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The Cheesecake Factory
Category: American (New) [Edit]
Neighborhood: Sherman Oaks15301 Ventura Blvd
Sherman Oaks Galleria
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
(818) 906-0700
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Garage
- 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
- Good for:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
80 reviews for The Cheesecake Factory
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Located inside of the Sherman Oaks Galleria, nice for family dinners and outings. Always loved Cheesecake Factory's mashed potatoes! Yum to perfection. I ordered the combination dish of steak and chicken, just the right amount of portions. Service is attentive and friendly.
I went here on a Saturday night and the wait was approximately 40 minutes so we went down to the Townhouse Kitchen & Bar (couple stores down) to grab a few drinks while waiting for the beeper to go off. This way you can make good use of dead time.
Our food was mostly good, but there was something in the vicinity that smelled of garbage, so I had a hard time throughout the meal. I kept wanting to play a little game of "What's That Smell?," but there was nothing around that should've produced this odor. Maybe someone puked under our table, and it didn't all get mopped up or something. I don't know. I just know that a garbagey-vomitous smell can ruin a meal.
Service was slowwww, and the place wasn't even that busy. I think our server was on opiates, and I'm not joking. He was clearly concentrating really hard every time he came over. He forgot a drink but only had to be reminded once. He mumbled a lot of incoherent stuff, but everything was pretty fulfilled.
I noticed that the asparagus salad (small plate) was a much more generous serving here than the other two Cheesecake Factories I've eaten it. My other food was good. The hubby's items were just okay but not as good as other stores we've visited.
There are other Factories in the area that provide better service and better quality (consistently), and this one doesn't even have a lot to look at. The music was a little loud, and the bathrooms are situated such that everyone in the place knows where you're going (and if you're sitting in the vicinity of the bathroom, expect passing people to stare at you and your food as they pass...).
BTW, I think Erica H's validation situation was a fluke... we were there for a couple of hours and paid nothing with our validated parking slip.
"Try the Red Velvet Cheesecake" a wise person recently told me. Living in SLO of course I had to wait til I came down to the valley, and thus I did for the next couple of days. I was with a friend and cousin and were all craving their complimentary bread basket given in the beginning. Indeed as soon as we got seated moments later our server introduces himself and immedietly asks what we wanted to drink and gives us the heavenly bread. I swear I can eat the pumpernickel (brown bread- not wheat) or chocolate bread as I like to call it. It was frehly baked! omg, to die for. Crazy me coyly asks for a second basket knowing it was a death trap but I didn't care. We started off with appetizers, buffulo blasts and onion rings. A pluses for me. I ordered their herb crusted Salmon dish. While waiting for my food we agreed to each get a slice of a cheescake no matter how full we were. Our dishes came and we dug in, yummy my salmon was fresh, and you can tell as it sat on this lemon flavored sauce. Mashed potatoes were delish and the asparagus were the right consistency. My cousin got the spicy chicken pasta and I took a bite and it was actually spicy, yum! Halfway through my meal I couldn't help but think of my cheesecake that's about to come..
Red Velvet Cheesecake. I love cheesecake, I love red velvet cake..put them together= heaven! It was flat out one of the best, if not the best cheesecake I have ever tried! And of course I took advantage of the other two cheesecakes on the table. 30th anniversary cheesecake and the Godiva chocolate cheesecake! Chocolater lovers, beware as they were both amazing. I swear one of the buttons on my shirt was about to pop open and I literally couldn't move but no, I still kept eating.
If you come to a cheesecake factory please try any of the 3 mentioned above, you won't be dissapointed!
I usually go to the Cheesecake Factory at The Grove. Their food seems tastier for some reason. We had a big party, with decent, not fantastic service. Parking at the end of the business day with 2 hour validation was $17 dollars! I hate to think what the maximum for the day was.
Loved the food. Coffee wasn't the best. definitely would go back for food. Watch out for your calories. One slice of cheesecake can give you approximately 1300 cals.
Based on the circumference of their waistbands, one could reasonably assume that most of the patrons of the Cheesecake Factory choose to eat there solely based upon the size of their portions. The Cheesecake Factory strikes me as the next evolutionary step in a long tradition of restaurants that specialize in gluttony, taking up the mantle of its fore bearers like Sizzler or Hometown Buffet. Now, instead of going to the Hungry Heifer and ordering a "Feeding Frenzy for Two", Norm Peterson would walk into the Cheesecake Factory and order a mountain of food, minus the social stigma.
