I'm a trucker with 1.5 million miles and eat all across these 48. It seems the gloomy Gus reviews over a year ago had an impact. What a great place! Best NY strip breakfast in a long time. This will now be my go-to in the area. Full bar attached to boot for those long resets. Maggie was my server. She was full of energy and engaging while serving others. Food was prompt, steak had a "hand-cut" quality to it. Not the shrink wrapped crap you get elsewhere. Seasoning, doneness were on point, the eggs were spot on as well. They filled my Togo coffee mug for an up charge , no problem. read more

Stopped here for the first time at 9pm on a Friday night on our way to Leavenworth. Had to get takeout since we had a camper. The food came out fairly fast, but was overall disappointing. It looked like it was thrown in the containers, and they even charged $1.50 extra for each meal to take them out. The value chicken was a tiny piece of very hard chicken, a few limp vegetables, and a baked potato drowned in sour cream. The deluxe burger was good, my husband said. My son had the chicken fried steak which was a big piece, but it was completely drowned in gravy and you couldn't even see the potatoes. They first forgot to give us the vegetables and extra chicken breast, and we had to go back to get them. I ordered one chicken breast piece for my dogs which cost almost as much a meal! This food was probably better than fast food, but not worth the high prices and extra fees! Not super friendly service either, but I understand it might have been a long day. read more

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I've lived in Puget Sound for 35 years and have never been to a Buzz Inn. I guess there's a good reason for that. If you like loud mouth truckers, vague whiffs of cigarette smoke, somewhat tough steak and oddly mushy hash browns you'll love this place. Otherwise opt for the Sonic down the road or something. The waitress was nice though. read more

We were there 1/31 in the late morning, and we had the BEST time. Our waitress and bartender were AWESOME! I had the BEST Bloody Mary and it's been a LONG time since I have said that. I had the super BLT and it was great. The waitress remembered all of our names and killed it. We will be back!!! read more

Steaks were overcooked and very low grade, ordered a beer and got a giant tankard instead of a pint. The waiter was very nice, but way too chatty. I had passable to good experiences at the BI in Ellensburg, but this one will make me hesitant to go back to any of them. read more

Food, Service, and Ambiance *Thumbs Up* On the way home from Seattle to Montana, we stopped for breakfast; three (3) of us. Great service (& with one of us who has dietary needs it can be daunting)! Loved that the coffee cups were for sale. Perfect size. One of had steak and egg's 5 stars. One of us had a skillet breakfast 1 huge Andy tasty! Has to take 2/3rds of it for on the road. Well there's our lunch. Highly recommend for a Monday breakfast. read more

Had breakfast on 11-2, Saturday morning. Decided to give this business a second chance. This meal was better than my previous experience. See the picture. The omlett had good flavor. Wasn't anything like any omlett I have had in a restaurant before. Flavor aside, green peppers were nearly raw, ham cubes were overly processed ham, onions about right but really more resembled an egg taco stuffed with processed ham, onions and bell pepper. The hashbrowns were not browned in the least. Whatever fat, margarine likely wasn't melted on the rye toast. Service was nothing special. The waitress, however did an excellent job. It was the finer details that she wasn't responsible for that were lacking. Once again I am not likely to return anytime soon. read more

Buzz Inn Steakhouse - Denver omlett - Steakhouses Near Me - Ellensburg, Washington

Amazing steak delicious sweet potato fries, made me feel good after being lonely on the road truck driving. Definitely comfort food!

Lunch stop. Never been in before. Service was excellent. Lunch came out in no time. Both our sandwiches and fries were yummy. A good lunch stop. read more

Buzz Inn Steakhouse - BLT and French Dip - Steakhouses Near Me - Ellensburg, Washington

This was my second visit to Ellensburg for college visits with the Tax Deduction. It was also my second visit to Buzz Inn Steakhouse. This place is adjacent to the Flying J Truck Stop parking lot right off I-90. Easy off and on from the Interstate. Buzz Inn has a wonderful old school feel to it, you can tell it was likely a chain coffee shop/diner. The menu is varied from steaks to fish & chips to burgers and sandwiches. There is something for everyone here. This last visit I had to try the Farmer's Burger because I am a sucker for ham and a fried egg on my burger. The burger was excellent, cooked perfectly and the egg yolk was nice and runny. Fries came with it and they were also cooked perfectly. The star here is the service staff, always friendly and attentive without being annoying. I truly enjoyed my meals here and will return when the Tax Deduction begins classes later in 2023. read more

