74 frequently asked questions
Created at 18 August 2026 · Last updated 14 September 2026
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Cheesecake, the dessert
Flavors, facts and history behind the dish this menu is named for.
How many cheesecake flavors does Cheesecake Factory have?
33 cheesecake and specialty cake flavors in the current build, plus whole-cake sizes of many of them. The count moves a little through the year as seasonal flavors rotate in and out.
How many calories are in a slice of cheesecake?
Between 570 and 1,770, averaging around 1291, depending on the flavor. Low-Licious Cheesecake is the lightest flavor; Chocolate Tower Truffle Cake™ the heaviest.
How much sugar is in cheesecake?
5g to 165g per slice across Cheesecake Factory flavors. Yes, it has a lot of sugar, and cookie- or caramel-based flavors sit at the top of that range.
Does cheesecake have eggs and gluten in it?
Allergens vary by flavor, so check each flavor before ordering.
What is turtle cheesecake?
At Cheesecake Factory, Caramel Pecan Turtle Cheesecake is turtle means chocolate, caramel and pecans together, and this cake uses all three in quantity — a pecan brownie base, caramel and fudge swirled through the filling, candied pecans and chocolate on top. tree nuts. obviously, given the name, but it's worth saying for anyone ordering on behalf of someone else. 1,300 calories, 88 grams of fat, and only 450 mg of sodium, which is low for a cake this heavily built. if you want caramel without nuts, the salted caramel is the swap.. It runs $11.50–$12.50 per slice at 1,300 calories. "Turtle" refers to the caramel-pecan-chocolate combination, a flavor pattern borrowed from turtle candy, not a literal ingredient.
Where can I buy red velvet cheesecake?
Cheesecake Factory sells Ultimate Red Velvet Cake Cheesecake™ by the slice and as a whole cake, in-restaurant or through the bakery counter for takeout. This site doesn't sell anything; every purchase link goes to the restaurant's own ordering channels.
Who invented cheesecake, and where did it originate?
Cheesecake as a category predates the restaurant by roughly 2,000 years. Food historians generally trace the earliest versions to ancient Greece, with the Roman writer Cato the Elder recording a curd-and-honey recipe called libum centuries later. The modern cream-cheese style familiar in the US developed after cream cheese itself was commercialized in the late 1800s. No single named individual is credited with "inventing" it; it evolved over centuries across several cuisines.
Why is it called cheesecake?
Because the dish is built on a soft, fresh cheese (historically curd cheese, today usually cream cheese in the US) baked into a sweetened cake-like form. The name is a plain description of the two components rather than a brand or coinage.
How long does cheesecake last, and how should I store it?
As a general rule for a dairy-and-egg dessert like this, an unopened or freshly cut cheesecake keeps roughly 5–7 days refrigerated, and can be frozen for a month or more if wrapped well. Always judge by smell and appearance too, because this is a general guideline, not a guarantee for any specific slice.
Does Cheesecake Factory make its own cheesecake?
Yes, but not in each restaurant. The cheesecakes are baked at the company's own bakeries in Calabasas Hills, California, and Rocky Mount, North Carolina, then shipped to every location.
Nutrition & calories
How to read the calorie, macro and allergen tables.
Are the calories for a whole plate?
Yes. Each figure is for the dish as it comes to the table, so a shareable appetizer's count covers the whole plate. Nothing is averaged across similar dishes.
What is the highest-calorie item on the menu?
Factory Nachos, a shareable appetizer, tops the list at 2,670 calories, ahead of every entrée. It's built for a table of four, not one person.
Does this cover the whole menu?
Almost. Of the 461 items on the full menu, the bottled Cocktails at Home, three sauces and the Kids' Lemonade have no calorie figure, so they're left out of the nutrition table rather than shown as blanks that could read as zero.
How accurate are these numbers?
They match the calorie counts printed on the menu in the restaurant. Real plates vary with portioning, swaps and how the kitchen builds them, so treat each figure as the standard dish, not a measurement of yours.
How much protein is in cheesecake?
Modest for a dessert this large: cheesecake slices generally run 10–20g of protein, well below the entrées. If protein is what you're optimizing for, this menu's high-protein dishes are steaks, salmon and chicken plates, not dessert.
