Ghost Town Grill

Can I say that in all these years of visiting Knott’s at least once a year pretty much since birth, I never in my life noticed this restaurant. Yes, an actual sit down restaurant in the middle of the Ghost Town. Granted my mom usually makes sure we eat at the fried chicken place just outside the park but this time she wasn’t with us. During the lunch hour, this place was packed with a long line out the door which is the only reason we noticed this place. We didn’t wait, but we returned for dinner where there was no wait and lots of open seating.
Surprisingly the menu had a nice variety of options including salads, soups, appetizers and main entrees. The prices were relatively reasonable, especially considering how much you pay for food in other areas of the park. I had a salad, which was piled high with greens and fruit, boysenberries too of course. This salad was enormous and I wasn’t able to finish it. My dining companion had the salmon entrée. The salmon was a small piece, but had good flavor. The green beans were fresh and crisp. The rice seemed like more on an instant rice which was dry and hard. My other little dining companion had a grilled hot dog meal. Of course a 6 year old will never really complain about a hot dog. The best part for him was the boysenberry juice that came with his meal.
The service was slow and the food was okay but not great. The best thing about this place was the fact that we could sit down in a restaurant that wasn’t crowded and have a nice meal without leaving the park.

Located in Ghost Town, this little restaurant has a cool western theme and is better than most of the other fast food places in the park. My son and I have eaten here twice, and we were impressed by how good the food and service were both times!
At our first visit here, my son ordered the kid’s Chicken Tenders, and I had the Steak Salad. My son really enjoyed his meal. I snuck a few of his fries and thought these were really good too. My salad was good as well, but I thought the steak was just a tad dry.
On our next visit, we thought our meals were even better. My son said his Chicken Tenders were «awesome», and I thought my Chicken Salad was delicious. We also tried their ice cream for dessert. They generously added a scoop of the boysenberry ice cream at no charge, and I thought this was nice. While my son likes the regular vanilla ice cream, I loved the boysenberry. I thought it was creamy and delicious!
The service was great at the Ghost Town Grill. I like that they hire more mature employees here. Although not overly friendly, the staff seems more professional and thoughtful than a younger staff might be. They were checking on us constantly, refilling our drinks, and asking if we needed anything else. Everyone was nice and helpful.
It’s always nice to sit and relax after a long day at the park! The food is surprisingly good, and the customer service is great here!

Delicious, just ate there yesterday, what a gem that we found. When we go to Knott’s we usually eat at the chicken dinner restaurant but it is currently closed for renovations which were greatly needed. So on the advice of the cowboy who robs the train everyday we went to the ghost town grill and what a great delicious experience we had. This is a sit down restaurant that basically charges the same prices as all the stands in the park so for $ 14 to $ 17 you get the same and way better product than you do at other areas in the park. They also have alacarte entrees that are more expensive but if you want a delicious pecan encrusted boysenberry salad or fantastic hamburger or chicken fried steak or smoked beef sandwich with delicious fries beer and wine and boysenberry shakes along with mrs. Knott’s pie boysenberry the best I would highly recommend it. The service was great. the restaurant is very cute Western décor and they also have a patio if you want to sit outside. Our server Mary was extremely knowledgeable and helpful what a pleasant experience the food was absolutely delicious everyone’s food was great all four parties my family were so pleased with their meal

Strictly reviewing the pasta that I had. It was a HUGE portion even for me. But it was some of the best pasta I have ever had, the chicken and shrimp were amazing, I think it had pesto sauce. It was worth every penny. We didn’t wait long, and it was the day after Christmas. The table was unbalanced but wasn’t a big deal because my pasta was amazing. Customer service was awesome, and it’s definitely a place I will be coming back to!

The best food I’ve ever had in an amusement park. Our server, Sandy, was great! Took great care of us when we didn’t like one of our items. Was gracious and patient with the kids. I had the brisket sandwich and loved it. The house side salad was complete with cucumber and sprouts. The Caesar salad was one of the best I’ve had outside of top end restaurants.

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The Ghost Town Grill is a place to escape the madness of Knott’s. The line can get lengthy at times I have seen it but the times I ate there we experienced a brief wait time. This is one of the few places within the park that you can get a restaurant experience with beer and wine on the menu. Kid’s meals run $ 10 each. Hot dog or other kid’s type item and it comes with a drink and ice cream for dessert.
The main menu has a variety of options and the food is okay for amusement park quality. I like to ask for the daily specials. The pecan chicken salad is very good with a variety of flavors and you will find some boysenberries mixed in it. I recommend splitting the salad. Beers are a little pricier than your normal restaurant; I would compare it to the cost of beer at a sporting event, fair, concert.
They do get people in and out fairly quickly. You can have a meal in 30 minutes to an hour. They do accommodate groups of up to 10. I like dining at the Ghost Town Grill because of the atmosphere it offers. The servers are kind as well. On our last visit we had Hazel. She was so sweet, probably because she reminded me of a kind grandmother. Plus she had a great sense of humor. Next time you visit ask to sit in Hazel’s section. Happy eating!

