Paid $225 at Cheesecake Factory – Not Worth It Compared to Better, Cheaper Places?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re lying, OP.

Agree.

Tip-off - when she said she could have gotten more generous portions elsewhere.

Lol!

Liberty tavern and ambar are unlimited tapas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think you should check your bill again. Something seems off.

Yeah, I got curious and looked at the Tysons menu online. Based on what OP claims to have ordered ... it probably would not be $225. Not even with ordering the more expensive things and tax and tip.

No just did it
app $18.95, 18.95 and $17.95 = $55.85
Mains $38.99 and $44.95 = $83.90(steak)
Drinks 3.95 x 2= $7.90
Cheese cake 10.95 x 2 = $21.90

Total $169.55
Tax 10%
$186.50
%20 tip
Total $223.80 some of the drinks could be a few dollars more like lemonade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re lying, OP.

Agree.

Tip-off - when she said she could have gotten more generous portions elsewhere.

Lol!

Liberty tavern and ambar are unlimited tapas

Non-responsive and not relevant to this discussion regarding portion size.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think you should check your bill again. Something seems off.

Yeah, I got curious and looked at the Tysons menu online. Based on what OP claims to have ordered ... it probably would not be $225. Not even with ordering the more expensive things and tax and tip.

No just did it
app $18.95, 18.95 and $17.95 = $55.85
Mains $38.99 and $44.95 = $83.90(steak)
Drinks 3.95 x 2= $7.90
Cheese cake 10.95 x 2 = $21.90

Total $169.55
Tax 10%
$186.50
%20 tip
Total $223.80 some of the drinks could be a few dollars more like lemonade.

The vast majority of entrees are more like 25-30. If OP ordered two filet mignons then the price seems right.

[Anonymous]

Cheesecake factory sucks. It's a chain. Are you from like the middle of nowhere Arkansas and now in a big fancy suburban mall? Wow.

[Anonymous]

Last spring, we went to the cheesecake factory and vowed to never go back. Family of 4, we ordered the cheaper options on the menu, no apps, and the price was still so high for the quality and value of a food. We didn’t even have enough for leftovers. So it didn’t taste good and it was expensive, which it was a never again from us.

[Anonymous]

That is a disgusting amount of food. Gross

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last spring, we went to the cheesecake factory and vowed to never go back. Family of 4, we ordered the cheaper options on the menu, no apps, and the price was still so high for the quality and value of a food. We didn’t even have enough for leftovers. So it didn’t taste good and it was expensive, which it was a never again from us.

I have a vegan and a 6 year old who is incredibly picky. Cheescake factory is somewhere that everyone can find something on the menu. It won't be great, but it will be adequate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re lying, OP.

Agree.

Tip-off - when she said she could have gotten more generous portions elsewhere.

Lol!

Liberty tavern and ambar are unlimited tapas

Non-responsive and not relevant to this discussion regarding portion size.

Are you nitpicking about "portion size" vs "number of portions in a meal"???

[Anonymous]

Don’t particularly like Cheesecake Factory but everything is just expensive now in restaurants. DD and I had an impromptu lunch at True Fiod Kitchen while shopping at Mosaic and it was 70$ for a cauliflower app and two entrees. It’s made me rethink those kind of spur of the moment meals out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think you should check your bill again. Something seems off.

Yeah, I got curious and looked at the Tysons menu online. Based on what OP claims to have ordered ... it probably would not be $225. Not even with ordering the more expensive things and tax and tip.

No just did it
app $18.95, 18.95 and $17.95 = $55.85
Mains $38.99 and $44.95 = $83.90(steak)
Drinks 3.95 x 2= $7.90
Cheese cake 10.95 x 2 = $21.90

Total $169.55
Tax 10%
$186.50
%20 tip
Total $223.80 some of the drinks could be a few dollars more like lemonade.

OP can’t really complain if they choose to order so gluttonously.

[Anonymous]

More generous portions than Cheesecake Factory? Their portions are HUGE!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is a disgusting amount of food. Gross

I never understand these comments on the Food forum. I’m slim, eat mostly healthy, work out but I get such a disordered eating/wanting to feel superior vibe from these comments. “Ew gross!” “Oh I could never eat that much!” It’s completely irrelevant to the OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think you should check your bill again. Something seems off.

Yeah, I got curious and looked at the Tysons menu online. Based on what OP claims to have ordered ... it probably would not be $225. Not even with ordering the more expensive things and tax and tip.

No just did it
app $18.95, 18.95 and $17.95 = $55.85
Mains $38.99 and $44.95 = $83.90(steak)
Drinks 3.95 x 2= $7.90
Cheese cake 10.95 x 2 = $21.90

Total $169.55
Tax 10%
$186.50
%20 tip
Total $223.80 some of the drinks could be a few dollars more like lemonade.

You ordered a $45 entree. What’re you complaining about again?

[Anonymous]

The last time I ate at a Cheesecake Factory was 1998. But I have heard they actually make their own food, they don’t just reheat a bunch of Sysco frozen food, so that might make you feel better, OP. Can anyone confirm? Seems impossible for them to cook everything on their extensive menu, but a friend in the restaurant industry said that unlike similar restaurants (Applebys etc), Cheesecake Factory has chefs who actually cook everything, not just microwave premade pasta.