Segment Information (Schedule of Segment Reporting) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Nov. 25, 2018	Nov. 26, 2017	Nov. 25, 2018	Nov. 26, 2017
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	$ 1,973.4	$ 1,881.5	$ 4,034.8	$ 3,817.6
Restaurant and marketing expenses	1,644.7	1,574.9	3,331.7	3,163.2
Segment profit	328.7	306.6	703.1	654.4
Depreciation and amortization	82.8	78.8	163.5	154.9
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	2.7	0.0	2.8	(0.8)
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			233.0	197.7
Operating Segments \| Olive Garden
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	998.1	951.6	2,050.1	1,941.4
Restaurant and marketing expenses	813.6	784.0	1,647.4	1,574.7
Segment profit	184.5	167.6	402.7	366.7
Depreciation and amortization	34.7	33.4	68.3	65.5
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	2.4	0.0	2.5	0.0
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			96.3	89.2
Operating Segments \| LongHorn Steakhouse
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	412.6	387.7	842.9	792.1
Restaurant and marketing expenses	346.7	327.2	706.8	668.1
Segment profit	65.9	60.5	136.1	124.0
Depreciation and amortization	16.8	16.4	33.5	32.9
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			38.3	36.4
Operating Segments \| Fine Dining
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	146.7	140.6	276.7	262.8
Restaurant and marketing expenses	117.1	113.5	226.4	216.4
Segment profit	29.6	27.1	50.3	46.4
Depreciation and amortization	8.2	7.8	16.4	15.6
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			17.9	13.3
Operating Segments \| Other Business
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	416.0	401.6	865.1	821.3
Restaurant and marketing expenses	367.3	350.2	751.1	704.0
Segment profit	48.7	51.4	114.0	117.3
Depreciation and amortization	23.1	21.2	45.3	40.9
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			78.7	54.7
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Sales	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Restaurant and marketing expenses	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Segment profit	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Depreciation and amortization	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Impairments and disposal of assets, net	$ 0.0	$ 0.0	0.0	(0.8)
Purchases of land, buildings and equipment			$ 1.8	$ 4.1

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