Pizza Ranch

Having read the other reviews on Pizza Ranch I went in excited and with high expectations. However after the salad bar, which was excellent, my opinion went down hill very quickly.
First the salad bar: very fresh and clean. Large variety of toppings, but only three dressings, however the salad was wonderful.
The food: pizza was just barely ok and the chicken and chips were very salty, so i didn’t try much else except for the cheese sticks which were very good (when fresh and hot). Even though there was also the issue that several items the on the food and dessert buffet were consistantly empty, when it did finally come out the desert pizza was very tasty.
Ended up going back for more salad and had some nice cole slaw to finish off my meal.
Overall not a bad value at $ 11.49 but a little steep for a salad bar.

Overall this is a cool pizza place for groups! Pizza DIY, vegetables, fruit. And they have worship songs, great!

I rather enjoyed eating here. Very clean and well decorated for a buffet style business. An exceptional upgrade compared to other pizza places in Springfield. All the food was fresh, delicious, and very cleanly displayed. Love the fact that you can take drinks to go. We drank soda during the meal and had coffee with our dessert. We then took coffee with us. I will be back. I wish this place was on the west side so I could have them deliver to the house. I also love that it is a christian company.

Pizza Ranch is a good place to go if you’re really hungry and want to eat a lot for a nice price. They keep their buffet filled, and when I paid on my way in (as all customers have to do), the cashier told me to let the staff know if I wanted a kind of pizza that was not on the buffet. I only had the pizza, but there were other food items on the buffet as well: fried chicken, biscuits, salad, and more. I did try the peach and the apple dessert pizzas with a little soft serve vanilla ice cream, and those were a sweet ending to a good meal. A fountain drink is included with the price of the buffet.
Although the pizza was not extraordinary, the message Pizza Ranch projected was. Throughout the restaurant were signs about their vision, «To glorify God by positively impacting the world,» the prayer of «Give us this day our daily bread,» and the date and time of a Bible study that is held in the restaurant. This is definitely a Christian-​owned business. If you like that and want to support it, eat at Pizza Ranch. If you don’t, then don’t eat there. Regardless, the food was good and so was the service.

Yuck. Hard to say enough bad about the pizza here. Sorry to be so negative, Pizza Ranch.

Stopped in for lunch — it’s a buffet with pizza and fried chicken as the main offerings as well as soup and salad.
The pizza — various topping combinations offered in either a standard or thin crust, about 10 different styles available. Pizza was good, not great. I think that a Pizza Hut buffet actually tastes better, although it has less choices.
The fried chicken — this is pretty good fried chicken, maybe a 7 out of 10. Crisp and juicy, accompanied by mashed potatoes, wedges, canned looking corn/​beans.
Other — chicken noodle soup was so so — the veggies tasted of being from a dried soup base package. Salad bar was decent, standard toppings and looked fresh. Can’t really complain about that. Lots of soda fountain options, coffee, tea. Wait on yourself except for plate clearing.
Christian music playing in the background wouldn’t be my first choice for lunch music.

The price is very good as is the service. It is a buffet. The pizza is good but not special but if they don’t have the one you want they will make it right away. On the buffet is the treasures. The fried chicken is excellent. The biscuits and gravy is fine. They have several styles of potatoes, some quite good. It is the only place in town where I can find sage stuffing and I love that. They have many sodas types but the dessert is another star. The desert pizzas and pastry is good but the ice cream self serve is amazingly good. It is well worth the visit and affordable.

I love trying new places on my trips back to my hometown of Springfield. Pizza Ranch came recommended by my mom, who brought me and my sister here. My mom had been here before many times.
I love the fact that if a pizza you want is not there, they will custom make it for you! That’s awesome! Of course, I’m much too shy to ask for something like that, but I like that the option is there.
Their broiled chicken is moist and delicious. I think I liked it better than the pizza! I wish they had offered more hot vegetable choices, but the salad bar was accommodating for healthier fare. I have to admit that I absolutely loved the home-​made potato chips though. Yum!
And although I’m not religious, this Christian-​based store played Christian rock and other ballads lightly on the speakers, and I enjoyed it. Everyone was very nice, including the waitress/​busser who jokingly mocked us for all being on our smartphones at the same time, ha! I hope she’s there the next time we come.

Very good pizza with fresh ingredients. They will make your favorite pizza if it is not on the buffet table. Their chicken selections are delicious and there are plenty of «fixins» to go along with it. I like the Tuscan Roma pizza. It is not the typical tomato based pizza and it is so delicious when they make it fresh for you. Yum! The ambiance is «rancho rustic» and the music unabashedly Christian. I love it!

The pizza ranch has some great pizza. The crust is made on site. Everything is fresh and flavorful. They could stand to have a few more choices on the Buffett. The ice cream is real. Just need some toppings.

Literally the best customer service, and by far 100% cleaner than any buffet in town all the food was hot and fresh, they switch out food constantly so you dont get cold food. i am very impressed with this establishment. An i will continue to go back my birthday meet up will be there! which will be my third visit. Belives this or not my first visit i was so impressed the next day i went again!! besides the prices are unbeatable for the buffet!

