Cheddars Scratch Kitchen for lunch - I give it a 3 for the food and 5+ for pretty coconut drink. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Basked Potato Soup - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

VERY disappointing..... "Cheddar" fries had almost no cheese, bacon or anything else on it. Food wasn't hot. Food didn't taste fresh. Won't go back. read more

I saw the new "Monte Cristo" sandwich on TV that they have at Cheddars now! I was dying to go there to get it as the "Monte Cristo" is my favorite sandwich, hands down... It was horrible. It was very greasy! Every time I would pick a quarter of the sandwich up to eat it, my hands and mouth were both full of grease... Yuck. Also, I have had so many "Monte Cristo's" in my life and I have never had one that done! I think it was cooked way too long... It was over done which made the bread really crispy and kind of hard frankly and that is not how a "Monte Cristo" sandwich should be on the outside. Also, the french fries were cold and they were hard, like they had been sitting around for a very long time. read more

A meal setup to go for a family of 8 done to perfection. The manager was accommodating and very friendly. The restaurant was very clean.

On Feb. 5th, My husband I went to Cheddars on Roosevelt Blvd, Clearwater Fl. We had been craving the Spinach Artichoke dip. Which is normally very good. Not this time. The dip was cold to the point the sour cream did not mix well. The chips were room temperature and stale. We thought this was just an off night as we have been to that particular location many times at the dip was always great!. We both ordered the 14 oz. Ribeye's. They looked and smelled delicious! Until we started eating them. I understand a well marbles steak is good for flavor and juiciness, but when you start cutting off fat and gristle and the meat just whittles away is another story. We paid nearly $20.00 for each steak and wound up with about half of it being fat and gristle. We also ordered "loaded" baked potatoes and got a smaller size potato with butter and sour cream. When I asked where the bacon bits, chives and shredded cheddar was, I was informed it was available, but it would be an "upcharge" of $1.99 per topping. Whenever we have ordered a loaded baked potato at any restaurant the mentioned items were part of the "loaded." I understand businesses are trying to re-coop their losses after being shut down because of Covid, but seriously? You want people to come back again and again and spend their hard-earned money on a treat for themselves by dining out, then don't nickel and dime them to death and make sure the food they are getting, especially Ribeye's are worth the price! I doubt very much we will be returning to Cheddar's any time soon. The Server was fantastic! She was very attentive and pleasant and actually seemed embarrassed to have to tell us about the extra cost for ala-carte items. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - 7 oz of gristle and fat from a 14 oz Ribeye! - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

I tried lunch menu on week day, the price is economical and steel deal. Service very good and Ambience is so good and pleasant.

Items were packaged wonderfully for my to-go order. Food itself wasn't too great. Vegetables looked like they probably should have been thrown out, rather than cooked and served. Queso and coleslow looked old and dry as well :( would not recommend this particular location read more

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Let me start by saying that I am a big fan of Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, and this is the first time that I have ever had an issue with one of these restaurants. That being said, my family and I will NEVER go back to the Largo/Clearwater location. We were a family of 4 and we got there around 4.30 pm on Saturday, March 1st. We ordered our drinks and an appetizer before we ordered our meal; when the appetizer came out our server sat it on the table and left. We soon realized that we didn't have any plates for the appetizer; when our server came back we asked for plates and her response was "I don't know if we have any." What?!? I thought maybe she misunderstood what I had said, but she did bring back plates. The restaurant was not busy at all, so it wasn't a matter of waiting for clean plates, I guess she truly didn't know if the restaurant had plates. Next came our food. My mom and I both ordered the chicken tenders platter, and my husband order the buffalo chicken tenders platter. It truly tasted like the chicken had been sitting under a heat lamp for an hour or so. The chicken was warm, at best, dry, and tough (not to mention the skin on the chicken made it even harder to eat). My husband ordered a Caesar salad as one of his sides and it came out with the meal, so his food was even cooler once he ate the salad. Normally, even a side salad, comes out before the meal.... I ordered a baked potato and corn for my two sides; the baked potato was cool enough that the butter did not melt completely, and the corn was actually floating in butter. Don't get me wrong, I love a lot of butter on my food, but this was a ridiculous amount! The other person at our table ordered the chicken pot pie, with green beans. He ended up putting the green beans into the pot pie because there weren't many veggies in the pot pie. We did not complain to the server, mainly because we didn't want the food to just be warmed up in a microwave. When she came back, we asked for boxes for the food (which we ended up throwing out once we got it home; we just couldn't bring ourselves to eat any more of it) and refills on my Pepsi/Coke, and my husbands UNSWEET ice tea (he absolutely hates sweet tea). Our server brought my husband back a SWEET tea. At this point, we were just ready to leave so he just left thirsty. We also had to wait for our server again, because she put all of our checks in as individual tickets, so we had to have her combine them; we were not going to run our credit card twice. Overall, the experience at this location was bad enough that we will not be going back. Hopefully I will be able to get my family to try another Cheddar's location in the future because I normally am a big fan, but it will definitely be a long time before we go again. read more

