Stopped by here for dinner with daughter's cheer team while in Cedar Rapids for a cheer showcase. We got the big room in the back. Clean place and they have a little arcade in there too. They have a variety or pizzas as well as salad and chicken and other items as well. Not only that, but you can request special pizzas and they will make it for you and let you know when done. It was an expensive dinner and I feel like you could do better for the same price. The pizza was decent and the other things were fairly basic and for half the price, it would be a decent value. the team and the kids had a good time and enjoyed themselves and that's what we were there for. read more

It was bad they needed a restock of food. But the good thing they had some food I did like so I got some of the so that's get a star so I would give a 2 star it could have been better. read more

This location has gone way downhill over the last two years. It was not super busy, yet the selection of pizzas, chicken and dessert options was sorely lacking. And the price is out of line in relation to other dining options in Cedar Rapids. We often think, 'we haven't been to Pizza Ranch in a while'. Now we remember why. It's sad. read more

The food was less than enjoyable. Not a good selection. Lots of staff on-hand to clean up Price was not worth the options I've cream machine was disappointing There is a arcade in back for kids but other than that not a good buffet experience read more

The food is amazing and the bathrooms are always clean and plus they got a playroom for kids to play in

I'm very surprised the aggregate score isn't higher. We had perfect food and a perfect visit! The fried chicken is the star and it is very good! They keep it coming so it is fresh and hot. Mashed potatoes and gravy were decent. And, this location has a bigger salad bar selection than the ones we've visited in other locations. You will not leave hungry and I'm pretty sure your taste buds will be happy as well! read more

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I stopped at this Pizza Ranch location because it was right across the street from my hotel. I went for dinner around 5:30 pm and it was very busy with a lot of families. I didn't have to wait, and I went right to the buffet. The buffet was clean and kept full the entire time I was there. The main thing I get is the chicken. If you have never had Pizza Ranch chicken, you are really missing out. It is FANTASTIC... This location as no different, the chicken was fresh and hot. The breading on the chicken is really good. I also got some mashed potatoes and gravy along with some corn. The potatoes were good, and the gravy really hit the spot. Overall, I love Pizza Ranch chicken and will always stop when I'm close to one. This location is very clean and well-staffed. I good dining experience. read more

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Stopped through here on a Saturday afternoon. We were looking for a quick place to eat, so of course, Cindy came up with an All-You- Can-Eat Pizza Joint! This was my first time here at the Pizza Barn. I had heard about this spot originally through my sister's boys. They love coming to this place! Probably because of the All-You-Can-Eat Pizza! Personally, I did not find the pizza all that great! It's the thin crust kind and they tend to come up with some very different and unusual toppings. They do offer a dessert pizza! And for those who want to eat something other than pizza, they offer their very popular fried chicken, mash potatoes and gravy, and salad bar with a couple different variety of soups. It is an incredible bargain for a family of 4 or a large group of hungry students, even a great meet up place for a get together with a group of your senior friends, but not a place to do date night or not a place to go with high expectations! If you have young kids, this is definitely a place you must take the kids! I found that there really isn't a whole lot of fun places around here that you can take the kids and let them eat to their hearts content! Come on! Taking them to a place like this once in awhile is not completely bad for them, right? Enjoy! read more

I don't understand how and all you can eat buffet, can be so bad. All they do is make the same food every single day. All from cartons and cans and etc. It is sad the prices we pay now for less quality in the taste of food you get. read more

Pizza Ranch saved us when we had a large group of family members in town, but no places to host. We essentially planned a family reunion 2 weeks in advance and the staff was so helpful and responsive. I couldn't believe how easy it was to reserve a party room on such short notice and it pleased everyone. The adults were able to sit and enjoy themselves and catch up while the kids could play in the arcade which had 99% of their games working, had a variety of games for different ages (we had age ranges from 4-14 and they were all happy). Everyone had a blast and Pizza Ranch made it so easy for me. The manager treated us like distinguished guests and gave us top notch customer service. It was such a memorable experience that we will never forget. The food as always was great as there was a variety to appeal to different tastes. I enjoy their pizza that was constantly freshly made and kept full during our time there. They even let us order a BLT pizza to have on the bar which is my favorite! Thank you so much to all the staff at Pizza Ranch for going above and beyond! read more

