Good pizza, average dessert, didn't have the beer or the wine available that we ordered. The service staff are mostly college students from all over the country working the summer in a tourist town. Our server, Kacey from New Mexico, did a great job. Pizza prices were good but the dessert prices are high. read more

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Pizza was just ok. Service was underwhelming. Skip this pizza stop. Not family friendly.

Just got skipped over waiting for 30 minutes. Host just snubbed our family off and said they are too busy to serve our family. DON'T TAKE YOUR FAMILY HERE read more

Badlands Pizza & Saloon - Business front - Pizza Near Me - Medora, North Dakota

The pizza itself was actually pretty good. It wasn't anything amazing but was a solid 3.5 stars out of 5. The music choice was country classics and that was fine. However, someone kept changing the channel mid song to either 90s music (not bad but a little out of place) or 2020s pop (bad and out of place.) The service is where this place fails miserably. Our "waiter" was awful. He wasn't rude, he was just clueless, and I had to track him down multiple times. I don't think he had ever waited tables before and apparently nobody ever told him how to do it either. He dropped off our menus and said he would be back and then disappeared for 20 minutes. There was only one other table in the restaurant, so it certainly wasn't because he was busy. I finally found him hanging out at the hostess stand so, at least I knew where to find him. I got him to come take our order and finally bring our drinks. After our order was dropped off he never checked on us again. No refills. No to go box. No check. I had to go get him every single time. read more

Grabbed a pizza before the Musical. Kiubber took care of us and did a great job!! I couldn't decide what beer to order and he recommended the Badlands Gold and I really enjoyed it! Hubby even thought it was pretty tasty and he's not a beer guy. He did enjoy his Merlot though. Pizza was good, just wish it came out piping hot! Great spot for big groups or families. read more

Badlands Pizza & Saloon - Pizza Near Me - Medora, North Dakota

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Pizza was very good. House salad with chicken was delicious (although they forgot to include dressing on our to go order-we should have double checked). Staff is very friendly. Cute restaurant in Medora. read more

We ate there twice while in Medora. First night, we ordered BBQ Chicken Pizza. The second night, we had Chicken Alfredo with sausage pizza. It's the best we ever had anywhere! Service was slow, but the pizza made up for it!!! Reasonable priced for 12 inch pizza of around $17-20. read more

Air conditioning. A nice buffet with fresh salad ingredients, an assortment of pizza's, a dessert table, and a soda drink included. Really all we needed at 1:45 pm after a drive through the North Unit. Staff were friendly. There was real silverware too! Nice place. read more

The pizza itself was really good however it did not match the menu description. We ordered the Badlands Bob which says it has pepperoni, garlic sausage, smoked sausage, and shoulder bacon. When it came out there was also some kind of sauce drizzled over it and they said it was honey habanera which was good but I think if they are going to drizzle sauce on a pizza it needs to be in the description read more

Considering what it is (a family friendly lower cost alternative), the pizza was pretty decent. My only complaint is that the toppings were not very evenly distributed. It's a huge open space so I imagine it gets quite noisy, but it was relatively quiet when we were there. The servers in Medora are often a delight, as they come from all over the world. The bathrooms were exceptionally clean and well maintained. There aren't a lot of food options in Medora, so this is a solid choice. read more

Loved that they allowed us to ordered two different halves of pizzas. Everyone was happy! read more

Badlands Pizza & Saloon - Half taco half cowboy - Pizza Near Me - Medora, North Dakota

