Olive Garden Italian Kitchen is a family-friendly restaurant chain with more than 800 locations in the U.S. There is currently no ongoing discount offered for military personnel, but Olive Garden has advertised special promotional offers to active duty, veterans, and retirees in the past and individual locations may offer active duty or veteran military members discounts.
You will need to ask at your nearest location to find out if a discount is available.
Olive Garden Veterans Day Discount
For 2023, Olive Garden will offer a free entree from their special Veterans Day menu for all dine-in veteran and active-duty members on November 11, 2023. Take-out orders are not included and this offer does not include family members or friends of veterans.
The Veterans Day menu includes five of the Olive Garden’s most popular dishes:
- Never-ending soup, salad and breadsticks
- Cheese ravioli
- Spaghetti and meatballs
- Fettuccine Alfredo
- Chicken parmigiana
When you head to your local Olive Garden to enjoy your free meal, don’t forget to bring proof that you’re a veteran or a current member of the U.S. Armed Forces. You’ll need to provide one of the following:
- Military identification card
- Veterans identification card
- DD 214
- State-issued identification card or driver’s license with veteran’s designation
- Membership card from a veterans service organization
- A citation or commendation that includes your name or a photograph of yourself in uniform.
Other Discounts at Olive Garden
You can subscribe to the Olive Garden eClub newsletter and receive a free dessert or appetizer.
Olive Garden guests can receive a complimentary dessert on their birthday. Check with your server for details.
Olive Garden Italian Kitchen is also a proud partner of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership, committed to hiring and employing military spouses across the country.