Sure, everyone takes half of their food home for "tomorrow", but I'd bet that 90% of the leftovers get consumed the moment they get home and escape the judgmental eyes of their friends. At least, that's how I roll. This way, I can still maintain the appearances of a functional member of society, even while I'm secretly gorging myself on enough food to feed a Laotian village.
Try the miso-glazed salmon. It's ridiculously delicious. And don't let your obnoxious foodie friends bust your chops for suggesting a corporate chain restaurant. Just tell them that noted food snob Michael Ruhlman (author of the French Laundry Cookbook) had to concede that the food is pretty good at The Cheesecake Factory.
http://blog.ruhlman.co...
It's worth driving to Sherman Oaks for good Cheesecake Factory food. By far my favorite Cheesecake establishment, and it's all to do with the food. I don't know who the head chef is here, but they have a really great pallet. My favorite delectable items are the lentil soup and Seared Tuna Tataki Salad. The raw fish is always fresh and has just the right amount of sear to it. Excellent!
Admittedly the service has room to improve - the quality of the people are great. This location just tends to get SUPER BUSY. Be prepared to pay extra at the parking structure. Still worth the wait in my opinion because the food is that much better. If I'm going to drop $16 at any Cheesecake Factory for my favorite dish, I'd rather spend my money here for the quality.
This location is so close to my work. Went there yesterday for lunch, and had the best experiance. The food was amazing and good service. Try their santa fe salad and the tex mex rolls. The outside patio is the best next to the fountains and you get to see the rush outside. Remindes me of New York. love the food and of course the best cheescake ever. Teramisu!
okay so lets just say there "BUFFALO BLASTS" are the best thing.
i dont even know how to explain how wonderfull they are.
It's a Cheesecake Factory so you know what to expect especially if you're ordering the Chinese chicken salad right? Wrong, I was served a heaping pile of white crispy rice noodles over a bed of dried greens with slivers of chicken and four Mandarin orange pieces. Extra dressing could not remedy the rice noodle to dry lettuce and minimal chicken ratio, would I like a box to take my pile of rice noodles home?
No thanks.
3 stars for the nice location, good service, and asking if I'd like my iced tea to be regular or passion puke.
Not once, not twice, but THREE times they have given me the wrong parking stub forcing me to have to pay for parking when it should have been free (I swear there is some kind of scam going on here). Also, I have received under cooked chicken on two occasions, one occasion causing my sister to have horrible stomach issues for the rest of the day. I love cheesecake factory, but now avoid this location like the plague. However, it is good for cheesecake takeout, which is the only reason I gave it two stars instead of just one.
OMG I GAINED LIKE 5LBS IN 1 WEEK WHEN I LIVED NEXT DOOR TO THIS PLACE!
Cheesecakes
Tuxedo
banana cream
snickers
Food
Buffalo blast
artichoke
ahi tartare
spicy ahi tempura roll
salmon
portabella sandwich
chicken picatta
chicken madeira
pork chops
chopped salad
Those are my favs
I HATE there MEATLOAF!!!! so nasty!!!
I know why America is obese. Just look at the portions at CF. I'm not complaining though. I come here because I expect to eat one meal and have enough to take home for lunch tomorrow. Whew (I'm rubbing my distended belly.)
Cheesecake Factory has long been a dependable favorite. I have cravings for the sweet brown bread flecked with oat which I can only satisfy there. Today I was especially ravenous and inhaled 3 warm buttered slices. Mmmm so good.
I've had quite a number of items from its extensive menu over my lifetime, and today I was yet again surprised by the new "special menu." I thought I was going to order an oldy but goody, Cajun Jambalaya or the BBQ Chicken Salad, but the Chicken Bellagio pasta ($12.95) tempted me. Thin breaded chicken (so that it had a nice crisp when you bite it) sat atop basil pesto (redundant I know) spaghetti noodles. On top of the 2 large thin chicken patties was a sizable sheet of prosciutto with arugula leaves raining upon them all. Honestly, it was very good. It's not a difficult dish to make by any means, but it was hearty and filling, and the slight bitters complemented the salted meat and the tender chicken. I love the textures you get to experience. Mmmm. And of course, I had leftovers to enjoy the next day.