Solid saloon for a pizza and a brew. We were in Medora visiting Theodore Roosevelt National Park and came out of the park thirsty and hungry. The service was quick, the beer was cold, and the pizza was pretty darn good. We went with a half cowboy combo, half cheese pizza. My kids wolfed down the cheese half, so I can't comment on it other than to say that they thought it was tasty. The cowboy combo has a flavor that really works so I strongly recommend going that route anyway. My only complaint was with the house salad. First, the vegetables in the salad were massive, so large that you had to eat the salad piece by piece and are unable to enjoy the mixture of vegetables that makes a salad great. Cut it up yourself, you say. Well, they give you a plastic butter knife with your meal so that's not really going to be a good option. Two broken knives in and I have to go it alone. The second problem I had with the salad is they must have made it six hours prior and left it in the fridge during the mean time. You know what I'm saying...the thing lacked freshness because, well, it wasn't fresh. But, hey, don't let a mediocre salad with jumbo pieces turn you away. I recommend the pizza and brew and, in a tiny town, there's not much competition. So, if you find a place that has good food, while not an overall home run, it's a go. Enjoy the cowboy combo! read more

Badlands Pizza & Saloon - Pizza Near Me - Medora, North Dakota

Spacious restaurant - 90s country vibe. The food is OK. The cheese pizza was pretty good. The supreme was undercooked - I think the topping ratio was off. The crust is of average thickness. Not thin, not thick. The service was a bit of a disaster. The host/hostess was absent. We had to flag down someone to place an order and to pay. In fairness, it seemed like they were training a new staff. I imagine they will get better as they work out the service kinks. read more

It's a kitschy tourist trap with A-OK pizza and sub-par beer selection. The staff here are the best part, very bubbly and very kind! Beer selection is sparse, and much of it is not on tap. (weird for a place calling itself a "Saloon"?) I finally settled on a beer, and then they came out and told me they didn't have anymore of it. (you order at the counter, then go find a seat) This would be good place to take a tour group, due to the order-at-the-counter nature, and massive seating areas. read more

This is not only one of the only restaurants in town but one of the only restaurants for miles and hours of driving. Your options are very limited in Madora. The pizza was fine. Nothing special. I got a pepperoni for take out. The women working the front desk told me to come back in 20 minutes. I asked if I could sit inside in wait. It was heavily raining outside on Monday 6/17 in the afternoon. She said no, and that seats were for non take-out only. HOWEVER the restaurant was completely empty except for 2 other people sitting at one table. So I had to go wait in my car. I did not argue with her or ask her to make an exception for me because I know she's probably just doing what she is told. So to her bosses I say - what?? Why is this a rule!? I mean I would understand if it was busy. But it wasn't. I paid $18 for the most mediocre pizza I've ever had and couldn't sit down for a few minutes. read more

Poor system of order taking, food delivery to buffet line, and oddly enough they are always out of plates so long lines form waiting for plates from the kitchen. Young staff works hard, not their fault. Wouldn't return. read more

This used to be one of our favorite places to eat. They have now switched to a buffet. It seems to me like they are trying to mimic Pizza Ranch. At the buffet, the pizza was old and cold. There are no breadsticks. The chicken looked like it had been up there way too long. Our long-standing tradition of eating here when visiting Medora sadly ends this year. read more

We are glad they turned it into a buffet...no waiting! The pizza is ok, it's not NY style but hey you aren't in NY! We liked being able to get a beer with our pizza and appreciated the attentiveness of the staff. Medora is a great little town to visit and having a quick place to grab a bite is essential because there's so much to see and do! read more

Unfortunately, only a few people spoke broken English. Communicating my order was extremely difficult. Pizza was "ok" but service sucked. read more

I must say that the experience overall was not great. The service was not particularly friendly. It was a super long wait for the pizza (1 hour +) when it wasn't even particularly busy. When the pizza did come out it was ok at best. Honestly I wouldn't go here again, even if I was really hungry. Boots Bar and Grill was 100X better. read more

Keep in mind this is a tourist town in north Dakota. All things considered, a decent dining option. This is a counter service type place where you fill your drink and pay at the register. Food came out quickly and the service was friendly. The cheesy bread sticks were a little dry and over priced, but still enjoyable. Salad was fresh and had a good mix of veggies. Pizza was decent- exceptionally greasy pepperoni and slight dry crust but overall decent flavor. This isn't New York, so be realistic. Overall a good option for a famiky meal. read more

