The jambalaya pasta is insane too die for ..... at one point. I got it every week for a month straight. I've never had pasta like that before. It was a truly life-changing experience. read more

I don't really frequent this restaurant anymore, I used to be a big fan maybe 15 or 20 years ago. The bartender was OK. I got a beer, and I asked her if I could please have some other bread. The bread took about 10 to 15 minutes. Ambience it's OK. I finally got the bread after a while, and I had to call over the bartender and proceeded to get an appetizer. I went ahead and got the chili shrimp. I should've asked if it was grilled or battered. I was not asked. Decided to order an old-fashioned.. I think I can make better old-fashioned than that, not happy with it, it was just off! ... 1520 minutes later I asked the bartender hey is the shrimp appetizer coming out? She said yeah it should be coming right out. It was just battered shrimp with a fry sauce like on the side. It was terrible!!! I didn't have very high expectations coming into cheesecake factory, but I came with a very, very low standard, I felt like I was at Olive Garden ! The bartender never cared to remove the shrimp that I did not like and the basket of bread that haven't seen there for 45 minutes! She was extremely busy with 2 other people at the bar! read more

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Back in the late 1970's my family would go to the original Cheesecake Factory in Beverly Hills. Since then, we've been to different ones in different states from CA, Florida, Texas, etc. Their menus are very large, and ambiance standardized comfortable. Their cheesecake is matchless. I'm writing this review sitting at the Boise, Idaho Cheesecake Factory for 1/2 hr and of course no food. Despite empty tables we were told the wait is "10 minutes." My husband immediately said "It's shift change." We chose to sit at the bar to get around the wait. Sure enough, after 15-min of waiting, our waiter said "It's shift change." My husband and I are watching other customers who came after us, with the same waiter, get their food first. We're in no hurry for we are retired. But we bet each other how long it'll take before the food comes out. Driving here we even joked how slow their service always is. The strange thing is it's across the board at ALL of the Cheesecake Factories that the service is very slow. We just got our food and the bread for the chicken sandwich is wrong, and our waiter said they're out of soup spoons. It's so sad that at such a nice establishment they always fall short on the basics such as promptness of service and getting the correct item of food out. Having worked in food service as a young person my question is where's the management? read more

Literally one of the worst restaurants in Boise. Overpriced, undersized, and bland. I've never not regretted dining here.

Girls night at The Cheesecake Factory was fun, our server was sweet and made good recommendations. We got stuffed mushrooms, the beet avocado salad(always a fav), chicken lettuce wraps, lemon shrimp pasta(off of the skinnylisous menu) I liked this one so much I recreated it at home! We also got a burger, which was just ok. We finished with the peach cheesecake with raspberry sauce, so good, and the s'mores cheesecake another favorite! read more

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Cheese cake is good, last couple of times I have been here food and especially the service has been very bad. I will still order cheesecake, but will not go back to this place. read more

We went to The Cheesecake Factory during the holiday shopping rush, and even though it was very busy, we had a reservation and were seated right on time. The music was a little loud, but the service was very friendly and attentive. I ordered the chicken picatta with angel hair and it was delicious. The chicken was moist and tender and the sauce was creamy with a nice lemon flavor. They only brought out the white bread, which was a bit chewy. I wish they had also brought the brown bread since they usually offer both, but it was a very busy night so we didn't ask. My husband got the Cajun jambalaya pasta and said it was very good. My dad ordered the fish and chips and thought it was great too. The portions are large and the prices are fair for what you get. I would definitely recommend eating here, but having a reservation makes the experience much smoother so you don't have to wait. read more

The Cheesecake Factory - Chicken picatta with angel hair pasta - Desserts Near Me - Boise, Idaho

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We had such a great time yesterday. My wife and I don't often make it here, but with wondering the mall came the munchies. I will never get tired of their Cinnabon cheese cake. If you're looking for something divine, I recommend their Shepard pie. I was thankful I went with the full portion over lunch portion because the left overs were totally worth it. We had incredible service from Emily who was so hospitable and kind. She is definitely going places and we appreciated getting to know her. read more

