Ponderosa Restaurant Orlando

...us chose to go to Ponderosa for an evening meal on the recommendation from one of the group who had been before. I honestly couldn't tell you which one on International Drive it was as there is two but, as they all operate on the scale and order process it will still give you an idea what to expect when you eat at one of them. The chain: Ponderosa has five restaurants in Orlando. Two are on International Drive, two in Kissimee and one at Lake Beuna ...
...is the same for each Ponderosa but, I'd imagine they would try to keep them all of a similar size to make the most profit from having a buffet style restaurant. Meals: Ponderosa are open all day and serve three different meals. They are open for breakfast which includes all the usual breakfast items you expect such as eggs, bacon, sausage and cereals along with a variety of juices and tea/coffee. Breakfast is served between 7.30am - 11.30am and ...

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As there was a Ponderosa Steakhouse restaurant just over the road from our hotel on International Drive, Orlando, we usually found overselves heading in that direction in the morning for our usual breakfast fix, before the usually mad day ahead of us. There are about five of these restaurants in the Disney vicinity, two on International Drive and three in nearby Kissimmee. You can come out of there full to the brim for as little as $3.99 and with ...
...$1.90 to the pound) that works out at approximately just over £2.00. They do a breakfast buffet, and a lunch and dinner buffet for $8.99 for a steak buffet. If you choose a different item, either chicken, fish, pork or a larger steak, the price may vary up to approx $15.00. The food is plentiful and you can go back again and again to refill - you even get a clean plate but keep your cutlery otherwise you'll find yourself eating with your fingers, ...

SBROWN487 27.08.2005 · Read full review
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...saw the adverts for the Ponderosa and thought the prices were too low for it to be any good...but a friedn said the food was good so we gave it a try...and are we glad we did! We went for lunch...you pay for your choice of meal as you go in. There are a couple of levels and the refillable drinks are charged seperately- we went for the entry level basic buffet. We were greeted by our server who showed us to our table ( a large Florida diner style ...
...brought our drinks and cutlery and showed us the range of food available. We were stunned by the variety. There was a choice of : a variety of soups and salads - and when I say salad I mean lettuce and various other green leaves, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, corn, beetroot, croutons, potato salad, eggs, diced ham, diced chicken, turkey, beef, shrimp, crab sticks, several kinds of coleslaw and a whole range of dressings. There was hot buffet section ...

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Ponderosa restaurants great for those families visiting Orlando on a budget. They offer a good choice of entrees, which you order as you enter, all of which are a good price and displayed by the till area for you to choose from. A typical entree would be steak tips and onions and a jacket potato, or maybe a steak with fries. These are then paid for along with your required drinks, and then you are seated and introduced to your server. This system ...
...used to, but it works well when in Florida. By purchasing the entree, this also entitles you to choose from the buffet. You can have as much as you like, and your server will encourage you to eat more by constantly replacing the pile of plates for you to use! Once again, not like here in the UK where the restaurants barely give you anything on your plate. I have visited this chain many times, and the staff have always been very polite and friendly. ...

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This is excellent value for money it was $3.99 when i went last july (2006) and kids under 12 went free, but you had topay for there drinks. The choice in this place is unbelievable, we went for our breakfast, and one of two lunches. The lunch is slightly more $4.99, there was all sort to choose from, steaks, fish, fries, all kids of salad and cakes. My childrens loved it, (the cakes were a big favourite), especially at breakfast. You culd also coose ...
...I was always busy so i recommend to go early if you were planning on going, and if you see any coupons laying around (these were at the back near to shop) take a few booklets these discount other meals at other restuarants within orlando like red lobster. The food was excellent value for money and well cooked - great for full breakfast a just a snack. The drinks werent expensive all in all our bill came to about $13.99 which is around £8.75 for 2 ...

DAWNMULLAN 02.07.2007 · Read full review
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Ponderosa is extremely good value for money, the it is all buffet style but you can if you wish order from the menu if you wish, but, to be honey there is no need to unless you are wanting a steak, there is everything you can think of in the buffet. You can go for breakfast, dinner or tea. Breakfast is around $4.99, and all you have to pay for is the drinks on top of this, the children go free under 12 The choices are good : - Breakfast – you can ...
...the toilets (this is the ponderosa in Florida) there are coupon booklets – I recommend you take some of these, they are free, you get discount off of other restaurants in Florida for meals and clothes like 10% off Sheplers – which is a shop that specialises in Boots and belts. All in all this is good value for money and clean. I would recommend this to anyone. I would recommend that if you want to go for a breakfast that you get there early because ...

KIWIMULLAN03 06.07.2007 · Read full review
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...decided to eat at the Ponderosa (of which there are many in the area) on Highway 192. On previous trips, we had eaten breakfast there (where my new husband kept telling me that he had never seen someone having a 7 course breakfast before and didn't realise that he had married a bigger eater than him) but had never visited for dinner. The attraction of the Ponderosa for us was the fact that children 5 and under eat free, and for about $9 up you could ...
...is possible to visit the Ponderosa for the buffet without ordering the main dinner. He told me that it was possible but it would cost me $8.49!!! So I suppose leaving half of my 49cent steak on the plate was not such a big deal after all!!! Ice cream is always available (even at breakfast), but the children have to pass the ice-cream machine in order to get to the buffet queue (no no no no no!!). Tea, coffee and soda refills are free, but milk and ...

law2lam 23.08.2005 · Read full review
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We went to this resturant 3 years ago and we have been back every year since. We also thought that for the price it wouldnt be up to much but decided to give it ago anyway. We mostly went in the evening for our evening meal and it was busy but we expected that. When you first go in there are many different things you can order, i think the lowest priced main course is $9.99 but then this includes the buffet in which you can eat as much as you can. ...
...are also refills. There is also a kids menu at a cheaper price. When you get seated you are given a basket of hot bread and then told to help yourself to the buffet. In the buffet there is many things from pasta to salad. Your main course is delievered to your table roughly 10mins after you have ordered (depends on how busy they are), you can also go up and down to the buffet as many times as you want. After your main course comes dessert. There ...

Scotty84 31.03.2007 · Read full review
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Great value for money - Eat all you like sounds like it would be heaven but please take care if you're going on to the parks!!! It's relatively quiet at most times of the morning and evening, so you are more than likely to get seated. Our waitress was the magnificent Diane, she was very courteous and attentive, I know they are paid to do that but with her she really seemed to take an interest in the people she served. God Bless Her!!! ...

rose72 06.06.2007
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we was recommended ponderosa by my brother in lawe. we went there for an evening meal. i ordered a main course of chicken fillet and my hubby had steak and chips. we both had a fizzy drink with our meal.. when seated we where handed our plates and told to help ourselves.... there was so much food it was unbelievable. we filled our plates and sat down. as soon as i had just a sip of drink left the friendly waiter came and refilled it. we had our main ...

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