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Please, do yourself a favor and just don't. Even if you think you've tolerated bad pizza before and you THINK this can't be worse, you're wrong. The pizza was undercooked and tepid. The service staff were unfriendly, hesitating our request for extra napkins (we have a 9 year old) and pointing us to the napkins inside our plastic-ware packages. I never thought I'd long for ChuckECheese or a $5 box from Little Caesar's, but alas, either would have been preferred. We left without consuming more than half a piece each. Even my 9 year old was disappointed. Just don't. read more

Loved being able to speak Spanish with the waitress & the personal pizzas were pretty big!!

We are on vacation, meeting up with family members in Medora, ND. This town is the quintessential tourist town and the gateway to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. We were the first to arrive in town and decided to walk around and get a bite to eat. Both me and my husband wanted something kind of light and thought a slice of pizza and salad sounded good. We ordered a kid sized pizza to share, which was actually pretty big (you only have two choices with kid's pizza--pepperoni and cheese) and two salads. This whole place has that Disney/tourist feel. They really don't have to try and make things good--just edible. And that's my take on the place. read more

We stopped here in the town of Medora after visiting the Teddy Roosevelt National Park. We were there at lunchtime and were seated right away. Our server immediately greeted us and got our drink orders. We ordered the "Cowboy Combo" pizza and it was delicious. read more

Ordered the special chicken bacon ranch pizza and a balsamic one both on cauliflower. One was missing the bacon and chicken, the other was on gluten crust and missing balsamic. Staff was very nice and brought us out a brand new chicken pizza and we just asked for a side of balsamic because we were starving and didn't want to wait another 20-30 minutes. 3 stars for great service and correcting the mistake but the worst mess up I've ever had ordering pizza. Especially when the crust is wrong since I have celiac disease and that's a guaranteed stomach ache. It all cost $55 for 2 pizzas 2 sodas and tip but food itself was very average / below average. I would recommend eating somewhere else! read more

I stopped by here earlier today with my wife and her parents for lunch. We were headed to Theodore Roosevelt National Park for the day and were in Medora around lunch time and so decided to stop. Since it was after Labor Day, a lot of the places were closed for the season but thankfully Badlands Pizza & Saloon was not. So we headed inside to a pretty large restaurant with only 1 other table occupied. I guess I see why things close for the season. Anyways there was a huge dining area in the front with both tables and booths and then a large bar in the back with "Badlands" above it. For lunch on this day my wife and I decided to split a house salad with balsamic dressing and then a 16" Janie Got a Gun. The menu describes the pizza as mushrooms, sun dried tomatoes, pickled onions, pepperoncini, bell peppers, garlic oil, balsamic vinegar and cheese. Our salad came out first and looked quite good. That was mostly because they picked an artisanal type lettuce that looked and tasted fresh. The balsamic vinegar had a nice tang to it as well and since my body hadn't had many vegetables lately, it enjoyed the salad. After we had finished with that our server brought out our pizzas. Our pizza looked good and my first bite confirmed that it was. While the mushrooms added some earthiness it was the sun dried tomatoes which I think were the star. They added that nice tomato flavor with the pop of acidity. Meanwhile the garlic oil and pickled onions made their presence known as well. It was the pepperoncini and balsamic vinegar which I couldn't even really tell was on the pizza. I could certainly see both but just couldn't taste them. The cheese here was also good and the crust was nice and crispy throughout with the end being perfect. The bottom line for me is that I would come back here again in the future. Both my wife and I enjoyed both our pizza and salad, so why not. read more

Excellent service and the pizza was really good! I got the cowboy which was great. It was very busy but everything happened.in a very timely manner. Highly recommend! read more

Very cool place. The pizza looked great we got it to go and ate it after a night out on the town so review isn't gonna reflect the true pizza but it was still great cold. They got Summer shandy on tap that's a huge plus. read more

