My family always enjoys our Olive Garden experiences but our latest experience at the Olive Garden at 200 Gorham Road in South Portland Maine was the most pleasurable to date due to a truly great host named “Nick”. I don’t know his official position at the restaurant except his true job is in more of a management capacity, but when we arrived in a group of ten for a birthday dinner and were told we could be seated but would have to wait a while to be served, he jumped right in to make us comfortable, get us drinks and then took our orders and made sure we were served and happy. He not only did these things but did them with charm and flair. He had the whole room upbeat and laughing. I hope you know and appreciate what a remarkable employee and person you have at your wonderful restaurant.
Olive Garden is always a safe choice and a good one. Food was fresh, hot and most importantly delicious. Tried the fried mozzarella for the first time and I couldn’t believe how much I’d been missing out. Seriously! Staff was very friendly and attentive. Two thumbs up!
Was busier than expected; there was a 45 minute wait, but as soon as we were seated, we got our food in about 15 minutes *maybe 20. It was the quickest service I've had in a long time! Wait staff was very attentive and personable food was very good as well as the drinks. I will definitely be going back. I feel it's worth the wait of 45 minutes.
Always a good time at this Olive Garden, staff is always nice and free dessert on your birthday :) I highly recommend their create your own pasta dish with creamy mushroom sauce and crispy chicken on top, the salmon was a little dry but they were very busy today
A shout out to Mike Po who was our server this morning when they opened. He handled it like the professional I suspect he is. 11 of us at one table and everything went so smooth with this guy, you would think he was serving a table of four. Nice work Olive Garden! You might just want to keep this guy on for a long time and give him the big jobs. We are all very impressed.Thanks again for a wonderful time today Mike Po.
Absolutely fabulous!! Zack at the bar was awesome. We had Seafood Alfredo which was fantastic with Calamari as an appetizer. Everything was prepared to perfection. One of the freshest salads we've had in a restaurant in a long time. My wife had a perfectly mixed lemonade by Zach and I had a Shipyard Winter Lager which was great. It's been a long time since we've been here but I now that we have been reminded how good Olive Garden is we'll be back soon!
This has always been a favorite of my mother and sisters so it has been a place I’ve irregularly frequented with them for many years. We don’t always go to this location due to their location, but it’s always my favorite location. When I first started my company I would meet my aunt there and ride down to Boston with her. (Photo c2000)Lots of great memories here over the years. And of course the bread sticks and salad. I mean that’s what it’s all about right?!? I try to avoid the red sauces now so this time I tried the mushroom raviolis in a cream sauce. It was so good, and the lunch portion was more more manageable for me to finish. Even at 35 I’ll still get shamed if I don’t have a happy plate when I decide I’m finished. Thanks SoPo OG for all the good memories over the years!
The waitress Noel was AMAZING! Made my dinner n my 1st night back in Maine memorable and very enjoyable. Go n ask for her..you won't regret it!!!
Olive Garden needs to bring back their menu. Used to be a great place to go to. We always liked their food. Service was still very good.
I hosted a small family gathering yesterday (8 people) and ordered from catering . We got a large lazagna, which was excellent and two jumbo salads. The salads, which I’ve always loved when dining at OG, were really disappointing. Big bowls of not-too-fresh chopped up iceberg lettuce, with a little onion and maybe three slices of tomato in each salad. It was weird, actually. Everything was well packed, including utensils, plates, parm cheese, two bottles of yummy salad dressing and croutons. They forgot the bread sticks, but mistakes happen, and I sent someone back for them. No big deal. In all, it was much better than cooking, and I’ll do it again, but Ill skip the salads next time.