Ponderosa Steakhouse

I went to Florida just over a year ago now with work and on one of our free evenings a group of us chose to go to Ponderosa for an evening meal on the recommendation from one of the group who had been before. I honestly couldn't tell you which one on International Drive it was as there is two but, as they all operate on the scale and order process it will still give you an idea what to expect when you eat at one of them. The chain: Ponderosa has five restaurants in Orlando. Two are on International Drive, two in Kissimee and one at Lake Beuna Vista. They are all named Ponderosa Steakhouses. They operate a meal policy where by diners can order ...  Read the complete review

Ah, the Ponderosa, home to the all you can stuff down your gullet buffet. They use to be in England you know, but they closed them down because of the unruly element that would pay for one meal or one drink and bring in twenty of their mates! The last Ponderosa I went to was in Kissimmee on the H192. Why the Ponderosa though, what is it that makes it different from any other restaurant out there? Simple, tacky and cheap! Ponderosa offer a simple dining experience with an unlimited amount of food and drink in with the price. You can get a meal for say £5, and go up to the buffet and fill your self up until you could ...  Read the complete review

As there was a Ponderosa Steakhouse restaurant just over the road from our hotel on International Drive, Orlando, we usually found overselves heading in that direction in the morning for our usual breakfast fix, before the usually mad day ahead of us. There are about five of these restaurants in the Disney vicinity, two on International Drive and three in nearby Kissimmee. You can come out of there full to the brim for as little as $3.99 and with the high exchange rate (when we went it was about $1.90 to the pound) that works out at approximately just over £2.00. They do a breakfast buffet, and a lunch and dinner buffet for $8.99 for a steak ...  Read the complete review