This place has gone REALLY down hill. It takes forever to get service, never prepped food and messy buffet. Very much not up to standard. It's so chaotic. Arcade extension is nice and food is good when actually cooked or done properly. Pop machines are usually empty broken not filled with syrup and messy. 6 years ago this place would have been 4-5 stars but it's now a pass for me. read more

Not sure what's going on with this Pizza Ranch but in less then 6 months to a year the service & quality of the food has dramatically changed! The young lady taking our order wasn't sure about mixed or all dark chicken. We ordered all dark 8 piece & got breast and two wings??? The pricing has also went up~~34 for that type of meal has my pocket humming sad tunes. read more

Usually I would not hesitate to give a 4 or 5 star review for this location. However, today we went for Sunday brunch at 9:45, and even though they had been open a whole 45 minutes before we arrived, the food was all either barely warm to outright cold. There surely must be some way for them to heat up leftovers from the day before and warm anything refrigerated before stocking the bars. Hope they return to their previous higher standards. read more

I ordered the pepperoni pizza that had 2 kinds of pepperoni and I added pineapple to it. The pizza that came had approximately 1 to 1 1/2 pieces of pepperoni per slice. I have never ordered a pepperoni pizza that had so little pepperoni on it. There was a pepperoni on it. There was a pepperoni classic that only had one type of pepperoni on it on the menu but that is not the 1 I ordered. Extremely disappointed read more

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This place is great! The food is expensive but well worth it. The new game room is fun but certainly geared towards kids, and not so much kids at heart. It was still nice though and is a nice addition. I also saw that there are cameras in the game room that show in the dining room so that's neat. Not a fan of parents just dropping the kids off into an area and walking away, but in this regard it works. read more

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If you want to actually get food delivered, you may want to reconsider. Their website always says "an hour" for estimated delivery. Sometimes it's there in a half an hour (I live close)... and if it's not just forget it. Has happened multiple times but never again. Tonight the example... order online at 5:48 (officially in the email), estimated delivery 6:48. I called to check at 7:05 was disconnected, called back and got the "it's in with the driver". 7:15 I called back and cancelled.. only to be called "Dear"... seriously??? you know the person on the other end isn't happy and you pull out the "Dear". Unacceptable regardless, but that's a different point. My phone rings at 7:45... Uh, Pizza Ranch, your food is on the green chair.... Really? You think I want it after it's been joy riding around for about an hour? Nope, you can take that back to the store. I know one person doing the "I'm never going back...." thing may not break a business but if you do that to enough people it'll hurt. read more

My wife and I ate here tonight, big mistake! First off, I do like Pizza Ranch but this is the first time eating at this location. Food was below average for Pizza Ranch. Had to wait nearly 30 minutes for fresh chicken even though it was 7 pm on a Sunday evening and the restaurant was full. Place was dirty. Many tables needed bussing. Trash all over the floors. Plates set out that were not clean. Watched a young brat grab a ladle from the marinara sauce and stand there licking the spoon. His mother did nothing to discipline her little brat. Several patrons walking around with their pants pulled down showing off their underwear. I suppose they thought they were making some sort of fashion statement although I have no idea what that statement might be. I have no plans to return to this PR franchise. Cannot recommend. read more

The worst service I have ever experienced! Food was cold! Messy food bars. Looks like the staff is always on there Cell phones! Terrible quality of food! read more

Whatever you do, DO NOT ORDER FROM PIZZA RANCH ONLINE! I placed an order at 7:19pm. The order stated it would be delivered at 10:39pm. I never got the food. The place closed at 9pm without delivering the order. No one ever called to cancel the order or refund me my money! I had to call THE NEXT DAY to fight with the "management" to get a refund. DISGUSTING! read more

I agree with Greg J that Pizza Ranch is kind of a hit or miss type of place. I had walked in twice before, looked around, examined the buffet tables, turned around, and walked out. The third time I HAD to be there because it was the choice of the group I was with. Surprise! It actually was good (if you ignore a few unruly, and rude customers and children). The staff was very helpful in insuring that freshly made food was quickly brought out which guarenteed freshness. It did seem that they had a hard time keeping up with the demand and were tiring out fast in the attempt to keep up. They worked very hard however and should be commended. The pizza was nothing special but not as dry or as tasteless as I expected it to be based on previous visits. The staff also has the tendency of moving pizzas from the dessert pizza table to the regular pizza table. I could not tell the difference between the regular pizzas and the dessert pizzas. And it did not help that the signage that indicated the type of pizza were mixed up. The salad selection was very good and fresh as well. I did not try any of the dressings but they did have selection of prepackaged dressing for those of us cautious about using the squeezable (and offputting and dirty) salad dressing bottles. I did not try the two generic soups at all nor the soft-serve frozen dessert. The chicken was excellent. Moist and non-greasy, it was definitely the best food at Pizza Ranch. The potato and vegetable accompaniments were also good. In summary, I would return for the chicken and salad which makes the $6.00 to-go box deal very enticing. read more

