Great location, and maybe the only late night drinks, believe it or not, in/near Branson. The restaurant upstairs is good too. read more

After a long drive we took the shuttle to Buzzard's Bar at Big Cedar Resort. I enjoyed a superb pina collada and my wife had wine. We ordered loaded tater tots which were covered with 2 or 3 cheeses, meat, etc. the service was excellent read more

Not the best lunch. Both salads were drenched in dressing. $9 for a piece of previously frozen chicken? Brutal. The staff was slow but friendly. read more

Wow. Nine of us in our party for dinner at Buzzard Bar. Not that crowded so we figured reasonable wait time. Mistaken. Over an hour to get food and add to that 5 of the 9 orders were wrong. The worst part was the waitress who was rude, surly, unfriendly, unattentive, and just plain lazy. At about the 45 minute mark waiting for food, I head back to the door to kitchen area, see our waitress in full lounge mode, setting down with feet up on a desk or box. I tap on door, ask for reason of delay, get a rude response of: "it will be ready when its ready" ! Can you believe that? No apology. No attempt to make things right. No effort at all to provide customer service. Big Cedar, you lost the business from these individuals and their companies forever. read more

We had the best meal last night at the buzzard bar! The pork nachos were amazing!! Best I've ever had! My husband had the steak and was amazed! Everything was great! Service was great!! read more

The gentleman bartender from Friday evening was very annoyed that we would keep bothering him to order drinks. Most bartenders I've experienced are happy to serve drinks, handle a big crowd, and make money. He would accept tips begrudgingly, but the service and hospitality was certainly not indicative of the rest of the property. Big cedar is a beautiful place, with a caring staff and this bartender certainly did not live up to the standards of the facility. Maybe he was just having a bad day, or maybe he has a bad day every year when we are here. He offended one couple in our crowd to the point that they left and went home. read more

This place is definitely worth of checking out . Great food and service .And amazing view from the deck

Good bar at a great resort. Clay the cowboy is the house band, and does a lot of cover song favorites They have added a new act, a lounge singer during happy hour that is pretty comical, he looks like rod stewart. I guess I just think lounge singers are comical, he actually does a fine job. This place is a welcomed oasis from the family or with the family for food and drinks at big cedar. The breakdown. 1-10 Atmosphere - 9 Music/Entertainment - 8 Service - 5 Food - 5 Specialty Drinks - 8 Beer Selection - 3 read more

We headed over around 7:30 pm and got a table for 6 right away. Service was good. I always order the pulled pork nachos as they are still my favorite. The wings were good, too. We didn't stay for the entertainment but I've heard it was good. read more

Beautiful place with good drinks and food. The entertainment is awesome. Get there early for a table. We had the bbq nachos, fried pickles and mozzarella basil flatbread. It was delicious. read more

Always enjoy kicking off our Big Cedar vacay at the Buzzard Bar. Food is good, service attentive. Atmosphere is good for families and the Singing Cowboy provides great entertainment for all. read more

This a really great place to go. Food is great service is excellent and the music is entertaining! The guy singing is so talented. He can make that guitar talk. I recommend this place on the property hands down. read more

Had a delicious lunch today at Buzzard Bar. My husband and I both ordered the club sandwich. I had fried okra with mine and he had fresh fruit. Everything was very nice and clean. Food was delicious and large portions. read more

Give the place a shot, but pass on the nachos Got the bbq pork nachos. I'll admit I took them take-out but I went straight from the counter to my room which was 2 minutes away. You can guess from the start, my experiment was not great. GAG. So much sauce it was just disgusting. Big disappointment because years ago I enjoyed the food from here, but alas things change. It was so bad I'm writing this review 4 months later. My wife asked me about our trip trying to remember what we did one night and POOF it came to me. "Remember we got those nasty bbq nachos from the buzzard bar." read more

Love to visit this little spot when we are staying at big cedar! They always seem to have live music and we have consistently received excellent service! On this occasion we sat on the patio since it was packed inside (on a Friday night) but we could still hear the band and enjoy ourselves. The weather was lovely and even though we were outside the server was very attentive. Looking forward to next time atm! read more

Excellent food. Helpful and friendly staff. The chill, smoke trout appetizer and the trout entree were all excellent

3 and 1/2 stars. Very cool atmosphere. Service was not as great as I would have wanted - but the food pretty good. Get the pulled pork nachos for an app. SO good. Make sure to get that. My dad and I got the bison burger, which was pretty good. My husband ordered the bison meatloaf sandwich but ended up getting the burger. He was in between those choices anyway so it was fine. Don't get the Cole slaw. Very bitter. My mom got soup and the cobb salad. She loved the salad but said the flavor of the soup was less than par. I wanted to give the place a solid 4 stars but because of the service I will do a 3.5. read more

Food was good. There was a wait, but no hostess, so you had to stand around and watch people eat and see who was getting done soon so you could sit there before someone else grabbed it. It was kind of awkward. Atmosphere was nice. read more

