Olive Garden never ending food for 50 days. WHOSE IN?

[wisdommaster1]

In for **MISC 50 Days of Gains Thread**

[swaptrex]

Yes it does.

Nope. Someone on another forum called corporate. Plus, where does it say that in the description?:

Olive Garden's Never Ending Pasta Pass entitles the named passholder to unlimited Never Ending Pasta Bowl entrees and toppings 9/22/14-11/9/14 at any Olive Garden location in the United States. One use per visit. Passholder and guests at same table also receive Coca-Cola soft drinks and refills. Present to server at time of ordering. Excludes gratuity, alcohol, and any other menu item not listed herein. This is not a gift card and is not reloadable. Non-transferable and may not be re-sold. The Pasta Pass itself holds no value and amount paid for the Pasta Pass (if applicable) is non-refundable. Must be 18 or older to purchase the Pasta Pass. Use of the Pasta Pass signifies agreement to terms of the Pasta Pass, applicable rules or regulations, and Olive Garden's Privacy Policy (www.olivegarden.com/privacy-policy). Questions? Contact Olive Garden Guest Relations at (800) 331-2729. Expires 11/9/14.

[fivesfe]

its open to buy right now.

brb website will not load lol

[FitnessCPA]

Nope. Someone on another forum called corporate. Plus, where does it say that in the description?:

Olive Garden's Never Ending Pasta Pass entitles the named passholder to unlimited Never Ending Pasta Bowl entrees and toppings 9/22/14-11/9/14 at any Olive Garden location in the United States. One use per visit. Passholder and guests at same table also receive Coca-Cola soft drinks and refills. Present to server at time of ordering. Excludes gratuity, alcohol, and any other menu item not listed herein. This is not a gift card and is not reloadable. Non-transferable and may not be re-sold. The Pasta Pass itself holds no value and amount paid for the Pasta Pass (if applicable) is non-refundable. Must be 18 or older to purchase the Pasta Pass. Use of the Pasta Pass signifies agreement to terms of the Pasta Pass, applicable rules or regulations, and Olive Garden's Privacy Policy (www.olivegarden.com/privacy-policy). Questions? Contact Olive Garden Guest Relations at (800) 331-2729. Expires 11/9/14.

Good stuff, thanks. I was (erroneously) going by the article. Of course before purchasing I would check be sure.

[swaptrex]

You guys don't get this...

Best part about this, is it includes soup salad breadsticks and a drink.

I go to olive garden probably 2-4 times a week. I get unlimited soup and a drink. I get the zuppa toscana. It has sausage, potatoes, kale, and is the most amazing tasting soup I've ever had. I've been going there and doing this for a few years. Sometimes once a week, sometimes 4 times a week, but I go at least once a week. Total cost: about $10 including tip. I eat 3-5 bowls of soup, couple trays of breadsticks and call it a day. I'm going to buy this, not for the pasta, **** the pasta. I want the soup that I've been buying the 1 gallon jugs of zuppa from olive garden for $26 or so. That last me a few days. I have no issues paying $100 for 7 ****ing weeks of food!

lmao, please videotape your reaction when you go there with your "pass" and are told it doesn't include soup.

[playsintrafficc]

I'll have 40 spaghettis to go pls.

Brb selling them for $5 downtown.

[Blacryan]

WOOT!!! Got one. trying to get 2 more for some friends.

[swaptrex]

WOOT!!! Got one. trying to get 2 more for some friends.

Don't forget the video camera brah, I'll rep you for a reaction vid.

[Blacryan]

lmao, please videotape your reaction when you go there with your "pass" and are told it doesn't include soup.

How about I already go in their weekly and know every manager by name and majority of the waiters, how about I post my erection when they give me free boats of alfredo with my pasta breadsticks and soup?

[bocheltree]

cant ge t through the webpages wont load properly

[Blacryan]

cant ge t through the webpages wont load properly

Open a few tabs and try.

On side note, on phone with customer relations number getting a 100% definite answer on the soup for you guys.

[shoelaces]

Olive Garden is constantly ranked no. 2 behind the Cheesecake Factory as the most unhealthy food chain in America. A plate of pasta is like 1700+ calories.

[michaelproject]

Open a few tabs and try.

On side note, on phone with customer relations number getting a 100% definite answer on the soup for you guys.

Also curious about toppings and if they're included. Don't want a pass but toppings are normally $2.99+ this year on pasta.

