AMERICAN/AMERICAN REGIONAL
The Cheesecake Factory 
A best new restaurant Ilima Award winner when it opened in 2004, The Cheesecake Factory continues to lure locals into Waikiki with its encyclopedic menu of hearty American fare (Cajun jambalaya pasta, meat loaf, crabcake sandwich) and of course cheesecake. Choose from flavors such as caramel pecan turtle, chocolate coconut cream, mixed berry custard and white chocolate peanut butter truffle. Other sweet things include chocolate tower truffle cake, lemoncello cream torte, multi-layer chocolate cake with coconut pecan filling and a Godiva Chocolate brownie sundae. Whew! That's why Advertiser readers gave Cheesecake Factory the Best for Dessert award last year.
Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center, 2301 Kalakaua Ave. 924-5001. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays; 11 a.m.-midnight Fridays-Saturdays; 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sundays. AX, DS, JCB, MC, VS. No checks. $$.
Web site: www.thecheesecakefactory.com
A best new restaurant Ilima Award winner when it opened in 2004, The Cheesecake Factory continues to lure locals into Waikiki with its encyclopedic menu of hearty American fare (Cajun jambalaya pasta, meat loaf, crabcake sandwich) and of course cheesecake. Choose from flavors such as caramel pecan turtle, chocolate coconut cream, mixed berry custard and white chocolate peanut butter truffle. Other sweet things include chocolate tower truffle cake, lemoncello cream torte, multi-layer chocolate cake with coconut pecan filling and a Godiva Chocolate brownie sundae. Whew! That's why Advertiser readers gave Cheesecake Factory the Best for Dessert award last year.
Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center, 2301 Kalakaua Ave. 924-5001. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays; 11 a.m.-midnight Fridays-Saturdays; 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sundays. AX, DS, JCB, MC, VS. No checks. $$.
Web site: www.thecheesecakefactory.com
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VS: Visa MC: Mastercard AX: American Express DC: Diners Club DS: Discover Card JCB: JCB Card |
$: Budget-friendly; entrées mostly less than $10 $$: Moderate; entrées $10-$16 $$$: Pricey; entrées mostly more than $17 $$$$: Very Pricey; entrées mostly more than $30 Checks: Local checks and travelers’ checks only |
 Past 'Ilima Award winner "Cheap eats" restaurant "Local classic" eatery
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