Went there today and I was with my elderly handicap mother. The hostess was rude and said there is seats at the bar if you want to have a seat. I told her the place isnt busy (which it wasnt, there was 10 cars outside and no one waiting to be seated). Asked to be sat in the regular dining and she rolled her eyes at is and said all their servers are busy. I will not be back if they choose to disrespect elderly handicap people. Chilis down the road had no problem sitting us at a table and the food was fantastic there today. read more

Went into this restaurant a few weeks ago and was frustrated at how awful the service was. Most of the wait staff was hunkered into one corner booth goofing off instead of tending to their customers. Decided to try one more time tonight. Went in and they sat me at a high top in the bar area. I watched at least 6 to 7 wait staff employees hanging around while I sat at my table waiting to be served for 15 minutes. No more Cheddars!! Too many great choices in Maryville to put up with lousy service and subpar food. Maybe you should look at your reviews and give a care when customers like myself walk out of your restaurant. I won't be back and I WILL tell everyone I know read more

Worst customer service i have seen in a long time. Staff sitting at bar while we sat waiting. 30 min and still didn't even get our drink order. 4 tables occupied in the entire restaurant. My guess is there is no manager around to keep employees working. read more

Delicious find as we were passing through the area! Definitely suggest the fried cheese bites with ranch for a starter! My hubby had the monte cristo and loved it and I had the chicken with coconut shrimp. The pain killer pineapple sauce was amazing! And I'm so glad I got the red beans and rice for a side - very good!! Waitress and staff were friendly and the restaurant was nice and clean. read more

Brought salads out then our dinner out then I had to go up front to ask for utensils. Drinks brought out last.

I want to write a horrible review to cut down on crowds, but this is my favorite chain restaurant. Wide menu, generous portions, fair pricing, mostly amazing servers. read more

So I was hungry me and my wife decided to stop at cheddars for dinner . I had never ate there myself so we ordered steaks and a couple appetizers. The apps were amazingly delicious the croissant was omg delicious!!!!! Then comes out the steaks appearance was absolutely perfect !! But was very bland I immediately could tell it was cooked on a flat grill lacking flavor very disappointed in the steak . Waiter ask if he wanted me to take care of it . I said no it is what it is . So I ask for the check and waiter comes takes my 100 dollar bill the check was fifty six dollars I give him a hundred dollar bill and he comes back twenty two fifty so he took gratuity out automatically!!! Funny thing is I tip well would have gave him the twenty but he decided to just take it so I left 22% . I wasn't mad it was just unbelievable to just take it for me !!! Usually tip extremely well but that was over the top read more

We chose Cheddars off of Yelp and were very pleased with choice. The food was excellent and the waitress was extremely efficient and very cordial. An experience enjoyed. We definitely will go back again! read more

This place was so good! I ordered the Buffalo chicken fingers and they were delicious. I have never had chicken fingers that tasted so good. The food was fast and the drinks were good. Waiter was attentive, but not too personable. read more

Haven't been here in a while but the quality and attention to detail seems to have gone downhill. Food service was extremely slow even though there were plenty of empty tables. 75 minutes after being seated we still did not have our food and when it did arrive some of the orders were incorrect while others were missing items. Temperature of food was also inconsistent - meals delivered to our table at the same time were either lukewarm or extremely hot. Food was good but not great. read more

While the wait to get into Cheddar's was long, I expect with time this will change once the newness wears off and once they open their other dining areas (still hiring I guess). But don't let the wait stop you from trying this place out. The compliment everyone gives is that they can't believe how good the food is for so little money and I have to agree. The menu offers food that isn't common in other chain restaurants. I chose the catfish and had the option of grilled or fried, blackened or not and lunch or dinner portions. I choose grilled, blackened and lunch portion and had food to spare. I've had this same dish twice and both times the catfish was cooked and spiced perfectly, presented on a bed of rice. Even the lunch portion comes with two sides and I choose red beans and rice and corn, both of which were excellent enough that I came back and ordered the same thing again. All of that for $6.95. Because my group was very hungry when we walked in, we also tried the croissants with honey butter and Cheddar's got that right, too. Topped off with endless fruit tea (they had peach, mango, strawberry and I think others, with a slice of orange), this meal was nearly perfect. My group of three walked out of there for $30 plus tip. WOW! The interior is nice and outside seating will be nice once they open it for dining. Ample parking. Even though this placed is always packed, I have always found a parking spot near the door. And if you get tired of waiting, there is an Olive Garden in the same parking lot. I will be back and I will bring friends and family here. I can't help but rate this with 5 stars. BTW, one last parting note for Panera, in case they're listening. We checked out Cheddar's because you were closed for a meeting one day. Now we have a new favorite for casual lunches and dinners. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Comfort Food Near Me - Alcoa, Tennessee

