Olive Garden Standish Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is outstanding and the welcoming staff are outstanding too."
• "The food was excellent and we weren't rushed from our table."
• "The food was absolutely delicious! I cannot recommend the lasagne enough!"
• "Everyone loved their food which was served very efficiently."
• "The food was beautiful very tasty and the house red wine was lovely."
• "Food itself was so tasty and fresh."
• "The food is freshly cooked and amazing."

Cons:

• "The starters weren't great but we looked forward to our main course. Unfortunately this wasn't much better."
• "Both portions were small and was still really hungry at the end."
• "Presentation of the food was also poor."
• "Bland food, overcooked pasta."
• "Awful tasteless chewy pizza base, vinegared Anchovies no fishy salty taste at all."
• "One member of the party had a pizza, it was soggy in the middle."
• "The lasagne was lacking in bechamel sauce making it a tad dry."

Service

Pros:

• "The customer service was amazing & the staff were very friendly."
• "Fabulous service! The food arrived before the estimated time, delivered by a smartly dressed employee."
• "The staff made us very welcome and were very playful with the kids in our party putting them at ease."
• "Service was second to none, friendly, attentive staff."
• "Staff are amazing and can’t do enough for you, that’s why we always return."
• "Staff absolutely amazing from start to finish so much hospitality, friendly and professional."
• "Very pleasant and helpful staff."

Cons:

• "Jason the ‘takeaway supervisor’ was unhelpful, inconsiderate and rude when a simple apology for the delay would’ve sufficed."
• "The manager approached, snapping again that the restaurant doesn’t usually accept pushchairs."
• "Service was incredibly slow and lacked thought."
• "The worst thing about this restaurant was the service, I can only assume it was the owner but he was abrupt and rude."
• "Staff tend to disappear when you need them."
• "Service appalling no conversation from any of the staff!"
• "The servers seemed a little confused and we were left on our own without any orders being taken for sometime."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "The environment was romantic and beautiful!!"
• "Would definitely recommend the quaint, family atmosphere."
• "All very welcoming."
• "Great atmosphere they couldn't do enough for us."
• "The atmosphere was warm and has a great setting were you can watch the chef at work."
• "Wonderful #atmosphere."
• "This is a lovely family run restaurant with great atmosphere, food and service."

Cons:

• "Its a fairly small place where we were placed it felt like we was on top of the people sat beside us I felt really uncomfortable."
• "Slightly cramped atmosphere, but such a refreshing change not to get served by rude miserable staff."
• "Atmosphere wise, it was loud with lots of chatter, so again, not the best recipe for a relaxing and romantic meal."
• "Seemed to be a very tacky place, people were dancing on tables."
• "Sat out in the patio, felt grubby, cigarette stubs, sticky sweeties etc on the decking, not pleasant."
• "The restaurant itself isn’t the nicest decor/interior/atmosphere."
• "Very noisy unable to talk to people in your company made worse with sudden too loud music."

Value

Pros:

• "The pizza is lovely and the menu is fairly priced."
• "Generous portions made with super fresh produce and all at a very reasonable price."
• "Lovely restaurant, very good food at an excellent price, especially the pizza, pasta deal on Mondays for £4.95 can't be beaten."
• "£51 for three of us, incl. bottle of wine ... and I had a starter! Complimentary limoncello for us all after the meal too!"
• "Unbelievable value for money couldn't make the food for the price they charge."
• "Lovely people, wonderful food and a reasonably priced lunch with wine."
• "Amazing staff, and very accommodating, highly recommended this place."

Cons:

• "Absolutely disgusting service. Ordered a takeaway at 6.30pm and at 9.20pm still not sign of food."
• "We treated ourselves (in this current climate) and were disappointed. Both portions were small and was still really hungry at the end."
• "In terms of value we got the garlic mushrooms and sat in a small puddle of sauce at the bottom of the container was no more than 3 mushrooms."
• "Price very expensive."
• "I believe this place has recently lost its chef. I had lasagne and it wasn't good, was like a soup, at least 6 layers of lasagne pasta and it was cremated, well burnt."
• "Promising Food, Poor Customer Service."
• "Bland food, overcooked pasta."

Accessibility

Pros:

• "Ample parking though which was a big plus."