My husband and I ate here 3 times during our trip. We stayed in Island Park for a week long Yellowstone visit and this was the best restaurant, by far. We tried their salads, pizza, fish n' chips, wings, potato skins and ice cream, all were delicious! I'm super picky about fish tacos and theirs were amazing! They have plenty of gluten free options as well. Everyone is super friendly and attentive too. Josh is exceptional, not only was he on top of his game, we also had a great conversation with him. Bathrooms are clean and there's plenty of parking. Highly recommend! read more

Burgers are great! I have had two different burgers here both great, 1/2lb big boys, great after a hike. Interior is good. Bathrooms are good. The menu is QR code only which is kind of annoying. Waiters are decent. Parking is adequate! In-house on tap root beer is great! It is a little pricey. read more

Ponds Lodge - The Juan Bueno Burger! - Hotels Near Me - Island Park, Idaho

Just thought I'd add a little update to my last review. Just had the Hawaiian pizza and it was delicious. Stopped to charge my car again for the third time as I drove through this area in the last week. I got to tell you I love the people that work here and the atmosphere and the food. If I lived here in the area, I would hang out here all the time. Good food, good company, and good prices. The owner should know that having that charger across the parking lot has brought in $100 of business in the last week that never would've stopped here if it weren't for those chargers...... And that's my situation. read more

Ponds Lodge - Hawaiian pizza - Hotels Near Me - Island Park, Idaho

Thank you Yelp. As we approaced Island Park, we searched Yelp for dinner options. Pond Lodge didn't disappoint! Couple great food and service and we will certainly stop again if ever in the area. read more

Ponds Lodge - When in Idaho, you must do an Idaho Mule and Idaho potato skins. Both hit the spot. Add in Short Rib Poutine and WOW, what a meal! - Hotels Near Me - Island Park, Idaho

We came here our first night on vacation from Montana and had a great time. It was one of the only places in the winter season (April 11th). We loved getting to know our bartender Jewel. She was super quick, personable, and great to talk to. We hope to be back in the future and see more of Island Park in the summer! read more

Food great Service amazing by Abbie Ambiance! Even better I recommend pizza Is hand made Sooo tasty read more

Initially our party of six was pleased. My wife and I ordered a bison burger to split with a side salad. The burger and fries were good...although a little small serving. The house salad was tasteless with kinda rubbery texture. Our adult beverages were good. I didn't realize it until after we left, but $26 to split a bison burger and $9 for the house salad was not a keeper. It was odd the bison burger charge was higher than listed on the menu? I should have called them out on the charge listed on the bill. Also.... Couldn't help notice that Ponds also has the highest gasoline price in the Island Park area. We have no interest in returning in the future read more

Great service here & this place is busy. Food also was very good, plan to go back to Island Park Idaho.

Family and I were staying in the area decided to stop in for dinner when we returned to our cabin. Some of the reviews had me a little Leary but we decided to give it a shot. Nice size place with plenty of sports on tv and awesome seating. Waiter was prompt and got our orders quickly. Food was delivered in a timely manner. Those of us with burgers enjoyed them. I needed a salad so got that for my side and all the ingredients were very fresh. Daughter had the Spicy Chicken Pasta and liked it. My burger was something new for me. Had bacon, blue cheese and Granny Smith apples. Man it worked. Great food. read more

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The pepperoni pizza here is simply the best in all the land! Best cheese, pepperoni and crust! I can't recommend other toppings. We stop here every chance we get traveling through and never disappoints. read more

Ponds Lodge was the perfect place to unwind over pints after days of hiking in the nearby parks. We stopped in for beers when we were done hiking around Harriman SP, which was beautiful and not crowded. Ponds has a lot of taps and I had an excellent huckleberry Hefeweizen and Kris had the Hazy Ranger. We had so much fun here we returned for beers and carryout pizza this time. Our rental was conveniently nearby in Island Park. Pizza night success. Good pies and better beer make Dan a happy man. read more

If you need some fuel and are feeling like some beer and pizza to top it off with this is your spot !!! read more

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During our 5 night vacation to Yellowstone we ate at Ponds Lodge twice. The first night I had their pizza and potato skins and my friend had the bison meatloaf. The pizza was AMAZING as were the potato skins (I mean, it's Idaho, right?). My friend also enjoyed his meatloaf and even talked about it a few days after the trip because it was so good. The second night my friend and I split a pizza and also ordered the pretzels. They must make the pretzels and the cheese sauce there because they were out of this world! So tasty! What really set this restaurant apart from the rest was the service. Our server was attentive, super friendly, and took the time to chat with us when she wasn't busy. She was telling us about Yellowstone and gave us some info on her background, which was super interesting. read more

