I chose to come to the Cheesecake Factory on a Friday night around 8pm. What a mistake this was in more ways then one...ready!?!?! Here goes....my bf took me here for our weekly dinner date (restaurant of my choice). I knew the restaurant had been open for a while and seeing that I'm only 10 minutes away from Yorkdale I though "why not give this place a try" thinking that all the hype of dinning here has subsided but boy was I wrong! I may be the only person in this world that does not like cheese cake and I will not justify my madness for feeling this way :) (my bf loves cheese cake, so this was a compromise for both of us). We waited for two hours before our buzzer went off and once it did we had to wait again for another 10 minutes to be seated...at this point I'm already "hangry" and just wanted some food. The place is decorated tastefully, well lit, a little over priced for the quality of the food and the menu is limited (except the cheese cake selection). The washroom is on one side of the restaurant and we were seated on the other side of the restaurant, so if you have mobility issue it will be difficult to manuver at ease because the aisle are not wide and the traffic between the servers, bus boy/girl, customer's coming and going. Once seated, the restaurant was cold (and it was already cold outside) so sitting in a cold restaurant, eating room temperature like food was not enjoyable. Our waitress came to take our order right away, she ask us what we like to drink and if we wanted to place our main order too (did I mention it was our 1st time here). We ordered our drinks and an appetizer to share (crab and artichoke dip) disappointed no crab meat at all and it was cold!! I felt the urgent rush from our server to take our order and leaving me feeling that they want there guests to experience the "ins of dinning and out the door you go" experience. The sound of people was loud and the sound of music was even louder.
I had the salmon with mash potatoes and broccoli, my bf had the cuban sandwhich with fries. My salmon dish was serve luke warm temperature......disgusting!! At this point it was 11:15 p.m. and we were both to tired and I was not able to finish since it was so late and we were so sleepy from waiting earlier and from boredom. Of course we order the Oreo cheese cake to go. Most dissapointing dinning experience in a long time. It would be nice if the restaurant offer some kind of sampler snacks or drinks for all the other customers waiting patiently for there turn to dine at the Cheese cake factory. This place is just over rated to dine just wait until the hype is over or take a trip across the border and experience dinning in the States. I'm sure you will have a better experience.