Five stars for the breakfast, delicious omelette and, my daughter loved the pancakes and the service was great.

After a long day at the track this was much needed. i orderd the two item combo, tri tip and pork ribs. The meal came with way too much food. I was full from just the sides! The ribs and tri-tip were very tastey. Maybe they could have been cooked a bit longer but they were very tender none the less. I tried to finish the food but I took some in a to go box. The smell of the ribs is already tempting me...its going to be a long night read more

Tip: exercise portion control. Most of the clientele in there haven't learned. Husband and I split a 2 meat combo meal and that was plenty for both of us. If there was any food still left after we were full, we probably would have made the same mistake many others have made with going too far because it's too good to stop eating otherwise. Got the beef ribs and brisket. Ribs were a bit fatty, but that's cuz they're ribs. Were pretty meaty and had a juicy caramelized crisp in some areas with the sweet BBQ sauce. Brisket had a different sauce, wish the it had a bit more slathered on it, it was so good! Coleslaw, red beans, corn on the cob, and fries were also spot on. read more

Ate a mushroom burger. The meat patty was dry and overcooked. I am having diarrhea today. Will never go back again!

On our drive home from Oakland, we decided to stop at Willow Ranch to grab a bite to eat. We were a little bit skeptical at first but then knew that the place had to be good if it was selling it's own homemade BBQ sauce. I ordered the pulled pork sandwich with the homemade BBQ sauce. We liked the sauce so much that we ended up buying a bottle of it to take home. It was yummy!!! The portions were not too big and it was delicious! I didn't get to try the other dishes so that's why this is just getting 3 stars. If we pass through again, we'll definitely stop in and grab another bite to eat there. read more

Totally awesome, amazing pulled pork and bbq! Absolutely melt in your mouth with great sauce. Very generous portions. Definitely worth a stop on the I-5 trek if it's mealtime. read more

Overcooked steaks. But the sandwiches are good. Given that there is not much around here, this is a decent alternative to fast food (and you can have a beer). read more

Yum! The perfect stop between SF and LA. Had the bacon onion ring cheeseburger with BBQ sauce. Sooo hit the spot! Came out very hot and very quick. Tempted to order a beer but wouldn't have been wise given the 150 miles I had left on my trip. Place is nothing to look at but felt very clean. Could do without the spot lights hang over each table. read more

Great find in the middle of no where. Finally got food and it was a very nice surprise! Nice waitress too; that's more like it!!

Fantastic Food! If I could give it 10 stars I would ! The deep pit is absolutely amazing! Along with the shredded chicken, ribs, brisket, EVERYTHING !!!! If your on Highway 5 in Buttonwillow you NEED to stop here! read more

Good bbq. Got the beef ribs and was happy. Nice stop with friendly servers. Good choice off the I5

Come for the food stay for the nice staff and great service. Favorites include the fried pickles, fried chicken salad and the best fountain Pepsi products we've had in a long time (the perfect ratio of syrup and carbonation). You won't regret stopping here because the staff is attentive and kind. read more

Perfect stop on I5 - tri tip sandwich is on point- old school onion rings - decent coffee- nice servers

Stopped for breakfast and everything was good. Restaurant is clean and service top notch. Good portions and prices were reasonable.

Stopped in on the way back to the Bay Area from Vegas. This place hut the spot. My sons ordered the plow boy and I ordered the deep pit beef. The food was outstanding! My sons are big eaters especially BBQ and smoked meats and it was all they could do to take them down. They were piled high with meat and a great value for the price. My deep pit beef was very good, it took me back to the company BBQs with my dad while he was working for the oil companies down in Bakersfield in the mid 80's. The restaurant was very clean and and the service was nice. Just with the food and service was a little faster, but hey I was just anxious to get back on the road. The family and I will be making this place a regular stop on our road trips. read more

What a great find! Stopped in during a long road trip and LOVED this place! Super clean, friendly staff & AMAZING burgers...one of the best I've ever had! I'm sure everything on the menu great! Can't wait to make this trip again! read more

Small divey looking place hidden at the back of the truck stops on Buttonwillow but the BBQ is some of the best. We were very hungry and very pleasantly surprised. read more

Good eats and friendly atmosphere in the middle of nowhere (but close to the race track). I've eaten there 4 or 5 times from Dec 2010 to Dec 2012 and always enjoyed the food. Americana... the BBQ is good, don't think I ever tried the burgers. Good place to have a beer (or a few if you aren't getting back on I-5 afterward). read more

