Olive Garden - Why They're Successful

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Olive Garden is among the largest casual dining restaurants in the United States. This video attempts to explain the reasons behind their success.
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@otakubullfrog1665 Год назад

Calling the breadsticks "unlimited" was definitely a brilliant marketing move. Most restaurants I go to will offer to bring more bread if all the bread on the table is eaten, so they effectively offer unlimited bread as well, but nobody thinks of it that way because it's not something they advertise.

@tigernotwoods914 Год назад

Yup. Even the fancy pants places. They’ll have the olive oil and balsamic on the table and bring more bread if you ask for it.

@ninianstorm6494 Год назад

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@12day1 Год назад

Bread better then then the breadsticks?

@kevinnistor1954 Год назад

@@12day1 you've never had good bread

@kingjames4886 Год назад

east side marios does the same thing... unfortunately the rest of their food is average at best.

@fumedrummer Год назад

A long time ago, a friend of mine was at a big family dinner at Olive Garden.. probably 20 people in the party. Among the family members was an elderly gentleman who commented to the manager (who stopped by the tables to see how things were going) that his chair was the most comfortable chair he'd sat in for a long, long time. So, the manager told him to take it home with him! And they did!

@YoungFraggle Год назад

🥹😭

@CharlesHepburn2 Год назад

Unlimited soup, salad, breadsticks and chairs. It's nice to know that manager chaired so much for his customers. Maybe the manager later became chairman of the board. Sorry if these dad jokes don't sit well with everyone. [ok, I'm done]

@fumedrummer Год назад

@@CharlesHepburn2 Boo! 🤪

@danielboom72 Год назад

@@CharlesHepburn2 nice! 😂

@jeltoninc.8542 Год назад

That manager saw that he had unknowingly sharted in the chair.

@MezmerKaiser725 Год назад

I always thought it was weird that it's called Olive Garden, but the older signs clearly have a bundle of grapes instead of olives

@OutOfNamesToChoose Год назад

It confuses me because in my head, it should be called "olive grove".

@christomas8191 Год назад

@@placeholder1248 it's literally grapes bro..

@jgould30 Год назад

Grapes equal wine, which is a major part of revenue for them AND as any Italian will tell you, speaks to Italian heritage both of the region and expectations at dinner.

@robkerr3338 9 месяцев назад

“Authentic” Italian food tastes like noodles with a can of tomatoes dumped on it

@big_grub Год назад

Olive Garden salads is actually what made me try more vegetables as a kid. I really liked their Italian dressing.

@michelek.5233 Год назад

Their dressing is life and love. :p

@StarsMadeOfGlass Год назад

Tbh I don't care if Olive Garden as a restaurant survives, but I'll be pretty disappointed if my local grocery stores stop carrying Olive Garden brand Italian dressing

@Schwarzorn Месяц назад

You mean lettuce and onions?

@Housewarmin Год назад

As a child, I truly thought Olive Garden was a fine dining 5-star restaurant. I even went there for prom. Now I see it as microwaved pasta.

@davideanes3425 Год назад

But you still go, don't you?

@Housewarmin Год назад

@@davideanes3425 nah

@davideanes3425 Год назад

@@Housewarmin You ain't got ta lie...

@G-Mastah-Fash Год назад

I'd really like to take an Italian to Olive Garden just to see the absolute disgust and offense on their face when the food gets served.

@LordSluggo Год назад

Nah, Red Lobster was fine dining

@austinjames007 Год назад

Hey Company Man, I doubt you remember me, but we've interacted in the comments a few times over the years. When I started watching your channel in 2020, I was working at Amazon, just a standard warehouse worker. Now I'm the general manager a local location of a big pizza chain, and I don't think I could have done it without the insight I gained from your channel, and I want to say thank you for what you do

@birdboy16 Год назад

Which pizza chain?

@vibesbama3016 Год назад

Nice

@trueblue97 Год назад

Guys please dont fall for the Telegram scam here, the username literally is not even company mans!

@chrishansen5784 Год назад

Gratz bro, don't get disappointed!! Fight for the regional managwr position and make over 120,000 $ a year!!!

@mikedavis5644 Год назад

I love seeing this!!! I came across Company Man last year, and it is interesting, informative, and he’s very thorough in his videos and research.

@Penguingay Год назад

I’m a manager at Olive Garden and this was an interesting video to watch as well as read the comments. I love my company and I’m glad we’re big enough to get our very own video 😁😁

@lifeisshrt7929 Год назад

My sister works at Olive Garden, she thinks y’all should pay your employees more

@Laura-lh6sm Год назад

You must be the only one (the only manager at OG location). Every time we’ve been to one through the past few years, no matter the city or the state we’re in, it’s chaos, rude service and the restaurants are dirty and smell like mold. We decided we’re not going back. Edited to add I didn’t mean to be or sound rude to you (not sure if that’s how I came across but just in case), I meant our experience has been horrible and I’m glad there’s an actual manager at one of their locations, I’m sure because of that reason the experience at your restaurant is a positive one.

@MasterMayhem78 Год назад

Those Ziosk machines are the bane of your servers life. People are much more willing to stiff their server if they don’t have to engage with them to pay their bill. Also, your tip out percentage based of sales is BS. People don’t tip like they used to, tip outs should be based on tips received not sales.

@jeltoninc.8542 Год назад

The servers suck so the kiosks at least save the awkward “I’m doing your job for you” type situation.

@txrdhdinaz184 11 месяцев назад

I refuse to use them AND self checkout. I don't work there and there's no discount for using them. They are also used as an excuse to not have enough staff. Had one lady at circle k tell me they help her when she is there alone. No, sweetheart, it gives management an excuse to not staff you any help.

