Ryderz Restaurant

Sorry to be less impressed with Ryderz.  

The ambiance is a little off putting.  It has the appearance of being built in the 60's, and is way too much space for their current business (IE. lack of).   Perhaps in the past, the Lions, Kiwanis, and the Rotarian's met there.  Perhaps they had a lobby full of patrons.  Perhaps they had banquets there.  Perhaps is was the "new" place in Oakdale.  But, no more.  I agree with another Yelper who says it has a "barren" feel, like a ghost town.  

The food was OK, no real complaints there.  I had the Cobb salad, and while all the required food elements were present as expected, it was constructed badly.  The presentation was amateurish.  Wife, a tuna melt and it was odd.  Looked like a plain tuna sandwich, and not much tuna either.  Prices were OK; if they were high I would have given 2 stars.  

The waitstaff were good, though, perhaps 4 stars.  They seem to be trying hard.  They are perhaps young locals, and were friendly and smiley.  That goes a long way.

Read some bad reviews, but we are staying across the street at Holiday Inn and we hiked and biked in 97 degree heat in Yosemite all day today.....so we tried it.  We knew what we were getting into.

When I walked in, I wanted to leave and asked hubby if we could, but we stayed (too tired).  The hostess station looks barren and the whole restaurant has a barren feel.  The decor has much to be desired.  The shelf around the room is a bit dusty also.

But the food another story.  We had tortilla soup and salad to start (came with our meals) and both were above average by far for the price range and type of restaurant.  Dinner hubby had meatloaf and loved it.  I had the T-bone (most expensive on menu at 17 bucks) and it was cooked perfect and tasty.

All and all, great food, price, and service

The atmosphere never grew on me.

I wish I could come here more often.