Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen

This is 1 of my favorite places to go eat on the weekend. Love there mashed potatoes and there ultimate nachos. Service is great.

I came here on a Wednesday evening at 5:15pm. I was told right when I walked in there was a 15 – 20 minute wait. There were no others waiting & there were about 15 open tables. Can someone please tell me why there was a wait?!? The hostesses were just standing there like no care in the world. Why weren’t we seated?!

Vegetarians beware! We didn’t think to check the menu ahead because most regular sit-​down places have at least a couple options. But when we asked about vegetarian food, our waitress sighed. Ruh-​roh. She pointed out that the spaghetti lasagna (???) could be made vegetarian, but aside from that, the only option was the «vegetable plate.» This vegetable plate is actually just a collection of sides… but when we went to order these, the first two were actually not vegetarian (cooked in bacon fat, includes sausage, etc). None of the soups or even entrée salads are veg. This is too bad, because they have a pretty big menu.
On the vegetarian plate, the black beans were actually pretty good, but the broccoli lacked salt and was mushy. Ended up being kind of a strange meal.
Would love to try this place again if they update their menu!

Love cheddar! Great food, great prices, friendly staff. It’s not overly loud but it’s almost always full.

When you want to eat somewhere good, go where the locals go.
Turns out, this is my brother’s friends’ default place to eat. According to them, all the food is great (especially the deep-​fried sandwich that’ll kill any diet), reasonably-​priced and the service is decent. From my two visits, they weren’t wrong. Everything was clean, the large windows let lots of light in, the place was always busy and if you don’t count the girl training at the hostess stand, everyone was friendly, too. I think she was overwhelmed though. More distracted and unsure of herself than rude.
I had the fried shrimp and the chicken fingers and I soooooo wished there was more! Don’t get me wrong, the portions are large, but it was so good! I wanted it morning noon and night, I just couldn’t afford it ‘cuz I’m broke. ;)
Eat here!

The food here was pretty good. The spinach and artichoke dip was heavy on spinach, and was delicious. The chicken tenders were fried perfectly and very juicy.
Their website promotes a happy hour that does not exist once you are in the restaurant. Besides that, Cheddars was a good experience.

Interesting that the average rating is 3-​Star, because that’s exactly what I was going to give it. I’m a big fan of the Omaha Cheddar’s, and assumed that Lincoln would be just as good– WRONG. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t bad– just not quite up to par with Omaha service-​wise. I encouraged my sister-​in-​law to get my favorite drink, the Painkiller, but when it came out it was so heavily spiked with alcohol it was almost undrinkable. This IS a strong drink, and that’s why I like it– but the ratio was definitely off.
Our waitress was either new or just sort of clueless, she bumbled around and just seemed to set the whole dining experience off kilter with her timing. No one was checked for refills after the food was delivered (we were all empty), and she never did the complimentary check back, to see how our food was. I ordered a stand-​by, the half rack of ribs and shrimp, and was pleased with everything. One of my dining partners had the same shrimp, and the rice it was bedded on was drowning in some Terriyaki-​like sauce.
As always, the house salad, honey butter croissants, and onion rings were awesome! I can’t say enough about how tender the ribs always are as well.
I’ll definitely be back, but likely not to Lincoln.

This place has always given us great food, consistent service & unbelievably reasonable prices. I don’t know how they do it. There’s no place that I can take the family and feed them for less. The portions tend to be large, so split a meal or plan to take your left overs home.

Our service was really good, so much so I took the time at the end to thank our server and tell him what a great job he was doing. He was soooo busy and our table literally never even felt it, what a professional, I want to say his name was Matt. Food was great, the queso I highly recommend. I had the monte cristo and it was really good, very heavy though so have a appetite. I got mashed potatoes and he asked if I wanted gravy I said yes and it was country gravy, I guess i expected brown gravy for potatoes and country gravy is more for steak and such, but that’s my own preference. I have been here 4 times and never had a problem with the service or food. I can say I am still
Looking for the perfect entrée to crave here, still on the hunt.

Cheddars is great. I stopped in here with my grandparents while visiting Lincoln and I really liked it.
I got this sandwich thing, I can’t really remember the name of it right now. It was so good. They give you more than enough food. The portions here are huge and there are always leftovers.
Our server was really nice, he always came back to check on us. He chatted with us a little while, he was very friendly.
Cheddars is a great place to go, but not when it’s busy. It can get packed, as does the cheddars back home. The decorations are pretty much the same from store to store.

This place was great food for an awesome price. Good service, fast and prompt. The portions are awesome for the price. I got the grilled shrimp and chicken fingers with baked potato and corn, and my GF got the half rack of ribs, mac and cheese and corn. Each meal was only $ 10.49. What a deal! Tons of grub. We will definitely be coming back

The salad was frozen, the chicken fried steak was all breading with poor flavor, soup bland. the only good things were the broccoli and chicken strips from the kids menu. will never return!!! The service was poor. Wish I would’ve went to Perkins!

Very nice building, good service, food is super cheap. It is a good value, except for the Club Sandwich. It is unusually small, it is basically half a Club, so that was kind of a rip off, but it tasted good.

If you like frozen food, warmed in a box, then the quality of food will not be startling. New management has this location transforming from «scratch» kitchen to «frozen» kitchen. Such a disappointment.

All I can say is meh, the food is mediocre at best. My girlfriend and I tried this place a couple of times when they first opened up. Our first time there I ordered a steak rare knowing most restaurant chains over cook there meat, it came out well done, I sent it back and the re-​cook came out medium (I like my red meat pretty bloody) needless to say nothing special about this place, the one thing they have going for them is it’s affordable… that’s about it.

