Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

As with most Olive Gardens, I’m a fan. Nice atmosphere, decent service, good food. Be prepared to wait in long lines on Fri & Sat nights (like 1 ½ hours for us this last time). Parking can be tough as well during busy times. But good experience overall.

Ordered the manicotti and expected it to come with a red sauce. It to my disappointment did not. :(The dessert however was good.

The Olive Garden has a formula that assures the eater, that if so desired, food will be plentiful. Starting with all you can eat soups and salad, plus the bread they provide, it is actually enough to put a hungry eater out of commission. As to their entrees, the pass the test for easy consumption, but are not in the majority of cases, extra ordinaries servings from Old Italy. Still, if one is game, and the time has come for a little Italian type food, the Olive Garden delivers. Three of us went for lunch, for the first time in a very long time, and first time at the Temecula location. Place was not severely crowded, and our table was at the start, and quite nice.
Trevor, our server, turned out to be a very nice person, his disposition towards our table made us feel kind of special, which I think is almost like an art in part of a server, for what better impression will a server want to convey than the outmost concern for his tables? Trevor exceeded the expectation at every turn, and I am sure, that is why we rated out time there higher overall. The following dishes were ordered:
Rigottone stuffed with Sausage, lunch serving, $ 9 plus? Came with either all you can eat soup or salad, but for $ 4 more, if I am not mistaken, you could have both, and that is what both in our party of 3 did. The pasta served was actually very tasty, and small enough serving, that by the time it arrived, after myself eating like 4 soups (not a huge bowl, trust me), and 2 deliciously fresh salads (olives, red onion, pepperoncini, fresh parmesan, and cherry tomatos), I was able to finish the dish, but the other member of our group, took most of the pasta home.
The third member of our party, and by far the cutest, had Linguini with Meat Sauce, also a small portion, plus with her dinner came the soup, which she only had one serving, but got to try from the salad as well. Bread kept coming uninterruptedly by the able hands of Trevor, and overall we ate enough to warrant a small nap, Italian style, but it never took place. Plenty of food, decent enough food, great service, and close to our current location. The past dish with the meat sauce was $ 8 plus. The bill came to around $ 39 plus a very generous gratuity for Trevor, who, frankly, delivered on aces, going as far as giving us a small shipment of their bread, which is okey, not spectacular, to take home. 4 Stars.

My mom and I just had the most wonderful experience dining here tonight. The bartender Brandon was serving us at the bar top, and never have we ever experienced such awesome customer service! He was friendly, professional, and definitely went above and beyond to make our experience so great. Service was fast, food and drinks were amazing, and we left with smiles on our faces!

The food at Olive Garden is average. The service and people are really nice, but the quality of the restaurant has gone down. There are no more cloth napkins, and the establishment just gives off more of a fast food vibe than a restaurant.

We eat here from time to time. The wife really likes it and would give it a 4 star rating. I give it a 3 star rating, as it is «A-​OK» to me. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with a 3 star rating. It means I would eat here again, including by choice. So this should actually be a 3.5 if we combined our opinion. But, this is my Unilocal account…
We ate here again last month, before Christmas. I had the Tour of Italy plate and the wife had the Ravioli di Portobello plate. We both enjoyed our meals, as usual. The service was good, with an attentive waitress. We don’t normally eat desserts while out, but we opted to split a Sicilian Cheesecake. It was awesome, BURPPPPPPPPPP!
For an Olive Garden I highly recommend the Temecula restaurant. Don’t let my 3 star rating dissuade you. Remember, a 3 star rating in «A-​OK!»

«Caveat Emptor!» OG has now installed table-​side tablets for games, trivia, news, ordering, etc… Buyer Beware: U will be (Unassumingly) charged a $ 1.99 Fee if u play ANY games… Which is fine, but it is NOT clear until after you get the bill. The console did say after our first game, «Unlimited Play for $ 1.99.» So we stopped. We like OG as a cheap date, and our Server Rebecca and food was great, but gosh darn: I hate, HATE, to be hoodwinked into tricky add-​ons, that I otherwise would not have done. I hear Chilli’s makes this very clear on their machine. Can’t fault the Server for no «Heads Up» over sneaky language either, they must get that ALOT. It put a damper on an otherwise consistent time. It’s the Principle of the thing: OG/​Sand Bagging and Skimming customers??? No Bueno… … Just make it clear. It’s not a Car Dealership.

I’ve always been a fan of Olive Garden and have been to quite a few throughout California. We’ve been to this location several times.
Weekends are a bit chaotic so we started coming here on weekdays. Much better service and it’s not a long wait for a table for 2. You have a mix of awesome waiters and not so awesome waiters.
The food has seemed to change recently. The dressing on the Caesar salad seems different as well as the thickness of the slices of cheese. It’s not as good as it once used to be.
Breadsticks are still delicious as well as most pasta dishes. Get the marinara sauce to dip the breadsticks in. It’s great!
You can’t go wrong with one of their cheesecakes for dessert or the doughnuts with different dipping sauces. So good!