Ponds Lodge - This is right outside Ponds Lodge. - Hotels Near Me - Island Park, Idaho

Stoped by on our way back from Idaho Falls. I have been there before but my wife had not. I ordered a small bowl of their chili and my wife ordered the fish and chips. Her order was very large, three pieces of fish and lots of fries. Fish was very tasty but a little greasy. My bowl of chili was on the small side but the chili was very tasty. Not bad snd we will go back. read more

Great service. Great food. We were seated immediately on a busy Saturday night. They have several TVs and you can choose the station you want to watch. Katelin was a good server. We ordered a beet/goat cheese/candied pecans salad with balsamic vinaigrette and a wedge salad with bacon/bleu cheese crumbles/red onions and bleu cheese dressing for appetizers then a large deluxe pizza with pepperoni/sausage/black olives/mushrooms/green peppers/red onions for dinner. Everything was delicious. Root beer was on tap. We were too full for dessert, but they had four different kinds of ice cream. This was a much better dining experience than at trouthunter down the road. read more

Food: grilled fish tacos, no cheese and no ranch. The fish was very fresh and seasoned perfectly. I didn't care for the pineapple so I just picked it off. It came with three nice size pieces. My daughter got the kids hamburger and they forgot the tomato and onion we asked for but that's ok. Hubby got the fish and chips and he said it was alright. Location: it's so inconspicuous that we drove to the back to make sure we weren't missing the entrance. But there is a "take out" neon sign out front. Service: we ordered food to go and ate it at our hotel to avoid eating in a crowded restaurant where no one is wearing masks. Food was ready in 20 minutes even with a packed restaurant. read more

Came here with the family- 5 kids and two adults. Staff were very accommodating and attentive. Food was good and all enjoyed their meals

Ordered a burger for takeout that was awesome! Would order again for sure. Super quick wait time. read more

Ponds Lodge - Doc Holiday Burger - Hotels Near Me - Island Park, Idaho

Worst food experience in a while. We're in town on a trip we take with friends every year and stopped in for some takeout food. First, there was nobody in the restaurant and the blonde server scolded us for waiting inside for our food and kicked us out. We sat on the cement for over 20 min for our food. But the person who was in charge of the takeout counter changed and the second person had no idea we even ordered or what was going on. Then, we had our food on a picnic and multiple things were wrong. There was no cheese on the cheeseburger. We were given no condiments. Given no napkins or silverware and we had a salad to eat. And to top it off, there was a piece of PLASTIC in the pot pie. Absolutely awful experience all around. Oh and overpriced. This is Idaho, not New York City. read more

Ponds Lodge - Piece of plastic found in the pot pie. Horrible experience all around! - Hotels Near Me - Island Park, Idaho

Not customer friendly and very rude staff. Upon arrival they took away my water cup and while we were waiting for our food, it was very cold right under the vent, so we moved to another table that didn't have a cold vent blowing down on us. Shortly after we moved, the waitress got upset with us for moving to a different table (this was during a slow time of the day). Then the manager came out and asked us to leave. If I could give 0 stars I would have. read more

Great place with a nicely varied menu. We shared the small wedge salad then had the cheese sticks and the small deluxe pizza. All very good with good portions. We ended up with pizza leftovers for lunch the next day. The ranch dipping sauce is spot on. read more

Wow! The food is absolutely delicious. Their pizza is so good. We ordered the grizzly, Hawaiian, and pepperoni. We loved them all. Went back a second time and ordered hot wings, potato wedges, French fries, grilled cheese, a bowl of chili and some other plates. All were delightful. We also ordered the huckleberry cheesecake ice cream. So yum! Customer service was fantastic. Also went to the store next door-it's owned by the same person. Great place to eat and shop. Try it! read more

Fabulous HOT food and COLD beer! It's amazing how seldom you can get both together! Cute restaurant/bar and great service. read more

