Olive Garden

Olive Garden is oft-maligned for serving up processed dishes masquerading as traditional Italian food, but that hasn’t stopped the sit-down restaurant chain from establishing a whopping 1,816 locations across the United States.

That’s a fairly remarkable feat, considering that the first Olive Garden was founded in Orlando, Florida in 1982 and only took two decades to become the nation’s leading franchise in the Italian casual dining space.

If there appears to be a “formulaic” approach to the spot’s offerings, it’s probably because the chain is owned by Darden Restaurants, which has created several other popular casual dining franchises like Longhorn Steakhouse, Eddie V’s, Seasons 52, Bahama Breeze, The Capital Grille, Red Lobster, and Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse.

Given Olive Garden’s popularity and offerings of relatively low-cost sit-down menu options like unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks for $11.99 (with prices varying by location and time of day) it’s no wonder so many folks are posting about their Olive Garden experiences online, both sitting at and serving tables.

Man with cheese being grated onto pasta(l+r), Olive Garden(c)

‘The more cheese you put, the bigger your tip’s gonna be’: Olive Garden customer never tells worker ‘when’ while she’s grating cheese on his spaghetti

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On Dec 12, 2023 by Melody Heald

Olive Garden

‘The more cheese you put, the bigger your tip’s gonna be’: Olive Garden customer never tells worker ‘when’ while she’s grating cheese on his spaghetti

‘Still gonna have to pay for the games once you’re home with it’: Olive Garden customers put table Ziosk in to-go bag to sneak it home

‘I love their soup’: Olive Garden customer praises soup meal hack for when you’re sick. Here’s what all she gets

‘I thought you were smarter than this’: Fast-food expert asks Olive Garden for Alfredo sauce breadsticks. Are they real?

‘I cannot make this up’: Olive Garden customer finds something unusual inside $38 gallon of soup

‘You’re either putting out or you’re paying’: Woman refuses to get out of car after date takes her to Olive Garden. Viewers are on his side

‘I’m humiliated’: Man tries to order cheese grater from Olive Garden. It’s a fail

‘The level of pettiness is so high’: Fast food expert exposes how to order Olive Garden breadsticks directly

‘But like it’s your food??’: Olive Garden customers say both server and manager yelled at them for sharing unlimited pasta

‘This hack will change the way you eat and drink at Olive Garden’: Olive Garden worker shares hack to getting ‘secret’ drink

‘There’s a lot of people who still don’t know’: Olive Garden worker shares the right way to use the viral cheese grater because people ‘don’t know how to use it’

‘We ordered the unlimited soup/salad’: Olive Garden customer says server fat-shamed her

‘It’s chaotic but chaotic good’: Astrology expert says which chain restaurant embodies your sign. Aries is Cheesecake Factory. Cancer is Applebee’s

Olive Garden server reveals best way to order $13.99 never-ending pasta bowl so you get the most bang for your buck

‘I mean the cheese alone makes it a deal’: Shopper says you can get $24 Olive Garden cheese grater at Walmart for only $8

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