@buckyjr710 Год назад

Heard an Italian granny say, “Olive Garden: its like Pizza Hut with forks.”

@xp8969 Год назад

Lmfao, Olive Garden is "authentic Italian food" for people who think that Trump isn't a lifelong media celebrity and part of the globalist elites

@Petrico94 Год назад

I would bet Pizza Hut would market itself as New York before Italian. American pizza is very different from the flat bread it's based on and I think most people realize that. Is Pizza Hut bad? Greasy maybe but it's had success from Chicago to Moscow. Olive Garden isn't too different but it certainly cheat with that fake-italian feel

@melissadowning-george9535 Год назад

@@Petrico94 Pizza Hut started in Wichita Kansas.

@ac-ir9gs Год назад

Lol

@blarbkanopcious4243 Год назад

Well she’s insane.

@SerErryk Год назад

The bread sticks, Italian dressing, and the menu is very well done. They don't just rely on pasta like you'd think. Their chicken/eggplant parm is one of my fav.

@sclarin2 Год назад

yeah the breadsticks and salad are delicious everything else is just meh

@runrafarunthebestintheworld Год назад

@@sclarin2 I love there lasagna.

@JohnWayneCheeseburger Год назад

@@sclarin2 those bread sticks are aweful far far to much salt

@someguy8469 Год назад

@@JohnWayneCheeseburger strong words for someone who can't spell

@DrDman14 Год назад

Every time I had that it was chewy and gross. Maybe I’m just not lucky 😂

@BelievingRebel Год назад

I consider Olive Garden “comfort” food. Definitely a step up from Stouffer’s and Spaghetti-Os, but not much like an independent/family owned Italian restaurant. I love the breadsticks, but the salad is my go-to. The desserts are good, too.

@v4v819 9 месяцев назад

Fine me an independent Italian restaurant that gives you endless soup, salad and breadsticks! NO bread, no family!

@twinkiemp Год назад

I do not have the Lifetime Pass, but I was one of the lucky people who got a Neverending Pasta Pass a few years ago. I bought it while I was at work because the promotion was dropping during that time and it was nice because my work Internet was super fast at the time which is why I think I was able to get a pass. It was truly one of the best things I’ve ever won. The terms were I could get a pasta, sauce and topping of my choice. I would usually go with grilled chicken or shrimp on a fettuccine Alfredo. Sometimes I would change it up with the meatballs and penne on the type of marinara sauce. I don’t remember for sure, but I think soup salad and breadsticks were included with every meal if you wanted. I would order a full entrée eat it order a second entrée and then take that one home. The staff were super nice and thought it was cool and I had a pasta pass. I would usually sit at the bar by myself and watch episodes on my phone while I eat my food and one of the bartenders cut up a Styrofoam cup to make me a stand for my cell phone. Some thing I realized is that I love pasta a lot. I could eat it every day...and I did 😄

@stevievaughan5096 Год назад

this is such a wholesome story

@sageisnotaplant99 Год назад

That’s awesome!

@RogerERodriguez1k Год назад

Such a heartwarming story :) I remember I used to LOVE pasta. my nan would make some for me when I was young and it would comfort me during the hard times. I wish I could eat it now if it wasnt for my stomach cancer. now I cant eat pasta at all. or any real food :( so enjoy your pasta as best you can. enjoy it double for me ;-;

@TheEWFX29 Год назад

@@RogerERodriguez1k 🤗 Stay strong my friend.

@vibesbama3016 Год назад

What good employees

@aleahc1379 Год назад

So I work at Brio which is owned by Bravo, a direct competitor to Darden restaurants. I’ve also worked for Darden in the past, the reason Olive Garden does so amazing is because people actually really like the food. For older generations it’s a childhood staple, most small towns at the very least had an Olive Garden within driving distance. The food is good and you always know what to expect AND the unlimited breadsticks and salad is a great deal on top of being delicious. It’s so much cheaper to eat at Olive Garden than a Brio or some other Americanized Italian restaurants and depending on what you order, much better food. It’s almost comfort food at this point for most people. I’ve been waiting tables for 10 years now and Olive Garden has always been good money and reliable business.

@TheSupart91 Год назад

I work wt longhorns part of Darden lol

@DeltaAssaultGaming Год назад

The food is good? Uhhhh

@looneytoastywolf Год назад

Honestly big agree!

@Kishiru324 Год назад

@@DeltaAssaultGaming The chicken scampi, is creamy and delicious every time I have it!

@trapper-orbiter6284 Год назад

I'm just gonna have to assume they train and make the food better in smaller towns if you think the quality is so high. My experience with them in California has been mediocre at best. We do have a lot more options here so olive garden is never even a first or last choice. It's where you go with your grandparents for family dinners when all the more interesting restaurants are fully booked on a weekend.

@BugsyFoga Год назад

One time I went to Olive Garden with a group, and our order took so long to come out by the time it did I got filled up on breadsticks, definitely a humorous memory to reflect on.

@gruntingskunk2237 Год назад

I see you absolutely everywhere, it’s insane how much content we both happen to watch.

@JakeLovesSteak Год назад

They don't serve hummus at Olive Garden.

@profilepicture828 Год назад

hummus

@thejunkman Год назад

They don't serve hummus that I know of.

@RandomAmerican3000 Год назад

Filling up on breadsticks and taking home an entire dinner for later is a legitimate strategy.

