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An awesome family environment that’s clean, comfortable, safe, and fun

Would you like a great job in an awesome family environment that’s clean, comfortable, safe, and fun? Where you can earn a very competitive wage and further your career in the restaurant industry? If you’re motivated to succeed and have open availability, apply today! We value a work/life balance for all of our team members.

Management Postions

Salary of $50K+
5-day, 45-50 hour work week
Performance-based bonus
2 weeks paid vacation
Closed on Thanksgiving & Christmas
401K program with company match
Health insurance
All team members are drug tested
Full training included
Advancement opportunities
Ages 21 & up
Restaurant experience NOT required

Current restaurant or retail managers are encouraged to apply. Two (2) or more years of management experience preferred. We offer a great work/life balance for our management team!

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Hourly Postions

Cooks (hot bar, broiler, prep), cashiers, servers, hostesses
Wages starting at $8-10 per hour depending on experience
$2.00/hr raise upon completion of training
Restaurant experience NOT required
Ages 16 & up

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Ponderosa is currently seeking Managers and hourly staff members to join the team. You’ll be a very important part of our fast-paced, friendly restaurant where we strive to keep every customer satisfied with great food and unbeatable service. We are open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner, so your schedule will vary with day, night, and weekend shifts. We are open 11am until 9pm daily, closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

All Ponderosa employees are drug tested, so you can be sure you’re working in a safe and secure environment with people who share your values. Ponderosa truly values its employees and would love to meet you. Stop in today at Ponderosa in Washington, Indiana or Vincennes to fill out an application, or Apply Online!

Our Locations

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Ponderosa Steakhouse

5 Cumberland Drive
Washington, IN 47501
phone: 812-257-0090

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Hours

Sun-Thurs: 11am-9pm
Fri & Sat 11am-10pm

Google Rating

3.9

Ponderosa Steakhouse

3.9

Dia L. DiPietro Rathke

21:07 17 Jul 18

My favorite Ponderosa Steakhouse in Indiana, because of it's very clean, open atmosphere...in comparison to others. I personally like the Salmon best.

Christine Warren

13:45 29 Jun 18

Good place to eat. Good prices and good food. Nice clean atmosphere with friendly service. If your a trucker and want a good meal its a short walk across the parking lot from Chuckles. I will be stopping in every time I'm in the area staging out for a load or doing a 10 hour break.

Ellen Hylman

01:15 29 Jun 18

Great choices on the buffet and salad bar!! Got there towards end of the night, not much for pies left. Otherwise, great place!

Paul Sievers

14:39 13 Jun 18

Great food at a very reasonable price, always clean and the server's our always super nice. ( Love that senior discount) !

Jackie Combs

23:05 10 Jun 18

Restaurant was nice and clean service was quick and friendly food is nice and hot today. Just an overall family atmosphere I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good family cooked meal.

Kristen Jensen

21:45 04 Jun 18

Great friendly service. Only issue was they had ribs on the buffet and the server was only able to give us one napkin per customer per the management.

Matthew Kindred

21:13 01 Jun 18

Don't see to many of them anymore. Was a great buffet. And the steak was amazing.

deborah selby

13:13 11 May 18

It is clean and the food was fine. No difference between this ponderosa and any other.

Lori Files

22:53 10 May 18

Yummy food and drink service was great.

Jeff D. Kidwell

00:31 02 Apr 18

Foods good but it's pricy, for the buffet it can cost different just depends on the person that cashier

Donna Haburne

04:16 20 Mar 18

Buffets stayed fully stocked, & food was nice & hot 😎 All service from ordering at register to our waitress & other staff was excellent😎💝

William Hinson

01:18 04 Mar 18

Food was ok other than the ribs they resembled shoe leather but the staff was very friendly and helpful

demon slayer devil

02:26 17 Feb 18

A good place to eat and good price

Hetal Patel

19:27 14 Feb 18

Love this place. Service is always with a smile. Very clean. Bathrooms especially. That says a lot. Food is excellent. I never miss a chance to stop here.

Hatice Dursun

01:49 05 Feb 18

Such a great place very friendly people and great food. Thank you everyone, had a great time.

Amy Farren

00:32 28 Jan 18

Food is good it's hard for them to keep things stocked

Heather Doane

06:45 14 Jan 18

This is by far one of the better ponderosa's I've ate at! Always fresh food that's full. Staff is all nice also. And they have good prices with a special that's good everytime we go!