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DO NOT USE A CARD TO PAY!!! Just trust me. Sure the food inexpensive, but it's also not amazing. We used to eat there a lot but a few unfortunate visits in a row have really soured us on Cheddars. read more

Eh. I don't mean to be such a stickler, but I expect better from a Cheddars. The positives: The food came out fairly quickly. No mistakes were made with the order. Service was attentive. The restaurant appeared to be clean. They offer an extensive menu. My dad said his ribs were excellent. Negatives: Mom's nachos were just "ok". My tortilla soup was not the type I prefer. It was overflowing with huge chunks of tomato. The smallish bowl was only about 3/4 full also. My dad ordered a side of red beans and rice. I kid you not, we thought he received the wrong dish because there was literally about 5 rice kernels (is that what they are called?!?) in with the beans. A sad attempt at red beans and rice. We just assumed when ordering, that the word "rice" was plural...because whoever orders rice and expects just ONE kernel? uh, yeah, exactly. NObody Cheddar's!! One last thing to mention. It would have been nice, and helpful, if our server had informed us that they offered a special dessert that takes 15 minutes to cook. Since she didn't, we were unable to partake (short on time) which was disappointing to us, as well as a loss of dinero for Cheddar's. read more

I did not know this was a chain or I would have refused to eat here. That being said I have no complaints. The staff was friendly. The service was fast. The food was made to order and good. I had the mango tilapia. Super filling and tasty. The country fried steak was enormous and good. The price was reasonable read more

Cheddar's is a place where you can get cheap food and quite fast. To me it's basically a sit down fast food restaurant. If you'd like to contribute to the rising obesity problem in America, this is a great place to go. They serve all kinds of food- pastas, seafood, steak, ribs, burgers, salads and none of those are done really well. Everything in this restaurant is just okay. The prices are great and the portions are quite large, so people seem to love this place. I personally go for quality, not quantity. For example, on my last visit alone, the ceaser salad was served with soggy greens, the grilled shrimp had a dirty feet taste, and the chicken tenders were overcooked and not tender. The only thing I really enjoyed were the honey drizzled croissants, they were 3 for $1.99, probably not good for you but they were actually tasty. read more

I drove past this place the other day and couldnt help but notice the line out front, the full parking lot and an overflow lot that was equally packed. I had to see what the hype was all about. For one I would wait just for the croissant s smothered in honey butter. The Philly I had was ok, but Im used to crazy good cheese steaks in SF, at the Cheese Steak Shop. I have a feeling the rest of the menu is pretty good but no where to take a date, hint to the guy sitting next to me at the bar with his girl also sporting a white iPhone, no self respecting man has a white phone. All in all the service was fast and friendly and the food was pretty ok. If I ever happen to be in Alcoa again I may eat here again. read more

Stopped on to get something to eat after our trip through Cades Cove. We got seated at 7:15, salads came out fresh and very tasty. We waited 45 to 50 minutes for our entrees to arrive. Two of the meals were great. My wife and I got the original burgers. The burgers came out 45 minutes later. The hamburgers were so cold the cheese would not melt. The buns were also cold and dry. If I go back to this Cheddars I will not get the burger again! read more

Absolutely, nasty. Couldn't get anyone to re-clean table and seats. There was a huge puddle of tea or soda under the table. Who wants to sit with their feet in a mess. After we told the hostess about the mess she supposedly told someone who never came. As we left I said that the restaurant was nasty to wit one of the young men standing around smart mouthed come again. Not likely. I can see why it gets only 3 stars. For me if I could give less than one star I would. read more

I have been Here twice and both times the food and service were very good. The only complaint I had was the wait, and actually that is a good thing for them. read more

I've only been once, but Cheddar's definitely exceeded my expectations. In my opinion, the food outshines popular competitors in the area like Chili's, TGI Friday's, and O'Charley's, but at a generally lower price. You can get a burger starting at just $5, most of the entrees are under $12, and everything comes with two sides. I had the grilled tilapia and shrimp, which was excellent. Some of the long waits are undoubtedly because it is new, but with better food at lower prices, don't expect the lines to die down any time soon. There's a reason this place always has a long wait... It's simply worth waiting for. read more

