The Cheesecake Factory

I prefer this location over the plaza location, especially for weekend dinners (the wait is out the door on the plaza then).
I’ve always had a pleasant experience here and the marble interior with high-​ceiling and pillars are a nice touch.
They have their lunch specials every day until 5 p.m.
I will say, the menu reads like a chapter book with ads separating the genres of food they offer. So if you’re indecisive, tell the waiter you’ll need more than a minute. On top of that, they have plenty of awesome dishes to choose from, which doesn’t make the process any easier.
I’ve found that all the pastas, have had them all, are fantastic. My favorite pasta is the Carbonara and Da Vinci.
If you’re feeling adventurous, you can have your dessert before your meal. As you walk into the place, they have their cheesecake bar on the right side, before you’re greeted by their front-​end staff.
My favorite cheesecake they offer, currently have 60+ cheesecake flavors and always adding/​substituting, is the Banana Cheesecake. It’s a cheesecake with a hint of banana flavor with whip cream and fresh bananas cut on top of the cream. So good. If you don’t see your favorite cheesecake on there anymore, you should ask to see if they still offer it.
For the quality of the food and immense choices, the price is very reasonable. I usually spend around $ 55 – 60 for a date night, with big meals, dessert and an occasional appetizer + tip.

When you crave a big salad and in the mood for some great deserts, you can’t go wrong here.

We thought our Manhattan was under poured, but when the bartender said he was pouring the standard glass just because his manager was standing right there, we knew that this location was off our list. He enjoyed speaking to the servers and shouting across the bar more than taking care of his customers (at the time we were the ONLY customers seated at the bar). After a stressful work day, we would not recommend this place!

Being from a small (er) town, I recall my early experiences with Cheesecake Factory being a BIG DEAL. When my wife (then-​girlfriend) moved to Kansas City from the aforementioned village, nearly every big experience was celebrated with a dinner date out to the Cheesecake Factory on the Country Club Plaza in The Big City. We gladly suffered through three-​hour-​and-​thirty-​minute waits on Saturday night, just to be «on the Plaza» and seemingly more awesome than all the pitiful fools we left behind from our misspent (mis-​located?) youth.
The basics haven’t changed in 10 years — nice, clean venues, consistent décor, strong service, enormous menu covering cuisine from all seven continents, and, yes, hunger-​pain-​inducing long waits on the weekends.
My last three visits have all been relatively more of the same, with the exception that each one missed a step in one of the above areas. On the former two occasions, the food quality had seemingly dropped off a tick. For a decade, I would have rated it ⁴⁄₅ stars, but it’s dropped to 3 — 3.5. Still strong, especially considering the breadth of menu options the obviously-​skilled CF chefs have to be able to create, but down a notch. Quantity is still enormous, which is to say just fine.
On my latest visit, I feel we were slighted on the usual above-​average service end of things. Our waitress was a little more in tune to the pompadour-​haired bartender than her waiting duties, both on our table and others’. You may be thinking, «But, M.O., you yourself pointed out just how crazy-​busy the Cheesecake Factory is!» Yes, Unilocal brethren, while this is normally true, on this occasion it was a mid-​winter Thursday evening from 9:00 to 11:00 pm in the bar. We were but one of three spots in the entire bar area taking up space. So few tables to tend to should have meant better-​than-​average service, however we received the opposite.
Nitpicks aside, Cheesecake Factory remains a strong, albeit predictable, choice for a good meal alongside half the metropolitan area.
TIP: Get the cheesecake. Any of them. Obvious, yes, but almost so much so that you might be tempted to eat that entire 14-​pound plate of delicious pasta instead of leaving room for dessert. There’s a reason the dessert name made the façade, folks!
Food = ³⁄₅
Facility = ⁴⁄₅
Service = ²⁄₅
Ambiance = ³⁄₅
Value = ⁴⁄₅

Every time I come to this location I’m always greeted immediately by their super friendly hostesses. The place is always clean and has a very welcoming vibe.
For today’s visit. We weren’t dining in. I was making a quick stop to pickup a 7 inch cheesecake. I didn’t order ahead, but yet they were still super quick and able to accommodate my needs. Love their red velvet cheesecake and regular fresh strawberry cheesecake.

The food was excellent but the proportions are ridiculously huge. I got the lunch size and it was still massive; I can’t imagine what the dinner proportion looks like. It was really cold inside as well, I understand it’s cold outside but when the majority of the guests still have their coats on while eating that’s a little ridiculous. The host was very nice did a great greet and the manager was very nice as well when she cleared some plates from the table. However; the server was not so great. She walked past us several times when we had empty plates and empty drinks. We also needed boxes when we pushed our plates to the edge of the table and she had walked past us again. Didn’t really upsale or recommend anything and we basically had to ask her if we could have dessert and hot tea. I’m a server as well and my review might be a little harsh, but there is definitely room for improvement.