@nerdynerd2914 Год назад

I actually work at Olive Garden and they put alot of effort in training new severs, they want everyone to feel like they’re family and at least at my store they make us try to feel valuable to the company as a whole. The unlimited aspect is kinda gimmicky though, even with breadsticks, soup and salad being unlimited were told bring breadsticks out based on how many peoples at the table, so if you’re a party of 3 you’ll get 4 breadsticks for your first basket, then 3 breadsticks the next go around, so it takes longer for you to get them and get full faster. Also from what I gather from guests is that they have fair priced lunch specials and you get a lot for the price which keeps people coming back

@Shadow__133 Год назад

Always pissed me off that they bring the hot entrees so fast I barely started on the salad. My strategy is to order the entree later on. This is not exclusive to Olive Garden, I guess it's american fast food/efficiency influences.

@jeltoninc.8542 Год назад

When they do that^ the server ain’t getting a tip. I don’t care what your corporate boss says, when someone is paying what Olive Garden charges for their reheated trash, they best not be rushed out the door. And most of that is lazy severs putting stuff in too quick at one time.

@cudgymercy8574 Год назад

as a server at Olive Garden, it’s amazing how our marketing standards are. my GM is very strict on doing everything correct, even making us put the guest firsts. i am looking to move up eventually to Service Professional, and in my experience it amazes me on how well they treat us as team members and how they prioritize a lot.

@inklink477 Год назад

yay thats so exciting keep up the good work 👍

@v4v819 9 месяцев назад

With your free marketing for them, they should put you on the payroll!

@Yukimenokouwu Год назад

I’ve worked at OG since 2014, before I started working there I’ve only eaten there twice in my life. Its been 8 years and I swear, the breadsticks are why I stay. At my location we have a regular with the “lifetime pasta pass” and im in awe every time I wait on him 😂

@felixdelabarara494 Год назад

Just a tip off, it's not in the news yet, but Never Ending Pasta Bowl is gonna make a surprise return on October 3rd 2022 after being gone 2 years. The button is already on our point of sale terminals.

@SueP-D Год назад

Thanks for the tip!

@augustcannon Год назад

How do you receive such information? This is serious business here

@jamesburrington6576 Год назад

@@augustcannon Obviously, he works there

@brycepowell6639 Год назад

Dear god I’m finding about this now….. a fellow server who dies to a full table of soup salad and breadsticks

@moelana Год назад

It was a true story, thank you

@Kinstage Год назад

The main reason they’re successful is the fact that they’re the only Italian fast causal (that isn’t a pizza place) that operates across the entire country, and not just a few big cities (like Buca di Beppo, which has 69 total locations across 23 states + DC)

@josephcampbell4543 Год назад

Carraba's?

@giancarlofelicianocastaned9316 Год назад

It's Casual Dining. Fast Casual is Five Guys

@jeltoninc.8542 Год назад

I dare say five guys is higher quality than the garbage reheated in an Olive Garden “kitchen”

@txrdhdinaz184 11 месяцев назад

Fazzoli's? Although, they are not as plentiful as they used to be.

@v4v819 9 месяцев назад

Only one problem with your statement... They're not fast casual... They have table service and are a full functioning restaurant!

@josesaucedo1073 Год назад

My moms worked there for 20 years. They’ve treated her really good for the past few years. The Tuscan soup is my favorite

@adrinarodriguez8182 Год назад

I always thought it was well known that Olive Garden was fake, Italian knock off food and not the “fine cuisine” they try to marketing themselves as. At least, that’s how I always perceived them. Great video, as always!

@BusyBusyPanda Год назад

Yeah. Olive Garden is about as believable as "authentic" Italian as Papa John's.

@xp8969 Год назад

Lmfao, Olive Garden is "authentic Italian food" for people who think that Trump isn't a lifelong media celebrity and part of the globalist elites

@TheSkyline77 Год назад

It definitely is, but it's quite tasty Italian knockoff food. Olive Garden is kinda its own type of food.

@LionWithTheLamb Год назад

It's Americanized versions, much like many other chains do.

@wyattlewis4069 Год назад

I'm always skeptical of any restaurant that attempts to market itself as reflecting the cuisine of an entire nation, ethnicity, or region, particularly one as vast and diverse as Italy.

@simonbhray Год назад

He always somehow gets me in the mood to eat whatever the video’s talking about

@darexinfinity Год назад

We're just watching a really long ad.

@mcookie5531 Год назад

I haven't been for a long time, but I sure hope they still give out the mint chocolates at the end of the meal. As a kid, that was what I always looked forward to most because other restaurants don't do anything like that except for maybe fortune cookies.

@saraglasgow6981 Год назад

We do you just have to ask for them at the front I love giving them out to the kids

@thefckumean2209 Год назад

They do. Those things are addictive.

@Juwellz18 Год назад

As someone who just had Olive Garden last night, they still give out those mints

@genxx2724 Год назад

The really fancy restaurants used to bring reception sticks with the check.

@G-Mastah-Fash Год назад

I thought that was a hotel thing.

@cindyreyes3759 Год назад

Olive Garden was the first restaurant I visited in the US. I remember always seeing the ads for it on the TV growing up. Then when I moved to the US I asked my mom if we could go to Olive Garden. Dreams come true LOL

@BrockMolden Год назад

I work at Olive Garden, it’s just great. Such a family vibe. Affordable for young people to go on dates as well. Older people who have been going for years still go. Not a pretentious vibe but respected and understanding vibe.