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Steak was cooked the way I've asked for, which is big problem in other places. Maraia (the waiter) did a great job, treated us as an awaited guests, she's deserves 5 stars on her own. read more

Buzz Inn Steakhouse - Texas T-Bone 18 oz Top Sirloin & Eggs - 12 oz - Steakhouses Near Me - Ellensburg, Washington

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Yes! Food is great. We recommend the nightly specials. Service is excellent, never had to send anything back because it wasn't cooked the way I ordered it. read more

Was unexpectedly so yummy. I got the steak with 2 sides and my partner got a Philly cheese steak with sweet potato fries. We finished the meal with a skillet cookie, which was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!! Service from Mariah was amazing! read more

Buzz Inn Steakhouse - Steakhouses Near Me - Ellensburg, Washington

If you were looking for a quick bite off the freeway this place would work. Pros: - Food came quickly - Was a reasonable price and tasted fine Cons: - Customer service was slow despite not many tables being filled. Staff seemed irritated when I asked for a coffee refill. - Steak knives could not cut through the ribeye easily. read more

Buzz Inn Steakhouse - Boneless Ribeye 10 oz with baked potato and au jus - Steakhouses Near Me - Ellensburg, Washington

Look. I'm making this short and quick. Fast service, nice waiters, great burgers, fries, chicken straps, and mozzarella sticks, good lighting and vibe, and I love how the decor is set up. read more

The yuck before the yum. They REALLY need to budget some funds for the facilities. Broken doors, garbage and knocked over wet floor sign lying around in front of the door. Broken vending machines, old TVs not working, random items in a cooler. I love an old dinner feel, but this is beyond that and feels straight up neglected. Now, get past ALL that. The super- waitress that helped me and everyone else was amazing. She even apologized to a customer and had to take a moment to close the door as "their heating isn't so good" I had their house eggs Benedict and it was one of the best I've had. Portions were big enough for me. The raspberry iced tea was good too. I recommend, just be ready for the esthetics. read more

Steak is actually really good!! Wasn't sure about this place but we stop at flying jay frequently and wanted to check it out. Got the ribeye mid rare and they cooked it perfect just needed a bit more salt. Instant mash potatoes and gravy but that's what I'm used to. Not super fancy but reasonably priced! Husband got the French dip rates 7/10 and the chicken fried steak sliders were good just wish we had extra gravy for dippin! And the apple crisp with ice cream really hit the spot 10/10 read more

Buzz Inn Steakhouse - Country fried steak sliders - Steakhouses Near Me - Ellensburg, Washington

Wow! We had numerous small parties of people, adding up to about 25 individuals. The waitressing staff was amazing!! They got all of the food and drinks out really quick. The food was all great! We were so impressed! We would definitely recommend this place! read more

Don't go. Absolutely horrible. Thought I would try their hamburger steak. Two awful hamburger patties that appeared to be a mix of some meat and a whole lot of filler. Kinda tasted like sawdust. Oh and the potato was cold and given their obvious attempt to cut costs gave me a teaspoon of butter. This order came to $21.00. The restaurant must have spent a whole 2 bucks on that terrible meal. I strongly recommend going down the street a bit further and find somewhere else to eat. Because that was a huge waste of money. Shoot, I had ordered a cup of chili - that wasn't half bad, but it showed up around the time the meal arrived. Please don't waste your money on that place. Not worth it by any stretch of the imagination. read more

Mariah was such a sweet server. We had the philly sandwhich and the 6oz classic cut steak and everything was great. Philly sandwhich was honestly one of the best ive had. Cookie with ice cream at the end was amazing. read more

We stopped in for a quick meal with our son who is going to collage in Ellensberg. They sat the three of us next to a window. That seat and that window was absolutely full of flies. We had flies landing on our straws. We had flies landing on our plates. We had flies landing on our food. We had flies landing on our silverware. It was literally non stop of us trying to get flies to leave us and our food alone. The sad part: not one word of anything even resembling an apology from any one working at the restaurant. What would the health department say about this? Our bill was almost $80 for the privilege of trying to keep flies off our food. Never again. read more

