Went with friends for Sunday lunch. Big crowd at the restaurant but were seated within 15 minutes. The wait staff were excellent and very attentive. I had the Monte Cristo sandwich; others had chicken pot pie; fried chicken dinner; cheeseburger and veggies. Everyone's meal was excellent. Our wait staff kept our drinks filled. The portions are huge- we are big eaters and yet had to ask for "take home boxes" because the portions were so large. Cheddars never disappoints! read more

Traveling through and wanted a decent meal. We were not disappointed! Clean restaurant, good bar, good food and fantastic service for a Saturday night. The atmosphere was nice. Large aquarium and enough tv's in the bar. We will definitely be back if we head that way again. read more

We have eaten at Cheddars several time in the past and the food was always great, we were seated very quickly, but today was not good first our server, maybe he has just started as a server, was not very good, not very friendly, maybe a bad day for him, but if you are going to be a server leave your bad attitude at the door, there was eight of us at the table, orders were messed up, food warm at best, My wife always ordered the chicken and shrimp, shrimp usually grilled, not this time, looked like shrimp you would toss on a salad cold, daughter ordered salad with chicken strips, no dressing, had to ask for dressing, it took our server three times to get tickets correct. Probably will be along time before we return to Cheddar's, if ever. read more

Went to Cheddar's minutes before 10 because google has the hours listed as open till 10:30. We were seated and our server told us the kitchen was closed and that he wasn't sure why they seated us in the first place. The hours on the door are also listed as open until 10:30. Disappointed. Cheddars should really update there hours. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - American Near Me - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Visit today was little disappointing. Unable to order ground beef in the chips and queso appetizer. Server said that was no longer available. Me and my husband both orders the bbq cheese burger. Overall appearance looked good but burger was bland, looked pressed or frozen, and had no taste. I ate less than half and just gave up. We like going to places that stand out, have consistent delivery of fresh food and great taste...did not feel we received that experience today. Left disappointed. read more

Good food. Service was a little slow due to only a few servers working more than normal tables.

My husband and I went to Cheddars today after church. It was a terrible experience. Everything was a mess. It looked like a rats nest. When seated, there were 2 menus and other garbage under our table. The table was sopping wet. There were no napkins or flatware. We ordered but still didn't get the napkins and flatware. Finally, my husband asked for napkins. When the food arrived, I was gifted with a soup spoon to eat the chicken pie and broccoli cheese casserole. My husband got nothing. As the waiter started to walk away, I called him back and asked if my husband could have something to eat his food with. He finally got his flatware. I ordered a beer. The bottle was set down in front of me. I wasn't offered a glass and never got one. There were other issues, but this was more than enough for me. read more

Last time I was here our waiter,before even taking mine and my bf drink orders, asked me if I did drugs. Seriously he asked to buy ecstasy from me and said I look like I use heroin and cocaine... He said he likes to "party" on the weekends... WTF I told him no and that's inappropriate I'd like a water with lemon read more

Best service I've ever had at Cheddars! Lucas was amazing! He was so kind and friendly. He showed the right amount of attentiveness. We all loved him! read more

I've been here a millions times and had a great experience but tonight was by far the worst. Orders were wrong, our waitress acted as if she didn't want to wait on a large party and failed to do her duties as a waitress in my opinion. It will be a while before I come back sadly because my daughter loves the place. read more

Found a restaurant stillopen to celebrate after my niece's graduation. Food wasn't up to par. Orders were wrong. Season rice I ordered was instead plain old par boiled rice. Ordered hickory Salmon no hickory. Sister Ordered cheesey brocolli, got garlic brocolli instead, blackened Salmon got hickory salmon instead. cousin ordered extra side of brocolli she got some very hard , dry brocolli instead.....first time and last time at Cheddars...heard so much but I was let down by the food read more

Experienced carry out meals. All four dinners were wonderful, hot, fresh. Timing was perfect. We arrived just as order was completed. Steak and ribs with baked potato were delicious. Didn't need steak knife to cut steak. Butter knife was all I needed. Great service with prompt attention. read more

I had the worst experience ever with my friends. Food oil almost an hour and still wasn't fully ready. My specific order of blackened salmon was all in pieces when I got it and not blackened at all. Server had an attitude with us after we complained about the situation and blamed the kitchen versus owning the situation. Server didn't clear the table of old dirty plates until we brought it to his attention. It was a seriously bad experience. The manager on duty Brandon totally attempted to fix it but at that point I was completely put off by all the bad parts of the meal and didn't even eat. Won't be coming back read more

