Went at lunch today to celebrate a co-workers birthday and as soon as I walked in the first set of double doors I saw the health rating, an 81. My first instinct was to run since the passing grade is 85. My friends were already seated so I gave it a shot. Big mistake. When I opened my menu to make a selection, it was greasy, stained, and had some kind of syrupy water spots all over it. We split an order of chips and queso and the salsa was runny and there was barely enough chips to feed four. I ordered a chicken finger "basket" with fries, buffalo style and they were pretty good. Took a little long for them to arrive but our waiter was very nice and checked with us often, keeping our drinks filled. Managed to get out of there in under an hour, which is unusual, but instead of going to Target like I wanted to after, I had to make an immediate dash to my office and visit the restroom. To say I had an upset stomach would be an understatement. Normally this is a pretty good place. The lines are too long if you get there after 12pm, but they do give you a lot of food for the money. It's one of the few places in Huntsville you can get a Monte Christo, the "ham donut" a previous reviewer mentioned. It'll just be awhile before I go back. And good luck trying to find the nutritional information on any dish in there. read more

Last night, some friends and I went to Cheddar's for apps and a drink after watching a movie. We were seated quickly at the high tops where we could avoid any wait time. Julia was our server and came by with menus quickly, took our drink order, and we probably did not see her again for another half an hour. No utensils were ever given to our table. Our drinks took awhile to be made, but every tie you looked at the bar there were SO MANY drinks just sitting there waiting for a server to pick up. When we finally got our drinks (we all ordered their specialty drink, "The Painkiller") we are all fairly certain the drink was completely compromised of just "mix" and no alcohol. I have had the drink before and have felt a little buzzed and by the end of the evening, I felt 110% sober. We placed our food order, which again were 3 APPETIZERS and we didn't get that for probably 45 minutes. Once Julia arrived with our food, a friend accidentally spilled water on the table, thus causing it to drip to the floor. Julia literally stood there frozen and kept repeating "I don't know what to do." We had a another server behind us she could have asked for help or could have motioned towards the bar or the hostess area, but yet she stood there frozen. My friend scooped up all the ice and got up and said she guesses she will go get paper towels from the BATHROOM to clean the water up and Julia let her! My friend almost slipped on the same water once she got down from the bar stool! Then came back and wiped our table with paper towels FROM THE BATHROOM PROBABLY BREWING WITH BACTERIA while Julia literally just stood there looking around, holding our food hostage and repeatedly saying "I don't know what to do." The tables surrounding us were literally giggling at this whole situation as we exchanged WTF glances with each other because you seriously could not even make this up. Never had our water refilled. Never had any plates come and cleaned off. Tables around us were also dirty. Bathroom had paper towels overflowing from the trash cans all over the floor. Never had anyone come ask how the food was or if we needed anything (my friend's order was wrong, but Julia never knew about it because she never came back to check on us.... and we also ate like cavemen with no utensils because she never came back to ask if we needed anything.) OH! The kicker, after my friend wiped up the watery mess with fecal battered paper towels from the restroom, Julia returned and dropped 3 napkins on our table in passing as she walked to another table. First of all, we already cleaned the mess because SOMEONE HAD TO, not only that, it was a FULL glass of water. 3 napkins were not going to clean it up. And if the napkins were meant for us diners.... there were 4 of us eating anyways. Not sure what is going on at Cheddar's, but it is a sinking ship and it is sinking fast. The service, experience, and drinks were deplorable to say the least. read more

Rushed food and subpar service. We had to stop our waitress every time we needed anything and she seemed irritated that we wanted our whole order. My tea arrived with some random bit of paper floating in it, but the staff didn't think it was a big deal. As for the food, the cheese dip arrived over done and dried out but tasted good. The onion rings while plentiful were flavorless and limp. The croissants were cold. My New Orleans pasta was lukewarm and the shrimp were poorly deveined and were rubbery, the garlic bread was my favorite part. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Some paper with my tea. The staff didn't seem concerned. - American Near Me - Huntsville, Alabama

Went to Cheddar's for lunch and got the chicken and waffles. It was pretty good and filling. The chicken was nice, tender and huge. The waffle was moist and rather tasty. I was actually surprised at the flavor. I normally get the Philly cheese stake but I went with something new and I was not disappointed. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Chicken & Waffles...Yum! - American Near Me - Huntsville, Alabama

