Cheesecake Factory Shrimp Scampi: Price & Calories (2026)
The Cheesecake Factory's Shrimp Scampi, $28.95 to $30.95 for 1,260 calories, is not the lemon-butter scampi the name promises. It is a Paris Bistro plate, shrimp sauteed with whole cloves of garlic, white wine, fresh basil and tomato, served over angel hair pasta. The price traces to 21 location menus checked November 8, 2026, and the calories trace to the official Summer 2026 nutrition guide.
What Shrimp Scampi actually is
The official menu describes it in one line, "Paris Bistro-Style! Sauteed with Whole Cloves of Garlic, White Wine, Fresh Basil and Tomato. Served with Angel Hair Pasta", and that line is the whole dish. There is no lemon-butter sauce named anywhere official, which is what makes the name misleading: a traditional scampi is garlic, butter and lemon, while this one is garlic, white wine, basil and tomato over pasta. The shrimp sit on the angel hair rather than beside it, so the pasta is part of the plate, not a side you can leave off. If you order it expecting the classic lemon-butter version, you will get a different dish, and a better one if you like garlic and tomato. If you wanted lemon and butter, the Jamaican Black Pepper Shrimp is not that either, it is the spicy one, so scampi is still the milder shrimp on the seafood menu.
How much does Shrimp Scampi cost?
$29.95 is the middle number, and the spread around it is just $28.95 to $30.95 across 21 official location menus. Five stores charge the $28.95 low end, thirteen charge $29.95, and two charge the $30.95 top end, so two dollars cover the whole country in this sample and most of the country pays the middle number. The one exception is Chesterfield at $26.95, two dollars under the floor, so $28.95 is where the range starts. Hawaii sits higher still at $31.50, and it is left out of the range for the same reason, it is not a mainland price. You will also see $24.95 quoted for this dish around the web, and that number matches no official menu in the sample, so do not plan on it. Before you order, check for any promo codes running, since a live deal is the one thing that can move the number.
| Source | Price |
|---|---|
| 21 official location menus (range) | $28.95–$30.95 |
| 21-menu median | $29.95 |
| Most stores (13 of 21) | $29.95 |
The steadiest price on the seafood menu
Of the seafood entrees in the 50-store price check, Shrimp Scampi moves least. Its range is two dollars wide, while every other seafood entree in the same check moves four dollars or more. That is not a promise about your store, it is a pattern across the sample: wherever you order it, the number lands close to $29.95. Grilled Salmon runs $27.95 to $31.95, Miso Salmon runs $29.95 to $33.95, and Fish and Chips runs $24.50 to $28.95, so all three swing twice as far as the scampi does. The practical upshot is simple, this is the seafood entree whose price you can most trust before you walk in. See the full spread in the seafood table, where the scampi sits in the middle of the section on both price and calories.
| Seafood entree | Price range | Spread |
|---|---|---|
| Shrimp Scampi | $28.95–$30.95 | $2.00 |
| Grilled Salmon | $27.95–$31.95 | $4.00 |
| Miso Salmon | $29.95–$33.95 | $4.00 |
| Fish & Chips | $24.50–$28.95 | $4.45 |
1,260 calories, and the salt is the heavy part
A plate has 1,260 calories, and the row behind it is heavier than the headline suggests. The fat is 76g with 690 calories from fat and 37g of saturated fat, the cholesterol is 335mg, and the sodium is 2,340mg, which is nearly the full 2,400mg daily reference value in one plate. The protein is 41g, the carbohydrates are 105g with 7g of fiber and 7g of sugar, and the trans fat is 2g. So this is a mid-weight plate on calories and a heavy one on salt, not a light order. Against the rest of the seafood section it sits near the bottom: regular Grilled Salmon is 1,270 calories, ten more, Jamaican Black Pepper Shrimp is 1,290, and Shrimp and Chicken Gumbo is 1,450. For the numbers behind the plate, see the nutrition numbers for this plate listed the same way.
| Measure | Per plate |
|---|---|
| Calories | 1,260 |
| Calories from fat | 690 |
| Total fat | 76g |
| Saturated fat | 37g |
| Trans fat | 2g |
| Cholesterol | 335mg |
| Sodium | 2,340mg |
| Carbohydrates | 105g |
| Fiber | 7g |
| Sugar | 7g |
| Protein | 41g |
No lunch portion, no Happy Hour, no gluten-free version
Three things people ask about this dish, and the answer is no to all three. There is no lunch version: the nutrition guide carries no lunch row for Shrimp Scampi, and no lunch menu in the sample lists it, so there is no lunch price to quote and no smaller portion to order. There is no Happy Hour version either: the dish does not appear on the Happy Hour menu, so the $28.95 to $30.95 dinner price is the only price. And there is no gluten-free version: the official menu carries no gluten-free marker for it, the guide carries no gluten-free preparation row, and the plate is served over angel hair pasta, so it cannot be ordered gluten-free. That last point matters because the seafood section does mark other dishes, and the absence here is a real result, not a missing one. If you need a gluten-free plate, order from the dishes the menu marks; the scampi is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions about Shrimp Scampi
Thirteen menus charge $29.95, five charge $28.95, and two charge $30.95, so the range is two dollars wide and most of the country pays the middle.
The official Summer 2026 nutrition guide puts a plate at 1,260 calories, and the salt is the bigger story at 2,340mg.
It is served with angel hair pasta, according to the official menu description.
No. It is served with angel hair pasta, and the official menu carries no gluten-free marker or preparation for it.
No. There is no lunch version of the dish and no lunch price for it.
No, it never shows up on the Happy Hour menu, so the $28.95 to $30.95 dinner price is the only price.
Those numbers do not match the official menu. The official range is $28.95 to $30.95 and the official calories are 1,260.
Should you order Shrimp Scampi?
Do not order it expecting the lemon-butter scampi the name suggests, because that is not what arrives. What arrives is shrimp without heat, garlic, white wine and tomato doing the work, $28.95 to $30.95 for 1,260 calories, at a price you can count on. There is no gluten-free plate and no lunch portion, so this is a dinner-only order, and the shrimp plate with heat is the one to pick when spice is what you actually want.