Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Indulge!
Go for something really comforting- chicken and biscuits, meatloaf, burrito.
Followed by delicious cheesecake - banana cream, vanilla bean, cannot go wrong.

I haven’t been in a long time but I used to get hibachi steak on wasabi
Mashed potatoes with mushrooms and asparagus.
It was so yummy but I don’t see it on the menu now.

You may be getting mixed up, chicken madeira comes with mashed potatoes, mushrooms and asparagus.

Here it is
https://order.thecheesecakefactory.com/menu/pleasanton-ca/products/19957602

Right, there it is, and it's not what you described. Here is Chicken Madeira....mashed potatoes, mushrooms and asparagus:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Indulge!
Go for something really comforting- chicken and biscuits, meatloaf, burrito.
Followed by delicious cheesecake - banana cream, vanilla bean, cannot go wrong.

I haven’t been in a long time but I used to get hibachi steak on wasabi
Mashed potatoes with mushrooms and asparagus.
It was so yummy but I don’t see it on the menu now.

You may be getting mixed up, chicken madeira comes with mashed potatoes, mushrooms and asparagus.

Here it is
https://order.thecheesecakefactory.com/menu/pleasanton-ca/products/19957602

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a white raspberry cheesecake that's really good.

In a weird food emergency we once went there for brunch. DON'T do that - we both agreed we'd have rather go hungry. But the four cheese pasta is totally decent. And they have a whole section of their menu (which is bigger than the bible) that's lower calorie. My cousin LOVES this place and likes to visit each one in each new city she goes to.

If you don't mind me asking, why?

Anonymous wrote:There's a white raspberry cheesecake that's really good.

In a weird food emergency we once went there for brunch. DON'T do that - we both agreed we'd have rather go hungry. But the four cheese pasta is totally decent. And they have a whole section of their menu (which is bigger than the bible) that's lower calorie. My cousin LOVES this place and likes to visit each one in each new city she goes to.

Anonymous wrote:Cheesecake Factory is where the lower class people go to be fancy.

And I say this as someone who grew up dirt poor and whose family always went to the Cheesecake Factory when there was extra money for a special occasion meal.

I'm not saying it's a place that only the low class eat in at all, either. Don't want to open that can of worms on here.

But like, when my mom won a $100 Visa gift card at work one year, that baby was reserved for the Cheesecake Factory not your ordinary Applebee's or Ruby Tuesday!

This was literally me each time we got to go:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's fine. Some days you want to be fancy some days there's something to be said for eating potato skins and cheap beer at Chili's with some buddies from high school.

I mean known what you're getting yourself into and temper expectations. Anyplace with a menu that big uses frozen/reheated stuff. They have to. But so do most chain places and hey, you've got a gift card and aren't paying for it. So don't look at is as a fancy meal and you're fine.

The portions are crazy. You can literally order a lunch portion and save half and have two big lunches. But it's fine. Don't eat that stuff every day, but but some of the salads and pastas are perfectly fine.

I think most of the cheesecakes there are way too sweet, but again just plan to save half and it's fine.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it's fine. Some days you want to be fancy some days there's something to be said for eating potato skins and cheap beer at Chili's with some buddies from high school.

I mean known what you're getting yourself into and temper expectations. Anyplace with a menu that big uses frozen/reheated stuff. They have to. But so do most chain places and hey, you've got a gift card and aren't paying for it. So don't look at is as a fancy meal and you're fine.

The portions are crazy. You can literally order a lunch portion and save half and have two big lunches. But it's fine. Don't eat that stuff every day, but but some of the salads and pastas are perfectly fine.

I think most of the cheesecakes there are way too sweet, but again just plan to save half and it's fine.

Not true at all. I used to work there and the cooks would come in really early to prep/chop all fresh ingredients. The only items that are frozen are the cheesecakes, but not the strawberries...those are also chopped early in the morning.

Everything on the menu is delicious and you can always tweak any dishes to your liking.