25 years ago I proposed to my wife at this restaurant. We are still married and this is still a great place to dine.

This was our first visit to the restaurant and will come back and recommend it highly! The Chefs Seafood grill was remarkable! The beef lasagna was just like Mama makes! read more

Nice staff, the food is hit and miss. The only thing I really like is the salad bar. Other than that, eh.

Great service; staff is nice, patient and helpful. Restuarnt is very clean. Needs a larger beverage selection though, very limited choices.

A great and respectful place and the food were really delicious oh no pictures because I couldn't wait next time

I am giving this one star only because there is no option for zero. We had Thanksgiving brunch there. I heard good reviews and expected a quality meal for the holiday. I was told the price and thought, not bad when compared to other similar venues. The bill came and they raised the price. NOT WORTH IT AT EITHER PRICE. The salad bar was well... a salad bar. The desserts tasted like they opened a box and baked them in an oven. The turkey, stuffing and potatoes were good, but the beef was over seasoned. I took a bite that tasted like a teaspoon of salt was poured directly on the bite. I heard other comments that were similar to mine. There were about 10 dishes and less than half were good. The rest were over cooked, soggy, or cold. Everyone was jammed into the back room and it was hard to move around. Especially with the workers trying to refill the serving trays. It was not worth the near $40 dollars per person. I don't know if I would return at half that price. read more

Great buffet on Tuesdays and Julie is fantastic. The food is just outstanding! But Thursday night is the best, we love going to listen to Sandy Maule. He is such a professional musician and we are lucky enough to hear him. Another great thing about The Fruit Yard is their servers. Andrea is fast, efficient, always gets our orders correct, and has a dazzling personality. What more could you ask for in a restaurant? Great food! Great service! Great music! read more

Love our "Cheers" bar and restaurant. Everyone from the bartenders, waitresses, and management always gives us fantastic customer service. Thursdays are always the best when we have dinner with our parents. We get to listen to live music from Sandy Maule, Andrea takes wonderful care of us, and they always reserve a table for us as it is packed! Great drinks, great food, and great times! read more

Went there for brunch and spent $115 of our hard earned money just to find that the food was terrible. The French toast was hard, the English muffin tasted like it had been sitting there for a week and the crepe was disgusting. Will not be returning any time soon! Def. not worth the price! read more

Held my baby shower here in the upstairs banquet room on 2/25/18. Although it was a great celebration, I had some issues with The Fruit Yard. The room was not very clean when we arrived to set up. The carpet clearly needed to be vacuumed, there were empty sweet n low packets and other trash under the tables, there was no soap in the restroom, & some of the tablecloths were dirty. Our server was SLOW. We had to track her down on multiple occasions to get more drinks for my guests. (Which was very frustrating, because since we served ourselves with the buffet brunch, getting our drinks was all she had to do for our banquet. Well, she was also supposed to cut the cake we brought in.. but guess what? When it was time for dessert, our server was again nowhere to be found! My sister went downstairs to the brunch buffet area and grabbed plates from there, we cut the cake ourselves, and WE served my guests their dessert. 34 weeks pregnant over here, but sure, let me do the servers job!) Frustrating to have to pay a mandatory 20% gratuity fee, because that server did not deserve it! Lastly, Throughout my entire booking experience & up until receiving my final bill, there was one common theme that surfaced...they care about getting as much $$$ out of you way more than they care about customer service & your event. Before we ever officially booked the baby shower, I asked Angela (works in the office, handles banquets) if it would be possible to take pictures out on the grass by the water day of (weather permitting, and also if there were no other events going on out there of course) She said it shouldnt be a problem, she would make a note of that request, and just to let "our coordinator" know the day of so someone could unlock the gate for us. Come Feb 25th, it's a sunny day and I let the staff know that we'd like to take some pictures out there at some point if possible. They said OK, but no one ever once mentioned that they CHARGE YOU to do so! At the very end, we spent maybe a total of 5 minutes taking a few pictures In front of the water, then went back inside to pay our final bill. Guess what they added to our bill? A $75 "lakeside photo service fee." Yup. $75! For 5 mins of standing in bird poop trying to get a few pictures In the sunlight. I was FLOORED. I almost lost it, and was literally on the verge on tears, because it was already a very expensive event. I flat out said, "I will NOT be paying this $75!" If that's seriously your policy, you might want to mention that to your customers BEFOREHAND. Because I guarantee you, they will PASS with a "thanks, but no thanks!" But again, not mentioning the fee is probably part of their money making strategy. They eventually took the fee off, because i think they knew I was about to make a scene. Had it been someone a little less bold than I, they probably would have suckered the poor soul out of $75. And that's SAD. Makes me a little sick to my stomach that we paid over $700 to have this baby shower there...way too expensive for the quality of service provided. read more

