Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
4151 State Rd 26 E, Lafayette, IN, 47905
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Fazoli's is an Italian-American fast casual restaurant chain headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky. It was founded in 1988and is now owned by Sentinel Capital Partners. As of 2015, there are 213 Fazoli's located nationwide. The restaurant chain specializes in Italian cuisine and dishes. Carl Howard is the company's president and CEO.
Fazoli's offers a menu of traditional Italian favorites — highlighted by our famous, mouthwatering, garlic bread sticks — combined with a service experience not typically found in the QSR industry and served in a newly re-imagined restaurant environment. And it's all available to our guests at a great price and value. With over 200 restaurants, explosive growth and a booming sales trajectory, Fazoli's has established itself as a leader in the Quick-Service Restaurant segment.
Today, Fazoli's menu consists of classic Italian dishes, baked pastas, their signature Submarinos sandwiches, and other foods, such as:
Twice Baked Lasagna
Chicken Parmigiano
Italian Deli Trio
seasonal salads
Turkey Mozzarella Fresco
Meatball da Vinci
The Primo Italiano
Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza
New York Style Cheesecake
Baked Spaghetti
Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo
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Address :
4151 State Rd 26 E
Lafayette, IN, 47905 - Phone (765) 447-0074
- Website https://537.xg4ken.com/media/redir.php?prof=363&camp=36580&affcode=kw5552&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.olivegarden.com
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Opening Hours
- Mon :11:00 am - 10
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : Yes
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : No
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Casual
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : Full Bar
Happy Hour : No
Smoking : No
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : No
Waiter Service : Yes
Caters : Yes
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Italian Cuisine
The immense popularity of Italian cuisine globally isn't unknown. You can find an Italian Pizzeria around every corner of almost every city in the United States. Not to forget that in every house, people enjoy mac and cheese as comfort food. But it would be wrong to believe that Italian food starts with pizza and ends with good pasta as this Mediterranean country has much more to offer other than these two dishes. In Italian Cuisine, there is a high use of fresh tomatoes, all kinds of herbs, great quality of cheese, all types of meat, seafood and fresh handmade pasta. Many find it hard to believe that Italians have been making noodles long back.
Italian and Greek cuisines are always mistaken to be same, but they are poles apart. The primary difference between the two cuisines is the use of cheese in most of the Italian dishes. Italians love to cultivate their own cheese and process them as per their food requirement. It is believed that some cheese is so expensive that cheese producers secure them in lockers.
If you are bored eating the same old pasta or pizza, you can try some of the authentic Italian dishes like Risotto, Polenta, Ribollita, Lasagna, Fiorentina Steak, Bottarga, Ossobuco, Carbonara, Focaccia, Arancini and Supplì. Another item which Italians love to relish every morning is a good cup of Italian Coffee. Once you taste a freshly brewed cup of Italian Coffee, you might not visit Starbucks ever again. Authentic Italian food is made with heart and soul, so go find a restaurant where you can relish Italian cuisine in your city.
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Michael S.
