Cheesecake Factory Chicken Bellagio: Price & Calories (2026)
There is no lunch version of Cheesecake Factory Chicken Bellagio, so every order is the full dinner plate: $21.95 to $28.95 and 2,020 calories, with no smaller portion and no cheaper midday price to fall back on. That single fact shapes everything about this plate, the first chicken specialty in this series that never shrinks. The official description says what is actually on it: crispy coated chicken breast over basil pasta and parmesan cream sauce, topped with prosciutto and arugula salad. Every one of those 21 menus lists the same dinner plate, checked November 5, 2026, and the 2,020 calories are the guide's single published figure for it.
Why is there no lunch Bellagio?
The lunch menu offers exactly three chicken choices: Crusted Chicken Romano at 1,100 calories, Chicken Piccata at 1,340, and Orange Chicken at 1,330. Bellagio is not among them. It appears exactly once on every menu checked, in the Specialties section only, and no lunch price and no lunch calorie figure has been verified for it anywhere. That is a real contrast with the other chicken plates in this series: Madeira, Louisiana Chicken Pasta and Pasta Da Vinci all have verified lunch portions, so their midday orders are smaller and cheaper. Bellagio never is. The pasta section note about lunch-sized portions until 5:00 PM, priced $19.50 to $24.50, is a section range, not a Bellagio price, and it does not make this plate a lunch order. There is no happy hour version either, so the only Bellagio you can order is the dinner plate at the dinner price.
What is actually on the plate?
What arrives is crispy coated chicken breast over basil pasta and parmesan cream sauce, topped with prosciutto and arugula salad. That is the current wording on every one of the 21 menus checked. It is not angel hair pasta, it is not a lemon-garlic sauce, and there is no asparagus, even though that older wording still circulates on copycat sites and on our own homepage card. The pesto and pine nuts in copycat recipes were never in the dish either; even the copycat sites say so themselves. Read the plate by the current menu, not by the recipes that imitate it, and the order you expect is the order you get.
How much does Chicken Bellagio cost?
The dinner plate runs $21.95 to $28.95, and $26.95 is the number that splits the 21 official location menus down the middle. Fourteen of the 21 sampled stores charge $26.95 or $27.95, so most locations sit in a narrow band around the median, and only Chesterfield lists the low end at $21.95. Because there is no lunch version, there is no cheaper way to order this plate; the dinner price is the only price.
| Source | Price |
|---|---|
| 21 official location menus, dinner (range) | $21.95–$28.95 |
| 21-menu median | $26.95 |
| Most stores (14 of 21) | $26.95–$27.95 |
| 21-menu mean | $26.81 |
The 4,660mg number on the menu
The number that defines this plate after its price is its sodium: 4,660mg, carried on the official menu mirrors with a sodium-content warning. It is one of the saltiest plates on the menu, and the rest of the row explains why: the full plate is 2,020 calories, with 1,040 of those calories from fat, 116g total fat, 32g saturated fat, 1.5g trans fat, 395mg cholesterol, 144g carbohydrates, 7g fiber, 6g sugar and 98g protein. More than half the calories come from fat, and the 98g of protein is high without being the highest chicken protein on the menu, so the protein is not the story here. The story is the parmesan cream sauce and the prosciutto, and the sodium they carry. For the numbers behind every chicken plate, see the chicken specialty nutrition numbers listed the same way.
Bellagio or Madeira: which chicken order?
Chicken Madeira is the chain's signature chicken order, and it is the fair comparison, because both are dinner plates built around a chicken breast. Madeira has 1,300 calories and 89g of protein at $25.95 to $29.95, with a lunch portion available. Bellagio has 2,020 calories and 98g of protein at $21.95 to $28.95, with no lunch portion at all. Bellagio is 720 calories heavier than Madeira for only 9g more protein, at a lower price floor, and the 720 calories are the parmesan cream sauce and the basil pasta doing the work. Pick Madeira when you want the lighter chicken dinner with a lunch option. Pick Bellagio when you want the richer plate and you are eating it as your one big dinner. Read the Madeira plate side by side with this one and the choice makes itself.
Is Chicken Bellagio gluten-free?
It is not marked gluten-free on the official menu. The item carries no Gluten Free Upon Request marker on any of the 21 sampled menus, while 1,359 marked items appear across those same menus, so the absence is meaningful rather than an oversight, and no gluten-free substitute for this dish has been verified. Wheat is in play through the crispy coating and the basil pasta, milk is in play through the parmesan cream sauce, and pork is in play through the prosciutto, so confirm with your server if any of those is a concern. A full contains-list has not been verified for this plate, so none appears here.
Frequently asked questions about Chicken Bellagio
$21.95 at the cheapest store, $28.95 at the priciest, $26.95 where most menus land.
The plate has 2,020 calories, with 144g of carbohydrates and 98g of protein, according to the official Summer 2026 nutrition guide.
Crispy coated chicken breast over basil pasta and parmesan cream sauce, topped with prosciutto and arugula salad.
No lunch version has been verified. The lunch menu offers Romano, Piccata and Orange Chicken, and Bellagio appears only in the Specialties section.
The official menu carries no Gluten Free Upon Request marker for it, and no gluten-free substitute has been verified, so ask your server before ordering if gluten is a concern.
Bellagio has 2,020 calories and 98g of protein at $21.95 to $28.95, while Madeira has 1,300 calories and 89g of protein at $25.95 to $29.95. Bellagio is 720 calories heavier for 9g more protein, and it has no lunch version.
The plate has 4,660mg of sodium, and the official menu mirrors carry it with a sodium-content warning. It is one of the saltiest plates on the menu.
Should Bellagio be your chicken order?
The richest chicken plate on the menu, and the saltiest: 4,660mg of sodium on a plate built around parmesan cream sauce and prosciutto, $21.95 to $28.95 with a $26.95 median. That is the deal, and it is a one-big-dinner plate, not a light one. Madeira is 720 calories lighter with nearly the same protein, so the lighter chicken dinner is the one to order when light is what you want, and there is no lunch-sized Bellagio to fall back on.