Olive Garden Never Ending Pasta Bowl 2026: Price, Dates and How It Works

Prices last updated: October 28, 2026

Olive Garden’s Never Ending Pasta Bowl is back for 2026. From Aug. 31 through Nov. 22, 2026, participating U.S. restaurants offer unlimited pasta, sauce, soup or salad and breadsticks starting at $14.99. Here is how it works, what you can choose and how to get the most value from it.

Never Ending Pasta Bowl 2026 at a glance

Pasta, sauce and topping choices

• Pastas: fettuccine, spaghetti, angel hair and rigatoni (gluten-free rotini on request).
• Sauces: new limited-time Spicy Alfredo, Alfredo, Meat Sauce, Five Cheese Marinara, Traditional Marinara and Creamy Mushroom.
• Toppings: new Crispy Shrimp Fritta, Crispy Chicken Fritta, Meatballs and Italian Sausage.

With four pastas, six sauces and four toppings (or none), there are up to 120 combinations.

Prices and calories of the components

Typical U.S. prices, last checked October 28, 2026. Prices vary by location. How we check prices.

Pasta and sauce choices with calories are on our Create Your Own Pasta page. A first bowl of fettuccine alfredo is about 1,220 calories; spaghetti with marinara is about 490.

Is the Never Ending Pasta Bowl worth it?

At $14.99 it costs about $1.50 less than a regular Fettuccine Alfredo, and refills are unlimited. Even if you only eat one bowl, you save money and get to try sauces like Spicy Alfredo. If you add a topping, the total of about $19.98 is similar to a Chicken Alfredo, but with unlimited refills and the freedom to switch toppings each round.

Tips to get the most out of it

• Start with a light sauce like marinara, then try a cream sauce in round two.
• Pay for a topping once, then switch between toppings on each refill.
• Ask for your final bowl To Go; most restaurants let you take home one last serving.
• Go at off-peak times, such as mid-afternoon on weekdays, for faster refills.

What about the Never Ending Pasta Pass?

Olive Garden also sold a limited run of 10,000 Never Ending Pasta Passes for $100 plus tax, giving unlimited dine-in Never Ending Pasta Bowls for the 13-week promotion. The 2026 passes sold out quickly and are no longer available.

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