Olive Garden brings back its iconic value meal, Never Ending Pasta Bowl

While many people enjoy the salad and breadsticks with their Olive Garden meal, a fan favorite special menu promotion has returned. Never Ending Pasta Bowl is back, and the tremendous amount of food is worth every dollar spent.

When the Never Ending Pasta Bowl returned in 2022, pasta lovers rejoiced. The uber population menu promotion has been an Olive Garden signature. While there are other favorite menu items, guests appreciate the money spent versus the heaping bowls of pasta enjoyed.

This year’s promotion begins on Monday, August 26 and runs through November 17. Priced at just $13.99, the special offering is clearly the winner in the current value wars. Dollar cost averaging for this promotion benefits the consumer versus the restaurant.

According to Olive Garden, guests can choose from 80 different combinations of pasta, sauces and protein toppings. If a guest would like to have endless crispy chicken fritta, meatballs, or sausage, there is an additional $4.99 charge. Endless salad, soup, and breadsticks are included with the promotional offer.

For those starting to plan their perfect pasta meal progression, this year’s food offerings include:

Pastas: Fettuccine, Spaghetti, Rigatoni, and Angel Hair 

Sauces: Made-from-scratch Creamy Mushroom (vegetarian), Traditional Marinara (vegan), Five Cheese Marinara (vegetarian), Traditional Meat Sauce, and Alfredo (vegetarian)

Toppings: Meatballs, Italian Sausage, and Crispy Chicken Fritta

While everyone will have their favorite choice or combination, this menu promotion makes it fun to try something new. Maybe it will be the second pasta bowl ordered, but it is worth stepping out of a comfort zone. Now is time to try Creamy Mushroom rigatoni with some Italian Sausage or it might be time to master the fettuccine twirl with the Five Cheese Marinara.

Also, this year could be the time where the Never Ending Pasta Bowl everyone talking on social media. Given that other casual restaurants have made a big impression with their customizable appetizer, could the pasta bowl be next? Better get that menu hack ready.

Lastly, the $13.99 price is the same as the 2022 cost. Given all the talk about food inflation, it is good to see that Olive Garden wants people to appreciate they are being cost conscious with the new promotion.

Ready to count down the days till the Never Ending Pasta Bowl? August 26 will be here sooner than you realize.