The Cheesecake Cafe

We go on pretty much a regular basis, with my inlaws after church on Sundays. They absolutely love the French Onion soup. On Sunday, just to be different, I ordered the quiche. I was not disappointed. The quiche came out hot and tasty. Slightly coolish chips on the side. Salad was nice (bagged, but still not bad). My only criticism would be the «olive oil» and «balsamic» vinegar that comes with the pan bread. I know olive oil, and balsamic vinegar, and what they serve is neither one of these. Canola oil and red wine vinegar at best. Other than that, fantastic service, nice and prompt!

Super disappointing experience here on a Friday night.
We were seated promptly and our waitress came by shortly after and took our drink orders. A few minutes later, another waitress came by, went over the happy hour offerings and explained that it was ending in 20 minutes, so if we wanted to take advantage, we’d have to do so quickly. She then asked if she could get us something to drink. We explained that someone else had already taken our drink order. Too bad, the second waitress that came by was far more attentive, and our evening may have been better if she had continued to serve us. Our actual waitress did not explain the happy hour or specials at all, and it took almost 10 minutes for her to come back with our drinks (just pop. nothing special).
We ordered two tapas dishes (they are half price during happy hour) as well as a couple of appetizers to share instead of entrees.
The tapas were okay. We got the stuff mushroom caps (they are breaded and deep fried — very little flavour, and the hot liquid from the mushrooms burns your mouth if you don’t cut it open and let it sit for a while. We also got the wontons, which were delicious and probably the best thing we ate all night. They are filled with typical wonton filling then deep fried and served with the sweet thai chili sauce.
We finished the tapas and then waited. And waited. 20 minutes later, the rest of our food showed up. It’s just appetizers! What took so long? We had the bonesless spare ribs and Tuscan flat bread. The ribs were pretty good. Nice and salty. But the honey mustard sauce that came with them had a really powdery consistency. We did point that our to the waitress, and she said she’d let the kitchen know.
I loved the flavours of the flatbread. Monterey Jack cheese added something nice, but it could have used a few more minutes in the oven. The dough was pretty soft. But the marinara sauce that came with it to dip it in was really good.
Our waitress was inattentive throughout our visit and food was below average.

My husband took me here for my birthday and the experience left me with a bitter taste. The food was alright (not terrible but not anything to get excited about) and is the only reason I’m giving this place 2 stars.
There is a significant management (or lack there of) issue at this location. The restaurant was short staffed and was already in the weeds when we arrived (at 6pm with less than half the restaurant full).There was a wine and painting event in the lounge as well, which also backed up the bar and put stress on the limited serving staff. Our server was left to handle half the restaurant which included a large table of 10 or more. She did her best but needless to say service was slow. The manager spent her time occasionally bringing food out and walking around very «important» like talking to tables. When she came to ours she was essentially looking for complaints about our server, and basically blamed our server for the wait which was EXTREMELY unprofessional. I then watched her fishing for complaints from the tables around us. As I said our server was overwhelmed and was set up for failure — this was a management issue through anf through. It seems to be an ongoing dynamic with this manager. Our poor server shrunk and seemed to know she was going to get it later but still did her best trying to tend tables.
We went out for dinner, not to watch a bully boss play mean girls with the staff. For that reason I will not be going back

It was a great experience! Great food and nice people all around great time. I would recommend it to friends but if you’re looking for cheep not the place to go :)