@Akredhead Год назад

Olive Garden is also a lifesaver for new parents or parents of w/ babies because…I want something nice but where I can take my baby and not get too fancy…I dunno..it’s fancy enough…but the service is always excellent

@combatwombat594 Год назад

See that's nice. I've worked in so many places where it's just such a fake and forced happy from everyone who works there

@Chris-oo8ue Год назад

I had the one year long pasta pass in 2018. You were only able to use the pass for dine in so I would go over lunches every so often. There isn't enough variety on the menu to not get tired of eating the same pasta, soup, and salad. I went about once a week for the first 3 months and then slowly cut back on how often I went. By month 10 of it, I maybe went once a month. I got my money's worth for it but I wouldn't do it again

@Andyjpro Год назад

Oh man, I had a standard one in 2018. Good for 11 weeks and I averaged 3 times a week. Usually I'd eat a buttload of salad and then pad out the rest of the week with the leftovers and 2nd serving. It was a great time!

@david_reynolds3660 Год назад

Come on, they got tons of ways to change their pasta! Cheese no cheese add-on such as sausage or meatballs or extra vegetables. There is so much available, I could never get tired of it

@tittlediddle6899 Год назад

My family has worked at Olive Garden for two decades, and I myself for about 2 years now, and I feel like one of the most important things that held Olive Garden together was the concept of Hospitaliano - everyone should be treated like family as soon as they walk through the threshold of the restaurant. Be kind and quick with your guests, and always serve with a smile. The service really depended on not only that mindset, but also on the management of the location. People who are being treated well by management and are allowed to actually enjoy what they're doing will ultimately translate that with the guests, so Hospitaliano applied not only to them but between the employees. Our Olive Garden still remains the 3rd best location I the country, so I may be spoiled, but really and truly the OG lost something when they stopped focusing on family and hospitality and instead on making as much money as possible. Not to say it wasn't always a cash grab, that was the literal conception of the chain, but at its core the love and appreciation between employees and guests are what makes each location great.

@codyvandal2860 Год назад

Ive always loved this restraunt. Others may knock it but for me its great

@Cavemanjason Год назад

When I worked there, my boss treated me kindly and with dignity. They were great by allowing us to eat a free bowl of soup every day we worked, which really helped me when the pandemic hit. In addition, he was fair in compensation, I started as a breadstick and salad maker. Over the course of three years, I bussed tables, learned all line and prep positions, and served guests. My hourly difference from day 1 to the end of 2021 (3 1/2 years) was 5 dollars. I was treated fairly and my paycheck demonstrated it.

@jeltoninc.8542 Год назад

My grandson was raped there by a waiter with a huge bottle of wine.

@v4v819 9 месяцев назад

Is it still like this today?

@Tazzer88 Год назад

I've never been to an actual Olive Garden because where I grew up we had a near perfect local clone of it called The Olive Tree. Pretty much the same concept right down to the unlimited salad and breadsticks. Never really thought about it until several years later when the same owners tried to make a burger place nearby modeled after In-N-Out and got sued into oblivion for ripping off the style and name.

@EyeonthePrize247 Год назад

The Olive Tree? Lmao, that’s hilarious. It’s like McDowell’s instead of McDonald’s in the movie ‘Coming to America,’ lol.

@jaymzx0 Год назад

@@EyeonthePrize247 lol McDowell's is the first thing I thought of.

@EyeonthePrize247 Год назад

@@jaymzx0 Ahahaha, good man!

@benjismith593 Год назад

Olive Tree?? We had one in my city of Wichita. Everyone was always confused between the two.

@transnaturalperspectivespo6133 Год назад

Do you remember the name of the in-and-out rip off place? Im imagining something like “up-and-down” burger 😹

@maenad1231 Год назад

There’s plenty of totally valid criticisms of Olive Garden but flaws and all I love that freaking restaurant lmao

@stephenbarabas6286 Год назад

You need to learn how to cook

@1685Violin Год назад

Would rather go to a local family owned Italian-American restaurant.

@shinon748 Год назад

@@1685Violin oh absolutely some of the best Italian food I've had have been from local family owned Italian restaurants. But God damn it their bread sticks and salad keep pulling me back to Olive Garden. Forgive me for I have sinned lol

@awesomeocelot7475 Год назад

I absolutely LOVE Olive Garden. It’s so delicious and I love the atmosphere it’s really relaxing.

@rickbelden2319 Год назад

The chicken and shrimp carbonara is my absolute favorite! OG holds a special place in my heart as my wife and I had our first date there. We’ve also taken our kids there many times over the years and have a lot of great memories at OG (which I tease my kids by calling it Original Gangster😂). It may not be authentic but I don’t care, I like it and I always know that wherever I travel to I can get a solid meal there that I will enjoy. Sure some locations are better than others (our hometown OG had a bad spell for awhile) but overall it’s fairly consistent.

@emilycheever3218 Год назад

Olive Garden has a special place in my heart because when I’d go shopping with my grandma at a bigger mall about 45 mins away from our small town we would always go there. I felt like it was so fancy as a little kid. Then when I moved away to a city we’d always go when my grandparents would visit. There were a million local places we could have gone, but it’s like that place had a special nostalgia for us. That salad’s been the same for over 20 years lol That being said, I don’t think I’ve ever been there without my grandparents and really have no desire to. It’s pretty expensive now, for what you get, and id rather just go to a local place.

@brianrs78 Год назад

Olive Garden is on the lunchtime rotation, but the service is often so slow that it's at the bottom of the list. I thought it was just the location we were going to and found that the slow service seems to be part of their brand. The breadsticks are for sure the most dangerous part of going!

@st.thomasaquinas19 Год назад

how did u comment 18 hours ago when this just dropped

@Kallmeyamama Год назад

Wtf 18 hours ago?

@chriskay1449 Год назад

Dude you are going on lunchtime, one of the busiest times of the day. OF course it is going to be slower.

@uhsaywhatnow Год назад

I’ve been told the slow service was part of the whole “family atmosphere” thing, but that’s annoying. I’m not trying to rush through a meal there, but I’m also not trying to dawdle.

