A+ for Olive Garden

[imported_DocHolliday]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: cherrytwist

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: davestar
in for the first "olive garden sucks/isn't authentic/heats up pre-prepared frozen food" post!

I'm not saying it's bad food, but what I bolded is true. I went to an Olive Garden about a year back, and a piece of chicken they served me had already been cooked, but was still frozen in the middle.

Who cares?

I don't go to Olive Garden for chicken...

That's like ordering a steak at Denny's/IHOP.

Please explain what you do go for. Is it the Elmer's glue they pass off as Alfredo sauce?

Calamari!

 

[Regs]

Cheers for Olive Garden. Never ate there so I might have to try it out.

 

[geno]

Glad to hear the manager treated you right. I've only been to OG once and wasn't impressed. Their breadsticks were salted to hell. I couldn't even eat them. The pasta dish I got was so-so. I doubt I'll be going back.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Originally posted by: Journer
your olive garden sounds nice. ours sucks ass. the food isn't great and they recently lost a huge law suite because someone found male ejaculate in their food. god i fucking hate this town.

QUOTED FOR WHAT THE FUCK

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: cherrytwist

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: davestar
in for the first "olive garden sucks/isn't authentic/heats up pre-prepared frozen food" post!

I'm not saying it's bad food, but what I bolded is true. I went to an Olive Garden about a year back, and a piece of chicken they served me had already been cooked, but was still frozen in the middle.

Who cares?

I don't go to Olive Garden for chicken...

That's like ordering a steak at Denny's/IHOP.

Right, because chicken has no place in Italian cuisine or anything.

 

[KeithTalent]

:thumbsup: for the manager doing the right thing

:thumbsdown: for the Olive Garden in general

KT

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: davestar
in for the first "olive garden sucks/isn't authentic/heats up pre-prepared frozen food" post!

I know we'll see a flood of those..

Well, it IS true. This one appears to have good management tho!

 

[imported_DocHolliday]

What do you guys think about emailing corporate about my good experience there? Think it would do any good for the guy?

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: DocHolliday
What do you guys think about emailing corporate about my good experience there? Think it would do any good for the guy?

Wouldn't hurt or next time you go in, ask him for his boss's contact info and that you wanted to send him/her a good word about him.

 

[nerp]

So did you have the white sauce-from-a-microwaved-platstic pouch or the red sauce-from-a-microwaved-plastic-pouch?

I worked for some Darden restaurants when I was younger. OMG. There's more beeping in a Red Lobster kitchen than a McDonalds.

 

[zoiks]

The Fish Market here in Sunnyvale is the same way too.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Yeah but how was the food?

 

[LS21]

Originally posted by: Aharami
it's nice to see restaurant managers actually caring about service

i think most managers very much care about service - its only that some of the employees dont.

also, if you have a problem with service, you should notify the manager - its not to be a pest, because they actually welcome the feedback. otherwise , theyll have no idea how theyre running. (though of course i usually never bother to do this)

 

[interchange]

Originally posted by: nerp
I worked for some Darden restaurants when I was younger. OMG. There's more beeping in a Red Lobster kitchen than a McDonalds.

Red Lobster has to be the worst restaurant ever.

 

[Gibson486]

It's good, but I like Vinny T's better.

 

[TecHNooB]

Olive Garden is one of those places where the location has a big impact on food quality. Some kickass and some are downright terrible.

 

[cherrytwist]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: cherrytwist

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: davestar
in for the first "olive garden sucks/isn't authentic/heats up pre-prepared frozen food" post!

I'm not saying it's bad food, but what I bolded is true. I went to an Olive Garden about a year back, and a piece of chicken they served me had already been cooked, but was still frozen in the middle.

Who cares?

I don't go to Olive Garden for chicken...

That's like ordering a steak at Denny's/IHOP.

Right, because chicken has no place in Italian cuisine or anything.

If you go to Olive Garden for Italian "cuisine" then you're in the wrong place, my friend.

They have good pasta and salad at fair prices. I eat there about once a year.

 

[Juno]

i had similar experience at friday's.

a group of 11 were dining there on NYE around 9pm and the restaurant wasn't packed. we waited for good 15 minutes before a waitress began to notice us that we were sitting for long period of time. she asked if we have ordered our food before and was surprised that no one came to them.

she spoke with the manager and the manager came to us to apologize. he looked for the waitress who was supposed to take care of our table and took her uh...money to cover our tab. :Q

 

[ernmas]

I have always had hit-or-miss experiences at the Olive Garden. Once I ordered a soda telling the waiter "Coke or Pepsi" to which my other half and eldest son said "I'll have the same" and my youngest son said "Dr. Pepper". He delivered us 3 Dr. Pepper's and 1 Coke - giving the Coke to my youngest and the rest of us got Dr. Peppers. Still don't understand how he got my "Coke or Pepsi" to mean Dr. Pepper and the Dr. Pepper to be Coke! My roommate loves their food - which I admit can be good if ordering the correct items.

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: ernmas
I have always had hit-or-miss experiences at the Olive Garden. Once I ordered a soda telling the waiter "Coke or Pepsi" to which my other half and eldest son said "I'll have the same" and my youngest son said "Dr. Pepper". He delivered us 3 Dr. Pepper's and 1 Coke - giving the Coke to my youngest and the rest of us got Dr. Peppers. Still don't understand how he got my "Coke or Pepsi" to mean Dr. Pepper and the Dr. Pepper to be Coke! My roommate loves their food - which I admit can be good if ordering the correct items.

It took you 3 years to make your second post of all time, and it was a thread about Olive Garden that go you out of lurking?!?

 

[Vehemence]

I've always had a great experience at the Olive Garden near me and the food is very tasty, maybe I just have a good one. Or maybe a lot of the posters in here are some crazed food elite or something.

 

[paulxcook]

Originally posted by: dNor
I've always had a great experience at the Olive Garden near me and the food is very tasty, maybe I just have a good one. Or maybe a lot of the posters in here are some crazed food elite or something.

 

[CorCentral]

I miss the Olive Garden in FL

There's not one around me here in TN that's less than 1.5 hours away. I'm not driving 3 hours for a meal :laugh:

 

[idiotekniQues]

Originally posted by: paulxcook

Originally posted by: dNor
I've always had a great experience at the Olive Garden near me and the food is very tasty, maybe I just have a good one. Or maybe a lot of the posters in here are some crazed food elite or something.

realizing olive garden is mostly crap food does not take a food elitist by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[SAWYER]

Carino's>OG