Everything I have ordered here is delicious. My kids love going here. The food is great, the service is awesome. The place is beautiful with a park in the back to enjoy the water or feed the birds. This place is a hidden treasure. read more

I luv the Sunday brunch but today I was floored by the food and how disgusting it all was. All of it seemed to not have a freshness to it from crab all tge way down to the fruit. Totally bummed for 27 per person I must say totally got robbed today. I was not happy and will be stunned if I ever come back. Even the prime rib seemed like it was not fresh. Just reheated. As soon we got our first plate my husband was disurbed by the smell in which came off the crab. It wasn't fresh nor edible. Unfortunely this isn't the way I would of want a $105.00 breakfast to go. Instead I couldve went to hot rod Cindy's or huckleberrys and been way more pleased. read more

The Fruit Yard use too be my go to restaurant! The salad bar is and has been well taken care of and good food. New Years Eve 2018 not too write home about. The Prime Rib should never been served at a quality restaurant that we were served. My wife and I were served a cut 1/2" thick with more white jelly fat than the quantity of meat! Told the waitress and she said sorry they have been serving them that way all day! Our potato 's were dried out and cold also. Same from our server. She isn't a waitress, she is a server. Sorry for your business review. I think letting the public read this review will give them a heads up! Won't pay you for the not-quality food and worthless service given. A waisted visit and $50.00 spent. Good luck on "Your" visit! read more

I've had lunch there many times & dinner several times & recommend because the food is tasty & service has always been grand.

Delicious bbq family package. A lot of delicious food. Will definitely be ordering again. Great for when you don't have the energy to bbq at home :) read more

The Fruityard is one of my favorite places in this area!! We come from Merced (about 45 min away) Cuz we love the bar, the bartenders & the food!! Doe is one of our favorite bartenders!! She is kind, Funny & a great bartender/server! There have been times I'd have "gone off " on customers, but she sucks it up & treats everyone the same! With respect & kindness!! Doe is the main reason we come to Fruityard!! At times the food has been marginal, but we keep coming back for the great bartenders! read more

Food great it was Sunday and real buzy but worth it. Food was hot and fresh. Service could have been a bit better but it was buzy. I really want to try there brunch. read more

The Fruit Yard - Fruits & Veggies Near Me - Modesto, California

Thank you to Courtney who made everything go so well for my cousin's celebration of life in their banquet room. You were so accommodating making sure we had enough tables for guests and replenishing anything we needed when at least 20 extra guests arrived. Thank you Courtney for your can-do attitude and kindness through this hard time with our family, you relieved alot of our stress. The food and service was excellent, we went with buffet style which we were very happy with. Again thanks for everything! We will for sure be back again. read more

We Love , love coming here last year i came for my Birthday it was so good , we came for the champagne Breakfast Brunch. ..Today I'm enjoying there huge wonderful Salad Bar everything very fresh. ..My girls are having silver dollar pancakes ...Very friendly , and clean bathrooms. .We like feeding the Ducks at the park. . read more

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Tuesday night is their family night with buffet of marinated and plain Alaskan king crab and whole shrimp with prime rib and at least 7 or 8 other entree or side dishes. The price of about18 dollars is very reasonable. read more

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My husband and I have been here twice in the past month one for prime rib night and tonight for the all the you can eat bar! Food has been amazing both times :-) the salad bar is totally worth it for four bucks! Tonight I only could be found in the seafood section! I was impressed with the man that stood there and cut the prime rib in front of you to the size you want! Soooo good a new favorite date night! We come from manteca to eat here. You can't not beat all you can eat fancy dinner for 40 bucks :-) read more

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This was our third time dining at the Fruit Yard and we have thoroughly enjoyed our meals all three times. The salad bar is awesome! Not sure why I order anything else...it's always way too much food. My husband had liver and onions tonight, probably the best I've ever tasted. Our waiter, Jonathan, was absolutely wonderful. He had a lot of tables to serve, but still managed to be very attentive, friendly and helpful, and brought us everything we asked for very quickly. read more