This is a funny review for me to write because I feel like when you go to a Cheesecake Factory there's a certain brand expectation and service expectation that each location should pretty much feel and flow the same. Our Boise locations is almost always busy, if you have a big group it might be a little bit of a wait, but if you're a smaller group or can sit at the bar you'll be seated pretty much immediately. I will say, I love the Caesar salad at the Cheesecake Factory, I think it's shockingly good, it's the way they do the dressing it's more traditional which is kind of hilarious and unexpected for a major chain restaurant, but when it's good, it's good. The skinny Asian salad is also a pretty popular item, this time it had too much dressing, but still good, would order again. Now, the warm apple crisp was terrible lol.... Not sure what was expecting but it was more like a store bought frozen food vibe and not a delicious restaurant dessert. It was overly sweet, not served very hot, and the sauce the apples were in was like a goop rather than a nice warm filling. Again, it's a chain, I feel like ours in Boise isn't bad. You show up and know what you're getting, your drinks come fast, the restaurant is huge, and bring a jacket it's a little cold inside. Not terrible, but not great. read more

We always enjoy a good visit to TCF. This time, we decided to try something outside of what we usually order. To our surprise, their Thai curry dish is pretty bomb. We had their sliders for appetizer which were pretty great too. The pasta we had was mid but their service has always been excellent! read more

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My husband and I were vacationing in Meridian, ID for a couple of days. I had a gift card for CF so we decided to order dinner to go because we had our dogs with us. I ordered the Parmesan Crusted Chicken. It was very tasty and was a huge amount. It included three chicken breasts, mashed potatoes, green beans, salad, and bread. I had enough food for three meals. My husband ordered the Spicy Chicken Sandwich. He said it was good but it was very small. It came with a salad. No french fries or any other side. We both ordered cheesecake, mine was Creme Brûlée and his was strawberry. Both were excellent. We are living in Northern Idaho and unfortunately, there are no Cheesecake Factories close by. Too bad.... read more

Been here 3 times since I've been in Idaho, all 3 times the staff has been cold. Sat at the bar all 3 times. Hostess was cold(I said hello I'd like a table for 2 and wasn't even acknowledged), bartender was cold. What happened to hospitality in restaurants these days. Food was good every time so props to the chefs back in the kitchen. Ambiance was average. Highly recommend the Baja tacos. As far as bar cleanliness I'd give it a c+, B at best. Wine glasses are filthy, bar is sticky. read more

We have come here a couple of times because my daughters LOVE the cheesecake. Dinner is good, but nothing special. The menu is overwhelming long. The cheesecake though, it's delicious! We have yet to find a flavor we don't like. I wouldn't recommend it for a romantic date night as it is noisy and always busy, but it is a good restaurant to bring the whole family to. read more

The Cheesecake Factory - S'mores Cheesecake - Desserts Near Me - Boise, Idaho

Me and my husband went out date dinner. He got chicken katsu and I got garlic lemon shrimp with pasta. We love wheat bread. We also got fried pickle. We both order same drink Mojitos. The waitress is very nice and she know American Sign Language. Pretty nice. We used up all 2 gift cards and paid off. read more

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We really enjoy the CCF. Great food, service, and atmosphere. A bit of a drive for us, living in Star, but worth it. My wife always orders the salmon, mashed potatoes, and asparagus, which she loves. I ordered the Skinnylicious shrimp tacos. Delicious. In addition, my wife likes the sourdough bread, and I LOVE the brown bread. Our server today was Rick, and he was excellent! We'll be back. read more

Very disappointed with our experience. We waited 30 minutes for a table at lunch, and when our food arrived, it was cold. We had three separate checks for our group, yet an automatic 20% gratuity was added because they considered us a large party, even though three of the guests were children under 3. Our waitress rarely checked on us during the 2 1/2 hours we were there. When we spoke with management, we were told there was nothing they could do. Poor service and no accountability. read more