Since I felt like treating myself, I caved to a slice of cheesecake too. I was torn between the carrot cake (which I've had and is very good) and a cheesecake of sorts (e.g. tiramisu, key lime). I came across a Carrot Cake Cheesecake... and I thought, it's perfectly meant for me! So I gave it a shot. It definitely is carrotcake swirled with cheesecake, cream cheese icing and patted down with almond slice. It was decadent. I liked it but I do think I will have to stick to one or the other going forward.
Now I am home and replete with food, and content knowing I have more of both entree and dessert just waiting for me in the fridge. Cheesecake Factory never disappoints.
Ugh. I hate the Cheesecake Factory.
I hate the long waits. I hate the uninspired, fattening food. The best thing on the menu is the Pasta Divinci, but you really shouldn't eat that unless you want a cream induced heart attack.
Cheesecake factory decided to trim down the 140 page menu to 112 pages and some how decided to get rid of the Veggie Burger.
Let me repeat: They got rid of the VEGGIE BURGER.
W.T.F.
This is LA! How can you not have a f'ing veggie burger?
Let me digress.
Cheesecake Factory is for people who are OK with the idea of consuming thousands of calories before their main course arrives in the form of fried macaroni and cheese balls, followed by 5 pounds of creamy pasta, and capped off by a 3,000 calorie slice of Snickers cheesecake.
I do not subscribe to this, and neither should you.
F this place.
The food here is alright, but not spectacular. It's not the place that I would consciously plan on going to were I hungry.
The portions. Why are they so large? First, they start you off with about four small loaves of bread; no, Fail. First of all it's filling and makes you less hungry, so when you finally get your meal, it's just too huge to consume, and because you've just eaten some bread, it looks even less appetising. The meals are huge anyways. Do American food chains have a co-conspiracy with eachother to fatten the American populace? Perhaps. Now that I have been to the Cheescake factory, my suspicions are more or less confirmed. (You know what I mean...)
Be careful, if you order a salad before your main course, your salad might just end up replacing the main course.
The food in and of itself isn't that bad, but when they ask if you'd like to take the 2/3 of your giant salad home with you, you shrug and really don't care either way.
The menu is gigantic. It's like four different chefs couldn't agree on the menu, so they just decided to include everything they could think of in there. Choices are good, but this is just overwhelming, and when your food is mediocre, you question whether or not they should have so many choices if they can't seem to make many of them taste great.
The cheescake is a lot better than anything though. While investing, you want to diversify your portfolio. However, I believe the Cheescake factory was misguided in their efforts to do so and should downsize and just become a distributor of the fine desert.
I've had varrying experiences with the service here. I can't say much for it though, just like everything else, it's alright.
One bad experience I've had with the food besides portions that Thor could easily eat as a snack was with the Miso Salmon. The first time I had it, I got sick and vomited. The second time I had it I was alright but the taste wasn't as great as last time. Connection? Oh I think so....
Oh yah. The waiting period. I'm not sure why there's such a huge line for this place all the time. I'd rather wait for P.F. Changs to get some Americanized Chinese food then I would here to get mediocre...food. Hey, at least most of the presentations are nice.
Now that they provide the nutritional content of their meals, I go less frequently. Having said that, I always have leftovers since the portions are rather large. The food is always tasty, they have a variety of food like no one else and a good drink menu. I love their brown bread too. Funny enough, I hardly ever order cheesecake, but it is good. Beware, there is usually a long wait on the weekends.
A giant corporate restaurant with the largest menu of unhealthy and indulgent food around--I'm in! I want to hate a place like this, but can't. It's almost like the Costco of dining--there's just so many options! If you want it, they'll most likely have it buried deep within the pages of their incredibly dense menu. Every time I eat here I leave in a self-loathing food coma, then can't wait to go back. They have a great bar, too, so you can leave feeling both self-loathing AND drunk.
I've been to this particular one a few times. Recently, I've been here twice and it kinda sucked.
The first time was good service, decent food, but I went there yesterday and was greatly disappointed.
1. Why does it take 10 minutes to get bread?
2. Why did I get my entre before I even had a beverage to sip on?
3. My friend didn't even get his side salad until he asked for it 2 more times?
The food was OK once it was all brought out.
Maybe they're good on a Tuesday or Wednesday when it's not too busy, but don't try it on a Friday night.
I don't understand why places like The Cheesecake Factory are popular. The food here is so generic and unhealthy. It's like someone went down the isle at Costco and just put one of everything on a plate. Gross! I avoid corporate restaurants like the plague but sometimes you just have no choice. Vegetarians are basically screwed at this restaurant. Unless you are one of those people that think Chevy's is good Mexican food, you probably won't like The Cheesecake Factory.
