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Round up the crew and join us tonight at the Ranch. From flavorful pizza to the Country’s Best Chicken®, we have everything you need for a legendary dining experience. And don’t forget your Ranch Card—we’re also serving up rewards with every purchase! Join us on Tuesdays for Kids Night, where kids eat free with the purchase of an adult meal. We’re less than ten minutes away from Ames High School, so it’s the perfect place to stop on your way home. Whether you’re here for a family meal or supporting Story County with a fundraiser, we have all the space and savory flavors to guarantee you won’t leave until you’re satisfied.
Buffet chain offering pizza, fried chicken & classic American sides in an Old West-themed setting.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 1404 Boston Ave, Ames, IA 50010
Phone: (515) 232-1999
Website: https://pizzaranch.com/locations/ia/ames/1404-boston-avenue
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John Burkholder
They had a few pizzas out on the warmers. It’s just a shame that they go more a cheesy route And not as much meat on the pizza Anymore , like in all reality who wants to eat a bunch of dough, with a glob of cheese on with a little bit of meat scattered on it.. they did have two kinds of chicken out, though On the warmer’s, breaded and barbecue, so that was awesome.. ice cream machine was actually kicking out some good Ice cream!!
… moreElizabeth Kvamme
My husband and I came here yesterday to celebrate our 5th year wedding anniversary, but we should have known it was a bad restaurant, when we parked and saw the wagon in the parking lot had a broken “Happy Trailing” sign on the ground. We made the experience fun for ourselves, though we should have asked for our $56 back and gone to a different pizza ranch location instead. I was completely shocked that this location would be so horrible because it’s located in Ames, which is a very high income, high society, historic, and iconic city in Iowa. Pizza ranch here sure isn’t doing its city or customers proud.
My husband has helped me write the review. When we came in there were no service employees at the front counter and we waited for 20 minutes, until my husband walked into the buffet area and began checking out the food to see how much there was. Then somebody came to help us. She mentioned we could pay extra for a “Go Cup” which we didn’t have a clue what that was, because we are from a different state, so we both asked questions but she seemed very annoyed and bothered by them and only gave us simple answers with alot sighs and eye rolls. Thankfully, one of the cooks came out, and I asked him about the plates, and he was nice and answered me. As for the restaurant environment is was very dimly lit, vacant of any customers at 4:30pm and there were flies everywhere, and the tables were dirty and sticky and not cleared of dirty dishes until 3 hours later when there were 20 or so customers for dinner rush. I did enjoy all the old-fashioned cowboy/pioneer decorations on all the walls. That was fun, and the covered wagon and fountain outside were great photo opportunities. Unfortunately, there was a lot of absence of food. The chicken was either undercooked or overcooked. There was only half a pizza left on the entire buffet table. And no pepperoni pizza available a simple and icinic flavor. Their drink machines didn’t have their flavors working. Quality was terrible. It was hard to get any clean silverware. The only thing they had extras of was a bucket of chips and salad. We’re out of almost all of their sauces and condiments for the salads, and the dressings were put upside down the unsanitary ways. There weren’t many options of food at all. The Mac and cheese were cold. Furthermore the foods meant to ne hot were cold, and the foods meant to be cold were hot. The salad had brown rotting chuncks of lettuce in it. On Thursday, wing night out of 4 different flavors are wings. They were supposed to have there is only one, which was barbecued chicken, and that was just barbecue sauce covered on over cooked, crispied chicken.
There were no dessert pizzas either until my husband and I and another customer politely asked the cooking staff for more dessert pizza and cookie pizza. When they put out the dessert cookie dough pizza, it was raw cookie dough and mushy wet. An elderly gentleman had to get the raw pizza. A man and his child almost got some too before I warned them and asked the cook about it. He said that there were no raw ingredients in it, so it would not get anybody sick but that he’d take it back in and replace it. The ice cream was a very strange consistency of mostly ice, very thin, little cream, and melted easily. The waiter took the cups off our table, and we couldn’t get extra drinks when my husband had specifically told him that we were coming back after the arcade. Restrooms were dirty, and no decorations and dimly lit. There was an overhead light in the eating area that was constantly flickering, and I got headaches from it, as there was a flickering light in the mens restroom as well, according to my husband. The games in the fun zone are all rigged as well. Requires a lot of money and low payout of tickets. Very small and cramped. It was practically a hallway with phone games to play. If I’m going to an arcade, I expect to play something, I can’t play on my phone. There was no VR headset experience as seen in the advertisement they have.