A happy surprise was my husband's and my visit here for sparkling clean and not too noisy space (even though cavernously large and sort of Las Vegas meets Morocco design details with painted ceilings and hanging iron lights), friendly hostess and server, pretty darned good food for a chain eatery (even with almost overwhelmingly large menu) and at a decent price point. WE'D GO BACK: We are so NOT chain people (there are 214 of these in the US across 43 states) and our only other visit to a Cheesecake Factory was more than 20 years ago (when visiting friends in Scottsdale) so during our 11 years of living in Boise we had never been tempted to try the location here at the shopping mall (take about another thing I avoid). But circumstances led us to give it a try when we had to be at the mall and were really, really hungry at the very tail end of a weekday lunch hour and we threw culinary caution to the wind. A good enough experience that we would go again in the same circumstances, even if it will never be a destination dining spot for us. MENU: One of the nice surprises on the menu is there were plenty of options for those of us who largely avoid animal proteins at places that source them from mass market purveyors. Yes, we are like the "Tell us about your chicken" people in the Portlandia comedy bit who want to know how the animals were raised. (If you don't know that funny bit, I'll link it at the end.) There were lots of options for us to choose from as well as lots and lots for omnivores. (We highly recommend their corn ribs made elote style!) Because this is a chain restaurant of over XX locations they are required to reveal calorie counts for every item on the (HUGE) menu and if you think knowing the key lime cheesecake we shared clocked in at almost 1200 calories held us back, it did not. We chuckled that they had a "Skinnilicious" menu listing in one place all of their lower calorie options. This could be a good place for a dieter, actually. $: Price points are moderate and as example; 2 people shared 3 appetizers (with some to take home) and 1 piece of cheesecake plus 2 coffees for just under $50 btt. SERVICE: Not all things service were perfect but still good. As example, although the restaurant was probably only 30% full, although more tables were on the patio too, it took a good amount of time from placing our order until it was delivered. Busy kitchen it seems since everything was delivered hot and that means it was not waiting in the kitchen for the server to pick it up, but if it took that long with little crowd, we wondered what it would be when full. (Since they deliver bread and butter, a nice sliced piece in a cold dish not the foil wrapped nonsense, to the table with the menus, we had something to graze on while waiting.) Plus, our very friendly server left the dirty dishes from 2 of the 3 plates we ordered on the table when he delivered the cheesecake and coffee. I moved them aside, but I used to work in this industry FOH a thousand years ago and that is something we would not have tolerated our servers doing. I don't know if this was his error or standard practice. PS: Ignore Yelpers who complain about waiting to be seated when they could see open tables. We waited for 10'ish minutes ourselves when there were lots of open tables visible but that is because restaurants do not seat more people than than they have servers on duty to serve and so it may be some tables are vacant for that reason. If you worked in the industry, you know this. If you didn't, now you know this. ACCESSIBILITY: Another nice surprise here is that it is one of the very few eateries in Boise that follow the rules of the Civil Rights Law of ADA for equal access to seating for people with disabilities by providing 36" clear space behind tables when people are seated at them. This month happens to be the 35th Anniversary of the law (signed into law 7/26/90) and that so many Boise restaurants ignore that requirement (meaning people like me can't get to and from a table or the loo) has moved beyond outrageous to infuriating now that I often need to use a wheelchair to get from point A to a table due multiple sclerosis that I've had since college years. NOISE LEVEL: Another nice surprise was to find that while the music was loud enough to know it was there, it was not so loud as to compete with conversation or to need to shout over it. Hooray! As I was signing the credit card receipt they started to play a nice cover version of "Let It Be" and I had to blink back tears given the state I find myself in these days over the state our country finds itself in and the chaos in the world all around us. When my hubby returned from the loo to find tears welling he knew without asking that the music had triggered them and why. PARKING: The Boise Mall lot. OUTSIDE SEATING: On large, covered patio. THE PORTLANDIA "CHICKEN BIT": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErRHJlE4PGI read more

