Olive Garden - Ontario

My wife and I stopped for lunch while working. Had to wait 20 minutes to be seated while they had multiple tables fully open with no one there multiple other groups waiting to sit. Once we finally got seated, we waited and took drink orders, and then once he came back with them, he took food. We didn 't see him again until the food came out. Keep in mind that we got soup and salad that showed up less than 5 minutes before the main pasta. Once he brought the pasta he was gone again 20 mins went by then 30 and still nothing at this point both drinks have been empty for about 20 mins and we have been sitting and talking waiting for boxes for about 10. The wait staff somehow couldn 't clean tables but just stood around talking. At some point, someone asked my waiter if he was okay, to which he proceeded to yell in the middle of the bar that No, he is not! To which they then have a 10 minute conversation about how he is having a bad day and the whole time he 's yelling it all. All in all, this was the worst time I have ever had at a restaurant ever, and I have had some **** restaurants. Photos of wait staff and managers just standing around talking. Keep in mind that most of them spent a while 10 plus minutes just hanging out there talking while people are at the doors waiting. The kid in white was actually working. I just wanted to point out that that kid was actually cool and trying to handle stuff. He was talking to the manager and asking her questions, then going to take care of them. My wife also asked the waiter questions about the sauce, and his answer was super basic. No real info, almost like he didn 't know anything about them. She asked if any of the red sauces didn 't have chunks, and his answer was yea the basic one. So she asked for the basic sauce and somehow turned into the cheese sauce, and when she asked to clarify that it didn 't have chunks, he said no, it does for sure. So she asked again which sauce doesn 't if any to which she got the same thing the basic one so follow up can I have the basic sauce then yea I already told you I 'll give you the cheese sauce was his answer.

We had a large party celebrating a birthday, we were seated very promptly within 10 minutes or less with no reservation. We had two waiters/waitresses attending us, not sure if that is customary with larger parties or if it was a training exercise, but the service was excellent from both employees attending to us. Our waiter was fun and engaging with our whole table. The food came out and was excellent, no complaints were had across the whole table and we all thoroughly enjoyed our meals. I had the Ravioli Carbonara with added Crispy Chicken Fritta and it was absolutely delicious and very filling. For some reason I don't seem to make my way to Olive Garden often but this visit reminded me that when I do, I am always pleasantly satisfied with my decision to pay a visit. Will definitely be back soon, thank you for a good experience.

Enjoyed what I ordered, did not have to wait to be seated but was hard right get my waitress to come back to table but over all happy with my experience.

So good! If you haven't tried the chocolate lasagna, you're missing out. The salad is wonderful! Our waiter was very attentive. In fact, I've had much worse food and service at much higher priced restaurants. I recommend this restaurant!

All the food was very delicious, the atmosphere was very pleasant and the place was beautiful, I recommend it!