Yes it's a franchise and blah for a unique culinary experience but man, they always deliver a good meal, good service and always plenty of seating in a lovely restaurant setting. So for a mega restaurant it's great. Plenty of Kids options, family friendly, decent prices and the food pleases everyone. If you want farm to table, well, this ain't the place. But I love their huge plate of beef carpaccio, calamari, flatbreads and love their selection of small plates.