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The hostess when we came in was absolutely rude. However, I'm leaving a decent review because our server, Charles, was incredibly nice. He made sure to check on us and was very upbeat. The food itself was also good, and the feel of the area is nice. read more

Ordered two large cheesecakes for my husband's birthday. Delicious! And expensive. I ordered these online and paid for the chocolate "happy birthday" toppers. Once we got home from picking up the order (30+ minute drive each way) I discovered we did not receive them. I immediately called and spoke with the person in charge who had my info from the order and said his manager approved it and would issue the refund which I would receive within 10 days. It's been a month now and no refund. Not a huge amount in the scheme of things, but dishonest that they didn't refund something they did not deliver. read more

The Cheesecake Factory in Boise, Idaho is just meh. ( I love Cheesecake Factory Restaurants and try to visit them wherever I am, however this one was not up to the usual standards. I was disappointed. They are usually so good.) The place is clean and parking is easy but the service not so good. I came with a large party and we were seated in a timely fashion but from there on out it was slow, slow, slow. The servers were nice but catered to a certain few who must know you have to shout out what you need as they go by because they don't ask or notice if you need anything. Perhaps understaffed or mismanaged? Drink refills, some dressing, more bread, water, etc you had to jump in and fight to get the servers attention. Sometimes it came out and sometimes got forgotten. Entrees came out at different times for those seated next to each other. We honestly would have ordered more but there was no follow up. No suggestions or care. Some orders were cold or lukewarm and a dish or two had to be microwaved. I never did get to try the bread. We focused on the positive though and had a good time despite the hiccups read more

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We went here for my daughter's bday. We called for a reservation but were told they don't take reservations for more than 6 people (we had a party of 8) that seemed strange. We showed up and were told it would be a 30 minute wait. We waited an hour. We then waited 30 minutes to get to order then another hour to get our food. The food was pretty expensive and none of us really liked our food. Since it was our daughter's bday we thought they would give her a free slice of cheesecake but we ended up paying for one. We won't be going back unfortunately. read more

Very good food recommend cheese burger spring rolls shepherds pie also very good for drink get strawberry lemonade with soda water. Very comfy booth came quick to. read more

we arrived at 11;15 am. it was not that busy yet took over 30 minutes to get our order. when order arrive 85% of what we ordered was cold. while we were waiting, our table was near a servers station. one server was showing the others how he could shake his butt to dance. Very very bad experience. We won't be back. read more

Only a 2 star because our waitress was awesome, it should be 1 star for the rest of the dinner. The experience took four hours. 2 hour wait, 1.5 hours to get our food. Half the food was cold, and an accident on the ordering, that part is not a big deal. The rib eye steak I got looked like a 1" steak was cut in three, it was skinny and not worth 44.00. This place used to be a good place to eat and never more than an hour wait, I'm disappointed in my experience. read more