Ok, let's start with the fact that the place we normally go in Oakdale was closed due to their new winter schedule. Anyway, we were headed back to Modesto when my wife brought up The Fruit Yard which was on the way back in the styx between Modesto and Oakdale. The only reason we knew about the place was due to the market they had held in the empty lot behind it a few months back. It was in the styx, so I did not really set any expectations but my wife wanted to try it. So we headed in with our two youngest girls. They asked whether we wanted to sit in the restaurant side of things or the buffet. After I found the buffet was $24.99 a person I did a step back for a min and stated Oh my god!, what buffet anywhere is 24.99 a head? My stupid ass was thinking Buffet = Golden Corral. So we went to the restaurant, but was curious about the buffet. So while they were deciding to order I went to go check it out. It had basically everything on the menu over there. Okay I thought. Either way, couldn't afford that, so i went with the regular menu. The place was very nicely put together and we were seated away from population which I actually preferred. Our waitress was from idaho and very attentive. I ordered the fried chicken and salad bar. My wife ordered the Reuben on marbled rye and the kids, well, got kids food. We also ordered some Mozzarella cheese sticks as appetizers. Mind you, we were still not having high expectations of the place. I always order Mozzarella cheese sticks anywhere we go, so let me start there: They were fucking amazing. Some of the best Mozzarella sticks I have tasted in the last 5 states I have been to. And let me say, that is saying a freaking lot. Granted I think the dipping sauce could have been slightly spicier, but other than that it just melted when bitten, but had a crunchy outside that was to die for. The salad was next. Went to the salad bar and hooked up a pretty darn good salad. I used the low carb salad dressing as I was not entirely sure what it actually was but it was as close to Italian that I could see. It was. Let me just say that it was literally the freshest, best tasting salad that I have had in a seriously long time. Amazing! The chicken didn't at first look very appetizing, but as I was keeping an open mind as the other food was so far spectacular, I took a bite, and WTF! That was some seriously good fried chicken. Now I think I understand why it is pricey as meals go. I was on the fence at first but am sold now with the quality of food overtakes the cost of the meal. Look, check out previous reviews of mine as I am not one to put sugar on things. If I think they suck i will write all about it and not hold back. No sugar coating here either. These guys, if they can keep up to this standard have some spectacular food. Although, I think I initially offended the hostess as when I changed my mind from the buffet to restaurant, she looked kinda upset when I questioned the price. Man, if the buffet food is as good as the food I just tasted than it is totally worth it. Best food I have had from Texas to California. if you got that significant other that you want to take to a nice quiet place, this is the place. Compared to places like Tahoe Joe's, these guy are A+ in my book and will go back with my wife alone next time to get some more expensive choices. Trust me, it's worth it. I can see them building a town around this restaurant. And I wouldn't be surprised. This has been my family's experience. read more

Love Thursday Night , and Andrea always takes really great care of everyone and is the best server ever !! Great music ! Great food ! Great Service read more

Sunday buffet is the best!!!! Prime Rib & Dungeoness crab. Our server Jessica was on point!!!! Hard working gal.....

Really good food and excellent service. I've heard mixed things but was pleasantly surprised! Prices aren't bad either. I'm so happy I can get takeout from here. read more

My wife and I with my son go to this place often. The food is great, But this time some of the employees at the deli were not wearing a mask. I offered a mask, one looked at me and said he is ok not wearing one read more

So good love fish got a lot so so good.Looks good taste great had a great time with my hubby. read more

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The Fruit Yard is a great place for any meal of the day. Food is great and service is good. They give you a lot for the price. Got some spaghetti that also came with the salad bar. I was so full when I left. They also host musical concerts and solo artists. Love this place. read more

I had a very enjoyable meal here. I ordered breakfast and sat at the counter. (I love places that have a counter.) Overall I would say that this is definitely worth anyone's time. I only have a few small nit picks. First, and this is really just a pet peeve of mine, in the jelly trey they bring you for your toast there wasn't enough strawberry jelly. I was also taken aback by the small size of the hash brown portion. Normally for breakfast you get more than you could possibly eat. Finally (and this is very minor) the tri tip was just slightly tough. Things that I was pleasantly surprised by? They have huge bacon slices. I mean BIG. If you are a bacon fan get a side. You won't be disapointed. The tri tip, while on the tough side was very very tasty. They had very good bread. I was also surprised by the flavor of the eggs. If you can do simple things like eggs well than you really have something going for you. Finally the service was very very good. It was very prompt, and friendly. I was in and out in less than a half hour. Though, again, I was at the counter. read more