This restaurant is mind boggling. The food is bad, the service is terrible, yet somehow it's always packed with people. I don't get it! THE FOOD: Food is the staple of any restaurant. It's the reason we go out to eat. If the food doesn't live up to expectations, then the restaurant is doomed to a poor review. Such is the case with Olive Garden. The advertisements on television and the glorious menu photos make the food seem deliciously exquisite. You order something that looks and sounds fantastic, then when it arrives on your plate it turns out to be a steaming pile of microwaved slop. Disappointing is an understatement. It's not as if I've accidentally ordered the one or two things on the menu that just happen to be sub-par. I've eaten at this location a dozen times. The food is always pre-frozen at a factory, shipped in, and microwaved when you order it. The one redeeming quality Olive Garden has is: the salad. It's always light and fresh and the dressing is great. In fact, the only way I recommend dining at the Olive Garden is the lunch soup and salad combo. Skip the frozen/reheated entrees altogether. Also, I should mention that I have enjoyed the desserts (although they are likely pre-frozen like the entrees) and coffee/espresso drinks that are available at this location. THE SERVICE: Service is poor. As I mentioned, I've been to this location several times. Usually I go with a large family group of 4-8 people. One might think that having a larger group would draw extra attention from staff members. It does not. The routine is always the same. The waiters/waitresses show up after you have been seated for 10 minutes and take your order. 10 Minutes later they come back with salad and breadsticks (which you will consume in 2 minutes because you're starving by this point.) 30 minutes later they arrive with your food. Then you wont see them again until they come to collect your payment. I've had occasions on which a waiter/waitress dropped off a small bowl of salad for a group of 8, and the salad only served 5 people. Then of course the remaining people went without salad until we finally walked to the kitchen ourselves and asked for another bowl of salad because our server was MIA. Why do the servers refuse to refill your salad/drinks/breadsticks? It become such a regular routine to be ignored by servers that I suspect it's company policy or something. Perhaps they tell staff not to refill salad because it's free and it will cost the business money? THE PRICE: The Olive Garden's pricing is reasonable. On average, you will likely spend $20 or less per person, per dinner. Lunch is much less expensive(and less crowded!) THE AMBIANCE: One positive thing I can say about this restaurant is it's beautiful. I love the contrast between the bar area and the main seating areas on either side of it. The tables, interior, and decor are all gorgeous. It's truly a lovely restaurant. OVERALL: I recommend olive garden for lunch. The soup, salad, and breadsticks combo is a good deal. However, I can't recommend the Olive Garden for dinner. The poor service and frozen food are detrimental to what would otherwise be an enjoyable dining experience.
(2)Joyce R.
My husband and I enjoyed this fine establishment last night. Melanie was my server and she was spot on- she cleared unneeded plates, she brought me sample of wine- (Moscato- it was sublime!) I adored her and feel that she is a fine server! The food itself- wow! The chefs sure love a lot of salt!! I had the prosciutto tortellini and was not fond of it. The sauce wasn't bad but there was way too much prosciutto in this dish. I couldn't taste anything else but tons and tons of bacon, which I love bacon too but - wow this was off the chain!! I should mention that my food was hot and nice, not cold, not dry, not over cooked... Just prosciutto overload!! Husband had the garlic Asiago, cavatappi and he was disappointed in the overwhelming garlic but the pasta was nice. When we walked out the door to leave last night, we were told we were the first ones to walk under the new awning! Yay us!
(3)Michelle L.
The Alfredo sauce and bread sticks is what gets Olive Garden a 5 star. I literally can't get enough of it which is good because the bread sticks come free. In terms of authentic Italian it may be a little commercial but none the less it is still yummy and every time I go the quality is consistent.
(5)Toni D.
One of my favorite restaurants. Have never had a bad dish here. Staff is always friendly.
(5)Anthony U.
Not the best experience. The food was just average from the soup and salad through the dessert. While the greeters and wait staff were friendly there seems to be an incorrect ratio of staff to customers. And way too many managers doing nothing. When we arrived parking was packed yet the restaurant was only 2/3 full of customers and no one was in the bar. There is clearly a lack of parking issue. We were seated immediately and the greeter laid down the menus and said our waitress, Casey, would be right with us. That turned in to over ten minutes while a couple managers stood five feet from us and talked and laughed the entire time. When Casey arrived she was apologetic and very friendly, she took our drink and dinner order and off she went. After another fifteen minutes she returned with our soup and salad and drinks. It seemed her other tables were spread around. Dinner arrived shortly after and we were all still eating the soup or salad. About ten minutes after dinner arrived we started seeing Casey more often. She couldn't be nicer or smile more. I blame Either local or corporate management for a poor waiter/waitress to customer ratio. Of the three meals we had, two were good and one just marginal. The asiago tortellini and sliced beef tasted like it went from freezer to microwave and had a nice very rich creamy mushroom sauce. The tortellini was very tough, dry, and super hot. Very confusing. The best thing anyone ate was the chicken gnocchi soup although it was void of chicken. The food was average. The drinks were great. The waitress great. But the parking confusing and beyond capacity and inaccurate staffing made for a disappointing experience.