Excellent So Far, Can't Wait To Eat My Clam Chowder & Philly Cheesesteak For Dinner. Post Pic's Afterwards. Great Beer, Awesome Atmosphere. read more

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Cyndee needs to find a different profession. Hashbrowns were raw and until I was almost done she ignored the fact they were sitting on a plate at the end of the table. She said she would have them redone and I told her bot to bother as I was almost done anyway. She did bring them out soaked in grease and offered to box them up for me. When we paid the bill her way to fix it was to not charge us for coffee we never ordered. We were both so pissed by this time we just paid and left. read more

A hidden little place at a truck refueling station. The meals are HUGE and served hot! Classic diner menu with comfort foods. Great value to cost, be hungry when you order and you may wanna skip side dishes! Super busy so be prepared for a wait, staff are friendly but very busy! So be patient and kind. read more

Buzz Inn Steakhouse - Kielbasa Skillet - Steakhouses Near Me - Ellensburg, Washington

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While heading back home from Spokane, my bestie and I met her sister for breakfast. Free parking can be found in the parking lot. Credit cards are accepted. Tabs were easily and accurately split. This location has a pool table in the lounge along with TVs and pull tabs. Billy's Bloody Mary's are $6.47 each (more expensive than the Everett location). My bestie and I shared the Meat and Cheese Omelette for $10:79: three eggs, sausage and cheese. Served with hash browns and toast. The omelette was tasty. The hash browns were awfully under-cooked and wasted. Our server was friendly but inattentive. Overall, Buzz Inn is a good place to meet up with friends and visit for a filling meal at reasonable prices. read more

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Amazing steak and service and price was great right next to truck stop way better then what they had to offer sorry

Traveling, I do a lot of reviews wen I say this is the best place ever food steak is great nice long islands the staff is amazing am from neworleans and I'll come back anytime read more

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This was a good every day kind of restaurant. It's not fancy. But it was friendly. We liked it.

Okay the restaurant and the bar are two separate entities even though they are owned by the same company I had dinner approximately a year and a half ago in the bar and it sucked customer service was terrible the bartender acted like I was totally inconveniencing her tonight I had dinner and the restaurant the waitress was very pleasant and the service was impeccable not to mention the food was great I will return but I will make sure I sit on the restaurant side read more

Heidi was super friendly from the start! And we had the perfect road-trip breakfast on our way to Oregon - Thanks Buzz Inn!

We were starving, and it's phase 2! We can go out to eat....or can we? Buzz Inn was one of the only places open in Ellensburg on a Sunday afternoon, and when pulling up, it doesn't look like much. It is a truckstop restaurant, detached from it, but still not the "restaurant" we were expecting. But they had table service, we were hungry, and off we went. My hiking crew was pleasantly surprised with the pretty extensive menu, but also with the service - at least at first. He told us it was Happy Hour, and we decided to make a meal out of apps, which were half price. Maybe it's because I haven't had a draft beer in months, but it tasted SO good. We got the chicken fried steak sliders, a side salad (for me), bacon wrapped shrimp, wings, bacon wrapped meatballs (shrimp is better), and a few other things I can't quite remember because I was SO hungry. They were all good, the wings were crispy, the fries were tasty...and it was very inexpensive. Service towards the end of the meal was spotty - while there weren't a lot of people in our area, there was some sort of back room with tables, and I'm pretty sure there were only two servers in the area. He was running around for a bit, so I think there must have been more than met the eye. Honestly, you won't get any special treatment or frills, but this is simply very good basic pub fare. If you're a weary traveler, this could be your Mecca. read more

This place is totally awesome!!! Even after years of not coming here. Them being open 24hrs is also really nice in a college town. The food was super good. They still have really good fries and tater tots. The service is arguably the best anywhere. The ambiance and decor is cool and the place is very well kept and clean. read more

Buzz Inn Steakhouse - Philli cheese steak with a garlic toasted bread. And the chicken Caesar wrap. - Steakhouses Near Me - Ellensburg, Washington

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Great place to stop and have a meal and a beer Located next to the flying j truck stop. I had the fish n chips which was pretty good, Nothing to exciting. Paid $24 for the meal and 3 Heineken beers So for Washington state price wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Will definitely stop here again when driving through. read more

