Bonnie Springs Ranch Resort

We came to ride horses and chew gum, and we were all out of gum. But seriously folks, the staff who conduct the horse rides are nothing short of awesome. Super friendly, patient, informative, and earnestly want to know if you have any questions. The youngest in our group had a melt down when it came time to saddle up and it was looking like one of the adults was going to have to hang back but the staff preempted that event before it became an issue. Still not sure how they managed to pull that off but when you have kids, sometimes it is useful to have some third party authority around. The ride itself was breath taking in the foothills of the canyon on federal land literally line of sight of red rock canyon. We saw cacti, desert flora, brush, we saw beautiful colors, canyons, clouds, sky, sand, wild deer, rocks, and petrified trees. It was a wonderful experience and one I highly encourage. Our group of youngins in tow can be a real cantankerous bunch at times and every single one of them had a smile on their face and listed it as one of their fave parts of the trip. If you look online, you can even find a $ 5 off coupon —
I cannot stress first impressions enough though. Bonnie likes to have you sign up for horse back riding in the bar. Which when you have a group of kids is awkward because they have to be in the dining room while you are in the bar. And they are really strict about this no kids in the bar policy. We had a party of 8 and figured we would grab some apps before the ride. We ended up parking the kids around the fire pit in the restaurant while we did paperwork in the bar. The bar tender with the tatt sleeves came off a bit gruff initially. I am sure it is no picnic for him to have to be responsible for the paperwork AND the bar but I did not make those rules. When you are dropping around $ 300 you want to feel the love. And he was very particular about how the paper work was filled out and by whom. There’s also a whole lot of signing going on, both at the bar, and at the stable. So make sure you allow yourself a sufficient amount of time to navigate that mess. We did not have time to order any food that was significant but I can tell you that both the chili loaded fries and the corn fritters with honey were pretty darn tasty.

The food looks good, but don’t bother waiting to be seated. Seems the way to go is to push your way past the hostess station and just grab a seat. After two full parties behind us helped themselves to tables and the rude, overwhelmed waitresses served them despite knowing we were waiting, we finally just left. Womp womp.

Bonnie screams So not worth it! An hour and a half in the general line even if the tickets purchased ahead of time online! Zombie bus sold out even before the attraction was opened. You wait in line to get tickets and then wait again to get on the bus. Can’t review it since we didn’t get to go on it to my kids big disappointment!
The ghost trail is a joke! 10 minute walk on a dark dusty Not decorated trail. The whole trail had one spider in the bushes and that’s it! The haunted train is another joke. On the way we encountered a chainsaw guy once and that’s it! Even my 6 year old said: «That’s it?» Haunted houses are so disappointing! There are only 3 and they are not scary at all. There are just a few actors in there and half of them aren’t even dressed up! They jump out at you wearing regular hoodies! Very few shows and characters outside the haunted houses. The food is limited, disgusting, and very expensive.
My totals were $ 100 for 4 tickets (no discount for kids), and $ 45 for 4 cold hamburgers, 3 hot chocolates, and 1 beer. So not worth it! You better off going to Fright Dome!

Bonnie Screams was such a fu**ing joke! Literally hundreds of guests being HAD. So understaffed. Had to wait 55 minutes in the ticket line (even tho we purchased tickets online and printed them) just to wait 70 minutes for the zombie bus which was mediocre. Finally after three hours it was time to go into the park. Took the «scary train»…nothing scary happened. Went through one haunted house. And ONE person popped out to scare us (didn’t). Fat fucking FAIL! WHERE WERE ALL THE ACTORS!!! The only place to get ANY food was the bar. The offered pre-​packed plain cafeteria hot dogs and hamburgers at $ 7 BUCKS EACH! $ 2 for a bag of chips?! FUCK YOU BONNIE SCREAMS! Needless to say we didn’t eat being that my friend is vegetarian. So, nothing to eat, no screams to be heard because the only people working there were the ones taking $ 40 per person to wait in crazy long lines that led to an utterly underwhelming experience. They probably made $ 40-​$ 80,000 last night. They did NOT earn any of that. So infuriating. They only things that were scary were the lines and prices.

