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Hours
Sun
11:00 - 22:00
Mon
11:00 - 22:00
Tue
11:00 - 22:00
Wed
11:00 - 22:00
Thu
11:00 - 22:00
Fri
11:00 - 23:00
Sat
11:00 - 23:00
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3.5
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CUISINES
Italian
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
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Menu
Does this restaurant serve Tuscan food?
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About
All of your favorites are just a few clicks away! View our menu online and Order To Go Now or come in for our famous never-ending first course of freshly baked breadsticks and your choice of homemade soup or garden fresh salad. Enjoy abundant portions of classic entrees the whole family craves like the Tour of Italy, our irresistible Chicken Parmigiana, or everyone's favorite Fettuccine Alfredo, made fresh from our kitchen to your table. Gather together with the people you love over a meal worth sharing at Olive Garden. When you're here, you're family.
CUISINES
Italian
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Vegan options, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
FEATURES
Takeout, Seating, Parking Available, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Table Service
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3.5
193 reviews
Excellent
59
Very good
66
Average
37
Poor
15
Terrible
16
johns
Lakeland368 contributions
Dec 2023 • couples
I am not a big fan of Olive Garden. There are many choices for Italian food that are better. However, at our recent visit, we received exceptional service from Carlie C. I had ordered spaghetti and meatballs. Service was prompt and attentive. Carlie noticed that my entree was somewhat lacking in terms of the amount of sauce on my spaghetti. Without my asking, she brought me some additional sauce. Well done, Carlie.
Written 15 December 2023
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Gloria G
Hollywood72 contributions
Jul 2022 • none
Still good food and good staff. For years if you asked for Alfrado Sauce it was free. Now? Yup $5,.00 for some,. Sad
Written 1 September 2022
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June H
Hudson108 contributions
Jul 2019 • family
Natalie was an amazing server and we will ask for her next time. To begin with she kept a hostess from seating an immediate walk-in while there were 5 set of diners waiting 15 minutes to be seated. Restaurant not busy so did not understand the long wait; that is until we watched the busboy slowly doing a half-asked job. He actually hooked a white garbage bag of trash filled with half eated food over a chair right next to where we were seated. AND he walked off and left that nasty stuff right by me. He went to tables picking up glasses two at a time and placing them on a tray also next to us. After smelling all that while he slowly loaded the tray for almost 10 minutes, I had no choice but to speak loudly to him twice to ask him to please remove all that trash, which he slowly did with a smirk on his face.
When Natalie came for our order I told her what had happened and she told management but he did not come to our table until I saw him and asked him for a minute of his time. WOW. Does anybody think that is acceptable???
My soup was delicious, hot, tasty and satisfying. I just wish I had been offered another bowl and hubby also wanted more salad but we were not offered or asked. The salad here is always fresh, large and perfectly covered with their wonderful dressing. Our angel hair pasta and meat sauce was kinda bland but my meatballs were amazingly moist, tender and delicious. We will return just no garbage hanging over a chair please.
Written 23 July 2019
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jebocker
Middle Grove6 contributions
Feb 2023 • none
My husband and I were in the Lakeland area in need of dinner early evening on a Sunday (2/19/23). We expected to have to wait for a table, but we were seated right away. We looked over the menu and waited for our server who never came. The table that was already seated in our section were being taken care of. The table (right next to us) that was seated 5 to 10 minutes after we were received service. We were completely ignored. We got up and left. We should have asked for a manager or at least told the hostess but we were too pissed off to be bothered.
Written 21 February 2023
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Deborah3185
Lakeland57 contributions
Jun 2021 • family
We have been coming here for many years. On June 5, 2021, we called in our order. They forgot breadsticks and mints. Every order had pasta with it, they put a teaspoon of sauce on it! My mom ordered Shrimp with Alfredo sauce for 1899 and the same thing there was no sauce. We spent $80 to be totally dissatisfied. Something was really wrong no cook maybe we shouldn’t have to pay the price I think I’ll call the manager and get a total refund
Written 6 June 2021
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Andrea JA
Florida6738 contributions
Dec 2023 • couples
This was at the Olive Garden on 98.
We arrived for an early dinner, 4:35 pm.
I checked the app as we pulled into the parking lot and the app said no wait time.
We got to the host/ess desk and were told that it was a 15 minute wait.
We asked if we could sit in a booth up near the bar. We were told no, that the booths were for parties of 4 or more. We gave the young lady hostess our name and were told to have a seat, it'll be about a 15 minute wait.
After 25 minutes my husband approached the hostess, she girl...young with a short bob hair cut, and made an inquiry, she said she'd check and told him to have a seat. Bottom line is that she "dismissed him".
A few minutes later we asked for a manager and were told manager was busy, then this hostess left the hostess desk and moved to hold the door open for other folks.
