Olive Garden Vs. Buca Di Beppo Comparison: Which Is Better?

• Valentine's Day is upon us, and nothing says romance like sharing a plate of spaghetti.
• Olive Garden and Buca di Beppo are two of the most popular chain restaurants serving pasta.
• We ate similar meals at both restaurants to see which is more worth the dough, and we were impressed by Buca di Beppo's kitschy charm and mostly tasty food.
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It's Valentine's Day, and nothing says classic romance like sharing a big plate of pasta.

But not every town is lucky enough to have a red-sauce joint of its own. For many this Friday, that special spaghetti dinner will be shared at their favorite Italian-ish chain restaurant.

Olive Garden and Buca di Beppo are two of America's most popular Italian-American restaurant chains. So for this Valentine's Day, Business Insider sent me and Priscilla Zhu, retail's visual features fellow, out on a carb-filled mission to eat similar meals at both and find out which is better.

Here's which pasta place is more worth your dough.