Melbourne Restaurant Guide

My family and I go to Olive Garden to celebrate special occasions. The food is always good and the prices are fair. They only thing is the noise level at times, and it tends to get very crowded, as the tables are very close together. I do wish the kids menu offered a little more, too. There is always a slight wait for a table, as we usually have a large party. Overall, it is a nice place. Nothing fancy or different though.

The Olive Garden is a place I have cherished for years. The exeptional service is one to be honored for.

One time during my dining experience there, I was enjoying a wonderfull plate of hot steaming Chicken Parmesean. the chicken was juicy and oh so very flavorful, the sauce was something i would expect from grandma. And the pasta, perfectly aldente!

while enjoying my meal, a nice manager named "sue" came over to make sure everything was alright. She seemed very young and willing to help me with any problems i might have.

She, by far, is the most genuine manager I have seen thus far in the dining industry.

I highly recomend the Olive Garden in Melbourne FL not only for the great food and atmosphere, but for the service and the great manager named Sue.

I just returned from a pretty awful Olive Garden
Restaurant experience.

I have always enjoyed their soup,salad and breadsticks for lunch. I always ask for Romaine
lettuce instead of iceberg for the salad and it has not been a problem for the past year since I had been ordering the salad this way.

Today, I was told by the waitress that she doesn't think they would allow refills on the salad because it is a special request. I mentioned to her that I have been ordering the salad the same way for the past year and no where on the menu does it state that this would be a special condition and would not be refilled.

The waitress came back to my table and said, "I was right, (as she began to serve me) no refills on this. I asked her, "you won't even make an exception today when I have been coming here for a year and ordering the same exact thing with no problem?" She said, "no, no exceptions"

I immediately left but not before speaking to the
manager who made little effort other than to say,
"she will speak to the waitress." The manager then proceeded to ask me to wait in line again to
be reseated. Some management....

Needless to say, I will not be going back.

The food is not fantastic, but it is very adequate, and the portions, with the refills, are
always ok.
The service is usually ok, and the pricing is fair.
Good deserts, particularily the tiaramisu.