My boyfriend and I went on a road trip and found this gem on our way to Yellowstone National Park. We stopped there to have a late dinner before we continued to our final destination. When we got there it was quite late but we were welcomed by our server Bianca who's such a sweetheart. The food came out quite fast which was amazing because we were starving. We ordered the bison and pork tenderloin dishes and it was DELICIOUS! The next day after spending all day hiking in the park we hit the small town right outside Yellowstone and explored the stores. The place was extremely cute and they did have many food options there but we just couldn't forget about our last meal and decided to jump into the car and drive half an hour back to Ponds Lodge for dinner. This time we got there early but there was a huge line and we had to wait 15min to be seated which was not too bad considering the length of the line. Luckily, Bianca was our server again for the night and she immediately recognized us and even remembered that we preferred water without ice! She was generally very attentive, fast and professional. We would definitely recommend this place to anyone! They have great dishes and plenty of variety. read more

Ponds Lodge - Bison and pork tenderloin with mashed potatoes mushroom gravy veggies and crispy onions! - Hotels Near Me - Island Park, Idaho

What a joke. Sat down and waited 45 min for our drinks, meanwhile, other tables that came in 20 min later got their drinks and food before we even put our orders in!! And we were a table of 9! Give priority to 2 tops apparently. Total trash. No tip given. Will not return to this shit hole. read more

We ordered take-out chicken pot pie and the chili-add a grilled cheese. Granted it was take-out but they set us up with no more than half a cup of each (4 oz). I'm not a fat man but $30 for a half pound of food is hard to recommend, even though it was good. Leave them hungry I guess. read more

Its breaks my heart to give this review! This was always a place I made sure I stopped at, for obvious reasons. Every visit I made sure to buy swag, fuel, snacks, and recommend to all of my friends and family....I had planned my bachelor party around this lodge April 25, 2024. We came down and entered this location with not a soul in sight other than the bartenders, hosts, and ourselves. We made our way to the bar and were laughed at firstly for asking if they carried our beers we were familiar with. Followed by a very rude waitress that was incredibly rude for an empty bar. We were a party of 15 people with an average tab this whole weekend of 1500.00$ per meal! I was so excited to bring family and friends to this spot and was upset that we all felt the same degree of disrespect and politely exited the restaurant without spending a dime. read more

Came with child and wheelchair bound person. They didnt have accessible seating available. They ask us to wait outside so we wouldn't inconvinience the other patrons. It was under 60 and blowing outside. When asked if we couldn't wait inside we were told no. read more

Restaurants. Have. Menus. Seriously, nobody wants to QR games when they're hungry. We were staying nearby, and decided to plan to get dinner here, since they said they were open late (had to ask, closing hours weren't posted). Came in, were seating fairly quickly, and there it was,... that ridiculous QR code on the table. Asked for menus, only to be informed that they have none. How do you have a restaurant without menus? We're seriously supposed to use our phones? Super convenient. So much easier to decide when looking at a tiny screen vs. a full size menu. If we hadn't been pretty hungry, I would have just walked out. The waitress even offered to let me look at it on her phone, which was still just as ridiculous. They did have their menu up on one of the tv's, so opted to stare at that. Luckily, our table was kind of close. Had to watch it for ages to decide, since it scrolled by way too fast. Ordered a couple of burgers, only to play twenty questions with the waitress about ketchup, etc. (not blaming her, we didn't give her a hard time about it, and left a decent tip). Food took a bit longer than it should have, considering the place wasn't very busy. Got to watch the antics as a whole table tried to get the QR thing to even work, leading to their waitress having to take a customer's phone and try and make the thing work. Passing a phone around, doesn't that defeat the purpose? We just looked at each other and giggled at the absurdity. Burgers came, along with condiments in little fast food packets, like it's 2020 all over again. Fries needed salt, but of course, the bare table circa 2020 had no salt. Burgers weren't bad, fries were okay. Tomato slice on mine looked like it had been hacked with a machete. Two burgers, a coke, and a beer came to a little over $50. That's pretty much to be expected in a tourist area. But... for that amount, you also expect little things like, I don't know... menus? Salt and pepper? Ketchup? Our recent travels this year have taken us all the way down to Las Vegas, and as far north as Stanley and Salmon, and this is the ONLY place that is still doing this silliness. Get some menus. Put the ketchup BACK on the table. NOBODY wants to play phone games or log onto your unsecured wifi. It's over. No offense to the staff, they were friendly and tried to help, it's not their fault the management is apparently attached to this dumb idea, but I would certainly not eat there again until they catch up and drop the silliness. read more