Large portions of good food at reasonable prices. Clean venue with good service. A little surprised to be charged for club soda, but that will not rule out another stop. read more

Was in Huntsville on a Easter shopping trip and since we love Chedders so well and there's not one close to our home we decided to have dinner there. It took 20 mins to be seated and over half the rooms were empty. After being seated another 15 minutes before our waiter came. Upon getting food, my husbands ribs were over cooked hard and dry. The rice was not like it is everywhere we have ate before, it was not the vegetable rice, the southern green beans taste like they was straight out of the can. I would recommend that someone in management look into this restaurant, we have eaten in numerous Chedders and they were nothing like Huntsville. If we had not already eat at Chedders before Huntsville Chedders, I would not stop at another one. read more

Delicious food, quick service, decent prices, friendly staff... what more can you ask for? read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Spiked strawberry lemonade - American Near Me - Huntsville, Alabama

It was just ok. It seems like service is getting worse every time I go. We ordered a appetizer and I ordered a beer. I was served a hot beer at the bar.... read more

The service at this establishment was awful along with the food.The server didn't ask how our food was or if we needed anything because he was too busy talking to the table across from us for 15 minutes. My meal was cold and incorrect but I had waited so long on it I didn't even bother to send it back. I did not enjoy my experience. read more

I wanted to like this place. I heard it was pretty good. After convincing my coworker, we went. I'm always suspicious when places are so dark, but there was a lot of food choices so I was happy. In CA every restaurant has an health department score (like A, B, C, etc.) posted by the health department. I rely on those as my body tends to be sensitive, but other states have no such thing. We sat down, our waitress was nice, but slow. We ordered a whole range of food. She was unhappy with hers right out, my food was ok. I get back to the hotel, settle in for the night. Boom. Food poisoning. I spent most of my night in the bathroom. I won't be returning. read more

Visited there yesterday with my little brother. Food was decent, service was great (Akosua A), not an awesome value in price, but not bad, either. I noticed this morning that the amount I tipped was not included in the amount I was charged by the bank. Worried that they didn't include the amount I tipped our server, I called and asked to speak to a manager. I was on hold for 22 minutes and 42 seconds. 3 times someone answered and said "who are you on hold for?" I said "a manager, please." No reply. I finally hung up, but I hate that it wont be resolved because we had good service, and she deserves to be tipped the amount I left on my receipt. read more

Like top 10 favorite places to eat at whenever I come to Huntsville. Really good food. Price is so fair. Really well put together restaurant. read more

The service has always been great, the steaks are to die for. I have nothing but good things to say about this place!

This was the first time we have been back in a long time since last time they were unable to cook a steak medium in 3 attempts and I ended up eating a decent burger instead... This time we just went for appetizers and drinks. The drinks were good, but the service was poor (it took about 20 minutes to get our first round of drinks). We ordered the chips and "homemade" (Velveeta) Queso, which was nothing to write home about. Our friends shared Mozzarella sticks with Marinara and Ranch(?!). This was also not great. We will not be back even if just for drinks. read more

I have had two not-so-great experiences with Cheddars, and a third lackluster experience from a close friend. The first time, my wife and I wanted to go here on my hour-long lunch break during the week. They gave us a buzzer and told us 20-30 min. wait. They actually buzzed us after 5 min. I thought, "Wow, that's great." They sat us down on the left side of the restaurant at a small table in the middle of a lot of traffic. We sat there for 10-15 min. The waiters/waitresses completely ignored us. Not even a drink order. We watched as some waitresses stood and casually had a conversation. Meanwhile we were not getting any service. We told the manager on the way out. The manager took down our address to send us complimentary gift cards in the mail. They never came. Next experience: Went to Cheddar's with work group as a going away party. We had a group of 10-16 people. The menu seemed a bit too common as far as it didn't seem to have any Cheddars-specific items that I couldn't find elsewhere. I ordered some common sandwich. The problem happened as we were getting our tickets. Everybody's ticket was wrong. If we ordered water, there was a drink charge. People with soft drinks, only had water (free). After leaving the tickets, the waitress was then gone for about 10 min. We had to sit and wait for her return to explain the problems, then sit and wait for them to ring us up. This unnecessary wait on the back end of our dining was annoying, especially because it was again during the weekday. Thirdly, a friend went to Cheddars with a group of less than 10 for his birthday at the end of Dec. They told him it would be a 3-hour wait. They waited so long, that they finally decided to just go to another restaurant in the area. I was just thinking, "No restaurant should tell anyone that it will be a 3-hour wait. That is just unacceptable." For all of the poor experiences above, I do not plan on going back to Cheddars at this location, unless someone else is paying. It is not worth my time for the unreasonable wait times. read more