Went here again after 2 years of not going, about a month ago.....Food was better service decent, overall more pleased. Wanted to Update. Keep working on it. read more

Overall AMAZING!! I loved the breakfast. I would go back in a heartbeat our server Carol was so sweet! I am going back for sure.

This is a very very good restaurant!! My family and I go here on all occasions. The food is great, we never have to wait more than 5 minutes and the service is off the wall! read more

I was just passing through on my way home and stopped for a soda. When I walked in the BBQ smelled wonderful. So I decided to get some take out and a blueberry sour cream pie. The pie was fantastic. It is worth an hour drive, just for the pie. read more

We went for the Sunday brunch/buffet. We paid $107 for breakfast! We were 4 paying adults with one child under 3. We paid $107 (not including tip) for cold food and stale pastry items. Eggs were not ready so we had to wait in line just to get them. The service was great and the waitress was very friendly. We have dined here before, but this was the first time for the brunch. Generally, the food is always good and service is consistently great. The waitress gave us a bag of biscuits for my son to feed the ducks afterwards and that was a nice touch to her great service. read more

Not easy to find good restaurants in Modesto but boy is this place great! Wednesday is prime rib night so you get a great discount on their fabulous prime rib which they have DAILY by the way. Salad bar was excellent-who even does a salad bar anymore and none like this. Desserts delicious. Waitress Kim SUPER. I'm telling' ya this place is the bomb. In fact,I'm going there tonight! read more

The Fruit Yard has wonderful food with great portions. The Sunday brunch is really good with a good selection. Nothing but the best items to choose from. They even have crab legs during brunch time. The rest of the food at the restaurant is good too. But make sure that you go on an empty stomach because I can promise you that that there will be a ton of food on the plate. read more

waited to be seated even though it wasn't just at all and we just had 2 adults and 3 teens. waited forever to order. ribs dry. coleslaw overdressed. daughter did not like tuna melt. long wait with nobody there. read more

Cherries were really good, prices high compared to fruit stand in turlock. Tri tip sandwiches were horrible, BBQ was tangy and tri tip was cold. read more

We came here on a Thursday night with a party of 30, celebrating a birthday and an engagement, which happened on the grassy area where the pond is. The service was great, we only had one waiter with all 30 of us and she handled it great. She was on top of it the entire time. I give her major props! read more

I have enjoyed breakfast and brunch in the past. My family has been planning a party and wanted to have the BBQ dinners from the fruit yard. I personally have not had their BBQ, but my sister who has moved out of town has had it and liked it. I called last saturday to get prices on dinners, the guy in BBQ answered the phone and rudely said "I don't have time to explain everything". He was very rude and I felt as if I was bothering him by the tone in his vioce. Excuse me for trying to give you some bussiness. I simply told him thank you for nothing and I wiil gladly go elsewhere. Don't ever plan to go back even if it was free. I was very dissapointed in how I was talked to and just thought you should know how the guy in BBQ treats customers. Perhaps he's not happy there. read more

Had the hot roast beef sandwich today for lunch. Made with prime rib which was basically a chewy piece of fat (disgusting) they have some good things here but has really gone down hill! read more

The worst service ever. Took us 15 minutes to get seated. Eight minutes before a waitress showed up to take our order. Which she wasn't friendly at all. And our breakfast finally arrived 14 minutes later. We have been coming here for the last 26 years. Loved this place but now I think it's time to find a new place to eat. read more

We came again to celebrate my mom's 82nd birthday. They had an area ready for our group of 20. Ryan was our waiter and he was outstanding!! He handled all 20 of us by himself and was so friendly and patient. The food was very good, but Ryan made it a truly great experience! Thank you Ryan for being so sweet and kind, especially to my mom! read more