Can't say that I've ever had a bad experience there. The service and food are great. Always an awesome experience

It's OK if you really like comfort food! Prices are very reasonable, food is good! Go hungry because you get a big portion!

We've been now a few times and here's how we'd rate this place. 4.5 stars for the food; 3-3.5 stars for the service; 5 stars for their management. Food wise, the food is really good and doesn't really taste any different than Cheddar's was before they changed to "Scratch Kitchen." Waiter/waitress has been is average or below average at best. Other servers (folks that bring appetizers/food, etc.) have been great which is why I rate a little higher. Management has been fantastic. Recognizing on their own that our service had been sub par without us saying a word. Apologizing and offering to cover our appetizer or dessert if we wanted was unexpected and much appreciated. Perhaps we were just unfortunate recipients of poor wait staff on our visits thus far, but it's hardly a reason to not return. The atmosphere is nice and the food is really good. What the wait staff may lack, the management may make up for. Certainly give Cheddar's a try if you haven't already. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Buffalo Wrap - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

This was my first visit...I had the buttermilk fried chicken sandwich & a few beers for lunch. The waitress was awesome...the sandwich was awesome and I mean crispy, tasty and HUGE! Not kidding...you can make 2 sandwiches from 1! We were seated right away...clean, comfortable, no wait and cold beer to boot...yea I'll be back. read more

So disappointed. I'm a big fan of Cheddar's, yet haven't been here in a while. My drink arrived in an absolutely filthy glass - I don't think I've seen that in like the last 20 years. Sitting here as I write this... Waited about 30 minutes for our honey crescents. They were delicious, thankfully. Ordered lunch combos about 45 mins ago ... Waited 30 mins for our potato soups, which arrived ice cold. Had to send them back. Another first in forever at a restaurant. Was so happy they reopened, however I don't think I will be back to this location again, which is a shame since I work nearby. read more

Restaurant does not understand what its customers want. I wanted something small, not a giant $12-15 salad that won't travel well if I only eat half. Everything on the menu is fried with very little exception. A couple came in and sat behind us and wanted a soup and salad combo. They don't offer that. Like us, that couple almost left the restaurant but decided to stay. Suggestions: offer smaller plates for seniors, offer more healthy options. BTW, I ended up with a $2.99 baked potato and it was perfect. read more

Waited for 10 min for server. Pressed call server on table tablet so we could order our drinks and food. waited additional 5 min for the lazy wait staff before we decided to take our business elsewhere. read more

Cheddars has an inviting feel but the food seemed very low quality and low in taste. This was my second visit to a Cheddars, both times I stuck to their boxed in fan faves and in both instances I had wished I had eaten somewhere else. I would liken this restaurant to an Applebee's or Ruby's in food and price only a lot nicer interior If that type of chain bag and a box flavor is your cup of tea you may like Cheddars. The menu has something for everybody including a Kids menu Extensive drink menu Casual and good for families read more

