Olive Garden is one of my go-to chains in Dothan. Seems like most of the reviews on here are based on having bad service. I cannot recall a time I have had bad service at this Olive Garden. My favorite dishes are the Alfredo dishes. I have never found Alfredo from anywhere else that tastes like Olive Garden. I usually go with a salad over soup because I am not a soup eater. Olive Garden's desserts are impressive. Tonight, they had the chocolate lasagna back after taking it off the menu several years ago. The black-tie mousse cheesecake is also another one of my favorites. The only complaint I can have about Olive Garden is that for some reason, I am always super-thirsty for hours after eating Olive Garden. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Chocolate lasagna - Italian Near Me - Dothan, Alabama

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Had a waiter name Jeremiah C was not good at all, he took a long time to take our drink order and to get them. Waited 15 minutes for he came back to check on us then took 30 minutes to get what we order. read more

Frustrated with our experience at this Olive Garden location. We had decided to go here as we wanted some thing light - soup and salad. It was around 4 o'clock, the restaurant was not very busy. We were seated promptly. we were seated for 10 minutes with no acknowledgment from the waitress (she continued to return to the table next to us) after an additional 10 minutes - 20 minutes of not being acknowledged, we got up and left and went elsewhere. This is more so for management I suppose. read more

The smell is so bad we couldn't finish our meal. Everything tasted like paper with salt. No flavor. No distinction. We boxed it up quickly and left to get some real food and fresh air. read more

We have been eating at this restaurant for about eight years now. Have always considered it "just above average". We ate here and I was shocked at the shrinkflation, it is just absurd and insulting! I usually eat the salmon dinner, but the amount of salmon you now get is absurd and is now "farm raised". This dinner used to also include "Italian Smashed Potatoes" but no longer does. The pitcher of Sangria wine has been decreased in size about 25 percent and is very weak. The salmon and broccoli was good, but over $21 for such a small meal and the sangria changes have made me come to the conclusion that we will be eating elsewhere whenever we are in Dothan. read more

I usually order curb side pickups and never had any serious issue except missing condiments once in a while and a couple times the extra bread sticks I ordered were missing. Since we live over 20 miles away it isn't worth the time to return for the missing items which I'm sure the restaurant would have gladly replaced. Eating inside is nice as the staff is attentive and we seldom wait longer than a couple of minutes for someone to answer our summons. The food is excellent and well cooked. The ambiance is find but a bit loud when packed with diners. This restaurant is our go to for family gatherings at the restaurant or home. So I do recommend Olive Garden to any who ask about a consistently nice place to dine. read more

do not recommend! was told twice that my party was the next to be seated just to have 4 partys called ahead of us! The wait time showed 1-10 minutes when waitlist was placed just to arrive and get told a 20 minutes waitlist was placed and my party sat there for an additional 30 minutes! INSANE!!! read more

The waitress was nice and she did the best she could. I ordered Tour of Italy. The food was cold when it came to the table. The salad was not the usual good salad. It was dry and not tasty at all. After sending our food back to the kitchen the waitress then tells us "we are out of bread rolls." This was the worst meal ever. read more

While I typically love Olive Garden, this one always seems to leave something to be desired for. The service is typically rather slow and they're out of a few things. Today, I walked in to be disgusted by a cat in a carrier. I asked the hostess if they became pet friendly and she gave me a weird look, indicating that they are not. Then she said that they're not taught what things to ask to verify if it is a service animal or not. This is disgusting as it clearly is not. The ADA states that a service animal is a dog trained to do a task. There is not a way for a task to be completed by a cat in a carrier. I will say, I appreciate the care they put into the handling of potential allergens. As someone with a pork allergy, it is difficult to know that my food will be taken care of. I had a manager come to my table and discuss how they will handle my food in the kitchen, which made me extremely happy. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Cat carrier next to table - Italian Near Me - Dothan, Alabama

Wow, just don't know where to start and hate I had to write this! We tried, Olive Garden! Too too many times! This evening we came from a doctor's appointment and just wanted to eat. Olive Garden has been our go to restaurant in Dothan. Soup and salad usually for me, but I had not eaten today and really wanted some pasta. First problem I walked in with as I am recovering from a broken arm and total shoulder replacement. Y'all, having your GOOD hand out of commission for 4 weeks so far sucks! Finding out it has to be at least another month pretty much sucks it. But I went in with a smile on my face and tried to be nice. You should ask my husband how that's going, lol. Anyway, I asked for a shrimp dish wi th chicken instead of shrimp, and a pasta I could eat with the fork because I can't scoop and twist and stuff. I am lucky I can lift a fork to my mouth with my left hand. Sad but true. Anyway, I did the special order and was very very nice about it as I know it is a pain. It was brought out with spaghetti noodles. I can't eat spaghetti noodles because again-- the twisty motion ---I can't! I'm working with NOT my right hand, you know/? It took quite sometime for them to cook it with a special noodles and when it came out, I was well I can't say I was excited. I was really hungry!!!. I picked up the chicken and it burned the holy crud out of my tongue. I mean scorched!!!! As I sat there trying not to cry the manager came by. Ha. His reaction was ....wanting. I really don't want to go into it as I have not cried yet. By the time the waitress came by I was ready to leave the table. Y'all, I know that they can cook some chicken and it might be hot. For gawd sake, I know better. This wasn't my first rodeo. This is not the first bad service that we have received, though I say again our waitress was great tonight. This is the third time I was not able to really eat. Stupidly enough I suggested Olive Garden tonight!! If you cannot eat your meal, don't go back. plain and simple. There is something wrong with the system at the place. To heck with Olive Garden!! read more

