Olive Garden - GURNEE, IL Review

A perfect place to meet friends to catch up. I drove 35 miles north to meet a friend who drove 35 miles south from Wisconsin to the Olive Garden in Gurnie. The staff met us at the door with warm smiles and a clean, neat table for two. Within minutes we had refreshing drinks and menu suggestions.

We both decided on the soup and salad lunch special, which came with wonderfully warm bread sticks and bottomless salad and soup. There were 3 choices for soup, and the soup was piping hot and delicious. We ate and laughed our way through catching up on 10 years passed with little intrusion from our server.

The meal was perfectly timed and our server seemed to anticipate our every need. The surroundings were warm and inviting, and tables were not too close together so that our conversation was private and not distracted by others. Before we knew it 2 hours had pleasantly passed.

In short, we both felt at home. It was bright, and very inviting to "stay a while." The food was great for a reasonable price. I think we will be meeting at Olive Garden from now on.