Fat Ivor's Rib Rack - Valley Center

Friendly service, cheap food, and 12 minutes from Harrah's Socal. Atmosphere is very casual. Ribeye was cooked perfectly medium, seasoned well, and had a heavy char (subjective on whether you like that . Rice is seasoned (maybe chicken bouillon? and goes well with the steak. The pot of mushrooms and fried zucchini are both solid options for vegetarians Food: 5

Meh, what can I say? Met some friends for dinner at this place. Everyone agreed we would NOT be coming back. I ordered the ribeye, medium rare, big mistake... that 's on me. I should have known better. It 's a bbq joint, not a steakhouse. The salad came out, just a bowl of chopped iceberg with a small container of dressing, nothing else. Then the steak came, it was HORRIBLE. What I got was one of the stringiest slab of leftover meat that I 've had in decades. No This was not even a ribeye cut. Walmart would have been ashamed to sell this in their discounted section. I ordered it medium rare, but it was cooked medium to medium-well (barely any pink). I 've had better steaks at rundown roadside diners. Hell, I 've had better steaks at IHOP for half the price. When I called the waitress over and showed her the steak and how overdone it was, she started arguing with me that she saw some pink. It made no difference to her when I pointed out that pink does not make a steak medium rare. She said she would take the steak to the bartender and see what she had to say. Shortly after another woman came back with my plate in hand and stated she sees red in the steak but that if I wanted, she would call the owner to see if he was willing to replace it. Gotta say, I was totally thrown off. I told her don 't worry about it, it 's not worth the hassle. She said she 'd buy me my next drink (house red), I just thanked her. We just wanted out at that point. We finished up and left. Don 't bother with this place, there 's too many other much better options out there.

The last 2 times we have been there, they ran out of beef all you can eat ribs. So you have to order something else. We ordered the baby back ribs and they were wronchy. The butter stream veggies turned out to be canned peas and carrots. The smoked beans where sour, as in spoiled. Not sure if they changed owner or chef, but the food sucks now. Meal type: Dinner

Thar atmosphere was a little on the dark side and food took a bit to come out. But the food was extraordinary. Service: Dine in Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Delicious food at a reasonable price. I had all you can eat beef ribs, and my girlfriend had half chicken. Both dishes were tasty