There are limited food options along I-5. Fast food and Dennys for the most part. This place is the hidden gem along the highway. Tucked behind a Shell station at the I-5 / 58 intersection, it is well worth looking for. I had the brisket for dinner and it literally fell off the fork - it was that tender. Their house made BBQ sauce is pretty good and I'm taking a bottle home with me. Perhaps the ribs on my next visit.... read more

Dry food and dry personality. Bland roast beef and well done French fries (meaning over-cooked) Blue collar eatery for busy farming folk. Tri-tip salad was decent, but again over-cooked. It should be a punishable crime to do that to angus beef. read more

Staff was polite but slow to respond. We ordered 1/2 BBQ Chicken great sauce but chicken was dry. Also ordered BBQ Pork Sandwich with fries tasted good. When waitress handed us ticket we told her the chicken was overcooked and a bit dry. She stood there like a deer looking into headlights, then asked if we wanted something else. We really wanted to let her know for quality control. The correct thing would have been to say "I apologize for that I'll let the kitchen know...Is there something I can do for you?" Oh well food was good, not spectacular. I guess it's a road stop café so they probably get a lot of one stop business anyway. read more

On the way back from Disneyland stopped at a random gas stop. This seemed like a decent place compared to the typical fast food joints around. Tried the Tri Tip Sandwich & ordered a side order of Potato Salad to go. Food was tasty & a good price. Order came around to $10. Seemed like a nice place with good service. Very family friendly. A lot of old school white people so if you are a different race you might feel out of place not saying this place is racist. If im ever in the area again I will go here again. read more

Had the pulled pork, yum! Kids meal of ribs was good too. If you like clean restaurants, eat here. Dated dining room is cozy and clean.

We stopped at this place hoping to get a quick bite to eat. What we got was horrible, super slow service. It took the waitress over 20 minutes to come by and just acknowledge us. Horrible, packaged tasting food too once we got it over an hour after sitting down. read more

Great place to stop by for lunch on a drive to Vegas or LA! Excellent sandwiches, and really good sweet tea! Staff was friendly and quick despite it being rather crowded. read more

Great meal! Coffee was on point and BBQ sauce was so good that I purchased a bottle.

This place is bomb. Everything is so yummy. The veggie soup is wildly delicious, homemade fresh with large chunks of veggies. The mashed potatoes are a great side, you can't go wrong with either gravy. The portions are generous. The boys split the combo platter with three meats and two sides, and it was plenty of food for them. Our server Keisha was very helpful and sweet. The place has a total hometown vibe, and it reminded me of an Alabama bbq diner (and that's a GREAT thing!) read more

Had a fabulous lunch today. The service was excellent and the food was delicious. We had the hamburgers and patty melt. I would definitely recommend it as a must stop. read more

Absolutely delicious! We got plow sandwich and a bigg hoss. The pastrami sandwich and the pastrami bacon onion ring And brisket sandwich with penos and pepper jack cheese! Both sanwiches were absolutely top notch and so were the french fries! Inside the restaurant was nice. We were on the go so we stopped in and ordered to go. The food was ready in under 10 minutes!! read more

Baby back ribs and a mondo amber bach beer :) Absolutely delicious :)