Very small buffet with tasteless vegetables, average Broasted chicken and potatoes, and a salad bar that frighteningly reminded me of the old Wendy’s food bar. As for the pizza, they offered three styles of crust when I visited and none of them were awe inspiring. The thin crust was identical to the Palmero’s thin crust pizzas available at most food stores. I guarantee you the crusts are not made on site for this one. The medium crust was soggy and tasteless. The thick crust is identical to Pizza Hut pan pizza with very little cheese. They are not going to overwhelm you with cheese on any of the styles. The layout of the buffet is awkward, with scarce condiments hidden on end caps on the sides of the buffet. Napkins were hard to come by also,
Service is very friendly, This place is owned by a very religious organization ala Chik-​Fil-​a and Cracker Barrel. No real issues with this as long as they don’t discriminate or shove it down your throat. But I am not really worried about it as I do not intend to go back solely based on the fact that the food sucks. I’ll bet this place has a For Lease sign attached to in one year.

Been there twice. Food is good and we secured a meeting room that was acceptable. The first time there the waitress was cleaning underfoot. Other than trying to be too clean while I was eating, it is a great place to eat.
I am happy with the food.
Not sure how to tip here when all they do is remove your plates and clean the table after you leave.
We kind of clean our own mess and tidy up after ourselves, but I’m sure a lot of others don’t.
I recommend this place.

Awesome food, awesome service! My daughter and I were originally going to go to Golden Corral but I didn’t bring enough money (thankfully)… We decided to try Pizza Ranch and I am glad we did! Salad bar was fully stocked! We had so many pizzas to choose from, but I chose to eat their fried chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans first. Was amazing! Tried a few slices and there was nothing I didn’t like! Will be definitely be going back!

I heard so many great things about this place, but ultimately, I was disappointed. The chicken was greasy and fatty. The meat pizza was ok at best. The mashed potatoes were good. For the time that we went there, it was very over staffed. At all times, I saw at least 8 workers either getting food or drinks for themselves. Won’t be back.

Bacon, egg, sauage pizza and chicked veggie ranch pizza are good, but the strawberry fanta was the highlight. of my visit!

My hubby and I went there about a week ago. It was crowded, as expected. But they maintained the buffet rather well. Every thing was clean. They bussed rather quickly and kept a close eye on the comings and goings. I never felt rushed. Every employee was polite and wearing a smile. The food was tasty. I had the gluten free pizza, an unfortunate necessity. I must say it was one of the best I’ve had. I also had the salad bar and enjoyed it as well. My hubby enjoyed his food. We will most likely go back when we are again in the mood for such. Meanwhile, I’ll try the delivery and see how that goes. All in all, good job for a new restaurant.

Jennifer M. who previously reviewed this hopefully does not represent most people. My family (all 7 of us) has eaten there. It is a buffet, and as such the service you receive is different than that of a table service restaurant. We thought all of the food was quite tasty. The fried chicken is the juiciest chicken that any of us can remember eating. They have a good variety of pizzas, and unlike many buffets, if you request a pizza specially, they will fix it and bring you the first slices right to your table. Other places will fix your request and then you go to get it and others have already taken your requested item and it is gone now. My 3 year old stole my chicken broccoli Alfredo pizza right off my plate on sight. I can’t get her to touch broccoli, but the pizza looked that good. She devoured that and then ate another piece of the same very quickly. My finicky girls love their pizza. We love their salad bar and especially their stampede pizza with lots of toppings. And how many places that are buffet will let you get delivery of pizza and fried chicken!!! They also have a rewards program that gets you discounts (which we almost get just from one trip) and birthday freebies too. The service was good. Plates and silver were very clean. Staff was very friendly. They offer caffeine free sugar free drinks. Decaf diet soda. Yah! The plate retriever made sure we did not get a big pile of dirties. Great experience and will definitely go back again soon. Have plans for carry out pizza this weekend for kids party. Awesome place!!!

I went last night, and have talked with several people about their experiences. General consensus is «I’ve been there once but I won’t be back».
The service is fine – if you can call it «service» really. The place is a buffet so there are no waitresses. There are people bussing tables. Despite being so busy, the buffet was completely stocked at all times.
The pizza. At first I was excited about the pizza offerings because they aren’t your normal buffet offerings. There are pizzas you would expect like cheese, pepperoni, etc, but there are also pizzas like BBQ Chicken and BLT. There are also dessert pizzas. The problem with the pizza is that there is an overabundance of some garlic oil or sauce on every single one, to the point it is drowning out any other flavor and makes the cornmeal crust unpleasantly soggy. There is also a very poor topping/​sauce/​cheese ratio. The flavors do not meld, instead my tongue is assaulted with toppings and garlic. The only thing on this buffet I liked was the cheese sticks… and let’s be honest those are really hard to mess up.
The chicken. I’ll preface this by saying I’m not a huge fan of fried chicken, there’s only one fried chicken I’ve ever tried and liked. Not surprisingly, I didn’t like this chicken. The crust on the chicken looks nice, but completely lacks flavor. The chicken has not been marinated or seasoned, so it simply tastes like a hunk of cooked chicken (though it was fried well, it was very moist). The stuffing, potatoes, and gravy did not make any pretense of not being instant. The biscuits were also not homemade. They had hunks of solid move-​theatre butter throughout. Only thing I liked on this buffet were the «onion chunks» (pieces of onion ring).
Cost – way too expensive for what it is. A dinner for an adult is about $ 12. Based on the quality of food, this is far too expensive. So been there once, regretted suggesting it (and paying for it) and will not be back.