I have only been to the Cheesecake Factory a handful of times and today was probably the worst experience from start to finish. I did make a reservation online for 6 people which is the max amount of people. We did end up having another person join which I didn't think was a big deal. We checked in with the 2 hosts working. I informed them that we had an additional guest. Dude made an issue about our 7th guest and had to get authorization for it. Bahaha are you serious? How do you cater for large groups if you make such a big deal about it. Nothing was communicated to us whether a party of 7 is doable on a slow Wednesday night. Thank you kind host for making my party feel like a burden for adding another guest. Tenisha served us today. To be frank, she was slow. Slow at getting to us to greet us. Slow to grab drink orders. Slow to grab dinner orders. Tenisha was so busy that she didn't check up on us once to see how dinner was going. Refills would have been nice but not an option tonight. We were basically given what we had and that was it. No water, no soda refills. The only time she really interacted was passing of the bills and passing out birthday ice cream. We also had to flag her down for boxes. Instead of asking if everyone got their bills taken care of, she reprinted bills. We all worked in the service industry Ms. Tenisha. We are not going to skip on a 30 dollar tab. Tenisha probably should get retrained on proper customer service. What a shame we had to deal with this kind of service tonight. For dinner my friend and I shared a few appetizers. Fried zucchini, maple brussel sprouts, fried calamari and crab won tons. The brussel sprouts were on point. They were crispy, sweet and savory! Plenty on sauce to cover all the sprouts. The fried zucchini were crunchy and savory. They were huge pieces and so tasty! The calamari was salted perfectly. Add some fresh lemon juice and it was delightful! The crab won tons were ok. They lacked flavor. I washed all this goodness down with a pineapple cherry limeade mocktail! Very very delicious! Honestly, you can get fried zucchini, calamari, brussel sprouts at a lot of joints in town. It's common appetizers! But people will come back for basic appetizers when the service and atmosphere is stellar! Too bad from the minute I walked in dealing with rude hosts and received service from someone who gave 0 F*cks about your table, I will say I would recommend spending your hard earned money at a restaurant that would appreciate their guests and business. The only reason I'm giving 2 stars is for the food. Customer service is a flat 0 for me. Servers want that 20% but don't do a lick of work for it. read more

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Amazing food, amazing atmosphere amazing interior. Everything is amazing here five stars the service was also amazing. read more

The Cheesecake Factory - Desserts Near Me - Boise, Idaho

Sort of a bummer, I ordered three things and two were not as advertised. The pork belly slider didn't have any onion on it and the pork belly was basically bacon slices. I also got the beet and avocado salad, except there was no avocado. Also: my takeout order had no cutlery (nor was it offered) and the takeout soda I got was $4! Yikes! read more

I really try with this place but I think I'm done. We came for our birthdays because it used to be one of our favorite places but our food was cold and wrong so they gave us a 40$ gift card so we thought we'd come for breakfast and of course we were disappointed again. It's wayyy overpriced 17$ for this sad omelette and a few potatoes my brioche sandwich which I added avocado was 20$!!! And it was so sad barely any meat or eggs. The potatoes tasted good and the pancakes were amazing but were over it I think the cheesecake is what keeps this place in business it's sad really but we won't be coming back read more

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Once again great customer service we had the pleasure of Severin helping us on a busy Friday night. We were a party of 8 , he was busy not just with us but the other tables around. He was on it!! Food was hot and delicious as always!! I made sure when we were done to speak to a manager. So, I had the pleasure of speaking with Casandra the GM super friendly and just wanted to let her know another great experience at Cheesecake! Thank you truly for always making the dine in stay keeping us coming back. read more

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My husband and I are taking a short road trip to Boise for anniversary and had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory last night. Our dinner was delicious but what really made our evening special was our server, Maya. She was also serving a large party of 25 or more but made sure to be attentive to our little party of two . As we were getting ready to leave we thanked her for a lovely evening and mentioned that it was our anniversary. Maya asked us to wait a moment and returned with a complementary ice cream sundae. Maya went out of her way to make our dinner special read more

Great bread Service was so fast Clean like spotless im not kidding Spaghetti was perfect magnificent chefs kiss No canolies still 5 stars read more

The Cheesecake Factory - Spaghetti and Meatballs - Desserts Near Me - Boise, Idaho

I'm only reviewing plate by plate. To begin, the salad... was below average, croutons were very stale... felt like old popcorn, or chewing on cardboard. Could do better read more

The Cheesecake Factory - Cesar salad - Desserts Near Me - Boise, Idaho

Service was good. Kade is the GOAT. Food was bussin. Pizza was fire. Burger was gas. Pretzel bites and fondue were on point. But the cheesecake was the best. You know this! If I could, SIX STARS A great way to celebrate my birthday with my family. LESS GOOOOO read more

