Reviews for Olive Garden Italian Restaurant in Santee, CA

As always, very delicious recipes and dishes. Great service, as always. A manager will come by and greet you and make sure that... you're satisfied with the service. Unfortunately,there was a person at the bar with a laptop having business phone calls andspeaking loud. I go to OG for quality time. The person was having a phone call after another for over an hour. I left, and shewas still there talking loudly. I guess it's her right as well since she pays $. The servers were beyond expectations with therecommendation and the way they explained and answered every question. 6$ togo deals are really good. I ordered 2. Read more

The Olive Garden has really gone downhill service-wise. Our server was not very engaged, never checked on water or salad... refills. When the bill came we had an issue and couldn't find him to help us. Other servers said they couldn't help so it wasreally dumb. Spent 15 minutes trying to pay for an extra to go meal that got cold waiting to wrap the bill issue. Love the foodbut the management needs to get involved with the serving staff. Read more

Well, the server saved the night.....my wife and I are in our early sixties now and don't eat as much anymore and so we are... sharing meals and we also do not like to waste food. The menu offers very little on small portions. We told our server that wewould share the tour de france. She said to split it would be another $4.79 and we declined. After the server walked away Ilooked at my wife and said "that'll be the last time we eat here". When the salad arrived we shared the dish as we expected.When the main coarse came out it was split. I thanked the waiter and she said thank your server for that. Olive Garden needs tobe careful here.....we feel like we are getting punished for not eating enough and for not wasting food. We are not cheap peoplewe are just trying to eat better, less and not waste. We tipped our server generously !! Dave Read more

Absolutely love this place. Great food, wonderfully intent employees, pleasant atmosphere, and wonderful music. Went there for... our 33rd wedding anniversary. Look how they decorated the dessert of our choosing, for us! Read more

Although it's situated right in a big shopping area this place is easily overlooked. Been shopping in that area for a really... long time and never knew it was there. Price is around $20 per meal, but you get a lot of food. Food was delicious and greatquantity. Staff is on point and worth ever star. Kaelyn was super helpful and handled a large party with a lot of rambunctiouskids really well. She is one of the best staff I have met in all of my reviews of restaurants. Read more

I've always loved this place. It's an old favorite. Went here for my birthday. My server encouraged me to get the bottle of wine... instead of the mixed drinks. I only drank 2 glasses so I got to take the rest of the bottle home for later. The chicken gnocchiwaa excellent. I got a complimentary dessert and a couple servers sang me happy birthday along with my family. Read more

The service was great as the waitress was constantly checking on our table. The food starting with the appetizer to the entrees... was delicious. Definitely will be back to this branch of Olive Garden. Read more

Food was better than last time. The service was great. I should have grabbed our waiters name He did a great job