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    Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen

    3.6 (116 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    Grilled fish, blackened, over rice with southern green beans and candied carrots. Perfect!
    Jill F.

    My husband and I stopped on our way through to Salem, VA. Everything was great from the service to the food! Great experience!

    Guillermo C.

    Stopped here for dinner as we made our way back to Houston. I found out since they have an outdoor seating, you can have your dog with. Good to know for next time. The restaurant has some great decor and it looked clean as far as the eye can see. Their croissants were a little over baked so it was a bit of a bummer since I know how good these are when baked perfectly. Our meals were good besides the fries and the broccoli and cheese casserole being cold. Overall our waitress was very kind, friendly and patient. It took us a little bit to decide what each of us wanted for dinner lol

    Fried chicken (double) with gravy, mashed potatoes with gravy (I think they were cheese and bacon?), and corn off the cob. Skip the corn.
    Ethan B.

    Cheddar's is kind of like a bougie Cracker Barrel: southern-style cooking with a wide variety of really solid items. The last two times I've been there, I've ordered a double decker fried chicken platter with gravy, cheese and bacon mashed potatoes, and baby carrots or corn off the cob (GO FOR THE CARROTS. They're sweet and satisfying. Corn was uninteresting and didn't complement it well). Chicken is crispy, melts in your mouth, so delightful and HUGE. The gravy has a hint of sweetness to it that I quite enjoyed. I feel it works better on the chicken than the mashed potatoes. I would rate the dish a 9/10. I feel like certain side choices would be better, and I have yet to find the perfect combination. But how about that bread? The croissants here are superb. It's like having dessert before the meal without it being too overpoweringly sweet. The flavor is comparable to O'Charley's rolls (RIP our local O'Charley's) but the texture is very flakey and unique among restaurant bread in my experience. Cheddar's croissants get a 10/10. Nothing like it. The location is lovely. There's a big fan in the center of the establishment and multiple lovely seating areas. The place is pretty quiet, the music is alright, and the stonework is gorgeous. Really, the whole restaurant is a work of art. I do think some easy listening music would complement the atmosphere of the restaurant well, but perhaps that's not what most people would want. Right now it's soft rock. 9/10 ambiance. I'm not sure what it's going for but I like it. The service is usually very good. My only real gripe was that my most recent visit had a waitress that was complaining a bit more than I considered was professional. But she still did her job fine...it was really just a minor irritation. Everybody has bad days, I suppose. 9/10 service. Pricing is standard fare for a chain sit-down restaurant in my opinion. Please go to Cheddar's. It's a wonderful establishment and one of Bristol VA's best. It's more reliably high-quality than Chili's, tastier than Cracker Barrel, and much more relaxing than Logan's. My only recommendation would be to consider getting something that isn't a steak. Their steaks aren't bad, but it isn't their specialty, and you can get better steaks elsewhere. They do chicken very well, in my opinion. I'm looking forward to coming back to Cheddar's, and I hope it's sooner rather than later.

    Pretty darn good croissants
    Sheena W.

    Had an excellent experience with my husband while visiting from out of town. We've never been to a Cheddar's, so imagine our surprise when two enormous & flaky croissants found their way to our table! My husband remaked on the great prices and went with a whole rack of ribs. I'm attempting to balance out the croissant I just had, so I ordered grilled chicken and shrimp with steamed carrots. It's kind of weird to go to a restaurant and say, man, those were the best carrots I've ever had, but here we are. Our server, Mattie, did a great job. Would definitely return when visiting in the future.

    Half rack ribs
    Doug K.

    Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen in Bristol is good. The decor and ambiance is appropriate for the restaurant style. Restaurant was clean and tables were cleared off soon after the customer left the table. Wait staff was slow on clearing empty plates at our table when we were done with something. Wait staff was slow in how quick they returned to check on our table. The waitress seemed like she was covering one too many tables. She knew what she was doing and working as quickly as she could, but was behind. Her service was good when she was at our table. Most of our food came out cool to cold. The vegetables were cold, not even room temperature. They were warmed and broiler back very warm. Over food was ok. I was expecting more fresh tasting items from a scratch kitchen. I'd consider trying this particular Cheddar's again and see of they do better. If they do improve, then it's a good place to get basic good food.