Fabulous burgers, the bison burger is amazing, staff are friendly and helpful bartenders are hysterical and western town is a lot of fun for children and adults

Before we toured the Red Rocks we satisfied or hungers with bison burgers fries and cilantro coleslaw for lunch. Cherry pie did not seem to have any homemade attributes. We left wondering if we should’ve ordered the bread pudding on the menu. There was more than a little bit a ’ ‘moo’ to the medium wells one burger. Our enthusiastic waiter can’t be faulted for the very standard fare offered by this restaurant.
The big perk a here is the ambience. Men must retire at some point during the meal to check out the best urinal in all of the Las Vegas area. Diners seated near the windows were intrigued as to what passerby’s were interested in just below their window upon exiting to inquire they discovered a small mouse unafraid sniffing about while perched on top of a pest control box. Obviously the nearby feed station for the ducks in the pond was a constant attraction to the vermin.

Another great place to ride to! Great food. Love the karaōke on Fridays, too!

We come here once or twice a year. Recent years just seems to be going downhill. I understand it is a «ghost town», but that doesn’t mean things really need to fall apart. Like for real fall apart. Like steps are scary… not intentionally scary… but will probably break someone’s leg this year if there is no maintenance scary.
Everything very dirty. We went to the restaurant and the backs of our legs and shirts were covered in grime stripes when we got up. Probably not a safe bet eating anything there.
Most things requiring quarters or dollars were broken. Tourist crap mostly made in China. Staff was really nice though.
Petting zoo is always nice… but getting overcrowded and depressing. New owners? Maybe they are focused on being a non-​profit grant-​mill (like a lot of other «businesses» that can’t make it in this economy and focus on screwing the taxpayers/​government out of $)
I hope this place makes a turnaround soon. It was and still could be a very cool place.

This is a fun way to step back in time to the old west. Gun fights, hangings, mellow dramas, a saloon with sasparilla, wax museum, one room school house, a petting zoo with very unique animals, plastic a restaurant that is fabulous.

A fun slightly out of the way place to hang and forget life. The petting zoo is my favorite with the animals (deer, goats, Desert Tortoises, wolves, and some other cute exotic animals that will surely put a smile on your face. They will chew on your shirt if you’re not careful. This Old West Town is pretty cool with lots of neat antiques including an old Studebaker. There are three silly hokey Wild West Shows that are probably better after having a drink in the Saloon. There are also shops, a ghost town with tours (I think) shooting gallery and old time photo shoot shop. And stay for dinner and enjoy real ranch type Bar B Que at the restaurant with live country music on Fridays and classic pop rock folky music on Saturday evenings. End the evening with a sunset and search for wild burrows. The burrows have babies now so that is fun to see along with jackrabbits, rabbits and of course some peacocks roaming the main ranch area. Have fun!

Zoo is the best part along with the lake full of turtles and ducks, not to mention the beautiful peacocks. The only thing that is confusing is a big sign that says: help with donation. is that aside from the $ 10 per adult and $ 7 p/​children? Considering that it will be more expensive than going to an actual zoo. Any how …
The restaurant is old western look that matches the place but the food is just a piece of c@$#!p
We order 2 bowls of chilli
Chiken club sandwich
Chiken sandwich &salad
2 Bbq pulled” pork” sandwiches with Cole slaw and fries .
My father in law got really upset stomach with chilli same as my husband.
The salad was full of baby corn and tomatoes and no lettuce at all .
the Bbq pulled «pork» sandwiches tasted more like road kill maybe road kill peacock. Food was just awful I just had one bite, I couldn’t take it! My husband had only few bites since he was hungry. The whole bill was about $ 80 plus tip $ 15 Wasn’t worth at all, we had to ask for several things to the waitress. She wasn’t serving us properly. The only reason my father in law left tip was because of gratitude based on what we spend. I respect waitress service but seriously some people don’t deserve it .
We decide to give this restaurant a chance regardless of all bad reviews on food but now I know why they have such bad reviews. We will never come back to this place. They should make an effort to make their food better and hire better staff since it’s the only restaurant near by. I would think that they could get more business. Or maybe not … maybe that’s why they have c#$! Food because they know that people that get hungry have no choice but to eat there.

We went today (Sunday) & decided to try the restaurant on another review here about the Bison burger being «the best I’ve ever had». We waited about 15 – 20 minutes to be seated (no wait list or pager system). After we sat down & ordered, the waitress said the orders were taking about 36 minutes to come out. We did notice that the table that sat down/​ordered after us, got their food before we did (as others have mentioned here)? Food took about 40 minutes & the Bison Burger was excellent! My wife got the grilled chicken sandwich, but it was undercooked & was sent back. They brought us another one right away though (must’ve been another customers order) & it was really good once they cooked it correctly.