(2)Vini S.
Food was cold & when my husband ask the server that he need hot .She was making funny faces & complaining to other customers.I will never go back .
(1)Troy R.
Waiting almost 45 minutes now. Two groups of the same size that came in after us were seated. The excuse they said was they "can't seat nine people around a round table" they can seat ten or twelve by not nine. They had to take our order in the lobby. Let us see if they get it correct. One hour and 15 minutes. Before we got seated. Food was okay. Waiters were attentive and courteous. Food portions were smaller than last time. All in all not overly impressed.
(3)Lauren L.
I would say that I'm a fan of this Olive Garden location. All of the items I had were very delicious. The "tortellini al forno" and the "kiwi-melon limonata." Our waitress seemed really busy while we were there so I'm not really sure what I could say about the service. She appeared very distracted most of the time but more and more people kept being seated in her section while a lot of empty tables remained in the other parts of the restaurant. The food I had was so good that I didn't really mind our waitress, though.
(4)Henry D.
We went to the Lafayette Olive Garden for dinner last night. Before going I read the reviews here, and for the ones that didn't like it, it was usually because of the waiter. Our waitress was Laura and she was very good. This was my first trip to an Olive Garden. I prefer hole in the wall ethnic restaurants in general. It was my daughter's birthday and this is where she wanted to go. It was typical of a mid level chain restaurant. It was clean, bright, nicely decorated and comfortable. The menu had a good selection of dishes. Not so few that I felt constrained, or so many that I got lost. The food was tasty, filling and well presented. The bill was reasonable. Not dirt cheep, like my favorite Mexican Place on Friday night, but I did not feel like I was paying for more than I got either. Overall it seems like a great place to take relatives for a dinner, a business lunch or just a night out where you want good food in a nice atmosphere. Of course if you don't like your relatives go to QuackDonalds, and if you are trying to make a big impression for lunch, then there are other places for this.
(4)Tom M.
Olive Garden gets a bad rap from food snobs, but the food is good and the prices are low. I had penne de mare and it was delicious. This location is extremely popular in the evenings and you will have to wait. We went on Valentine's Day and they were so busy they ran out of beepers and handed us a number written on a piece of paper. Turns out they wrote the same number on someone else's paper, who were quicker at getting to the desk than we were. When we brought this to the attention of the host, we were seated immediately. Still, it was a 45 minute wait for a table. Once seated, our server was prompt and we enjoyed our dinner.
(3)Rachel P.
This place is ALWAYS packed and busy. It is ridiculously difficult to find parking, weekday or weekends! I've always had to wait 10-15mins for a table. The best part about the restaurant is their unlimited salad/soup and bread sticks. I've tried many dishes from this restaurant and they are all pretty good. The only downside is some dishes are good sized portions (Fettuccine alfredo, Steak Gorgonzola-Alfredo) and some are not (Stuffed chicken marsala, Grilled Pork Veneto).
(3)Lisa S.
It's Olive Garden. Not sure it could ever be 5 stars... But our waitress Erin was. One of the few sit down restaurants open on the long Indiana highway that can serve vegetarians on New Years Day. Normally always looking to go someplace very local on our road trips but on Jan 1... Not always possible. Dressing as usual was addictive ( and very non vegan and includes HFCS) but what the heck we eat healthy 364 days of the year. Thank you Erin for making our Olive Garden experience as good as it could possibly be.
(4)Ashley M.