The boyfriend and I came here on a Friday night and the wait wasn't too bad, 20 minutes at most. We requested first available and were given a table outside on the patio underneath heated lamps. To be honest, the heated lamps didn't really help.
Our waiter was good, nothing out of the extraordinary or too bad, so very average. He didn't bother us with a lot which was nice, and dinner went very smoothly.
Food was good (again, everything about this dining experience was very average), however, I've noticed lately (all) Cheesecake Factory's have been skimping out on pasta sauce and I always have to request for more. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but this has happened the last 4 times I've dined at CF (not particularly this location) - just saying though.
Been here a couple of times and love this location. I pretty much love every Cheesecake Factory but I've had some good before/after movie experiences here. Two dishes I remember vividly were the salad with salmon and the Thai chicken pasta. Had the salmon salad during my pescatarian kick and thoroughly enjoyed its freshness and flavor. The Thai chicken pasta was more recent and really surprised me. The portion was insanely huge and not only that, but everything was so rich and overwhelming (in a good way). Chicken Madiera's always been my favorite but this would have to be my new favorite. So good. The key lime cheesecake is also a favorite. Only thing I am not crazy about is how cramped this place is and how small the bathroom is. The food and service makes up for it though. :)
Despite the fact that this restaurant is a chain, it seems to be a favorite for many cheesecake lovers.
A drink called chocolate monkey, the endive pecan salad, and pumpkin cheesecake made up for my less than perfect fettuccine with sun-dried tomatoes. Our waiter was friendly, and attentive, and it made for a perfect sunday-afternoon lunch with the girls.
It's not the best for a romantic dinner (all of them seem to be too noisy and crowded), but it's a nice place for family or friends to gather.
Sherman Oaks Cheesecake factory is great !! The food is always consistent ! Service is great every time i go. I recommend this location!!!!
Cheesecake factory is up and down. I guess it all boils down to your server. There are some places where you don't really need to care for the waiter, like Claim Jumper. Why? I don't know. But this place, you need to depend on your waiter because of the bread. You need them to fill up your bread when it is depleted and your energy source has vanished in the span of 3 seconds. The pastas are okay, but the orange chicken is great. It is quite Americanized but who cares? It tastes good.
I give it a three star because no matter how bad the food was, you know that the cheesecake will always be there to make you feel better.
The food's fine - nothing spectacular. But tasty. The only thing I dislike is that the restaurant's patrons are PIGS. Real pigs. Somewhat, they feel like leaving a gigantic mess behind them and they dirty the bathrooms are well. I guess this is acceptable wherever they're from. Not cool, people. Let's respect our surroundings. Really.
Watch out, Cheesecake Factory, if you continue letting in dirty people in your joint, El Torito and PF Changs will take all your clientele.
I don't mind Cheesecake Factory, really, I don't. But this one in particular just kills me.
My roommates and I always go to lunch here and always seem to forget our previous experiences... I hate when that happens!
We work in the hospitality industry, so patience and benefit of the doubt are always on the side of our server. I don't know if we just are the forever ill-fated Cheesecake diners, or if their management is really that bad at staffing appropriately- but our service is just awful every time we go here!
They're always on a wait (not a big deal - understandable, and usually a testament to the restaurant)- and I'll give it to them, they don't leave open tables open for too long. BUT- if you're ALWAYS busy- then why are you not, by now, staffing for it??!?!?
Somehow we always end up with a server that has so many tables that they forget we exist-
We ask for water, it never comes
The server offers bread, we say yes, they never bring it.
Our food takes forever
We wait forever for our check.
And- it seems, servers at the Cheesecake Factory either have never heard of muti-tasking, or they simply just refuse to live by the phrase... perhaps they're afraid that if they carry more than one drink at a time, they'll spill something on their all-white getup.
Not to mention- if a guest says they want their strawberry margarita on the rocks-- and yes, I've had it before, and YES- I know what it will taste like... please BELIEVE ME! Why is it necessary for the server, the bartender, AND the manager to stop and inform me that they usually come blended? ... funny- the manager has time for that, but not to check on us otherwise..
All in all- stars for the concept in general (I'm so glad they have gotten rid of their confusing menu with all the ads)...
No star for their ridiculously large menu (too many options confuse people! especially the simple-minded like me!)
