Cheddar's Casual Cafe

10/29/07

What The Heck? by Tammy S. at InsiderPages

Contributor at Insider Pages

Hmm. Just read front page of Tampa Tribune today about the changes in staff hired at Cheddars! Supposed to reflect morals in being they cannot curse, smoke or have tattooes! Well needless to say I was stunned then somewhat angry! While I agree the service there can be vastly improved on, I do not believe that is the answer! My goodness, some young folks that are considered clean cut and the all american joe can be some of the rudest ones around! So I take high offense to what they are trying to do! Because a person has a tattoo does not make them less moral! Come on! High standards and values and sense of responsibility comes from inside a person! The ones making these biased changes in staff that will only be hired, well, they are very biased in my opinion, and if they are so religious and high themselves, well, they should then know better and that the way they are doing this now is most certainly NOT what most would consider right, proper, or morally sound! I can tell you I will NEVER step my foot in a door of a Cheddars again so long as this new policy is going on! Never. It offends me more than rude staff or bad food ever could. Maybe the problem lies higher up in management, hmm? Shame on you folks. Shame.

05/12/07

decent food at a great price

by localite at Citysearch

My favorite dish is the country fried steak, it's so big it can't fit on the plate, My wifes favorite is the chicken caesar salad. Located in chain restaurant row , it has to be the best deal in Brandon.

09/25/06

Decent food, strangely cheap prices, weeknight eating out location

by netwerk23 at Citysearch

>The good: The food is consistently decent, not awesome but nothing really wrong with it either. The portions are typically really large and we usually take leftovers home. The drink menu is varied and their happy hour is pretty cheap. The service is decent, they seem to hire a lot of kids for their waitstaff and hostess jobs. There is lots of parking and they have a unique fan in the main dining room.

>The bad: While the food is good, it's nothing spectacular. This seems to be a restaurant that attempts to make up for the banality of their food with larger portions. In terms of value, this is great, but culinarians shouldn't expect to be blown away at Cheddar's. They seem to have confused there their freezer is as the dining area is always freezing cold. Their 'signature' chicken fingers are bland.

We have visited several times, including duing the saturday night rush and have never waited for a table. If informed of an hour wait (!), we'd politely decline and go to one of the other 400 restaurants in the area. Cheddar's is good and its value is excellent, but there's really no reason to wait an hour for a table.

07/22/06

Great Place, Great Value, love the atmospere

by thomas986 at Citysearch

When you consider the uniqueness of the meals and the large portions they give you and the overall quality of the food, the price is excellent. My wife and I always share a meal and always come away full.

• Pros: Great food in a fun atmospere at a great price
• Cons: Long lines esecially on Friday and Saturdays Evenings. Expect to wait an hour, but worth it.