This is a restaurant we frequently visit. It was very dirty with trash all over the floor. We checking in with host as we always do to set at the high top at the bar and she took us to set and the female bartender said she was too tired to take tables we couldn't set there. Then when I spoke with the fill in manager chase he said she didn't have to take any tables if she was tired. We seen many people leave do you them being out of items and nasty tables and many table with plates and cups on them. Just hate to see this place this nasty and poor ran read more

Although its just another corporate restaurant, we enjoy visiting here when we go out of town. It has your normal corporate decor, booths, tables, tvs and bar. The menu is extensive, but also basic; we had cheese sticks and chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and gravy. It was good, but the gravy was very rich. Our server was very attentive, unfortuantely I can't remember her name. Overall, good visit. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and macaroni - Comfort Food Near Me - Alcoa, Tennessee

We stopped in for dinner last Friday night while in town visiting my husband who is at the nearby military base for a training course. We were seated right away and our server, Taylor, was fantastic. While she wasn't especially knowledgable of the menu and options, she was friendly and attentive without being in your face. We will likely return when we stop through again. read more

We were there the night of the tornados. This place is splended. I will definately return. Thanks. read more

I've been twice. First time I went there was old food scattered all over the floor under our table. Getting our order taken and getting our drinks were incredibly slow despite the fact it wasn't really busy with several folks standing around and talking. Got the feeling I was an inconvenience. As for the food it was OK, so I figured well maybe it was a bad night. Second visit floor was clean at least service was very short and abrupt. I watched servers and staff walk in the course of working and all I could think was, "damn I wonder if it would really kill anyone here to actually smile." It was a busy day but to me everyone I saw there just looked miserable. Drinks and food were very slow. The server got my wife's order completely wrong and again got the feeling of what a bother we are. Won't be back. read more

Cheddars has outstanding service and the portions are fantastic for the price! Would be 5 stars but the steak didn't come out to medium, it was much more on the rare side, will Give it another shot though! read more

Definitely not my first choice. Upon walking in, we seated ourselves (not very packed) and were given menus after a few minutes. The service was not the best; our server must have been new because the checks around us were mixed up and the drinks were a while getting to us. The food was subpar. I had buffalo chicken tenders and the meat was not cooked thoroughly. The food was also kind of bland. We noticed the people around us sending back undercooked food. Okay atmosphere. They have good Strawberry Lemonade though. read more

first time I've eaten here since the pandemic started, very disappointed. My cheeseburger was served with no cheese, they took it back and brought it out with a cold piece of cheese slapped on top. Meanwhile the rest of the burger got cold. The bun was soggy . My wife had chicken Alfredo. The chicken was good, the sauce was watery and the broccoli wasn't cut up, making it hard to eat read more

The buffalo cheddar wrap is awesome, but the service is not the best. Actually the service is bad enough it overrides the quality of the food. When you order your food and receive it about 1 1/2 hours later after asking waiter multiple times this gets a little frustrating. The 3 star is being nice for the poor service we received.No refills on drinks and waiter was bad all the way around. read more

My wife and I had a rare date night tonight and chose our local Cheddar's. We got there and the place seemed to be doing a good job with Covid precautions. We then got our table and waited 12-15 minutes before the server showed up. We were getting up to go to chili's when he did. He said sorry one time and stood there as we debated to stay or go. We decided to stay. He could have done a way better job greeting to begin with and then apologizing and convincing us to stay. We placed are order and got our salads. About three minutes later we got our main entrees. My wife's steak was well done as opposed to medium that she ordered. My lemon chicken was dry and hard. I've had this dish many times and it's normally moist. I think they didn't put the sauce on it. It seemed dry like it was under the heat lamp to long. We showed this to the manager and she said my dish sometimes looks like this. What's it supposed to look like? She apologized and we both gave our dish back. She offered to make us something else but we don't have the time at this point. She them blamed Covid for the situation. What's Covid got to do with the server not showing up for 15 minutes? Not trained on customer relations and service? The poor quality control on the food? And the lack of the manager satisfying the customer? Seems like a cop out of an excuse. I'd chalk it up to poor training and lack of focus on product and customer satisfaction. Waist of a date night. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Lemon chicken with no lemon flavor. Dry and hard sitting on a bed of bland rice. - Comfort Food Near Me - Alcoa, Tennessee

Love this place. Moderately priced, good food and plesant servers. I particularly enjoy the beer-battered shrimp. read more