We had dinner celebrating my friend Birthday. The waitress we had she was terrible She never came back for refills on water or anything else, we seen the other waitress serving other customers, but we never seen ours. We will never go back read more

First let me say I really like Cheddars as far as the food goes. What I don't like is charging .99 cents for 1oz. Of extra sauce for my chicken tenders. Is that really worth losing a customer for? And not only that but charging $2.49 for Ice tea is ridiculous. I won't be nickled and dimed to death no matter how much I like the food. There is one thing about Murfreesboro TN. There is plenty of eating places. Sorry Cheddars but I hope being a cheapskate doesn't put you out of business. read more

Have been here twice and have had nothing but positive experiences! Great waitress and great food both times!

Food was good. Not as bad they do give a lot of portions on the food. I went there before 12 so we got a seat. When we left it was really pack out the door there are people waiting out side the door. Steak is kinda dried has no juice and it was more chewy and we did order medium rare to. Me and hubby 1st time going there and heard people was talking about that this place is really good. It was ok i had better. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Chicken & steak and chicken & grilled shrimp - American Near Me - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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Dirty. Dirty. Dirty. I'll make this brief. Sat us by the kitchen. Floor filthy. Not crumbs. I'm talking about chips, napkins, straw wrappings. I barely could eat my food because all I could see was garbage in my peripheral. Manager came around and asked EVERY single table but ours in that row how our meal was. He literally looked me in the eye and turned towards another table. Sides lukewarm at best, not hot or fresh. Smyrna locale much better, lesson learned. First and last time at this location. Throw the whole restaurant away. read more

When we first walked up to the front door of the restaurant I noticed that they had 4 large doors all being held open by young girls. It's close to 100 degrees outside and all I can think of is the wasted air conditioning. Well, that was all I could think of until the girl holding the door in front of me let it close in my face as I was walking up to her. When the door shut it was about 8 inches from my nose. Sure, I was able to go through the other door, but it seemed pretty rude. She certainly saw us there. Either hold the door or don't, but be careful about it. Regardless, I would have been fine with opening the door myself. Not sure the mentality of having four people on payroll to open a door at a place like this. We had no wait time, since our friends had already been seated and were waiting for us. I did notice 3 hostesses waiting inside the door. Our server was friendly, attentive without being annoying, showing genuine concern over our satisfaction. The food runner and one other server we interacted with were both friendly. The service alone was enough to make me want to return. Unfortunately, we never saw a single manager. It would have been nice if one came to the table to see how we were doing. The food was overall pretty good. I had a steak. The temperature was as ordered, but I felt as if they went a little light on the seasoning. I didn't like the bed of onions that the steak was on, which almost immediately turned into a bunch of blood red noodles that reminded of an Eddie Murphy stand-up where he joked about the poor kid with the welfare burger that had ketchup soaked through white bread. The fries were fresh cut, skins on, and seasoned perfectly. My son is a cook. He had a bacon cheeseburger. From what I could see, they used thick cuts of bacon. He said it was cooked right and tasted "pretty good". My wife is from the south, and loved the chicken fried chicken and mashed potatoes. I sampled her chicken, and it seemed bland to me. The onion ring appetizer is gigantic, and excellent. Hand battered rings, with two sauces. The Cajun sauce should be spicier. Do not expect a craft beer selection. Overall: A little salt and pepper (cayenne for the Cajun stuff) can go a long way to improve some of these dishes. It feels as if the kitchen is afraid to season things. Get rid of all of the extra wait staff holding doors and bring in a proper front of house manager to improve service quality. I give 3 stars because the positives easily balanced out the negatives, and the price wasn't bad at all. 3 people with 2 cocktails and a beer for about $55. read more

We were seated quickly and there was no issue, until the lady that was serving us, gave us to another server to serve the one guy sitting across from us ( insert eye roll here). The First Lady took our drinks, but didn't update the seconds server on anything we had ordered. We waited 10 minutes for water, another 5 for straws, and another 15 for the appetizers we had ordered. Wasn't the worst experience I've had, but I felt unappreciated as a customer. We gave them the benefit of the doubt of it being a bad day/night. read more

