Twenty freaking dollars for a single portion of "chicken alfredo" (before tax and tip) when you can buy a box of pasta for a dollar, a jar of alfredo sauce for three bucks, and a rotisserie chicken for six bucks. All you have to do is boil water and you've got dinner for four for a tenner. This shit is a scam.
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Olive Garden. Yes or no.
- Thread starter Coyote Starrk
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Twenty freaking dollars for a single portion of "chicken alfredo" (before tax and tip) when you can buy a box of pasta for a dollar, a jar of alfredo sauce for three bucks, and a rotisserie chicken for six bucks. All you have to do is boil water and you've got dinner for four for a tenner. This shit is a scam.
And luckily RL has boxed mix versions of those biscuits at the grocery store, and they're practically identical.
Putting them on my grocery list now.
Bread stticks and alfredo sauce is an iconic duo. The salad is really good too. Everything else...eh.
The Steak Gorgonzola is honestly delicious but I feel like I haven't eaten there in 5 years. I never feel good afterwards no matter what I order.
I'm going to drop a truth bomb on some of your folks. You think Olive Garden's alfredo sauce is good but it's really not. It's overpriced, and greasy, and you can easily make a better version on your own.
This here's my go to alfredo recipe and its fucking fantastic.
This here's my go to alfredo recipe and its fucking fantastic.
Olive Garden is struggle tier. I don't care what suburb you're in or how little you are able to cook, there's a better option
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It's alright. But I'm bitter because it replace the braised beef tortellini and that used to be my go to.
I like Olive Garden. I think it gets unfairly hated on. People act like it's the scourge of the earth or some shit and honestly it's kind of pathetic whenever I see the exaggerated reactions to it. It's nothing amazing but I'm not gonna say no to their spaghetti, salad, and breadsticks. Especially the breadsticks. Those are bangin.
They used to have a really good Apricot Chicken on the menu years ago, but now their menu is like a dozen or so entrée items and that's mostly it.
It's okay, but not for the price. You'll end up spending 60 or 70 dollars for two people unless you both just eat bread sticks, soup, and water.
Is there a version of this recipe in, like, actual recipe format instead of 20 minute long vlog format with ad reads and bad jokes and shit? I skipped in a bit and he was doing a sponsored message, skipped ahead more and he was shilling some gift thing, skipped ahead more and he was talking about "fup" as a replacement for the word "fuck".
I mean I guess. But I don't really even eat pasta often. If I'm gonna eat it, I'd rather go to Olive Garden and get it with some good soup and breadsticks than try to deal with the hassle of making it myself.
$20 per pasta serving for what they put out is one of the biggest rip-offs in food. I'd be shocked if someone can't find a substantially better Italian place in their town for the same price or cheaper. Someone mentioned Taco Bell as a comparison. You can feed a family for $20 at Taco Bell.
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup grated parmesan
Combine melted butter and cream in saucepan on medium heat until they're combined, then stir in grated cheese until the sauce is smooth and as thick as you want. Toss cooked pasta in sauce. Job done.
pretty much this though I'd recommend slicing up some garlic (like four cloves if you like garlic) cooking till fragrant in the butter, and adding a splash (like a tbsp or two) of vodka. Maybe some red pepper flakes too if you like some spice
I mean yeah, that recipe is very, very basic. Dude didn't even season his sauce.
I've only been there twice, but the food was good and the service was excellent a group of us left a 500 dollar tip.
It's alright. I've had some pretty bad experiences in the past at numerous locations. Overall the food is mid. I'd rate it 3/5
Every time I've gone it's tasted worse than my own reheated pasta leftovers from the day before. Everyone else in my family likes it, though, so I always feel insane when I bring it up.
I tend to go for pasta at most chain sit down restaurants (unless I feel like fish and chips) and I've never tasted worse than at Olive Garden.
I tend to go for pasta at most chain sit down restaurants (unless I feel like fish and chips) and I've never tasted worse than at Olive Garden.
Not cheaper than cooking yourself, but cheaper than most comparable restaurants. Who's giving out a better deal than bottomless soup, salad, amd breadsticks?
Hopefully they'd serve it to you like this- they Kobe that meatball into the spaghetti from the kitchen and it shoots all over you and your dinner guests
I guess it depends on what dish you want to eat. Their chicken parm is pretty good and I love their breadsticks. But their not priced much differently than a really good Italian restaurant, do that's what I would suggest.
Over priced garbage.
Also doesn't help that last time I went I got served raw chicken and almost everyone in my family got sick.
I'd rather go to a local Italian joint that's notably cheaper and has much better food
Also doesn't help that last time I went I got served raw chicken and almost everyone in my family got sick.
I'd rather go to a local Italian joint that's notably cheaper and has much better food
