This was our first time eating at Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, and we stopped here while on a road…read moretrip. We had never tried this restaurant chain before, but after this visit, we would definitely eat here again. I ordered the country fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy. The country fried steak was really good and had a nice crunchy batter on the outside while still being tender inside. There was plenty of gravy over the steak, and the mashed potatoes and gravy went perfectly with it. The portion was also huge, so you definitely aren't leaving hungry. My wife ordered the steak and shrimp with green beans. Her steak was cooked well, the shrimp had good seasoning, and she enjoyed her meal as well. One of our favorite surprises was the croissants they bring to the table. They were warm, sweet, buttery, and almost tasted like a dessert. We loved that the first ones were complimentary, and honestly, charging about a dollar each if you want more afterward isn't bad at all. They were good enough that I could see ordering extras. The service was also very good. Our food and drinks came out in a timely manner, and we never felt like we were waiting around for anything. Everything from sitting down to getting our food went smoothly. Overall, this was a great first experience with Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen. Good food, large portions, good service, and reasonable prices for what you get. Since this was just a stop during our road trip, we didn't know what to expect, but we were glad we gave it a try. We would definitely visit Cheddar's again, and when we get back home, we'll be looking to see if there's one nearby so we can try some other things on the menu.

They are rare the chain restaurants that make you feel at home from the moment you park in their…read moreparking lot and walk towards their beautiful designed building surrounded by lovely landscape. Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen is one of them. After having been selected as number 4 of Yelp's Top 50 most prolific Elites of 2025, a year when I was also awarded the Yelp Triad Squad Photographer of the Year Award at their Yelpies 2025 Award Ceremony, an event that honored the highest-performing Yelp Elites, and where last year I was awarded the Yelp Triad Squad Yelper of the Year Award, I decided that this year, as an All-Star Yelp Elite, I not only wanted to be the first to discover new restaurants and businesses, and bring them to the attention of the public, but also to uncover those found in hidden paths that for one reason or another have not reached the public in its totality. And Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen in the Valley View area of Roanoke, Virginia, is a perfect example. After receiving an email from Cheddar's corporate office wishing me a Happy Birthday and inviting me to dine at their restaurant near me and receive a Free Dessert such as their Legendary Monster Cookie, I decided to go and accept their kind offer. Once inside, their impressive giant ceiling fan coming down from the square high ceiling dome of their main dining room in the center of the restaurant seemed to set the elegant yet relaxed ambiance of this one-of-a-kind restaurant. I was greeted at the entrance by their friendly and welcoming hostess who lead me to a comfortable booth on the left side of the restaurant close to many windows that allowed in lots of wonderful light, perfect for capturing photographs of the food which I invite you to view accompanying this review. Almost immediately after I was seated, my server Tabitha approached with a plate filled with two of their famous Honey Butter Croissants that looked amazing and tasted even better. She had a wonderful personality and it was a pleasure to give her my order. To drink I had one of their Mango flavored hand-crafted Lemonade. To dine I had a hard time choosing from their extensive menu with colorful photographs of their main dishes. But I finally decided to have their Dijon Chicken and Mushrooms: Two grilled chicken breasts with honey dijon and sautéed sliced mushrooms over rice, with the two sides of a House Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette dressing and Buttered Off-The-Cobb Corn. Not only were the portions very generous but the chicken was tender and juicy, a reflection of its high-quality and being perfectly grilled. And the sautéed mushrooms gave it such a wonderful taste that I made the commitment right then and there, to return more often to dine there. When the time came for the "Grand Finale" dessert, I chose their Legendary Monster Cookie, whom the manager himself ordered it for me while he kindly was visiting my table and receiving my wonderful feedback of my current dining experience. It was amazingly delicious! In conclusion, I highly recommend this restaurant as one of the best chain restaurants around in which I had an extraordinary dining experience.

...so, yup had lots more dental work today, 9/29/26.. Afterwards we decided to stop in Capriotti's…read more& place and order as we were on that side of town. There was a man at the counter. Not sure if he was a mgr, owner or both, but he was super kind & highly professional. Randy discussed our last delivery order. He provided us with a tuna sub at no cost. Randy's sandwich looks & smells terrific. That's literally all it took to win us back. He apologized for the sub-par experience we had & made it right. THANK U to CAPROTTI'S & to him. Absolutely delicious subs, folks! *note: I never went to the site this business prompted me to go to so, no double dipping here. I'm always willing to pay a fair price for anything & double-dipping equals 'theft' in my book. Thx again CAPRIOTTI's AND to the gentleman that handled our order in-person today! So to start with, understand our order was placed directly by calling Caprrioti's. We did not order on DoorDash, though DoorDash did deliver. That said, we ordered a Philly cheesesteak w/extra cheese & a tuna. Tuna because I'd had some dental work & it would be easier to eat. The order arrived with a cheesesteak w/no cheese & NO tuna for me! So we called the restaurant back to complain. The response was incredulous!! Some dizzy twit told us they didn't have tuna that day. AND she only makes $8 an hour!! ZERO sandwich & ZERO refund! Their business seems to operate by selling things they simply don't have to serve & yes I'm still furious. If they didn't have tuna that day-why did they sell me tuna?!? Thievery is a pathetic business plan. BUY AT UR OWN RISK. *Note this FACT. A customer that received poor service tells 10 people. A customer that receives great service tells 3 people. That's changed with Yelp.