Great place for Dates around lunch/brunch so you can visit the lake they have just a walk away (ducks and goose chill there as-well). I absolutely love the warm, homey wood interior design. Be sure to checkout the Bar area (it has tons of taxidermy animals, live bands and a warm fireplace in winters. I frequent the Convenience store pretty often for TriTip Burritos or amazing fresh Sandwiches from the Delhi. BBQ is KING here. Overall great atmosphere, service, food and customers. Hidden Gem of the area read more

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Beautiful grounds, beautiful people, if you want to feel at home come here. My late grandfather use to come here every weekend, eat his lunch and feed the ducks. It was his favorite spot in modesto. And also where I chose to say "I do" . The new amphitheater going up looks stellar! Going to be the new hot spot for music and food! Good job everyone to works there! read more

For someone who eats here regularly I am so disappointed in the service tonight. My husband got the ribeye and prawn dinner and was so excited but when it came to the table you can immediately tell his steak was not how he ordered it. Medium rare it was well done and as thin as carne Asada. He payed for cheese on his potatoes and there was no cheese. When we showed janelle she said oh I can take it back if you want to wait. My husband at one bite of the potato and that was it. Was not taken off our bill and all she offered us was a free dessert. Husband had to go thru drive thru after we left here. read more

Wow. What a great experience. Asked for a different table and got it. The coffee was kept full and we never had to ask. First time in my life my half orange juice half water came correctly! Our waitress, Courtney, was sweet, fast and amazing. The food was delicious, the servings generous and all around perfect. Everyone there is friendly and the restaurant was clean. I would come here again and again. read more

Having lived away from the area 23 years, I was unsure of the Fruityard's ability to maintain the tradition of quality and value of their signature prime rib special. Tonight's dinner was a delight! A tremendous value at $14.95 (Wednesday special price) might even be better than it was so many years ago. Add on salad bar for an additional $3.00? Great dinner. Can't wait to return. Well done Fruityard...oh...perhaps change mine to rare...sorry. read more

My husband and I had dinner last night to celebrate his birthday. We both ordered from the specials menu and were very pleased. Also, the house wines, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in our case were very good. It's an hour drive from Sonora where we live, but worth it for the food, the service, and the friendly attention we were given. We will be back. read more

Ok so this place is awesome! They have a salad bar! Lots to choose from and the food is good not over the top or anything but it is good! Staff is great too!! read more

Tried to ask a server for menus... waited 15 mins. Then asked the bartender for the menus. Looked at them, ready to order, was told that the server would take our order and she would not. Walked out. Absolutely horrible customer service. They literally let money walk out of their establishment. As a bartender myself in a restaurant I would NEVER turn away ANY customers! read more

I love this place , my family has been enjoying the fruit yard as long as I can remember . Recently attended a beautiful wedding there as well . The venue and food were absolutely perfect . I would recommend anyone Try them , also have enjoyed several holiday buffets very delicious read more

Always been a great business and tonight was such a wonderful experience. Chris the manager was amazing as well as our waitress who was absolutely a delight. When you come here ask for Shana! She will definitely take care of you and your family. She even brought our Togo order that we place for take out while we were eating; when she brought us our checks! Was on top of things is an underestimate of the service that she brought to our table. read more

Last night we had a Birthday Party at the Fruit Yard. And it was Great! Just wanted to thank Joe and his wife for their hospitality and thank you for joining us. They are the Greatest ever! read more

Last sunday coming back from a day at the snow we decided to try this place..cant tell you any thing about the food .the man told us that there was a 20 30 min wait , we looked around and saw plenty of booths and tables open .the receptionist the guy , said maybe we would like to try a fast food place down the further ..i dont know why he treated us this way but ill never reconmend this snouty place to my friends ...funny tje place looks like a greasy spoon restaurant anyways .. read more

Monthly seafood buffet is always a pleasure to come to, wonderful place to visit and the selection cant be beat, Friendly staff and always a beautiful place to eat read more

If you want quick, delicious, barbecue than go here. Everything from chicken to Brisket with all the fixings. Killer beans and you can get enough for days if you like leftovers that are as good as they were on day 1. read more

