Pizza Ranch

I had high hopes for this Pizza Ranch because I loved the one in Portage and thought it would be exactly the same but it was not. I will tell you what was the same: the delicious aroma of fried chicken as soon as you walk out of your car. It is a chain restaurant but they have slightly different items. At the time I went, there was no chili, mac and cheese, green peas, and green bell peppers, which were at the Portage location and the items I was looking forward to. They did have a salad bar, chicken tortilla soup, pizza bar, ice cream, and drinks (tea, coffee, and pop/​soda).
I am a big fan of their fried chicken. Most of the pieces were really delicious, flavorful, and everything I hoped, but some of the wings were dry.
Their pizza, which is not really my favorite, was ok. They had a wide variety: steak, chicken BBQ, BLT, and dessert pizzas (blueberry, peach, and cactus). I appreciated that the cashier asked if my party wanted any specially made.
There was Christian music playing, which I didn’t mind. Everyone was super friendly and helpful. I would have given a 3 stars overall for the food but the service notched it up to 4. Also, their website said it opens at 5 for dinner Monday through Thursday but it actually opens at 4pm. The prices are very reasonable at around $ 10 for dinner with drink. They also have a rewards program you can sign up for.

i tried ordering lunch from here while I was in line at the grocery store next door. I sat on hold for 8−½ minutes then hung up and called again. The same girl answered again and said please hold. This place needs some better management and/​or employees. Until then, No Thanks!!!

This is definitely one of the best pizza buffets I’ve ever had.
I’ve never done the custom pizzas, but my coworkers have (agree with the other reviews, 15 – 20 minutes to get it but then you get first dibbs on the pizza). I usually get the cheese pizza or preferably just the cheesy breadsticks (super good!). Finish it off with the cactus dessert pizza or the blueberry/​cherry (or is it strawberry) dessert pizza. The blueberry and cherry are awesome.

Price is terrific. Family friendly. Fresh, hot food on the buffet. Cactus bread for dessert is fabulous. But, the broasted chicken is the best — juicy and delicious. They keep the food area clean and neat as well, and the staff is friendly and accomodating.

Bounced in after hiking 5 miles in the kettle moraine and it really exceeded our expectations. Kids were hungry and really liked the pizza. Salad bar was pretty good. Chicken was tasty, especially the hot wing style. Good clean fresh buffet fare. Even the Mac n cheese wasn’t heat lamp dried n scary. Plus the batter fried cod Was tasty! The staff was friendly and hustled those used plates nicely. On our shortlist when we are in that area again.

We came upon this place late this evening looking for an inexpensive yet decent place to have dinner. Immediately I was impressed since we showed up 15 minutes before closing, the manager was still happy to have us. They close at 9 PM on Saturday and at 9:15 were still taking fresh pizzas out of the oven.
Having a 4 year old could be a waste of money… But here they only charge .80 for every year so we paid $ 3.20 for her, super Great deal.
Every thing we tried was fresh and tasted great. We will definitely be back!

Love this place. I’ve been here several times with my dad. It’s probably his favorite restaurant! We come early and everything is very fresh. The salad bar is fabulous and the soup tastes homemade. My dad always eats the dessert pizza and gets a nice senior discount.

This may be the best pizza buffet I’ve had.
Right away when we paid to begin the festivities, the cashier asked whether we wanted any custom pizzas made, and walked us through some of the choices. We requested two, a vegetarian pizza and roma spinach pie.
He told us the person who requested the custom round would get as much as they want from it at the table, and then what’s left is added to the buffet.
Those pizzas did take about 15 – 20 minutes before they were ready. Before then I had one slice of cheese, that was quite good, and one slice of taco, and one piece of cheese breadstick that was quite garlicky and very tasty!
I also had a small salad, some of the home-​made potato chips that were also great, and some more of the chips and cheese bread sticks.
Also be sure to try the «cactus» desert pizza, which is outstanding. It’s basically crunchy cinnamon and is so popular it caused a line of people to gather, and one lady with several pieces to say «these are for my children and grandchildren — really!»
I also appreciate the wide range of soda and tea choices, and even coffee if people wanted that.
Altogether, the options are extensive, and almost everything I had was top notch.
The one exception was the salad bar. I like that they don’t have the cheap, low-​quality iceberg lettuce. The salad with mandarin oranges in it was good, and to that I added half-​grape tomatoes and peas and bacon bits and a few other things, I think. I had lime vinaigrette, and it was a little sour, which may be obvious. I didn’t care for it much. I did not see the standard (for me) ranch dressing.
I think if I had ranch dressing and if they had sunflower seeds, which I didn’t see, I would have enjoyed the salad bar, too. It was OK. Just not, for me, outstanding, as everything else was.
Love this place!

Thank you Unilocal for suggesting the word Meh.
That’s a great way to describe the Pizza Ranch. The pizza’s are bland and don’t have much flavor. Though it is a nice touch that they will make a specialty pizza for your table. The Buffalo chicken is alright as is the Chicken Alfredo pizza when they have it. The breadsticks and the «cactus bread» dessert Pizza is the saving grace, It’s nice they have fried chicken and mashed potatos as those are pretty good.

I am a stickler when it comes to Pizza buffets– I like my pizza fresh and I like to request weird toppings on my pizzas. Pizza Ranch delivers on both of those! I love how they bring you your requested pizza and give you however much you want.
The cheesy breadsticks are also phenomenal (and by phenomenal I mean greasy goodness).
If you love dessert pizza, I STRONGLY recommend the cactus bread– I prefer the cherry or blueberry with a little soft-​serve on top. It melts over the warm cactus bread and is awesome!
It’s a 45 minute drive to this Pizza ranch for me and I go because I crave it so much on a regular basis. That’s how good it is!

Chicken, pizza, soup and salad bar. A nice family owned restaurant. Food is good, service was great. They will make ANY. pizza you want, for the pizza bar. I was at the buffet, and I glanced around for some Tobasco sauce. A staff member noticed me standing their, and asked if she could help .She promptly located a few different brands of hot sauces, then ran back into the kitchen to find a few more varieties, and brought them out to my table. Very friendly people, they want to make customers happy. Not a corporate feed bag buffet.

My kids love Pizza Ranch. I like it. They have a good salad bar. I really love their chicken and the mashed potatoes. The cactus bread is so delicious.

All I can say is NEVER AGAIN ! I was in the area so stopped in for dinner and YUCK! everything tasted the same !

This will sound crazy — I love the Pizza Ranch but I don’t eat pizza — I love the salad and soup bar and really love the chicken, broasted potatoes, homemade chips and mashed potatoes and gravy. Including all you can drink beverages and soft serve ice cream, there’s no better bargain in the county. Ten bucks at dinner including tax gets you all you can eat including the salad and soup bar, pizza, chicken, beverages and soft-​serve ice cream. Did I mention the chicken was good?!

Great pizza & delivery! Also, not that expensive compared to other places in town.

Not very good, but not awful. We went for the buffet with 2 kids and it provided enough variety for all of us. The pizza wasnt anything special, the fried chicken was ok. The thing that stood out for us was the service. The manager went out of her way to make sure any type of pizza we wanted off of the menu was made and she let us know when it was available on the buffet. The table runners cleared away plates very quickly as well.

If I could give it negative stars I would, the pizza is horrible! When something is in your title you should be good at it but their pizza and most other food completely misses the mark.