The Cheesecake Factory
$$ • Restaurant
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This is my go to place for GF cheesecake. The Godiva is amazing. Ask for it to be prepare GF because they garnish it with something that is not GF.
I also don’t mind their GF burger buns. It can get crumbly… but I enjoy the taste and burger itself.
Full disclosure: I had never eaten at a Cheesecake Factory before finding out I have celiac. This could fill a ten if you loved it before hand.
I knew there would likely be rampant cross contamination. The waiter also couldn’t answer any questions about gf protocols. My food did come out marked as gf which was something. However, it made me sick (not horrific- just cross contamination sick which for me means severe intestinal pain, hives, and that allergy feeling that makes you feel like you’ve been hit by a truck).
If you have celiac and have a choice- go to one of the other 500 restaurants around here. If your 7-year-old niece is giving you sad eyes because she wants to go here and it’s her special day in Chicago getting an American Girl doll and seeing her aunt, brace yourself for getting sick.
Good selection of GF. 1 Gf cheesecake-Godiva chocolate-DELICIOUS. Gf appetizer-sweet corn tamale cakes DELICIOUS. GF-skinnylicious chicken tacos-very good!
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The Cheesecake Factory has an extensive gluten free menu. Gluten free options include pasta, burgers (with buns), and cheesecake for dessert.
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The Shepherd’s Pie is a must! A firm favourite tho too big to finish! Items marked on main menu. Did not have cheesecake though a few are marked on the menu.
Few options available on menu, celiac son could choose from gluten free pasta, grilled chicken or grilled salmon from children's menu. Be sure to tell them you are a celiac, the waiter advised against the fries as they are cooked in the same fryer as gluten items. I did not ask about the pasta. My son had the chicken, I had the sweet corn tamale cakes and neither of us had issues later but overall we did not enjoy the meal.
Great late night spot. We went after visiting John Hancock center for Chicago night views. Outdoor seating area is nice at the base. BEST PART for service kudos. Server told us that the fryer was shared with non-gf, so we were going to bypass the fries. But the server then came back and let us know that since it was near closing time, they may have cleaned the fryers already, and could do clean oil to make us fries . We said Yes. This is a restaurant that empowers its folks to do good things. The fries were awesome.
Fabulous gluten free options. Gorgeous burger with sweet potato fries, shrimp pasta and they even altered the fettuccine alfredo sauce for us. Amazing food, service, and yes the Godiva cheesecake is to die for. 3 celiacs did not get sick.
Godiva Chocolate GF cheesecake was out of this world! Been forever since I've enjoyed good tasting cheesecake. I was told it was the only GF cheesecake option. We did not purchase a meal, just cheesecake!
Knowledgable wait staff and lots of food choices. You can even have a piece of cheesecake (and it's chocolate)!
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My fiancée loved their gluten free menu options and greatly enjoyed the pasta she got. We didn’t catch our waitress’ name, but she told us she also suffers from gluten intolerance, so we felt like we were in safe hands. My fiancée forgot to ask for no croutons on her salad, but our waitress made sure there were none on there anyway. Absolutely fantastic experience
Plenty of gf meal options, and they have gluten free cheesecake. I typically get the Godiva chocolate gluten free. The other option is the skinny-licious, made with Splenda. I wish they had a plain gf cheesecake without synthetic sweeteners.
I’ve eaten here twice in the last year and haven’t gotten sick. I get a salad and fries — Yep, they have a dedicated gf fryer for fries. I can’t speak to the pasta or the burgers but they do have those options. I will say the gf chocolate cheesecake is BOMB! Overall, this is a chain and there’s way better options in the area, but if you’re dead-set on the Cheesecake Factory experience, it’s fine. Just be sure to verify with your server and self-advocate. And prepare yourself emotionally for the tantalizing bread smells, because you can’t eat it and that’s depressing.
Food tasted great but took forever. I ordered the four-cheese pasta with chicken right away, and the only thing that should have taken extra time was making the pasta GF - but it was at least a 30 minute wait. The kitchen also forgot to put chicken on the pasta, which was an extra 5 minutes. The waiter was good, the food was good, but the kitchen’s speed was not. Waiter checked to make sure a smoothie was gf for us before we ordered and confirmed we needed gluten free food. Look for the corkscrew pasta to be sure it’s GF.
It was easy to order gluten free but I found a bean in my pasta. The manager was sent over given the concern about cross contamination and he laughed it off and said I would be fine.
