I dined at this establishment located in the Superstition Springs Mall (with access from the parking lot) with six other family members yesterday. This location looks very nice, both inside and out. It was very loud since it was so crowded (there was a short wait at 5:00pm on a Sat) and dimly lit. I thought the lighting wasn't enough but I know they have marketing information that probably tells them people sit/stay longer and spend more $ when there is "warm lighting".
I ordered the fish and chips and was very disappointed! It was $17.95 and the pieces of fish that were served were very small and too heavily breaded. One of my daughters liked her meal (some type of pasta) but the daughter that ordered the fried shrimp entree didn't like her meal either. She said the coating on the shrimp coupled with the large size of the pieces made it taste different than other fried shrimp she's had at other restaurants. The wife had grilled salmon and liked it, my aunt had a Cajun type pasta and she liked hers as well. My son had the bacon burger and liked it (hard to mess up a burger). Several of us had different types of cheesecake and we liked the cheesecake a lot! Our service was very good.
I like The Cheesecake Factory enough that I would come back but I would definitely not order anything fried in the future. For the five people I paid for (4 of which had cheesecake), it cost me $158! (including 23% tip)! For that kind of money EVERYTHING should have been superb and in this visit it was not!