I am sad to see all the poor reviews about this location. This is my wife's favorite restaurant and except for a few occasions of slow service, the food has always been great and the service pleasant as well. This evening we ate dinner there after church and both tried something new. I had the jalapeno burger with a twist, which the server handled perfectly. I asked for a double burger and it was delicious and only a few dollars more. My wife had the Monte Cristo and it is the best we have ever tasted. It is quite decadent actually. Imagine a ham sandwich dipped in donut batter and fried. Yum! The server was very polite and made my 6 year old feel very grown up by including her in the ordering process and asking her the questions about how she would like her food. To me that was above and beyond, she could have just asked us, but she took the extra time to let my little one be a grown up. I think the majority of poor reviews are like any other reviews. Much of the time you only hear from the squeaky wheel's. Overall it is a nice affordable, child friendly place with good food and more than ample servings for what you pay. read more

I really had a GREAT experience here. Our server, who's name I can't remember but he's from Memphis and waited on us in the bar area. He has expectational customer service. He's hospitality was very welcoming and he made sure we had everything we needed. My friend even wasted his drink in his food, but our server made sure he got him a fresh plate. I will highly recommend this place. read more

I would recommend dining at this Cheddar's. My family and I had the best time celebrating my pre-birthday here. The young lad that was our server was the best. She was most attentive to our needs and accommodating. She even apologized to a family member and tried her best to accommodate when learned that my niece was a vegan and there was not much she could do to compensate for business not having a wide variety of food items that geared toward someone with a special diet. The experience was great and pricing not bad either. Thanks Cheddar's for your hard work in making a family feel welcomed! read more

Not bad tonight. Had the New Orleans pasta. Nice kick in flavor but overboard on the green peppers. Outside that tasted good. Service was good as well. read more

I've been here a couple of times and I stick to what I know, which is their chicken tenders. If you get the entree it comes with two sides, which is perfect because I can have their tasty fries and an even more delicious coleslaw. The chicken tenders are always very juicy and you can never go wrong with those. For dessert I got their cookie, and it is absolutely mouthwatering. If you have a sweet tooth make sure to try it out. read more

My wife and I had an opportunity to eat in Murfreesboro, so we asked a friend there if there is a good place to get a vegetarian meal. She told us about Cheddars. When we arrived, things looked very busy but our expected and actual wait time was about 15 minutes - acceptable for the amount of customers there today. We were seated and given good customer service by our wait staff, shown the menu and Taylor answered all our questions quite nicely. The vegetarian menu options were limited to spasagna (think lasagna made out of spaghetti) or a vegetable plate. We decided to go with the spasagna since neither of us had ever tried that before, along with house salad and tea. We should have gone with the vegetable plate as neither one of us could finish our spasagna - no problem there for portion size! The reason for 4 out of 5 stars: limited (2) vegetarian options for a chain restaurant that serves this many customers throughout the South. read more

After many many trips to this restaurant we experienced the worst possible service Thursday 3/21/2019. The server was extremely unhappy for some unknown reason and we seemed to be the focal point of the release of her frustration. After waiting roughly 10 minutes after being seated, she finally took our drink order then tried to take our dinner order. When the first person wasn't ready she abruptly left with a serious attitude only to return 15 minutes later with the same attitude. We tried desperately to change the mood with light humor but she was having none of it. 35 minutes later the food showed up staggered delivery of course and some of it cold. My wife's meatloaf was dry and chewy and we never saw any requested bread. The cheese curds were unusably greasier than normal. Usually the manager would walk around and ask about our meal and service but we must have missed him/her. Over all experience was awful and we will most likely not return. Real shame as this used to be a favor stop of mine. 4/25/2019, thought after posting this a month ago someone would have reached out to us but.... what do I know. One thing about growing economies is good service seems to be hard to find and harder to maintain... including management! read more

Food did not taste fresh. I had ribs and chicken and my wife had chicken Alfredo. None of it tasted like it had been freshly made. Disappointed. read more

This place is so bad. From the food down to the service. When you try to shove as many people through the doors as you can to make a profit it shows. The food was abysmal. Nothing we got was hot at the table. My sampler had cold spinach dip, the tenders were luke warm, the chips were stale, borderline inedible. The service was just as bad. The waitress literally took our order and never came back until the check. Not sure if she just didn't care, or they had her under too much pressure. I ordered two items that I never got. How can you forget a salad and an order of bread. Did she not write the order down? It hunk her super red hair dye got to her brain because she seemed brain dead to be working as a waitress. I told her just to forget about them. I would never go back here. It's a train wreck. read more

