Theme Restaurant With A Good Vibe
Saddle Ranch is definitely a place to see tourists, drunk frat boys, baby boomers in heat, colorful locals and tourists interacting thanks to the benefits of demon rum. Although it's on the Sunset Strip, Saddle Ranch is not exclusively for nightlife and tourists. It also has a lot of locals who are fiercely loyal to the restuarant. It burned down a few years ago and was packed on the first night it reopened.
Some of their food is kind of blah but most of it is good and the portions are HUGE. (I asked for a small slice of chocolate cake oncel it was about 3" tall and a foot long. No irony here; it was that big.) They have a lot of specials, particularly BBQ. It's definitely a meat/meet market. Despite all of this, I have always had superlative service by genuinely nice staff (it's hard to dislike anybody giving you free drinks and quart sized margaritas.) Whenever I drive by, it's always packed with cars and people having a good time. Oh, and definitely stay to see the first drunk hop on the bull.