Olive Garden Italian Restaurant Reviews Summary

Category: Italian restaurant Yonkers, New York

Address: 9025 Xavier Dr, Yonkers, NY 10704, USA

Phone: +19143754505

Rating: 4.2
based on 298 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "The waitress was attentive and super friendly!"
  • "Charles was my server and he was super friendly, very knowledgeable about the menu and eager to help."
  • "Our server Gabriel most extraordinary server I have had in a long time."
  • "Service was prompt and professional."
  • "Aaron was our waiter and he treated us very well. Was very attentive and helpful."
  • "Our server, John, was amazing. Kept refilling our salad, bread, and drinks."
  • "The service provided by Ashley was commendable."

Cons:

  • "Manager came after saying we didn't wait, that we gotta wait because there's a waiting list."
  • "You will find yourself getting up and walking to the front desk to ask for your server."
  • "Snippy hostess. Get someone that smiles, not someone who looks like they are at the entrance of a funeral home."
  • "The serving staff was excellent, the front of house staff was terrible, disorganized."
  • "Server was earnest but overworked."
  • "The service was sloppy and of poor taste."
  • "Very disappointing, after we were seated it took our server over 10 mins just to come over and introduce himself."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food is pretty good and so are the drinks."
  • "The food is great and the ambiance too."
  • "The bread sticks came to the table nice and hot, the salad was fresh and not drowning in dressing, which was good."
  • "The best thing about their menu is the salad hands down."
  • "I have the zuppa Toscana soup. It was delish!"
  • "The chicken and shrimp were well prepared and the sauce was so good!"
  • "The food was delicious and fresh. Would recommend to anyone to go and try."

Cons:

  • "As much as I like Olive Garden and it's flavors, the last couple of times that I've been to this particular location in Yonkers it's been less than mediocre."
  • "Salad used to be crispy and good but now it's been soggier."
  • "Worse than the terribly slow service was the oily food."
  • "The food that I ordered really didn't taste that good."
  • "The five cheese pasta sauce was an oily mess."
  • "Food was bland and salty."
  • "The lasagna sauce tasted so sour she couldn't eat it she started having stomach pain."

Ambiance & Cleanliness

Pros:

  • "I enjoyed the rustic Italian decor."
  • "Due to social distancing the tables are spaced out and the entire place was kept properly and clean."
  • "Love the vibes. This might be unrelated, but the lighting is pretty.. lit."
  • "The atmosphere telport you to Italy 🇮🇹 to enjoy the moment."
  • "Pleasant atmosphere, even if is crowded you can enjoy a family environment."
  • "The vibes here are cozy, relaxing."
  • "The atmosphere is typically Olive Garden Tuscan."

Cons:

  • "The window by our table was very horribly dirty and there was ants on the wall I smashed with my hands."
  • "The carpeting had a weird smell, the lettuce was wilted, it was just a very dank and dreary place!"
  • "Floor was filthy with dirty napkins and food you had to walk over just to get to the restroom."
  • "Also the ladies bathroom was a completely mess."
  • "The ambiance always has a dead/dark feeling, and the air is often reminiscent of a must."
  • "Not the cleanest restaurant. Paper on floor, windows dirty."
  • "Dust on table and window blinds. We wished we could leave, but the orders were in."

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