Ryan’s

Went there on 1−1−16 with my family of four. There was about 7 items on the bar that was empty. It stayed this way over 20min. Spoke to the manager and she acted like she didn’t care. It was 1pm and not crowed. Should have been a sign when the GC across the street was packed. Numerous people complaining use to be a good restaurant. Won’t be back

We pulled into there today 6÷22÷15 at approx 7pm. With approx 30 elderly passengers on a tour bus. After everybody was unloaded and waiting in line to pay, they informed us that they could not handle a group our size.
What would they have done if 15 couples would have come in? So all of they elderly passengers had to re board the bus to take them across the street to Golden Coral.
Ryan’s lost a huge amount of money due to that. We will never stop at any Ryan’s in the future unless this can be rectified.

It’s a buffet, so the food isn’t great over all. I do like that you can get steaks made for you. The things I liked the best where the pot pie and okra. The salad bar is pretty good. I really liked having the chocolate pudding cake with a bit of ice cream on top. The staff is really friendly. If you are going to go look for a coupon otherwise you will feel like it was too expensive.

This would be 5 stars if it was solely based on staff, but the food is what dropped it to 3 stars, if it was based solely on food I would have only given it 2.
Cameron greeted us at the door with a smile and a great sense of humor, my brothers always love it when they can joke around and it’s reciprocated. He was great and cracked us all up a couple of times. Melanie, the manager helped us figure out coupons so we could feed a big group on a budget and Sarah, our server, was very prompt in filling waters and clearing used plates. All the staff was friendly and did a good job. They should be commended.
The restaurant was pretty clean and well lit. It was slow when we arrived but everything was stocked up and refilled quickly as they started to get busy. We did find several plates in the clean stack that didn’t get washed completely and had old food stuck on them. But we know how the dishwashing process works, so we didn’t freak out.
As far as food goes, the only thing worth mentioning positively were the cooked to order sirloin steaks. The grill cook did a great job with them and it was the only thing on the buffet that we all liked. Otherwise, honestly, the food was abysmal. It seemed like the vegetables were all frozen and any other meat dishes were way too greasy and just plain odd flavors. Everything was either bland or overcooked mush. Even the dessert bar, which used to be the highlight, was sub-​par with the molten cake being the only thing that was worth trying. I understand that Ryan’s is a lower cost, senior oriented buffet. But I remember a time when they offered a good value, quality homemade food for a reasonable price. Now it seems like they’ve tried to cut their food cost so low that it’s not worth eating at any price. If they would pay to have a professional chef doing quality control on their dish preparation, they could improve quite a bit even without menu change.
If it hadn’t been for the steaks and the fact that we got 50% off full price, we would have requested a refund and left. Next time we will visually check the buffet before we pay.

WHO the Hell under 30 eats at Ryan’s anymore!!! lol
Ryan’s has been around for generations now, so much to the point that if your lucky and out of town, and LOST ON A BACK STREET somewhere… you may just find yourself eating at Ryan’s. Back in the day this is the spot where EVERYBODY in church including the pastor went here after Sunday service! Now, when we went I only saw senior citizens in there and one little kid with his grandparent’s that kinda made me feel old lol but I must admit the food was VERY GOOD AND PROMPT! even though they were packed out due to it being the day after Christmas, our wait was less then 3 Min’s and our food order about 10mins from the time we placed it!
Soooo I guess if I’m in that area or have reached that «Where the Hell is my Good ‘N’ Plenty?!» age I will be back! :)

RUN AWAY !!! This place is dirty and food was okay but nothing like I was thinking I was getting … if i was not there with a large group i would have left

This is a great place to go when you’re hungry. Or have a bunch of people with differing tastes.
Ryan’s is one of those feel good comfort food buffets. The steak is made the way you want it, the mashed potatoes are to die for, and the desserts… oh the desserts…
It’s only $ 5 if you go for lunch (before 4) except on the weekends. then its the whole $ 9.99 which is still not a bad price for good food and lots of it.