Owner Chris and Don are the best! Service, top notch! Food, incredible! Drove from WV for their…read morecheesesteak and did not disappoint! Thank you guys for keeping it real!

This Golden Corral has a huge buffet. You have a salad bar, a desert bar, taco bar, people cutting…read moremeats, and you can get breakfast all day long. The place was clean and they did a great job keeping our tables clean and our drinks refilled.

One of my favorites restaurants to visit and enjoy eating an amazing assortment of quality foods at…read moreones disposal is the Golden Coral. Not to mention their very dedicated staff who prepare the delicious food, service the customers by bringing them coffee or by refilling their cups with coffee and glasses with soft drinks, and by removing their empty plates to make room for some others with more freshly made food. But no matter how good and popular a restaurant may be, if it loses focus of the little things that make a big difference, it will not survive, and this is why requesting feedback is good, and following through on the feedback received is even better. I used to faithfully enjoy my weekend breakfasts at this establishment until one day when I was in a hurry to be somewhere at a certain time, I arrived early in the morning with the idea of having a freshly made omelet and after standing at the omelet station for a while with no luck, and asking who I thought was the manager for help locating the omelet cook, received a lukewarm answer. I gave up and went to get some scrambled eggs and bacon instead and found the eggs to be cold and the bacon to be soggy and not crunchy. And to top it off my server dumped the remaining amount of coffee of a coffee pot in a cup and brought this lukewarm coffee over to me. I was so disappointed that at the end of the day when I got home and had some time, I visited the feedback website listed on their receipt slip, and truthfully gave an account of what had happened and how disappointed I was. So much so, that I stopped going. For months I didn't return. Then today, in the middle of the Holiday Season, I decided to return, and once again try it out to see if some change had taken place. And what I saw was amazing. They had a new manager, dressed in uniform with a name tag on, walking around the front area of the restaurant, and making herself available for customers. I greeted her and ask for the omelet cook because I wanted to have an omelet made. She told me he was at the desert station helping them out and would come as soon as he notices that he was needed. I walk that way and as soon as he saw I needed him to make me an omelet, he immediately came my way and started preparing my omelet. It came out so perfect, that as he was walking away, I called him back and told him I had a holiday bonus I wanted to give him for his excellent service throughout the year. At that moment, you could tell by his watery eyes that he appreciated the gesture enmensely. And that he clearly understood the meaning of constructive criticism through example, and was graceful for it. Afterwards, I went to get some bacon to have with my omelet; and it was once again, crispy and hot, like bacon is supposed to be. This restaurant is on track again and has retained me as one of their best customers.

Super slow. It took over 15 minutes to get a small order while watching others pick up and leave…read morethat same after us. My plate came with stale fries and only 4 small onion rings. Definitely not worth the wait. The place was super loud and service was just OK. No getting, smile, etc. when I went asking about the order 10 minutes after paying, I was given a strange look and said it's coming. The place wasn't busy by any means. I still have no idea why it took so long for us to get the order. I've been to many cool outs and this was the worst service. I was hoping it would be nice since this is the first time I've seen indoor dining. No thanks. Parking for disabled is caddy corner to the drive thru so be careful.

Stopped at Cookout in Roanoke va and ordered a sandwich and onion rings and 2 waters. After I got…read morethe food I found out we were charged for sodas. They said they had no way to add just water. But they charged me and did not tell me. That is not very good customer service. We will not go back to another Cookout.

When I first dined at this restaurant for dinner the dining experience was so good that I expressed…read morea desire to return for breakfast someday. Today I finally had an opportunity to do so, and so early in the morning I drove up to the restaurant for breakfast. When I arrived, a friendly lady greated me at the Host's station and had me seat at the table of my choice. I sat down in one of the booths and shortly after my server arrived, greeted me, and took my order. I ordered coffee to drink. To eat, I ordered the Meat Lover's Triple Meat Omelet, with homefries and white toast. My server put in the order, and yet it took a bit long to arrive. Other customers who arrived after me received their orders before mine arrived. When my order finally arrived. It looked good. They put cooked peppers and onions on top of my homefries just as I requested. The american cheese melted inside with the bacon, country sausage & ham, however the amount of meat was little compared to other places where I've had breakfast before and the price was almost double. The ambiance of the place was relaxing, and the breakfast tasted good, but just good, not great, so I wouldn't mind having breakfast here again, but I wouldn't call it a favorite place to have breakfast.

I like diner food. When we are in the area, this is an inexpensive option for breakfast or lunch. I…read morecan eat breakfast all day long. The breakfast sandwich's are good too.

First time here and loved every minute of my meal. Ordered herbed chicken, loaded potato, and rice…read more Everything was season perfectly. My husband ordered NY strip and it was cooked expertly. Loaded brownie was the cherry on top even though we did not need to have it, but so glad we did. Service was amazing, attentive and the manager came by to greet us and asked how everything tasted. It was a memorable meal in every way.