Service here is slow, inattentive, disorganized. The Food is consistent but staff needs a sense of urgency big time. Forget it if you are hoping for a quick lunch.

We had dinner Saturday p.m. and ordered the Chicken Alfredo. My niece ordered Chicken Alfredo off of the kids menu and it was really good but the dish we ordered had no garlic in it. Everyone at the table (7 of us) decided to try both dishes and compare the two. We all concluded that there was clearly no garlic in the watery «grown up» dish. We let our server know but there wasn’t much food left on the plate after everyone decided to sample the meal. We didn’t throw a fit or demand not to pay but after leaving and realizing that the server offered nothing has left me with a very bad reflection of the Cheesecake Factory. We paid $ 20 for a meal that was just simply awful. I find the restaurant to be overpriced and I cannot see myself returning to this business.

Came here for lunch during our most recent visit to the area and were impressed at how fast we were seated, as well as with how often our server came by to check on us. While we initially both ordered burgers, I decided to throw a curveball and order the Fettuccine Alfredo, and the server never missed a beat.
When we received our order — completely pleased. For a cold, gray and just genuinely dreary day my meal hit the spot and warmed me up. My wife was pleased with her burger, but stopped early because she wanted a slice of cheesecake. She has a better beat on her priorities than I do since… duh, «Cheesecake Factory». I decided to slow down from that point as well.
The desserts, of course, you can’t lose with. She had a Chocolate Tuxedo Cream Cheesecake while I had the Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake.
Not the cheapest lunch ever, but you actually get great portion sizes for the dollar. We always seek these places out while on the road, as we don’t have one in Wichita, but yeah. Still coming off the high from the cheesecake almost a week later.

Maybe I don’t understand the big hype about this place?
I was taking my mom to dinner, I had been here once, she had never been. The place is always busy. Let’s face it. Always. This place turns over some insane amount of business. We walked in, and were not at all surprised to find ourselves a 10 – 15 minute wait. No biggie. We were given a little light up thing, and told to wait.
The wait actually was pretty quick before it light up and began vibrating, telling us it was time to sit. We went back to the host stand, they took our light up thing, and then… We waited. They lost our table (?) — they forgot who we were (?) — we waited almost 10 more minutes, before they finally asked «What was the name? It’ll be a 10 – 15 minute wait.» Uh… yea, no. I informed them we had waited, and already turned in our light up thing that should have gotten us a coveted seat at the wonderous Factory a la Cheesecake. They did find a table for us. A table, towards a corner of the restaurant, that sat exactly 2 people, and the table left little room for 2 waters, let alone food or bread. But, it was a table.
The waitress took about 10 minutes to come to us with waters, another 10 to bring the drinks we ordered. and the food. Sigh. Mom ordered an omlette — eggs people. 10 minute cook time, max. I ordered a salad — the tuna tataki salad — RAW… and still, our food took 47 minutes to arrive to our table. I had watched another couple who came in after us, were seated after us, order drinks, an appetizer, their entrees, and 4 slices of cheese cake to go, and they were out. before we even received our food.
The waitress wasn’t necessarily a bad server. She was friendly, and kept a smile on her face, even knowing how frustrated we were with the incredibly long wait, and ticket times. I just don’t understand how a place like this still doesn’t have the kinks worked out to satisfy a busy night? This place is always busy.
On the bright side, the food was delicious — I will just definitely be ordering to-​go from now on.

The food is not that good, I’ll be honest. It’s a waste of money, time, and honestly, raw ingredients. I think they just do it to call themselves a restaurant because you can’t fill a building with cheesecake and hope to get the crowds they do. Having said that, someone somewhere sold either a first born or part or all of their soul to concoct such a cheesecake. It will make you believe in the devil. Don’t try it, or do. I recommend the original straight up, on the rocks. I don’t know what that means, but honestly, their original cheesecake is magnificent. It is better than the definition of what cheesecake should be. It’s about 7 bucks per slice, and honestly worth every cent. All of their other flavors are great, but gimmicky. The original is life changing. Be careful with this much power. Good day.

Absolutely love the Cheesecake Factory. We sat outside to enjoy the fall breeze. I had the Louisiana parmesan crusted chicken pasta. It was fantastic. My boyfriend is extremely picky and he got the gumbo and he loved it.

The worst. Have ate here in the past and it’s always been decent but this last time was bad enough that we won’t be back. They have changed how they do hamburgers and sandwiches by putting them on ridiculously hard loaf bread.
I ordered the factory burger which consisted of a strip of hamburger, a heap of greasy onions and some barely melted cheese all on some bread that puts you in danger of chipping a tooth.
My husband ordered the Cuban (which he has enjoyed in the past) it also was on hard bread with barely any meat.
We both felt the fries tasted like they had been cooked in really old oil.
Waitress came by like once and made no comment about our not remotely finished plates.
Very frustrating to spend that amount of money on food and realize that we probably could have got «better» food at McDonald’s– at least there I’m not in danger of breaking a tooth.