How many calories are in a chicken Caesar salad?
A plain Caesar Salad is 860 calories. Grilled chicken added to it has no separate figure, so there's no exact total with chicken; ask your server what it adds.
Where can I see allergens instead of calories?
The allergen filter lets you exclude any of the nine FDA major allergens plus gluten and see only the dishes that fit. It covers the same dishes as the nutrition table.
Allergens & gluten-free
What a dish's allergens do and don't tell you.
Does Cheesecake Factory have gluten-free options?
Yes. 74 dishes contain neither gluten nor wheat. That's a statement about recipes, not kitchen safety, because the restaurant isn't a dedicated gluten-free kitchen.
Is there gluten-free pasta at Cheesecake Factory?
Not on the menu. All 15 pastas contain wheat. If a restaurant offers a gluten-free noodle swap, that's a local accommodation rather than a menu item, so ask before ordering.
Does Cheesecake Factory have gluten-free bread?
Not on the menu. The free bread brought to every table, the brown bread included, is wheat-based, and there's no gluten-free substitute.
Are Cheesecake Factory fries gluten-free by recipe?
Potatoes are naturally gluten-free, but fries are typically cooked in a shared fryer alongside breaded items, which creates cross-contact risk regardless of the potato itself. This is the single biggest gluten risk on a menu like this, so treat shared-fryer items with caution if you need strict avoidance.
Is there a dairy-free or vegan cheesecake?
No. Every cheesecake flavor contains both eggs and milk. There is no dairy-free or vegan cheesecake on the menu.
Can I rely on the allergen list for a severe allergy?
Treat the allergen list as a starting point, not a medical guarantee. Preparation methods, substitutions and cross-contact in a shared kitchen can all change what actually reaches the table. If you have a severe allergy, tell the restaurant before you order and confirm each item with staff.
Vegetarian, vegan & dietary tags
How to filter by diet without inventing categories the restaurant doesn't use.
Does Cheesecake Factory have vegan options?
Yes. 5 dishes carry a vegan tag on the menu, meaning they're made without dairy, eggs, honey or other animal products. It's a short list, and not every vegetarian dish qualifies.
How many vegetarian dishes are there?
63 dishes are tagged vegetarian. Vegetarian here includes eggs and dairy, so it isn't the same list as the vegan one.
Is there a way to filter by diet: lower-calorie, higher-protein, allergen-free?
Yes. The dietary guides group dishes by the restaurant's vegetarian and vegan tags, plus lower-calorie, higher-protein and allergen-free views. They don't invent medical labels such as "keto" or "diabetic-friendly."
What is that dish?
Plain answers about the dishes people ask about most.
What is Chicken Madeira?
Sautéed chicken breast topped with fresh asparagus, melted mozzarella and a Madeira wine sauce over mashed potatoes. It runs 1,300 calories.
What is Chicken Bellagio?
Crispy-coated chicken breast over basil pasta in a Parmesan cream sauce, topped with prosciutto and an arugula salad, at 2,020 calories.
What is Pasta Da Vinci?
Sautéed chicken, mushrooms and onions in a Madeira wine sauce, tossed with penne. The Madeira is what gives it a nutty, oxidized depth a plain white-wine sauce doesn't have.
What is Chicken Costoletta?
120 grams of fat is what you're actually ordering. That's 42 grams over the FDA's daily value for fat. A costoletta is a cutlet pounded thin and breaded — the Milanese method, where the point of the pounding is surface area. More crust per bite. That's why it eats richer than a thicker piece of chicken cooked the same way. 1,800 calories, 77 grams of protein, 2,990 mg of sodium. Fish is listed, and the menu doesn't say which ingredient it comes from. It's 1,800 calories.
What is Korean Fried Chicken at Cheesecake Factory?
239 grams of carbohydrate. That's the number that separates this from every other chicken dish here, and it comes from the sweet gochujang glaze and the rice underneath rather than the chicken itself. Korean fried chicken is double-fried, which drives moisture out of the skin and is why the coating stays crisp under a wet sauce instead of going soggy in four minutes. That technique is the entire reason the dish exists. It works. The full plate is 1,810 calories and 3,930 mg of sodium — over one and a half days of salt. Protein comes in at 51 grams, which is low for a fried chicken plate of that size, because so much of the weight is glaze and rice. Soy and sesame are both listed, along with gluten, wheat and egg. It's 1,810 calories.