An update: first I forgot to mention the several times I've called and the phone rang for over a minute before someone answered, then/or they transfer you to the rarely busy bar (?) where they take the to-go orders and you're on hold there for over 5 minutes before you hang up (thanks cell phones for keeping tracking of that data, let's me know I'm not imagining the wait time it really is a 7 minute hold or longer). For recently, I had family come in and they wanted to try the new lunch menu, so I was forced to eat my own words for the previous review and go back. Unfortunately, at a very un-busy time it took the waiter forever to come to our table for the first time and when he did it turned out to be the same waiter we'd seen stop at the booth behind us 3x before. So we give him our orders, I order the new burger--advertised as fresh mozzerella and tomatoes and pancetta. After an interminable wait, to which he never offered more bread or salad, our food came, to which he never checked on our satisfaction. So the food--my moms pomadoro was way over cooked (why they advertise with capellini and give you angel hair is beyond me), it had been sitting under the lights for a long time; my burger, to which when I asked it to be well done the waiter replied they can't cook it to order but it is always well done (hmmm, so it's frozen? And precooked?), came out way way overdone-charred, the "fresh" mozzerella was clearly a piece of Kraft polymer cheese, and the tomatoes hadn't been pickled but were mushy. overall more crap. This demotion in stars is because I no longer can recommend the restaurant even for its chain-like quality. I don't know how they keep business.
(1)Mark H.
The waiter that we had (Gary) was horrible. Had a horrible attitude. Threw our coasters and straws at us. Even gave us sidelong glances. What was up with him? At the end, he gave shortchanged my friend's change. Told the manager and he came back saying that it "dropped out of his pocket". Geez. Food was ok but pls avoid this guy at all costs!
(2)Joshua V.
We were seated fairly quickly and the food came out quickly after we ordered. However our server was acting really strange. We hadn't been eating for 10 minutes when he asked if we wanted boxes to go. He was really awkward and cleared plates from the table when I was still eating from them. While still in the middle of the meal, he took my plate with food and placed the food in a box. It was just awkward and felt very rushed. The food was mediocre at best. The breadsticks were too salty, the chicken parmesan too dry, and the spaghetti too soggy. It was my first time visiting an Olive Garden, so I hope the next time I go there, my experience is better.
(2)Kristen H.
The food is decent, and the service is decent. However, I can list off about 20 other places in the area where you can get better food for a better price. Is it just me or has Olive Garden rapidly increased their prices over the last couple of years? It seems like their dishes are astronomically expensive for what you get. Maybe if the service was stellar I wouldn't be too concerned--but when I have to ask for more bread and more iced tea, it leaves a lot to be desired. This location always seems busy, but if you come with a small group and avoid the after-church rush, you should be seated fairly quickly.
(3)Earl W.
I swore off the Olive Garden years ago because it's awful. Somehow got dragged into going with a group of friends again. It was as bad as I remember. Now look either you like big-chain Italian restaurants or you don't so I'm not going to get too judgey about particular dishes. I'll say I don't like it and here's why: They make three different sauces and then try to justify having like 25 different dishes on their menu. Nope, can't just throw in a little different meat into the same sauce and voila new dish. I mean you can...you just can't do it and then charge me $13 for it with any kind of integrity. It's egg noodles and mass made sauce for crying out loud! I understand even at family run places where a careful recipe is taken to every dish and there's tons of meat in your sauce, and it's spiced just so nice. But there's zero care here. There's no meat and worse it always under spiced so not to be too strong to anyone in the masses offending them, but then by default is also not really very good then to anyone either. You can avoid that by getting a steak, except every time I've tried that route the steak is overly cooked and way overly seasoned and still somehow costs more than if i just went to a chain steakhouse where they usually do it pretty good since that's what they actually do and aren't just in the business of selling expensive egg-noodles and then forcing people who get sick of that to overpay for a low end steak. But I digress. Reminding me of how much I hate Olive Garden two of us opened our silverware to find that our sets weren't clean. I mean it had appeared they'd been washed to a degree (perhaps in a machine or something) but no one had bothered to notice that their was still food caked on them. Disgusting. If they don't notice that what else don't they notice? I immediately complained to the waitress and she did seem embarrassed. The waitress (Kate I think her name was, but could be something else similar) was the only good part to the meal. She was friendly and nice and kept drinks full and bread bin full all without being in our way. So good for her. But the best waitress in the world couldn't make up for being given filthy silverware to eat way overpriced egg-noodles and ketchup. I honestly wanted to walk out and leave as soon as we realized we had been iven dirty forks and knives to eat with. Others in our group didn't want to have to find a new place to eat so I lost that day. But I win in the long run and Olive Garden loses, cause I'll just find a new place to eat right from the start. I suggest you do too.
