offer authentic Italian food. But it offers a good meal for a very reasonable price. This location was decent overall, and I am likely to return in the future.

Had to kill a roach that was running around on the wall next to my seat.
Food was as mediocre as one would expect. Server was nice, but that doesn’t make up for the roach guts I had to smear.

It was apparent that they are not using olive oil for the dishes, at least for the Lasagna and Stuffed Chicken Marsala. They were very salty and greasy. Breadsticks were also very salty, for a mediterranean person at least. Air conditioning was bad, it was too hot inside, they couldn’t really manage to separate kitchen and the tables. There was a cheese odor inside, which could be very nice at a good Italian place, but it was a mixture of cheese and oil. However, staff was kind and friendly.

This place leaves a lot to be desired, ordered a to go order online and unfortunately still had to wait about 30 minutes before my food was ready, I didn’t know spaghetti and meat sauce was so complex… nevertheless I had no problem waiting, but in my waiting I had to sit through one hostess getting a little too comfortable with who I assume was her boyfriend… yikes. unfortunately I had to trash the food I got, took 3 bites and something was definitely off about it, I definitely should’ve stuck with chicken Alfredo *sigh* at least the calamari was good, the only reason I would return is probably out of convenience as this location is close to my apartment but that return will not be anytime soon…

It’s Olive Garden. Conveniently located off East West Highway, in the same center as PG Plaza Mall, Target, etc it is not difficult to find at all. There is also a metro stop adjacent to the plaza. There is ample parking, and it is a relatively safe area. It’s not the best Italian food you ever had, but I’m sure that isn’t what you expected. It is however decent, actually pretty good price considering. I often visit here for lunch more than anything. They are quick, have good lunch specials, and a variety of options. I often do lasagna, or the unlimited soup, salad, breadsticks, however they do also have a pasta bowl special. I’d rate the food alone a 3, but the customer service my last few visits has really earned them that additional star. The restaurant is kept pretty clean. I’ll return eventually.

My family went for lunch. It’s okay but not that great if your vegan or don’t enjoy pasta.
Service is okay as expected.
I miss the Drunken Mussels and Crab dip. The salads always on point.

I have been to this Olive Garden a few times throughout the year and the service is hit or miss. This time took the cake and I decided that I was going to finally write a review about this place. Let me just go ahead and say that I have never had a bad drink here. Alcoholic or non-​alcoholic they were all good. Bartender was attentive. Now for the food that’s a different story. I can’t really remember what I got last time I was here but I do remember that I wasn’t pleased with the customer service and the food took forever to come to the table. This time I ordered the Steak Gargonzola Alfredo and it was little disappointing. The steak is suppose to be cooked medium for this dish, mine was cooked well done, no pink inside at all. Something about there combination of Gargonzola and Alfredo just didn’t mesh well together. I will not order this dish again.
Just as a gew other times that I have been to this location they weren’t staffed as they should be. This time it was no different. They were so understaffed that the supervisor was taking orders and the waitress for my table was all over the restaurant. I heard a few grumbles from other tables about how the food wasn’t correct or didn’t taste good. Needless to say the supervisor was called several times that night.
They have a new option on the menu that you can order meat to put on your salad at an extra cost. I was so excited about that because I love there salad. Now add meat and BAM! We got something really going here. Well to my utter disppointment the waitress informs me that the kitchen may have run out the meat for the salad… my first thought is how the heck did that happen? It’s in the middle of the week you gotta serve customers tomorrow… you should have a huge piece of meat back there that you are shaving off slices or pieces or whatever. Shortly she comes back with the great news that the kitchen said that they would make it especially for us. Now I’m thinking ok cool maybe we are on to something there. So she brings out the salad NO MEAT on top so I ask where is the meat? She nicely tells me it’s coming. So ok, now I’m thinking alrighty maybe I’ll get a bowl or plate of meat chopped up or something so I can just toss it in the salad. FINALLY the meat is delivered to the table on a small dessert plate… presentation was HORRIBLE! It was like slices of yes SLICES of meat that look like it was just thrown on the plate. By that time I was done. I just threw the meat in the bowl mixed it up and ate it. It was ok but nothing to break my neck over ordering again.
The risotto bites were the best and I would order those again but not from this location.
There was a screaming baby in the restaurant that almost made me pull my hair out! I mean that baby screamed so much I almost left and went somewhere elese AND a few times I had a fleeting thought of going to the table and screaming in the mothers ear while she tried to eat because obviously she had no idea how annoying her child was being. Now don’t get me wrong because I am a mother of 3 but I never allowed my child to disrupt someone else peaceful dinner because I was too lazy to step outside, in the bathroom or something to calm my baby down. Better yet be a MOTHER and make the right judgement call that maybe my baby is tired, don’t feel like being out so neither should I.
Bottom line: I would only go back to this location if I am sitting at the bar and I’m not sure if I would order anything big to eat. Maybe risotta bites… maybe