If there was an option for a zero star, I would give it. Yet another franchise restaurant that I used to love gone down the toilet. I know it's hard to find good help but good grief. The staff is horrible. I walked out before even got seated. read more

Second time being served dirty dishes. There was black stuff on the plates, now stained glasses for everyone at the table. server told us she had complained to management, but they wouldn't do anything. Food was blah, had been better in the past. After I was told I could fill out the survey on the machine to pay, I asked if a manager was there.. she said no, they were at limited staff.. Seems things would be better if someone was in charge. Won't be going back there. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Dirty glasses - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

The stars is based totally on the food to be fair. Incredibly long wait, be prepared to stand in the waiting area --yes I said stand because even the seating in the waiting area will be full-- for at least 45 minutes. I opted to order it to go. 15-20 minutes for them to cook the food. Atmosphere: Very popular with families and very casual. *It seems there should be a separate area for to-go customers* 2 stars because the food is greasy and will taste good but later, like within a few hours, your body will pay for it with a tummy ache that won't go away until the food is expelled out the other end. 2 words: Monte Cristo 1 word: Bennigan's read more

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Visited this location on 06/27/2024 at 4:30 pm this was our first visit to this restaurant we were greeted nicely at the entrance and seated promptly we asked for a booth and we were seated in the bar area next to what appeared to be an employee's entrance and service station, although the restaurant had plenty of open booth seating this location was very annoying as employees were constantly entering and exiting so beware! We were greeted by Kristin our server and ordered our meals a rack of ribs dinner and a grill rib eye steak dinner, the dinners arrived and both dinners was nicely presented, rib dinner could served warmer but was very tender and tasty the steak dinner was great but it was served with Montreal seasoning and I wished I had known that when ordering, it was not mentioned on the menu as I would have asked for the steak without the seasoning, that said the steak was cooked perfectly medium and served with a loaded baked potato and a great Caesar salad. Kristin came by to check on us and we did mention the cool temperature on the ribs and she immediately offered to get another order but my wife declined, a few minutes later the manager stop by and also ask to reserve the dish, as we were half way through our dinner we thanked her but again declined, I did ask her about the seasoning on the steak and she stated we get that question a lot they should definitely address this issue, this was also a problem for the Outback steak house when they first opened and they finally adjusted the menu so steaks could be ordered with or without seasoning . Kristin was a great server friendly, timely and not intrusive I would return to Cheddar's because of how well she represented them!! Great job! When we got the bill the manager had given us a 10% discount although necessary thank you. Little tip ask customer if this is there first time at cheddars and if it is try not to seat in what is probably the worst seat in the house....just saying, so in closing the restaurant was clean, the food had a few hiccups, the staff and service was great and we will return again! Stay tuned. read more

Not sure why the stars are so low on this place. Everything near perfect. Only complaint I have is the bar area lighting is to bright. I asked if the bartender could turn it down and he said it was controlled by corporate. So if anyone from corporate can read this and make your customers happy by turning the lights down, please do so. Anyways as far as the food goes five stars all the way. We got the queso and chips for an appetizer. Love the chips! I got the bourbon glazed salmon and can't say how good it was enough. Boyfriend got the Fried Chicken with mashed potatoes gravy and green beans. Yum yum! Service very good and attentive. Definitely be back. Highly recommend. read more

First time there! Super sweet staff! Food and plating was delicious, out of a couple thi gs read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - a view of the kitchen - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

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I stopped in for first time. Husband had eaten there said it was ok . Saw a picture on website of herb chicken and was interested. when we walked in there were two hostesses and many empty tables.They said we'd have to wait. When we asked why? she said so servers aren't overwhelmed. We asked if we could wait at a table instead of lobby, she said no, servers wouldn't like it ! Then both young hostesses were rolling silverware. Touching surfaces eaten off of, no gloves or handwashing after touching menus EVERYONE has touched, their phones, their hair etc. We got up and left, they really showed no cares. Won't be back and recommend you stay away and health department visits. read more

