Maybe not the right phrase but before having kids it wasn’t a place we’d go. Nothing against it, just went to other types of restaurants for a different type of experience.
But after kids your lifestyle changes (fancy restaurants at 8:30pm fade away) and you do different things, often based on their nap routine. So cheesecake was a place we tried since it’s super family friendly and near places we shop at. And it was surprisingly good.
We tried other chains and some were ok but many were not worth it imo. Cheesecake was the best overall in our assessment.
> Cheesecake was the best overall in our assessment.
Lol, yes, exactly, that's the consensus opinion (not "surprisingly," except among food snobs), and it's why the place is packed every night while many of its competitors have gone out of business. Sorry it took you so long to realize it.
Go at lunch time, they have an entire page of "lunch-size" entrees.