Branson Missouri Dining

Dining in Branson Missouri offers a wide variety of restaurant styles sure to suit your palate. With over 300 restaurants in town you can enjoy gourmet delights, seemingly ending buffets, international cuisine, mouth watering snacks and fast food specialties.

Below are a list of some of the dining options Branson has to offer you, broken down by the type food and style of restaurant. The dollar symbols represent the cost per person to eat as you can see the chart following chart.

$ = 1 dinner costs $10 or less
$$ = 1 dinner costs less than $20
$$$ = 1 dinner costs less than $30

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Fine Dining in Branson Missouri

The Plaza View Restaurant offers dining with a breath-taking view of the city from atop the Branson Grand Plaza Hotel. Fine wines and cocktails are available to compliment your meal. $$-$$$

The safari motif at Buckingham's Restaurant in the Palace Inn Hotel provides another opportunity to enjoy gourmet fare. $$$

Top of the Rock Restaurant features wood-fired pizzas, fresh pasta specialties and grilled items. Couples can enjoy a romantic dinner while overlooking Table Rock Lake. $$-$$$

The Candlestick Inn sits high on a bluff with a grand view of Lake Taneycomo and the lights of downtown Branson. The restaurant specializes in steak, seafood, prime rib, lobster tail and crab cakes. $$-$$$

Family Style Dining in Branson Missouri

Country Kitchen, Red Lobster, Denny's, Cracker Barrel, Ruby Tuesday's, The Olive Garden, IHOP and Shoney's are just some of the names you will recognize for their great food and service.

McFarlain's Family Restaurant is a Branson exclusive, located in the IMAX Complex. It is warm hospitality, fun, and serves generous portions of Ozark cookin' for breakfast, lunch and dinner. $$

BT Bones serves up great family food and fun that you and the kids will enjoy. Live music in the evenings adds to your dining experience. $$

The Farmhouse Restaurant in historic downtown Branson is known for its blueberry cobbler as well as its great meals. $

At The Hard Luck Diner in the Grand Village Shops you'll have breakfast, lunch or dinner served with a song from your singing wait staff. $

Buffet Dining in Branson Missouri

The Golden Corral serves breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets or menu selections. Their bakers are always on duty serving up fresh breads and desserts. $$

The Stage Door Restaurant & Lounge at The Welk Resort Center has excellent food and great variety served in a nostalgic decor of WW II memorabilia. $$

Grand Country Buffet offers a wide variety of dishes. Diners can also enjoy the other activities taking place in the Grand Country Square such as performances at the 76 Music Hall, indoor mini-golf, and gift shops. $$

Docker's Restaurant and Sports Bar provides a family style buffet and full menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Their specialties are pan-fried chicken, catfish and hush puppies, seafood, and BBQ ribs. Located on Green Mountain drive just east of Hwy. 165. $$

Steakhouse Dining in Branson Missouri

Lone Star Steakhouse offers great steaks, shrimp, chicken and ribs. You will find Texas artifacts lining the walls and specially selected Country Music playing for your enjoyment, conveniently located behind the Grand Palace. $$

Montana Mike's Steakhouse A full-service casual dining steakhouse that specializes in satisfying big appetites at an exceptional value! You'll feast on a selection of naturally aged steaks, hand-cut right in the restaurant and grilled to mouth watering perfection! Enjoy other menu items, including grilled chicken, pastas, chicken-fried steak, seafood, salads, soups, a kid's menu, breakfast and much more! Located on Hwy. 248 across from K-Mart or on Hwy 76 near Gretna Rd. $-$$

Fall Creek Steakhouse is the home of the tossed rolls and fabulous fixin's to go with the mouth watering steaks. Located on Hwy. 165 and Fall Creek Road. $$-$$$

Seafood Dining in Branson Missouri

While The Pasta Grill is famous for their Italian fare, their Shrimp Bianca and other seafood dishes will melt in your mouth. $$

Joes Crab Shack is so simple, we should have thought of it sooner. Build a restaurant with the feel of a Gulf Coast fishing camp and serve all different kinds of crab - cooked in all sorts of ways as well as savory sandwiches, colorful salads, pasta, steaks and more. Let us host your event. Most Joe's Crab Shacks have private rooms for group parties or banquets. We can accommodate up to 50 people for birthday parties (child or adult), office parties or meetings. $-$$