We live close by and used to love the Cheddar's in Mt. Juliet were we use to live. It's Friday night so obviously very crowded. They sat us in section that has 2 parties in it. One table with about 10 people, and the other with about 18. Experience (as a patron and working at restaurants) tells me that, other than the obvious noise, food quality drops drastically when that happens as cooks struggle to get all the food out for that table at the same time, and other orders are either rushed through, or die in the window as they are ignored being the mountain of plates for the party. This is a good test of a kitchen, but let's keep an open mind. Our waitress Tiffany was very nice, friendly and helpful. She said she would put our order in before party which she did. Very nice. We ordered the Texas cheese fries, and the grown up grilled cheese. I usually have the Monte Cristo but wanted to try something new. Had a Caesar salad for my side. We ordered before the big party so our food got out fast. The Texas cheese fries were great as expected. No complaints there. The grilled cheese had roast beef in it, which tasted very bland and over cooked. The worst part was the cheese. It was sliced cheese which was by far not high end to say the least. Caesar salad was fine. Not bad, not great. The croissant on salad was awesome and sadly the best part of the meal. Not sure we will return. Not good enough for the price and so many other great choices with a 3 mile radius. read more

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This place is awesome! Food is amazing! We had the best server ever! Spencer S. He was very attentive to us and offer great suggestions! We celebrated my husband's birthday and he even sang by himself in Portuguese. He had us laughing. He was sharp and entertaining! Made sure we had drinks and our food was good. It was not a server who took our order and then disappeared! He had at least 3 other tables and a still made sure we as well as they other tables were taken care of! We will definitely be coming back and I will be requesting Spencer S ( cause there is 2 Spencer's there) Hopefully we will get him again! Thank Spencer for a great night, laughs and great food!! read more

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I am very disappointed in this place! We will not return for lunch time because of the very poor service. The restaurant is only a few minutes from my workplace, and I have been here multiple times for lunch. At work we get an hour for lunch so I'm careful to get in quickly, get seated, and order all my food right away. After the last two times eating here we have decided that we will not return. If you are a working professional, pick another place to go so you aren't 25 minutes late getting back to work. Both times we had the same server, Gabe. The first time we were celebrating for one of the girls in the office. Six of us were seated in a booth. When he put the tray of drinks down on the table he knocked one over and it spilled all over one of my coworkers and half way on me. The service of slow, scattered, and generally just bad that day. Nothing was done about the mistake, and the coworker had to drive all the way home past Tampa in order to change and missed half of a workday. We decided to just let it go because mistakes happen. It seemed appropriate to have some understanding at the time. Today, my boyfriend and I came in for lunch at about 12:00 pm. We were seated by the host and the manager within only a few minutes of arriving. Both of them are quite lovely and we are happy with them. We ordered our drinks, an appetizer, and our meals immediately to avoid any type of delay. When the server brought my coffee out he still spilled it all over the cup and saucer. I wiped it off and just ignored it. It seemed appropriate to have some understanding again. When our appetizers came out we asked the runner, not our server, if we could have some napkins. He acknowledged and then never came back with napkins. Our server checked in with us twice between 12:00pm and 12:51pm when I finally asked for him to make my food to go because I needed to get back to work. I ordered a salad with shrimp and my boyfriend ordered a cheese burger so 45 minutes is a very long time to be waiting for these two meals. Close to 1:00pm I finally asked to speak to a manager, at this point I'm going to be late getting back to work. The manager explained that the order was put in 13 minutes ago. He brought the food out within a few minutes, and we were on our way. I'm not sure exactly where the breakdown in communication was today. I'm guessing the server forgot to put our order in despite checking in with us twice which seems inconceivable. If you value getting back to work on time, then try for another restaurant at lunchtime. I have had three other servers here before who were all prompt and lovely. We will not return because of our experience both of these times. read more

