Cheesecake Factory

[Luke]

Bricktown and Cheesecake factory would go great together.

[beatlebutt81]

i have yet to actually eat at CF. Everytime I try to eat there, there's at least a 30 minute wait. I'd rather go somewhere else than wait 30 minutes. That really sucks too 'cuz I was so excited for months after I heard about CF coming here, and I still haven't gotten to eat there yet. I wish there was a good time to go that isn't so busy.

[mranderson]

I intended to take the other half to Cheesecake Factory for our anniversary the day my dad died. However, his death took precidence.

As soon as people I know stop dying for awhile, I will go. I hear good things about the place.

[jdsplaypin]

I've been a couple times for lunch with no wait whatsoever

[beatlebutt81]

I've been a couple times for lunch with no wait whatsoever

What day/time did you go? I should go about the time you went

[jdsplaypin]

i went once at about 2:30 & the other right at the opening

[sweetdaisy]

beatlebutt, you may want to wait until after Christmas to go, b/c Penn Square mall is now constantly packed. And, many of those shoppers will likely dine at CF since it's right there.

Incidentally, when I went there with my friends, it was 6pm on a Wednesday night...by the time we left (around 8pm), there was a bit of a wait, but it wasn't too bad.

[Patrick]

I wonder how parking is holding up at the mall.

[beatlebutt81]

parking is pretty crazy. i always wind up in the parking garage 'cuz i can't find a spot where i used to always park. i loved parking over by the pottery barn entrance 'cuz all my favorite stores are on that side, but with CF moving in over there, the spots are normally all taken right there. i'm at penn square almost every other day anymore. the parking is getting on my nerves

[metro]

My fiance' and I ate there again last week for a friends birthday. We ordered the Steak Diane and loved it. It was a steak covered in black peppercorns and complimented with a mushroom wine sauce and grlled onions. It came with a side of mashed potatoes and we added a side of green beans. The mashed potatoes were good but I thought the green beans were way undercooked (perhaps so since they forgot to bring them out and I had to remind the waiter). For dessert we ordered the Pineapple Upside Down Cheesecake (amazing! and highly recommend).

[jbrown84]

I wish there was a good time to go that isn't so busy.

We went on a Tuesday night the second week it was open and only waited 15 minutes.

[Patrick]

My wife and I went to CF during the holidays....we didn't have a wait, but it was in the afternoon.

Service was outstanding. And food was great. She ordered the Cheesecake Factory Burger, and I ordered the Cheesecake Factory Burrito. Both were really good.

And we finished it off with a slice of White Chocolate Raspberry cheesecake. It was absolutely perfect.

[jbrown84]

The Pumpkin Cheesecake is fantastic.

[metro]

Had the Pineapple Upside-down Cheesecake the other day....amazing

[bombermwc]

Grilled Salmon...mmmmmmmmmmmm Let me say again mmmmmmmmmm. It did suck to have to park over in the mall lot and walk over. This all before 6:00 and I got right to a table without a wait. So, if it's that bad for parking that early, I can't image what it's like at a busy time. How did I live without their yummy food?

[MadMonk]

Just got back from a visit there tonight. Please excuse any glaring typing errors because I'm so stuffed I feel like I can barely reach the keyboard.

We arrived right at 5:00 and were told the wait was 15-30 minutes. We were paged about 40 minutes later. As we were sitting there many people started coming in and just before we were seated a couple walked out exasperated over being told of a 1-1/2 to 2 hour wait! I'm so glad we got there relatively early.

I was with my wife and my two kids. We all split an order of fried macaroni and cheese and it was as good as I was told it would be. My wife had the jambalaya chicken pasta and I had the meatloaf.

The meatloaf was excellent! I had a bite of my wife's dish and it was very good as well - nice and spicy. Both kids has the cheese pizza and it was also excellent. The portions were enormous and none of us were able to finish more than half of our dinner. We had everything boxed up to take home and ordered cheesecake for home as well.

The service was good, our waitress was attentive, but not overly so. She recieved a good tip.

We made it home and of course we just had to at least take a bite of each cheesecake version we brought home. I chose the Toblerone Swiss Almond, my wife the Tiramisu, and my kids split the Godiva chocolate. All were excellent and my favorite is the Godiva.

All together we spent just over $100 for the dinner, (includes one beer and one glass of wine not previously mentioned). Using a gift card we received for Christmas brought it down to $76. All in all a great dinner and considering we will likely be eating our considerable amount of leftovers tomorrow, not a bad deal really.

[SoonerDave]

my kids split the Godiva chocolate

Okay, MadMonk, you've gone and done it. You just HAD to mention the blasted Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake at CF.

I thought I'd finally gotten over that exquisite, marvelous, additictive misery..but NOOO...you had to bring it up again. All that therapy. All that counseling. Poof.

I'm gonna start having Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake dreams until I get over there. And BLAST it, I'll have to have a cup of their STINKING WONDERFUL COFFEE to go with it, and for that matter, my WIFE will probably want to go, too!

GEEZ!!

Have some consideration, will ya?

-GodivaAddictDave

[MadMonk]

My apologies. I've been itching to go back too. It's only been five days now! When do the cravings stop?!?

[SoonerDave]

I don't think the cravings ever stop. It's not so bad until you wake up in the middle of the night, rummaging through the refrigerator looking for graham cracker crust crumbs while shaking from the addictive craving......and CF is SO unreasonable about people who come banging on the door begging for cheesecake at 3AM!!!

Those blasted cheesecake patches just aren't the same....

-sd

[jbrown84]

And a couple months ago we were all decrying the glut of chain restaurants...

[beatlebutt81]

I've stumbled into some cheesecake madness... *steps out of the room scared*

[SoonerDave]

No no no, not cheesecake madness..

It's "Mad CheeseCake Disease"

or, howabout

Bovine Spongiform Cheesecakelopathy.

-SoonerDave

[metro]

SoonerDave, that's another thing I can agree on with you. The Godiva Cheesecake. If you like pineapple upside down cake though, you've got to try the cheesecake too.

[Luke]

Every time my wife and I go we commit ourselves to trying a different one...

The Godiva was definitely memorable. The dulce de leche cheesecake was great. The carrot cake cheesecake was delicious as well! Too many choices!

[TheImmortal]

Went there the other night and was seated immediatly(we were only one of few daring enough to brave the icy roads). Ordered some coffee to start, and then some sort of chocolate raspberry latte to go along with the Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Cheesecake. Bill was about $22. Not bad for a quiet evening of coffee, cheesecake, and almost dying on the icy roads haha. Also our waitress was exceptional. Both of us were driving by when we decided we wanted cheesecake so we were dressed down quite a bit, I was in a beanie and T-shirt. The waitress treated us as if we had a million bucks, I left her a $10 dollar tip. This place has never failed me, I recommend it to anyone.