Ryan’s

(WARNING: I’m going to drop a couple of F-​bombs for my seventh update of Ryan’s. If that’s offensive to you, you may want to skip the second paragraph.)
Since I pretty much know who’s reading my reviews, I’m going to share with you the single dumbest thing I do: No, it’s not marrying the ex again (I really did feel like I was getting a great deal on a used car), and no, it’s not about being 100% positively and absolutely wrong about some people I’ve met here on Unilocal (Wow, how could I not see that coming?)
Ladies and Gentlemen of Unilocalland, the single dumbest thing I do is LOCK MY FUCKING KEYS IN THE CAR. Of course I have a remote, but I’m also a normal guy, I don’t ask directions, and I do the same silly shit repeatedly — like gathering my stuff, clicking the lock button on the car door, and merrily walking away as I realize I’VE LOCKED MY FUCKING KEYS IN THE CAR. Some of you may wonder how often I say, «ERROL, YOU’RE A FUCKING MORON!» to myself — actually, more times than you might think.
So, after dealing with Triple A, I zipped up to Ryan’s to medicate my feelings with their weekend breakfast buffet. They’ve really downsized the number and variety of breakfast offerings now, and I wouldn’t bring anyone here you’re trying to impress, but if you want a carb-​less pig-​out of all the scrambled eggs, ham and bacon you can do, there just isn’t a better deal for $ 5.40. Incidentally, coffee is now $ 2 here — I just do water and leave the coffee money for my favorite waitress.
If I tried to convince you you’re better off coming to Ryan’s a half-​dozen times rather than one Sunday brunch at Paggi House, you’d know I’m a moron. But I will tell you Ryan’s has nailed that «old brown pair of shoes» factor for me: It’s comforting, I know what I’m getting, and I know where everything is. In an odd sort of way, it’s kind of like hooking up with an ex.

My family decided to give Ryan’s a whirl for weekend breakfast. You can eat for $ 4.99 a pop before 10AM. We walked in right around 9:55AM.
All three of us were able to eat for under $ 13 bucks! Woohooo! THAT was the good.
The bad: There was was hardly any selection. The breakfast food was pretty decent. French toast that tasted like regular bread. The eggs were bland… but the fruit was great!
The ugly: The lunch menu offered baked chicken and tacos. The only problem is that they tasted really bad. The texture was the issue. The chicken just stuck to your teeth and the taco shells broke as soon as meat was added. *sighs*
I don’t know if we’ll be back any time soon. However, the prices can’t be beat.

I’d read the reviews here, so I was terrified when I had a business meeting here. I figured if it was too horrible, I’d just eat a lot of jello. Well, maybe having my expectations appropriately low paid off, because I was pleasantly surprised.
Yes. It’s buffet food. A lot of it fried. But it doesn’t pretend to be anything else. It seemed clean, fresh, and actually pretty tasty, although maybe a week’s worth of salt. I found a few dishes I liked and stuck to them. The fried chicken was crispy outside, moist inside, just like I like it. The mac & cheese was standard fare, not bad. There was another noodle dish with I think chicken in it that I actually liked more. The green beans were bright green and tender, and the wedge salad was also very fresh, crisp, and basically nice. The green pea salad and the various other prepared salads (I tried 2 coleslaw varieties) were not bad either. The wedge potatoes were crispy, not overcooked. And the fried fish was. .. basic fried fish. There were a number of other dishes that looked like they might be tasty, but I didn’t want to go too crazy.
I did not try any desserts. There was a basic variety. Looked ok. I’m not enough of a dessert person to try them, though.
The servers bring you drink refills, which on the one hand is nice (you don’t have to get up every two minutes to refill your drink), but on the other hand you have to wait until they show up. But the sweet tea was also…not bad.
For what it was, $ 8 with drink (I guess about $ 6 after tax without) it was an affordable, decent meal with a lot of choices. If you go expecting Sullivan’s quality food, go somewhere else. If you go with the expectation of basic, southern comfort buffet-​style food, this place is fine. Will I got out of my way to go here on a regular basis? No. But will I tremble in fear next time I have a business meeting here? No. Maybe I’ll get brave and try some other dishes next time.

Running bear loved little white dove was playing on the radio as I strolled for food for lunch today. Waa who I know where to go, Ryan’s!
When we lived near here my wife and I went to eat at Ryan’s several times a month. When we moved to RR we have not been in several years. So today I went for lunch after my trek to Fry’s.
They have a massive mega bar with food of all types, as an example today they had meatloaf, various types of potatoes, sausage, cabbage, pizza, various soups, mac & cheese, all kinds of vegetables, regular salad with 20 different things you can add to it, so much food and deserts, every kind of pie, cake, cookie, soft serve ice cream and candy corn and more.
You can certainly eat until you are miserable. I had two plates of food and a plate of small samples of many deserts. (see my pics). I did not eat all the desert just sampled the samples. I left very full but not miserable. I had meatloaf and chicken and dumplings.
OK this is American food, plain like I like it, the food today was very good, fresh and the staff kept the dishes current when the dish got low and the lady that waited my table was very nice and kept my tea filled at all times.
I think I like it here and liked to sit back and watch the people who tour the bars for their selection of food.
Would I go back? Absolutely!

OK, There are probably 2 reasons I have marked this so low.
Reason 1. The food. It was not very good, for a Sunday noon time. It was supposed to be their dinner best and my goodness either no flavor or all grease. I honestly think sirloin stockade had better tasting food. The steaks here at Ryan’s were less steak and more scrap meat they found at the back of the slaughter house. There was nothing I enjoyed eating while we were here.
Reason 2. Drive by Tracting. Now I know its Sunday after church and someone somewhere told these people that the best way to evangelize is sit around reading bible passages at people and dropping tracs on our table. So I decided to read the trac for the hell of it. and it says in graphic and descriptive terms that I am not worthy of even breathing the air that I am breathing. that I will burn in hell and that people should shun me. OK not a way to make me keep wanting to read your damn leaflet. so to those people who gave me that nice little paper. I hope you change your fire and brimstone ways some day.
Oh yeah and the food, it wasn’t so good.