(1)Trevor F.
The Olive G, I had forgot how some chain restaurants were actually good. There was a 15 mins wait at 5:30pm friday night but no one sitting at the bar so we sat up at the bar and got great service, Apps coming out fast soups come out on time and it's endless soup and salad, the apps were good, I didn't really care for the soup but I didn't really look or listen to what it was, so it was my own fault made for a good breedstick dipping sauce. I had a talapia dish with some noodles and wow was the a great dish! yum yum I almost want to go back tonight.
(4)Dalila H.
We ate here often over the years and it was enjoyable but within the last year something has really changed. The food is now less then average(cold in the center) as if it was warm in the microwave. The customer service and management is just down right bad. They really could care less about their customers. I could give details but I don't want this place to steal anymore of my time or energy!
(1)Kan Y.
Tried Olive Garden for the first time yesterday. Impressed! I wonder why we have never been there before. The service is friendly and patient and always smiley. I ordered Spaghetti with Meatballs which is good but my wife ordered the amazing Chianti Braised Short Ribs! I wish I could switch! The portion of meal is pretty generous. We managed to finish only half of ours just to save room for the desert. Their Tiramisu is also delicious! Creamy but not too sweet. Definitely will visit again soon.
(5)Kevin L.
I've ate at this location about 10 times over the last 3 years or so and I would say about 8/10 times I've had bad service. The food is good, like most Olive Gardens, we just had bad luck with the servers on MOST occasions.
(3)Tom M.
September 28, 2012 @ 7:45 PM. I have to get the date and time right to give credit where credit is due. A negative rating would be too good for the service I received at the restaurant tonight. I travel for business and often eat by myself. This being a very busy night with many people waiting to be seated, I decided to sit at the bar. They seemed a little busy but still had empty seats at the bar. I sat next to a young couple who had menu's but no drinks. I took my seat at the bar and waited patiently as the bar staff and other servers walked past. Over 10 minutes passed and still not even a look my way. At that time, 2 young ladies came in and sat at the bar next to me. They were seated no more than 30 seconds and the bar tender walked right up and asked what they wanted to drink. As I sat and witnessed that, I looked in the mirror just to make sure I wasn't invisible. It became apparent that I did not have any cute female parts to get the attention of the bar tender. I was so disgusted with the service, I just got up and as I stood, the bar tender never even glanced my way but was too consumed with the attention of the young ladies to notice anyone else. The poor couple next to me never were asked either. At this point, I did not even feel like eating there because the pleasure of dinning there was completely stolen from me and I knew that I wouldn't even enjoy the meal, no matter what. If you have time to waste and feel like being completely ignored, go sit at the bar at this Olive Garden. As for me, I will never step foot in that store ever again. They just lost a customer. Some how, I don't think they will care. Seeing how this will not let me post it without selecting a star rating, I am forced to give them a star. A rating far higher than what is deserving. Signed Mr. Invisible.
(1)Karthik N.
Awesome Italian cuisine in the place. We went there for New Year's eve and a couple of times before. We tried a house special desert wine - not sure which one. I loved eggplant parmiggiana and the ravioli in the place. The soups and salad are a lot and taste superb.
(5)Doug S.
Really good Italian cuisine for a chain restaurant. Eating in authentic dives in regular trips to Pittsburgh always reminds me of how Italian food should taste though.
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