Olive Garden Hours: Open & Close Times, Holiday & Sunday Hours by Location
The seven Olive Garden restaurant pages we read on November 1, 2026 all posted the same week: 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM from Sunday to Thursday and 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM on Friday and Saturday. The company's own FAQ still says hours may vary by location, so treat this as the common pattern rather than a promise. Olive Garden restaurants are closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Why Olive Garden Hours Vary by Restaurant
Because Olive Garden operates through independently managed franchises and diverse retail footprints (such as standalone drive-thrus, shopping mall units, and travel plazas), there is no single national schedule. Operating windows, breakfast cutoffs, and lobby access times differ noticeably between locations.
Based on 7 Olive Garden restaurant pages in 7 states and the olivegarden.com FAQ, read on 2026-11-01.
Typical Olive Garden Hours at a Glance
| Operating Factor | Typical Policy & Schedule Tendency |
|---|---|
| Typical Weekday Window | 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM Sunday to Thursday at the seven restaurants we read; lunch menu until 3 PM Monday to Friday |
| Typical Weekend Schedule | 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM on Friday and Saturday at the same restaurants, with the dinner menu all day Saturday and Sunday |
| Service Counter / Channel | Drive-thru lanes typically open earlier and remain open 1–3 hours later than inside dining lobbies |
| Holiday Observance | Most locations closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day |
| Where to Confirm | Direct Search on Olive Garden Official Locator |
Olive Garden Hours Today: What Restaurant Pages Show
Each restaurant at olivegarden.com has its own page with a row of day tabs from Sunday to Saturday, and the hours change when you click a tab. We clicked through seven of them across seven states on November 1, 2026.
| Restaurant | Sunday – Thursday | Friday – Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Tucson Mall, Tucson, AZ | 11 AM – 10 PM | 11 AM – 11 PM |
| Mesquite, TX | 11 AM – 10 PM | 11 AM – 11 PM |
| Vestal, NY | 11 AM – 10 PM | 11 AM – 11 PM |
| East Kissimmee, FL | 11 AM – 10 PM | 11 AM – 11 PM |
| South Reynolds Road, Toledo, OH | 11 AM – 10 PM | 11 AM – 11 PM |
| Puente Hills Mall, City of Industry, CA | 11 AM – 10 PM | 11 AM – 11 PM |
| Vancouver Mall, Vancouver, WA | 11 AM – 10 PM | 11 AM – 11 PM |
That is a small sample next to a chain with a very long location list, but the match was exact: no restaurant opened late, closed early or skipped a day. Three of them are named for malls, and their schedules matched the others.
What Time Does Olive Garden Close?
Ten o'clock is the closing time Sunday through Thursday, and eleven o'clock is the closing time on Friday and Saturday. The final hour is when services start shutting off, as the next paragraph explains.
Several services stop before the doors lock. On the pages that listed them (Tucson and Mesquite), online ordering ended 20 minutes before closing, which is 9:40 PM on a Sunday to Thursday and 10:40 PM on a Friday or Saturday. Plan a to-go order for the early evening and you will not hit that cut-off.
Olive Garden Sunday and Weekend Hours
Sunday is a full-length day at every restaurant we read: the doors opened at 11:00 AM and closed at 10:00 PM, the same as Monday. The extra hour comes on Friday and Saturday, when all seven restaurants stayed open until 11:00 PM.
- Saturday: 11 AM to 11 PM, and the dinner menu is served from the moment the doors open.
- Sunday: 11 AM to 10 PM, also with the dinner menu all day.
- Friday: 11 AM to 11 PM, with the lunch menu available until 3 PM before dinner begins.
The company's FAQ describes the weekend menu practice directly: it serves the dinner menu all day on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. A guest who arrives at 11:30 AM on a Sunday will not see the lunch-priced plates that a Tuesday visitor would.
The Tucson restaurant also showed a waitlist that took names only between 11:00 AM and 9:30 PM on a Sunday, so the line closes half an hour before the 10 PM close.