    Chicken tenders with baked potato
    Nanci G.

    I definitely recommend this Cheddars. The hubs and I plus our son and granddaughter really loved this Cheddars and as my granddaughter says "BEST PEACH TEA EVER". So the hubs and I split the smokehouse burger with cheddar cheese and fries. I just had a house salad comes with egg if you like it can be removed, the granddaughter got the classic burger with cheese and no rabbit food on it. our son got the chicken tenders with a baked potato. Our server for lunch was Misty and she was awesome. On top of our drinks and stopping by the table a lot to check on us.

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    Love the food here every time! The service is always great and the place is comfortable so you can talk with your party. Will be back!!

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    Burger was good, cheesy bacon fries were better, croissants were a nice touch, the fruit lemonade was also good, fish were cool.

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    We came with a large party from a softball tournament and the food was fantastic! Staff was friendly and accommodating.

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    Food is delicious I came and the waiter was so nice and food was delicious highly recommend

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    A terrific restaurant, good ambience, and good food. The server was attentive and pleasant.

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    Nice restaurant. I had the lemon pepper chicken breast and the potato soup. Both were very tasty

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    Nice restaurant and good food. We stopped while on a road trip since we like eating at places we don't have at home. We would go again.

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    We had a waiter who was awesome he was training another server. Our first visit just before noon…read moreon Thursday this last week. Parking lot was empty except for Staff in back. Just not lunch time yet as it filled up quickly. Cute perky environment they have glass garage door windows. Great breeze. I had 3 shrimp Bam Bam tacos very good and a side of yummy tomato basil soup definitely fresh. My daughter had a vegan Bean burger she won't do that again but the chips were good. For desert we had 2 pieces to go of special key lime pie. oh my God so good. Very large menu, Sunday brunch and cocktails. We will be back. Have

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    3.4(53 reviews)
    0.1 mi
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    Great manager with great customer service. Ate there recently with 12 family members while visiting…read moremy hometown. Food came out hot and delicious! Server was excellent! My grandchildren loved it so much that they wanted to return the following day for dinner. This visit did not go as expected. Food came out cold . Had been sitting out for a while. We barely ate our food as it was nothing like the previous evening. Seemed to be very short staffed , but our server did the best she could under the circumstances. I ordered fried okra as one of my vegetables and I never received it until we were ready to leave. Server said she put the order in 3 separate times , so it sounds like they were also short staffed in the kitchen. I had decided I would never return again or go to my local restaurant very close to my house in NC. As I was paying , the cashier asked me how our food was and I told the truth. She said the store manager would want to talk to me and make things right because they pride themselves on the quality of their food and their service. I was absolutely not trying to get free food but hoped by sharing our experience that this would help the restaurant. Everyone was so friendly and kind and I had no intention of posting a bad review giving the store the benefit of the doubt that maybe this was not the usual. I had eaten there a couple of times before on visits when I was staying at the Hilton Garden next door and everything was wonderful. I have had their dinners and breakfast in the past without any complaints. This trip I was staying at a Marriott near a lot of recommended restaurants, but I chose to drive to the other side of town to go there again after I ate there the night before with my cousins and everything was great. This store has an excellent manager who seemed very upset about what we experienced. I told him what happened and he was very apologetic and insisted on comping our food. I said that was not necessary and I did not expect that , but shared my concerns to hopefully help other customers have a better experience and to be sure this location in my hometown where locals work , would do better in the future. I had no plans to post a negative review, but after this manager went above and beyond and restored my faith in Cracker Barrel, I felt it was necessary to post a good review as any restaurant can have an "off night " due to unforeseen circumstances.

    I wish Cracker Barrel was as good as it used to be. Service…read morewas good, not great. Half of the signature chicken that was ordered was good, the other half was very thick and like rubber. Not edible at all. Waitress brought another piece but never bothered to ask if that was better or how everything was. My grilled chicken tenders were pretty good, however, the sides (corn and green beans) were fair at best. Cracker Barrel has switched to the cheapest available canned vegetables. So sad, because I used to love their green beans. Corporate will never read or listen to complaints because all that matters is money, not quality. Honestly, done with CB unless I am desperate and there is no where else nearby.

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