Food is great I have tried several different items so far and it's all been great I particular love the BBQ salad my favorite so far. Staff is friendly had a couple of horrible servers but overall it's very well done. read more

This is a complaint about service I recently received from Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen customer service on March 3, 2016. My party and I arrived around 11 am, there was not a hostess present to great us upon arrival. We were seated at approx. 1107 in the bar section in a booth. We sat at our table with our menus in front of us for over 15 minutes waiting to be greeted. The table behind us was seated after us and they had been greeted received their drinks and the server brought out their appetizer when I finally give up on waiting to be greeted. I stopped a manager, Ali Beth that was walking by and asked if we had a server to take care of us. Ms. Beth then got a server to take care of us. As the server walked away from Ms. Beth she said loud enough for me the customer to hear he tell the server to give our table an appetizer. The server came to our table apologized and said she did not realize she had our table. She then offered the appetizer as she was instructed. The table was not interested in an appetizer but I did ask for a side salad with my meal. My co-workers and I have an hour for our lunch break and 20 minutes of that time was already wasted. I also did not want it to delay the food on coming out. We placed our food orders at the same time we placed our drink order. We then waited another 35 minutes for our food to come out, 2 salmon plates and a chicken pot pie. At no point did Ms. Beth or any manager follow up with our table. It took an hour and a half to eat lunch at your establishment! I requested our bill and thought that maybe a percentage would have been taken off for our lack of service but that did not happen. When I asked the server if they were going compensate anything for our time I was told we were offered an appetizer. I replied we didn't order an appetizer I was then told that I had ordered a side salad. My time is worth a lot more than a $2.50 salad. Especially now that I had to make up a half an hour of work time. I worked in the food service industry and I am aware of what proper customer service should be. Your establishment lacks it from the front of the house, the back of the house and your manager. Needless to say, I was quite frustrated. I expected a much higher level of service from your company, and I am disappointed. I will not continue to speak about how highly I once thought of your establishment. A copy of this letter was emailed directly to the GM of the University Dr restaurant and it was also submitted online to Cheddar's customer service. I did not receive a reply from the GM nor an automated email from the corporate customer service VERY POOR CHEDDAR's! You have clearly shown on an individual restaurant level and the corporate level how little you care about you customers!!! Cheddar's has went down hill over that past year and I am sadden because this was my favorite place to eat and have a Texas tea read more

It's traditional American food from I would classified as chain restaurants. It's pretty good and everyone likes it. The menu is pretty wide lots of fried items but it's done right. read more

First, let me say that we waited a ridiculously long time to be seated and served. When we were finally assisted to order, the service was wonderful. The food was great too! We thought they were just slow to seat people, but it turns out they'd had all kinds of complications from Machines going down to a staff member being injured and leaving via ambulance that day. The only issue was the wait and they had a justifiable reason for being that slow. 4 stars for the wait, but everything else was great. read more

What's going on with the attention span of these servers here? 3 plates for 4. I asked for sparkling water and what they bring me is soda stream tap carbonates water from the soft drink machine. This shit is disgusting. read more

Terrible customer service. Was seated for 5 mins in the dining area before deciding to move to the bar area. When moving that is when a waiter was concerned we were moving from his area. Once in the bar area there were a handful of waiter/waitresses just lounging around not tending to other customers.towards the end of our meal my SO found hair in his fries. Very disappointed. read more

One of the worst places to go eat. Ordered the steak and shrimp. Steak was over cooked and shrimp was rediculously over seasoned. For the side, I ordered a sweet potato and got a baked potato. Do not waste your money coming here. read more