Stuffed mushrooms ... saddest way overpriced appetizer ever not worth 12.95 at all ..there was 6 mushrooms..they are edible ‍but won't be ordering these again ever read more

The Cheesecake Factory - 6 little overpriced meatballs for 12.95? not worth the money at all Stuffed Mushrooms Stuffed Mushrooms Stuffed Mushrooms - Desserts Near Me - Boise, Idaho

Usually an expensive but nice place for lunch but today was miserable. Went in for lunch at noon and expected a wait, restaurant was near empty but waiting area jammed. Perhaps not enough servers to handle the crowd so they just let us all wait. Finally seated. My daughter ordered pot stickers and I ordered the skinny Asian chicken salad. Flavorless dressing and no chicken at all. That will keep a girl skinny. I asked server and she agreed, they forgot chicken. She promised to come back with some. Never happened. I set $100 out on table to indicate that I was ready for my check. She politely asked if we'd like dessert or boxes, but never again mentioned my missing chicken. Sorry for her, but it was a no tip day. read more

I went in for lunch last week. It was busy, so we asked the long-haired man at the host desk about the wait. He stood looking down and didn't respond at first. After asking twice, he finally said, "about an hour," without looking up. When we decided not to wait and said "Alright well, thanks anyway", he didn't acknowledge us at all. My friend then loudly exclaimed, "alright, I guess I'll just go f___ myself." Wildly poor customer service. read more

For the most part, every Cheesecake Factory is the same. That's kind of why you go; it's predictable and reliable. The food tonight was okay: the bread arrived warm but the butter was too hard to spread. I got the Thai lettuce wraps, and they arrived with five little leaves of lettuce, which was a bit of a joke. For $15, I expected a lot more veggies. I forgot to take a photo but overall there was very little food on the plate--which is not what I expect at the Cheesecake Factory! The other plates were heaping with food. The vegan chopped salad looked amazing and very fresh, piled high with different vegetables and toppings. The Mexicali salad was nicely presented and full of a good balance of vegetables and crispy bits, and my dad's fried shrimp was nice and juicy and hot. My dining companion enjoyed his jambalaya and said it was the right spice level. I got the only dud. The Hershey's chocolate cheesecake was enormous and very rich. However, we ordered one piece for the table, for my dad's birthday. It arrived but we weren't given side plates or new silverware so we had to pass the single plate amongst five people, which was awkward. Not great service. Our server did a good job keeping water glasses filled. She never checked on our meals, but that was okay. We had reservations for 6:30 but waited 15 minutes to be seated, which was odd given that the restaurant was barely full. It's so dark in there you can barely see your food, but I realize that's the standard. For $20 entrees and $10 desserts, it was a pretty lackluster experience. read more

The food was pretty good but not worth the price. We spent 80$ for two people, kinda crazy. Cheesecake is $11.99 a slice, entrees are around $17-$35 a pop, appetizers are $12-$20, and drinks are $13 each. The server was friendly, the music kept stopping and playing. I wouldnt return here unless I had a $100 gift card. The table was sticky as well. read more

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RACIST! During the summer, I visited my friend in Idaho and we decided to eat here. I'm Asian and her family is Mexican. HORRIBLE SERVICE. Her uncle got a dirty spoon and her grandma wanted a straw for her drink but the waiter just ignored it. Not to mention, the waiter never came to check up on our table, only to place down the food, which took more than half an hour while the people who came after us got their order. Not to mention, dirty looks from the staff and whenever we did need something, they would tilt their head and pretend not to see us. No other explanation except racist because we were the only colored people there... read more

Very slow service, hardly anyone else there and we waited over 45 minutes after ordering to receive our food (one flat bread pizza and some pasta). The host was the most monotone uninviting person I've ever seen. Cheesecake was good but this location is going downhill read more