Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

4868 E Cactus Rd, Scottsdale - 85254
242 reviews
Italian Salad Soup
(602) 494-4327

Our server was friendly, our food was served quickly and it was yummy. My friend brought dessert in. We had a quiet area and could talk!!

You always know what you can expect from the Olive Garden. They've got a formula that works, and they stick with it. While the food isn't going to blow your mind, it isn't going to blow your budget either. The menu is simple, and the portions are satisfyingly large. This particular location has a large staff on hand, all of whom are polite and eager to be of service. The ambiance is pleasant, and the booths have a private feel to them. While I'm not sold on the pay-to-play game screens they offer, at least they are looking for more creative ways to survive in these tough times than simply raising prices and shrinking portions. A solid 4 Stars......

We went today for take out! Service was great. Food was ready in 15 minuted! We love their food. We miss eating at restaurant. This is our first time there since pandemic began. We did take out and it was ever so great just like when we used to eat in! Everything was nice and hot and so we're the soft rolls of bread! Delicious.

Always great service we visit all the time. They always remember me and call my service dog ?‍ by her name. Thank you. From kiss k9 bella and I.

If I could give 4.5 stars, I might have. Not 5 because... Come on, it's not fine dining. Olive Garden succeeds because it's solid: Food is good, served hot, reasonable value for the money--and it's one of the few places where everyone can find multiple favorites on the menu. Great service!

Hands down the best olive garden i’ve been to. My kiddos almost never enjoy food from restaurants and they literally couldn’t stop chowing down on everything they could see! the food was hot and the entire place felt so clean and friendly. I would absolutely recommend this place to anybody! Coral was really sweet too and gave us such a great time!!

I took my daughter to Olive Garden for her birthday yesterday. The first thing that we noticed was that the prices had been jacked up by over 20%. We agreed that we couldn't afford the usual pasta dishes thatvwe used to get. So we decided on the basic $12.99 build your own pasta dishes for $12.99. I ordered mine with shrimp not realizing that they charged $5.00 extra for shrimp. The food arrived and it was totally bland. The sauce was decent but it was gone after the first two bites. I ended up taking the leftovers home and heating them up with some Ragu sauce. Bottom line. Over $50.00 for two basic pasta dishes that sucked and a diet Coke. Won't be back.

Kellie Ann was our waitress that night. Super friendly and very attentive even though she was very busy. I would highly recommend asking for her personally if she's on duty when you're there.As always, the place is busy and jumping with friendly happy people enjoying a meal or a special occasion. It's always clean including the bathrooms which is always refreshing. Rarely is there much of a wait time for two if at all except possibly on Fridays and Saturdays during dinner hour's.We shared a Entree of Shrimp Scampi. It was very delicious. I need to remember to take pictures. That came with unlimited soup OR salad and bread sticks. If you haven't tried there bread sticks, you're missing out. Then we ordered a separate bowl of soup which comes with bread sticks. Those are also unlimited. They usually have 3 different soups, and you're welcome to have a different kind each time. We usually have one of their fruity iced teas. Those have free refills and your welcome to change those with each refill. They do come sweetened.It's one of our favorite Date Night places. You won't be disappointed!

They say they have delivery if you order 24 hours in advance. They need to add Door Dash or other delivery services. I do not drive and this makes it difficult to get their food.

The food was delicious but even better was the outstanding and enjoyable service from Amy, our server. I wish I'd taken a picture of the salad before we dug into it. It looked like a flower out of a Magazine! Honestly, the server, Amy, asked what we liked in our salad. We'd never been asked that before. When she brought the salad it was put together in the big serving bowl like a flower with each ingredient being a pedal. It was beautiful. We remarked about it and Amy said that's how they look in Olive Garden's picture so she tries to make it like that. Outstanding success, Amy! Our dinner was as delicious as ever. Amy even brought out an extra side of the awesome mushroom sauce and we gladly used it! Kudos to the cooks working that night! We're definitely returning and we will be asking for server Amy. The olive garden is quite reasonable, our bill came to $38 (we just drink water with our dinner) so it felt good tipping Amy $20!