Very nice resort. Good quality food. Clay the house band is part country singer and part comedian. He plays guitar and sings. His kids play the banjo and the fiddle. The food and drinks are great and the entertainment is above average. We will definitely come again. read more

Buzzard Bar - Devils pool sundae - Bars Near Me - Ridgedale, Missouri

We decided to hit this spot up for my brothers bachelor party. The decor is amazing no complaints there. Our waitress was very sweet but the reason for 1 star is we waited an hour and a half for our food to come out. They kept bringing out biscuits to hold us over. I ordered the cheeseburger (easiest thing on their menu)... This thing looked like a hockey puck. Way overcooked. Everyone in our group of 9 said their food was dry. The manager apologized and brought us all new sandwiches and we got home. We asked for Medium cooked burgers the second ones were rare like the cook threw the patties on the grill long enough to melt off the ice. It ruined our dinner and we will never eat here again when we vacation in Branson. read more

Tacky. Best word to describe our experience. Tacky tacky tacky. I can't believe this is the only "late night" option... we went in at 9:15. Everywhere else was closed by 9 and this was a last resort option. I hated the entertainment. Again-tacky. The singing cowboy was fine, albeit loud as hell, when he sang and did requests, but sorry-his jokes are truly terrible. Found them more try hard than funny. He would repeat the same stupid joke over and over for 20 min. Most of the audience enjoyed it and yelled from their tables-again, adding to the extreme noise level-but I couldn't get behind it. None of that effected this review though. Solely based on food and service. Let's start. This place is open seating. Meaning no hostess. So, if you're lucky enough to find open seating-you grab it. Even if it's full of dirty dishes and you have to awkwardly sit there for 10 min while it's being bused. Not off to a great start. Our server, the receipt named her Suz, was initially very prompt. She took our drink order, we received it within minutes and she asked if we were ready yet. We hadn't even had the menu a full 5 minutes. I asked for a few more minutes and she disappeared....seriously, disappeared. She was gone about 15 min before she came back to us. We didn't see her at any other table during that time so possibly a break??? Whatever it was was bizarre. We placed an order for an appetiser and entrees at once. About 10 min go by-she drops our appetiser off so quickly we don't even have time to turn around and thank her. Or ask for silverware since we didn't have any. We sat waiting for about 5 min for her to return with no luck-finally I flagged down another server to help us out. She went and back and magically Suz appeared with silverware. We ordered the corn bread. My date asked for more butter when the silverware was dropped off. Suz asked a confused "you want more butter???" Why yes, that's what you eat with corn bread. On the menu it says "cracked pepper maple butter" but its just on the outside layer. She drops off a little scoop of butter, but it's frozen.like rock solid frozen. We give up at that point. The corn bread comes out as a loaf. Would've been nice to have a little bread knife or even a sharp steak knife to cut it. We were left with a butter knife which made every slice disintegrate. Neither of us had even finished a slice before our entree came out. Again, she just dropped them off and went on with her business-didn't ask how anything looked or if we needed anything else. Had she done that she would've know she delivered us both the wrong order. My date ordered the catfish poboy-he got the shrimp poboy. I ordered the club without onion and tomato-I ended up with the club still with onion and tomato. I also wanted a side of ranch and mustard. Waited 7 min for her to come back by so I could grab some. Overall food was a 2.5-fries were good, hated their ranch(too thick) club was decent(would've been better without the onion lingering) he said the poboy was ok, needed more sauce. He said it was dry and he doused it in ketchup. I hated the corn bread-whatever topping it had was really fatty. Service-honestly a half star. If that. So disappointed . When you're paying $350/night to stay here and food and drinks run you $75+ a meal-you expect better quality and service than going to Applebee's. read more

A great casual bar for a quick bite to eat. We had the BBQ chicken sandwich and the BBQ brisket sandwich. Both better than I expected. Our waitress was really polite and helpful when I asked her questions about resort activities. I wish we could have stayed long enough to enjoy some of the live music. We also enjoyed the beautiful view. read more

Food was decent, but very expensive. For the price I would've at least expected average service but it was some of the worst I've ever seen. Food runner didn't know where food was supposed to go, patties were switched on 2 completely different burgers, and waitress was asked multiple times to bring drinks but never did. Only reason it's not a 1 star is the food was good. read more

We knew not to expect too much from the food but no one at our table enjoyed our food, everything was over cooked, dried out, missing some component of what the menu detailed, and the server was far from knowledgable in regards to the beverage selection. I'm not surprised based on the location the resturant knows they're in an ideal location and doesn't have to provide effort to draw in guests. Would not waste my money on a second visit. read more

Food is great, but it stops there. The come in and seat yourself atmosphere is overrated. We were told to come in and have a seat, everyone else so far in the restaurant had their food or drinks, so had ordered. We sat around 5 minutes, with no one coming over. Then 3 other tables came in and naturally they were attended to first. They got their drinks and food first, and even though we had been here the longest, we got our food and drinks last. Will not come again. read more

