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Cheesecake Factory the
Rating Details »
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
9 reviews for Cheesecake Factory the
We always come and have a late dinner at the Cheesecake Factory after shopping the whole day at Sawgrass Mills.
There is no Cheesecake Factory up where I live, so it is always a treat coming here.
The portions are huge!! The first time we order this Ceasar Salad to share... I was full after eating that mountain of lettuce!
The Angus beef burger and the pasta are the dishes we usually orders.
We never has a chance to taste any of the cheesecake! Always so stuffed after the main course...
I don't mind coming here because the service which can be a little impersonal but is always attentative. And the food is ok.. not great, but is ok.. and after walking around the whole day I just feel like sitting down and just get some rest and it is convenient..
BTW, they send me a $10 gift card last time from doing a customer survey online.. so I might just use that to get a cheesecake to go as a late night snack.. ;)
Huge, loud, always busy with slow service, and mediocre food. Is it really worth it?
Every time I come to this place to eat, there's a line and a wait. The food is okay, but is it worth the crowded tables, the fact you have to yell at your neighboring diner to have a conversation, or the mind boggling book for a menu? I'm one that prefers to have a restaurant has a specialty region of a cuisine or two. Cheesecake apparently has everything under the sun and it get's absolutely confusing? You have to go there and make sure you have a preference or your brain with be playing ping pong with which dish you should order.
Everything I've had here is just plain okay. Nothing extravagant or to die for. I have a few people that love the huge burrito, and my father was extremely impressed with a lunch miso salmon. Me....I don't even remember exactly what I've eaten here other than a simple salad dish, and a chicken dish that was unremarkable. The free bread is delish though, so I guess I could just go there for the bread, the water and some cheesecake :P
I think the only thing worth getting here would of course be their cheesecakes! That way you don't even have to stay in the obnoxious dining room, but you will still have to put up with the lines, waits, and pure insanity of the front entrance.
This has to be one of my restaurants in the whole entire UNIVERSE! lol
The food is delish, the service is right on, the cheesecakes knock your socks off and the drinks hit the spot!!
The entrees feed well over 2 people and you will leave with a doggie bag.
You won't regret checking out this place! If you go, lemme know how it goes for you!!
MY PICKS: Factory Meatloaf, Clam Chowder Soup (on Fridays), BLT Salad (2 pple), Crab Wontons and Guacamole Made to Order!!
Come hungry. Leave with a doggy bag. Cheesecake Factory is known for giving you huge portions. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Salads are pretty good, pastas are better but I like the Mahi Mahi with mashed spuds and carrots. I don't know what they do to the carrots but yum. I think they put brown sugar on them or something.
Don't forget desert. The name kinda gives it away. They have cheesecake. All kinds of it. If you like cheesecake you'll find something you like here for sure.
This location is often a zoo with all the people.
Tip: Go on off hours or make a reservation. Also, there are often bar seats available that people overlook when it's busy if you don't mind sitting at the bar.
My favorite restaurant on the planet!!! Place is soo amazing. Food is always excellent, passion fruit iced tea, fried mac n cheez balls!!! Everyone needs to try the Bang Bang Chicken and Shrimp entree, it's the greatest thing ever. There's hardly a wait and if there is who cares???
I don't actually hate the Cheesecake Factory. Depsite the often hellish waits, grotesque portions and mediocre service, when I have eaten at other locations, I haven't minded so much, given that I can get 2-3 meals out of one moderately priced entree, and the food is actually pretty tasty.
This was not the case when my sister hosted a post-baptism brunch here on Sunday. She arranged for a private room for our group of 17 and asked to have a table for the 6 kids and a table for 11 adults. The table was set in somewhat of a U sahpe, if the U had very short arms. It was impossible to see, let alone talk to, half of the people in our party.
We were given one server for our party, and she apparantly did not believe in using a tray, meaning it took her about 4 trips to get everyone their beverages. We were given a limited menu to choose from - ceaser salad and pesto pizza for me and a burger for my husband. The ceaser was so bland. My memory of the CF ceaser was that the dressing was creamy and garlicy. This was basically just oil. The pizza was just okay. My husband's burger was good, but overcooked (medium well when he asked for medium rare).
The serving of the food was a complete cluster-F. My sister ordered a large pizza for the kids as soon as we sat down and asked that it be brought asap. It came 20 minutes later. Another 10 minutes later, the rest of the food started coming out - again without a tray jack and 2 dishes at a time. It was almost 15 minutes between the time the first person was served and the last.
By this time, my sister was fuming and asked to see a manager. She also asked that the cheesecake she had arranged for be brought out immediately as we had already been there almost 2 hours. At this point she was informed they didn't have a record of her ordering one!
Eventually they got one out, and didn't charge us for it. But based on that experience I would never return to this location, and I would not reccomend you host a large group here as they are clearly not equipped to serve a large party appropriately.
Hmmm after much hated disposition to TCF, I decided to give them another chance.
My mother and I came here for an after-church brunch a la my treat. We ordered the crab hash ($12.95) and a lunch portion of the Luau salad ($8.95).
The luau salad was presented very nicely with shredded carrots, mango, romaine lettuce, nuts, and shredded sliced(?!?!) chicken. The chicken was more reminiscent of lunch meat chicken, but the vegetables were fresh and tasty. The dressing was nice but somewhat overdressed for my tastes. The fried wonton skin was nice and crispy but soon became soggy. Overall, the salad was okay, and it was big enough to split between the two of us.
So what happened? The crab hash was a disaster. Couldn't be salvaged. I had ONE tiny piece of crab, the eggs were poached poorly and looked messy, the potatoes were overcooked and oversalted. And surprisingly, the presentation was awful and looked worse than a fast-food diner. It could have used some fresh herbs! For $12.95, this was worth maybe $3 to me. Extremely disappointing!
The service was pretty average. Our server was nice because they ran out of the oat bread and he brought us out extra bread in the end. Note that cheap bread cannot make me change my mind about that disgusting crab hash!
So OVERRATED! Long waits, mediocre food, and middling service. Why do people so love this place? Is it really all about the monster portions? I really don't get it. Yes, I'm using this same review for the Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Sawgrass Mills, and Coconut Grove locations. They are all the same.
I like the cheesecake factory, not because of the cheesecake (frankly I think I make them better and I have to watch the waistline) but because I know what to get. I don't mind the wait, because it is one of the busiest malls in the country and it is a cheescake factory. I don't mind all the dissonance of noise, because I expect it from every large chain restaurant. I don't mind the fair service, that is neither good nor bad, because every table is filled. My husband ordered the baby back ribs here and it was remarkably good. I had the Asian Salad and it was filling and the dressing was above average. I took a bite of the cheesecake my husband ordered (a chocolate raspberry??) and while it was a little dry it was better than most restaurant brought cheescakes. Don't come here for great service, out of this world food, and short waits. Come because you want a filling meal while shoving through the mall on a shopping spree funding from credit card.