Restaurants

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Olive Garden

International Drive

Orlando, Florida

4/5

Whenever we visit Orlando Olive Garden is definitely one of the places we always have to go to, but there are more than just one Olive Garden restaurants in the area so are they all the same..? In short, no. 
This review concentrates just on the restaurant on International Drive. 

Upon entering the restaurant we were greeted and shown to our table and glanced over the menu. Shortly after our server arrived and introduced himself. He then asked if we wanted to sample the house choice of wine for the day, but we declined. For drinks we chose the raspberry peach Bellini which is refillable, for mains we chose the chicken parmigiana. 
The meal comes with free soup or salad, also unlimited, (we recommend the chicken gnocchi), as well as unlimited breadsticks which usually come out for you to snack on prior to your meal. A great dip we can recommend to accompany the breadsticks is the Alfredo sauce.

When the meal arrived it was piping hot and delicious in taste.
*TIP* If you can’t finish your meal, just ask for a to-go box, they’re free!

You can pay using the Ziosk tablet on the table or request the bill from your server.
The receipt will show your the advised tip you should leave.

Service was acceptable, but not the quickest. Our server was always polite but not always very attentive (eg. we waited a long time for a refill and eventually had to ask)

Would we visit this location again?
As you will expect this location sees a quick turnover of guests each day due to it being in the main tourist area. While this is good for trade, we feel you lose the personal touch which you get along with a far more attentive server in other locations.
We prefer to travel the extra distance to a different location, but if your not worried about the personal touch, this location will suit you fine.

 

Date of visit:  10th March 2020

Food

5/5

Speed Of Service

3/5

Cleanliness

4/5

Overall Value

4/5