Gluten Free at Olive Garden

Went downhill so bad, had the worst salad with chicken, salad mostly hard white lettuce, and I ordered mixed greens ,chicken had no seasonings and was bland and tasteless.

You can’t even get a salad here. I would not eat here again unless I wanted to torture myself by watching others eat and to feel nauseous from the smell of gluten lingering in the restaurant. I wish I could give them -1 star. I feel they owe me a star just because they are so not gluten free friendly!

Even if you ask for the noodles to be boiled in new clean water they never do, way too much cross contamination

Asked for salad with no croutons. Came out with croutons. Asked for a new salad and all they did was pick out SOME of the croutons. Was not impressed. Noodles were mealy and gross. Staff is NOT knowledgeable.

ZERO stars! Had a bad reaction to their supposedly gluten free pasta. Perhaps the kitchen made a mistake? Not cool!

It’s good in a pinch but not the best. Menu is very limited but never had a reaction to anything.

GF pasta was amazing. Staff was very knowledgeable.

Do not eat gluten free here! My daughter had regular noodles mixed in with her gf rotini! They apologized and made another but it was to late. We’ll never go back here.

The first time I came here and order gf pasta and they served me regular pasta😡. It was very frustrating because they acted like it wasn’t a big deal. I decided to give them a second try last week and I got very sick after eating here. I would not trust them if you are highly sensitive or celiac.

I ate the grilled chicken parmigiana with meat sauce. It was good. The noodles were not the best but I still enjoyed my meal. Had the salad with no croutons. Bummed there was appetizers or desserts that were GF but a great option for a GF pasta.

I went today with my husband. I knew thye did gluten free but I originally could not see much on the general menu. The waitress eventually found the separate gluten free menu, which made it a lot more clearer as to what my choices were. There were 3 choices of entrees, pasta with 2 choice sauces, marinara and meat sauce, of course they'll give you grated parmesan cheese on top if you want. That was $9.99 for the pasta which included an amazing hearty tasty soup or salad as an appetizer option. The grilled chicken option entree was like $12.49 and the salmon like $15. The only fault I have with the dish was I could immediately tell with how yellow the pasta was that it was most likely made from 100% corn, so the cheapest gluten free pasta available.

Have a gluten free menu and didnt get sick but they overcooked my pasta until it was total mush. Not my first choice

Thebgave my mother regular pasta I stead of gf.

Have gluten free pasta along with gluten free sauces! They made sure the salad had no croutons on it. Overall good experience

This was a terrible experience!!! The waiter went out of his way with my salads and he was fantastic. The problem was the pasta. I did a Nima text on it and it tested positive for gluten. I brought it up to the manager and they offered to bring me another plate. I turned it down as I was scared to eat at this point and they assured me I was wrong and it was gluten free. That’s just not the case.

I have celiac and have never had symptoms from eating there. The selections are limited for gluten free., but are getting better. I met girl friends there for lunch once. They didn't have some of the items I asked for, so I ordered substitutions. The other girls had $5-$6 lunches while I was charged $26!.

I was not impressed by selection and my order came out full of gluten. Then it took an hour to get my food. I was told they would take it off the check which also didn’t happen so by then I was done, paid the whole bill and left. Won’t be returning.

I think we all know better than to expect a safe experience at Olive Garden, but someday you may find yourself there anyway. Here’s what you can expect: the gluten-free menu consists of tuscan soup, salad, and rotini with marinara or meat sauce. Three items. (And if you happen to also be sensitive to dairy, pass on the soup and salad.) Grilled salmon and chicken don’t contain wheat, but are listed as high risk of cross-contamination due to shared grill. Godspeed. Personally I hope to never return.

The staff is friendly, there is a reasonable amount of options and I believe the kitchen is safe.

Used to LOVE this place prior to Celiac diagnosis. It was a CC nightmare here. Definitely had a reaction even after ordering off the gluten free menu. Server said he was familiar with Celiac but seemed offended when I asked for the GF menu. Their GF menu is only available on the little table kiosk, btw. I will not be going back. Too many issues with two visits post Celiac diagnosis.

Update: I went back and got violently ill off of salad and their gf soup. Normally I have a great experience here, but not tonight. I gave it 3 stars cause normally they are wonderful. I was not given my gf noodles. I asked the server to verify they were correct, because they didn't look like my usual (they were a different type) and she assured me they were. I thought they got in new pasta. I get the receipt and she didn't even ring it up gluten free. I called and talked to a manger when I started to get sick. Lots of confusion on his part on what a reaction to gluten is. I got an apology, a promise to educate the server and I get to pick up a gift card. Not worth it for how I feel!

Limited gf selections, and not very good food.

Celiac friendly. They had dedicated GF menu options and celiac safe prep.

Do not eat here. Bad for celiac. Also it’s horrible food. They just don’t even try

They are not trained and they use the same water for gf pasta as reg pasta

Made me and my boyfriend sick, and he's not even celiac! Waiter was friendly and assure me that my meal was safe, and I felt fine until I got home. Never again.

