Olive Garden Italian Restaurant

6301 San Mateo Blvd NE, Albuquerque
(505) 881-8425

Recent Reviews

Carren Goldman

One of my favorite restaurants.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Never-Ending Soup Salad

Ares Strong1994

Came in for quick lunch for one, was feeling like some soup and salad. Upon arriving to Olive Garden I was greeted and advised it was just me, I did observe tables in the front and bar was somewhat empty, but I was place in the back of the building not sure if it was my appearance or if they were trying keep it open, because overall traffic in the building was medium. Upon being seated I Was never acknowledged by my server. I usually give it some time regarding Having to work in serving food in the past. My usual patience is about 15+ minutes before I get up and find someone to help. But felt very unusual regarding it was not busy in the back of the restaurant, and the only server I seen was mostly helping a little family of four. I finally went and got reseated because of the only amount of time I have for lunch. I was finally reassigned to the front near bar, manager came to talk about the situation and Meal was paid by Olive Garden. The Bartender was very respectful and got order quickly and he was polite which saved this trip.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Never-Ending Soup Salad

Anoob K D

Food quality is satisfactory, but the service could be improved. After paying the bill, we were offered a few mint chocolates, but unfortunately, they tasted off.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

Sasha King

Meatball app was a bit cold in the bottom and services was disorganized as they had way too many large groups that night. Hard to get some orders right and refills on "endless" soup. No meat order got meat and csme back wrong twice.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Bread Sticks, Never-Ending Soup Salad

Maira Mahooty

It was sooooooooooooo goooooooooood??????┏⁠(⁠^⁠0⁠^⁠)⁠┛(⁠ノ⁠*⁠0⁠*⁠)⁠ノ

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Bread Sticks

vincent valdez

Perfect place for quick meal

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Veronica Vering

Delicious!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marielle V.

This particular Olive Garden location has suffered a serious downturn in every way — so abysmal was the whole situation that my husband and I walked out after waiting 20 minutes for a table. The restaurant was just plain dirty — shockingly dirty, and the the staff was also shockingly unprofessional and seemingly completely untrained as far as the Host Station and Bussers go. Just abysmal.Upon receiving notification that our table was ready we went to the host desk where a very young lady (teenager) grumpily said "this way" without ever once so much as looking at us, let alone speaking to us or welcoming us. "At Olive Garden we treat you like family!" Isn't that the motto? Some family. No greeting, no eye contact, no speaking. The table we were led to turned out to have been only sort half cleaned, with crumbs still on. I went to sit down on the bench seat only to see it was literally COVERED with food debris. So I sat on the edge of the bench, waiting for a waiter to show up so I could ask for it to be wiped clean. Ten minutes passed and no one came.I finally went back to the host station and the same surly young (seemingly very unhappy to be there) lady again kept her head down and refused to look at me while I spoke to her and asked for someone to come clean the bench. She finally spoke: "where are you seated?" I was surprised, but shouldn't have been, because although she seated us, she never once looked at us and had no idea where she had put us. I had to lead her back to the table and she said she'd get a busser. Several more minutes pass and a waiter finally shows up and I also ask her if the table and bench can be actually CLEANED. When I said I had already asked for someone to do this, she then decided it wasn't worth her time and took our drink order. Then a teenage boy shows up with the surly hostess and he has in his hands a stack of bone dry brown paper towels. I ask, where is the damp cloth to actually clean the seat? He ignores me and brushes off PART, and only PART, of the bench seat. Like a portion he thinks I may be allowed to sit in and occupy. Simply brushes the food debris and crumbs onto the floor. Then I look down and to my horror see the entire floor under our table is a trash pit! The floor is littered with food remains, broken crayons (!), crayon wrappers (a destruction child had been there) and other dirt and debris. NO ONE HAD SWEPT UNDER THE TABLE. Probably not for several customers. I was horrified at the dirtiness of the restaurant and the fact they could actually seat customers at a table like this and keep a straight face. And if the Front of House is this dirty, and this careless and the staff is this untrained, then what on earth is going on in the kitchen? I don't want to know.At this point my husband asked, "Do you want to leave?". I said "Yes, absolutely.". I am not sitting in this pile of trash, in this dirty seat, and among these completely careless and untrained and unwelcoming staffers.As we walked out, I stopped at the Host Desk to inform them that we were leaving and WHY. There were at that time no less than four teenagers occupying the Host Station — two young ladies, and two young men. The surly-young hostess refused to look at us, as did the others. While I tried to address someone amongst them, they put up a collective resistance to anything we had to say, and literally refused to make eye contact, refused to listen to our complaint. I should also mention that at no time during this whole awful scenario did we ever see anyone who appeared to be a manager on duty. There was no adult to speak with. None. We did not see our waitress again either. While the two young ladies actively turned their backs on us, the. two young men, standing to the side of the host desk, glanced at each other and snickered and smirked. Imagine how infuriating this display of teenage bad behavior is to paying customers! Are dirty tables and seats and floors funny? Inexcusable behavior. If there is M

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Greg Boomer

Service sucked. Still haven't gotten my salad lol. Food was over done as well. This place has better service last year

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Recommended dishes: Bread Sticks, Tour of Italy

KL Panteah

Our wait was a bit long but once we were seated, the service was great and I appreciated the waiter coming to check on our drinks

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bread Sticks, Never-Ending Soup Salad, Fettuccine

Samantha

Hannah B. was awesome! She was fast, courteous, and was super kind! ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bread Sticks, Tour of Italy, Unlimited Soup and Salad, Calamari, Chicken Scampi, Seafood Alfredo, Chicken Parmesan, Fettuccine

Antonia La Muneca Gonzales

My mom and dad have been together for 49 years. Ty Olive Garden for helping us celebrate it!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo, Bread Sticks, Never-Ending Soup Salad

Liv Jimenez

Wheelchair accessibility: We had to wait longer because we had a wheel chair

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chicken Parmesan

Raevyn

Service was really slow, but the food was good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Bread Sticks, Never-Ending Soup Salad

James Nessle

I have always had a pleasant experience visiting Olive garden.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Never-Ending Soup Salad

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