Negative stars for this particular location... management- I implore you --- please hire some more staff! Smaller stations! Concentrated service!
Thanks! :)
The Good:
- Avocado Egg Rolls. Much too good to be eaten as an appetizer. They should be given entree status. And maybe some sort of medal or trophy. Because they are winners.
- Alcohol! Lots of drinks. Lots and lots. Pages and pages.
- Vanilla Bean Cheesecake. Yes. Yes, please.
The Bad:
- Obvious. Corporate environment, boring, mediocre food and too much of it, Americans are fat and lazy, yadda yadda yadda, we all know.
- The "bacon dressing" on the BLT salad tastes like tartar sauce someone stored overnight in the gas tank of a car and then transported to the restaurant in a well-worn sneaker.
The Ugly:
- There is a (trademarked!) item on their menu named "Buffalo Blasts".
I want you all to sit and think for a minute. Think of what a repulsive, horrific, grotesque name that is. I can't even imagine what imagery they wanted to conjure with that name, because I am certain it is not the horror-show that my mind has to endure every time I see that phrase.
Note to all restaurants: I don't want to eat ANYTHING that has the word "blast" or "explosion" or "eruption" in it. And God forbid you should pluralize one of those monstrosities as the Factory has done. Those are words that don't belong anywhere near my food. And please don't even get me started on Outback's nightmarish "Chocolate Thunder from Down Under"....
GREAT FOOD!! I would eat there 7 nights a week if I could! Great Food, Huge Menu at reasonable prices. There Bacon Wrapped Dates are the best i've ever had! I've ventured out of my regular menu selections many times and was only disappointed once. I call that a victory. I frequently get David as a lunch server and he's so friendly to us. Have no experience with their breakfast food. I'm curious, though...
What you need to know before eating here! This is from the persepective of someone who currently works there (unless someone from corporate reads this, gets their panties in a wad and makes my life difficult).
Just want to give some useful tips going in that might make your experience better.
1)There is almost always a wait at night, espeically on Friday and Saturdays. Please come prepared. You can always score a seat at the bar with no wait but that only pertains to the bar top itself and the high top tables in the bar (meaning the 5 tables in the middle of the bar that separate the bar from the half booths.) The high top tables will be dirty, so please be patient as it takes time to clean.
2) Some people aren't aware that you can substitute *certain* side dishes on your plate for other items at no additional charge. Make sure you ask before, as one a few items cannot be done or carry a small additional charge.
3) Smoking is no longer allowed on the patio, state law.
4) Speaking of laws, you must have a current United States government issued I.D. to order alcoholic beverages. It's the law people, sorry.
5) If you have a movie to catch, make sure you tell your server as they will do their best to meet that need.
6) Parking is validated but only a receipt can be given as proof you ate there if you left it in the car.
7) During lunch the validation is only 2 hours, meaning after that is up parking cost 1.20 every 15 minutes.
8) There is only one soup per day, don't think they hide others from ya.
9) Water is no longer automatic because of a new California state law. Simply ask.
10) There is no printed kids menu, but there are kids items. Just ask.
And those were 10 things!
I have eaten at many a Cheesecake - from Pasadena, to Brentwood, to Newport Beach. The problem with this location, is not the location, it is the food! I don't know if they do things differently here, or they don't take the time into perfecting the recipies - but there were obvious differences in the taste and consistency of the food.
My boyfriend orders the Pasta da Vinci regularly, and this time - even I noticed the difference in the thickness and color of the sauce, and I don't even order it! I ordered one of their lunch special appetizers - which was a total waste of $6.50. They overloaded the dish with seasoning and dressing, it was pretty nasty. The pasta I ordered was dry and lacked flavor.
I am pretty dissappointed - I have always been satisfied with the quality of food at Cheesecake, however this location needs to get up to snuff in the kitchen. Oh, and the food came out incredibly slow - we arrived around 2pm on a monday so "busy" couldn't have been an excuse. It took almost an hour to get our food, and the appetizer and main course came out at the exact same time- definetly not up to par here.
Left happy, no complaints - get cheesecake! the whole thing. This one of TCF's finer locations, the wait can be hefty if you have a big party. Give me some of that yummy brown grained bread and some butter any day!
My last reviews were because I went on crowded nights and the service just is not as great! Neither is the wait. This time I went on a Sunday evening, my birthday no less.
Our party of four was seated immediately. Our server was friendly and attentive and I couldn't have asked for more.