Salad had a crouton in it. They said they use separate equipment for GF pasta.

Got about half way through my GF meal to find a regular piece of spaghetti mixed in my plate. DEFINITELY NOT celiac friendly 😕

Please be warned!!! This app says “Gluten Free Menu.” However, Olive Garden itself does not call the menu “Gluten Free,” but rather “Gluten Friendly” (is cross-contaminated). I did not notice this distinction until after I ordered and eaten some of my food. I have Celiac and got sick. If you are non-Celiac, you probably will be fine.

They have a GF menu. I had Zoupa Tuscano soup and salad. Affordable.

I thought the gf pasta was good. I got the pesto sauce with with grilled chicken, and I thought it was really, and didn’t have any issues.

I would give them zero stars if I could. Would not recommend for celiac. Although our server was knowledgeable, my celiac husband’s grilled chicken Parmesan came out with what looked to be breadcrumbs on top. I tasted them and determined it was bread crumbs. He sent it back and they confirmed it was. Offered to make it again for him. He declined, said he didn’t trust them. Manager came out and offered to personally make it for him. He declined. Didn’t feel safe and getting sick isn’t worth it. What’s odd is that I had the regular grilled chicken Parmesan and mine didn’t have bread crumbs.

Ordered gluten free baked chicken parm, and when I received it, it was topped with bread crumbs. The waitress quickly had it replaced and I don't blame her because it was a kitchen error. The ticket with my order clearly stated that I had an allergy and that the meal was to be gluten free. Not a good experience.

Very few option and tasted horrible

GF pasta. It was gross. Won't go back.

They don’t have a lot of options except some pasta options.

Choice limited. Can't comment on cc

They have some gluten free noodles. Some of the staff know the answers to my questions. I have been sick about half of the times I have eaten there so we don’t go anymore.

We went to Olive Garden and told the waitress that we were gluten-free my wife is a celiac, I eat gluten-free to be on the safe side of no cross-contamination’s. She brought us at our salad with croutons and breadsticks which we of course sent back because we don’t eat it. We ordered the gluten-free rotini with a marinara sauce my wife and I both started to eat our meal and partway through there was a piece of spaghetti in my wife’s meal, regular spaghetti. I asked to speak to the manager to point out the spaghetti and my wife said she was concerned about cross-contamination if there was a piece of spaghetti in her meal she didn’t eat anymore of course, but she also thought did they use the same utensils, which of course would have caused cross contamination. The manager responded by saying that the utensils were in hot water so it kills off any of that, to which my wife says that gluten is a protein in it wouldn’t die off by hot water. Celiacs beware, this place thinks that you can use the same utensils in your noodles whether it’s gluten-free or regular because the utensils would’ve been in hot water, eliminating cross contamination, we all know that’s not true. CELIACS BEWARE!!!!

We had lunch today. There's a separate menu and are server was GF aware. My daughter ordered GF chicken breast and pasta. Unfortunately, she was served regular pasta. She asked the person who delivered the food if the pasta was GF, because it looked the same as her sister's regular pasta. She was told it was GF, but she got violently I'll about 45 minutes later. When I called the restaurant they confirmed that the spaghetti she ate contained gluten, because they do not have GF spaghetti.

Definite gluten reaction with their "gf" pasta and sauce. Big mistake

Called ahead to ask if the accommodate gluten free, rudely was told they do not. So don’t even bother.

Never again!

Everytime I or someone has orders gluten free gluten pasta was found in the dish. I also have talked with the manger before ordering and was assured no gluten would be in my dish and found a gluten noodle in my dish.

I had a good experience eating at Olive garden! They were so helpful getting me gluten free food. The salmon was delicious! And I got broccoli and their salad without croutons. I would go again for sure!

Update: OG eliminated most of the items that used to be marked gluten free. Staff told me they could still make a safe gluten free me even though it’s not listed anymore as gluten free. What a disappointment that OG went from being accommodating to the opposite. No reason was given for the change. Staff was knowledgeable, gluten free menu was on the video screen thingy & clearly marked. Food was good, better on the second visit, nothing to write home about, but I have Celiac and did not get sick, so if I'm in the area, I will eat here again.

Uses same water to cook gluten-containing and gluten free noodles.

They do have a very small gluten free menu but not worth and definitely was contaminated. If you have a sensitivity you may be okay but not celiac friendly.

Waiter was very kind and knowledgeable. And he educated me that the kitchen never changes the water for gluten free noodles. This unfortunately was after I was halfway through my GF rotini and found a shell noodle mixed in. Never again. Major cross contamination issues here. :(

GF menu sucks. They only pulled the obvious items from their normal menu and slopped them into a makeshift gf menu. Obvious items such as salad and meat and about one gf pasta with plain bland tomato sauce. Olive garden is not very accommodating to the gf community. Save your money.