Olive Garden sent the individual who shared the TikTok a $100 gift card and made a public statement on social media saying they "were concerned" about what the customer experienced.

TikTok / @fartbubble69420 This comes just after Olive Garden’s parent company Darden Restaurants began to see its stock rebound from a weak summer, likely due to an inflation-inspired price hike.

Pete Wells dishes on life as NY Times restaurant critic Olive Garden's menu of pastas and endless breadsticks failed to keep customers coming back this summer, with sales wilting at the Italian ...

Darden Restaurants, the chain’s parent company, is cautious about hiking prices. It only raised Olive Garden’s prices by about 2% last year, which is lower than the rate of inflation.

Olive Garden is adding more lower-priced options in the coming months and isn't planning any additional price increases, executives said on the call. Darden's stock is up nearly 20% for the year.

Steven John Since I hadn't been to an Olive Garden location in nearly 20 years, my son and I decided to order four different "create your own" pasta dishes to get a feel for the chain's offerings.