Complete fail. We ordered our food at 11:50 to be ready at 2. It didn't get done until 2:30. It seemed like they completely forgot about it which is typical of a restaurant. It looked like half a piece of fish and a half a cup of rice. I asked for the dinner portion and when you order in the restaurant that's a whole piece of fish and a large portion of rice and then you get two sides. I asked for more rice and broccoli. The rice in the photo is not even the full portion of what comes with the fish. So they skimped on the fish and the rice. I haven't looked at the broccoli and I don't want to. I would never suggest ordering takeout here. Unless you have time to check your food and ask them to remake it because I guarantee you they're going to have to. I was looking forward to it because it's good when you're eating there. But when you're ordering takeout and they don't have to deal with you sticking around they seem to take advantage of your inability to complain. I work at Whole Foods and even I make better food than that and I work in a deli. They only have three stars to begin with. Seems like building credibility and a reputation of consistency isn't a main concern for them. Waste of money and time. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Blackened salmon and rice - Comfort Food Near Me - Mishawaka, Indiana

Things to look forward to: a good meal with large portions at a friendly price! Things to not look forward to: the confused look on everyone's faces as we wait a half hour to receive our drinks, an hour after for food, and the appetizer we ordered with our drinks arriving after our entree. My impression is that while this place may be going through some growing pains, it could do with a complete revamping of its efficiency model. Dining guests were clearly frustrated, servers acted like they didn't want to be there, and I didn't spot a single floor supervisor or manager anywhere. This scratch kitchen's great potential will never be met until management makes a complete and comprehensive assessment of its unproductive restaurant operations. read more

A family favorite of ours! Service is always outstanding, staff if very friendly and prompt even on busy Saturday nights. The dimly lit atmosphere is nice for dinners and our kids always enjoy the large fish tank and oversized rotating fan. Food is always excellent! Highly recommend the strawberry tea, monte cristo, and chicken crispers! read more

Service was good, but the food was just ok. Fish sandwich didn't have much Cajun sauce and was really fishy tasting. Loaded potato was small and no really very loaded! All in all it was ok but wouldn't go out if my way to return. read more

Love this place so much ! Amazing food the bread and honey butter is to die for ! The drinks are amazing and well priced . Just get there early cause there is always along wait time. read more

Cheddar used to be my favorite restaurant. We went two weeks ago too celebrate daughters birthday. Our fish was so over seasoned we couldn't eat it. We sent it back and got another portion. Not good. Baked potato way under cooked. I ended up taking home and tossed the entire meal. An expensive waste. The manager came and apologized but he even looked like he forgot to wash his hair. Sorry for sounding so harsh but the waitress would buzz by to see if we needed anything but was gone before our requests could be made. Our drinks were never refreshed. read more

So, I've written a review for this place before. It was my favorite place to eat in Mishawaka for the better half of a year. It was my girlfriend and I's favorite date night spot. I never have had a bad meal from this place until recently when me and my girlfriend were served RAW CHICKEN. When I brought this issue to my waitress, she preceded to tell me that it was the lighting in my booth that made the chicken look pink. I said she must be crazy. I asked for a manager. When the manage came over she told me they temp every piece of chicken that comes out of the fryer which obviously they didn't because I am staring and Pink uncooked chicken on my plate. I asked for the check and have never been back. It used to be good but I can't trust this place anymore. Sorry but YUCK!!! read more

A great place with new and exciting items on the menu! I like to try something new every time I go, because they have so many different and delicious things to choose from! Their blackened red snapper is amazing! The prices are ridiculously low, especially with the quality being so high! The only reason this isn't five stars is because they seem to have a problem with cleanliness. I've had food particles in my glass of water and my wife found a hair in her dish once. In their defense, they did comp her meal for the hair, and brought me a free water to replace the dirty one. read more

Today I was taken out for my Birthday and I chose one of my local favorites Cheddars. I ordered a drink and imagine my surprise when not 1 but 2 insects were in my drink. The manager offered to simply replace my drink. Another person came with a complimentary cookie. They're level of nonchalant was almost disrespectful considering that I work in customer service! The food has changed tremendously and not for the good. I would never recommend this place again. If you do go, make sure to double check your food and drinks! read more

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Love the selection every chance I get I have hubby take me love there family friendly atmosphere I am very much in love with this place

Went to lunch with my daughter around 1:15. Restaurant was fairly busy, but not packed. Waiter was very nice, attentive, and checked on us several times. I had 1/2 slab of ribs & chicken strips and my daughter had salmon with rice and sweet bourbon sauce. Everything was cooked to order. Only disappointment was seemed like a long time to get food, and room temperature was a bit chilly. Overall good experience. read more