While I have never eaten inside here I'm obsessed with getting their cheeseburgers as a treat for lunch some days! I live super close and they're always so friendly and good about making substitutions to keep things keto! I definitely miss eating the honey drizzled crescent rolls though! One of these days I'll remember to take a picture before scarfing it down! They make ordering to go super easy and fast too! read more

I have to start by saying this location on Roosevelt Blvd in Largo has real good food. The back of house are rock stars, this coming from a retired Executive Chef who has been in the business since 1980. I know what these warriors go through day in and day out. But when it come to the front of house it's an absolute train wreck. When you call to place a to go or curbside order it takes up to 7 minutes for someone to pickup the phone, then you have to be connected to the takeout area that takes several more minutes to be waited on. After working a 14 hour day I went through the long wait to place my order. I was told it would be ready in 20-25 minutes, I arrived 5 minutes or so before the order was said to be ready. After waiting almost 40 minutes I had to call back twice because nobody answered the phone. Mind you the restaurant was not busy it was after 9pm on a Sunday. I was one of three cars waiting for curbside. Two people had to walk inside to get their orders and what they were taking about on the way out wasn't very pleasant, they were very perturbed. The second time I had to call I spoke to the manager on duty and expressed my frustration with a wait and lack of customer service in a prompt and timely manner. Speaking with conviction and frustration and annunciation in my voice the untrained and unprofessional manager became very defensive and argumentative, instead of caring about a customer that frequently orders from this property, and spending roughly $700 a month. A professional would have gone over and above to rectify this situation and to get to the bottom of why I had to wait so long and to not take responsibility to get the host and to go staff to answer the phone in a timely manner.Instead I was made to feel it was my fault and I was in the wrong. I was also told that I was not welcome back to this property. Never in all my years in the industry have I ever been so disrespected. If the Corporate office new this is how the front of house treats it's customers I think people would have to find other means of employment. I myself had to dismiss several people over the years for such behavior, it's uncalled for. Being in this industry you need to be on your A game at all times. Because the establishment needs the customer, the customer doesn't need them, their are a million and one other restaurants that would love to get our business. I hate to say it but beware of this location. They have no sense of urgency no sense of hospitality to take care of the customers issues, that can be eliminated expeditiously if the staff was trained properly and managed properly with accountability and consequences. Overall just a very poorly managed property. read more

If I could give this place ZERO stars I would! My husband and I recently ate at this establishment today for this first time. I saw a couple of Tik-Tok reviews hyping the place up but I guess this should have been my first red flag. Between the two of us we had fried shrimp (husbands), chicken tenders (husbands), and their broccoli cheddar casserole (mine), steak(mine) , and fries along with a frozen margarita. We originally had to send the margarita back because the first one tasted like the "bartender" mixed salt and spit together and threw it in a cup. We continued to eat our meal but the food was nothing to be thrilled about. Just a glorified Golden Corral. We originally went for the buttered croissants which were advertised to us as complimentary but later learned only the first round is. We probably made it through half our meal before my Husband started complaining about his stomach hurting and started looking very uncomfortable. We got to the parking lot before he raced to the Wawa next door and ran for the bathroom. He spent about 45 mins in there until I went to go check on him to learn he was vomiting everything we just ate up. I managed to get him out the bathroom and into the car. He was to weak to barley get in our suburban. I also had to drive home. It was a very scary situation because I've never seen him like this. When we finally got to our home he couldn't even make it out the car before he started to get sick again. There our $70 meal was sitting in our driveway. Real Happy New Years. Im writing this about an hour and a half after the incident. My husband is still on the bathroom floor throwing his heart up and trying to muster enough energy to get into the car so we can make it to the ER. Im obviously very upset that we will be spending our new years like this so I called Cheddars back to not only warn them something in their food is bad but to also explain our horrific first experience at their establishment. When I called I was greeted as I I was inconveniencing THEM?!? I was then passed around until the phone landed on some manger named "Trish". Trish's only "condolences" were to contact the store if "something comes of" our hospital visit and chalked my Husbands sickness up to the "flu". I'm livid to say the least and Cheddars can personally got to he!! Happy F'ing New Years. read more