Food is tasty, service is grand, & it's a comfortable restaurant to take your whole family to & enjoy both the food & atmosphere! Have enjoyed all the times I've eaten here! read more

My 2 granddaughters and I went to the Fruityard for lunch. We had a 20 minute wait, then another 15 minutes until getting our lunch. The food was good but very small portions. My 10 year old granddaughter asked for a second refill of soda and was told it would cost $2.50. She had a small childs size glass. I was under the impression they had unlimited refills on soda, but I guess I was wrong. We will not be returning in the near future. Our waitress was not friendly, and didn't give me the bill, I had to go to the cashier and ask for it so I could pay for our meals. read more

My husband and I also ate there on Sunday after the car show. We walked in and there were people waiting to pay there bill and waiting to give there names so they could be seated .... No one came so I went over to a waitress and ask if she would find someone to attend the front desk. So finally someone came which the front desk should never be left unattended. We ordered the Ribs. I pointed out to the waitress that there was no meat on the ribs, only gristle and fat and very much over cooked . she agreed and said that another table had complained about the same thing. She was so kind as to ask if I wanted to exchange them for the pork ribs which I said yes. Once they came out I cut into them and took one bite and could not eat them. I ate the baked potato, veggies, salad. The next day I felt sick. I talked to another person who ate there and they said they ate at the Buffet there that same day and got sick also. Our waitress was the greatest but as an over all ... we won't be back anytime soon. read more

Came for thanks giving brunch. So far having an okay experience. The service is subpar but the food is decent for what you pay.

I recently went for the first time with my family (10-12 of us) and the food came out quick (usually there tends to be a longer way for large parties) and was delicious. I ordered the prime rib and it was like butter, I didn't even really need a knife. It was amazing. Another family member got the garlic New York strip, which I tried and that was great too. My son got the kids nuggets and for a kids meal, it was still really good quality. Not some bargain frozen nuggets most places use. Our server, Lucinda was great. She was very sweet and extremely attentive. The prices are a bit high compared to other places, but completely worth it for the quality and quantity or the food. Everyone I was with enjoyed the food and the service. read more

I've taken my girls here twice now and everytime the food has been good the service has been great and the setting is relaxed. perfect for wanting breakfast in the "country". Ones star lost cause the brunch rushes can slow lines to a crawl. read more

The Mother's Day Buffet was not worth it. It was $45 and it didn't include a mimosa or even coffee (seriously!!!). For charging so much, you would think they would make the ambiance a little nicer or take advantage of the outdoor lake view by having outdoor seating. Nope. read more

We had my daughter's college graduation luncheon here on the 24th. Although the food was really good, I was very disappointed with the management staff. I phoned the Friday before with concerns about the heat and it being held in the upstairs room and was reassured the a/c would be turned on at 8 a.m. before coming in to decorate as the luncheon was at noon. I arrived at 10 and it had not been turned on and it was stifling hot in the room. The manager tried to play it off like it wasn't a big deal, but it was to me as I had to haul everything up the stairs and decorate right before the party. I had also let the coordinator know to add on lemonade and it hadn't been. In fact, I never saw her once that day! And we paid for the total count that I gave them and should've been sent home with at least two dinners and wasn't. The two servers were very nice, but seemed fairly new to their jobs. Overall, the luncheon turned out nice. But again, it could've been a lot better (a lot less hectic and stressful) had the management staff followed through with what they had promised me. read more

They have a great Sunday brunch and it's really fun to bring the kids to see all the ducks and geese outside. Lots of streams and ponds around. Good place for an outdoor wedding as well. read more

