Olive Garden Is Bringing Back Its $100 Unlimited Pasta Pa…

Olive Garden is reviving its popular Never-Ending Pasta Bowl starting August 31, allowing diners unlimited refills of select pastas, sauces, breadsticks, and a choice of soup or salad. To celebrate, they are also reintroducing the Never-Ending Pasta Pass for $100, which provides unlimited access to the Pasta Bowl for 13 weeks, plus a week of early access. Only 10,000 Pasta Passes will be sold beginning July 16 at 2 p.m. ET. The promotion includes a new sauce, Spicy Alfredo, and a new protein, Crispy Shrimp Fritta, with the standard price for the Pasta Bowl set at $14.99 per person, slightly higher than previous years. The offer runs until November 22, with early access available for EClub members starting August 24.

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Pasta lovers, listen up: Olive Garden's iconic Never-Ending Pasta Bowl is coming back on August 31. The menu item offers diners unlimited refills of select pastas, sauces, endless breadsticks, and their choice of soup or salad. Introduced in 1995, it's been one of the best restaurant deals in America for decades.

To celebrate the occasion, Olive Garden is finally addressing one of its customers' most common requests. After a six(!)-year hiatus, the chain is also reviving its iconic Never-Ending Pasta Pass.

Olive Garden Never Ending Pasta Pass for 2026 held in a hand with pasta dishes in the background

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For the uninitiated, here's how it works: For $100, plus tax, the pass grants unlimited access to the Never-Ending Pasta Bowl for 13 weeks. That includes the entire duration of the promotion along with a full week of early access before it opens up to the non-pass-holding public.

Passholders have three months to enjoy up to 120 possible combinations of pastas, sauces, and proteins (not to mention the unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks). And if you take full advantage of the Pasta Pass and eat at Olive Garden for all 90 days, that breaks down to a little over a dollar per meal.

There is, however, a catch: only 10,000 Pasta Passes are available. Olive Garden fans can purchase them starting July 16 at 2 p.m. ET at pastapass.com. And if you want to maximize your chances of snagging one, we suggest setting an alarm. Pasta Passes have historically been claimed within minutes.

Aside from the return of the Pasta Pass, this year's Never-Ending Pasta Bowl menu looks a little different, too. Olive Garden is adding Spicy Alfredo to its sauce list and Crispy Shrimp Fritta as an add-on protein option.

If you're not one of the lucky few to pick up a Pasta Pass, you can still enjoy the promotion starting at $14.99 per person. Olive Garden fans may notice that this is a dollar more than it has been for the past four years. Still, let's face it: $15 for unlimited pasta is still a good deal, especially in 2026.

The Never-Ending Pasta Bowl is available from August 31 to November 22. (But if you can't wait that long, you can join Olive Garden's free EClub to get early access on August 24.)

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