Get Free Access to the Data Below for 10 Ads! Olive Garden says that never-ending truly means never-ending when it comes to its first course options. You and your family will never have to fight over the last breadstick or reach the bottom of your salad bowl.

Each unlimited pasta combo will cost $13.99 and includes as much pasta as you can eat, along with soup or salad and those iconic Olive Garden breadsticks. For an additional $4.99, diners can add one of three Never Ending toppings: meatballs, Italian sausage, or a crispy chicken fritta.

It's a win-win situation all around. Just because these breadsticks are "unlimited," however, doesn't mean that there aren't certain rules that should be followed regarding just how much you get. In fact, the size of your party is what determines how many breadsticks you get.

Olive Garden does have a policy on breadsticks. Typically, a server is supposed to bring one stick per person plus one extra for the first basket. After that, the rule of thumb is one breadstick per person. Here are the sneaky menu tricks that influence your order.

What is a 3-course meal? A 3-course meal is any meal that includes one entrée, one main course, and one dessert. Also referred to as a standard course meal, 3-course meals are considered the starting point for fine dining.

The meal will often culminate with a dessert, either hot or cold, sometimes followed with a final serving of hot or cold fruit and accompanied by a suitable dessert wine.

Italian pasta shapes are coded by their ending: -ini, -elli, -illi or -etti mean “little,” and -oni, or “one,” means “large.” Other suffixes include -otti (“largish”) and -acci (“badly made”). Example: Spaghettini is very thin, spaghetti is the common medium round rod and spaghettoni is thick, round noodles.

Long pasta needs to be completely secure and rolled around the fork. It's the least messy way to eat it. If you break your long pasta in half, you'll have shorter strands that are a pain to be eaten and then you get the people who [shudder] use a knife to eat spaghetti.

Pull out and let the dough warm up 30 minutes before baking. How long do breadsticks last? These breadsticks are best eaten while they are still warm, but they will still be delicious for 2-3 days after baking.

The popular promotion returned last year for the first time since the pandemic with a few changes, the biggest being price. In 2019, the never-ending pasta bowl carried a price tag of $10.99. When it returned, it cost $13.99 (the same price the company is charging this year).

Never Ending Pasta Pass® All other entrees excluded. Each meal is for one person and may not be shared. Dine-in only. Valid at any Olive Garden location in the continental United States Not valid for online or To Go orders.

That's enough for the entire population of the United States to have two servings of salad and two breadsticks each. "We serve almost 9 million breadsticks a day at Olive Garden," said Dave Pickens, president of the Olive Garden. "The key is they've got to be made perfectly."