This place was ok...went on a Sunday about 1 pm with extended family....we were in the separate party room. Fairly busy, got through the line pretty quickly, you pay when you walk in. VERY limited amount of choices, short buffet tables....didn't try the pizza but my hubby did and he said it was greasy. I had some fried chicken that they had just put out and that was pretty good. Salad bar was decent, but only two choices of dressing.... didn't try the soup, but they had chicken noodle and potato chowder. Soft serve ice cream, only choice of vanilla was good, I had the peach dessert pizza, which was also good. People came to take our empty plates quite often, every 10 minutes or so.....lines moved very quickly. By no means a bad experience, just meh. For $12, I would have rather went to a sit down place and ordered a meal. read more

Has the shittiest tasting pizza in town, however they have probably the best chicken in town! Salad bar is ok from what my wife says. I sure as hell don't go to an all you can eat joint for rabbit food! Broasted potatoes are pretty good. Service above average. Biggest complaints are the pizza sucks, everyone brings their loud ass brats here I feel like I'm at the Walmart of eateries when I dine at Pizza Ranch. read more

Nothing special. Basically a CiCi's with fried chicken. Stay away from the bbq fried chicken and the 'regular' is really only eatable when it's fresh. Dessert pizza? stick with the cherry or apple. Blueberry is pretty awful. Curious about the clam chowder? well, you're in Iowa, so maybe don't do that. Pizza is alright, again.. get it when fresh. They do have an amazing selection of soda (I mean pop. ...i've been out of the region for a while) Strawberry Fanta? ....honestly, I hate it, but it was exciting (poor choice of word) to see. I'd go again if I had a buffet craving. ...or I'm not the one driving and it's the driver's favorite place. Sad. very sad. read more

This place used to be alright. Now it's horrible. Go to the other locations. We went in to be seated then waiting 20 minutes they finally admit they have 3 giant parties coming after they take our money. I mean how hard is it to be upfront about it. This isn't what really burns me, last year we called the same place to hold a spot for 20 people for my little cousin's birthday we asked 2 weeks before, we were told no for both Friday or Saturday. Management at this location needs total upheaval. As we left and got our money back which took almost as long. I heed you all, go to the other locations if you can, this place doesn't deserve your money read more

I say this place is above the other pizza places in the area as this is my 10 trip though this area I've been to most of them, and this has to be the best so far. My younger sibling really liked the ice cream and desert, so they've earned my 5 stars. read more

Ordered delivery last night. Quick delivery! Food was good! Pizza was good and the dessert was really sweet but good dessert pizza. Was nice to try something other than Pizza Hut or dominos haha. Will order from Pizza Ranch again. read more

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Excellent chicken ok pizza, but the people, are very friendly and helpful. We were well pleased.

This place is so cute and well decorated. The buffet has the usual pizza and salad bar. You can order a specialty pizza and they'll do it no problem! The dessert pizzas were so-so and the ice cream was iffy. read more

I ate there about a week ago for lunch, I have to say it was pretty darn good. Good selection of pizza and the chicken was very good ( i would say as good as brushwood's broasted chicken) they had several sides and Dessert pizzas. I did eat there about 2 months and I have to say at that time I was not at all impressed. Maybe they changed something or I just hit a bad day. read more

This is our favorite Pizza place. Food always great. Here you can order your favorite pizza comes with salad and dessert bars. We also like the Christian music playing in the background. A favorite for meetings as well. read more

The employees seem very depressed, not the kind of mood that may want to be set here. The food was delicious, although their new French fry cheeseburger pizza was not as good as advertised, and as reported by my group. The soup was more of a water with cheese broccoli Mio™, the dessert had to be the highlight of the experience. read more