Went in on the Friday after Thanksgiving at 6:00, seated right away at a booth in the bar. All staff was very friendly and very attentive. Not a large menu, which isn’t a bad thing but nothing really popped to me. The wife and I shared the onion rings as an appetizer. They were awesome, plenty for the two of us. I had the fried shrimp, average, nothing special. The wife had the chicken strips, once again, average, nothing special. One thing that did catch my eye was «Scratch and Homemade». This isn’t a big deal for me but if you are going to advertise it do it. I’m pretty sure, not definitely, but don’t think anything I had was home made, except for the onion rings. Once not a big deal. The fries, the easiest thing to home make, weren’t cut in the kitchen, I would bet on it. Would I go back…

Great service and made from scratch food! Always great! Managers are pretty awesome too :)

I loved cheddars this is a go to place when me and my friends go out to eat! Service is good especially with his busy this place is! Have never had a bad waiter. The food is good I am however disappointed at their menu change. I loved their pot roast and grown up grilled cheese which is no longer available and it was popular per wait staff. Overall great value for the amount of food you get! And great drinks!

My first visit to Cheddars. I’ve wanted to try it for a while but it was so busy and the reviews were kind of meh.
My son had the Buffalo chicken strips with fries. He raved about them. They were huge and there was a lot of them. Reasonably priced too for what he got.
I ordered the steak and ribs combo. The ribs were pretty good. The steak which was supposed to be medium well was charred and a somewhere between well done and BURNT. It was also very small.
The corn tasted like it came out of a can and the red beans and rice were passable.
Overall it was average. Not bad, not outstanding. I won’t hurry back but neither would I avoid it.

I am completely baffled by this place. I was repeatedly told how good the food was and how cheap it was.
The food was bland, service was mediocre, terrible beer selection, mixed drinks have hardly any booze and the supposedly cheap food really isn’t that cheap. Spend a few dollars more and you can eat at any number of similar local places and have a decent meal. Yet every time I drive by this place the parking lot is full regardless of the time of day.
Seriously, treat yourself and spend the extra pocket change and go somewhere else.

The menu’s diverse selection, combined with the most reasonable prices, pleasent ambiance, and well prepared food, make for a pleasant surprise at on of the newer eateries in Lincoln! Looking at the reviews, I must have hit it on a turnaround. It was fine for me! I ate healthy too! Check out their website.

My coworker and I came here for lunch the other day and my first impression was of the atmosphere which is nicely decorated, low lit, and cool inside. There is a beautiful fish tank on one wall and I really enjoyed the overall surroundings.
Our server was very nice and while she didn’t seem to know a lot about what was gluten free she was more than willing to ask for me, which I thought was really nice of her. They did have a gluten free menu but it does look a bit haphazard, it was a piece of paper printed out with additional items scribbled on the sides. So I was pretty sure it was a work in progress, but it was amazing that they even had one.
I ordered a strawberry lemonade which was good and a side salad with balsamic vinaigrette to start. The salad was also good with tomatoes and fresh lettuce. My coworker had a side salad with blue cheese dressing and the onion rings, he said both were very good.
For the entrees my coworker ordered the Monte Cristo sandwich, and he loved it. I ordered the steak and shrimp, broccoli and a baked potato, gluten free of course. It did take a while for the entrees to come out but when they did my food was not gluten free, it had several items on the plate that specifically said not gluten free on their sheet. They took it back and said they would make me a new one. I really appreciated that the server came and apologized and even the manager came by and conveyed his apologies. Whenever food is mixed up I feel that few restaurants really make an effort to improve the dining experience for the customer unless the person makes a scene, which I did not, and the staff here really was very nice about it.
Unfortunately the food not only took a very long time to come out again, my coworker was finished and we were then 30 mins late to get back, but when I got it I was very unimpressed with the flavor of the steak. I have to agree with other reviews on here that the food was not very good. The steak was flavorless and tough; however, it was cooked perfectly temperature wise. The broccoli was very good and cooked well and the potato also nicely done. The shrimp appeared to have been sitting in an oven for some time and were very overdone and bland as well.
When we got the bill my coworker was pleased with the price of his meal which had been very affordable and portions were quite large that he took some home. Mine had been taken off entirely, which I also greatly appreciated.
So in sum, the mix up of the food was really no big deal. The restaurant went above and beyond to remedy that. The food; however, was not something I will be craving regularly, but I would not be opposed to visiting again sometime and trying something else.

Oh Cheddars. You have a great menu. I gave you two chances and you blew them both.
First time, we were there and we started with the queso (added the free ground beef), good chips, good queso. I had the Cajun Pasta wtih shrimp, chicken and sausage. My mate had the fish tacos, which he said were really good. The pasta was good too — the shrimp tasty, the sausage pretty delish. As we were gushing over how good everything was, I noticed in my pasta what I thought was maybe a sausage skin or a tomato skin, but it was actually a piece of plastic about 2 ½ inches long. Yuk. They did comp my pasta, but still.
Went back a second time. My mate had the chicken tender basket and again his entrée was really good. I ordered the chicken fired steak. First thing I noticed was the breading fell off too easily. Then I saw that the meat inside was rare, not cooked. By the time I got a replacement, my friend was finished eating. The steak itself was tough. Not good.
I cannot recommend this place at all, they have a lot of problems in their kitchen, despite a good menu, good prices, they cannot execute. Too bad.