The Golden Pony — Restaurant in Harrisonburg

This is a great family place and a great value! The menu offers plenty of vegetarian and vegan options. There is a bar and live music downstairs, which we did not visit. The atmosphere was warm and inviting, as was the staff. Our server was outstanding, warm, friendly and knowledgeable.

We had the Nile Nachos and mozzarella sticks for appetizers. The mozzarella sticks were super melty and fabulously crispy. And the marinara was seriously world class. The chips for the nachos were homemade and so deliciously crisp with a satisfying texture and were perfectly seasoned. The wat sauce was so good! The jalapenos even tasted home pickled or were at least top shelf commercial.

We had the personal pizza, the Smokey Robinson burger, the PonyBoy burger and the cheese steak which they cheerfully made vegetarian for me by subbing sliced tofu for the steak. All of us had our eyes roll back in our heads from the delicious, fresh quality ingredients, and love that went into everything that came out of the kitchen. And if your sandwich comes with chips, you can get fries for just a dollar more and I'd definitely recommend that you do! They were hand cut, expertly fried and perfectly seasoned. We could have eaten a tubful of those little bits of perfection!! And the pickles, which also tasted homemade were the bomb!

The service was exemplary and anticipatory. Before the drinks ran dry, our server appeared with refills. And she asked all the right questions so that we had exactly what we needed. The portions were ample, the food super fresh and well-made, and the prices were very reasonable- about $68 for the four of us, 2 appetizers and four entrees. Go, visit, eat, you will absolutely love it. It's won a place in our family's rotation. We already can't wait for...

Well I had some decent expectations for this place and I was well kinda bummed out. I'll start off with what I didnt dislike. Tha king burger was orginal and different. I'd give it a 5.6 out of 10, probably never get it again but I would reccomend it just to try. The restaurant/bar portion of the place was nice and decently clean. It had a grungey abstract feel. The venue space was my favorite part. It reminded me a lot of the venues from where I'm from that got shut down. On the downslope, the service wasn't great. Took us 10 minutes to just get noticed. They then moved us and it took even longer to get some menus. Everyone seemed to be in a rush but also in a rush to do not much of anything. It wasn't outrageously busy. They were setting up for some DJ but security took care of that so idk what had all the waiter staff held up. The meal was decent but then it took another 15 minutes when we were done for the waitress to bring us our check and we missed part of the set downstairs because of it. Overall kind of a bummer. I really like the idea of the bar. The outsiders holds a deep seat in my heart and I was excited to check out someone's vision for a place based from it. Was stoked to even get some merch. But again I wasn't much of a priority. Maybe change the name to The Bronze Pony. Dont do it for johnny. Do it based on the performance of the restaurant....

The nachos here were awesome. My girlfriend and I stopped in for Sunday brunch. It was after 1pm and the place was pretty much empty. It took several minutes to get a table. It seemed they only had two wait staff working and one had to get a booth cleaned so we could sit down. Other than the wait and the service being just a bit slow the great tasting food made up for the service. I had coffee with was lack luster and a bit weak but when the food came out this was what it was all about. We had the Nile nachos which were very tasty and so delicious. We also had a side of biscuits and gravy and the biscuit was prepared to perfection and the sausage gravy tasted great. We also shared a chicken and waffles. The chicken tenders were good and the waffle okay but it was nothing special. We got some of the golden sauce and that really worked well with the chicken tenders. I'm not sure if I would get chicken and waffles again but definitely get the nachos and the biscuits and gravy. I would go back to try some of the other items on the menu. My girlfriend got orange juice. It was good but again nothing special.

In the front as you walk in they have pinball and arcade machines that you can play. They have a nice bar at the back and they also had outdoor seating on the back deck.

All in all it was...