I hate the Olive Garden

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: lokiju

Originally posted by: Genx87
I give that rant a 9/10.

Lucky for me my German\Polish ancestory doesnt have a plethora of glorified fast food joints based on its food.

Because boiled cabbage isn't a big drawl...

FWIW I have German and Hungarian ancestry and am very familiar with dishes that contain cabbage...

That's just because Italian food is edible and actually tastes good.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

Cool. and here I thought hatin' on Italians was soooo 1910s. What's next, we bringing back the Irish defamation league?

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: effowe

Originally posted by: child of wonder

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

As an Italian you should shut uppa you face and maybe people won't hold you to that stereotype.

I keed. I keed.

Fixed

:laugh:

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: LilPima

Originally posted by: codeyf
For what OG charges for their dishes, it's crap. I'd rather go to Macaroni Grill or Maggiano's and pay the same price for food that is 10x better.

Seriously amazes me how you can take crap food, make it UNLIMITED, and people jump all over that sh1t. Woo hoo! Mixed greens with Italian dressing! Breadsticks that are worse than a cardboard tube of Pillsbury from the market! All I can eat? Must be the sh1t!!!!

Maggiano's FTW, Macaroni Grill is worse than Olive Garden

You are smoking crack.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: nerp
Microwave alfredo paste in a bag! Heated to order! Wow, just like Tuscany.

*BARF*

and good luck finding "real" alfredo in Tuscany. so few Italians eat that god-awful dish anyway.

 

[WraithETC]

I like olive garden but people like arbys so inono.

I think about it like this: This must be the feeling white people get when they get to order orange chicken and eat soup with chopsticks.

 

[Mo0o]

It's the burden of the white man. It's socially ok to make fun of white people because you guys are the majority. Get over. There's plenty of stereotypes on TV and OG is pretty mild at that.

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: MrMatt

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I think the commercials about their Italian cooking schools are funny.

Gimme a break!

The saddest part is the fact that 90% of Americans probably view Olive Garden as fine dining because its either that once a year for the anniversary or the Denny's next door.

exactly. It's like buckodafagocini or whatever on south park. It's not Italian, it's not fine dining, it's garbage.

Originally posted by: effowe

Originally posted by: child of wonder

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

As an Italian you should shut uppa you face and maybe people won't hold you to that stereotype.

I keed. I keed.

Fixed

I LOL'd

hehe

 

[oiprocs]

Olive Garden is bomb. Unlimited breadsticks are the shit. And the shrimp alfredo is good.

Hmmm. Damn I have not been there in a while. I've also never been to Macaroni Grill but according to some of these posts I should plan a visit.

 

[Gothgar]

pizza hut pasta is better, the bread sticks are not though

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: Whisper
I don't know where you live that all those restaurants are the same price, but down here, Maggiano's and MG are both quite a bit pricier (~50% at the least) than Olive Garden.

Fail

Going online to OG's and MG's sites, entering in my zip, and viewing the menu reveals a NEAR IDENTICAL price range. "Classic" items in the $12-15 range, and higher end meats and seafood dishes in the $17-20.

And MG absolutely KILLS OG.

Maggs doesnt' show prices on their website. Although I do remember the prices being more ($18-25 range) their portions were also WAY more than OG. Enough for 2+ people. The Rigatoni D is killer. Chicken Pesto Linguine, awesome.

Regardless, taste is subjective. But you are dead wrong when it comes to $$.

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: Gothgar
pizza hut pasta is better, the bread sticks are not though

According to the commercials, real Italians said so!

 

[TallBill]

Don't watch tv. Win!

 

[Whisper]

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: Whisper
I don't know where you live that all those restaurants are the same price, but down here, Maggiano's and MG are both quite a bit pricier (~50% at the least) than Olive Garden.

Fail

Going online to OG's and MG's sites, entering in my zip, and viewing the menu reveals a NEAR IDENTICAL price range. "Classic" items in the $12-15 range, and higher end meats and seafood dishes in the $17-20.

And MG absolutely KILLS OG.

Maggs doesnt' show prices on their website. Although I do remember the prices being more ($18-25 range) their portions were also WAY more than OG. Enough for 2+ people. The Rigatoni D is killer. Chicken Pesto Linguine, awesome.

Regardless, taste is subjective. But you are dead wrong when it comes to $$.

I stand corrected with respect to MG; it's cheaper than I remember. And yes, it does taste better than OG on average.

Maggiano's definitely is more expensive, and while they give more food, it's still (in my opinion) worse-tasting, meaning I don't want more of it.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Msv Htill > Olibr Hstfrn.

Wow look before I place my hands on the keyboard

Mac Grill > Olive Garden

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: zinfamous

Originally posted by: nerp
Microwave alfredo paste in a bag! Heated to order! Wow, just like Tuscany.

*BARF*

and good luck finding "real" alfredo in Tuscany. so few Italians eat that god-awful dish anyway.

Good point.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: Whisper
I don't know where you live that all those restaurants are the same price, but down here, Maggiano's and MG are both quite a bit pricier (~50% at the least) than Olive Garden.

Fail

Going online to OG's and MG's sites, entering in my zip, and viewing the menu reveals a NEAR IDENTICAL price range. "Classic" items in the $12-15 range, and higher end meats and seafood dishes in the $17-20.

And MG absolutely KILLS OG.