When this place first opened up they were awesome, but here recently they just plain suck. Some examples.....A few months ago my husband and I went in and ordered and 45 minutes later we still do not have our food, waitress didn't put our order in. Managers fix.....meal is on the house.... Couple months later my husband, my son and I came in for supper, placed our orders and nearly an hour later still no food. Waitress never picked up our order.... Managers fix....meal is on the house.....a month ago my clients wanted to eat at Cheddars against my advice, and you guessed it, the service was horrible. Had to flag down different servers to get drink refills, extra napkins.... Managers fix.... We're sorry we'll try to do better next time..... 2 weeks ago my clients once again wanted Cheddars, Ordered our meals, salads that we asked to be served before meal came after our meals, so I ask you, cold food or soggy salad? We could never get our drinks filled because we never saw our waitress until she brought our checks. Managers fix.... None because the manager never came. Tonight my husband and I went there because he wanted a smokehouse burger. We get seated right away, and hostess said our server would be right with us...10 minutes went by and still no server. We just left....I will not go back EVER read more

No catfish on menu anymore so they've seen me for the last time. Waited 35 minutes after salad only to be told we would be waiting another 20 minutes if we really wanted the baked potato that we had ordered This Cheddars certainly isn't like it used to be. Used to feel as if I had stolen something, the food was so good, and the prices were so reasonable. Not so much anymore read more

This was the worst experience I have ever had at a Cheddars. My entire party's food order was incorrect and I still sit here waiting on my food as I type this review. I do not recommend. And that ONE star you see is actually a NEGATIVE 5. read more

I went there with my wife for our anniversary on Saturday 7/22. They were not real busy so that's not an excuse. First when my wife asked about the special on their board The waitress looked at us with a blank expression. Then we ordered. They never brought the salad my wife ordered I ordered buffalo chicken fingers and they were cold. I sent them back and the manager came by and told me it would take 3 more minutes. After over 15 minutes they brought out a pitifully small order of chicken. My wife had already finished eating so I took it to go. They staff seemed totally clueless and each person tried to shift the blame to others instead of apologizing. All in all a terrible experience. read more

Took us 45 minutes to get our food after ordering. It was lukewarm. They were not busy. Tiny slice of salmon for me and my husband had 2 tbs for his mashed potatoes. Lunch is great there. Supper, not so much. read more

This place was totally packed when I tried to go the first time - like a 45 minute - 1 hour wait. I finally got in at lunch with a girl friend of mine. We still had to wait about twenty minutes while we stood up front and watched other parties be seated... that was my first no no for that place. We were finally seated when I realized that the waiters and waitresses there seemed to only be assigned two tables a piece - however I could be wrong on that. I thought it was a cool idea though because that would enable our waiter/waitress to focus on us a little more - oh how I couldn't be more wrong. Our waitress was very nice, but VERY persistent - as we had never been to this place we wanted to check out the menu and learn our options. In that time our waitress came back probably 6 or 7 times to ask if we were ready. Other than that she stood around doing pretty much nothing (she was in my sight the entire time). We ordered our drinks and meal - both of us chose the raspberry tea. I ordered the Dijon-chicken with broccoli casserole and my friend had the lemon pepper chicken with the same - we both had a starter salad. The drinks came back with the raspberry syrup curdled on the bottom - our lazy waitress didn't even bother to stir them. Our salads were great and the croissant served along side was excellent as well. We got our food and began eating. Mine was delicious, my friend's was horrific. She couldn't even take a bite without sneezing there was so much pepper on the chicken, not to mention it was dry as hell. Oh, yeah, and we didn't see our waitress again until she brought us our check - about 10 minutes into our meal, which we were going to order dessert but we decided just to get the hell out of there. I've heard great things about this place but my experience was awful. I didn't even leave the waitress a tip I was so disappointed. The services was sub-par to say the least and the food was alright (just don't order the lemon pepper chicken!). I wouldn't recommend it, but I wouldn't say "Beware". read more

Mac and cheese is not very good. The breading on the chicken tenders is too bland. Try looking at Pinterest for some more recipes on how to make these two items better. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Mac and cheese. - Comfort Food Near Me - Alcoa, Tennessee

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Comfort food for sure. The fish tank is great for keeping little one's attention while you wait. The sides are really good. I recommend the chicken pot pie. read more

We had a wretched experience and while I hope it was a rare night, it was enough that we (my family of 4, mom, dad, and sister) don't ever want to come back. Service was super slow (20 minutes to take our drink order, 20 min to bring drink, 15 min to come back for our dinner order, etc), despite being practically empty. When our food came, half of the orders were wrong or missing something and the other half were cold. We asked for a manager, but was told she was too busy. it looked like the manager and half of the shift were simply hanging out in a booth drinking soda and talking. Mine was the only meal that came out good (so there's that! Haha). read more