Olive Garden is bringing back its Never-Ending Pasta Pass after a six-year hiatus, offering select diners the opportunity to enjoy as many helpings of pasta, sauce and protein toppings as they can fork into their faces — along with endless soup or salad and breadsticks — for 13 straight weeks.
“Bringing it back felt like the right way to recognize the loyalty of so many guests who have kept it top of mind all these years, while celebrating what they love most about Olive Garden — abundance and incredible value — all wrapped into one experience,” Jaime Bunker, an Olive Garden marketing executive, explained of the Pasta Pass’ return.
What happened to the passes?
Olive Garden last offered its Never-Ending Pasta Pass in 2019. But the pandemic forced the company to “streamline” its operations and drop any “never-ending” deals, according to an Olive Garden spokesperson. The restaurant eventually brought back its long-standing Never-Ending Pasta Bowl promotion in 2022 (offering as much pasta as guests could eat in one sitting, for a fixed price), but the Pasta Passes themselves were unavailable for purchase until this week.
A representative for Olive Garden said the promotion returned, in part, because fans had “continued asking about [the passes]” for years.
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How to get one
Just like in previous promotions, the available Pasta Passes for 2026 are limited, and it’s likely they’ll sell out in only minutes: This year, Olive Garden is selling only 10,000 of the passes — a drastic drop from the 24,000 passes the restaurant had offered in 2019, or the 23,000 sold in 2018.
For a chance to buy one, fans are being instructed to visit PastaPass.com on Thursday, July 16 at 2 p.m. ET, and click the “buy now” button. (An “all claimed” icon will appear when the passes sell out, according to Olive Garden.)
If successful, guests will have eight minutes to enter their information and finalize their purchase. Each pass is priced at $100, plus tax.
Olive Garden will then provide a personalized physical Pasta Pass to eligible guests through the mail.hasers through the mail.
What’s included?
Pasta Passholders will be entitled to unlimited pasta for the duration of the promotional period, which runs from Aug. 31, 2026, to Nov. 22, 2026. A guest with a Pasta Pass can visit as many times as they like, even multiple times per day, to redeem benefits.
Passholders can choose from an array of pastas, sauces and protein toppings (along with the aforementioned soup or salad and breadsticks), including two new options for 2026.
The full Pasta Pass menu includes:
- Pastas: Fettuccine, Spaghetti, Angel Hair, Rigatoni
- Homemade Sauces: Alfredo, Meat Sauce, Five Cheese Marinara, Traditional Marinara, Creamy Mushroom or the new Spicy Alfredo
- Endless protein toppings: Crispy Chicken Fritta, Meatballs, Italian Sausage, or the new Crispy Shrimp Fritta
No other Olive Garden dishes are included in the Never-Ending Pasta Pass promotion. Guests must also dine-in to redeem their Pasta Pass benefits at participating locations in the continental United States.
Never-Ending Pasta Bowl
Fans who fail to secure a Pasta Pass can still enjoy unlimited Olive Garden fare via the Never-Ending Pasta Bowl promotion, also offered from Aug. 31, 2026, through Nov. 22, 2026. (Members of Olive Garden’s eClub, as well as anyone who purchases a Pasta Pass, can get early access to the Never-Ending Pasta Bowls starting Aug. 24, 2026.) Prices for the Never-Ending Pasta Bowls start at $14.99 per visit, according to Olive Garden.
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