Badlands Pizza & Saloon - Summer Shandy - Pizza Near Me - Medora, North Dakota

We went in to order and the lady taking the orders was less than thrilled to be dealing with us, so we went across the street to Theodore's where the customer service was awesome. She seemed annoyed that either she was working there or annoyed that she had to deal with people. Either way, I didn't feel welcomed. read more

Terrible food poorly cooked with the meat being so tough it was like chewing leather! Bad service read more

Great pizza and they seem to find a way to deal adequately with the lack of workers (the wait wasn't as bad as other places )

I was very impressed with the service. It was a hot day and we needed to sit outside so our dog wouldn't have to be in the car after we checked out of our hotel. We were sat outside and a waitress brought out a water bowl for our puppy. She wasn't even assigned to us. So sweet. Our waiter was a nice guy. The pizza was good. It was awesome to see good service. read more

We stayed in Teddy for three days and needed a night of non-campfire food and this place hit the spot. It's a big, open space that's family-friendly. There's a decent beer menu and the pizza menu has the standards as well as a few interesting twists. We didn't feel out of place in our camping gear and it got us walking around town a bit to get here, so that was even better. The staff was friendly, the pizza was hot, greasy and tasty and this was exactly what we were looking for. read more

Great pizza and great service. Also loved the decor. Beer was a bit watered down but went well with the pizza.

food was old and cold, 16 dollars a person ..... very disappointed. find another place to eat unless you got no other options

We had a large group and ordered a lot! We ordered : Badlands Bob, Hawaiian Style, Double Pepperoni, Cowboy Combo, cheese breadsticks and house salads. Everything was excellent, including the service! read more

Good pizza! We got take out from Badlands last night and we're very satisfied with it. A meat lover's and a sausage were hot and non-greasy. There was good flavor and fresh cheese. It was more than I'm used to paying for two large pizzas back home but that seems to be the usual for the touristy part of Medora. Only off part was getting a busy signal the first several times I tried to call. read more

Pizza is typical fast food pizza. Service was good. Pizza was served on paper plates which is not appealing to me. Pizza tasted like any other frozen pizza. read more

First of all: UPDATE the dates of reviews here. Last season is NOT this season. ---- The format of restaurant, going from dining-room to ZERO service/quasi-serve-yourself makes the experience horrible. Western ND is as rural a place as any calling themselves such. Having a place to dine is a big plus. But we will NEVER return to this place. After a day in the sun, doing what tourists do, wouldn't it be nice to come sit & have even the bare-minimum of attention (service)? Food: I rate as "better than average" --- 3 out of 5 stars. Service: DOES NOT EXIST. One is guided to enter from one door, and order their food. The food is very briefly described (on a large monitor) and one must select their desires with little guidance. Upon payment, one is prompted to pay for a TIP "in advance". For this, I refused... I pay a tip (always in cash) and only as a gratuity for GOOD SERVICE, We (5) came and ordered a large pizza, 2 salads, chicken wings (poorly described, as they were breaded & this was not expected). As well, as 5 fountain drinks & 2 beers. The salads were fine, but dressings were absolutely inedible. PLASTIC PLATES. (Acceptable, but if one required an additional napkin, best to bring your own). One of us spilled a drink. Much to our fortune it landed in a plate & was contained. But I needed to get a new plate, and extra napkins. This took 5 minutes, as I needed to wait for (anyone) to exit the kitchen area, so I could request it. I asked for the mess (we'd cleaned) to be removed. The young man who provided the plates responded with "we'll come clear it when you've gone / we don't do that". ---- Really? Yes, there are many who would argue that this is OKAY. But this IS NOT a restaurant, but TAKE-AWAY food with indoor seating. At $85, it was slightly expensive, and MUCH higher than a chain outlet, including 2 beers. Can you tell I was disappointed? Note: Yes, we've dined at this SAME address many times over the years. We were surprised at this horrible format. read more