Olive Garden - Wilson

Ain't going to lie, I didn't come looking for anything special. I literally had a taste for pasta and didn't feel like making it or having a huge serving....

I've been to the Olive Garden in Wilson on many occasions. Most recently last night with ten people for my daughter's birthday. The food is always great...

Service was slow, no silverware upon being seated, had to wait to eat our salad until finally flagging down our server. Ordered salmon, barely warm when...

I liked the soup with the potatoes and meat in it. I created my own pasta dish by ordering their shrimp and scallop linguini with a different sauce on it, then adding crushed red pepper. I enjoyed it. I think the sauce was something like 4 cheese marinara... The spaghetti and meat balls were decent. I can't remember what cocktails we ordered or how much we enjoyed them.

This is an updated review. We have now been to this location 3 times. Once for dine in, twice for take out. First, our good: Our dine in experience was great. We were able to get seats right away, our server was enthusiastic, and the food was exactly as expected. Maybe minor, but we saw several tables get their entrees before their soup or salad ... so just be sure to specify if that's important to you. Our second take out was perfect. It was practically arriving at the car before I parked in the to go spot. Everyone is always, always, always very friendly. The order was accurate, everything was great. Our less happy experience from my original review: We enjoy Olive Garden and have gotten into take out service ... convenient to take home. We ordered last night at the Wilson location (2 people and arrived just prior to receiving the text to confirm we were there. We ordered around 715 pm, order didn't end up being ready until around 830+. Ouch! We called, I went in twice. Only explanation is that they system wasn't working. The manager who was on was extremely kind ended up giving us our meal for free, a gift card for $25, and 2 free desserts. I got home ... a 30+ min drive ... and found out that one of the two meals was completely incorrect (Ordered Rigatoni with meat sauce, meatballs; received Bowtie with some kind of spicy red sauce and chicken! . While I absolutely appreciate that things happen, and appreciate the efforts, it really wasn't a great experience for us at this location, especially after working a 12 hr shift and hoping to just pick something up on my way by.