Are the Baja Chicken Tacos spicy?
80 grams of protein, which is more than the Filet Mignon, the Carne Asada or the Steak Frites deliver. Spiced chicken, melted cheese, onion and chipotle sauce go into corn tortillas. Chipotle is smoked jalapeño. It gives slow heat instead of a sharp one. Corn tortillas don't make this gluten-free, since gluten and wheat are both listed along with soy and sesame. 1,410 calories, 2,680 mg of sodium. No dish on the menu carries a heat rating, so treat "spicy" in a name as a rough signal and ask your server if heat matters to you.
What is a Bistro Burger?
Fish is on the allergen list, and the likeliest reason is the housemade steak sauce, since Worcestershire, a standard steak-sauce base, contains anchovies. Bacon, caramelized onion, arugula, that steak sauce and garlic aioli go on a toasted roll rather than a brioche bun. It works because the peppery arugula cuts the sweet onion. Sesame isn't listed. 106 grams of carbohydrate, tied for second-most among the burgers. 3,190 mg of sodium. It's 1,330 calories.
Drinks & cocktails
The drinks you can order to go, and how the seasonal bar menu differs.
What is a whiskey smash, and does Cheesecake Factory serve one?
A whiskey smash is a classic cocktail built on bourbon or whiskey, muddled mint and citrus, served over crushed ice. Seasonal and bar-only cocktails like this rotate and aren't on the takeout drinks list, so ask the bar what's pouring now.
How do you make a raspberry lemon drop?
A lemon drop martini variant built on vodka, fresh lemon juice, a sweetener and a raspberry component (puree or liqueur), typically sugar-rimmed. It's a bar cocktail rather than a to-go item, so we can't confirm the restaurant's exact recipe.
What's in a Georgia Peach drink?
Generally a peach-forward cocktail or mocktail built on peach schnapps or puree with citrus. Like other bar-menu drinks, it isn't on the to-go list, so we can't confirm the restaurant's recipe or whether yours pours it right now.
Does Cheesecake Factory serve alcohol?
Yes. Every full-service restaurant has a bar with cocktails, wine and beer. A small number of locations in dry counties or inside airports may not, so check your restaurant if it matters.
Kids & family dining
What's on the kids' list and what to expect eating there with children.
Does Cheesecake Factory have a kids' menu?
Yes: mains, desserts and drinks sized and priced for children, separate from the adult menu. Portions are genuinely child-sized rather than a value-priced adult dish.
What is in the Kids' Mac and Cheese?
Macaroni in a cheese sauce, sized for a child. It's still one of the heavier kids' dishes, with as many calories as some adult starters.
Deals, happy hour & discounts
What actually exists, and what people only assume does.
Does Cheesecake Factory have a happy hour?
Most restaurants do. 213 of the 214 US locations run a happy hour. It's set restaurant by restaurant, not nationally, so there's no single happy hour menu for the whole chain.
When is happy hour at Cheesecake Factory?
Where a restaurant runs one, weekday afternoons are the typical window, usually in the bar area only. Because it's set locally, the exact time isn't something a single page can answer for every restaurant, so check your specific location.
Does Cheesecake Factory offer a military discount?
There's no national military discount. Some restaurants run their own local offers, so call yours before you go if it matters.
Does Cheesecake Factory do anything for birthdays?
Yes: a free slice of cheesecake or layer cake for Cheesecake Rewards members, with any food or beverage purchase, issued around your birthday. The exact window and rules are specific enough that they deserve their own page.
Gift cards
Buying, checking balances, and where they work.
How do I check my Cheesecake Factory gift card balance?
Through the restaurant's own gift card page, which asks for the card number and the PIN or security code printed on the back. A server can also check the balance for you in-restaurant. This site can't look up a balance; we hold no card data of any kind.
Can I tip with a gift card?
A gift card covers the cost of food and drink; most restaurants still need a separate payment method for the tip, though some can split a check so cash covers the tip alone. Ask your server how your restaurant handles it.
