Unless you're eating out during a snowstorm or the Super Bowl, if you show up during a typical meal shift, it's common to wait up to an hour to be seated (sign in and go stroll the stores and outdoor kiosks while you wait). It's a fun atmosphere with good service, so this restaurant is always busy. One of our visits included a large group, and we arrived at the early side of the dinner hour. Despite the fact that Cheesecake Factories don't take reservations, we were soon seated and our servers did a great job managing a large party. Menu items as listed tend toward calorie-rich, but servers are perfectly willing to adjust entrees to your specifications, and with an entire Skinnylicious menu, it's easy to make even those entrees even healthier.