The Cheesesteak Factory

"Great food at a small inconspicuous little spot in town. Uniquely American cuisine in the area with great choice, great coffee and chill atmosphere. Great for a breather if going on a road trip."

"Just ordered here for the first time tonight. The food was delicious and the customer service above par! It was freezing so I waited in my car and the lovely guy serving brought it out to me. So thoughtful!"

"We got a Philly and Texas roll and both were really nice. Soft roll, the right amount of cheese and really good quality steak. Great range of American drinks as well! The Factory Fries had a deceptive amount of cheese, because it just kept going! Delicious!!"

"Stopped by prior to New Years Eve (2021) - on the way to nearby Lincoln's Rock Lookout - We ordered the Philly Cheesesteak rolls with American Cheese along with a few items of imported confectionery and beverages from the US. This was topped off with a couple of Thickshakes. Staff were polite and efficient and the hot food was delicious. My Canadian wife was pleased to find locally sourced food that was familiar with what she grew up with. We look forward to visiting again."

"With a lunch looming in Leura, a few suburbs further up the Blue Mountains, I didn’t have the stomach real estate to give The CheeseSteak Factory the going over it deserves. Suffice to say, even on a short visit, their snack range alone, makes it worthwhile rest stop. We pulled into this Lawson venue mostly because we were out of Stubbs Smokey Mesquite Barbeque Sauce ($9.99) an essential saucing component on my favourite, house-made bacon and egg rolls. They also stock the Beaver Brand range – another set of essential saucing for anyone who likes to eat hot dogs at home (and by hot dogs, I mean high quality German frankfurters or chilli cheese kransky from Mentges Master Meats in Taree). This time I picked up their Sriracha Mustard ($8.99). The restaurant’s boutique product range, which mostly focuses on chilli products, also includes Herr's. They’re a Pennsylvania-based brand who make the best chilli cheese curls I’ve tried. While their Buffalo Blue Cheese Curls ($5.99) are still my favourites, Herr's Jalapeno Poppers ($5.99) have a wonderful green jalapeno chilli bite. On this visit I decided to road-test Herr's Bacon Cheddar ($5.99) because I hadn’t seen them anywhere else, and (most) everything is better with bacon, right? This proved to be one of the few occasions where the rule doesn't hold true - with no lively chilli, the bacon cheddar chips are a bit one-note. Obviously the big-ticket menu item here is the Philly cheesesteak – a long bread roll filled with sautéed onions and thinly sliced beef that’s cooked on a flat-top grill, before being topped off with oozing cheddar cheese sauce. Doubting my ability to eat one and then have a three-course lunch, I settled for some CheeseSteak Fries ($8.50). What arrived was a cardboard box of crisp shoestring fries topped with thinly sliced grilled scotch fillet and a generous serve of golden American cheddar sauce. It was so tasty, it made me regret my life choices not to order the sandwich. To offset all the oozing cheese, I hit up them up with the on-table Frank’s Red Hot Original cayenne pepper sauce, and the Remedy range from their well-stocked fridge. As well as making some of the easiest-to-like kombucha drinks on the market, this drinks producer - who started out on a kitchen bench in Melbourne - make vinegar-based switchels. Also known as ginger-water, these live cultured switchels are perfect to aid digestion. Remedy's switchels come in Finger Lime ($5.50) and Blood Orange ($5.50), with the finger lime and ginger combination proving slightly better. Can't wait to get back here and shove a Philly cheesesteak into my gob!"