[LobsterRageFist]

Probably sold out already. Keep trying to reload the buy page and getting nothing.

[swaptrex]

How about I already go in their weekly and know every manager by name and majority of the waiters, how about I post my erection when they give me free boats of alfredo with my pasta breadsticks and soup?

u wut

I'm going to buy this, not for the pasta, **** the pasta.

[michaelproject]

Olive Garden is constantly ranked no. 2 behind the Cheesecake Factory as the most unhealthy food chain in America. A plate of pasta is like 1700+ calories.

This.

Do not order fettucini Alfredo lol. Nutritional garbage.

[Cosko9]

How many dishes can you get??

[Cesarbruh]

lol @ no meat, breadsticks are GOAT though, fken delicious hnnng. Also, isn't their food frozen and just microwaved? No thanks jeff

not after the bread stick incident.... that could've been me....

aware me

[Blacryan]

u wut

I'll order pasta, get unlimited soup or salad and breadsticks. I'll get some alfredo for free for my breadsticks, I'll have 4-5 bowls of soup, take the untouched pasta to go and let my gf or roomie eat it.

u mad?

[michaelproject]

Per OG corporate, soup/salad and breadsticks are not included.

HOWEVER, the $100 pass does include meat toppings so it's a better deal than thought.

http://slickdeals.net/f/7186398-head...s-of-pasta?v=1

Brb eating a 1200 cal plate of pasta to eat mini sausage.

These are the official terms on the site:

Olive Garden's Never Ending Pasta Pass entitles the named passholder to unlimited Never Ending Pasta Bowl entrees and toppings 9/22/14-11/9/14 at any Olive Garden location in the United States. One use per visit. Passholder and guests at same table also receive Coca-Cola soft drinks and refills. Present to server at time of ordering. Excludes gratuity, alcohol, and any other menu item not listed herein. This is not a gift card and is not reloadable. Non-transferable and may not be re-sold. The Pasta Pass itself holds no value and amount paid for the Pasta Pass (if applicable) is non-refundable. Must be 18 or older to purchase the Pasta Pass. Use of the Pasta Pass signifies agreement to terms of the Pasta Pass, applicable rules or regulations, and Olive Garden's Privacy Policy (www.olivegarden.com/privacy-policy). Questions? Contact Olive Garden Guest Relations at (800) 331-2729. Expires 11/9/14.

[michaelproject]

Deal sucks without even salad lol. I knew salad was more costly than pasta and mini toppings.

[bocheltree]

awesome got one. wonder if the workers expect u to tip causeiaint/10

[GuineaDago585]

So I decide to take my mom out for a nice post-Christmas dinner at her favorite restaurant, the Olive Garden. The wait was hella long, which was annoying, but everywhere is busy on December 26th, so what can ya do? Anyway, we finally get a table, and order drinks. Per standard Olive Garden procedure, the waiter says he'll bring over salad and breadsticks. I tell him to bring over two of each.

Five minutes later, he returns with our drinks, as well as two baskets of breadsticks and two bowls of salad. Cool.

About ten minutes later, he comes back to see if we want to order, which we do, and notices that we're out of salad and breadsticks. (My mom had a bowl of salad, but I ate the rest and all 10 breadsticks). He asks if we want more, I tell him yes, two of each, please.

So he comes back with two more bowls of salad and two more baskets of breadsticks. I promply devour everything again. By the time he comes back with the food 15-20 minutes later, I tell him I want more salad and breadsticks - two bowls and two baskets. At this point, he looks at me nervously and says "Well sir, I'll bring you another basket of breadsticks, but that's it. I can't give you much more."

The following conversation ensues:

20 Inch Rims: What do you mean you can't bring me any more, it's unlimited salad and breadsticks

Olive Garden Waiter: Well, yes, sir, but I mean don't you think four bowls of salad and four baskets of breadsticks are enough for yourself?

20 Inch Rims: When did FOUR become synonymous with UNLIMITED? Unlimited means NO END, meaning I can eat as many bowls and baskets as I want. If I want two, I'll have two. If I want fifty, I'll eat fifty. That's it. Now get me another basket.

Olive Garden Waiter: Sir, I really can't bring you any more salad or breadsticks after the next basket.

20 Inch Rims: Did you not hear me? Look - it's right here on the menu: UNLIMITED SALAD AND BREADSTICKS. What part of that don't you understand? UNLIMITED!

