Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

17410 Valley Mall Rd, Hagerstown - 21740
216 reviews
Italian Salad Soup
(301) 582-0408

Great staff, great food, and a classic classy place to go for an Italian dinner. Staff were very friendly and helpful after we took a large party of 16+ to the restaurant after calling in advance. Managers worked with us and it was a great time for family get-together. Crispy salad with a healthy amount of cheese and the delicious Olive Garden dressing. Dishes were cooked well and pasta was cooked to perfection. Drinks were continually refilled and the sauces on each dish had great flavor. Breadsticks could have used a bit more flavor (agree from another review). I don't think we need or want the electronic games at the table. Increase the Italian music though, let's hear it a bit more and celebrate the fantastic culture. The one thing separating this from outstanding. Don't let it be just a nice dinner out. How can you make it an experience to remember...? an escape from wherever you are? That's what Olive Garden has in its potential.

The food was very good but our server was even better! We started with salad and breadsticks. I love the salad, always have. The breadsticks were very plain and maybe needed some seasoning. The entrees came fairly quickly. My fiance had the sirloin and fettuccine and I had the Shrimp Scampi. Delicious! Our server was very attentive and pleasant. The only thing that would have made the visit perfect is if some guy two tables over hadn't been cussing out his girlfriend the whole time.

We were the first people through the door. We sat down, and they immediately put two other groups at adjacent tables. This is still a pandemic, and they had a ton of room to seat the other groups. At first I thought maybe we all had the same server, but no three different servers. Food was good, our server was great. We had soup and salad.

After many years of ordering primarily salmon at Olive Garden this was hands-down the best one I ever had. And I get it 100% clean with no salt or seasoning just a little marinara and tons of lemon on the side. Everything that we ordered was perfect and great service.

I travel a lot and I’m a vegetarian so sometimes I just want a “safe” place to eat. They mark off the dishes that are vegetarian! While the food is not at the top of the Italian food possibilities it’s good. I asked for Al dente (the waitress didn’t really know what that was she confessed, which I find a lot below the mason dixon line) but after I told her she said she would check. Now many restaurants precook the pasta and reheat it in boiling water. This can very easily over cook it. She came back and said it would be no problem.I order the fettuccini Alfredo and the salad. The pasta was cooked perfectly and the sauce was great. The only unfortunate thing for me was the fact the entree came out only two or three minutes after the salad. I had asked about when they closed and said I wasn’t in a hurry and didn’t want to be rushed. The pasta coming out after two bites of my salad made me feel rushed! The server apologized profusely and was so nice throughout the entire meal that this became a small faux pas.What makes this Olive Garden stand out? The manager was so friendly and seemed to enjoy what he was doing so much that it spread to the rest of the staff. I felt like I was at a gathering of friends all having a good time! I’d go again!

Went to Olive Garden tonight. Great place. Only go there because of Alvin our waiter. We have been coming here for 3 years every Friday and we always request Alvin. Very nice laid back guy and great service.

A good place to go with your family on a nice day. The meal was so good, too.

Free breadsticks, charged for the marinara sauce. The kids enjoyed their meals - spaghetti and a meat ball and chicken alfredo over shells. Mine was okay. Haven't been in years and expected it to be better. Was okay. The drink price was ridiculous for what it was. Not the right size take out boxes available. Waitress was nice, young girl. Hope she does well but I won't be going back.

First time trying this restaurant, I tried their spaghetti with meatballs it was good just needed some taste. Customer service is fine.

Tyler is a excellent waiter he's friendly and on top of ur drinks n salad and stuff wish all the waiters were like him