If I could post no stars I would. Just walked out of this place. We where sitting around for over 20 minutes & no server in site. We had ordered the children’s food on the tablet; but nothing. We even hit the «call server» button & it was blinking for over 5 minutes & all the other servers just walked by & didn’t even blink an eye. We decided to walk out & tell the ladies in the front and all I got was «would u like to talk to the manager». What’s the point, when manager wasn’t even around. I’m so disappointed I always go to this establishment & now I have a bad taste.

I know Olive Garden gets a lot of flak about not being real Italian food. But in the humble opinion of everyone in my family, they make some damn good tasty dishes. I mean, come on, breadsticks!!! Zoupa Toscana, the only dish that can make kale tasty. I usually go for the traditional spaghetti and meat sauce and cheese ravioli. Tour of Italy is a fam-​fave. By the time I’ve inhaled several breadsticks and a bowl of soup, I’m stuffed. The good news, my entrée reheats nicely for another meal or two. Our servers and staff have always been great. Did I mention the Italian Margarita? Oh yeah, delicious!

I love the Olive Garden which is why I keep going back but it’s always something when I do. The service was soooo slow last time. I swear the people across from us got their entire meal delivered and eaten by the time we finally got our breadsticks and a glass of wine. Grrrrrrr. I love you Olive Garden but please step it up!!!

Had lunch with my husband. We both had unlimited soups, and of course their breadsticks too! He had never ending pasta bowl and was very filling with just one plate. I’ve been wanting to try the chicken Parmesan sandwich because it’s with the breadstick bread and It was delicious!
Service was also very quick!

I went here yesterday with my boyfriend to get our favorite shrimp pasta.
We sat in the bar seating area and our waitress came to get our drink order and we already knew what we wanted so I had stated that we were also ready to order.
We got so much attitude and an ooookay.
My boyfriend and I were shocked. It wasn’t like she was crazy busy she only had 3 tables if you can’t handle that then you have issues.
We enjoyed our food as always. But won’t be sitting in her section again.

Wonderful place, wonderful service.
People get angry or picky because of wait times. This is a very, very popular resturaunt so sometimes you’ll have to wait. It’s most likely the busiest one in SD and riverside.
The service is great, every time I’ve been here I’ve enjoyed it since it opened, and the food is wonderful.
A little pricey but good for what you get. And the bread sticks are awesome.
Can’t wait to come back!

My Husband and I took an Evening to enjoy Dinner together without the Kiddies and I asked him to bring me here. I’m not a fan of chain restaurants but I love their soup. The food was decent and waiter was very kind. The bread sticks were amazing and we’ve never had them drenched in garlic butter but it was so yummy the way they did them. The waiter brought us a free sample of wine and I was pleasantly surprised it was good. We played trivia like kids at the table and of course my Husband won every round. All in all a great place to unwind. I recommend going early around 5pm before it gets busy. When we left it was packed with people.

I would have given this place a 2 or 3 star review, but our server Ashley turned the dinner around for us. She had an issue while trying to take a break and her cover left us hanging at the intro to the meal, but she definitely didn’t let that stop her from giving us a great experience! Thanks for dealing with my crazy family Ashley! Sorry you had to deal with that situation, but you definitely lived up to your manager’s standards of you being an «excellent server.»

I have frequented quite a few Olive Gardens before (it’s my guilty pleasure), however there is nothing pleasurable about this location.
The first time I was there their computers went down, which is understandable, however adding on close to three hours just for them to figure out how to cook orders without a computer system? And on top of that, the waiters (yes, we wound up having two at the same time) couldn’t keep our drink orders straight, and I wound up having to ask for a beer probably about four times.
So, my wife and daughter today decided to give it a second shot. Service was just as bad, but had to get the manager involved.
While I love the lasagna and the pasta y fagioli, I’m really hoping that corporate will step in and start whipping this location into shape.

I have to admit, Olive Garden is a guilty pleasure of mine. I have visited many OG’s and every location has its special touch, but this one in particular has a special gem of a server… Joey. He is so sweet and attentive, unlike any server I’ve ever met before.
He made my experience, and my guests experience, so special… It’s really a shame that I live in Orange County because there isn’t anyone comparable to him in any Olive Gardens out that way…
If you find yourself at this Olive Garden do yourself a favor and ask for Joey. You’ll be glad you took my advice. :)

This is a really good location. I have been here several times and every time the food was great, and the service was good. Very clean and professional. Friendly waiters who try to provide the best service possible. A+ on the food at this location. I ordered the fritta appetizer and seafood Alfredo. It was divine. Will be going back!

Since I’m not a fan of Macaroni Grill, the wifey and I choose this Olive Garden when we’re wanting some Italian food.
For us, service has never been an issue here… everybody is always super friendly and always willing to quickly bring you a refill of your salad and/​or breadsticks!
The food always comes out fresh and in about 15 — 20 minutes which is great… they have a «build your own» type of pasta order which we recently just ordered and was great because we love to customize our orders and add some yummy extras.
What I was very disappointed in is their drinks… I ordered a frozen strawberry margarita and I swear all I got was a non-​alcoholic smoothie… presentation of it was great, but definitely not strong at all!
I guess I might have to try out the bar area sometime, or just stick to TGIF for drinks.
Overall, a pretty solid Italian restaurant with not much to complain about :)