We were just happy to find something open after 9pm after an awesome day in Yellowstone. But how cool that it was actually also a great place to get some pizza and drinks too! Seriously - in the middle of nowhere you wouldn't have to be this good, but they were! Great food and service and a fun vibe! read more

Ponds Lodge - Meat!! Bacon, Canadian Bacon, (pepperoni & sausage) and BACON!! - Hotels Near Me - Island Park, Idaho

Ponds is always our go to when we want to feed a bunch of people. They have decent pizza and it's not terribly priced. What's very nice is that you can seat a TON of people and for that they get 5 stars. read more

This place is the bomb! I had the pizza last night and the fish and chips tonight.everything was delicious and fantastic service! Huge portions and fun atmosphere as well. read more

Ponds Lodge - Fish and chips - Hotels Near Me - Island Park, Idaho

Probably the best pizza I have ever eaten. The sauce was perfect for a tomato sauce. Not watered down at all. The all meat pizza had the prefect amount of meat toppings. Absolutely delicious. And don't forget to get huckleberry cheesecake ice cream. read more

Everything there is good ! Love the food ! Service has always been friendly ! Great place to go tell Your friends all Your fishing stories ( No Lie ) !!! read more

We went up to Ponds to have lunch. Was really looking forward to potato skins. Get there, and apparently they only serve pizza on Tuesday. I normally love going to this place everytime I visit Island Park. I will bo longer be going to this restaurant. With all the other new restaurants opening up around here it is foolish to turn loyal customers away. read more

Really nice! Great ambiance, service and food. Such friendly people. We were staying at the Marriott and they recommend Ponds and it was a good recommendation. Full bar, lodge ambiance with hi-tech features. The Potato Skins and Fish and chips were excellent. Also had the a half of wedge and I love wedge salads and I was not disappointed. I can highly recommend Pond Lodge. read more

This place has been my favorite hidden secret in Idaho. Feels warm, cozy and friendly with a great ambiance. The staff, owner and patrons make you feel like family. Tons of adventures to have as well. My first time on a snowmobile and it could not have been better. This place is home read more

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*** I wish I could give NO STARS!! 1 star is wayyyyy too many!!!!! *** AVOID THIS PLACE!!!! HORRIBLE is an understatement! I am a very positive person, I never complain... I am the person that follows up with only positive reviews but this place deserves this review 100%! Do not waste your time or money at this place!!!!!!! We are from out of state camping here at Idaho sand dunes, we all drove our side-by-side's off-road over 55 miles to get here (there was about 30 of us) everyone was exhausted, starving and ready to spend a lot of money on good food and drinks! So there is a gas station adjoining all this "restaurant" literally with open shared windows and doors between the two, same owner. We spent at least $500 in fuel and snacks at the gas station, then go to the adjoining pizza place to be greeted by a blonde "Karen" with a half shaven head and an even uglier attitude! She started off by literally kicking out my 10-year-old niece, making her sit outside (in the rain) and cry... all because she was eating a bag of chips that she purchased from their adjoining gas station! The pizza was actually decent... Up until the "Karen" waitress (which we found out is taking over the business) and the owner both waited until all of our food was served and then decided to force us all to leave (in the middle of a huge hail/rain storm) simply because we bought stuff from their adjoining store and brought the bags into THEIR ADJOINING restaurant... we had even tied the plastic bags into knots, not even touching it but were still kicked out for absolutely no reason! We are all business owners in our group and we know when people truly deserve to be kicked out but we literally did NOTHING wrong, we spent over $1000 between all of us at this pizza place and absolutely did not deserve to get kicked out! The owner was just as horrible as the "Karen" waitress... Making our children cry and kicked us out in the middle of a bad storm... when there are literally only two other paying customers in the whole restaurant! Not great business sense, horribly ran!!! I wish we would've stopped at one of the other restaurants in the area... Horrible experience, made our kids cry, literally would NEVER go back even if they paid us! EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!!!! read more

Great food. I really enjoy the fish tacos. The fries are always fresh and the service is excellent.

I've been coming to Island Park for 30 years and have seen many restaurants come and go. Many times you have to take what you can get as far as quality, freshness and deliciousness off the food. I was so pleasantly surprised! The environment is fun and new and clean, our server was adorable, our wedge salad was perfect and delicious. Our Doc Holiday burger was delicious, high quality, big portions! I almost minused a star for prices being high, but honestly in this market and based on the quality of what you get it's worth it! read more

Ponds Lodge - Hotels Near Me - Island Park, Idaho