Olive Garden - Pembroke Pines

Mathew was our waiter last night at Olive Garden. My husband and I have been there many, many times before. Many of the waiters had been people just bringing you your food with no devotion to their job. Last night, Mathew was our waiter at Table 6 at 20:41. When he came to our table he was very professional, attentive, respectful and very serious about his job. For the first time, this young man made our visit to Olive Garden a Romantic and personal dinner. From his introduction of himself to us, and asking permission to place the napkin on my lap, to the wine presentation, his reply when we would ask for something, to the very end he was truly a remarkable waiter. I believe many other waiters should learn from this young man. He was so professional that my husband and I looked at each other in unbelieve. We would like this review to reach his supervisors and the store manager. He is definitely an asset to Olive Garden.

I especially like this restaurant for lunch. I am partial to the soup and salad combo with the Pasta e Fagioli soup and breadsticks for dunking.

I stopped going to this Olive Garden, when on the third trip out there was still a nasty septic tank spilled smell. On top of that smell, there was the cloying smell of flowers to try and mask it. It's hard to review the rest of the service as the smell just put me off from the whole thing. I wondered why I continued to eat there, I was so bothered by it.

Having eaten at the Federal Hiway Olive Garden I swore I'd never eat at one again. I was talked into eating at this one and oh what a difference, the manager is to be commended for his ability to hire top notch staff. Waitress was knowledgeable, fast, polite and the food was great, I had (at her suggestion) the soup tuscanna and salad, very cheap and very filling, the bartender makes a great martini, it was served ice cold and as I asked with ice on the side, for the money this particular Olive Garden is worth the visit, I'm sure to go again and again.

This is a pleasant Olive Garden. The staff was friendly and accommodating. I made a meal of the salad, bread sticks and an order of meatballs. Everyone else got full meals and took most of them home because the salad, bread and soup are so good.