I see from the other reviews that I am the first with anything positive to say. I always enjoy the opportunity to be different so here I go. I am not at all familiar with the area and was taken to this location by friends. I understand that the location is new and I will be taking this into consideration in my review. We arrived on a Saturday at lunch time and the place was packed, we did not have to wait for seating however because members of our party were already seated. There was a wait however when we got there, also as we were leaving, more than a hour and a half later. The ambiance inside was very nice and clean, and I especially like the fans spinning over the dining room. The waitress got to us quickly and took our drink order and came back relatively quickly seeing that we ordered sweet tea and it needed to be brewed. Our appetizer order was taken quickly as well as our entrees. Since I had never been to a Cheddars before I ordered a full meal as an appetizer, that being he fish tacos, with fries. The tacos were delicious and the amount serves well as either an appetizer or a meal. I ordered the full rack of ribs for my meal, with corn and mash potatoes as a side. Originally I was going to blast the ribs as being too dry and nothing special, but I saved half the meal for later and was pleasantly surprised at how even more delicious it was after being reheated. This to me is a big plus, because anyone who eats our regularly knows that restaurant food is not always the best reheated. We did not make it to dessert, but paid and our check was closed in a prompt manner. I said in the beginning that I would judge the restaurant fairly seeing that it was new, but to be honest I did not have to during this visit, but can understand others who might not be so kind. read more

The casual relaxing atmosphere of Cheddars complete with the large fish tank and large booths make this a great place for family gatherings or a night out with friends. In addition the menu is very easy on the budget as the majority of the menu items cost less than $10 and come with an ample amount of food. Unfortunately, this restaurants downfall is that the taste of these budget conscious menu items can be somewhat hit and miss! If you find a menu item that you thoroughly enjoy, your safest bet would be to continue to order that item rather than venturing out to try something new. My favorite appetizer: Spinach dip. Favorite entree: Tilapia Alexander Favorite a Sandwich: Monte Cristo Favorite Side Items: Broccoli casserole and carrots read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Hot Fudge Cake Sunday - American Near Me - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

I love cheddars, seriously such a great chain. This place however disappointed me so very much. I am in town on business so I had to go get some chips and spinach dip. It was pretty empty inside so didn't take long to get my takeout order. The staff was very friendly, decor was nice. My issue was with the food. The spinach dip was thick and mushy, not ideal for dip. I ordered mashed potatoes as my side and not only were they very grainy and runny, more like grits, but they had so much salt in them. And I ordered broccoli cheese casserole as my other side and it was inedible. There was so much gelatinous cheese on top and the broccoli was so mushy I could tell it had been microwaved. The chicken tenders I ordered were good I guess, I wasn't interested in eating them after the disappointment of everything else. Very disappointed in this place read more

Been here a couple of times. Fried catfish was awesome. I tried to do healthy sides, blech. Top shelf strawberry margarita yummm. Our waiter, pretty much perfect for me. read more

Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen - Next time I'll go for mash potatoes, carbs be damned... - American Near Me - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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This place is a hidden secret in my opinion They have customer service down to an art. Megan at the bar is amazing You can eat at the bar if there is a wait. Quick service. Awesome environment and family and business meeting friendly. read more

We went to cheddars tonight and order waters. And then our food. The water was terrible. Asked for a different glass and still terrible. No bottle water to buy. We left before our food came out. If the water taste that bad the food that's cooked with it can't be good. read more

The quality of this place is absolute trash. I ordered the chicken tenders and it was as cold and stale as if they just pulled it out of the fridge. I met my family here for a table of 10 and we all shared the same sentiments. Quality is poor and so is the flavor. Save yourself some money and go elsewhere!!!! read more

Food was amazing (I got a country fried chicken, w/ mashed potatoes, buttered corn, and slaw) waiter was awesome and very consistent. Prices are a deal breaker!!! Must go! read more

Wouldn't give this place any stars if possible. Served entree with a very long black hair mixed in pasta. Waitress never returned to table until after everyone finished their meals. They took plate and returned several minutes later to ask if I wanted the meal remade.... Really!!!! Go to Waffle House and get a better meal and service. Will never eat in another Cheddars. read more

The food was 5 star, the service was 1 star. The waitress said she just moved from up north and that she was new. Not sure how things are done there, but here a decent service is expected. Took forever to get our drinks then our salad, then the food came out just after getting the salads. Asked for some additional salad dressing and still waiting on that. When she come over to the table I asked her how many tables she had, she stated just ours, then I said why so long between visits to our table she said she was helping in the back (unlikely). Like I said food was great! read more

I've been here a few times and have come out with the same impression each time. It's really loud. Service is ok. But I find that the dishes have a tremendous amount of salt in them. I'm not one to stent on salt but it's normally too much for me. read more