@mind-of-neo Год назад

it always throws me off when people tell me they go to olive garden and the like for lunch. when i was growing up the only time id ever get to go to olive garden was my birthday... or graduation... lol..

@Jasonwolf1495 Год назад

There's one key word that explains olive garden. SALT. It has some if the highest salt average per meal of any restaurants menu, and whether you know it or not but we as humans like salt.

@InDeepPudding Год назад

And yet they dont salt their pasta mamma mia

@felixdelabarara494 Год назад

Dressing, breadsticks, and sauce is where 90% of the salt is coming from. We literally shower bread in salt, like wtaf, who salts bread?

@Mr.Scootini Год назад

@@felixdelabarara494 who salts bread? Everyone who’s had bread and butter before. Most butter has salt in it. And if you one of those people who either never has had it, or only has unsalted butter, good for you.

@Mr.Scootini Год назад

I’m not concerned about salt, I’m more concerned about sugar. Bread usually has sugar in it, hence why the breadsticks are so soft and moist. Sugar in bread has the power to hold on to water molecules.

@uhsaywhatnow Год назад

Every tasty meal under the sun has one thing in common: high salt content.

@Cavemanjason Год назад

I worked there for 3+ years. Company man hit the nail on the head with his last point. We sold an atmosphere. The ingredients are cheap, the product is fast - if the cook has nothing going on, you can safely expect the food to be at your table in 1 minute for simple items (fettuccine Alfredo, spaghetti and meatballs). This is no joke. 10 seconds for the server to ring in and send the fet alf, 3 seconds to portion the fettuccine, 10 seconds to reheat in boiler, 3 seconds to dry the pasta (really just a quick shake), 3 seconds to sauce /plate it, 2 seconds to sprinkle parsley, and 10 seconds for the server to deliver it. this gives us a grand total time of 41 seconds! Apart from the more timely items: well done 6oz sirloins, salmons, and chicken and shrimp carbonaras, one could nearly call Olive Garden a dine in fast-food restaurant. This does not mean that their food is bad, it is just streamlined. The cooks assemble a dish with perceived authenticity to an American audience. What the guests pay for is the atmosphere. Everything I made was quite cheap. This is nothing new for chain restaurants like this. We sell an atmosphere and people like it.

@MSportsEngineering Год назад

Thank you Olive Garden PR

@Cavemanjason Год назад

@@MSportsEngineering cut the crap. OG treated me well and they deserve to be credited for it.

@jeltoninc.8542 Год назад

Sure they did Jason. _suuuuure_

@jeltoninc.8542 Год назад

And do you see these “Olive Garden” people in the room with us now? What are they saying?

@marsmotion Год назад

Atmosphere is a lot in restaurants it really is its like the placebo effect for food. This is a very important comment. We make snap decisions all the time e on things that are not logical. Humans are not logical on every thing they like. Alot Comes to feeling and moods

@hardcorehunter7162 Год назад

In the 90s into the 00s Olive Garden from my memory was treated by many as fine dining. I have clear memories of going there and seeing people dressed in suits and cocktail dresses. It is reassuring that many people in the comments have this memory as well of people dressing up to go to the olive garden.

@jliller Год назад

I remember one time back in the 00s getting a table at an Olive Garden and waiting for my family to arrive. I was in shorts and a t-shirt. I looked around at how most other people were dressed and felt uncomfortably under-dressed. (Nowadays I don't care.)

@hardcorehunter7162 Год назад

@@jliller I remember up till like 2006 you had to call and make a reservation to even get a table in my area. Then one day I remember my friend calling and them just laughing at him over the phone telling him to just walk in no reservation. Sure there is still the waiting list, but I think there was an overcorrection on opinion of Olive Garden; once people found out that it is casual dining. I think a lot of the recoil came from that era being the start of the foodie trend.

@realevostevo Год назад

I gotta admit, the first time I went to the Olive Garden I didn't really enjoy it. I thought the food was more pricey than it should be and I think all in all I just didn't order something that was one of their better dishes. However, the last couple times I've been there it was a completely different story. They have some great food but it took a little experimenting to find what I enjoyed most.

@runrafarunthebestintheworld Год назад

That's wild you got to see Olive Gardens evolution. They have really improved.

@unclegreenskatesoda9570 Год назад

Gotta consider too their prices for EVERY meal INCLUDE endless soup OR salad, so the price of endless soup or salad is baked in a little bit.

@andrewwolfe9353 Год назад

Plus there is a lot of salad in that bowl and it has a lot of different things it, it's not just lettuce and tomatoes like some restaurants have

@arturogranados1133 Год назад

You've made me realize that I have never eaten in at Olive Garden! Always carry out or catering! Although I normally love more small family owned Italian joints--those breadsticks are to die for and I 100% want to visit one now.

@StopcensoringFreespeech 3 месяца назад

Be sure to get the Alfredo dipping sauce for the breadsticks. My goodness, absolutely delicious!

@arturogranados1133 3 месяца назад

@@StopcensoringFreespeech Thanks for replying to this. I have since visited and you are absolutely right.

@imahighass1045 Год назад

Their salad is my favorite part of dining there. Fantastically simplistic yet amazingly delicious!

@marcohavokkhaos 6 месяцев назад

My favorite restaurant of all time. I can't believe my mother has never been, I have to take her this year, while I still have her around.

@marsgal42 Год назад

I find Olive Garden to be in that sweet spot, just special enough to be worth going out for dinner even with the usual wait for a table. Good breadsticks. 😍 They’re a rare treat here in Canada with only a handful of locations.