We sat at the bar and ordered the 6oz steak with shrimp and the Philly cheese steak! Brianna the bartender was extremely friendly and welcoming. She was knowledgeable of the menu and assisted us quickly. The food was amazing!! My steak was perfectly cooked to my order and the bourbon sauce was spot on!!!! read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - 6oz steak with shrimp and two sides - American Near Me - Clearwater, Florida

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I had dinner there with my family. The food was nice. I didn't care for the server Kristin/christen, who obviously had a bad cold and kept wiping her nose with her hands. I'm on chemo, I just wanted to come out a bit and see the outside world. I don't need her germs in my weakened immune state. I'm also thinking that Cheddars probably won't allow her to stay at home even if she is sick. read more

Had a fabulous dinner at Cheddars the food is amazing best ribs ever and the Margaritas were great too, I also want to give a big shout out to Cindy our server what a wonderful lady she went above and beyond to make our evening special. Thank you so much Cindy xx read more

First time here. It was recommended by a friend. Good friendly service. Icing covered rolls were unique & quite good. Glad they only served one per guest. I could have filled up on these rolls. But then I'd have missed the entree. I had the roasted lemon chicken over rice. The chicken was tender and seasoned to perfection. For a chain restaurant, Chedders is top tier. Way better than expected. I'm not a big "eat out" person, but next time I get the urge, I definitely keep Chedders as an option. read more

I've been to this location before without too much issue besides slow service. It was a bit bothersome but the deliciousness of the food made up for it. I'm sad to report that my recent visit here was beyond disappointing. Upon entering we were greeted by a stressed and angry looking hostess, no smile or how are you. That's okay, maybe she was having a bad day, no biggie. Once we finally get seated and have our waitress out she forgot our appetizer, when we gave her our menu orders she asked us two more times what it was to be clear and kept saying shes "spaced out today". My drink came out really weak which was disappointing because she told me it's supposed to be one of the strongest on the menu but it just tasted sweet and syrupy. Once the orders came, they got my fiancé's wrong and gave him a completely different meal. He was hungry by the long wait at this point so he just ate it. When the waitress was handing me my plate she dropped a chicken tender from the plate to the tray and PICKED IT UP with her acrylic fingernails and threw it back on the plate. I was horrified. I have to say, the one saving grace was that the food was good as always. Delicious ribs, flaky melt-In-your-mouth butter croissants and delicious white meat tenders but I'd definitely recommend going to another location. read more

Good food and service. My wife says you should bring a blanket as the temperature was 90 outside and 70 inside.

Lester is the best server. He was super speedy so definitely ask for him, attentive. The food is always good. But other than that everything was amazing. read more

Service 5 ; food 3 . I ordered chicken fried steak. It was mediocre, but potatoes & green beans were outstanding!

I came here to eat with my friend and the atmosphere was very nice, pretty crowded but we got in quickly. The bread was amazing and staff was nice. I had a salad which was large in portion. I will come back here again. read more

While this isnt a perfect restaurant it is sometimes the only thing that hits the spot. They overload everything with cheese if they can and while unhealthy it is very comforting. Of the cheese soaked appetizer options, we chose the spinach dip. I think they topped it with Asiago or a similar cheese, it was hard to stop eating. They have so many options on the menu. They perhaps have too many sides, and most of them are really flavorful. I had the shepherds pie recently, and while I love anything savory, it was too much. I LOVE salt and they overdid it somehow. In the potatoes, in the beef. It was falling apart and way too runny. Our server however was fantastic, honestly she should be working at a 5 star restaurant. She had so many tables and all of them with babies and small children and she was extremely attentive. read more

This is my go to place when I want food, good service, an a GOOD drink! Never a miss with this place. The Painkiller is sooooo yummy & strong that there's a 2 drink max! It is sweet but if you like rum, pina colada's, or coconut you'll love this. Those rolls they give you are amazingly delicious. I wish I new how to make them. read more