Restaurant Review

Ponderosa
Kissimmee, Florida - down the 192, near mile marker 15.

The food on the billboards and on the picture menu just inside the restaurant looked really good to us by the time we got off the plane and got over to the house Monday evening. We decided to go to this restaurant to give it a try. I think the owners of the restaurant have some sort of British tie, because the restaurant was all decked out in British soccer club scarves.

Anyhow, the buffet at the place was about a notch below any Sizzler buffet I have tried. The food tasted boxed or something. It just didn't taste completely right for some reason. The only redeeming thing about the buffet was the sliced tomatoes and cucumbers. They tasted like they we just out of someone's garden.

I kept thinking that the steak could make up for the buffet, but it didn't. Maybe we have been spoiled by the baked potatoes out where we are, being so close to Idaho, but these were small, the skin was tough, and it didn't taste good at all.

My steak was a little less cooked than I would have expected, but that was ok. It didn't taste quite as good as I would have thought it should have, but I ate it anyway. Tara ordered medium well, her steak looked burnt over half of it. She only ate a few bites of the steak and didn't like the taste of it at all. We ended up leaving it there and walking away from the restaurant.

Overall, this took this Ponderosa at least 3 notches below any Sizzler. We recommend avoiding it at all costs.