@Homer625 Год назад

Love your videos man! Your content never lets me down

@asmrreading4330 Год назад

God this channel is so fucking good at scratching the itch in my brain that craves knowledge on the companies in our modern land

@blizzerdbiworrior Год назад

I almost never order the pasta there. I'm all about the unlimited soup. The Zuppa Toscana is excellent.

@Libtardo123 Год назад

No, tour of Italy is the best with heavy cheese

@Mekkalekka Год назад

Pasta Fagioli!!

@caitlinlaga1856 Год назад

The breadsticks be holding up the whole business.

@tanman7568 Год назад

One word and one word only: BREADSTICKS

@jordanwilliams24 Год назад

Their breadsticks really are the best! And I love their zuppa toscano: it's a spicy cream broth sausage and potato soup. I haven't had Olive Garden in soooo long...

@DrRipper19 Год назад

Regarding your warning about the breadsticks - whenever I go there I just fill up on the breadsticks and soup and then just take home the entire meal. I basically get two meals for one price.

@JohnnyOcean44 Год назад

Oh great, now I have to go to Olive Garden for dinner.

@sycamoregrad901 Год назад

I’m conjuring up ways that I can make something with bread and or pasta-or both-from the stuff that’s in my cupboard!

@sammygg21 Год назад

My favorite are pizza hut breadsticks. Something about that seasoning on top!

@LBDNytetrayn Год назад

I hear that. I believe they call it "fairy dust"?

@supportcanzuk5287 Год назад

Im Canadian and going to olive garden in buffalo was a huge thing for our family and 10 y/o me!

@briantaylorcloe7725 Год назад

Have not noticed this in your other videos, but with that little flashing @04:19 effect on the success list, a lot shone through! Real subtle, but totally meshed the audio & visual with the colors, timing, and all. Well done!

@samwill7259 Год назад

That last point is right, yep. Calling Olive Garden Italian is like calling the McLobster authentic Maine seafood.

@TheCrazierz Год назад

Yea. This is true for literally most commercial food ever

@andrewwolfe9353 Год назад

That's why Red Lobster couldn't survive in my area, too many "real" seafood restaurants around to eat at instead.

@TimmyTickle Год назад

@@andrewwolfe9353 I take it you're a New Englander? Or a Floridian?

@andrewwolfe9353 Год назад

@@TimmyTickle bingo you got it, New England

@bagenstb Год назад

The never ending pasta bowl is so brilliant. The bowls are so big that hardly anyone gets more than two of them but you feel like you're somehow getting a great deal that you wouldn't get otherwise.

@craigjensen6853 Год назад

YA AND IT DONT COST THEM NOTHIN TO MAKE IT NIETHER TRUMP 2024

@v4v819 9 месяцев назад

When is their never ending pasta bowl promotion on next?

@DSMTheEditor Год назад

The turnaround is impressive, they and Red Lobster looked like they were gonna fall by the wayside a while back

@cori8934 Год назад

i work at an olive garden and it’s so funny to talk about because i genuinely love working there and getting a darden discount is so nice

@jason_l5p Год назад

I think a big issue with olive gardens dip in sales in the mid 00’s, we’re due to the recession of 2008. As you could see there sales started to falter in the 3rd quarter of 09, and resurged in 2014 which was when the economy started to improve. In turn people were more likely to eat out

@R32R38 Год назад

Odd as it may sound, one advantage is that many items do not come with tomato sauce. Traditional Italian restaurants often heavily rely on it, to the point that they're sometimes called "red sauce joints," but not all people like it.

@genxx2724 Год назад

“One sauce, any pasta.” So boring.

@rooney0423 Год назад

This is true. Their alfredo is better than their red sauce.

@genxx2724 Год назад

@@rooney0423 Alfredo sauce = heart attack on a plate.

@rooney0423 Год назад

@@genxx2724 only if you eat it all the time. Moderation is key.

@ryeinc Год назад

2020 was the first time I ate Olive Garden (to-go order) and 2021 was the first time I set foot in one! I’m in love now.

@mariowalker9048 Год назад

Oh wow i started dining in just before the pandemic began in early 2020 and been hooked ever since. The town I live in don't have an olive garden but whenever I move back to Jacksonville, FL I will be dining in again.

@SirDufferson Год назад

I’ve never had a bad experience at this fine establishment. Sometimes the wait time is too long. Personally one of my favorite restaurants. I always get gift cards to Olive Garden for my birthday and Christmas. Great video 👍🏻

@jeffreylewis4097 Год назад

Oh boy, I worked at Olive Garden in 2018, at the busiest location in Arizona. I gotta say, it was a pretty rough job. From the consumer perspective, I see why it is so popular, it's cheap, familiar, and pretty tasty. However, they treated their staff pretty terribly in my opinion, I was overworked often got injured on the job. However, I had a colleague who won one of the free trips to Tuscany, and she loved it. I need to say though, the food quality is pretty low. The sauces come out of frozen bags, bread sticks are pre-made, and sanitation was lacking.... After I worked there, I never wanted to set foot in an Olive Garden again, I prefer instead to go to smaller local chains, which is where I ended up working for the next two years. Love your videos Company Man. I seldomly comment on RU-vid, but I couldn't pass this one up.

@DustinRNewton Год назад

The Denny's of Italian food!

@david_reynolds3660 Год назад

Olive Garden is probably one of my family‘s very favorite places to go and eat on a very regular basis! The atmosphere, the food, the staff, and everything else it’s about just goes to make it a excellent place to eat! You can’t say much more than, they get it right

@jackyb1651 Год назад

My first job was at Olive Garden and I was there for three years. Enjoyed working there and still love going out to eat at OG a few times a year.