Olive Garden Waiter: Look, I understand your frustration and I can get my manager--

20 Inch Rims: You know what, get your ****ing manager because I'm done with this ****.

About five minutes later, the manager returns and he and I have a conversation:

Olive Garden Manager: Hows it going tonight folks?

20 Inch Rims: Well, it was going fine until your waiter cut me off from unlimited salad and breadsticks.

Olive Garden Manager: Ah, yes, he explained the situation. You see, sir, we give enough breadsticks that would seem to cover a given meal. That table, for example, got about 8 bowls and 8 baskets, but then again, there's 12 people sitting there. 4 bowls and 4 baskets for yourself and your guest are more than enough.

20 Inch Rims: Look, I don't know where you come from, but where I come from, UNLIMITED means YOU CAN HAVE AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. It's right here on the ****ing menu.

Olive Garden Manager: Yes, sir, it says "unlimited" on the menu, but what that really implies is that we'll provide enough that would satisfy a given table.

20 Inch Rims: So if I go home, and I look up "unlimited" in the dictionary, it's going to say "provide enough to satisfy a given table"? Come on, don't bull**** me.

Olive Garden Manager: Sir, I--

20 Inch Rims: Nah, you know what. **** this. I've had enough of you and your false advertising. Come on mom, let's go to Applebees. Oh, and if you think I'm going to pay for these drinks and these LIMITED breadsticks, you're dead wrong.

I then grabbed my mom's hand and we walked out. One thing's for sure: I'm NEVER going back to the Olive Garden.

It was just terrible. Disgusting. First let me state that part of my disgust was due to culture shock. I'm from the northeast. I live in New York. In a city. The Golden Corral I went to with my family was a rural location in the south. I'm also not a big fan of buffets, but since the group I was with wanted to eat at Golden Corral, I decided to just go with it. Big mistake.

As soon as we got there the parking lot was PACKED. We could not find a place to park. Of course to most people this would make them think "oh this place must be great!" Well for me that's a bad sign. It means it's just another American chain for people with little to no brain activity, midget pallets, sagging man tits and obese blubber bellies.

Forgive my elitist and judgmental attitude, like I said I'm from New York.

But back to the story. As soon as I got out of the car and stepped into the "restaurant" I knew it was a bad idea. Instead of waiting to be seated like a normal restaurant, you had to walk through a line to get your drink as if it were a movie theater, one with the decor of a high school or hospital cafeteria. I must also add that the place was filthy. There was dust resting in the corners of the room and the floor tiles looked like they were taken from a public restroom that had been shutdown for health code violations. Like a previous poster said, the place did smell like feet.

Now the woman who initially greeted me and asked what kind of drink I wanted was very polite, but something was off about her too. She was being polite in a robotic sort of way. As if she had absolutely no motivation to work there, but needed the money and job security for the time being. I suspect she may have been written up in the past after someone complained about her being rude. I don't blame her.
Anyway, after I left the drink counter (what else can I call it?) My family and I went to sit down. The eating area was likewise dirty. As we went to seat ourselves there was actually an employee cleaning up some tables around us. Not sure if that is a good sign or a bad one. I ignored it.

Our "waitress" then came over and greeted us. She looked about as motivated as the worker at the drink counter and proceeded to ask my party if we wanted a baked potato or sweet potato to get us started. She went around my table and individually asked everyone... except me. She looked at me but then immediately looked away and ran off. I didn't even want a potato, but the fact that she blatantly ignored me was enough for me to completely write off this piece of sh*t buffet. Oh, but it gets worse!

At this point I was pissed off to no end and became distant from the rest of my party. I sat there for about 20 minutes allowing everyone else to get their food while I messed around with my phone, completely disgusted by my horrific experience thus far. After a while I decided to give in and just eat. It was more to make peace with the people I was eating with who than to satisfy my hunger, but I was hungry nonetheless and wanted to give the buffet a try.

As soon as I got up to eat, some fat redneck cut in front of me. He apologized but at this point I was ready to punch him in the mouth. As I walked over to grab a plate I noticed how unsanitary the conditions were in the area. Plates were just left in a pile, as was silverware. Forks and knives just thrown into a bin, some mismatched, some placed upside down, some had the side you put your mouth on facing up where anyone had access to it. No organization whatsoever. The first plate I grabbed had food spots all over it. The first fork I grabbed had a chunk of what looked like dried sauce on it. I nearly barfed in my mouth. Ultimately I just chose to use another plate and wipe it off with a napkin.

