Olive Garden - Knoxville

First I want to say how wonderful our waiter Gabe and the hostesses were. Service was attentive and well-done. The food may be another story I'm afraid. I ordered the shrimp scampi. What I received was slimy noodles with pieces of asparagus and little tiny pieces of tomatoes (of course one of them had the end stalk in it) with shrimp that honestly tasted like it came out of a can or something. Shrimp scampi is shrimp sauteed in butter and a lot of garlic. My shrimp had probably only seen the inside of a microwave. Goodness, it was not the best. This is indicative of why this chain is failing. It fails customers and fleeces their wallets. Won't be back.

Great Italian restaurant! Best to make reservations!!!!! Had the Mama Savellis chicken, great wine sauce, great flavor! The sampler with a great homemade marinara sauce. Basket of garlic bread. And the lemon Italian cream cake , so good!! The sweet tea has fresh mint added to it, the best tea! We would definitely come back!

Food was good, service was good, restaurant and bathrooms were clean so a solid 4. Being a chain restaurant you expect the food to be decent enough because they cook the same dishes all day everyday. Salad was fresh and my chicken scampi was nice and hot. Always a good go to for a taste of Italian. Family friendly with a great kids menu so bring the family. Enjoy

This is my son's favorite restaurant, he will choose it over any other option. The dining room appeared to be clean and the wait staff was very attentive. The food was excellent and well prepared. The atmosphere was American/old world Italian blend as always for Olive Garden. The portions were large enough that we each had enough to take home for a second meal.

Walking in, we were immediately greeted with a smile and seated to our table. Our waiter, Maverick, was STELLAR we had a complicated order due to some diet restrictions, and he was very friendly and accommodating to find out information if he didn't know any (the manager even worked hard and printed us the allergen info). Once we got our order straight, the food was mouth wateringly delicious. The background was lightened with soft, welcoming Italian music, pleasing to the ears; and the table was dimly lit, but not hard to see at. Highly recommend!