resturant review - the olive garden sucks.... [View All]

[mrbill]

Have seen their commercials on tv for years but nver had been to an Olive Garden before the other night. Daughter came up with the idea.

What a pretentious place. On arrival it was 90% empty and the greeter lady said that it would be a 15 minute wait.

Ok wtf a few minutes later the seater guy came. Then our waiter for the evening, Chuck, showed up and a stuck a bottle of wine in my face.

He explained that it was the special of the evening. No thanks, menus please, Chuck seemed annoyed.

Daughter ordered chicken marsalla and mrbill went for the standard spagetti fare.

Chuck brought the breadsticks and tossed the included salad and the grated the cheese and and tried to peddle an appropiate wine. No thanks, Chuck, give it up. Wanted to ask him why there weren't any tomatoes in the salad. The oil and vinegar dressing was excellent.

Chuck brought the food and grated the cheese again.

Nice plate that drew your attention away from a small portion and really crappy spagetti with meat sauce. The mrbill kitchen could have created this dish for 87-cents and would have had some meat and tasty sauce.

What a rip off. Daughter's chicken wasn't much better, one whimpy stuffed chicken breast with a lame sauce and a tiny bit of mashed potatoes. You can buy those chicken things in a box for about a dollar each at the local wallymart.

Came out feeling like we have been to the carnival for the first time and been screwed by the carnies.

Chuck got tipped 17% even tho he was annoying, he was just following thr corporate script.

Never again, discovered too late that the Olive Garden assholes donate to the bushazoids.

Next time will drive the extra miles and go to Campisi's.