Maggs doesnt' show prices on their website. Although I do remember the prices being more ($18-25 range) their portions were also WAY more than OG. Enough for 2+ people. The Rigatoni D is killer. Chicken Pesto Linguine, awesome.

Regardless, taste is subjective. But you are dead wrong when it comes to $$.

MG does not give you all you can eat bread & salad with your meal. Take a family of 5 to both, and come back and tell me they were the same price. Taste is subjective, but I know every time I go to Mg I spend more than when I go to the OG. Might be different at other locations but the one MG I went to did not give me 3 salads and 2 baskets of bread sticks to munch on. I had to pay for my salad (just 1) if I had bought 2 more salads it would have probably ran me a good $10 more than the same meal at OG. $10 would wind up being about a 2 bucks shy of costing me TWICE AS MUCH. Pretty decent difference if you ask me. And I honestly find the food to be comparable. I know the four-cheese Alfredo pasta I had at MG last time cost me the same amount at the Alfredo with Chicken at OG. Chicken would have been 2 extra bucks at MG. If you're taking out a good sized family MG will cost you more, period.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: sactoking

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

Ummmmm.......... racist post?

I don't think anyone cares my mouthbreathing friend.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: dullard
1) Try to be more sensitive to racial stereotypes.

Try to be more sensitive? Hopefully you're not really that much of a delicate wuss that his post offended you?

Also, it seems that a good number of people in this thread missed the fact that he said that he's Italian. So an Italian guy makes a funny rant post about the way Italians are portrayed in commercials, and all these delicate non-Italians get offended on someone else's behalf. Yawn.

All I can suggest is that people grow a thicker skin.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: dullard
1) Try to be more sensitive to racial stereotypes.

Try to be more sensitive? Hopefully you're not really that much of a delicate wuss that his post offended you?

Also, it seems that a good number of people in this thread missed the fact that he said that he's Italian. So an Italian guy makes a funny rant post about the way Italians are portrayed in commercials, and all these delicate non-Italians get offended on someone else's behalf. Yawn.

All I can suggest is that people grow a thicker skin.

My general point of view is that getting offended to anything other than a direct personal attack constitutes having a significant character flaw.

 

[sactoking]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: sactoking

Originally posted by: MrMatt
Here's every Olive Garden commercial ever made: "Hey! My big greasy guido wap guinnea family never shuts the f*ck up!! Until someone says 'who's paying the bill?' hurrrrrrrrrrrr. Seriously as an Italian I have NO idea why ANY Italians would eat there. It'd be like running a chicken stand and your commercials consist of black people eating watermelon and dodging child support.

Ummmmm.......... racist post?

I don't think anyone cares my mouthbreathing friend.

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[CRXican]

I'm just jealous you can get reservations. I've been trying for weeks.

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: obscenethistle
Olive Garden is Unlimited shit. And the shrimp alfredo is goo.

Hmmm. Damn I have not been there in a while. I also never plan a visit.

I edited your post to what you should have written.

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: dullard
1) Try to be more sensitive to racial stereotypes.

Try to be more sensitive? Hopefully you're not really that much of a delicate wuss that his post offended you?

Also, it seems that a good number of people in this thread missed the fact that he said that he's Italian. So an Italian guy makes a funny rant post about the way Italians are portrayed in commercials, and all these delicate non-Italians get offended on someone else's behalf. Yawn.

All I can suggest is that people grow a thicker skin.

If you want to grow a thick skin, just order a soup at Olive Garden.

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: Whisper
I don't know where you live that all those restaurants are the same price, but down here, Maggiano's and MG are both quite a bit pricier (~50% at the least) than Olive Garden.

Fail

Going online to OG's and MG's sites, entering in my zip, and viewing the menu reveals a NEAR IDENTICAL price range. "Classic" items in the $12-15 range, and higher end meats and seafood dishes in the $17-20.

And MG absolutely KILLS OG.

Maggs doesnt' show prices on their website. Although I do remember the prices being more ($18-25 range) their portions were also WAY more than OG. Enough for 2+ people. The Rigatoni D is killer. Chicken Pesto Linguine, awesome.

Regardless, taste is subjective. But you are dead wrong when it comes to $$.

MG does not give you all you can eat bread & salad with your meal. Take a family of 5 to both, and come back and tell me they were the same price. Taste is subjective, but I know every time I go to Mg I spend more than when I go to the OG. Might be different at other locations but the one MG I went to did not give me 3 salads and 2 baskets of bread sticks to munch on. I had to pay for my salad (just 1) if I had bought 2 more salads it would have probably ran me a good $10 more than the same meal at OG. $10 would wind up being about a 2 bucks shy of costing me TWICE AS MUCH. Pretty decent difference if you ask me. And I honestly find the food to be comparable. I know the four-cheese Alfredo pasta I had at MG last time cost me the same amount at the Alfredo with Chicken at OG. Chicken would have been 2 extra bucks at MG. If you're taking out a good sized family MG will cost you more, period.

MG does have bread, it absolutely kills OG's sticks, and yes it is free. No, salad is not. But the couple times I've had that salad, I couldn't eat more than a single serving of it. Basic greens swimming in italian dressing. Personally, I'm fine with paying $2 for a salad I actually want to eat vs paying nothing for one I don't want. Again, subjective.

Everyone's opinion is based on personal experience. I'm glad yours has been great at OG. Me, the 2-3 times I've given it a chance, I haven't had a single thing I enjoyed. And at the end when I got the bill, I was left with that "It cost THAT much for THAT??" feeling.

To each his own.