Olive Garden Lunch Hours and When Dinner Starts
Olive Garden's FAQ says lunch is served Monday through Friday until 3 PM. On the Tucson and Mesquite pages the schedule was split the same way: lunch from 11 AM to 3 PM and dinner from 3 PM until closing on weekdays, with Saturday and Sunday shown as dinner all day.
| Day | Menu period | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Monday – Friday | Lunch | 11 AM – 3 PM |
| Monday – Friday | Dinner | 3 PM – close |
| Saturday and Sunday | Dinner | 11 AM – close |
The FAQ adds that regional variations exist, so a restaurant in another part of the country could shift the 3 PM handoff. The page for your restaurant is the quickest way to see its own split.
Is Olive Garden Open on Thanksgiving and Christmas?
No. The official holiday answer on olivegarden.com says restaurants are closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day so team members can be with family and friends. In 2026 that means Thursday, November 26 and Friday, December 25.
The FAQ also notes that holiday hours in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam and international locations may differ, so the two-day closure applies to the rest of the US restaurant system.
Olive Garden Hours on Easter, New Year's and Other Holidays
Olive Garden publishes no schedule for any holiday besides Thanksgiving and Christmas, and none of the restaurant pages we read carried a holiday banner. Our holiday table therefore says to check your restaurant for New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day and Black Friday.
One thing is stated plainly: the dinner menu runs all day on holidays, in the same way it does on Saturdays and Sundays. If a restaurant is open on a holiday, expect the dinner menu from opening time.
Olive Garden Online Ordering, Catering and Waitlist Cut-Off Times
A restaurant page lists more than its dining-room hours. The Tucson and Mesquite pages showed separate windows for online ordering, catering pickup and catering delivery, and each one ends earlier than the restaurant does.
| Service | Ends | If closing is 10 PM | If closing is 11 PM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online ordering | 20 minutes before close | 9:40 PM | 10:40 PM |
| Catering pickup | 20 minutes before close | 9:40 PM | 10:40 PM |
| Catering delivery | 1 hour before close | 9:00 PM | 10:00 PM |
| Waitlist (Tucson, Sunday) | 30 minutes before close | 9:30 PM | not shown |
The pages also listed amenities for each restaurant: call-ahead waiting, free Wi-Fi, car-side pickup, online ordering and delivery. Whether your restaurant offers a given amenity is shown on its own page.
Do All Olive Garden Restaurants Keep the Same Hours?
Inside the continental United States, the restaurants we read behaved like one system: the same 11 AM opening, the same 10 PM and 11 PM closings, the same lunch cut-off. That uniformity is a pattern in our sample, not a guarantee, and the company's own wording is careful. Its FAQ states that hours may vary by location and that there are some regional variations.
Outside the mainland the wording is firmer. Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam and international restaurants are singled out in the holiday answer as places where holiday hours may differ, and the FAQ points international franchise inquiries to a separate franchising page. If you are visiting any of those places, do not borrow the mainland schedule from this page.
Olive Garden Near Me: How to Check If Yours Is Open Now
Olive Garden's location sitemap lists 957 restaurant pages under 53 state and province codes, which shows how many dining rooms a single national schedule would have to cover. The web page for each restaurant loads its hours with JavaScript, so a blank section usually just means it is still loading.
- Open the restaurant page for your city and read today's line first.
- Click the day you plan to visit to see its own open and close times.
- Look for the lunch and dinner split if you are going on a weekday.
- Call the restaurant before a holiday, especially the day before Thanksgiving or Christmas Eve.
- For a question the page cannot answer, Olive Garden's guest relations line is (800) 331-2729.
Frequently Asked Questions About Olive Garden Hours
Answers to the most common customer questions regarding operating schedules, holiday policies, and weekend hours.
All seven restaurants we read opened at 11:00 AM every day of the week. Check your own restaurant page because the company says hours may vary by location.