Rib eye was tender and cooked to the proper temp. Not enough season for me but was pretty good on it's on. Potato was not over cooked or under cooked. Just right. Now it was 5pm so it might of just been cooked but it was on point. And the server was by 6-7 times during the meal. read more

Buzz Inn Steakhouse - Rib eye and loaded potato. - Steakhouses Near Me - Ellensburg, Washington

If you like old school home style cafe cooking this place is for you. They have onion rings and several different types of fries and tater tots as sides. When you get a loaded baked potato they totally loaded up with bacon cheese sour cream and a ton of butter. It's got that cool cafe truck stop you kind of vibe with real truckers inside eating talking about trucking. They had some lighter items on the menu that I'm sure would have been okay. But I knew I was getting a steak or a burger or something. I settled on what is essentially a burger dip. It's bacon, a burger patty, sauteed onions and mushrooms, unlike a garlic bread or sourdough served with a side of au jus. It was okay I like my hamburgers a little rarer this was well done which they stayed right on the menu. I upgraded to a side of sweet potato fries and they could have been hotter and crisper but they were still pretty decent. My next trip back I'll get something with gravy or maybe I'll go in for breakfast or actually get a steak. If you're driving down the highway and you want a country style cafe meal this is one of eight or nine of these in the state so you know you're getting into if you've been to the other ones. There's tons of parking out front and on the side and the bathroom was okay. read more

Buzz Inn Steakhouse - Super swiss dipper - Steakhouses Near Me - Ellensburg, Washington

My boyfriend and I both got burgers, The Deluxe add bacon/cheese sub fries for onion rings, and The Farmers add avocado. Wish I got a picture but we ate it wayyyy to fast. Juicy burger, and crispy onion rings. The waitress was so nice and the whole staff helped so our order came out extremely timely. We came on a Sunday after 5pm so our burgers were half off w the purchase of a drink. Great value! 10/10 in my book. read more

As always when trying a new restaurant I asked the server what they specialize in, well in this case the reply was "we are a steakhouse " so I promptly ordered a rare rib eye...sooooo disappointing, thin , over cooked, no flavor etc etc...this possibly could pass for a cafe but definitely not a steakhouse . read more

Horrible service... took 20 minutes to have someone help us who walked us to a booth covered in crumbs and walked away. Our waitress seemed to want nothing to do with us. She'd bring drinks and run away, took me 10 minutes to get a straw that had probably been in her apron for the last 2 months that she threw on the table out. Don't even get me started on the French dip. We should've listened to ourselves when we saw the red flags to begin with. read more

Buzz Inn Steakhouse - Overcooked burnt rubber French dip - Steakhouses Near Me - Ellensburg, Washington

Service was decent but the potatoes in my Tsunami breakfast skillet were rock hard. They were super greasy like they had been deep fried multiple times. The "gravy" was basic white gravy. I am not impressed with breakfast today. :( read more

Buzz Inn Steakhouse - The potatoes were super greasy and hard. Too hard to eat. Almost like eating greasy croutons. - Steakhouses Near Me - Ellensburg, Washington

New Years day spent hiking deserved a steak dinner before heading back over the pass to the rainy side, however nothing was open because it was New Years day... Except the Buzz Inn. Well, it's not exactly gourmet faire and we didn't expect it either. However, for $17.95 (?) I had to try their New York Strip. Now, I will admit that it wasn't terrible. But it was definitely an $18 dollar steak! It was thin, like maybe 5/8 to 3/4 of an inch thick and I think the grill marks were, dare I say it, painted on like they do to cooked frozen chicken breasts out of the bag. I ordered it Medium Rare (the only way to order a steak in my completely unbiased opinion!) and it was served almost medium. However, I was too hungry and exhausted to complain. I also ordered a baked potato but didn't get it. Once my plate showed up I realized I wouldn't have eaten anyway so I just had the waitress remove it from the bill, but still, it was missing. Okay, the steak. It was okay. It definitely improved with A1. HEY! Don't diss A1! When I was a wee kidster I used sneak into the fridge and drink the stuff!... God, after divulging that no one will ever trust one of my reviews again. My friend ordered the Oriental Chicken salad and it not only looked delicious, but she said it was delicious. Our mugs of coffee were huge and delicious. It was a solid 3 star diner steak dinner, just about what I expected. read more

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