My review is only for the restaurant! Omfg! We waited like 1 hour for a table… Standing … They don’t take names and page you… Then we sit and order and wait OVER 30 mins for our food… My son was starving and fell asleep at the table… The food was good but we ate so fast we all felt sick and I puked it up in the end… Waste of a $ 12 burger … People that were sat after us got food b4 we did… Either the waitress forgot to put our order in or they need to work big time on timing orders… If you plan on going on the day of a car show bring your own food there is NOTHING there but this restaurant… Nothing taste that good to waste 3 hours eating ., we missed the bands playing … The cars… It was all over once we ate…

Restaurant review: Overall 4 stars. Highlights: French toast and blueberry pancakes were a hit and both were large portions. Veggie omelet was good, 4 stars. Scrambled eggs were a little overcooked for my taste, but still okay. Coffee was good, but a little cold (and I’m picky). Service was very good and the waiter was very nice. Nice, casual atmosphere. Empty on this Monday morning at 10am. I’d come back!

We finally made it out here for the 1^st time on Saturday. I’ll admit some of the reviews made me nervous but I thought it was great. If you want to avoid reading what became a verrrry long review, I would just say head out there. It’s worth a trip.
I should probably say that my husband grew up on a ranch, and I have been to many, so I am coming from that viewpoint. Were parts dirty and smelly? Yes. Is that every single ranch on the planet? Yes!
We got the $ 10 wristbands and headed in to the show in the saloon. It was silly and hokey, but fun, and not too long with lots of audience participation. I will admit, my husband and I enjoyed it more than the kids, so maybe adults who didn’t grow up in the techie age will appreciate old time silly entertainment like that.
Next we headed to the petting zoo. Lots of people have commented on the animals in cages, and yes, it does tug at the heart a little, but I choose to think those are not kidnapped from the wild type animals, but instead wouldn’t make it in the wild, being cared for there, animals. My kids loved the variety of animals they had, and especially loved petting the deer.
After that we walked through the various buildings that housed wild west type stuff which was interesting to look at, the mine, which was pretty neat, and the wax museum which was kind of hokey, but still cool, and for some reason, super dark, which actually made walking through more fun :)
To finish up, we headed to the pond, which had tons of ducks and turtles, which the kids loved and past it to where there were more peacocks and peahens then I have ever seen anywhere. The kids were in heaven with that!
Lastly, we took the train ride which was a nice and slow time to rest the feet for a bit and end what we thought was a fun couple hours :)

The only reason this place gets a 1 star is because of the restaurant.
The actual town and zoo its self gets a 3 star. I have been going to Bonnie Springs since 1988 and yes the place is a little worse for wear but it’s old. The actors are nice and will sit and talk with you in between shows. The petting zoo use to be much bigger but it is still good that animals are still a part of this place. What really sucks is that this place is not open on Mondays, it’s only open Wednesday through Sunday
Ok now the restaurant part
They have redone the menu but that is not always s good thing. We were seated and it took about 5 minutes for someone to come over to us and ask us for drinks. We were sitting there for another 10 minutes and a group of 6 come in, no big deal it’s not busy in there anyways. We finally ordered a starter along with our meal. Almost 15 minutes later the group gets served exactly what we ordered as our starter, they got ours and now we have to wait yet again for another to be made. WOW!!! I got the fish & chips meal and I DO NOT recommend it to anyone that has taste buds. The fish needs to be seasoned and not mushy. Put a little bit of lemon pepper on it for GODs sake. It left a bad taste in my mouth. My husband ordered the pulled pork sandwich and it was ok and it was dry, at least put more BBQ sauce on it before you serve it or put some on the side. Our waiter shouldn’t have been at work today because serving is his job and he lacked those skills. My 10 year old could have done it better. Customer service in the restaurant needs so much improvement!!!