Kitchen is so slow. I waited 45 minutes for my kale and salmon salad. I finally flagged down my waiter and he looked confused. I asked him to pack it up so I could head back to my hotel. Of course no napkins and no plastic fork. The food was good but I was very disappointed with my experience at this location.

It’s a really nice to be if u love cakes especially cheesecakes. It does justice to its name. Lemme first talk about the ambience as it’s the first thing you notice. It’s built over a huge area and it’s Egyptian themed. Very pretty. The staff is well spoken. You will never run out of options as they have a huge menu. But if you are a vegetarian or a vegan better reconsider before going there.
I went there with my husband and we ordered avocado egg rolls for starters. They were really really good. For the main course we had a veggie burger and noodles. Finally ending with a delicious tiramisu cheesecake.

As always, flavorful well presented food. Pear entice salad. Nice combination of flavors that include blue cheese, glazed pecans, viegarette. Great service. And of course the cheesecake.

Not much that I can say that the others haven’t said already. It’s hard to go wrong because they have such an enormous selection of menu items to choose from.
It’s not terribly inexpensive, but the portions are ginormous and they use quality ingredients. I think you get what you pay for here.
Environment is pleasant if not insanely busy but hubby and I did not have trouble having a conversation and we didn’t feel like the table next to us had to listen to it.
If you’re watching your calorie intake, I suggest you go elsewhere. The decadent cheesecake options are hard to say not to and often, each slice hovers around 1,000 calories. Wowza.

This place has always been over priced but when I shared a meal with the wife and still spent over $ 65, I draw the line. We shared the gross Cobb salad, an appetizer, a 6 inch pizza and one slice of cheesecake. Hate to see what we would have spent on this poor quality of food had we ordered separate. Mind you we have several restaurants that we routinely go to where we spend over $ 100 each time, but they offer something that this place doesn’t…quality…Do not order the Cobb salad. I can take blue cheese in moderation, but there is no other flavor to this salad

I just feel like it is hard to go wrong with Cheesecake Factory. There are so many options, your whole party will find something to eat. I’ve never had a bad experience with any of the dishes I have ordered at the Cheesecake Factory.
My family and I made a weekend trip to Kansas City and we came here. We knew we wanted to come here, since we use to live in CA near a few cheesecake factories and then moved to AR with no cheesecake factories. We were really excited to come eat!
WAIT/​PARKING:
We came on a Saturday evening around 6ish. It was really crowded, but we didn’t have too long of a wait fortunately. About 30 minutes.
The restaurant is located in a small shopping center. There is a decent amount of parking, but it is a busy restaurant, so parking can be hard to find. We had to park near Whole Foods, which is in the back of cheesecake — not far.
CUSTOMER SERVICE:
Our waiter gave us great customer service. Very friendly and helpful.
FOOD:
I’ve ordered quite a few dishes at Cheesecake Factory. Lately, I’ve mainly been ordering off of the skinnylicious menu. Can’t beat yummy and healthy! I’ve had several items off of this menu and they have all been delicious and filling. This trip I ordered the Asian Chicken Salad. So yummy, ate it all! It was a large portion too. Which, btw, all of cheesecake factory dishes are good size portions. Usually you will have left overs.
My husband ordered the Italian Sandwich and loved it.
We had our 2 year old daughter with us. At all restaurant locations they bring out a smaller plate of fruit and bread to you if you have a small child. Not sure whicha age is the cut off for that. It is such a nice gesture and I appreciate them taking that extra step to treat the kids good and help the parents out ;).
Then we ordered cheesecake… I mean c’mon, how can you pass it up when dining here! I’ve had a good amount of cheesecakes here and they are all yummy. This time I ordered the Hershey’s Cheesecake — oh my yum! My husband had the Reese’s Peanut Buttercup Chocolate Cheesecake– also very delicious. We had leftovers from our cheesecakes. Very delicious, but both rich that we weren’t able to finish them. However, I finished mine later for my «4^th» meal haha.
Other cheesecakes I love: fresh strawberry, s’more, 30^th anniversary, godiva, raspberry, peanut butter cup fudge, and chocolate mousse. I also love the linda’s fudge cake and lemoncello cream torte.

Food is just ok. I haven’t been too impressed by it.
Cuban bites on the small plate menu tastes like cheeseburger rollups.
Cheesecake is delicious! (but hella pricey — 8 bucks for a slice)
My personal fave is the Lemon Raspberry. Not too sweet and the layer of real cake combined with the cheesecake makes it fluffy and dense. Yeah… I don’t understand that either. It’s good though. Promise.
I called in my order and they asked me if I needed it delivered to my car. I figure after consuming about 8 more pieces of cake I will be requiring this service.