All of your favorites are just a few clicks away! View our menu online and Order Now for convenient Carside Delivery or come in for our famous never-ending first course of freshly baked breadsticks and your choice of homemade soup or garden fresh salad. Enjoy abundant portions of classic Italian favorites the whole family craves like the Tour of Italy, our irresistible Chicken Parmigiana, or everyone’s favorite Fettuccine Alfredo, made fresh from our kitchen to your table. Gather together with the people you love over a meal worth sharing at Olive Garden. We’re all family here.
Based on 289 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.1 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
721 W Olive Ave, Merced, CA 95348
Phone: (209) 446-5144
Hours
| Friday | 11 AM–11 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–11 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11 AM–10 PM
Holiday hours
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| Tuesday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–10 PM |
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Mireya Rodriguez
Negatives: I’ve attempted to eat here 2x before this time and the wait was literally 1hour and 30 min long! It was that long today as well.. and it was just 2 of us. The parking lot was small and you should give yourself ample time to find parking. I was not offered water & I ordered alcoholic beverages 1st thing. The middle restroom had urine all over the seat. My food was not offered to be boxed up for me or given bread bags for my left over bread like the 2 tables on both sides of me were. I had the 2 plastic boxes and bag lasted on the table for us like any other restaurant. I polietly asked the waitress why the shrimp scampi my friend ordered had such fewer shrimp than the shrimp Alfredo I ordered. She went to ask the cook she said he said the scampi gets 9 shrimp and the Alfredo gets 16. Ok there’s a consistency. I also asked why I did not get water line all the other tables and we were not offered to have our left overs boxed up she said she just was so busy with all the tables and forgot.
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Tishia Atwood
Love everything! Service was top notch, food was delicious, and the atmosphere was relaxing. For a Friday, it wasn’t so overly crowded. They may have been busy, but you can tell how they slowly rotated guest in and out made it delightful. Waitress; Kelly, was on point. Took orders quickly, food was delivered fast, I made a special bar request, Kelly went and double-checked to make sure they could make my drink, and that was a go!!. Bartender Camilla made my drink on point. 100% perfect. I didn’t feel rushed, was able to enjoy my food and drink without pressure for my table. Will be going again. Thank you for the great service.
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Jay- Wai
I don’t travel much, so my opinion as usual is subjective. My experience while eating here was a European styled/San Francisco vibe. That something I haven’t experienced in Merced before. The food was great, tasted different, and the customer service was good as well. Oh and the bread is good too. It’s part of the experience.
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Pelton Farr IV
Literally it’s exactly what you would expect from olive garden. Good food, good service, you just gotta get there early because there are lines. Thankful to have one in merced now.
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Monique N. Torres
I went for my birthday last Monday with a friend and we had Stephanie as a waitress. She was one of the most fast paced and experienced waitresses that I’ve seen. Too the point. That I asked her how long was she in this field because I was impressed. The other waiters and waitresses were very polite and experienced as well. The food was delicious too. They sung me Happy Birthday too. Which, was nice. We’ll be dining here again.
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Ray Alamillo
Merced has no shortage of restaurants. So when we drove past Olive Garden after mass I was surprised at the amount of cars and people waiting outside to be seated. My family and I decided to join. The wait was about 30 minutes or so, not bad, we waited over an hour at Applebee’s a few weeks before. I have learned to take my own utensils to establishments like this. Unfortunately O.G. is no different and the utensils brought to me still had food stuck to the forks. I ordered the shrimp and chicken carbonara today. I was disappointed with the flavor. I was almost done with my food before somebody came to check up on us. I needed a refill of my drink and it came way late. I understand it’s a new restaurant most employees looked like it was there first job. Men’s restroom needed clean up and why only one urinal? We will go back again, but not any time soon.
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CJ Sutherland
I always enjoy going to Olive Garden. It is a known quantity and rarely suffers from their standard. Staff are usually very helpful and friendly. Food is usually quite good. It is a pleasant place to have a meal with a comfortable atmosphere. I will say that this last visit was a little less than best, because our server either was a little too pushy or had a hearing problem. We stated we were only ordering a limited set of items and nothing more (because we’d eaten something elsewhere not that long before), but the server repeatedly asked if we wanted other items. She wasn’t rude and maybe it was just out of reflex/habit, but it felt a little off. Also, the salad is never awesome. It’s much better than many other places (e.g. you never have to worry about black gunk/rotting leaves) but it is basically a fancy iceberg lettuce salad…and the onions are always sliced too large (due to using a machine slicer I presume and not paying attention). Really, my critiques aren’t because they made for a bad experience, just that doing a little bit more, while probably going unnoticed, would avoid the small areas that people might notice.
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Jared Freire (Minimarsh)
Excellent service for a grand opening, friendly staff, and a great atmosphere. One of my mother’s chicken parmesan was too salty and the manager came and brought us an entirely new and perfect one. Hope to continue visiting this place in the near future
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Livingmybestlife Goodtoknowthat
We visited on the 9th of March. We had good food, but the salad had too many onions. The waiter named Raul was great. He knows how to make you feel important. He did his job so well. I loved being there.
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Jennifer Halpin
So umm…we were already full off the salad and breadsticks , but the food was delicious and still tasted delicious the next day (since we boxed most of it up). My son ordered Chicken Alfredo with crispy chicken and broccoli, and I ordered the baked Five Cheese Ziti al Forno. Try it with their iced teas for some sweetness; we had Bellini Peach & Raspberry tea and a Mango Strawberry tea. (If you’re like us and get full off of just the salad and breadsticks, there’s a M-F weekday deal where you can get salad, soup and breadsticks for $9.99.) Buon appetito!
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