Bonnie Springs Ranch has managed to become a must stop during my recent Vegas trips. As mentioned in my Red Rock Review, this area of Nevada is definitely a site for sore eyes. being off the strip and all. Bring your boots, cause this town is dirt and dust!
I’m a total fan of places like this. Growing up my father often watched Western movies and shows in excess (still does). Because of this, I’ve got soft spots for any and all replications with regards to the looks & feel of a Western town and its overall environment. It’s located about 10 minutes beyond Red Rock National Park just off Red Rock Canyon Road. «Country-​side».
Driving up you’ll notice a little train station, house /​motel, a few wild animals and a road leading you up to the main Bonnie Springs area. We even encountered a donkey at one point! Tre cool. Although it wasn’t crowded during my most recent visit, I’ve gone up during peak hours where the crowds were of plenty. They have tours, shows, events, zoo and a museum for all your entertainment needs. and I’ll assume this is what the crowd was there for.
The bar /​restaurant next to the zoo is pretty neat too! It definitely has that ‘Western’ cozy cabin-​like feel with a fireplace smack dab in the center. A couple of cow horns and skulls, dim lights, deer skins and a lil’ more are the décor. The thing you WILL notice upon entering is the plethora of dollars hung from the ceiling. Every so often they’ll gather enough cash, add it up and donate it to the charity of their choice! You’re quite the righteous gal, Bonnie. They jam out that country music us city folk never get to hear which at times, can be quite soothing to the ear. The only downer, for a beer boy like myself. is they only have (had) one beer on tap… Flat Tire. I’m cool with a flat tire at home, but it’s never necessarily my go to when hitting a bar. A shot of whiskey accompanies it, which they have plenty of! Plus, like most places in Vegas if you play, the tip is really all you have to pay! Via bar top they have your typical digital machines with blackjack, poker and so on.
Bonnie Springs has a lot going and is definitely worth the quick visit.

Bonnie Springs Ranch is a pleasant change of pace from Las Vegas. It is about 25 mins from the strip located near Red Rock Canyon. It offers a taste of the Old West in a very scenic setting.
They have cowboy shows, a wax museum, gift shops, a petting zoo and a mini train ride. One of the cowboy shows is a hanging trial and gun fight. All of these are only $ 10.
Be sure to check the schedule so that you don’t miss the melodrama and other shows. Crowd participation is encouraged – and can make the experience one of a kind.
The petting zoo is small. Some animals are in cages and others walking around. There are pigs, llamas, guineas, goats, chickens, sheep, and wolves.
I like the rustic saloon. I had a pulled pork sandwich which is good. There is a pond next to the restaurant with ducks. There are a lot of pictures opportunity. I would recommend going on a cooler days.

Just showing up and finding designated parking was a treat. After riding the loop we were excited to finally get to our destination which was highly recommended by others.
This place is nestled in the red rock canyon

The old west hasn’t been completely washed away. Well, in spirit at least. Bonnie Springs came about long ago when a well-​to-​do New Yorker fell in love with a western belle named Bonnie who just loved the ol’ cowboy times. He loved her so much that he bought her a huge ranch and bought up any and all old ghost towns and antiques he could find and built her, her own wild west town.
It has been a treasured place for all of Las Vegas for years. You can enjoy it if your young or decrepit. It’s not so far out into the RedRock canyon and the mountain view is majestic as all Hell. You will find an entrance to what looks like an old miner town. Buy your tickets here and see the live cowboy shows. Explore the long lost era in a semi-​cheesy retro amusement park way. A wax museum, shoot’n gallery, old mill, little white chapel, saloon, school house, «old mine» and a small pastime museum can all be experienced in this town. The entrance to the petting zoo is accessed through one of the trading posts.
The petting zoo is über neat! Here you will encounter a Canadian lynx, wallabies, llama, wolf, porcupine, reindeer, donkeys, miniature horses and such along with the usual chickens, goats pot bellies, etc. roaming petting zoo assortment. The zoo is a swarm of activity that’s both fun & quirky even if you’ve been to a billion petting zoo’s. I used to board my black Percheron draft horse at the stables in the back. Greatest experience ever. Exit through the town and you can take a ride on Bonnies train. What a complete package so far, huh?
After the train ride you can head to the south and see an old pond with turtles and ducks. behind is the pony rides and a few steer pens. *Walk into the bar and have a few MEGA STRONG Long Island Iced Tea’s* or just have a beer. Hang out by the fire pit (in the winter) and get a bite of some cowboy grub. Food is rather good and not pricey for being out of town. Buffalo Bison burgers, corn fritters (so bomb!) steaks, bbq ribs and the like. What would you expect if you were at an old west town? 4 star? Come on, this isn’t the strip and it isn’t a resort casino. Sometimes you see ol’ miss Bonnie come to the restaurant and visit still.
I am a fan of Bonnie Springs and have been way before I had my kids. Now I’m happy that this place is still around for my little clones to enjoy too! Even If you aren’t a fan of cowboy movies, I bet you would still have a gay olde time. hehe