Olive Garden Kids Menu 2026
Real 3-city prices for all 11 Kids Meals, exactly what’s included (milk, side, under-12 cutoff), gluten-free picks, and whether kids-eat-free is actually real.
The Olive Garden Kids Menu runs $6.99–$10.98 across our three-city research, covering 11 kid-sized entrées. Olive Garden’s own menu descriptions state every Kids Meal includes 1% low-fat milk and a side for children under 12, and does not include soup or salad.
For the regular-size version of the same pasta sauces and proteins, see our complete Olive Garden Menu Prices guide.
Olive Garden Kids Menu Prices
All 11 items on the Olive Garden Kids Menu in our three-city research. Ten of the eleven run a flat $6.99–$7.99; the Kids Grilled Chicken with Rotini Pasta is the one exception, priced higher since it swaps in a grilled chicken breast and a side of grapes or broccoli.
Kids Meals — Full Prices
| Kids Alfredo Sauce with Choice of Pasta (V)Atlanta $6.99 · Dallas $6.99 · New York $7.99 | $6.99-$7.99 |
| Kids Cheese Ravioli (V)Atlanta $6.99 · Dallas $6.99 · New York $7.99 | $6.99-$7.99 |
| Kids Chicken FingersAtlanta $6.99 · Dallas $6.99 · New York $7.99 | $6.99-$7.99 |
| Kids Five Cheese Marinara with Choice of Pasta (V)Atlanta $6.99 · Dallas $6.99 · New York $7.99 | $6.99-$7.99 |
| Kids Grilled Chicken with Rotini Pasta & MarinaraAtlanta $9.28 · Dallas $9.28 · New York $10.98 | $9.28-$10.98 |
| Kids Macaroni & Cheese (V)Atlanta $6.99 · Dallas $6.99 · New York $7.99 | $6.99-$7.99 |
| Kids Meat Sauce with Choice of PastaAtlanta $6.99 · Dallas $6.99 · New York $7.99 | $6.99-$7.99 |
| Kids PizzaAtlanta $6.99 · Dallas $6.99 · New York $7.99 | $6.99-$7.99 |
| Kids Rotini with Marinara (V)Atlanta $6.99 · Dallas $6.99 · New York $7.99 | $6.99-$7.99 |
| Kids Rotini with Meat SauceAtlanta $6.99 · Dallas $6.99 · New York $7.99 | $6.99-$7.99 |
| Kids Tomato Sauce with Choice of Pasta (V)Atlanta $6.99 · Dallas $6.99 · New York $7.99 | $6.99-$7.99 |
Every Kids Meal on this list is priced the same at Atlanta and Dallas in our research, with New York running exactly $1.00 higher on every single item — the most consistent price gap we found anywhere on the Olive Garden menu.
What Comes With an Olive Garden Kids Meal?
Olive Garden’s own menu descriptions are specific and consistent across all 11 Kids Meals: each one includes 1% low-fat milk and a side, for children under 12, and does not include soup or salad. A few items — the Grilled Chicken with Rotini and the plain Rotini with Marinara — specify the side as grapes or broccoli; the rest don’t name the side more specifically in the official description we pulled.
Several Kids Meals are marked (V) for vegetarian by Olive Garden itself: Kids Alfredo, Kids Cheese Ravioli, Kids Five Cheese Marinara, Kids Macaroni & Cheese, and Kids Rotini with Marinara. Two items use gluten-free rotini pasta — see our Nutrition & Calories guide for the full Gluten Sensitive menu.
Is There an Olive Garden Kids Eat Free Deal?
We see this searched often, so we checked directly: Olive Garden’s own official Kids Menu page (olivegarden.com/kids) does not list a “kids eat free” promotion, and we found no current confirmation of one on any other official Olive Garden page. Mentions of “kids eat free at Olive Garden” online appear to be social-media claims and older, unconfirmed posts rather than an active, official offer.
We’re disclosing this rather than guessing: if a kids-eat-free promotion exists at your local restaurant, it would be a franchise-level or limited-time offer, not something confirmed on Olive Garden’s national site as of our research. Confirm directly with your local Olive Garden before planning a visit around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
What age counts as a kid at Olive Garden?
Olive Garden’s own menu descriptions specify that the included milk and side on every Kids Meal are for children under 12.
Does the Olive Garden Kids Menu include a drink?
Yes. Every Kids Meal includes 1% low-fat milk, per Olive Garden’s own menu descriptions. It does not include soup or salad.
How much does the Olive Garden Kids Menu cost?
Based on our three-city research, Kids Meals run $6.99–$10.98, with ten of the eleven items priced at a flat $6.99–$7.99.
Does Olive Garden have a gluten-free kids option?
Yes — the Kids Rotini with Marinara and Kids Rotini with Meat Sauce both use gluten-free rotini pasta, per Olive Garden’s own menu descriptions.
Is Olive Garden kids eat free real?
We couldn’t confirm an official, ongoing kids-eat-free promotion on Olive Garden’s own site as of our research — see our dedicated section above for what we did and didn’t find.
What is the most expensive item on the Olive Garden Kids Menu?
The Kids Grilled Chicken with Rotini Pasta & Marinara ran the highest in our research, at $9.28–$10.98, since it includes a grilled chicken breast and a side of grapes or broccoli rather than the flat $6.99–$7.99 pricing on the rest of the menu.
Our Methodology
Olive Garden Kids Menu prices were captured directly from Olive Garden’s own official Pickup ordering menu at our three research stores — Atlanta, GA (East Point–Camp Creek), Dallas, TX (I-30 and Westmoreland Rd) and New York, NY (Times Square) — on 14 Sep 2026, re-verified 2 Oct 2026.
Inclusions (milk, side, under-12 age cutoff, no soup or salad) and vegetarian/gluten-free tags came directly from Olive Garden’s own menu item descriptions, not a third-party source. We checked Olive Garden’s own official Kids Menu page directly for a kids-eat-free promotion and found none listed, which we’re disclosing rather than assuming either way.
Exact store-level prices were retained rather than averaged. We never estimate, average or invent a price or a promotion we can’t verify against an official source.