Various bowls of Olive Garden soups

We Would Never Order This Olive Garden

Soup Again

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By ASPEN OBLEWSKI

Olive Garden signage
Olive Garden has various options if you're craving a good soup. However, per Chowhound's taste test, the pasta e fagioli is one soup you should avoid ordering at this restaurant.
A bowl of pasta e fagioli
While it's an absolutely beautiful dish that looks very chili-like, it fails to deliver on the promise that its appearance makes and falls devastatingly flat in terms of flavor.
Homemade pasta e fagioli
The dish's tasteless beef chunks and dull vegetable pieces are disappointing upon first bite, and they provide no structure
for the dip of a breadstick.
Olive Garden restaurant front
Pasta e fagioli disappoints
even in terms of the dipping experience, as it is a thick soup with broth that is incompatible with loyal breadstick dippers.