Why do people eat here? Please tell me. I wasn't too hungry the day I came here but I still ordered a decent amount of food. It was funny because the server wouldn't leave us alone at the beginning of our meal, but couldn't be found by the end of the meal. The guy gave us a total of 5 minutes to look over their outrageously long menu. At any normal restaurant, that should be sufficient to order drinks and maybe an appetizer. This place you need at least 20 minutes just to sort through the items.  I had the roasted artichokes and the vegetable salad (the full order I believe). The artichoke itself wasn't bad but the sauces that they served were pretty much just mayonnaise and balsamic vinaigrette. Not impressive. The salad was terrible. The lettuce was very bitter. Everything else in the salad was bland. I don't understand how you can mess up salad. I still wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt since they are called \"The Cheesecake Factory\" and get some cheesecake. We were waiting for about 20 minutes for our server to show up and by that time I didn't want dessert. I'm sure many have said this and I'll say it again; a place with this many items on their menu just cannot be good. If I ever return to any Cheesecake Factory, it'll be to pick up a to-go order of cheesecake to try. To dine, never again.