This place is so intense, I ran back into the restaurant to get their business card, cuz I knew I'd be yelping about it :-) OMG OMG wow wow wow, what a shining example of a little known secret in the middle of nowhere! It's in Buttonwillow. Seriously, did you know where Buttonwillow is? I never heard of it, could've been on another planet for all I knew, yet it's here in CA, which we discovered accidentally driving back from LA to SF. We needed to stop for a late lunch, but didn't want fast food--and I had a craving for BBQ. My husband found it listed in Apple Maps under "BBQ," after which we drove for an hour to get to it--and boy was it ever worth it. I would've driven another three hours, it was seriously that frikkin remarkable. First, the ambience is a blast from yesteryear, a cozy warm diner (think Happy Days era :-) with banquettes, regular tables, and booths, as well as a bar area. The 4 of us were seated immediately at a booth. Our waitress came over and took drink orders--iced teas for us all--basic and simple, fresh brewed with lemon wedges. We got a mixture of stuff and shared: the brisket sandwich, fish and chips, with sides of coleslaw and potato salad, a crunchy fresh delish pickle on the side. The fish spanking fresh, lightly battered and not a bit greasy, the fries soft interior and crunchy exterior. The brisket super tender with the perfect amount of fat, which I ate all of, not giving a crap about my cholesterol, juicy goodness, the BBQ sauce on the side to slather on top, the meat nestled in a crunchy yet soft forgiving roll. Hot damn the sauce was so yummy, I could've drank a vat of it--smoky and sweet, yet tangy, and just the tiniest barest bit of heat radiating off the tongue--the ratio of all dimensions perfectly balanced. Did I mention the texture of it? Not cloyingly heavy and not thin either, the perfect heft to hold up to meats, I scooped a bit with my finger and held it upside down, it would not run down--they mean serious business, these folks are on the beat and gives Memphis a run for their money. Do they sell this sauce? If not, listen up: you should bottle it, make a mint, and retire. The potato salad, geez, if I'd had a cooler I'd have brought some back. It was not sloppy with mayo, not runny and lazy, with mashed up potatoes swimming in it. No. This was the real deal: serious chunks of boiled or steamed potatoes, softly folded into a tangy mix, preserving the integrity of the ingredients. I loved it so much, I asked my sister-in-law if she could make it for me exactly as they did! And the coleslaw, crunchy shredded cabbage, not so finely chopped such that you didn't know what you were eating, good sized vegetable mixed into a tangy dressing of some sort--finished the whole thing. The half pickle was a terrific accompaniment to the brisket sandwich, with the robust flavors of the brisket and sauce, the tangy crunchy pickle a welcome respite. Of course, we all clamored for pies: I got the lemon meringue, which was as perfect as any ever I've had. The crust crumbly and buttery but not too heavy, the lemon filling was not the dreaded curd, but an actual lemony starchy consistency with the viscosity you look for in this pie, the meringue part piled high on top, with a caramelized swirl on top. I had to force myself to give others bites of it, and literally had discipline to not order another slice :-) My husband got the pecan pie, and polished it off in one fell swoop--the nuts fresh and crunchy but gooey at the bottom layer with a solid crunch that could hold the heavy toppings. My brother had the banana cream, which was respectable, not cloyingly sweet and tasting of fresh bananas folded in a cream base. What I loved about it was that it was not swimming in fake cream. My sister in law got one of their berry pies, an example of straightforward crust and fresh berry filling--love. The service was almost family-like, super warm and friendly, prompt and efficient, very attentive, and oh so patient, e.g. I went back and forth a few times on my order because everything looked so tempting. I ordered my pie first (before my sandwich), and it actually arrived first, so they're on the ball. The prices are more than fair and reasonable given the quality of the food, the pristine ingredients and impeccable cooking technique. This place seems to be a local hangout for the community, a dozen or so high school football players streaming in and out. Here's the thing: I kinda wish I lived here just so I could eat here regularly :-) read more

Make sure you check you check your food if you order to go! I order a blt and it came with extra mayo with would be fine if mayo had not been the most vile culinarily substance known to man! I would eat mayonnaise to say my mama's life! So I had to throw the sandwich away and travel the rest of my 6 hours bus ride starving! read more

This is a good spot to grab a burger. Better than the chain stuff. I would recommend this place. You should at least give them a try when you're running I 5. Not much too choose from once you pass the grapevine unless you wait till Lost Hills which has nothing but chain food. read more

If your driving up I-5 and you dont stop here for lunch or dinner, you have just missed one of the best stops on a desolate I-5 drive. This place rocks. The bbq sauce is fantastic and the meat is cooked to perfection. I had the tri tip with mashed potatoes, corn, beans, a roll and a salad. This was all for 14 dollars. I can't wait to try their baby back ribs the next time through or their Texas brisket. Yum yum. Fantastic find. read more

Literally just walked out. Didn't eat because of fear of food poisoning. Never have I seen a posting of a cleanliness report. 'A' my ass. There was nothing clean about this establishment. Patio furniture is fine for a BBQ joint, but at least wipe it down from time to time... read more

I love this joint, great BBQ for a good price. Friendly service and their homemade BBQ sauce is the best (they sell by the bottle).

Service was mediocre food was decent. I had the half chef salad and it was huge. The jalapeño peppers were nice and crispy. Luckily they had cold beer cause no other place did in the immediate area. Our server never smiled. read more

Our first time at Willow Ranch. We enjoyed the BBQ pork ribs. Very generous portions. Good fries with the ribs and a large side salad with many dressing choices. Great place to stop on Highway 5. Only downside was took too long for order. read more

If your traveling on the I-5 and passing through Buttonwillow stop at Willow Ranch. This place is the business steaks cooked to perfection and so is the rest of the meal and the service is great too. I will definitely be back to eat here every time I'm in Buttonwillow CA. read more

Great BBQ with homemade pies and fruit cobbler. It was a great stop on I-5. I liked the leisurely pace and relaxed casual atmosphere.