Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

1250 Polaris Pkwy, Columbus - 43240
222 reviews
Italian Salad Soup
(614) 885-0080

I've been going to this restaurant for a couple decades. I had not been to it since 2019. Today, the employees that I spoke to were nice. There was nothing wrong with the service. The food was gross. The salad was not good quality. The noodles were not tasty. The meat looked very gross. They need to increase the quality of what they are buying. This restaurant is equal to or even worse than fast food places in 2022, but it is more expensive. The two stars are an average between the server being nice (5 stars) and the food buyer sending bad products to this store (1 star - for food price compared to quality).

Our experience was phenomenal! The food was hot and fresh, but also FAST! The service was attentive and proactive. We came in for a quick lunch, just soup and salad, but our server did a great job of up-selling their newest dessert. I'm not mad about it either! That strawberry cake item was delicious and I'll be ordering it again. Well done everybody.

We had one of the best times with our waitress Brenda. She was so lovely and friendly. Very considerate and on top of things. Had a smile each time she came to our table. If you would like to have a wonderful time and fantastic service, ask for Brenda!

Ideally I try not to get into eating pasta outdoors and I gave this a chance, I must say they delivered on every dish served. I would recommend olive garden for any form of outing your would want to have.

5 stars just isn’t enough! Our server was Willie, and he 100% made our week! My fiancé’s mom had just passed away and last night was her funeral. We went out to eat to get our minds off of things and Willie was just SO nice! He went above and beyond to make our visit to this Olive Garden worth it. We will definitely be frequenting this Olive Garden more often! The food was immaculate, the service was amazing, and we loved every minute of our stay. Thank you for making our night Willie! ❤️ We appreciate everything you did for us.

Ideally I try not to get into eating pasta outdoors and I gave this a chance, I must say they delivered on every dish served. I would recommend olive garden for any form of outing your would want to have.

We went out on a Monday night and in a nearly empty dining room they sat every incoming table directly beside us, demonstrating they have absolutely no desire to allow for separation even in a nearly empty dining room. This callus disregard for public health and safety means I will never visit an Olive garden again even after the pandemic is over so irresponsible. You're taking your life in your own hands if you go to a business like this who's doing nothing to help you mitigate the danger. They're sure happy to be open but they don't seem to want to do anything to make sure they stay open, so probably they should just be closed. Or left to go out of business through their own disregard for their customers.

Fettuccine Alfredo was excellent. Waitress and helpers were wonderful.First time since before pandemic.They really upd their A game.

The food was horrible. Chicken marsala is my favorite when I come here. Tonight the chicken around the edges was hard and over cooked like it was microwaved. I asked for extra mushrooms and got only a few mushrooms, so no extra. The marsala sauce was barely even there. Basically got some room temp Alfredo noodles and some old chicken breast. The plate was extra hot but the food was not.. let’s not mention they put a couple out on a date next to the kids table of babies. We were sat in the middle of the restaurant with two booths beside us and a family table on the next side in the walking aisle for everyone that was coming through. Horrible service and food.

Five stars even though we waited for 1.5 hours to get in after we’ve been turned around from a different restaurant nearby. Group of 19 we all had awesome dinner experience with exceptional service. We have been tired of waiting but our servers managed to flip the situation around and we enjoyed our dinner - we are hard crowd all with past or current experience in the service industry and know when servers do their job flawless.