Should have read the reviews first before venturing into this restaurant. In any case I didn't so here it goes... I will echo what seems to be a theme with this location. Dirty floors and tables. The staff was not very friendly at all. The food was average in taste and appearance but reasonably priced. Will not be back unless someone else is paying. read more

Stopped in for lunch and drinks. Wonderful atmosphere and excellent service. Fresh tasting food with excellent service! Never walk away hungry I bet!! read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Great bar area! - Comfort Food Near Me - Mishawaka, Indiana

Chicken Tenders are amazing! Plenty of options of sauces and the batter these chicken tenders are fried in let's the chicken melt into a happy feeling in your stomach. Will be visiting again! read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Favorites menu; go for the chicken fried steak - Comfort Food Near Me - Mishawaka, Indiana

Very cold in restaurant. Good selection on menu, the chicken fried chicken is the best I've had anywhere. Wife had salmon and she said it was the best also. Service was a little slow. read more

Service has gone down hill fast, we will not be back. Food was good however server kept bring wrong food to his tables, we had to get drink refills from bar. read more

For a chain restaurant I've been pleasantly surprised. The service is always fast and friendly. I've always had amazing food and drinks. The best chicken tenders hands down! read more

Our meal was wonderful, as usual. But I was surprised that even though all employees wore masks, most (maybe 3/4) of them wore them below their nose, even while mixing drinks behind the bar. The safe use of masks should be enforced. One waitress took her mask completely off while entering orders on the computer two times in the course of our stay. read more

Worse dining experience ever. Totally understood the wait as they were extremely busy. Seated within 30 minutes. Once seated we waited an additional 30 minutes at which point we had to ask a waitress who was covering our table as larger/other parties who were seated after us had their drinks as well as some had placed orders. Apparently they didn't know who was covering our table. Waiter came over and apologized and then the manager came over and apologized as well. Once food/drinks came my wife was drinking her strawberry lemonade. After taking her 2nd or 3rd sip she took something out of her mouth and placed it on her plate.....GLASS. Glass was in her drink. She thought she was chewing on a strawberry. Waiter apologized and asked if my wife was ok and that's it. We could've made a scene but we did not. Paid for our meals (full price) and left. Won't be back. read more

Ate here recently. The food was pretty good and the price was very affordable. Very friendly staff. I noticed several negative reviews for this restaurant. I will say I did eat here with friends the first week they were open and that experience would have rated 2 stars. The food was not good and the staff was obviously new, slow and did not get our order correct. I just assumed they were getting the bugs worked out, this last visit felt like a whole new restaurant. I will be making this a regular stop as long as they keep the quality up. read more

Excellent restaurant for food and drink. You will not leave hungry. Onion rings for App. read more

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Cheddar's just opened this week so I may give this place another shot after the place finds its groove (hopefully it will). I will edit my post if I give this place another shot but for now I will tell you about my recent experience. The place was packed and it was obvious everyone was overwhelmed. I was told there was a 15 min. wait, however judging how many were waiting to be seated I figured it was a loose estimate. I was correct because 45 min. later I was seated. I almost gave up and left but after the 30 min. mark I figured I was invested at that point. The interior is very attractive and the seating arrangements are comfortable but it was extremely loud. Our waitress was overwhelmed and not knowledgeable about the menu. I ordered a meal that clearly stated it had to 2 sides, she told me it did not. I pointed to the menu but she could barely hear me and was insistent it was just one side. I asked her what the sides were and she told me, "whatever you want." I chose mashed potatoes. I asked for a side salad and was told there was an extra charge. Fine. On the menu it states that the salad is fresh and comes with their special bread. After a quite a while I started to realize I wasn't going to get my salad. My son overheard another waitress telling the table behind us that they were out of salad. When our waitress came back I asked about my salad expecting her to say they ran out. She said that salad was being made and she would bring mine out but she had a look on her face that was obvious she had forgotten I had actually ordered a salad. The salad came out shortly after that and it was completely doused in dressing. It was so doused the lettuce was soggy and a nice pool of dressing was in the bottom of the bowl. I couldn't eat it. Also, no bread. Have no idea what their special bread is unless its being invisible is what makes it so special. Then our meals came out. My son ordered a philly sub with fries and he said his meal was great. I ordered chicken fried steak and it was just a large slab of meat on a small plate. I asked where the mashed potatoes were. The waitress said my salad was my side. Sigh. She seemed to not get the whole side thing and I was too tired and fed up to try and explain it to her over the noise. The country fried steak was disgusting. More than half was breading and the steak was fatty and bloody. I couldn't eat it. I was going to ask for a manager but everyone was running around like crazy. The waitress said she noticed I didn't like my food. I agreed. I told her how the experience wasn't that great. She agreed and said the place was disorganized. Wonderful. No mention of getting a manager or seeing what she could do to make it right. I wont mention her name here because Im sure she didn't think I would be writing about it on yelp but I would be surprised if she keeps the job. I pretty much felt like I wasted 2 hours of my life and got ripped off. read more