@joshbarron7406 Год назад

I thought I hated Italian food, cuz I’d only ever had Olive Garden. Then I went to Italy and absolutely loved the food. Every meal was divine. Olive Garden is like the TexMex of Italian food.

@bmjv77 Год назад

Tex Mex is a different cuisine than Mexican, so your comparison doesn't make any sense.

@chrisd2051 Год назад

It's the chipotle or panda Express of Italian food, even Italian American food

@andrewp8284 Год назад

I went to Olive Garden once when visiting family in Utah. I wasn’t much older than 21, and ordered a cocktail, for which I was naturally carded. They actually took my ID and came back with it when the drink arrived-that was a bit bizarre and I wondered if Olive Garden/that location was just being extra safe to validate IDs, especially out of state ones, because of some particular state laws in Utah. Never had that happen in any other state. Maybe they were copying it for counterfeit IDs for Mormon college students lol… EDIT: I just remembered that my ID was still in the vertical format because I hadn’t gotten a new one in the regular horizontal format yet. They’d probably never encountered that.

@jalabi99 Год назад

This is why I love this channel. I always learn something new. I had no idea General Mills was behind both Red Lobster and Olive Garden!

@bbkangs Год назад

My wife’s family was born and raised in Sicily and moved to the US. They’ve owned restaurants in Chicago and they love Olive Garden.

@TheBrandonn Год назад

I went to Olive Garden for the first time in a few years recently. I was completely astounded at how poor quality it was in comparison to how it used to be. Even the breadsticks arent as delicious as they used to be. Pretty sad, I could probably make better raviolis at home from the freezer

@shortyrose3240 Год назад

They are frozen

@bigvito69 Год назад

You do realize you went to Olive Garden?

@thebrentist5403 Год назад

Agreed

@genxx2724 Год назад

Last time I went to Olive Garden was in 2016. It was shabby and the service was awful. The waiter obviously had no experience. The food was mediocre. The breadsticks were cold and the salad wasn’t very good. It was a far cry from what it was in the past.

@Hanbro1o Год назад

Olive Garden is absolutely awful now. Biggest nosedive in quality of any restaurant in history. They might as well start attaching drive thrus to their locations it’s actually that bad

@AK-47ISTHEWAY Год назад

I used to drive for Uber and one of my regular passengers was a chef at Olive Garden. He said the amount of butter that they put in their sauces and most of their food is mind-boggling. It's over 50% butter. Including the tomato sauces. You're really just eating melted clarified butter.

@v4v819 9 месяцев назад

They don't have a chef... And they are an Italian restaurant not French, so they don't use butter!

@StopcensoringFreespeech 3 месяца назад

@v4v819 what do you think Alfredo consists of? Butter!

@justlisa1599 Год назад

When the first Olive Garden opened up in my college town in the 80s, they served hand made pasta. There was a station near the front of the restaurant where waiting diners could watch and the wait times were very long. It was really great pasta, too! By the early 90s they had stopped doing that. When asked about it, the manager said, "people didn't really care" about the fresh pasta. Yeah, it's okay today, but the overall food quality is not as good as it used to be. The salad and breadsticks are pretty much identical though. : )

@TheZFetter Год назад

My dad is one of the few people with a lifetime pasta pass. Lucky bastard.

@Markimark151 Год назад

Olive Garden has really good marketing and they know how to maintain their customer service! Restaurants like Olive Garden is also focused on quality food service!

@6z0 Год назад

I always thought they were declining. 3 olive gardens near me closed within the last 2 years.

@brycepowell6639 Год назад

Nah I just talked to the director of northwest Olive gardens and profits have been crazy even through covid.

@producerevan88 Год назад

yeah, not sure where he got the numbers and stuff for this video. Olive garden is doing pretty bad right now.

@producerevan88 Год назад

@@brycepowell6639 probably faked, they've been closing many many many locations.

@brycepowell6639 Год назад

@@producerevan88 Trust me their numbers are good lol. Their profit margins are so high.

@brycepowell6639 Год назад

@@producerevan88 Thats a load of crap, they are absolutely killing it right now in many areas.

@RasheedahNizam 8 месяцев назад

Olive Garden is an American cartoon version of Southern Italian cuisine, and I love it for that. I have been to Italy a few times for extended stays, as well as a total of 32 countries, and sometimes we all just want the Epcot version of a food. I have had my fair share of dinners with men who harass the poor waiter to find out the country of origin of some ingredient, or even dare to enter the kitchen without permission. I am so glad to have my man who can enjoy a Manhattan restaurant and an Olive Garden.

@brittanykrieger5828 6 месяцев назад

I went with my family to Olive Garden for special occasions. The food was delicious. It is expensive but what a great treat for special occasions. The pandemic changed many things.

@realChewky Год назад

You forgot to mention the bathrooms. Very few restaurants offer full shower capabilities. After a sweaty meatball meal, taking a cool shower is nice before getting into your car.

@Shadow__133 Год назад

They have showers???

@RGun90 Год назад

@@Shadow__133 Technically every place does if you're creative enough

@Shadow__133 Год назад

@@RGun90 Definitely and most technically not. shower = 🚿

@sinnsage Год назад

@@Shadow__133 no, do you see his user name?

@zeruty Год назад

I tried to go to Olive Garden like 20 years ago with a group of coworkers. But the wait was redonkulous, like 90 minutes. So we ate elsewhere and I've never gone back.

@TheBrandonn Год назад

Did you end up going to bennigans?

@zeruty Год назад

@@TheBrandonn I've never heard of that chain that I remember. We probably went to an independently owned teriyaki restaurant. This is the Seattle area, after all. Seattle has more teriyaki restaurants than it has Starbucks.