Wayne Wolfe

03:24 13 Jan 18

Good food but not much to choose from if you don't eat pork or shellfish.

Brandon Berlin

12:44 12 Dec 17

Awesome place to stop for dinner while traveling with little kids.

Rex Kinder

05:56 04 Dec 17

The steaks are passable but the real hook with this place is the buffet alot of options there you definitely don't leave hungry

Georgia Reese

22:05 25 Nov 17

Love Love this place! I'm from MT. VERNON INDIANA so wish we had a Ponderosa Steakhouse closer to home. This place is always clean, nice workers and great atmosphere.

Tina Whitehead

01:24 21 Nov 17

I love your food and the service is so great and sweet

Cody Campbell

13:37 07 Nov 17

They service is great and the buffet has decent food with several choices. The restaurant is clean and comfortable.

Alan Seals

22:22 17 Oct 17

Pretty good food and usually good service. One of the better places in Washington.

keith mullins

20:35 12 Oct 17

Excellent food and service...Well worth the money....

Janet Ferguson

22:20 17 Sep 17

We have always eaten at the Amish restaurant in Montgomery when we are up that way. We decided after our visit to the Ponderosa today that we prefer it over the Amish one. So we will definitely return. Thanks.

Debra Racheter

12:57 31 Aug 17

The only reason I did not give you guys a five in some of the veggies on the bar looked overcooked and old! But everything else was great

Caleb Davis

19:17 09 Aug 17

Great place to eat .nice atmosphere and friendly people I would recommend this place to anyone..

Sheralyn Davids

03:07 07 Aug 17

Food options are large, salad bar is amazing. Very quiet and comfortable and location is right off of I-50 and easy to access!

Frank Fowler

07:50 11 Jul 17

Good place to eat lot of selection eating for a diabetic

Dominia Truelove

20:41 09 Jul 17

We come here every Sunday, had one bad experience with a rotten baked potatoe but they made good on it, took care of it nicely and the manager was great. This will not keep us from coming back, the food is good and steaks are yummy.

Gary Stuffle

13:37 27 Jun 17

It is best to go early in the mealtime. Good variety and choices on the buffet. Nice banquet room for large groups. Food is respectable for a buffet.

Erick Shoup

16:08 09 Jun 17

Good food, fast service considering the Mother's Day crowd

Bruce Scott

18:00 04 Apr 17

I always have a great time here. The food is always htot and good. Love the catfish and loaded mashed potatoes. Been eating here for a long time and manager Sandy is a treat to see, she's the best....

Joe Lorey

12:26 04 Apr 17

Meat is about average for this kind of restaurant, although the hot bar and desert bar are outstanding! All in all....good food for a decent price. I would recommend it!

Norman Brown

03:43 16 Mar 17

The best buffet I've ever had. Not the biggest though. Very friendly staff.

Marie Gerbig

17:09 15 Mar 17

We had a great experience here! Wait staff were excellent and the food was perfect. It was a great way to spend Valentine's day!

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Ponderosa Steakhouse

2625 Hart Street
Vincennes, IN 47591
phone: 812-882-9469

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Hours

Sun-Thurs: 11am-9pm
Fri & Sat 11am-10pm

Google Rating

4.0

Ponderosa Steakhouse

4.0

Tammy Wells

12:14 17 Jul 18

Ponderosa is Absolutely the Best Place to Eat! I wish we had one in our town! We use to when I was younger...It was even better than I remember. Super Clean! Food was Hot! Lots of Good Choices!

Jessica Weir

22:28 13 Jul 18

This is the second one I've been to. Each one is a little different in their own ways. This one has more dishes that are spicy. Spicy shrimp and spicy fish spicy chicken. There dessert options are different as well. I expected more for what I paid for lunch.

Amy Harris

12:49 06 Jul 18

Love the food, tasty and fresh. Clean dining area and friendly service.

HeyIts TheSingingNoOne

23:34 01 Jun 18

The food is soooo gooood! I hadn't had such good food in a long time! It's a nice, homey atmosphere, and the workers were kind. Would definitely go again if I lived closer!

Karen Crump

00:05 31 Mar 18

Great food and service. We go a couple of times a month. I just wish they had more low sugar desserts for diabetics like a variety of fresh fruits.

John Figg

02:57 21 Mar 18

Great server. The steak was actually full of flavor and was on our table in record time. Reason was, it was almost raw. Sent both back, second time a charm. Done perfectly with juices retained. Good job Ponderosa.

