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Olive Garden

3 star rating
based on 10 reviews

Category: Italian  [Edit]

Neighborhood: Escondido
1107 W Valley Pkwy
Escondido, CA 92025
(760) 737-9285
Price Range:
$$
Accepts Credit Cards:
Yes
Attire:
Casual
Good for Groups:
Yes
Good for Kids:
Yes
Takes Reservations:
Yes
Delivery:
No
Take-out:
Yes
Waiter Service:
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes
Outdoor Seating:
No
Good for:
Lunch, Dinner
Alcohol:
Beer & Wine Only

10 reviews for Olive Garden

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selina l.

San Diego, CA

3 star rating
3/2/2009

I like the unlimited soup and salad, and there's the pasta e fagioli soup that i really like.  

Bonus: Olive Garden started to post their nutritional info!  
http://www.olivegarden...

Although I really didn't need to know i eat 300 calories just in breadsticks...

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Colby O.

Escondido, CA

2 star rating
10/18/2009

I just went to this place last Friday. First of, I order sausage on my DAMN pizza dammit!! as you might guess, yes I didn't get any when my pizza came out. I also had bread sticks which were "okay" I definitely like Pat and Oscar's way better, yes if I had wanted good break sticks I should it gone there, you're right!

Fortunately my buddy who I went with order the unlimited deal, which included soup, salad and break sticks. I took a few bread sticks from his place as I waited for my sausage, onions, bell pepper, and peperoni pizza. A strange combination you might say, but guess what? I only had 4 out of 6 things to choose from.  So after I got my pizza from the very nice Italian looking waiter I notice there was no sausage on my pizza. I let him know and he quick took it back and fix it. Came back after 10 minutes. By this time I had already eaten too many bread sticks so I only had a slice or two.

The pizza was as good as Italian pizza can get. if you ever been to Italy you will know that pizza is definitely not their expertize. The only good thing about my experience that stand out was their wine. If you're into cheap sweet wine, you gotta try their sweet wines. The garden salad was good. The waiter was good. The atmosphere remind me of older people and the waiting time was average.

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Christina W.

Vista, CA

1 star rating
9/9/2009

Tried twice in hopes for what I get at the others ones in SD. Poor food quality, poor service, long waits for nothing great. Usually I get the soup and salad and bread stick deal my favorite thing. First time salad was brown and tasted odd so I didn't eat it. Soup was kind of cold, and bread sticks tasted odd too. Second time got spaghetti and meatballs. Meat balls were hard and not good at all. Spaghetti was watery and not so good either. Bread sticks again not good. :( Never retuning. Grade over all F!

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B-ry S.

San Diego, CA

5 star rating
11/29/2008

Ah OG...The Tour of Italy is bomb. I must of been on that thing like a gazillion times. Never gets old. The belini's and free wine samples are awesome too.

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Betsy B.

Solana Beach, CA

1 star rating
7/21/2008

Maybe they have great service in the restaurant, but their phone service sucks. I called to check and see if my other party had arrived because I needed to relay a message and the person who answered was just rude. Instead of telling me that the restaurant was busy and they will try their best to pass on the message, she asked me how I could even expect them to do that for me. Just tell me what I want to hear people...geez.

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Allisoto P.

Cambridge, MA

3 star rating
7/30/2008

So my parents love this place. My dad is a picky eater, and my mom rarely encounters a restaurant she can say something nice about. But they love this place. I am baffled-it's just your run of the mill chain restaurant. Don't get me wrong, I think it's decent, but great, eh. I am not a huge fan of pasta in general, but they have good protein/veggie options. The food is tasty. The service is usually friendly. And we never have to wait for a table. Not bad.

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Jaime J.

San Marcos, CA

1 star rating
6/5/2009

Yuck! My friend and I ate lunch here today and both got sick with food poisoning. She called her nurse line for medical advice and told them the symptoms we have had today, and they said it is food poisoning. Just what I wanted this weekend. Stay away!

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Ry N.

Carbondale, IL

5 star rating
10/31/2007

I've never had any issues with this place. I've been here twice and had two good experiences with service. The All-you-can-eat pasta is a must!

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Diane G.

Escondido, CA

2 star rating
2/23/2009

You guys are killin' me with your 5 star ratings. Dude - it's the OLIVE GARDEN! I'm not a snob but seriously.

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Erica U.

Los Angeles, CA

5 star rating
5/5/2008

this is the ONLY olive garden i've liked. great service, great food, NO complaints. there's hardly ever a line, especially during lunch. i usually order the endless salad, breadsticks, and soup plate. the zuppa toscana soup never disappoints.

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