Olive Garden

My Rating:★★★☆☆

Olive garden seems to have some inexpensive deals so mom and I decided to try there for lunch. I asked our waitress if there was a allergy menu and she gave me an attitude. I was a bit frustrated at that point and not going to eat. A few minutes later she came back out with a menu said they had just put it out a few days before and gave me the print off of allergies. The waitress brought out the salad and told us that the salad dressing has cheese in it. I would have had no idea that there dressing had milk products. The allergy menu said that I could have the bread sticks. I asked her about the ingredients and they put a butterish type thing on them. She was able to make some bread sticks without anything on them at all. I was also able to order the all you can eat pasta with meat sauce. I got the healthier of the pastas with whole grain pasta. Over all the food was delish! The waitress was good after giving attitude at the beginning and it was nice of her to make me bread sticks without anything on them!

Buca Di Beppo

My Rating:★★★☆☆

I have not been here since I have found out that I was allergic to dairy, and I would always get Alfredo so was a bit hesitant to go. I first went in and asked if there was a allergy menu to our waitress. She came back in a few minutes later said they had nothing like that but I could ask for certain things and she could check. The manager came out and kept telling me that things had egg in it. I kept explaining to him that I was ok with egg, just not milk or anything with milk in it like butter or cheese. He brought up egg again when explaining the noodles. He did not seem to be too sure on things. I found out they put Parmesan cheese in the meat balls, so could not get that. They make the meat sauce a bit different and without milk products of what they told me. If someone is highly allergic to the point of having anaphylactic shock  to something I would be afraid to go there. The manager mentioned a gluten free menu. He also tried to get me to buy the chicken. I ended up going with spaghetti with meat sauce. I brought my own earth balance butter and was able to have bread so I was happy about that. Overall I would give them 3 stars because the food was good, they were kind to me, but overall they had no idea about dairy allergies and did not have any type of list for allergens. The portions are huge and they have a 10$ off 2 meals or 20$ coupon so it is an inexpensive place to eat!
Edit: I got sick after eating this that evening and for lunch the next day either the meat was bad or there was milk in the food I can not be sure of which so I would be careful if going to buca