8833 Burnet Road
459-0701
Pepper grinder rating: 0.
Men’s room rating: 3.
Dwight’s comments:
Indefensibly bland Italian food. Good breadsticks and decent salad. Average service.
Why do the Olive Gardens continue to be packed every damn night, when there are better choices available?
Lawrence’s comments:
Yes, it’s a chain, but we come here mainly for the excellent garlic breadsticks (the best “free bread” in town) and the salad. Though service started out iffy (our waitress ignored our first request for breadsticks),they quickly made up for it. While the appetizers were good (from Chili’s “Awsome Blossom”, to the Outback’s “Bloomin Onion” to the Olive Garden, fried, spicy onion shreads seem to be the appetizer of the 90s), I thought the “Tour of Italy” (lasagna, fettuccine Alfredo, and chicken parmigiana) were a good deal blander than usual. C’mon folks, this is Italian food. “Show me the garlic!” When it comes to entrees, Mama Mia’s does a much better job.