The Ridge West Seneca — Restaurant in Town of West Seneca

The Ridge in West Seneca isn’t just dinner — it’s a full-blown Notre Dame Football 2025 highlight reel served on plates. You think I’m exaggerating? Wrong. I walked in and immediately felt like Marcus Freeman himself was coaching the kitchen staff. The discipline. The swagger. The flat-out championship DNA. You could smell it in the air — destiny, chicken fingers, and victory. First, the chicken fingers. My GOD. Golden, crispy, and tougher than a defensive line anchored by Riley Leonard after he decided to truck stick the entire defense in practice just to prove a point. These fingers weren’t fried, they were recruited. Five-star prospects, every single one of them. They didn’t come with dipping sauce, they came with swagger, the kind CJ Carr throws on every pass. The fries? Straight up Jeremiah Love in potato form. Fast, sharp cuts, impossible to contain. I was eating them like they were breaking off 50-yard runs every bite. By the time I got to the bottom of the basket, I was waving a rally towel and screaming “PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY” at my table. People stared. I didn’t care. Then came the Chicken Bacon Sandwich — and let me tell you, this thing had the poise of Jordan Faison running routes. Bacon stacked like a defensive secondary, chicken grilled like a well-drawn blitz. It didn’t just taste good… it felt like it BELIEVED in itself. I took a bite and immediately wanted to run out of the restaurant and headbutt the “Play Like a Champion” sign. The mac salad? Elite depth. A sneaky roster piece like Jayden Thomas that you forget about until BOOM — game-changing play. Creamy, cool, unselfish. This mac salad is the glue guy, the locker room leader, the one everyone underestimates until it’s third and long. Now let’s talk about the beer and cheese balls. Holy touchdown Jesus. These weren’t appetizers, they were miracles. They came out sizzling and melty like Xavier Watts stripping the ball at the goal line. Crispy on the outside, soft in the middle, like the perfect balance of defense and offense. I ate one and nearly yelled, “THAT’S A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BALL.” By the end of the meal, I was convinced The Ridge is basically a playoff team. Top to bottom, no weaknesses. If Marcus Freeman ever needs to feed the team before a title run, skip South Bend — bus the boys to West Seneca. This place isn’t food. It’s Notre Dame football, 2025 edition. It’s CJ Carr leading the offense, Jeremiah Love breaking tackles, Jordan Faison catching everything, and Marcus Freeman smiling like a man who knows destiny is wearing gold helmets. If you’re not eating here, you’re basically Miami football — irrelevant, confused, and praying for scraps. The...

I would love to leave a review for the food, but we never got that far.

Took me 5 minutes to be seated in a restaurant only a third to a half full a little less than an hour before kitchen closing. Not that big of a deal, but I would expect at least eye contact during that time.

Dining alone, I was seated and waitress apologized for being a little slow to get to me. No problem, I thanked her and she took my order. I ordered the meatloaf which she said they had just 86'd. So she suggested chicken tacos with fries that she orders for herself every shift. I am at this point happy and excited to get a good meal. She brings my beverage. And then I wait.

And wait. And wait. No sign of my waitress nearly 40 minutes later despite me literally waving my arms from across the room to get her attention. At one point she sat briefly in a booth with some people, not sure who they were.

I finally asked the thin blonde hostess if there was a manager on duty that I could speak to. She said yes and promptly ghosted me. When I looked to find her, I saw a different waitress bringing out my food. I said "No, I have been waiting nearly 45 minutes" and I turned around and walked out.

I eat in a LOT of restaurants and am very forgiving of mistakes. After all, we are all human. But waiting almost 45 minutes in a restaurant with a ton of empty tables for a simple taco and french fries dish is absolutely unreasonable. Rhe whole place seemes disjointed and disorganized. Needless to say, I will...

I have been to the ridge multiple times and have always had a great experience. The staff is super attentive. Even though the place is very large . Seems like they have it down to a pretty well oiled machine. Last visit we enjoyed the weather outside the patio is great and our server was absolutely fantastic. This visit we stayed inside which was very loud. It wasn’t crazy busy I believe it’s because of the size of the room and they have no noise cancellation devices on the ceiling. But was still a great experience. We started with the soups French onion and banana pepper bisque. The banana pepper soup was absolutely amazing. Large chunks of Italian sausage in the overall flavor was great now to the French onion . I was very excited to receive this. It looked absolutely amazing when it was placed out in front of me, but then the disappointment the soup was extremely oily. And lacked the flavor of a good beefy and onion flavor. Literally my only disappointment of the visit. Next we enjoyed the beef on weck and the bacon jam burger . Also choose to added 5 wings to each of our sandwiches. We chose bbq and garlic parm . The garlic parm were super crispy and flavorful ( great job) . The bbq were more on the ketchup flavor side which I liked . Definitely a must for a $5 up charge . We will continue to spend money at this establishment. You can tell they are doing things the right way . Only reason I didn’t give 5 starts all the way around is because of the noise. Maybe they can fix...