I never ate at olive garden. My gf does not like olives and I think since its Italian food it will be over priced pasta and salads. That china buffe neer the walmart off barrett is the place to go. I like diff things so I get the frog legs and and whatever wierd things I can find. The frogs legs are good. Most of the wierd stuff is good. The olive garden, though I have not ate there I imagine someone standing over your pasta with one of those pepper crubblers or parmasian to see if you want some. With the seasonings about, I bet I could make a pasta dish as good if not better with raman noddles for less then $1 with out having to pay tip. ($1 includes goverment cheese as parmasian substitute)