A laid-back waterfront restaurant in River Ranch, Florida, at Westgate River Ranch Resort & Rodeo, Westgate Smokehouse Grill offers great family-friendly dining overlooking the scenic Kissimmee River. Menu items at Westgate Smokehouse Grill include steaks, seafood, baby back ribs, burgers, sandwiches and salads, as well as a breakfast buffet, happy hour specials and a children’s menu. Westgate Smokehouse Grill is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Based on 133 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.6 stars. Price
Address:
3200 River Ranch Blvd, River Ranch, FL 33867
Phone: (863) 692-1321
Website: https://resort.to/wsg?y_source=1_OTc1MjI0Ny03MTUtbG9jYXRpb24ud2Vic2l0ZQ%3D%3D
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Annette R
Was greeted warmly. We sat in the screened porch area that overlooks the swamp. The food was good. It didn’t rock my world but it wasn’t bad either. My pulled pork meal was around $16. It’s 1 of the 2 sit down restaurants on the property
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C Fab
Nice little smokehouse located on westgate riber ranch property. Absolutely beautiful atmosphere and very friendly staff. We did have to wait about 20 mins for a table on a Friday night but that was not worries to us. We all enjoyed out appetizers of gator tail and wings while we waited for our meal! My husband and i got the ribeye which was great and the kids all enjoyed their kids menu items. This was our first time here and they were definitely understaffed… But who isnt right now!!! Regardless the service was amazing and Heather took great care of us! Amazing work team!!! We will definitely be back!!!!!
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Billee Faulkner
The place had 2 other tables. The waitress sat us down and never came back – I had a water that never got refilled. Honestly was very surprised how terrible the service was. Definitely won’t be back. Plus there was a 20% gratuity added automatically so no wonder the waitress felt the need to never check on us.
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Deni
The whole River Ranch food experiance wasn’t good. They should tell everybody to just bring food. 30 miles from a grocery store. At 4pm open Smoke House no seats unless the group is there. Then we are told no ribs or chicken ready for 1hr. Then we went to another restaurant where we check and they said they were not taking any more reservations it was 4:30
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My Name
Upon reading some of the reviews we brought food with us. But we got here late to check in and it was just easier to go the the Smokehouse Grill and I am so glad we did. The girls were fascinated with the outdoor patio seating on the water so they could look for alligators. The staff were all very professional and friendly. Tia our server was delightfull and informative. I had the brisket which was moist and flavorful. The girls had chicken strips and fries and the fries were so good we ordered more. The wait was not that long and they went out of their way to see we had everything we needed. We are looking forward to the breakfast buffet!
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Tatiany Costa
Our experience was disappointing.
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Mandy Lynn
Absolutely awful. Server was the worst I’ve seen in years. We asked about the Friday special “Fish Fry”. She said it was grouper, we knew that couldn’t be the case so we kindly asked to confirm that, she came back “oh they changed it today, it’s Cod”. Clearly that sounded more accurate. Strange start, but no biggie!
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Cheryl Miller
Grilled chicken sandwich was pretty good, but the main reason for 2 stars was bbq chicken dinner wasn’t cooked thoroughly, pulled pork dinner was bland, water was awful (sulfur taste) and service was awful plus screened in dining area is dirty and disgusting (someone needs to go in and clean it). Westgate I thought was supposed to be higher end, but this restaurant couldn’t even compare. As another reviewer said, BRING YOUR OWN FOOD.
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Cheryl Good
We just returned home from our long weekend at the Ranch (3/13 – 3/15) After checking in we headed to the Smokehouse for breakfast, our server Izzy was our first face of Westgate (outside of checking in at the Front Desk). Izzy was friendly, welcoming and went out of her way to make our morning pleasant before we started our day. Our food arrived quickly and Izzy made sure we had everything we needed to enjoy our meal, refilling beverages and checking in with us, it was fairly quiet, Izzy was sweet to stop and chat with us about our plans, encouraging us to take advantage of the many activities offered, highlighting things the grandchildren would enjoy etc. Although fairly new to the Ranch, she tried to answer our questions about this and that on the property with enthusiasm for our stay. We returned as our last stop before heading home on Monday afternoon for lunch and were lucky to have Izzy serve us again! The older grandchild wasn’t feeling well having become overheated and slightly dehydrated (after being on the Swamp Buggy), Izzy quickly gathered ice, extra napkins and brought water to help while we got settled at our table. Izzy checked with us to assure things were alright with my granddaughter, took our order and returned with additional ice and water to be sure she was getting hydrated and feeling better even suggesting a crisp salad would be a good choice for a cool meal that would add additional fluids to help her feel better. Our food was delicious, Izzy was attentive while also tending to other tables in an equally timely manner. Our first and last impression of River Ranch was Izzy, she represented the Ranch and the Smokehouse extremely well!!! The food was fresh and good (mostly burgers and salads in addition to breakfast), service was quick and attentive. Our only concern involved a carry out order made for Saturday night which took an extremely long time to be prepared then sat at the register for over 20 minutes before anyone called the name to pick up and go. The food was cold by the time it was opened, with a microwave it was heated up and dinner was served. It was busy and clearly wait staff was working shorthanded and the kitchen was working hard to keep up with orders and take out. Front of the house were all rushing around serving, seating and cashing out at the register although they smiled and greeted everyone who came through the door and never let on they were all multi-tasking while getting guests seated and served. Outside of our disappointment with our dinner Sunday night we really enjoyed the Smokehouse for breakfast & lunch. We plan to return to the Ranch and would look forward to visiting the Smokehouse again.
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Scott Merritt
It’s the only option other than general store to eat at. If you’re staying there BRING YOUR OWN FOOD. The service is horrible. They forget everything. It takes forever to get your food. Veggie burgers aren’t supposed to be crunchy right? The ONLY reason they are in business with high prices and low service is that there are no other options there. We ate there twice last weekend. Both times unbelievable horrible service. Including the managers and servers. Just bad.
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