Been here many times for Brunch or special dinner nights. It was a double birthday lunch dinner. We all ordered off the menu. The.salad.bar is excellent stocked with homemade pasta salads, potato.and more. The items off the menu were great, we had meals ranging from steak and scampi to a tuna melt. All excellent side dishes that come with the meal to.choose from. Also fresh baked bread to add more to your carb count. To make it great our sever Ryan was the most attentive, never an empty glass and never have to ask for anything as he brought whatever was needed or asked before we needed. Excellent intuition or he was a mind reader. One of if not the best servers we have had. One other thing. I usually drink ice tea or diet soda. They brew fresh tea, the flavor was excellent. Definitely could tell it wasnt from a machine. The food was very good and the pricing was ok, reasonable for sandwiches but average for higher end steaks or seafood. However their unique homemade items were what garnered it a 5 star rating. That and the fantastic service from Ryan and his occasional helper. Great for family dinner, couples or even for kids. Crowd was mainly senior citizens, families and mix of urban Modesto folks to the country folks. Very good fruit and vegetables on the salad bar, awesome fried green beans for the salad bar and appetizers. Will come back again besides the famous Sunday Brunch or seafood buffet, cant really do the dinner anymore...working nights. Thanks again. read more

Yuck. Coffee was burnt, biscuits did not look or taste like a biscuit should, bacon was good. Service was ok.

Over 30 people hospitalized with food poisoning due to holiday pies! I came here on my way home one day to grab gifts for each house we went to on thanksgiving bought 80$ worth of pies. The day after thanksgiving myself my whole family my kids as well as every single family I have those pies to were admitted into their local ER for food poisoning. That's over 400,000$ worth of medical bills we've figured out. The time I came here to eat with my husband and friends before his ribs had a six inch long strip of plastic stuck and cooked into the bottom of the rack of ribs. This place has more than this review for food poisoning and it's obvious that they don't care about what they are feeding people and how they carry themselves about in the kitchen when making it. Health code is being called after reading there's other reviews on this same issue. First the plastic then the food poisoning I haven't even mentioned the cockroach that I found in my coconut cream pie. Because they aren't making these in the legal capacity area that is licensed like they are supposed to be. It's highly disgusting super illegal and they need to care more about education with food practices when it comes to their staff. They ruined our holidays kept people from their jobs it's highly costly when you don't follow the law and hire people that are careless. You guys need to be careful if we all decide to sue in a class action how many other people will stand up and say you ruined their holidays too? How many others have you poisoned. Just a thought don't eat here. Unless you want thousands of dollars in medical bills. read more

My husband and I just moved to Waterford and we went here for my birthday because it's so close. To say the least, we loved it! I had the grilled sole and he had the steak and we were both very pleased with the flavor and quality of the food, especially for the very reasonable prices. The all-you-can-eat salad bar was awesome too. The service was very good and the waitresses were attentive and friendly. We ordered the shrimp cocktail for an appetizer and were happily eating it when the hostess walked by and noticed our shrimp were not the "jumbo" shrimp they were supposed to serve us, so they brought us another shrimp cocktail on the house. We will definitely be returning to The Fruit Yard for all of our special occasions! read more

Last night, Saturday, February 18, 2017, we all went to The Fruit Yard for dinner. I have usually had great food, but last night, I ordered the Liver and Onions. It was awful. The cook obviously burned the one side and set that side face down on the dinner plate. Added more onions than usual, I guess to hide the burned edges. Now, this was after we had already waited over an hour to get our orders. The manager said there was a party of 25 who came in just before us. OK, but where were they sitting? When I got up to get look around I did not see any group that large or tables shifted to create a seating space for a large group. I have managed restaurants before and crap happens but the best way to handle mistakes is to admit them, offer complimentary desserts, breads, appetizers or something that shows real concern for paying customers. Nothing. I did complain to the manager and the server about the burned liver. The manager, after a while of saying "I am sorry", he did take the liver off of the bill. I think in the future my dollars and trust could be spent better at Sizzler, Garcias, or other locations. read more

9/21, the day of my step daughter's Fruityard lakeside wedding, Mother Nature defied all odds resulting in a torrential down pour; atypical September Modesto weather. Luckily, Theresa and Chad went beyond the call of duty to ensure her wedding happened on time. This valiant effort included clearing out a party set up inside to create a ceremony set up. With out these efforts the ceremony would not have been possible. These 2 people genuinely cared! Customer service is top notch at The Fruityard! read more

My family and I ate there for the first time the food and service was excellent. The only complaint that I have is that on the night that we ate there some locals at the bar were rude you know to much drinking and little thinking! But this will not keep us away the food is too good I'm sure that our next trip to the Fruit Yard will be better and my next blob in the paper will have a better review. read more