Landry's Seafood Restaurant has long been a landmark for the finest in seafood in the area. $$$

Red Lobster is known all over the country for their wide variety of excellent seafood. $$

Barbeque Dining in Branson Missouri

Uncle Joe's BBQ is famous for its hickory smoked barbequed ribs, beef, pork and chicken. $

Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que, with twenty five years of tastin' and cookin' makes Dave's bar-b-que the best ever. Dave's ribs are classic, St. Louis-style spareribs, hickory smoked to perfection, and Dave's award-winning Rich & Sassy sauce is made from a secret recipe - even his mother doesn't know! $-$$

The Rib Crib slowly smokes their meats over apple fruit wood for up to 15 hours, leaving a slightly sweet taste. All sauces and marinades are prepared on the premises. $

Shorty Small's serves up the finest in BBQ ribs, pulled pork and brisket, BBQ chicken, steaks and sandwiches and Macho Nachos. $

Sadie's Sideboard & Smokehouse features their special menu of smokehouse barbeque, ribs, beef, chicken, plus their buffet. $$

International Flare Restaurants

Italian Dining in Branson Missouri

The Pasta House on Green Mountain Drive has a full menu of fabulous Italian dishes, from pastas to steaks to seafood and more. $$

Rocky's Italian Restaurant is a popular place in downtown Branson serving a wonderful array of pasta dishes including Rocky's original Fettuccine Carbonara, Chicken Picatta, and Prime Rib. $$

The Olive Garden amongst the chain food locations this one has to be the best. With great prices, even better food and an amazing wine menu it is great for a romantic dinner or a large Italian feast. Located on the west end of Hwy 76 Country Music Blvd.! $-$$

Oriental Dining in Branson Missouri

The China Garden has both buffet and full menu selection. $$

The Hong Kong Buffet offers a large selection of taste-tempting treats at its lunch and dinner buffets and on its large menu of entrees for dine in or carry out. $$

Shogun Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar present Hibachi grilled food, steaks, and fresh sushi. $$

Mexican Dining in Branson Missouri

Mexican fiestas are available at Casa Fuentes on the east end of "the Strip".

Gilley's Texas Cafe next to Mickey Gilley's Theatre serves up Tex-Mex specialties, chili, barbeque ribs, fajitas, and taco salad. $$

El Portal serves up your favorite fajitas, beef and chicken enchiladas, chimichangas, burritos, tamales and tacos. $

Theme Restaurants in Branson Missouri

Experience the 50's and 60's atmosphere at the Starlite Diner, the Hard Luck Diner and the Uptown Cafe. They all serve burgers and fries and have a full menu of your other favorites. $

Theater Dining in Branson Missouri

These restaurants are available in conjunction with your shows or just drop by for a memorable dining experience. Some of these are McFarlain's at the IMAX, Rafter's at the Hughes Brothers Celebrity Theatre, Gilley's Texas Cafe at the Mickey Gilley Theatre, The Stage Door Canteen at the Welk Theatre, and the Starlite Diner at the Starlite Theatre.

Dinner Theaters in Branson Missouri

The Showboat Branson Belle: Lunch, early dinner and evening dinner cruises. The cast of Showstoppers and the orchestra entertain with musical and comedy performances.

The Dixie Stampede serves a four course feast which includes chicken, pork loin, corn on the cob, seasoned potato wedges as you enjoy the pageantry, horsemanship and comedy of the show.

The Hughes Brothers invite you to choose from one of their entree selections and dine at their candlelit tables prior to the show.

The Magnificent 7 Show - A 4 course dinner before the show is available to theatre patrons. Entrees includes steak, mesquite grilled chicken breast, beef tenderloin, lobster and shrimp, and all the trimmings.

Buck Trent's Breakfast Show invites you to a sit-down, buffet breakfast at the Grand Country Buffet and then over to the Grand Country Theatre for Buck's show at 9:30am.

Bob Anderson's Supper Club Show- singer-impressionist at Club 57. Enjoy the voices of legends such as Frank Sinatra to Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennitt to Tom Jones while being reminded why we loved the "Rat Pack".

Circle B Chuckwagon. You'll feast on an all-you-can-eat meal served at your table and the entertainment of their highly acclaimed Cowboy music show.

Branson theme parks also offer the best in culinary treats at their restaurants and food venues whether you are looking for a quick snack or delightful Ozark dinner.