As I headed over to the buffet the first thing I noticed was not the food, but the people. Je-sus. Christ. This is America? These people were serious rednecks. No, not the beer guzzling country guy with a confederate flag on his truck you're picturing. These were true hillbillies. These were the type of people who live in destitute conditions up in a shotgun shack hanging off of the cliff of a mountain somewhere miles and miles from civilization. The type of people with no running water, no electricity, no access to modern technology save for maybe a rotary telephone and a radio. The type of people who have lacked adequate knowledge of nutrition for GENERATIONS. The type of people who have had absolutely no education, no basic knowledge of hygiene, social skills or anything that will allow them to lead productive lives for that matter. I mean these guys were LITERALLY sitting there drunk with their mouthes open, blank expressions on their faces, long, scraggly beards, thick accents with horrendous grammar, either morbidly obese or scrawny and malnourished, sunburned pale skin, dirty clothes that didn't fit, no manners, no morals, nothing. The women were no better. They came in looking like slaves to their husbands with 5+ kids. I couldn't help but laugh to myself because I'm a scumbag, but it really was sad. I really could not believe that people like this actually existed in the United States in 2013. I'm used to being around gangbangers, yuppies, hipsters and others from urban areas. This was poverty and ignorance that far exceeds that of inner city ghettos. I was sick to my stomach.

Anyway, as I went to get my food I saw that they did have sneeze guards that protected it... if you were over 6 foot 5. I'm sure the little kids, women and short men sneeze and cough all day into the food sitting out.

There were also flies EVERY-F*CKING-WHERE, and they were landing in food! By now all I wanted to do was leave, but I needed to eat and since I was refusing to use their silverware at this point, I grabbed some eggrolls, fried chicken, wings and bread so I could eat with my hands and call it a day.

After fighting through mobs of more hillbillies to get back to my table, I noticed the waitress looking and laughing to her coworkers. I don't know if she was insulting me or other patrons in the buffet area, but this type of abhorrent unprofessionalism should not be tolerated. Now I could see why the woman at the drink counter was acting like someone was poking her ass with a stick. They're just as bad as those who frequent their restaurant. Scum!!

Finally I was able to sit down and eat. The food was, as my title suggests, GARBAGE. The egg rolls tasted frozen and like they were sitting out for hours (probably with flies landing on them). The chicken was overly salty and tough. The only thing I actually enjoyed about this experience was the bread. I had a roll with honey butter spread that was able to stomach. I even stole a couple packs of it on the way out. Overall I have to say Golden Corral easily makes my top 5 worst dining experiences of all time, in fact it may actually be THE worst. If one opens up in your area and you want to try it please take my advice and reconsider. Even reading the yelp reviews, not a single franchise has a rating above 3 stars. This place really is for a certain type of person. Lowbrows. Steer clear.

[swaptrex]

I'll order pasta, get unlimited soup or salad and breadsticks. I'll get some alfredo for free for my breadsticks, I'll have 4-5 bowls of soup, take the untouched pasta to go and let my gf or roomie eat it.

u mad?

u mad u dun goofed? what did corporate say? huhehe

[Blacryan]

Just got off the phone with customer relations ( 1800 331 2729 ), was on hold for 23 minutes, but I got the answer

IT DOES INCLUDE YOUR CHOICE OF SOUP OR SALAD AND BREADSTICKS!

[ExtraPicante]

I literally live across the street from an Olive Garden. Does this **** work for carryout? Would be awesome to pick up dinner every night

[RocknRollMuscle]

big shocker site won't load. too much traffic.

lol.

[bocheltree]

Just got off the phone with customer relations ( 1800 331 2729 ), was on hold for 23 minutes, but I got the answer

IT DOES INCLUDE YOUR CHOICE OF SOUP OR SALAD AND BREADSTICKS!

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttt i did this with full expectations it didn't HOLLA

[Blacryan]

I literally live across the street from an Olive Garden. Does this **** work for carryout? Would be awesome to pick up dinner every night

I don't know, you'd have to call the number I posted above and ask. *BUT* You could go sit down, order it, and then ask for boxes. They said there is no problem taking your left overs home.

[michaelproject]

Just got off the phone with customer relations ( 1800 331 2729 ), was on hold for 23 minutes, but I got the answer

IT DOES INCLUDE YOUR CHOICE OF SOUP OR SALAD AND BREADSTICKS!

That's cool and all but I can imagine all the people eating 3 meals a day here and overloading on carbs for 7 weeks. There is no lean all-protein choice whatsoever.