I have been to Cheddar's 4 times and although I have nothing negative to say about the taste/ quality of the food, the service is the worst I have seen in a long time!!! The first time I went here was with 3 other ladies from school. Two of us ordered drinks which took 10-15 minutes to be delivered. Our orders came out promptly and the food was amazing especially for the price. If our server would have come around to refill our waters or ask if we need another alcohol beverage that would have been super!!! It also took 10 minutes to get our change back from the bill. You could see her chit-chatting around the corner. Second visit, two of us. I order a drink which took 10-15 minutes to get. I was on a time crunch and was praying our food wouldn't take forever. It def. took a good 20 minutes and we were there at lunch....wasn't busy at all!!! Food was great. Prices even better. Third visit we sat at the bar. I have no idea what they were doing....we both ordered drinks and it STILL....even while sitting at the bar took 10 minutes for them to make it. We also ordered the onion rings (which are delicious) at the same time as the drinks. These took AT LEAST 20 minutes to arrive. When they did arrive the bartender did not give us any utensils or napkins. Took another 10 minutes to get their attention for that. Finally, when we were ready to leave I had to actually yell across the bar to get the check. Which didn't come promptly. The bartender finished what they were doing ...the dishes....before fetching the check. I come first? Not at this establishment. Last night. My 4th time visiting. The gentlemen that sat us tried to sit us at a table that was about 2 feet away from a HUGE party and about 2 feet on the other side away from another table of 4. Plenty of other space in the restaurant. This table was soooo awkward. We asked nicely to be reseated. Once in our comfortable booth our very robotic and completely weird server comes around and says "drinks?" I once again ordered the Painkiller for $5.95 who can beat it and two waters for the table. We also ordered onion rings. The waters came out in approx. 5 minutes but AGAIN my drink took 15 minutes!! Longer than bother other times. It was horrible. Our server came back to take our order and said "are their any decisions you need to make" I just assumed she wanted to take our order bad she is just overly awkward! Salad hit the table before the appetizer!!! Soooo annoying. Never bring entree food before an app. 5 minutes later app is there and 20 minutes later our food arrives. The food was delicious. Moral of the story. You get the service you pay for I guess. Cheap food that is delicious!! Takes forever to get any and everything. Management is RUDE!!!! Servers are terrible. BEYOND TERRIBLE!!! Such a let down for a potentially great place. Hopefully they switch things around and fire 90% of the staff. This would help. read more

I love their menu. There are so many options, and I can never decide what I want to eat. It all looks so good! I love being able to try new items. It's become my go-to restaurant on Mother's Day! read more

This place was alright. The best part is the pricing. Very affordable. The tomato slices on my sandwich were DEFINITELY rotten; not semi-cooked, not frozen, ROTTEN. The skins and texture were old and shriveled up. Not fresh at all. Of course, I never complain out of fear of having a dessert spit on later. I don't trust many restaurant kitchen employees these days. As for the dessert, very good! The best part. My husband and I split a HUGE chocolate cake with ice cream (which only cost $4.99). read more

We went here the last night our son was in the NICU and it was a pretty pleasing dinner. When I first saw the menu it wasn't really what I was expecting (more homecooked style than deep fried) but it was definitely on par when it came to the quality I was hoping for. The service was prompt and the staff friendly. Cheddar's is certainly worth a try! read more

First time I ate here I got REALLY SICK vomiting all night and I didn't know if it was related to the salmon in anyway so I was very slow to respond when my family wanted to come here for dinner. Well... I avoided the dish and had the chicken and I'm glad that I did bc it was delicious. Try the string beans... you will not be disappointed!! read more

Was on hold for a long time to place a carryout order. Hostess was rude when I arrived and asked where to pickup my order. Stood at the bar for a long time while my food sat there getting cold waiting to pay; and I wasn't the only one. Guy in front of me just wanted soup and had been waiting ten minutes. Food was good though and order was accurate. read more

Ok, so the food was good but the Waitress was very short with me and my family. Not usually enough for me to give 1 star BUT the fact that we were seated within 10 feet of the waitress stand and got to hear a conversation between two employees that includes lots of explictives and the term "gang bang" was. It was my daughters 11th birthday. This place is supposed to be a family restaurant. I asked to speak to the manager and the person who came out didn't have a name tag and was wearing jeans and an apron... doubt it was the actual manager. He was very concerned and promised to "nip that in the butt"(yes butt not bud), however, since he didn't ask me to identify who it was with the filthy mouth I can't see him doing much about it. Very disappointed and we won't be back. read more

