Hector L.
Yelp
The food is good, chicken was kinda bland, overall nothing special. Service was sufficient, but the server talked way too much.
Entering the restaurant:
You are celebrating a cousin's graduation with your grandparents, you decide to go somewhere you're not familiar with, "Cheddars", 4.4 stars seems neat, you begin heading over there. You're greeted by a hostess who asks how large your party is. Once you tell her your party size, you're immediately told to follow her to the table. "Good thing we missed any wait." Walking to your table, you look around to see a fairly muted restaurant environment than what you're used to. Soft lighting, minimal decorations, and faint music. More of a place you'd have dinner with your in-laws rather than having a night out with your friends.
Ordering your food:
Everyone is handed simple laminated menus, nothing special. The server (20-ish Male) introduces himself and asks for the drinks, fairly straight forward. Once you think he's going to move on to the next table, he asks, "So how are y'all doing, what brought y'all here?". This isn't anything that you're not used to, so you tell him the gist, but what happens next is that he keeps on asking you questions, and questions, none of which have anything to do with your order. You talk and talk until it gets to a point where you have to ask him if he could put in our drinks for us, and he complies. You chat a little about how much the guy was talking, read through the menu, and decide that you're going to have fried chicken. The server comes back with your drinks, and now you can put the order in. Your grandparents only speak Spanish and try to order some ribs off the menu, but the server does not speak Spanish, so it takes a bit of translating, but you're able to get their orders in.
Dining:
Everyone's entrees come out, and you begin eating. Food is nothing special, the chicken is kind of bland, but you're hungry enough that this isn't too much of an issue. Our server comes back to check on us, and we ask if we can order one of the desserts. Our server writes our order down and says he'll get on it right away. Immediately after saying that, he moves on to the next table to get their orders, but instead of just getting their order and moving on, he decides to chat with them. What ensued was no joke, the longest conversation you have ever seen with a server and their customers. It gets to a point where you start joking about how long this server was talking and how he's trying to stall for something. This went on for 15 minutes straight, and he was still talking. You get up to use the bathroom and overhear another customer complaining that their server still hasn't gotten them their waters, you immediately know which server they're talking about. A manager has to go over and tell the server to get going immediately. The whole process just to get a single dessert took longer than it took for everyone to get their entrees. You ask for some to-go boxes, pay your check, and leave.
It's been 8 months, and you still think about that server.