I'm still pissed off that I spent $100 for brunch today. I was a regular at this place 5-8 years ago for the Sunday brunch, it was great. The only complaint before is that it was soo busy we had to wait forever for a table. Not this time. We had almost no wait and the place was half empty, we quickly found out why. The food was absolutely horrible, horrible...I would have rather eaten at Golden Corral which is one of the worst buffets around. The worst part, I got some crab legs and took one bite and I literally gagged and came as close to throwing up because it was rotten tasting, like it was old, really old...the servers were overworked, a few times I had to get up and get my own coffee because I sat there waiting so long...you guys get the 1 star because the coffee was actually pretty decent. I remember why I haven't been back in a while, you're not missing anything! read more

Always recommending this place to friends in the area. It's amazing. It's about to get better too. Looks like they're building an amphitheater near the duck pond. Eat here at least once. read more

Fruit Yard is a pretty ole popular establishment. Food is decent. Priced reasonably. Popular among retire folk and cowboys. They often have lots of events and live music. The restaurant is big so it's good for hosting a lot of people. read more

It was our first time trying this place. We were headed home from a long day on Don Pedro Lake and had the dog. I called ahead to be sure that there would be a patio where we could eat...with a dog. The manager who answered said that there was, indeed, a patio attached to the bar where we could eat with the dog. I made doubly sure to check that we weren't going to just be able to order bar fare, but dinner....from the restaurant. The manager confirmed this would be the case. When we got there, our exhausted and extremely hungry group of people ambled toward the restaurant. My roommate went in first to ask for a table on the patio explaining that we had a dog and would simply like to eat a good dinner. He was told by the bartender that they don't serve dinner on the patio. A little confused, I thought I would take my chances and go in to clarify. I walked in...several very drunk...very amused locals who seemed to all share the inside joke except for me stared at me like I was about to get my face torn off. I approached explaining that I had called about 20 minutes before to confirm that we would be able to eat there and was told by the bartender "I get to decide if I want to serve dinner. If you want to 'set' there, go ahead and do it, but don't think I'm ignoring you because I don't have a waiter right now. There's other dogs out there too and maybe you want to see if the dogs get along or not before even eating here. That's all I was concerned about." I kindly thank Broomhilda as I walk out of the bar. As I walk out, I peek in to the patio area and see two unleashed dogs, a group of women and a little boy, who, CLEARLY....has a plate of dinner food before him. I decided not to chance it with the unleashed dogs as my confidence was apple-bottom low low low low low low low low in Broomhilda's willingness to ask the obvious regulars to leash their dogs. I called the restaurant to ask to speak with a manager after we had decided to go someplace else for steak and explained what had happened. The manager seemed apologetic and the solution seemed reasonable. However, I have no guarantees if I was even speaking with the manager, or if it was just restaurant staff covering for each other. Our final decision was to drop off the dog and the boat and go out to dinner someplace else after this experience! I did take some time to read the other reviews on here, by the way. My initial instinct for this place was pretty accurate. This place has gotten complacent with regular patronage. The staff here are comfortable making the money/tips/wages that they do from the people who regularly visit and have no interest in making any more money unless it's "easy money." My recommendation is not to become their easy money and be treated like the "dandruff patron" (mildly annoying and brushed off). read more

We have always enjoyed and liked the prime rib special on Wednesday's. The food is great. But the service tonight was horrible. We arrived at 5:50, was seated in 10 minutes but it took another 15 minutes before the waitress came and got our order for our drink and food. It took about another hour before we were served our food. The prime rib was cold and we never did receive the bread that is usually served with our drinks. Not sure we will be going back. read more

We had reservations and were looking forward to the brunch. We arrived at 10am and didn't notice anyone else having the brunch so we assumed during the new restrictions for COVID that there was no brunch. Our waitress never mentioned the fact that there was a brunch. We ordered drinks, water and our breakfast. She only brought water for 3 of the 5 people at our table. After waiting for our meals, we saw more people coming into the restaurant and they were all getting the buffet. We waited 50 minutes for our breakfast which never came. One person went to the waitress to ask what happened, no response. I went to someone who said he was in charge requesting to have our orders canceled and to get the buffet. He said "give me a second " and never followed through. We went to someone else we thought was in charge and finally got our buffet. Meanwhile this whole time we could have been drinking free mimosa's that came with the buffet but couldn't even get water. All the tables around us were getting good service except our and we were never told what happened to our breakfast order. We will never return. read more