An intimate restaurant-but don't get there right at meal times or you'll be waiting around to try to fight for a table (wish there was more of a check in system). The 8:30 entertainment was the best, food was not the best part of the meal (I mean gravy on potato skins?!?) the sliders had potential, but I didn't care for the biscuits, stick with a roll. I'd go back again for the entertainment and a drink! read more

The Buzzard Bar is another one of Big Cedars hidden gems. Among the appetizers is quite a unique take on the classic nachos. I will say no more than this but the nachos are a must have. They also have a nice selection of beers. Enjoy! read more

Good Food but you will have to be in a small group.Seating is very unorganized upstairs you can only reserve a table after 7:45.I think this is a overall decent restaurant. read more

Took 45 minutes to get our decent bar food. Halfway through we asked about our food and one item wasn't even on the ticket. Haven't been in years...wont be back for years. read more

Looking for a casual late lunch at Big Cedar, we went to the Buzzard Bar and it was the perfect choice. Interior has the "fancy but rustic" cabin look that is popular all over Big Cedar. One end is almost cave-like and the other end overlooks the pool and the hills and lake beyond. We picked a table by the windows to enjoy the view and split a pizza. Service was friendly and prompt. Can't really say much more about it except that it was exactly what I've come to expect from Big Cedar - pretty darn near perfect. read more

Wednesday at 9:30pm, Tim, the bartender, lacks good customer service skills, lacks the ability to remain calm under pressure and lacks ability to manage a bar. Another customer offered to give my parent their drunk because they witnessed my parent sitting wo being acknowledged for an extended amount of time. I tried to order a pizza and Tim rudely raised his voice, shook his head and yelled, "I cannot serve you you!!!!". I was appalled and left the Buzzard Bar. Will never return. Other Staff are great!! read more

Really enjoyed it here. The entertainment was superb. Of course, I like country western. Great Gunslinger Double IPA from Crown Winery. Atmosphere is rustic and comfortable. Dress is casual. I believe the menu is about the same as the restaurant above. read more

We went to the buzzard bar for dinner the draw for us wasn't so much the dinner as the entertainment that followed our dinner. Our service was mediocre a little disappointing we had to ask for refills and for the dessert menu. The good thing about the restaurant is that they have a wide variety of offerings everything from pizzas to hamburgers to gumbo a wide mix. I got the seafood gumbo, it was really good, it was fresh the dish came with rice and beans and some spinach on the side that was great. Overall would highly recommend it. My husband and I split the Sunday which was pretty good as well. The best part of the buzzard bar is the singing cowboy, Clay, does almost nightly performances there and they are hilarious. Though judging from this last show Clay's son may soon be giving him a run for his money ha ha! Seriously if you are ever in the Ridgedale area stop by and check it out, it's completely worth it you will leave with a smile on your face and your stomach full. read more

Buzzard Bar - My gumbo, yummmmm - Bars Near Me - Ridgedale, Missouri

Took Big Cedar Lodge shuttle from Wilderness Cabins to the restaurant on this icy night. No wait. Very courteous waiter staff. Food was excellent. The ambiance was fabulous. Will be returning tonight for dinner and the entertainment. read more

We live nearby and have taken our visitors there for the past 15 years. Average 4 times a year. We especially like to listen to Clay sing. That is always a good time. The food has always been a little pricey but good, and plenty of it. Things have changed. The last few times the food has not been good and has become embarrassing to explain to our guest. I want the old place back. read more

Always one of our favorite stops when we stay at Big Cedar Lodge. The food is great and the atmosphere is amazing. Cowboy Clay is awesome and we enjoy listening to his show. Highly recommend! read more

Really enjoyed the atmosphere! Great place to grab dinner at Big Cedar if you don't want to feel pressure to dress up and spend $100 on dinner! read more

It only got 4 stars because the service was slow. But the food made up for it. It was fantastic! Trout blt, cornbread, chili, house salad, pulled pork, chicken livers,... it was wonderful!! read more

The food is decent, although the service was horrible and that's all I remember. It was like Black Friday trying to grab a table since they are first come first serve, and we were asked to share a table that we had grabbed first with another party bc "they were regulars" and apparently deserved the table more than we did. read more

Not impressed, 3 of us went there for dinner to see the singing cowboy. the waitress said he would be there at 8. At 8 she said he would be there at 8:30. At 8:30 she said he would be there at 8:45. He never showed and we wasted a lot of time. Maybe not her fault. But the service was slow, waitress inattentive, had to ask for every refill multiple times, same with the check. I'm a BPS employee and she didn't know how to apply my discount. She forgot about us most of the time. Food was expensive and nothing special. She told us they had the best cornbread ever, so we ordered it as an app, and it was COLD in the middle. read more