Maybe a ghost town on the outside but inside it’s full of life. Theme park pricing but not as much as Disney for sure and they serve beer and wine! The chili in the sourdough bread bowl was awesome paired with Newcastle brown ale. Dessert was splurged on the boisenberry pie Ala mode, just perfect with some hot coffee. Worth the extra you are pairing to get out of the noise and relax for a bit.

They said 20 min wait but it was less than 10. Our server Annie was incredible. She accommodated my GF needs by asking the kitchen a question for me. She also told us before the snow fell so we could run the kids outside to see it. We will be back and with family and friends. Awesome experience thanks to Annie.

I ordered the Brisket sandwich and salad while my wife had a plate of steamed vegetables.
The meat was smoke flavored, but mostly it tasted warmed over. It was overcooked and was a fatty as I felt after a day of eating Boysenberry pie, Boysenberry ice cream and Boysenberry crêpe. I know brisket is not a Cadillac cut of meat, but I didn’t expect a Yugo. You had to liberally dip it in the sauce to make it palatable. It comes smothered in cole slaw covering the meat’s deficiencies.
The salad was ok, but for $ 16 I was expecting a better meal. The hamburger looked like a better lunch although very expensive here (welcome to amusement park pricing).
The vegetable plate was horrible. The vegetables were still slightly frozen and tasteless. They charge $ 5.29 for a small amount of green beans and a quarter of corn on the cob. Taste like they poured it right from the freezer bag and under the warmer lamp with a slight stop over in the pan.

Hungry and decided to check out Ghost Gown Grill and I am not disappointed! TEXAS LIME SALT RIBLETS at $ 9.99!!! BIG PORTIONS! Ghost Town Grill is kind of secluded, hidden. BUT they have really BOMB FOOD. REALLY!‼‼
The ribs are fall off the bone tender and full of flavor. We also had the chicken gumbo and boysenberry milkshake was soooo yummy! I want to give special mention to their wait staff cause they were EXCELLENT! Enthusiastic, attentive and really quick! Big thank you to CARLOS our server!
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Yvette was our server on Friday October 2^nd. Our overall experience at Knots Scary Farm was not that great but the dinner was probably the highlight of our evening.
Yvette sat us quickly outside in the foggy patio where ghouls will pop out and scare you while you’re eating. She was on top of her game and made sure our drinks were filled and food was top notch.
She recommended some favorites for us and we took her advice and ordered the salmon dinner. I didn’t eat the salmon, I ate the side dishes. My hubby ordered the monster burger and added my salmon patty to his burger that was served on a black bun for Halloween.
I have to admit if it weren’t for this wonderful dining experience, I would have been very disappointed with Knotts. Some of the other employees and staff were not as friendly or professional. I highly recommend keeping Yvette. She’s definitely a great server and made the difference between a lousy time and a good time at Knotts. For my review of the haunted theme park see my review under Knotts Scary Farm.
Thanks Yvette for making our night memorable!

For Knott’s Berry Farm, this place is okay. If it was anywhere else, I probably wouldn’t be back.
Years ago when we came here, I recall the menu having more options for vegetarians, but they do have some. They have vegan nuggets, black bean burgers, and salads, but they have fewer salad options than they had before. I had the salad. My niece ordered the vegan nuggets, which looked really yummy.
The reason for the three stars — service is really slow, even when it isn’t busy. Like painfully slow. At a sit down restaurant at an amusement park, when you want to eat and get back out to get your money’s worth for your ticket, it should have been a priority to move faster and get the process moving along.
Also, the server was rather clueless about things like allergens in the menu items and discounts. Another employee in a different store told me that AAA members get 5% off everywhere, but our server told me no AAA discount. Weird and irritating.
But, if you want to sit down and order some Boysenberry Beer, and maybe get lucky that it’s in stock (apparently has been out of stock for months), give this place a shot.

We looked for a decent spot to grab some dinner while at Knott’s. Here’s a quick breakdown of what we got and our thoughts about it.
Lime Riblets: Very dry with a heavy smoky flavor. Like liquid smoke.
Kettle Chips with cheese, bacon & green onion: Pretty yummy.
Buffalo Wings: Yummy! They weren’t breaded so they weren’t soggy from the sauce. Skin was nice and crispy.
Apple pie: We didn’t care for it much. Very heavy gel around apple filling.
Boysenberry Pie: Yummy!

Pretty good portions for the price. I’ve been coming here for years and like to eat here. The last time we came the chicken was dried out. The quality of food really all depends on what time you eat at. If you come early you don’t know how long the food has been sitting there beforehand. If you come too late it’s all dried out. We normally get a combo plate and share it. I wish it were part of the meal program. I’m getting pretty burned out on burgers and fries.