I love this place! Amazing dinner spot! Take my family here often. Keep up the good work guys!! And the chicken is amazing! The cheese sticks are yummy! read more

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We arrived at Pizza Ranch at 8:41pm, sign says open til 10 pm. When we walked in Mgr. was at front register texting on cell phone, we said " 2 please" she said, the buffet closes at 8:30 but I will still sell it to you but I won't make anything else and bring it out what you see is all there will be" We take a look and say ok. She still charged us full price. Food was ok, for having say so long but I feel we should have only had to pay half price if were only getting half the advertised buffet!! If you're gonna stay open til 10 pm, then keep cooking or close up ship!! At least start charging half price at a certain time! Geez. First time customer and probably last time customer. read more

I've been to many different Pizza Ranches, and this was one of the worst ones. Most of the pizza on the buffet was old scraps of other pizzas that had been out there earlier and were stale and dried out. I did try the fried chicken though and I thought it tasted delicious. Customer service was a worse deal in this restaurant over the food, as the employees here clearly are just here for a paycheck and don't take pride in their work. Never did they ask us for requests on pizzas like other locations do and never did they ask how things were the two times they walked by and collected our plates. We came in at the tail end of the dinner rush, and they were still unable to keep up with the pizzas. Granted, they never expected the 5-top of water buffaloes sitting two tables from us who stacked pizza on their plates 3 high, but at a buffet you have to prepare for that and keep up. read more

I went here expecting a Pizza Hut style restaurant - boy was I wrong! Dozens of pizza selections and a free drink included in price. Don't see what you like? They'll make it for you. My favourite restaurant in Iowa! read more

OK...2 visits during rush hour for the buffet....was great!Chicken is awesome...almost as good as KFC or Popeye's...new here in town. To recount...also ordered 16pcs of chicken for delivery.It was hot and great!You can't order chicken delivery from ANYBODY else! This visit...2:30PM.Lunch buffet.Only 2 other people in the place. Still...the buffet was good as before.Stood there for 5 min at the counter waiting for somebody to come up to the counter.I could hear them yelling at each other in the back of the house. The iced tea dispenser was putting out nothing but water...but there was nobody around to ask about it. The buffet...most places would have dried out crusty food-nope..was great!Just right. Their cornbread dressing-pretty darn good..almost as good as my Grandmothers! Still..I went there mainly for the salad bar-no tomato's and still NO Blue Cheese dressing!BARBARIANS!!Really...LOL Then I start listening to the music they are playing....I love music..and I can't place it.Then it hits me...what I call ambush christian music.It sounds like bad rock or country...but it is religious music.I don't need a sermon with my meal.If I did I would go to the Salvation Army!Pizza Ranch food is GOOD...but not worth the sermon.I will not be back.As an agnostic....I can find better food without the preaching. The food is god...not above the norm..unless you have come to expect just the norm...then shame on YOU read more

Decent food for a decent price, nice buffet with pizza, cheese bread, potatoes, chicken, salad bar and don't forget the cactus bread(it's sweet). They have drive-thru and private meeting room(s). They are very kid friendly, clean and will make any pizza you want when dining in for buffet. Would recommend you to try them any day. read more

Been a few years since I've been to a pizza ranch but was the best experience I've had at one. Pizza was good not the best but it's all you can eat pizza so that's what you expect. Chicken was really good ice cream and dessert pizza good. Employees were friendly and buffet was getting filled right when the trays became empty and table cleared of old plates almost every time right away. 4 star just because its deffinetly not the best pizza in town but pretty good for a buffet. Ice cream would be better if they had options for toppings and maybe chocolate too instead of just vannilla ice cream read more

In March, I received an email including $5 added to our rewards. So we decided to go to dinner and take advantage of the rewards. When we approached the counter, I mentioned that I would like to use the available rewards. I told the cashier I did not have my rewards card with me and gave her my phone number like most places that redeem loyalty programs. I was told they would not redeem the points without the card. Does $5 really matter that much?? There are way too many pizzerias in Cedar Rapids to put up with the lack of customer care and professionalism. read more

The restaurant and the rest rooms are dirty, only half of the pizza was labeled, they had trouble keeping up with pizzas on the buffet, the credit card machine was down so they were only taking cash. (I could deal with the rest if it weren't for the lack of cleanliness.) Looks like an old, rundown restaurant, but it's actually fairly new. Won't be returning. read more