Went there for last change for this restaurant. I had a long wait for seating to start. Ordered BBQ chicken and half of ribs. Service was slow at best. Ribs had no taste and chicken was warm at best. Portions were adequate but tasteless. I had an upset stomach the rest of the night. I'm never going back and don't recommend this place. Even took a long time to receive the bill. read more

Im not usually a fan of "comfort food", because I try to eat very healthy, and it's usually very rich. However, my daughter and I were needing some comfort... so we stopped at Cheddars. It exceeded our expectations. Onion rings - great. Spinach dip -- really good. Home made chicken pot pie -- lots of vegetables over overall delicious. We also tried the house-smoked ribs. And all for a very, very, reasonable. price. Cheddars, we will return. read more

To put it simply... this place is busy. Not too surprising for a new restaurant in town. Met up with my bestie for a girlfriend gab session, a couple adult beverages and a meal. We ordered the edamame for an appetizer... our server didn't know how to pronounce it and said she'd never heard of it before. Gave us reason to raise our eyebrows considering SHE was a server and should probably know the menu. We ordered the Asian chicken & shrimp salad with a cup of chicken tortilla soup. Food was pretty good... the service was S L O W. Bartender was friendly as was our server, but they either need more help or more efficient staff. We waited unreasonably long for everything. Our drinks, our appetizer and finally our meal. We both tipped well, but if you do decide to check this restaurant out, make sure you have plenty of time to sit. read more

Worst experience I have had!! It took 2hrs to get food. When it came some dishes were cold!! They didn't even bother to offer any comp. the overall service was very bad with very little people in the restaurant. I will not go back ever!!! read more

The service as others have said was poor. We were told our waitress and another were in an "altercation" and sent home! While this can happen, the rest of the meal the service was poor. We were sitting in the bar area but not at the bar. I went to the bar to refill drinks for the wife and I. The rest of the bar appeared to be getting similarly poor service since two waitresses were sent home. It would seem to me the manager ahold have made his/her rounds in the bar area to let people know she was sorry. The food is meh. The only thing they have going for them is price point. Also interesting they have no nutrition information on their web site. Not sure if they would have it at the facility if you asked for it. read more

Just left Cheddar's oft my daughters birthday. I will never return. Food ice cold and inedible. Out of 7 meals only 2 could be eaten. Onion rings delicious. Croissants didn't have any of the butter on them. Pot pie was like water for heavy and cold. Potato Soup freezing cold and thick as scalloped potatoes. Sent back and they put the bels we had eaten out of and brought back to the table with the dirty soon. This could be a health violation. Never return! Monster cookie was hard and cold. read more

Good food s l o w service. Lunch at 1:30 so not the rush. 4 guests, two of us got food and the other two got nothing. We asked the waitress so she said someone swiped one of their salads from the kitchen so she didn't want to bring just one out so we had to wait till they remade both. We asked for manager she said sorry the waitress didn't tell her what happened, so salads would be out in a minute. They were. They comped them but it was a really weird lunch. read more

Great place, our waitress was Marilyn H. She was amazingly friendly, courteous, and a great waitress. My steak was cooked perfect and my chicken tenders were very good. I love their salads with that delicious croissant. It's a busy place because it's new, but worth the wait. read more

We had a good experience at Cheddars. the restaurant just recently opened, and we have been twice. Both times the service was good, but food service times were slow. Prices are VERY reasonable, and that is what we were most impressed with. I had the ribs and fried shrimp which was great, and my husband had a beautiful salmon dinner. another person in our party said the Philly cheesesteak was on par with one of the best he had had. Their drinks are also very good and reasonably priced. The painkiller is HUGE, and I highly recommend the bloody mary. we finished off with their giant cookie loaded with ice cream, chocolate sauce, and whipped cream. More than enough for two people and only $4.00! The total bill for 4 adult and2 kids with 3 alcoholic drinks, regular drinks, and 2 desserts was about $70.00. We like Cheddars! read more

Eaten at Ft Wayne location many times & loved great food & great service. Very disappointed with how poor & slow the service was at Mishawaka store. Saw many other customers upset as table next to us complained to manager. So sad to find local store so poorly managed. read more

The restaurant smelled like a petting zoo. While waiting in the lobby to be seated, there were a couple people ahead of us, but we had all entered the building at the same time. I saw many employees peek out at the lobby, yet with a nearly empty restaurant, it still somehow took over 10 minutes to be seated. Our server did not write down our order, so he had to come back a few times to double check on what we ordered. It took a long time for our food to come out. I ordered steak, and the server asked me to cut into it to make sure it was done as I ordered. I only noticed after he left that the meat was not the same thickness throughout so while the piece I cut into was fine, half of it was inedible because it was so raw. I am not one to complain to about that (I've seen Waiting), so I just left feeling ripped off. It was an odd experience overall. read more