Olive Garden Italian Restaurant in Oro Valley

Today we pre-celebrated my mom’s birthday! As always we had an amazing and professional server Carlee. She went way above and beyond the call of duty to make today very special for mom. Carlee and the manager Rosario are the BEST!! Can’t wait until next time to see them, have amazing and delicious food and feel welcomed. Way to go!! The chefs made each and every bite taste amazing!!

This Olive garden was so clean you could probably eat off of any surface and be safe. All the employees were welcoming and understanding of my disability. All around best Olive Garden experience I have ever had. The manager is extremely personable, and his staff is incredible! This last time me had Carlee, and she made my birthday so special, honestly because if her, this was ine of the best birthdays i have ever had. All of their food is fresh, and they make an effort to make sure nothing sits too long. I recommend this Olive Garden most out of any in town.

UPDATE Feb 28, 2025: I like the Olive Garden, but I had to lower its rating because of the quality of MY food on this lunch. Everything else was great. The atmosphere was good, people friendly, the room was bright and cheery, and our waitress was personable and helpful, and she didn’t even scowl (as some other restaurants do) when we only ordered the smaller lunch portions. My wife’s chicken parmesan was good for her, except that it was covered in chopped tomatoes instead of marinera sauce — not bad, you just need to be aware of this when ordering. Our friends’ lasagna, lunch sized, was tasty and he enjoyed it, properly crusted and it has both ground beef and sausage. I ordered a side order of meatballs, and a side order of sausage, and asked them to exchange marinera sauce for Bolognese (meat sauce), and they were happy to do that. When it came, the meatballs, as usual were nice size and hot inside. The two sausages however, were just barely warm on the insides, and mushy to boot. I could only eat one of them and left the other. Now the meat sauce was excellent. I realize these meatballs and sausages are ‘pre-cooked’, which is smart, and then warmed up, but these felt like they had not been fully cooked and then not warmed up enough. BUT, I should also say that the New England Clam Chowder my wife ordered was both of a good size and very, very tasty. In fact, the only restaurant I know of, in Tucson, which serves clam chowder as good as this is the Audobon Bar and Grill (which is inside the Arizona Inn ‘down’ in Central Tucson near the University). Good job, but please pay attention to the temperature of the food. UPDATE Sep 8, 2024: Just like last time we had lunch at the Olive Garden, the food was tasty, there was more than enough of it, the servers were friendly and helpful (and even the Manager stopped by to say hello), the food was served promptly ... and I've even gotten accustomed to using that little 'payment kiosk' that they put on your table. ALSO, they were kind enough to give us all 'drinks to go' ... which is good given how much they (and all restaurants!) charge for a drink these days. Again, the meatballs were great, the toasted ravioli the same, the pasta my daughter had was TASTY (good flavor). The only thing I found annoying, was that, as they sat us in the bar area, because the floor is tiled with 'Mexican' tiles (which are a bit bumpy, when the dish collection cart came by, it rattled and made a lot of noise. Surely there's a better way to collect dishes. _______________________________ Fine lunch today, and great and friendly service by Austin. The meatballs were as good as any I’ve had in Tucson, my loved the toasted ravioli and our friend thought the chicken Marsala was excellent. We all three enjoyed O G’s version of beignets (with plum sauce and chocolate sauce for dipping) and the chocolate layered “brownie” was scrumptious.

Came in tonight with my family for dinner. We were greeted tonight by a friendly and attentive staff. Cody our waiter did such a fantastic job we are impressed by him. Overall, everything went smooth and no issues. Loved the wine bar located right behind the hostess desk. Nice decor and ambience. I highly recommend this location.

Our visit to Olive Garden was fantastic, and a huge part of that was thanks to our incredible server, Ashley! She was friendly, attentive, and made sure we had everything we needed. But the real highlight? She let us in on what we’re now calling the “secret third” dipping sauce. We had no idea this sauce even existed, but Ashley made sure we didn’t miss out—and wow, were we glad she did! It took the breadsticks to a whole new level. (Seriously, if you haven’t tried it yet, you need to.) On top of that, Ashley’s service was outstanding. She made us feel welcome, kept everything running smoothly, and just made the whole meal even better. If you’re at Olive Garden, ask for Ashley—and don’t forget to request the secret third dipping sauce!!

Our first time visiting an Olive Garden and we were very impressed. Service was outstanding and food was served in a timely fashion and came out hot and fresh. Dined with friends and all 4 of us said our meals were delicious. Can't wait to revisit and try some of the other meals. They all sounded so good that we had trouble deciding 😊

We always enjoy eating here. Super Bowl Sunday was awesome! Not a lot of people. Anthony sat us quickly and made us feel welcome. Charley was an amazing server. Came back to make sure everything was okay. Played along with our silliness well. The dessert donuts were heavenly. We will be back. Great food. Even better service. Good ambiance.

Was in for lunch yesterday there was a very thick hair in my salad ugh was horrified! Server was very nice . The manager came by and just asked about the ordeal we didn't ask for him but he just said very sorry will get you another salad and walked away. The server said I'll take the Alfredo dipping sauce off your bill. Two lunches no other appetizers and two teas the bill was nearly 70.00. The meal was just ok but to me too expensive but the hair really ruined it all!!!