Come about 6 times a year, always different times and different days. Most of the time service is meh.. food is always good, but service just doesn't seem important to this location. Food comes out slow, staff not friendly. Chairs dirty, salt and pepper shakers are sticky. Manager never does table touching. 10/9/18 tried it agin. Took ten minutes to be greeted and then at our table it took another 10 minutes to see our waitress. Order and they were out of chicken tenders. Couldn't have my buffalo wrap. So we left and as we left the host said have a great night thanks for coming. So clueless.. read more

My wait time was long! The order taking was long! The drinks took forever I waited 38 minutes after my drink order was takin to finally walk out! We were in cheddars over an hour and only got 2 waters and an apple juice my maragarita I canceled one it was wrong and 2 it took forever!!! She said I needed to be specific about my drink how am I to know you have multiple drinks with the same name?? Never tried my tenders ribs or shrimp! I'm just floored at the service and my experience was horrendous! Wasted an hour to end up in a drive thru! read more

Popular and usually dependable comfort-type food chain. Friendly service, decent food, low prices. Just OK menu. Beware! They may deep-fry your sandwich unless you specify otherwise-LOL! read more

Cheap, unhealthy, and uninspired food delivered with generally average to poor service in an environment of people who enjoy terrible chain restaurants. read more

Let me preface this by saying that living in Birmingham has made me quite the "food snob". I went from eating at Chilis and Applebees all the time, to trying to keep my dining experience as local and fresh as I can get it. As a matter of fact, I just had some Logan's on my last trip home and the food actually made me sick. Unlike all those other places, Cheddar's never does. It's the only "chain" restaurant that I still enjoy eating at and don't mind accompanying my family to. Everything I order is always so fresh, well prepared and a great value for the cost. I've never had a bad service experience and haven't every really waited that long, and the wait can be ridiculous but well worth it. In my opinion, this is the best option for someone that frequents chain restaurants. Just to speak to the quality of their food and service, we came on Father's Day during the peak of their lunch rush. Not once did we feel ignored or that our service was bad. My parents are often quite demanding and don't tip their servers very well. I was shocked to see that they not only tipped the service 20% but actually tipped 30%. This is huggeeee for my parents and really speaks to the quality of service that this place has to offer. I'm not sure about other locations but this one is definitely one that you have to visit! read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Onion ring app. - American Near Me - Huntsville, Alabama

Food was average. My order was wrong. Was alone so sat at the bar. It was dirty and sticky. Asked bartender to wipe it down. 1 swipe with a damp rag. Didn't bother rubbing or drying it off. I used some bar napkins and the were black when I was done wiping off my spot. Dirty dishes and glasses liked the back bar as if no one was busing. Too many other options in the area to return. read more

This was my first time back since they removed the Chicken and Waffles from the menu. They have made a few changes to the menu and you can't beat their prices!! Our server, Whitney, was excellent. Very attentive and my glass was always full. Also very knowledgeable about the menu and her suggestions were great. Will definitely put Cheddars in the rotation. read more

I've heard many good things about this restaurant, so I decided to give it a try. Our waitress was fun, & a little silly but she was very forgetful. We came in at about 9 p.m. And they didn't close till 11. There weren't very many tables, I'd say about 8 that I could see in the whole restaurant. Our server came and immediately started recommending items for appetizers and drinks, which is fine but she kept going after I asked her for a few minutes to look over the menu. Within a minute she was back with the same tactics. I decided to order a drink and an appetizer. The appetizer came out and she asked when it hit the table if I had decided on a drink, I told her that I ordered a drink with the appetizer and she had repeated it to me. She apologized and went to get the beverage. We then ordered our food. I got the veggie plate with a salad and my date got the mushroom chicken. About 10 minutes later she brought our food which was 3 veggies on my plate instead of four and a delicious looking mushroom chicken on my date's plate. I asked if I still got the salad, and she apologized and told me she would have it right out. About five minutes later she came back out with a salad and apologized because the side item that I had ordered that would have made up my 4th was no longer available for the night. I ordered another side item which was no problem, but it took till the end of the meal to get there. The mushroom chicken that date had was absolutely delicious but the vegetables on my vegetable plate with lukewarm at best. I would describe them as room temperature. We ordered another drink when the food hit the table the first time and when she brought the last of my side items many minutes later she asked if I had decided on a drink, at which point I told her that I had already ordered it and ask her if she forgot. She admitted that she had again and went to get the beverage. Overall I had expected a little bit better of an experience, maybe a drink when I ordered it, maybe some warm food at the least? I would have said something to manager but there were none in sight and none came by the table, it wasn't worth asking her to go get one because I was so hungry I ate the food anyway. I'm giving this review with a two star rating because the mushroom chicken was delicious, too bad it wasn't mine. read more

