Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

3940 S Lamar Blvd, Austin - 78704
247 reviews
Italian Salad Soup
(512) 440-0131

Our experience at Olive Garden tonight was top notch! We've had our fair share of visits to different Olive Gardens but this location hit different. It felt like a small 5-star restaurant, not a bustling restaurant chain. We were sat quickly at the bar by the hosts, and Shelby, our bartender and server, was great! Super attentive and warm and even the food runners were personable and made sure our dine-in experience was one to remember. The food was perfect and I highly recommend the berry sangria!

Al the food was good and very tasty.I did go in at 10 pm and I had a 30 min wait.When I asked for the soup it was luke warm. I asked for a second serving and they told me that the soup was put up for the night. But that they had another in it's place. I said yes and that soup was real hot.I think the server did the best he could to care of us.

The food was good at this location. The reason I'm giving a 3 star is due to me ordering over the phone and them telling me it would only be 5 minutes and I let them know what spot I was already at. 20 minutes later still nothing so I call and they say they will be right out. Waited another 5 minutes and still nothing so I walked inside and waited again another 5 minutes for someone to even help me. The woman was very polite and apologized and found my order for me after at first not being able to. She also offered a slice of cake for the inconvenience. So what should have been a quick 5 minutes for soup and salad turned into 35 minutes. Very frustrating.

We were there for dinner celebrating my friends Birthday. We had a wonderful time! The food was delicious as always! The service was beyond excellent! Gina, our server was on point, efficient, a pro at her job and pleasant. All while training a new server. Timothy was courteous to us as well! Makes up for our bad experience we had over three years ago. We will return!

This was some of the best service I've ever had at an Olive Garden! The food here is delicious and I would recommend coming back to it time and time again. They will definitely have my business even though I'm a 25 minute drive away. Jennifer love your spirit and awesome service.

Always a great experience at Olive Garden. No complaints about the food. The service is super slow which I think is because of the servants shortage. We waited more than 50 minutes to be seated, so go there with enough time and look at the menu online so you can save some time, it would be my advice. Food is awesome and plenty.

Very bad service, but good food overall.Was ignored most of our visit as tables around us got service from the same restaurant staff given to us. Food was good and I would come back for it, just hopefully with better service.Regardless still tipped well, please always remember to still tip those that are helping you especially in these trying days for them.

This place used to be an affordable family eatery. Somewhat fancy and somewhat relaxed. The middle of the road. Now most people use it as a McDonalds. However the restaurant has not lost it's touch in high end. Especially their prices. They have shot through the roof. Granted they serve you what should be 3 portions. So if you do the math the price is about as expected for a meal. This is assuming you don't eat the whole thing there. In any case the price you pay out the door is a lot! In some ways i wish they would do more portion control instead of trying to give more food for higher prices. Most people shouldn't est 3 servings of pasta in a sitting anyways.But as for the restaurant, the prices are high, the food quantity is a lot, so it makes up for the price. If the prices were more reasonable, more people would order more items. However, it is not like they are hurting for customers. On any given day there is a wait time. Give the people what they want. If people are okay to pay high prices for American Italian food, then this is the place. If you want authentic Italian, there are other restaurants to check out. Smaller portions but better prices, better food.

Lunch portions are good and come with a soup or salad and breadsticks. They are shorthanded so be prepared for at least a 30 minute wait. Staff is masked and very friendly.

Enjoy enjoy and enjoy!!! This was all $10 for the Soup, Salad, and Breadsticks...but the breadsticks didn't make the photo. Hehe. The bartender is excellent and very quick to bring out orders when you wanna get an open seat immediately, but the other dine in tables are nice for a good meal. The lasagna is my favorite meal, but you can't beat the Zuppa Toscana Soup...??? and add cheese!! Also, the staff are always nice and courteous so you'll love the family vibe they really have going on at this one.