I ordered the Firecracker Salmon Rolls. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
My drink could have been refilled a little quicker, but I wasn't dying or anything.
Strawberry Shortcake with Candles and singing? Priceless.
Couldn't have asked for more.
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Yummy, Good company, good food and good service. This place is just a nice place to hangout. I had avocado eggroll appetizer things, yum.
Went back and got like 6 pieces of cheesecake, all different kinds for only 3 people, hah, anyway, they all rocked.
Yum.
Ahhh yes... the Cheesecake factory... The food is pretty good and the prices could be a little better but......i would give this place a 6 on a scale to 10. The lighting and decor are EXTREMELY cheap looking and all the servers are like robots (there set on auto pilot). Its very loud and a lot of stuff going on everywhere. The cheesecake is amazing though and they make bomb ass avocado egg rolls (i would urge you to try next time). It also seems that CCF is a hot spot for young teenagers to spend there parents money taking there high school sweet hearts as a fancy time out. I have also come to the conclusion that this is also where every jewish and armenian/persian family's come for family night.... Hmmmm better come on the off hours if your like me and cant stand these crowds of people.
Not a huge fan of this place. They do have some good cheesecakes though. The portions are liberal and I do like the bread you get in the beginning. A good place for a group where you want to play it safe and stick with a chain.
I haven't been to a Cheesecake Factory in a while, so my husband and I decided to eat there with some friends because we can walk there from our home.
Well, now I remembered why I haven't eaten there in a while..long wait for a table. We got there at 6:30 and waited there for about 45 minutes. Once, we sat down, we didn't see a waiter for about 5 minutes. That's okay though because it takes 10 minutes to go through their menu. It's like a book.
We all know the food is just okay and you'll have leftovers to take home for lunch. The Vanilla Bean cheesecake was absolutely delicious, but I couldn't finish that either.
It's a great place to eat with friends and you don't want to spend much money. If you're a big eater and I noticed several of them, then you'll be in heaven.
Be ready to wait for a table unless you get there really early.
Our God Son loves this place and therefore, we brave the experience every birthday.
Even though it is well priced, even though it is saturated with food choices, even though the service is well orchestrated and the staff is contemporary, even though the tables are big and comfortable, I never enjoy the 15 minute wait turning into 45 minutes. I especially don't enjoy the inevidable FOOD BLOAT that accompanies the bill.
But freakishly good Cheesecakes may be the ulitmate cause.
I like the cheesecake factory and im sure everyone has been once already. So ill make this short. Cheesecake factory is good food at a decent price and you wont be leaving hungry. I tend to complain about the service. Especially at Sherman Oaks....I think I have ordered a Turkey Club there possibly as much as 50 times over the past 2 or 3 years and always order it..No Mayo..No Tomato. Not that hard to understand. However more than 50% of the time it doesnt come out right. Very mind boggling. This is a great date place and you wont have to dish out too much money for good quality food. 85/100
This is another one of my favorites, for food and for drinks. I love the brown bread they give you as an appetizer. Skip the butter and ask your server for a side of their ranch dressing and dip it in that! Thats one of the most amazing things I've ever tasted.
I always get the Santa Fe Salad with no chicken and a glass of white wine. The salad is ginormous! I love sitting outside at this particular location because you are right at the edge of the Galleria on Ventura Blvd. It keeps me entertained.
Alright so the wait sucks but that's all because you all got there at the wrong time. You know what they say. Wrong place at the wrong time.
When it's busy I'll park myself by the bar. Nothing like getting my drink on before I stuff myself silly. I'm in no rush to eat unless I'm starving hungry. In this case we'd go some place else, but because we're in no hurry, we wait. They have a huge freakin full bar galore which I love destroying every time I'm here. A billion different martinis, vodkas, rums, etc... I don't know where to begin or end. I'm like a kid in a candy store!
We're finally called to our table and I'm stumped the second I open the menu. I don't know if I want pasta, salad, chicken, seafood, pizza, a sandmich, I have an anxiety attack just trying to decide. I usually close my eyes, flip the menu around and land my finger some place on the menu. If I don't like what my finger chooses, I do it again!
The portions are HUGE might I add. The foods been known to give me food coma a bunch of times. I wind up eating half and saving the rest for later. I've never had a bad meal here.
After eating and drinking ourselves silly we move to dessert. I don't know how I'm able to eat another bite after this. I'm not a big fan of cheesecake but I love the oreo cheesecake. So melt in your mouth good!