We always sit at the bar where ever we go and they have the rudest, most unfriendly bartenders I've ever seen. Regardless of how the food taste, I'm paying to get at least decent service. Tip. read more

In spite of the tremendous line and the 30 minute wait, I thought Cheddar's was pretty good. The wait staff were friendly and efficient. The prices seemed more than reasonable, particularly given the portion size. My companion and I both chose the Spagna. Served with a slice of garlic bread. The Spagna is a huge mound of cheese and noodles topped with either marinara or meat sauce. Since both of us are carnivores, we chose the meat sauce. It was seasoned well with large chunks of onions. Quite tasty. I would absolutely try it again, there were several other menu options that were interesting, but I will probably wait until it is slightly less popular so we won't have to wait so long... read more

Beautiful restaurant! Wait staff is extremely helpful and friendly! Our waitress was absolutely wonderful!! BUT, we ordered cheese bites for the appetizer and most of them were really cold and 3-4 on top were fresh... they cook seriously put fresh food on top of cold food and served it as "made fresh to order food"... gross!!! My husband loved his philly, but my club was sub-par and forgettable. All in all, it's not the worst restaurant I've ever been to but it's far from the best as well! read more

I Sat at the bar for about 5 mins before anyone even said anything . Apparently they were going through shift change . I understand but seriously no I'll be right with you . I finally ordered 1 drink and left . First time ever walking into a cheddars . read more

Horrible, horrible, horrible all the way around! I went to the Cheddar's in Newport News, Virginia about 20 years ago and it was really good so I was excited that one was opening here but I have to say this place is just awful! Food and service were very bad. We were given the check while we were still eating which is freaking rude! I tried to get our servers attention without success even though she was standing right in front of us! Our table was filthy which I brought to the server's attention and she almost had a fit because I asked her to wipe it off! This place really sucks! I will NEVER go back to this place again! read more

Went there on a quiet afternoon, with only a few patrons in the restaurant...enjoyed the ambiance, server was attentive & selection of food good! I NEEDED a drink, so ordered the 'Painkiller' & boy did it do its job! Food was good, but portions were huge - so half of it came home with us! An enjoyable restaurant, with enjoyable food...don't forget to try the Painkiller, you won't feel a thing - I guarantee it! read more

The food is always good. Service tends to be lackluster though. I come here a couple times a month and regardless of where we sit and what time of day it is the service is usually pretty bad, unprofessional even. The food never disappoints though, which is why I always come back regardless of poor service. read more

My very first visit. I've seen how busy this place has been and every time I've driven by the parking lot is always full and people standing outside waiting to get in. This time we got in immediately on one of the RARE occasions when there was no wait. Sat down and inspected the menu. The menu selections weren't really that good. Both the the menu and the waitress bragged how great the ribs were so I ordered them. Guess what, out of ribs. Left without eating. read more

No wait for 2-3 people, 10 minute wait for 5 people. Lots of empty tables that would work. Waiter didn't want tables yet. Finally seated, another waiter took our order. 15 minutes for drinks. 30 minutes for food. Don't be in a hurry when you come here. read more

I was seriously considering giving them only one star, but the food was good. First, we arrived on a Sat between 11am and 1pm and it was packed. We waited at the bar for about 30 minutes to be seated. The bartender was not schooled well. He served Merlot in a chilled glass and Chardonnay at room temperature. He was very courteous and kind though! I wish I could say the same about our server. She was uninterested and unwelcoming. The kitchen must have been really behind because we waited over 30 minutes for our food. The portions were a good size. I had the fish tacos. I have to say it was a very tasty dish. She never refilled our drinks and the restaurant charged for bread before the meal. read more