… moreMy husband has helped me write the review. When we came in there were no service employees at the front counter and we waited for 20 minutes, until my husband walked into the buffet area and began checking out the food to see how much there was. Then somebody came to help us. She mentioned we could pay extra for a “Go Cup” which we didn’t have a clue what that was, because we are from a different state, so we both asked questions but she seemed very annoyed and bothered by them and only gave us simple answers with alot sighs and eye rolls. Thankfully, one of the cooks came out, and I asked him about the plates, and he was nice and answered me. As for the restaurant environment is was very dimly lit, vacant of any customers at 4:30pm and there were flies everywhere, and the tables were dirty and sticky and not cleared of dirty dishes until 3 hours later when there were 20 or so customers for dinner rush. I did enjoy all the old-fashioned cowboy/pioneer decorations on all the walls. That was fun, and the covered wagon and fountain outside were great photo opportunities. Unfortunately, there was a lot of absence of food. The chicken was either undercooked or overcooked. There was only half a pizza left on the entire buffet table. And no pepperoni pizza available a simple and icinic flavor. Their drink machines didn’t have their flavors working. Quality was terrible. It was hard to get any clean silverware. The only thing they had extras of was a bucket of chips and salad. We’re out of almost all of their sauces and condiments for the salads, and the dressings were put upside down the unsanitary ways. There weren’t many options of food at all. The Mac and cheese were cold. Furthermore the foods meant to ne hot were cold, and the foods meant to be cold were hot. The salad had brown rotting chuncks of lettuce in it. On Thursday, wing night out of 4 different flavors are wings. They were supposed to have there is only one, which was barbecued chicken, and that was just barbecue sauce covered on over cooked, crispied chicken.
There were no dessert pizzas either until my husband and I and another customer politely asked the cooking staff for more dessert pizza and cookie pizza. When they put out the dessert cookie dough pizza, it was raw cookie dough and mushy wet. An elderly gentleman had to get the raw pizza. A man and his child almost got some too before I warned them and asked the cook about it. He said that there were no raw ingredients in it, so it would not get anybody sick but that he’d take it back in and replace it. The ice cream was a very strange consistency of mostly ice, very thin, little cream, and melted easily. The waiter took the cups off our table, and we couldn’t get extra drinks when my husband had specifically told him that we were coming back after the arcade. Restrooms were dirty, and no decorations and dimly lit. There was an overhead light in the eating area that was constantly flickering, and I got headaches from it, as there was a flickering light in the mens restroom as well, according to my husband. The games in the fun zone are all rigged as well. Requires a lot of money and low payout of tickets. Very small and cramped. It was practically a hallway with phone games to play. If I’m going to an arcade, I expect to play something, I can’t play on my phone. There was no VR headset experience as seen in the advertisement they have.
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The staff were very friendly and accommodating to our small party.
Appreciated how quickly they would come and assist the kids in the play area.
The food out was fresh and they kept things nicely stocked. Also, we’re working hard at keeping the tables cleaned and plates picked up.
When mentioning the ice cream machine was in-op. They quickly got it restocked and functioning.
Not the biggest Pizza Ranch or play area, but is convenient and clean.
… moreAppreciated how quickly they would come and assist the kids in the play area.
The food out was fresh and they kept things nicely stocked. Also, we’re working hard at keeping the tables cleaned and plates picked up.
When mentioning the ice cream machine was in-op. They quickly got it restocked and functioning.
Not the biggest Pizza Ranch or play area, but is convenient and clean.
Justin Lindsey
Tasty chicken, great service, they will make custom pizzas. My daughter found a hair in her salad. Lots of parking to accommodate my camper trailer
… moreBernard Carter
Not what I was expecting, We was greeted by the cashier but that was the only time we seen any of the staffs due to they was short of help. You can tell that the chicken had been there for a while, the pizza was cold, and the Mac N cheese shells had been cooked to long which made it mushy and mashed was turning brown but the salad and dessert was awesome!!!!!!! I think if they would have had enough staff the experience would have been better!!!!!!!!!
… moreJim L. (Jims Digging History)
Very busy place on this Saturday night. The crew headed up by a Caucasian bearded guy did a great job (I didn’t get his name but he said he was a manager). Sure, they ran out of stuff occasionally, but it was refilled fast and was hot and fresh! I was impressed with the number of staff on duty as well. It seems like so many places these days aren’t well staffed on their busy nights/days/times. I’ll definitely keep coming back here.
… moreheather driscoll
They from staff at the Ames store named Cody, Coby or Colby was super nice. Was stocked with food and was delicious. Will definitely be back and nice that they have a play area for kids
… moreKaitlyn Beenken
The pizza ranch is Ames has been going downhill for years but my experience this last time was especially garbage. Please do yourself a favor and dine somewhere else. My biggest problem was that we paid 36$ for two people and they never brought out the pizza we requested to our table, I requested another item as well (chicken fries) which I have been requesting every time I’ve been there for the last 4 years & they said it would be an additional $8.49 to request this item on top of the $16.99 buffet charge, so whatever we get the 2 buffets. There’s hardly anything on the line at 11:30am, everything that is, taste old and dry. The most me and my husband could eat was ice cream and soda so definitely NOT worth it at all lol. Not to mention, the person who they had working the counter clearly didn’t wanna be there. So overall it was a terrible experience. Me & my family will not be returning to pizza ranch.
… moreDustin Deitrick
Amazing experience! Food was still fresh and hot at almost 9pm. Most restaurants would not have given this good of an experience. Will be back.
… moreBristal Waldera
It is a little pricey but the food is amazing!!! When you order online the order is correct, hot and ready by the time you want it to be!!!! The one thing that I appreciated the most is when I did the online order I didn’t have to use my credit card. I was able to pay with cash or use a gift card when I got to the store. Most online ordering you have to pay with a credit card first before they even take your order. When I arrived the food was hot and ready and it was hassle-free which I appreciated!
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