@JetblackThemeTime Год назад

My friends and I had a riff on their slogan "When you're here we microwave your food." Too expensive for not good food.

@WhatAboutZoidberg Год назад

Olive Garden was the place my grandparents wanted to go to because the food was mild and inoffensive. In the early 2000s our local location was dirty and shabby and the food wasnt too far off. Havent been back in 15+ years but that wasn't too uncommon of an experience no matter the location we went to.

@robertpayne613 Год назад

I freaking love olive garden because if I'm driving somewhere out of state I know I can feed myself for fairly cheap in/around basically every major city in the US. Is the food ground breaking? Goodness no. But it's not bad, and some dishes are pretty solid.

@lelandgaunt9985 Год назад

Chic fil a is cheap too.

@SkyBlue-qn8me Год назад

When I'm at Olive Garden and the waiter takes too long, I think to myself, "how long does it take to open a bag of salad?" 😉

@linesided Год назад

I love the Olive Garden. I was full before the main course arrived.

@Redfoot138 7 месяцев назад

I went to Olive Garden recently and it was alright. It's never good enough for me to want to go back several times a year but memorable and comforting enough once every 2-3 years.

@texanfournow Год назад

For the first time in years, we had Little Caesar's today. The LC bread sticks were so good they make Olive Garden's bread sticks taste like cardboard.

@KatieGrady1997 Год назад

LC breadsticks are the best. We never order pizza there lol.

@jliller Год назад

LC Crazy Bread is great. Tough call for me between them and OG breadsticks.

@camerastooge Год назад

I'm thinking that the reason for the slogan change has to do with the rise in carryout dining. "When you're here, you're family" is a better phrase (in my opinion), but if you're just grabbing takeout or getting it delivered... are you still family?

@BusyBusyPanda Год назад

Good. I hate it when families try to absorb me. I'm a loner &I like it thank you very much.

@Kuricang31 6 месяцев назад

One thing that makes Olive Garden stands out for me was the interior and ambience. It looks and feel luxurious to the point that my US friends all had the same opinion that they knew their family was rich during childhood when they could have dinner at Olive Garden regularly. Seriously lol, they thought Olive Garden was one of those expensive restaurants like Salt Bae or Gordon Ramsay restaurants

@redey1290 Год назад

Olive Garden's fettuccine alfredo is my Achilles heel, I swear on it. That pasta has to be my favorite dish ever, even though it's really nothing crazy. I've always seen the place as a "reward food" kinda place, like some big event happens and me and some company will go out to Olive Garden as a nice sit down spot to eat, and I always go for that damn fettuccine. Just always been tasty comfort food, and complemented with the breadsticks for an affordable price is just really a pretty good deal to me.

@questglove9627 Год назад

I don’t need to watch the video to know it’s the bread sticks that makes them successful

@DaScruffy0ne Год назад

I mean how can you not be successful when you have bottomless breadsticks?

@StevenRamos248 Год назад

I have been to Olive Garden, the first time was a school field trip, and its the most tasty foods I have ever ate, I loved a lot about this restaurant and the Breadsticks are on a whole new level. I love Olive Garden's food.

@KRGruner Год назад

It's one of my kids' favorite places, and I like it as well. I've been to Italy so many times I stopped counting, and sure, there are major differences in the food, but still, it's quite good. The salad dressing is awesome (and the bread sticks). But just as important is that the service is excellent. There has only been one time when I was served an extremely well-done steak when I ordered medium-rare, but they replaced it promptly with apologies. My wife also appreciates that they have gluten-free pasta as an option. Anyway, good video.

@leviblalock7996 Год назад

Worked out OG about 8 years ago. Many things are microwaved and the food in general tastes bland. The few times I've gone back, it's been bad.

@ericwisniewski2636 Год назад

My gf works there, I haven’t gotten the impression they microwaved much things there? They don’t freshly make their noodles obviously but a lot of the stuff their is prepared on the spot according to her.

@leviblalock7996 Год назад

@@ericwisniewski2636 I cooked the noodles a day ahead and we reheat them when ordered. The proteins are grilled fresh, but apps are deep fried or microwaved. Baked items get microwaved instead when we were busy. Sauces get microwaved. Reorders get microwaved.

@andykillsu Год назад

Olive Garden is great, amazing breadsticks and food. It will always be in my memory because the first day Illinois opened up outdoor dining again during the pandemic, we went there and ate in the middle of the parking lot 15+ feet from other people. It was actually quite fun and obviously got us out of our house.

@LisaMcPederson Год назад

I love Olive Garden. They used to have pizza on their menus and it was my favorite. I went there for my 8th grade graduation in 1994. My favorite memory of my youth. Well, one of them.

@jonassiendervils2102 Год назад

I am at work in Olive Garden, hiding in the restroom, watching about Olive Gardena; Wow.

@superm7864 Год назад

We used to like Olive Garden but the last time we had it over a year ago we were unimpressed. Everything tasted bland and the servings were tiny. It also cost the same as an authentic Italian restaurant that we have down the street so we haven’t seen a need to go back.

@mikeroni Год назад

I’ve always seen Olive Garden as pretty low quality - like an Italian themed Applebees. Surprised to hear they’re still “successful” despite that image

@craigjensen6853 Год назад

Yes, they are certainly no Ruth's Chris.

@ChrisC-bc8od Год назад

Great video! Always love the vids! Still waiting on review of the J.R Simplot company:)

@GoonerKVN Год назад

The tour of Italy never disappoints

@codyvandal2860 Год назад

My mom would go to the Olive Garden all the time when she was pregnant with me and I've grown up loving that food. I've been eating it my whole life. Lots of calories but delicious