2 min read- Olive Garden’s Buy One, Take One deal runs March 16 through May 3 with prices starting at $14.99.
- Guests get one entrée to eat in the restaurant plus a second chilled entrée to take home.
- The promotion includes classics like Spaghetti with Meat Sauce and Fettuccine Alfredo, along with a new Rigatoni alla Vodka.
Olive Garden is bringing back one of its most popular deals, and this time the chain is tackling one of the biggest customer concerns: rising food prices. Starting March 16 through May 3, Olive Garden’s Buy One, Take One promotion returns with prices starting at $14.99, the same starting price as last year. At a time when menu prices across the restaurant industry continue to climb, holding that number steady is a big deal.
The concept behind the deal is simple. Guests order one entrée to enjoy in the restaurant and receive a second chilled entrée to take home for another meal. The dine-in portion also includes Olive Garden’s famously unlimited soup or salad and a basket of freshly-baked breadsticks.
In other words, it is essentially two pasta dinners for the price of one restaurant visit.
Olive Garden is also introducing something new to the lineup this year: Rigatoni alla Vodka, a new pasta dish featuring rigatoni tossed in a creamy vodka sauce. It joins a list of familiar Olive Garden classics that guests can choose as their dine-in entrée.
The base menu options, starting at $14.99, include the new rigatoni dish, Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, and Four-Cheese Manicotti. Guests can also upgrade to other favorites like Fettuccine Alfredo, Five-Cheese Ziti al Forno, Lasagna Classico, or Chicken Parmigiana for an additional charge.
The take-home portion of the deal includes a smaller selection. Guests can choose a chilled entrée of Fettuccine Alfredo, Five Cheese Ziti al Forno, or Spaghetti with Meat Sauce to reheat later.
The Buy One, Take One deal first gained popularity years ago by offering a simple promise: eat pasta tonight and have another dinner ready for tomorrow. And for anyone who regularly leaves Olive Garden with leftovers anyway, this just makes the plan official.