Ron's Roost

I love this place - went and had lunch last week with a coworker and everything was on point like usual. Really good value here. High quality food with large portion sizes every time I've gone. On top of great food - the atmosphere is awesome, the staff is friendly, quick and attentive, AND the owners are incredible people. Got the chance to chat with Olga a bit. She is one of the most interesting people I have ever met. Looking forward to my next visit!

The best part about our visit was the service. Our server was so sweet. The potato skins were large and cheesy. Very good. Came with a little slide of sour cream for each skin. The Caesar had radish slices which was confusing, but it also came with a generous portion of croutons (which is nice if you like rye croutons, but I'm not a huge fan). Pepsi products are served here, 👌 and diet mountain dew is available. My favorite part of any meal is dessert and there were PLENTY of options to choose from. Even though I know Ron's Roost for their pie since I used to stop for a pie slice for my Grandma on my way to visits, we had a chocolate cheese cake. I don't know if they make their desserts in house, but they were inexpensive, and we shared the cheesecake: the star of the cheesecake is the thick layer of chocolate on top (not necessarily in a good way). The real star of the cheesecake should have been the original flavored cheesecake under that layer of chocolate. That, by itself, was delicious. The chocolate on top was hard to cut through with my fork and we kept smooshing the cheesecake flat attempting to insert our forks. Eventually, I flipped the cheesecake over (totally upside down), and I could break pieces off more easily. Some might love the thick layer of hard chocolate, but the flavor of the chocolate itself was overly processed and the cheesecake would have been better without it. Still, our server said it is her favorite dessert item, so this might be well enjoyed by others. The Graham cracker crust was thin but mostly present. While the chicken seems to be made in house, the cheesecake is likely store bought since the slices seemed identical and not custom cut. Friday- Sunday there is a salad bar + Fried Chicken buffet for $15.99, which is a similar price to ordering chicken from the menu. The bonus of the bar is the variety of sides plus salad you'd get "all you can eat" in the restaurant. I'm guessing the large chicken dinner would be more than I can eat, so I'll have leftovers to take home, and that's what I did. If the salad bar had more lettuce or lettuce toppings, I might have gone with that. The salad bar part of the bar had cottage cheese, and salad sides, but I wanted more salad toppings, which was the final factor to just order of the menu and add the salad from the menu to my meal.

Hot, fresh chicken and fried fish on buffet bar. Salads and hot vegetables and rolls are also on the bar, $15.99. Crispy chicken great tasting breading. Chicken and waffles are terrific also. Very busy, but great service and clean. Great enclosure for big gathering available.

Oh, the memories. I hadn't been to Ron's Roost for close to 20 years after living out of state but everything came flooding back right away. Best fried chicken around. And - I remembered quarters for the Egg Machine so I was a big hit with the next generation of regulars in the family.

They had me at Fried Chicken Buffet! And it was just the right ratio of crispy skin to juicy chicken to seasonings. The BBQ ribs were an extra score. Will definitely grab some Coconut Cream Pie on a 2nd trip!