Roger Outler

23:47 03 Mar 18

Unusual to see shrimp on a buffet. They had butterfly shrimp and spicy popcorn shrimp. Both were quite flavorful. Three soups and a decent salad selection. A separate hot bar with chicken, meatloaf and kielbasa. Mashed potatoes were instant; which was a disappointment. Overall, a good buffet that they kept fresh. Good flavor to everything. Several sweet choices; including cookies, brownies, pies, and cake. Ice cream was also available. Had a moist brownie and a dish of ice cream.

Brenda McQueen

18:40 03 Mar 18

The food was very good and the facility was clean. Always stop there on way to Louisville. Waitresses are great!

Daniel Lavely

19:45 22 Feb 18

Ponderosa Steakhouse has been around for as long as I can remember. My gripe with this place is that their prices are pretty damn high when it comes to their buffet. I will say, however, that they have a wide variety of discounts to help alleviate the price. The buffet variety is pretty good, and the help there has never let me down. In fact, I'd say the service at this place may very well be the best in town due to some solid experiences with them in the past. Give this place a try if you're ever comin' through.

Colin Sievers

16:27 18 Feb 18

Great place to eat. Attentive server and the food on the buffet was fresh. The only downside was the depressing country music. A little more variety there would get them 5 stars from me.

Jerry Fisher

02:43 31 Jan 18

Really good steak. Not the best cut in the world, but the taste was great. The buffet was full and clean. Nice job

gtafgtaf

01:54 16 Jan 18

Good atmosphere, good food, great service! We had a group of 20 and the drink service was phenomenal and the buffet never ran out of food.

Brenda Brummett

17:33 07 Jan 18

I used to work at Ponderosa good people and good food I miss all my Ponderosa friend

Jonathan Hall

23:22 12 Dec 17

Really good food, decent steaks, and the smoked meat is very good, friendly staff, nice atmosphere, plenty of seating, and caters, the wing and fried cabbage are amazing

Scott Hyllested

23:33 06 Dec 17

The food and the service was excellent and we talked with Brian the manager very nice man real good experience

Felicia Weirich

23:10 24 Nov 17

Good food. Nice Waiters. Clean. Good for large crowds.

Brenda Shipman

04:16 14 Nov 17

They have a variety of salad fixings, hot food, and desserts.If you don't like buffet, they also have steaks, baked potatoes, and shrimp along with the buffet and salad and soup bar and dessert bars.

Nikki Nye

00:31 22 Oct 17

I like it here cause I can have variety it could be better but its pretty good

Tammy Davenport

16:52 09 Oct 17

Food on the buffet was very fresh and the steak and baked potato was delicious. Restaurant was very clean and our waitress was very nice.

Brent Urfer

18:55 28 Aug 17

Good service. Fresh,food regardless of time of day. Excellent quality control and personal,touch by staff and management!

Elizabeth Mefford

22:25 23 Jul 17

Buffet had a good selection. Food was well presented. Wide variety of desserts. Service was polite and perfectly attentive.

Gary Starkey

03:49 16 Jul 17

Good food. Great choices

Jawn J. Bauer

00:52 07 Jul 17

Clean. Friendly service. A nice lunch buffet with numerous choices. $1.00 off for 62 and older. Highly recommend.

Jeannie Boyd

22:01 24 Jun 17

Good food and friendly service.Our waiter Josh very nice

Karen Lepsi

22:46 13 Jun 17

very friendly and clean lots of choices good food

Les Warner

01:09 10 Jun 17

Actually great...with the glueton thing n healthy meat issues it was the place to eat. Great service good atmosphere...

Kevin Pilant

13:01 02 Jun 17

Even though it is a buffet style restaurant you can order other items. The waitress were very attentive and constantly ensuring you had what you wanted.

Carrie Makiska

09:41 09 May 17

Great buffet .and great place to go.a little expensive but good food

Yolanda Altvater

17:19 14 Apr 17

We live in Terre Haute, Indiana and had to drive here to Vincennes to come eat..we used to have 2 Ponderosa restaurants in Terre Haute, but they closed them down a few yrs ago and we miss the food..

Denise Morris

06:07 28 Jan 17

I've only eaten the buffet. It would never be worth my while to try to eat an entre' and the buffet because there is always so many wonderful choices on the buffet itself. The banana pudding is as good as my mom used to make.

jamie ann griffin

16:01 14 Dec 16

Very nice salad buffet always full and good buffet food choice and always hot. Great service. All food is attended to on buffets very well and steaks are good also

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