Horrible service. All should be fired and all the staff should be replaced. Losers losers losers…read morelosers!

A blast from the past. For a few years, this Danny's was on our (very) regular rotation, so it…read moredefinitely brings up a bit of nostalgia. The experiences here have been mostly great, but there have been times where I was bewildered at the undercooked pancakes (and it was always the multigrain pancakes). Staff here have mostly been friendly but then again, there have been times when certain staff dropped the ball such as slow service and not checking on our table once. I've always liked the retro music played here, and the casual bright 'yellow-red' vibe is what I've come to expect. Long live Denny's.

Where to start? Started with a 37 minute wait for our food. There were a max of 5 other tables in…read morethe whole place. All to go food had priority over dining in. Gravy is literally the most plain white gravy with sliced up sausage links. Neither had any flavor whatsoever. Glassware was dirty, silverware was still wet when it was rolled and the whole set and napkin was wet when we finally got it. Needed it about 10 minutes earlier to stir my husband's coffee, but there is no hustle in this place whatsoever. Looked like the whole crew needed an IV of B-12. Got to hear about how one waitress got new star tattoos all over her face and got the f bomb from the kitchen back to a different waitress when BOH couldn't read and order and shorted the order 3 eggs over easy. Crowning touch? Walking back to the truck for something I forgot and realizing 2 spots over was an employees vehicle with fresh puke right outside the door. Either they puked and rallied and went to work recently, or they stepped in someone else's and traipsed it right into the restaurant. Almost didn't eat breakfast when it finally arrived after that. Honestly, if you're looking on Yelp you probably know not to go to Denny's, I hadn't been in 25+ years and it won't happen again. Only came in because we were ignored while waiting to order elsewhere and thought we'd give it a try.

While in town visiting my college student we decided to go to Cracker Barrel Old Country Store in…read moreChristansburg, Va one morning. We were super hungry so was very thankful there was no line and we got sat immediately. The only reason I am giving this a 4 star and not a 5 is because our waitress kept taking forever to get to us. Took forever to get our drink orders, took forever to get the drinks, and took forever for her to grab our order. Thankfully our food came out quickly and hot.

1 STAR -- $3.99 Wasn't the Problem. The Way I Was Treated Was. I've been eating at Cracker Barrel…read morefor years, and breakfast/brunch has always been one of my favorite reasons to go. I've visited multiple locations and have generally had great experiences. Unfortunately, today's experience was so incredibly disappointing that I feel compelled to share it. I ordered one of the new fall menu items. My waitress, Karmen, asked how I wanted my eggs and then asked what kind of breakfast meat I wanted. I asked what my options were, and she listed them, including ham. I said ham would be great. She then asked what kind of ham I wanted and gave me the choices of sugar-cured or country ham. I chose country ham. My breakfast was fine. Then the bill came. There was a $3.99 charge for the ham. I asked Karmen about it because I was genuinely confused. She was also confused and took the check back to find out why I had been charged. Enter the manager. Instead of simply explaining the charge, acknowledging that there had clearly been a misunderstanding, or even saying, "I'm sorry, our server gave you incorrect information," this manager approached me with an attitude that was nothing short of condescending and insulting. Her tone and comments made it very clear that she thought I was somehow too stupid or "illiterate" to understand that there was an additional charge. I explained multiple times that I had been told by my waitress that ham was an option included with my meal, and that the waitress specifically asked me which type of ham I wanted. Her response? Essentially, "It's your responsibility to make sure your waitress is correct." Excuse me? Since when is a customer responsible for correcting a restaurant employee who is explaining the menu and taking the order? If your employee gives a customer incorrect information, that's a training issue--not a customer's intelligence issue. The manager continued arguing with me and eventually said she would see what the male manager could do. When the male manager came over, I told him something very important: This wasn't about $3.99. I would have gladly paid $3.99 if I had been told there was an additional charge. What bothered me was being treated like I was stupid for questioning a charge that resulted directly from what I was told by their own employee. He apologized for her behavior and told me she was "going through a rough time" and had stepped away. I'm sorry, but having a rough day does not give someone permission to humiliate and disrespect paying customers. I asked for her name because I fully intend to let Cracker Barrel know exactly how I was treated. Interestingly, he wouldn't give me her name. So apparently, I leave knowing that I was treated horribly, the manager responsible simply walked away, and there may not even be any accountability for her behavior. I've worked with the public. I understand that customers can be difficult. I also understand that mistakes happen. What separates a good business from a bad one is how those mistakes are handled. This could have been a 30-second conversation: " I'm sorry, there was a misunderstanding. The ham carries an additional charge." Instead, I was made to feel like I was stupid, incapable of reading a menu, and somehow responsible for an employee giving me incorrect information. That's unacceptable. Cracker Barrel, you can keep the $3.99. What you should be concerned about is the fact that someone representing your company thought it was appropriate to speak to a customer this way. The $3.99 didn't ruin my breakfast. Her attitude did. And if this is how management treats customers when they ask a simple question, I can find plenty of other places to have breakfast.