Huge portions and good food.
You would assume that any restaurant inside an amusement part would lack flavor and quality, that’s what we all thought walking into restaurant. The options weren’t very appealing at first: soup, salad, burgers, and sandwiches. But after narrowing down what was looking forward to was disappointment the food came out, huge portions and surprisingly, the food had good flavor and wasn’t too shabby.
The prices were a little on the pricey side, but what restaurant in an amusement part isn’t?!?

My family and I knew we wanted BBQ and initially went to Firehouse BBQ. Checked Unilocal and saw Ghost town Grill. I was so pleased form beginning to end. The food was delicious, our server Carolyn was absolutely terrific. Her recommendations were superb, she was great with our 5 year old son. Probably recommend sitting outside because it got cold quickly with semi wet clothing from rides.
Kids meal include a fruit option a whole freshly cut apple with ice cream.
The brisket sandwich was great, probably the best meal I’ve ever had inside of an amusement park.
Can’t wait to come back again!

The expierence: My overall expierence at Knotts Berry Farm was well a general theme park expierence. It will filled with smiles and laughter, long lines, strollers and the entire peanuts cast. Of course after a long day I wanted to unwind with a beer and good meal. We decided to pop into the ghost town grill and was amazing at the fantastic dining expierence!
The good: We were immediately seated by the friendly hostess and subsequently met our waitress Michelle. She passed us the menus and took our drink order on the spot. Drinks came within minutes. She allowed us time to look over the menu which was filled with great choices! Blue moon anyone?!
I decided to order the black bean Burger which came out after about 20 min of waiting (the perfect wait time if you ask me) I will say for lack of a better word that this burger was AMAZING! The burger (made out of beans) had a light spread of mayo and mustard. The bun was fresh and lightly toasted, ice cold fresh lettuce stacked between 2 perfectly ripe tomatoes. Grilled onions were melted with cheese and served with a guacamole spread. To the side was a healthy mound of fries served a nifty little wire basket. Simple yet fun!
I asked for a side of BBQ (my absolute favorite sauce) and boy oh boy! was this sauce good! Served HOT in a deep serving bowl! (so not stingy! Lol) this sauce was sooooooooo good I’m over producing saliva just writing this! Comparable to bulls eye it had great taste and texture. Even had a bit if a fiery kick too!
After dinner my helpful waitress offered me a complimentry scoop of sherbet ice cream! (Who else does that?!) Yum!
The bad: was there any??? nope!!!
Conclusion: I highly recommend you skip every other food establishment and come to the real deal. Where the food is amazing, the choices are plenty and the service is second to none! My hats off to you Knotts Berry Farm ghost town grill you have made a customer for life!

Ghost Town Grill was a nice sit down restaurant inside of Knotts Berry Farm. We got there right before it opened, the thing I didn’t like about the restaurant was there was no business hours posted outside so we waited around and the girl inside told us 11am.
We were sat right away (party of 4) al fresco dining, a good place to people watch while you eat. The menu was pretty extensive, they had a lot to choose from like salads, burgers, chicken, etc. I opted for the chili in the sourdough bowl. It was good, I think that I’ve had better but hey, it’s an amusement park. We also tried the nacho waffle fries, omg they are huge, enough for 4 people to share. And we had the buffalo chicken sandwich which was also very tasty.
The service was a bit touch and go, but I think I’d come back.

Nice to sit down for a decent meal in a theme park. No waiting!
Our waiter Oscar was exceptionally concerned that we knew how GIGANTIC the portions were. He went so far as to show us some of the actual dishes meant for other guests so we could see the size with our own eyes. I had the Chili Cheeseburger — which was like a Chili Size — open face style. The half pound patty was a little undercooked — but the chili was pretty good.
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Ate here yesterday with the family on our visit to Knotts. I ordered the Calico burger which was tasty. The three kids ordered cheeseburgers and the finished them which told me that they were good for them. Only real downside was that my wife had to return the riblets that she ordered. They just weren’t to her liking, but the waitress was happy to return the item.
The service was excellent, and the food came out quickly. Items were a little pricey, but it’s an amusement park so it was to be expected. Overall we had a good experience.

Si vous êtes de passage à Ghost Berry Farm et que vous cherchez un endroit pour manger, c’est peut-​être celui qu’il vous faut. Le Ghost town grill propose un grand choix de salades et grillades, les portions sont (comme souvent aux US) très (trop?) généreuses.
Les serveurs sont aimables et les boissons sont à volonté (les serveuses vous apportent sans cesse de nouveaux verres remplis de soda ou de berry punch, la spécialité du parc, que je vous conseille).
En revanche, si vous êtes végétarien, vous n’aurez le choix qu’entre les «sides» (accompagnements) comme les frites normales ou de patate douce (pas mal, assez sucrées) ou bien encore les onion rings. Il est possible de choisir une salade et de demander une option sans chicken, mais on né va pas se mentir, la vinaigrette qu’ils utilisent n’est pas géniale.
Bön point en revanche pour l’emplacement et la petite terrasse fleurie, qui donne directement sur l’atelier du forgeron.