Community
Ponderosa cares!
Ponderosa is passionate about helping and supporting our local community and towns. Ponderosa helps many groups with monetary donations, discounts, and food. We are proud to say that we generously donate to local food banks, schools, faith based organizations, and groups that help children, seniors and veterans.
Our Locations
Ponderosa Steakhouse
5 Cumberland Drive
Washington, IN 47501
phone: 812-257-0090
Hours
Sun-Thurs: 11am-9pm
Fri & Sat 11am-10pm
Google Rating
3.9 
Glen Fifield
00:23 08 Aug 18
Stopped for lunch here today. Very clean and polite and pleasant staff. Waitress stayed on top of our table always removing dirty plates and keeping our glasses filled. Also the interior temperature was perfect! Sometimes restaurants are too cold, but here it was very pleasant. Food was fantastic also. Would definitely visit again.
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!
Ponderosa Steakhouse
Google Rating
4.0 
Chris G
05:22 19 Sep 18
I've eaten here several times, and the food is always hot and delicious. The staff is attentive and the restaurant is clean. There is an occasional wait to seated, but it is usually very short.
Sue Bennett
11:22 01 Sep 18
Always excellent! Everything is always fresh, hot, delicious! Huge variety on the huge buffet tables. Nice desserts and ice cream to choose from. Servers are always nice. Atmosphere is comfortable and restaurant is always clean. Great place, great value
Becky Deener
18:46 13 Aug 18
I ate from the buffet bar and everything I had was fresh. Decent selection of food available. Salad bar and dessert bar had a variety of offerings. Wait staff was attentive.
Betty Yaw
17:40 04 Aug 18
I love their buffet. It has anything and everything. Always. Hot. People are very friendly.my husband loves their chicken wings
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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