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Cheesecake Factory Nashville, TN
Seating is plentiful but the restaurant is very popular. So you may have to wait a while. I have lucked out on some nights and got seated immediately. The portions are HUGE. So if you are eating with someone - sharing an entree is not uncommon. Its nice to get your own appetizer, and then share an entree so you can get a desert (an awesome cheesecake) Service is great. Food is good. If you can get past the yuppie pricks and just ignore them. Everyone in the restaurant seems to have their noses turned up to the air permanently. But yes, the food is good, the service is good, the bar is capable, and the deserts are tasty.
Chili's Gallatin, TN
I normally have no problem with Chili's as I have eaten there for 13 years. This Chili's in Gallatin is awful! The service is absolutely awful and ridiculous. LONG LONG gaps of service, and not even an apology. If you like chili's but hate bad service do not go to this one. I usually tip between 20-25% but on this visit, I was forced to downgrade this amount to 6% due to absolutely horrible service. Take my word for it.
Cracker Barrel Franklin, KY
I usually like this place but I have a list of complaints. Tonight there was a bus that just happen to show up before us, so we had to wait 30 minutes for a table. Bus or no bus, on average, I usually have to wait a long time to get a table here. So many freaking old people and people traveling its ridiculous. Secondly, you may get a waitress with an attitude sometimes. There are a few good and friendly waitresses here. One goes by the name of Nikki. She has always been so very kind and friendly, and attentive. I always am glad when she is our waitress. There is one waitress that is a bit heavy-set. Well honestly, she is incredibly super huge. She usually has a very bad attitude, and is always short of breath from carrying the food and she is sweaty and the thought of a super-sized sweaty lady serving food -and the remote chance of a drop of sweat -her DNA- dripping on to something I am going to consume -just doesn't sit well with me. Next complaint: The temperature could be between 45 and 55 degrees F outside and the management somehow thinks its a good idea to fire up the fireplace. Whats more, they seem to think its a good idea to seat people adjacent to the fireplace, and at the same time run the heating in the restaurant. This being in the great state of Kentucky, they still do not have laws banning smoking in restaurants. They have a smoking section that -even when seated in the "non-smoking" section (which you often wait longer for) you get a whole lot of Kentuckians smoking their asses off and the smoke wafting into the "non-smoking" section. Tonight's experience prompted me to write this review. After placing the order, the food took in excess of 30 minutes to come out. I ordered french toast, my daughter ordered a pancake and a biscuit and my wife ordered gravy-biscuits and sausage (very simple orders) they took forever to bring the food out. There were several tables, whom got seated after us they all had their food. I about had enough and got up and sought out the manager. I asked him why it was taking so long. As soon as he said "I'll look into it" our food was served mysteriously. The guys name was Will. He was a huge heavy set guy. He checked on us a few times I was so pissed off cause my daughter was hungry and kept telling me so. The waitress was no where to be seen at all from about the 15 minute mark (after ordering) to when she brought the food (about 35 minutes after ordering) VERY VERY poor performance. When asked why both the manager and the waitress said it was the way the tickets were placed or some other such nonsense. Poor excuses and poor performance. She only offered to take our drinks off the bill. (whoopee!) One adult drink and one kid drink off of the bill (roll eyes) (I had water) Cheap excuses and cheap compensation.
Fire 'n Ice Nashville, TN
This place used to be the Madras, and apparently the same owners changed the restaurant into a different genre. Its now an Italian / American restaurant with a full bar. The atmosphere is nice. I stepped in to check the place out. The staff were friendly. I ordered one of the daily lunch specials for $5.99 + tax as take out. When I lived in Boston I remembered a restaurant called Fire + Ice and this place is not the same, it is not the same genre at all, but I am sure the food is very good. I had the Soup and Sandwich, (Clam Chowder + BLT) and for the price, it was great. In this area there already is a lot to choose from, this gives us office geeks more to choose from. Their lunch items vary from $6.95 - $8 and it looks like their dinner entrees vary from $8 - $17.50. Give this place a try.
Fire 'n Ice Nashville, TN
This place used to be the Madras, and apparently the same owners changed the restaurant into a different genre. Its now an Italian / American restaurant with a full bar. The atmosphere is nice. I stepped in to check the place out. The staff were friendly. I ordered one of the daily lunch specials for $5.99 + tax as take out. When I lived in Boston I remembered a restaurant called Fire + Ice and this place is not the same, it is not the same genre at all, but I am sure the food is very good. I had the Soup and Sandwich, (Clam Chowder + BLT) and for the price, it was great. In this area there already is a lot to choose from, this gives us office geeks more to choose from. Their lunch items vary from $6.95 - $8 and it looks like their dinner entrees vary from $8 - $17.50. Give this place a try.
Ghengis Grill Hendersonville, TN
This restaurant enables you to build your own bowl. You take a small mixing bowl and then choose protein, (i.e. meats seafood or Tofu) and then add vegetables and add a sauce, and then you have a choice of noodles or rice. Give it to the cooks and they make it on a round table. There was a similar restaurant up in Boston called "Fire + Ice" which I miss but this is a sensible alternative. One of my favorite places to eat in HVille. Its in the new glenbrook shopping center across from Target.
Cheddars Hendersonville, TN
Cheddars is casual dining fare, but not the standard cardboard cutout that has become typical of American casual dining lately. The wait is incredibly long, almost to the point of -it not being worth waiting for. Once inside, the atmosphere is really great. A huge fish tank greets and the decor is reminiscent of a stony mountain resort. I have not really had a problem with them the first few times eating there, however, (and this is a big however) on one visit, the person serving the food (not the same person as our server) gave our onion rings appetizer away to another table, and by the time the staff realized their mistake and served the onion rings appetizer, it came out at the same time as the meal. This is only due to the incredibly STUPID practice of allowing other people to serve the food, (i.e. not the actual server) who have no idea who got what, so they end up making mistakes and they look bad. So instead of an appetizer and then the meal, it all came out at once. Incredibly annoying. Thats my only beef with this place. That and the incredibly long wait.
Kebab Gyros Nashville, TN
Kebab Gyros is in a shopping center and the place does get busy at lunch. For good reason. The owners are middle-eastern and I may be mistaken but they may be of Egyptian origin. The food is excellent. Gyros platters, salads, hummus, baklavas. Its really good. The atmosphere is great cause they watch Arabic television via satellite -providing a good feel. GREAT I highly recommend
Baja Fresh Nashville, TN
Baja Fresh is an excellent place for some quality Mexican food. They specialize in the lunch crowd. Lunches here are extremely busy. I recommend visiting at 11:30 - 12:00 or from 1:00 - 2:00. You place your order at the register and then you submit your name and have a seat. They call your name when its ready. Really good tasting food.
Las Palmas Mexican Restaurant Nashville, TN
I don't know what that guy (no name given) who wrote the review on AUG 10 was smoking, seems to be disgruntled about something. Every time I go to Las Palmas, they deliver. You can't beat the prices and the food. Take out, or dine in.