Olive Garden under 800 calories: 19 plates, ranked

Of the 43 dishes we track at Olive Garden, 19 come to 800 calories or less with the sides and choices they come with — 44%. The most protein in one plate under 800 is the Grilled Chicken Margherita, with pasta fagioli soup, 73 g for 800 calories, and it is the most filling of them by protein and fiber per calorie too. 24 dishes do not fit under 800.

Source: Olive Garden nutrition guide (official), August 31, 2026 edition · Data refreshed September 16, 2026

• 19 plates under 800
• 73g most protein in one plate
• 74g protein in a full meal
• 24 dishes over 800

As of October 2026, 19 of the 43 Olive Garden dishes we track come to 800 calories or less with the choices they come with, and the most protein in a complete Olive Garden meal under 800 is 74 g (A Grilled Chicken Margherita, no soup or salad, and a Cappuccino).

Three complete Olive Garden meals under 800 calories

Under 800, the most-protein meal is built on the Grilled Chicken Margherita (650 cal for the dish alone), which leaves 150 calories for the sides it comes with and a drink. One plate — a dish with a valid pick for each choice it comes with, never the same row twice — and at most one drink: the MinMax app's meal and the best under the cap, drink included. The lightest meal is unchanged from under 600; the others use the extra 200 calories.

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Every Olive Garden plate under 800 calories, ranked by protein

One row per dish, counted once with the best choices that still fit under 800 — by grams of protein, then calories. The median plate under 800 is 760 calories. Figures as Olive Garden published them, rounded to whole numbers (how we check them).

What 800 calories buys at Olive Garden

Going from 600 to 800 calories adds 9 plates: Spaghetti with Meat Sauce & Italian Sausage (Lighter Portion) (720), Cheese Ravioli with Marinara Sauce (750), Herb-Grilled Salmon (760), Eggplant Parmigiana (Lighter Portion) (770), Chicken Parmigiana (Lighter Portion) (780), Five Cheese Ziti al Forno (Lighter Portion) (780), Spaghetti with Meat Sauce (790) and Grilled Chicken Margherita (800) and 1 more. The extra room also changes what 10 plates are counted with: Spaghetti (Create Your Own Pasta) takes marinara and sautéed shrimp, with minestrone soup instead of marinara, with minestrone soup, Angel Hair (Create Your Own Pasta) takes marinara and sautéed shrimp, with minestrone soup instead of marinara, no soup or salad and Bucatini (Create Your Own Pasta) takes marinara and sautéed shrimp, no soup or salad instead of marinara, no soup or salad, and 7 more. Across the 19 plates on this page, the choices a dish comes with add as much as 430 calories. The heaviest plate that still fits is the Grilled Chicken Margherita, with pasta fagioli soup at 800 calories, exactly at the cap.

What doesn't fit under 800

24 of 43 Olive Garden dishes are over 800 calories even with their lightest choices; the lightest of them, the Cheese Ravioli with Meat Sauce, misses by 60 calories at 860. With more room, see Olive Garden under 1,000. Tighter budget: Olive Garden under 600. Closest misses: Cheese Ravioli with Meat Sauce (from 860), Fettuccine Alfredo (Lighter Portion) (from 920), Lasagna Classico (from 940), 6 oz. Sirloin (from 980) and Creamy Mushroom Ravioli (from 980).

More at Olive Garden

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• High-protein Olive Garden plates (12 dishes)
• Olive Garden calorie calculator (build a plate under your cap)

Under 800 calories at other chains

The same cap at 3 other sit-down chains, where a dish is also counted with its sides. The counter chains are ranked on fast food under 500 calories.

• Red Lobster under 800
• TGI Fridays under 800
• Texas Roadhouse under 800