The ONLY reason I am giving this even ONE star is because the prices were extremely reasonable. Other than that, I would not recommend this particular restaurant to anyone. Maybe a different location would be better, but the one in McDonough, GA was absolutely HORRIBLE. The service was a nightmare and the food that wasn't under-cooked was mediocre at best.
This was my first (and most likely LAST) experience with Cheddar's. I will NOT be trying a different location any time in the near future.
On Saturday, May 10, 2014, We visited Cheddar's in McDonough, GA for an early Mother's Day lunch with family. We were told it would be 30-45 minutes before we'd be seated, which we completely understood and were absolutely okay with. We had a party of 8 and were ask if we wanted to sit together or would 2 booths be okay. We told them that no, we did not want 2 booths, that we wanted to sit together. Again, we were told it would be about 30-45 minutes. Again, we were fine with this. 45 minutes later, we were taken to 2 booths where they attempted to seat us. When we told them, AGAIN, that we had already stated we did not want 2 booths, the girl got very snippy with us and told us she didn't understand what the big deal was, and she didn't know what "together" meant that written beside our name. So again, we waited...for another 50 minutes. At this point we've been waiting to be seated for over an hour and a half. When we were finally seated, the waitress was extremely rude and disrespectful from the start. **The only thing I can think is she knew she was getting a tip regardless of her service because the tip was already going to be added to the check since we had a party of 8**. When she took our order, she acted as though it was inconvenient that 2 members of our party ask for a salad, and yes we knew it was going to cost extra. We had to ask FOUR TIMES for silverware, and when we finally received silverware (after we'd had our salads for nearly 5 minutes), we had to send 4 sets back because they were dirty.
As if this experience hadn't already been a complete nightmare, we waited for an HOUR...AN HOUR... for our food WHICH WAS COLD AND NOT COOKED RIGHT. Of the three steaks that were ordered, only ONE was actually cooked close to the way it was ordered. One steak was ordered medium-rare with loaded baked potato and corn. What was received was one steak cooked medium with wonderfully COLD potato and corn. The other 2 steaks were both ordered medium-well and both steaks were still oozing blood when they were brought out. One individual had ordered the loaded baked potato and broccoli as well as an extra salad. What he received was a 13 oz steak cooked rare with nothing else. When he ask where his sides were, the waitress actually argued with him that he did not, in fact, order the sides, but rather only ordered the salad.
The other person who ordered the steak wanted it cooked medium-well with loaded potato and broccoli. What she received was the 8 oz steak cooked rare along with the sides she ordered. When BOTH people complained about the undercooked steaks, the waitress said "So what do you want? You want me take it back and put back on the grill until it's how you want it?" SERIOUSLY????? Not only is that a health violation, it's also unprofessional.
Next, after waiting for an hour for our food, you'd think it'd be so piping hot that we'd need to wait for it to cool off. Unfortunately, this was not the case. In fact, most of food was cold. In the hour we waited for our COLD, wrongly prepared food to arrive, we received exactly ZERO drink refills and saw our waitress TWO times...when she brought the salads and when she brought our silverware. The dirty silverware and subsequent silverware we received was given to and replaced by a different server.
At this point, we ask to speak to the manager. It took almost 20 minutes for the manager to finally be found (This is what we were told...they were looking for him, but couldn't find him). When he came to the table, be offered to take the food back and have it remade, but at this point those of us who actually could eat, were basically finished eating. It was then requested to just remove the 2 meals from the tickets and bring us our checks. This took yet another 20 minutes, during which time we did not see a waitress at all. During our entire time at this restaurant, we received ONE drink refill. ONE. In more than 2 hours of being there, we received ONE refill. This is completely unacceptable. read more