Where can I buy a Cheesecake Factory gift card?
Directly from the restaurant, online at thecheesecakefactory.com, or in person at any US restaurant. Third-party retailers resell them too, but only the restaurant's own channels are certain to be genuine.
Reservations & wait times
How booking works and what to expect on busy nights.
Does Cheesecake Factory take reservations?
Yes, at most restaurants, through the restaurant's website, Yelp or by phone. Some smaller or high-traffic locations manage seating by walk-in and waitlist only, so check your specific restaurant.
Do I need a reservation?
Not strictly, but Friday and Saturday evenings routinely run long walk-in waits at popular locations. If you're going as a group or on a weekend night, booking ahead is the difference between eating at 7pm and eating at 8:30pm.
Delivery, takeout & payment
What's ordered where, and what this site can and can't confirm.
Does Cheesecake Factory deliver?
Yes, through the restaurant's own ordering site in many markets and through major third-party delivery platforms in most others. 214 of 214 restaurants in this directory list delivery as an available service.
How do I order from Cheesecake Factory on DoorDash for the first time?
Account setup, address and payment are handled entirely by the delivery platform, not by the restaurant. Search for the restaurant in the app, build your order and check out there. What we can tell you: delivery-platform prices commonly run above the in-restaurant list price for the same dish, and not every menu item ships well.
Does Cheesecake Factory accept Apple Pay?
Payment options are set by each restaurant and delivery platform, so they vary from place to place. Ask your server, or check the payment options at checkout if you order online.
Hours, holidays & brunch
What the opening hours cover, and what they don't.
What time does Cheesecake Factory open and close?
Hours are set per restaurant and vary by location and day of week, so there's no single national opening or closing time. Check your restaurant's listing for its weekday hours.
Is Cheesecake Factory open on Thanksgiving?
Major-holiday hours vary by location and often differ from the regular hours on this site: some restaurants close, others run reduced hours. Call your specific restaurant before a holiday visit.
Is Cheesecake Factory open on Christmas or Christmas Eve?
Same caveat as Thanksgiving: holiday hours are set locally and often differ from the regular weekday schedule. Confirm directly with your restaurant, especially for Christmas Day.
Is Cheesecake Factory open on New Year's Day or New Year's Eve?
Most restaurants operate on both days, often with adjusted hours on New Year's Eve for evening service. As with other holidays, confirm with your specific restaurant rather than assuming standard hours apply.
When does brunch end at Cheesecake Factory?
Brunch is a Saturday–Sunday service; 214 of 214 restaurants serve it, most often from mid-morning into early afternoon. The exact end time is set per restaurant.
Does Cheesecake Factory make its own cheesecake?
The Cheesecake Factory prepares its main menu items in scratch kitchens daily, with signature cheesecakes produced at dedicated central bakeries in Calabasas Hills, California, and Rocky Mount, North Carolina to ensure consistent quality nationwide.
Locations & the company
Store counts, sourcing, and basic company facts.
How many Cheesecake Factory locations are there?
Our directory tracks 214 US restaurants across 202 cities in 40 states. The chain also operates select international locations under separate licensing agreements.
Is there a Cheesecake Factory in the UK?
Our location directory covers US restaurants. For international locations, please visit the official restaurant website.
Who owns Cheesecake Factory?
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is a publicly traded US company (Nasdaq: CAKE), founded by David Overton.
Where was the first Cheesecake Factory?
The original restaurant opened in Beverly Hills, California, in 1978.
Are the operating hours live?
No. They're a snapshot, and holiday hours, weather closures and local changes can differ, so call your restaurant before a time-sensitive visit.
How is "nearest location" calculated?
Each restaurant page displays neighboring locations ranked by direct geographic distance.
About this site
Who runs it, how it is funded, and how to reach us.
Is this an official Cheesecake Factory site?
No. This site is an independent consumer reference and is not affiliated with or endorsed by The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated. For official restaurant orders and gift card purchases, visit the official company website.
How is the site funded?
The site is free to read and is funded by third-party advertising, including Google AdSense. Ads are selected by the ad network, not by us. We maintain complete editorial independence and do not accept payment or sponsorship in exchange for coverage, placement, or ranking.
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