Where Olive Garden Coupons Come From
Olive Garden distributes offers through its own channels only: the eClub email list, the Olive Garden app and occasional mailers to households near a restaurant. Offers are coded coupons with an expiry date, redeemed by showing the email or app screen to the server. Third party coupon sites that promise a percentage off the whole bill are reposting expired or invented codes; the restaurant will not honor them.
eClub Welcome and Birthday Offers
The eClub sign up on olivegarden.com is free and sends a welcome offer, historically a free appetizer or dessert with the purchase of two entrées, followed by a birthday reward each year. Offers arrive a week or two before your birthday and expire within a month. Every adult in the household can register separately.
App Offers
The Olive Garden app shows any active offer on its home screen and applies it to online orders at checkout. The app also unlocks order ahead, the wait list and saved favorites, so it is worth installing even without an offer running.
Gift Card Bonus Promotions
Around the holidays Olive Garden usually runs a bonus card promotion: buy a gift card of a set value and receive a bonus card to use in the new year. Bonus cards carry their own expiry and blackout dates. The gift card page explains balance checks and terms.
Deals That Beat Any Coupon
- The weekday lunch special at $10.49, unlimited.
- The $6 take home entrée with any entrée, the largest saving on the menu.
- Lunch sized favorites at about a third off dinner prices.
- Family bundles from $64.49 for four to six.
- The free unlimited soup, salad and breadsticks with every dine in entrée.
Coupons to Avoid
Printable coupons for 20 to 50 percent off, social media posts offering a free meal for sharing, and any offer that asks for a survey or card details are not from Olive Garden. The restaurant honors only eClub and app offers with a valid code.
Quick Summary
- Join the eClub for the welcome offer and a birthday reward.
- Use the app for active offers and order ahead.
- Watch for gift card bonus promotions before the holidays.
- The lunch special, $6 take home entrée and family bundles save more than any coupon.