Shrimp scampi was bland. Had a to go order that had to be doctored up by adding more butter garlic and lemon juice (all ingredients to make shrimp scampi). Forgot to mention the noodles were too mushy. Worst scampi. The rest of the family didn't enjoy their meal either. $75 down the drain read more

Food was delicious. Had the spaghetti and meatballs. Delicious. Salad and bread was good. Didn't have to wait. Waitress was top.

Went on Sunday December 8th,2024. At 3:30pm restaurant was not busy. Told 15-20 minute wait after 30 minutes still not seating anyone and waiting was full a waitress asked hostess why people were not seated and her reply they shouldn't have came at shift change. Me and my family left at that time and will not return read more

I have gone to O G many times in N.J. where I lived most of my life and enjoyed the food very much. I am now in Alabama and went to the Dothan O.G. and was just as satisfied with them. It was as good as it gets and I have made and eaten Italian food all my life. I will definately go back. read more

First, our server Brooke was great and tried to accommodate us. We ordered soup and salad as we always do. Our Pasta fazoli ( sp) was watery and tasteless! Brooke brought us more and it was no better. She said it varies with the cook. My husband got a second soup and still watery and lackluster! We spoke to the manager and he apologized and said it will be better next time. Hmm! We were just very disappointed on this rainy day! Change in breadsticks too! read more

Delicious ...tried this location several years ago & was disappointed..this go around was worth the stop.

Ordered online and was guaranteed to be ready by 6:30. Arrived 5 minutes before promised time, followed directions to check in for curbside. At 6:35, I had to call to get status of my order. Lady quickly said "it will be out when it is ready". Ok then...so 6:20 was just a suggestion? A guesstimated time? Approximately, 6:40, employee slowly walks out to my car and handed me my order. She was friendly but I clearly got the impression she didn't want to be there. Never smiled. The food was as I ordered it but it was an inconvenience of the lapse in time. read more

Food was delicious as always! Even on a busy Sunday night at 7pm, my husband and I were seated promptly and almost immediately received our drinks! We ordered and received our soup and salad within minutes, and entrees not long after! Super impressive for how busy they were! Now the main part of this review is SPECIFICALLY for our precious server, Kay!! She was absolutely fantastic and made our date night incredible! She stayed on top of not only us but the rest of her tables as well. I cannot rave enough about how wonderful she was! We will most definitely be back to see her! Only thing I would even possibly make a "so so" comment about is that it seemed dimmer in the restaurant than I am used to, but that could just be my eyes going bad so we won't let that over shadow the delicious food and awesome service!! read more

It's Olive Garden. The food was good and the server was accommodating. Not sure what the 2.5 stars is all about but we had a good meal and it came quickly. read more

I have only been a few times but most waitresses here are great, the food is pretty good, the pita chips and dip are my go-to. They have great bread too. read more

Normally really don't like to review big chain places because usually the food is consistent. I have to with this because Olive Garden has probably one of the best steaks I've had in Dothan top 3!!! It really got me by surprise but it's definitely tender and very juicy. They over cooked it the first time it came out but definitely made up for it. Everything else was good but I have to say they have one of the best steaks!! read more

Thank you to Olive Garden and their superb team of staff members for helping to make my grandmother's 83rd birthday a very memorable one! There were many helpful associates but we want to give an especially sincere thank you to Megan M. and Courtney who went above and beyond to make our Grandma (who had just flown in from California) feel so very welcome on her special day!!! You both and all those that helped me pull off her birthday celebration are so very appreciated!!! We will definitely be back for more amazing food and memories! read more

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We eat here a lot. I should have a lot more words to write but honestly it's just 5/5 on everything and they have some motto about 'where it's like your family' and that's pretty spot on. Regulars here feel like they own the place and anyways we just love it. My wife always gets the tiramasoo or whatever, I love the chocolate lasagna but control myself on that now. It's really AMAZING. read more

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After a week at the beach my family was craving Italian food and Olive Garden delivered. Great service and fresh food.