A few more minutes passed and I got up to ask the group of staff that was gathered at the desk how much more wait as we had now seen numerous groups and couples that came in later than us be seated. The person told us to sit tight it'd be soon. I said, the booths up near the bar are still empty, could we sit there? Answer was no.
Finally a manager came by and we spoke to her at length. She looked at the screen and then came back to us and said I AM SO SORRY...please come with me. Then she said "I have no words". We too had no words. We were seated and then had our meal. The manager was spot on and was quite accommodating and capable.
Turns out the original hostess never logged in our name which was 40+ minutes earlier.
I do not know why we waited as long as we did . Shame on us.
The meal was ok, our waitress was outstanding.
Written 1 December 2023
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Gio l
Lakeland10 contributions
Feb 2020 • family
It never fails. Everytime we visit this restaurant we are always very happy with both the service and the quality of the food. We got there after 7 pm on a Sunday evening and thought we were going to have to wait, or worst get food that had been sitting around. To our great surprise we were brought into the restaurant almost upon arrival. Our food took almost no time to get to our table and our waitress was oh so awesome with my children and grandma. Thank you for such great food and service.
Written 20 February 2020
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Barb B
Auburndale140 contributions
May 2021 • none
5/29/21 at 3:45 in the afternoon. We stopped for lunch/dinner. There were 6 employees standing at the hostess stand. We were taken to the bar to be seated and we told the employee we did not want to set in the bar. We were told we HAD to be seated in the bar and then the girl asked if we would be ok with being seated in the bar. I replied "I don't guess we have a choice". There were several empty tables. Not 6 minutes after we were seated, a couple came in and were seated in another room (not the bar) Thank goodness we had a good waiter (Andre) Will think twicw about returning.
Written 29 May 2021
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PL Beyer
24 contributions
Dec 2022 • friends
We just had a wonderful lunch at Olive Garden in North Lakeland.
Martha, our server, did a fantastic job in taking care of us. She made our dining experience so special!
We thoroughly enjoyed our Pasta Fagioli and Chicken Gnocchi Soups. We ordered Chicken Tortellini Alfredo and Chicken Parmigiana. The tortellini dish was so rich and creamy. The taste was unbelievable! It was so good we took food home for dinner tonight.
We definitely will be coming back soon!
Written 20 December 2022
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Walter Leonard
3 contributions
Mar 2021 • family
My wife and I stopped in for lunch. We got a new server Ally, her first day. She did a fabulous job, was very attentive. The food keeps getting better, and they added a few more items on their menu. We will definitely be back and ask for Ally as our server
Written 9 March 2021
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Tommy O
Florida48 contributions
Mar 2024 • family
Our family celebrated my nieces birthday and I must give credit where credit is due. The food was awesome but our server Amanda was unbelievable, the service was the best we have received in a very long time.
Written 6 March 2024
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travelroc12
Lakeland525 contributions
Jun 2023 • couples
best soups in lakeland pasta fazu excellent, sausage/potato also great.
split the fettuccini with sausage. enough for two.
Written 17 July 2023
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Breter
West Palm Beach328 contributions
May 2022 • none
Service was good and the food was just like at all Olive Gardens so no complaints from us. We recommend the place!
Written 25 May 2022
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Barb B
Auburndale140 contributions
Aug 2021 • none
Walked in Olive Garden - 3 female employees were standing at the hostess desk. Another female was at the take out counter. Total - 4 female employees. After several minutes, one asked how many - we replied 2. We were told "It will be a few minutes" During this time, NO one entered or left the restaurant. When were finally seated, we were taken to the bar. I replied I did not want to sit in the bar and was told it would be at least a 15 minute wait. We left. 2nd time - BAD experience. We will not return.
Written 27 August 2021
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Brian McD
Zephyrhills66 contributions
Apr 2021 • couples
My beautiful wife and I were celebrating our 37th wedding anniversary and her birthday,, of which she wanted Olive Garden. The closest location is the one listed on this map on US Hwy 98, just North of I-4 in Lakeland (our favorite!). Our Server - Miss Annie, was most attentive, pleasant and very positive! I never had to wait for a Tea refill and if you've read any of my other reviews, this is a huge deal for me! Annie made sure our visit was the absolute BEST we could possibly have!!! She even personally wrote "Happy Anniversary" on the plate in the yummy Raspberry sauce from our pastry dessert, which she also comped for us! This was by far the most amazing experience we have had yet at any Olive Garden and they've all been great! The food quality was of course what one would expect from Olive Garden - Tasty and Delicious; but today, it just seemed to more delicious than ever before!!! The restaurant was very clean, with standard Covid precautions being utilized for everyone's safety (face masks and copious amounts of hand sanitizer everywhere!)!!!
THANK YOU Olive Garden and Miss Left Handed Annie with spectacular Blue hair!!! Yes Ma'am, you deserved that gracious tip!!
Written 26 April 2021
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