Olive Garden Italian Kitchen 17+

Pretty good app with some occasional issues

I’ve used the app to order Olive Garden a few times but have hit a couple issues recently that make it easier to just call in an order or order on the website:

1. I ordered a kids meal with a side and the order errored out with no explanation. When I called I found they were out of the item. The app needs to handle unavailable items better (don’t show them as available and let the customer know why the order failed in this situation)

2. Last night I tried ordering and no matter what payment method I tried (Apple Pay, saved credit card, and PayPal) the payment failed. I called in my order and had no issues with the same card.

Frustrating!

This app could be good but it’s slow and frustrating! When you add an item there is a banner that says “Added!” and drops down from the top of the screen but never goes away. So if you’re ready to check out you need to tap on the “bag” icon on the top right corner of the screen, you simply can’t because the banner is still there from 10 minutes ago, covers it up so you’re never able to access the cart until you shut down the app and log in again. There is a “bag” icon at the bottom and one at the top right of the screen, same icon yet they have different purposes, bottom icon takes you to the menu, top/right icon takes you to the cart to check out. That’s very confusing and since the app is slow, you just can’t afford to waste any time trying to figure out how to pay. Also I added an item that didn’t show up in the order at the end, I guess the app didn’t register it.

This app needs a lot of work. It took me about 20 minutes to order food with the app, but would have been a lot faster if I had just called to order. Having this app defeats the purpose of convenience. Slow, not intuitive, have I mentioned how SLOW it is?

Olympia wa Olive Garden

Went for a special occasion. Servers in the bar not helping each other so service was chaotic and “24 hour” style. Fast stops with no time for guest to answer the servers question before they walk off. Zero teamwork. Manager paying attention to to go orders and not the flow of the floor. Cold food, server advised but we had to specifically ask for reheat/replacement. The vegetables never came even well after we were finished eating our entrees. No pre bussing so we sat with dirty plates. No offer of dessert, again this was a special occasion so we wanted dessert. Ended up paying and leaving with full dirty table like the other guests around us. Servers need training, teamwork and leadership who knows how to see customers who are not getting appropriate service. We have been in 4 times this month, every time it’s not met the mark. Bring back Stacey or Michael who were phenomenal servers. Today was not a staffing issue, there were staff standing around. My advice, if you are going to pay $18 to $23 an entree go to a nicer Italian restaurant. Spaghetti Factory well exceeds this Olive Garden experience and is a way better guest value.

Developer Response ,

Hello, we regret to hear that you had a poor experience on your special day. We do not have access to contact information through this platform, but if you email us directly at reviews@olivegarden.com we would be more than glad to help you sort this out. Thank you for your feedback!