Ordered chicken alfredo to go. My order was 25 minutes late and then I get home to eat and it was the driest pasta I've ever had. I ate two bites and threw it away. Worst experience I've had with any Olive Garden. read more

Just walked out after sitting for 15 minutes and listening to the waitress tell us several times she'd "be with us in a minute". We didn't even get a chance to put in a drink order. We went to Fazzolis instead. Better option for me, since I'm starving. read more

We have been going here for years. We had our first bad experience tonight. The young Africa American woman was very rude when seating us and sat us in the corner at a two person table where no other customers were. We waited about five minutes and saw a young couple seated at a larger table around other customers and a server came promptly. We got up and left and went for Thai. We generally spend approximately $100 there and usually go once a week Since we have a weekend house at the beach in Florida I guess the Olive Garden there will get our business. read more

To begin, it took ten minutes for our waiter first appearance. Every time he showed up he apologized. Ordered balini tea they gave us unsweetened tea. Later corrected. Our pasta figol had no pasta. Wife received wrong food item. Was corrected 10 min later. Overall blow the big one. Won't be coming here again. Take your money elsewhere. Food gave it a 6 out of 10. Service 2 out of 10. read more

Olive Garden is the same anywhere. Lately the same dish I like is always out so disappointing

This was the most horrible "OG" experience ever. We visited this location for lunch. We were immediately greeted then seated. We waited about fifteen minutes for our server to show up. He then took our drink order and gave us a menu and when he returned he took our order. We asked for the peach bellini tea and we got regular unsweetened tea, he then brought us our soup, pasta fagioli which had all the ingredients but No Pastathe bread sticks were cold and hard. I ordered my favorite the chicken Parmesan and when I got my order it was wrong. We will never visit this location again. read more

They will cheat you out of your money. They messed my order up and ended up paying more than I had to. Beware of the bartender and manager there. Terrible service and racist - Cody the bartender read more

This location is the most frustrating place I've ever eaten. While we've had some good experiences, the majority have had issues. The biggest headache is how long it takes to get our food. Last night we went for an early Valentine's dinner with our 3 kids. It took over 10 minutes for our waitress to greet us. Then it took over 45 to get our meals while tables treat were sat after us had their food well before us. Additionally, she would come by and say "I'll be right back" then not return for 15+ minutes. I asked for a glass of water for our oldest daughter midway through dinner and she never brought it. After the meal she boxed our leftovers and said she'd be back with a bag but instead she sent another waitress with it. We understand things happen in the kitchen but at no point did she apologize for delays, she just kept saying it would be out soon. She didn't offer dessert. There's a waiter at the same location who is equally as bad. Hell disappear for long periods and it takes forever to get anything but at least he brings unrequested desserts. He apologizes for delays. However, I will be happy never eating at this location again. It's not worth the effort or blood pressure points. There's no reason it takes over 1.5 hours to eat here and the food isn't that amazing to entice me to wait that long again. With Fazoli's opening up right across the street, I'll get Italian there or make it at home. This Olive Garden has also never properly cooked any shrimp I've received. It's always half cooked. I read more

There's this server named Alex, well he was awesome. I haven't had Olive Garden in years. Random suggestion to go and I'm so glad we did. Food was amazing and service was great. Will be back again. read more

Reyna was one of the best and most likeable waitresses I've ever had dining out. She never let us run out of water and breadsticks which is rare these days. I can honestly say she deserves a raise. read more

Sunday lunch. Was quite underwhelming. Never really been a fan of this chain, but wanted their salad, so went. Had gnocchi and chicken soup. Eh. Nothing special. Gnocchi wasn't fresh. Salad and breadsticks were just the carb combo I went for. The peach and orange hot tea was good. But it was Tetley so can't really give them too much credit for it. read more

Olive Garden Italian Restaurant - Best hot tea!!! - Italian Near Me - Dothan, Alabama

Ok service , manager might want to come out of office and check on service. Hostess was too busy socializing to seat people. A lot of the tables needed to be bused, probably why hard to get a seat. Very disappointed read more

They spilled soup on my child and only gave her a drink refill then they continued to give the order to the customer.

My review is not based on the food, as yes... it is an Olive garden... what more can you expect, and you cant judge individual ones when they all cook the same stuff. My review is for the service... the hostess was really rude, and we waited half an hour for a table for 4 when the restaurant was half empty... no one was bussing the tables. They really didnt look under staffed, so we werent too sure why. The waitress was very sweet and friendly, but wasnt at all attentive and kept forgetting what we wanted. The food took a very long time to come out of the kitchen because they had "a large party to accomodate"... but apart from them and us, the restaurant was pretty much empty! I dread to think what it is like on a busy night. read more

Super friendly staff. I loved my waitress. Food is as expected for olive garden so pretty good but not exactly the autentico taste you would expect from Roma or Firenze. But nevertheless- a good deal. read more

James is an outstanding server!!!! He turned a bad experience with another server into an amazing experience with James!! I got the endless stuffed pasta with the cheese ravioli with the 5 cheese Mariana and it was delicious. read more