Gold Ranch - Poco Verde

If you need to fuel up your car, get your propane tank refilled, buy lottery tickets, gamble your money on machines, drink a Starbucks coffee, have a craving for jack-in-the box, decide to eat ok-ish diner food, and then grab convenience store snacks before you go, this place is for you. I can't imagine needing all those things at once but that's what you can have. Also a sports bar if you want to stick around especially if you're staying in their RV park. I know...it's perplexing.

I 've been going to Gold Ranch for years and it 's always been a great stopover for gas and gambling and a cocktail on the way back to Truckee. The food is usually great too. I was very disappointed to see that they had fired Dennis. One of my favorite bartenders. I can 't imagine why they would let go of such a valuable asset. The management has all changed and I have to say, not for the better. I saw one gal sloppy drunk hugging everyone and you couldn 't help but overhear her discussing (with some tattooed fellow) how she is going to close the bar at night? This tattooed drunk woman is in charge of the bar? What? What happened to a sense of pride in your job? None of the managers, like April or Marlene would have ever been caught dressed like that and certainly would never have been sloppy drunk at the bar where they work. I think it 's time to start checking out Boomtown 's new place since they made the roundabout easier to get back on freeway. The gas may be more expensive but they usually give you 15 cents off if you swipe your players card. Gold Ranch needs to figure it out, before they lose all their locals. The locals are the bread and butter and what keeps your casino rolling. Gas station will always do well but you won 't get employees if they can 't make money because no one wants to be there. And what is with the red shirts? You 've taken what classiness your employees brought and made it look like a third rate golf club. I sure miss April and Marlene and now Dennis. They brought class and had pride in their work and workplace.

The people that work there are all super nice but they are always short handed and you have to wait at the counter sometimes for 20 minutes or more. Very Frustrating. The only available food is closed half the time and who closes a restaurant at 7pm on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday is beyond me! And Starbucks closes at 2pm! If you go in at 7:30pm you better not be hungry, because everything is closed. The food prices have tripled over the last 5 years and id rate the food a 2. I only eat there when I have comps. GR needs to Lower the prices especially for your locals! I used to eat there all the time when they had a $2.22 breakfast special. Now it's $12 for the same breakfast meal and not anywhere nearly as good. Why not have a couple senior meals or a couple low low cost meals to get people in the door. Your a casino, you can afford it and in the long run, you'll benefit when people throw money in your casino on the way to eat 5 years ago you had to wait a half hour to get a table and now there might be 2 tables taken on a good day! If you want to stop and eat, I'd keep going...

Nice stop for gas and a quick lunch. I grabbed a small Port of Sub located in their store, their turkey and Swiss. Bun and veges very fresh. Just might make this my Port of Subs preferred stop.

Our server was pleasant. The cigarette smoke from the casino was very bad in the restaurant. They need to improve the ventilation or put strong blower at the entrance of the restaurant to prevent the smoke from coming into the restaurant.