Reviews for Olive Garden Italian Restaurant in Merritt Island, FL

Went to the yearly Veterans Day free dinner with the wife. The food for being "Instant Italian" was not bad, could have been... served hotter. The Frozen bread sticks still taste Frozen after baking. The Missing Man Table was an excellent thought. That'svery respectful of Local Olive Garden for doing that. Read more

This was the worst experience in an olive garden ever, let alone in local restaurants. We usually go to Melbourne or Orlando... locations. Today we decided to go to Merritt island and it was terrible service. The food was good but our host that was buyingus lunch didn't get his food for an hour. Then he was upset enough that he lost his appetite. The server never brought our breadsticks out once to us. We had to ask other workers. Then she brought out the salad and soups at the same time. Never refilledour drinks and I need a drink to eat due to a health problem. She never grated our cheese we actually had to go get and do itourselves. It wasn't even busy. This was absolutely the worst place we have been when it comes to service. I have never leftolive garden hungry still. But due to being here over an hour and lack of food service I have officially left hungry still.Avoid this place. Our party was 10 which is usually twice this. Read more

We just finished dinner and I have to say that our waitress Lisa, she was a little Oriental girl, made our entire night a... success. She was so sweet, fun, and attentive that we didn't mind so much that the garlic was a little too salty tonight. I evenhad to have them cook my steak longer and am giving a good review. If we had a waitress like her every time, we would comemonthly. Read more

Very nice meal, service and atmosphere. I had the Chicken Parmigiana, and my wife had the Shrimp & Chicken Carbonara. Both were... excellent. Read more

When doing food service, one bad day can make or break you. The first bread sticks we were served were so hard you literally... couldn't put a dent in them and the first bowl of chicken gnocchi soup, the pasta was golf ball size starchy mess. As you willnotice the second batch of bread sticks was hot and soft, the second bowl of soup was so good I forgot to take a picture. Themain entrees was appealing and delicious. The waiter was very pleasant. Read more

Watched a packed lobby on Fathers Day get seated in 3 mins flat! Great management move Food was perfect and out super fast.... Truly amazed Read more

Always love eating at Olive Garden. We tried the extra large Chicken Parmigiana. It was delicious and plentiful. We had 2 meals... out of it. The Grilled Chicken Margherita was delicious. The soupa Tuscana didn't taste right but they promptly brought more outfrom a fresh batch and it was lovely. Please give a thumbs up if my review and/or pictures were helpful to you. SMile! Read more

Thirty years ago, she said “Yes” at the Olive Garden on Merritt Island FL. My wife and I were engaged to be married on... August 29, 1991 in the 3rd booth at the back of the restaurant, and we have a photo of that night. The staff there helped me popthe question by singing a song and holding up signs saying “will you marry Dave?” It was a special event, and 30 yearslater we wanted to celebrate at that same restaurant. So, we flew to Florida from Kansas City, made the reservation, ordered acake from Publix (Olive Garden stopped making those lovely little mint chocolate cakes years ago) and shared a meal with mycousins who live in the area. When the manager saw our cake and heard about our special occasion, he came out to speak with usand listen to our story. He was so nice and really made us feel right at home like family! On top of it all, he comped our mealas well as sent us a gift card!!! What a great place and an amazing leader. The Olive Garden headquarters should know you havereal gem in Manager Chris Day. On this day, we celebrated our love for each other, as well as our love for Olive Garden! Oh,and the food is just as good today as it was 30 years ago. We love the “Tour of Italy”. The salad and breadsticks are worththe trip just by themselves. Thanks again for a marvelous meal and a wonderful memory. Read more