My boyfriend and I were in town for the weekend and were looking for a country bar to dance at. After looking at the reviews for melody ranch we were turned off. Seemed like the only option so we gave it a try anyways. GLAD WE DID! It was great. Live music for most of the night. Then a DJ. Dance floor is nice and big. We had a great time! Will deff go again if we are ever back in town!

Im there every weekend! Its so much fun!

If you are going to play music on Monday nights or let a DJ practice please have respect for the people who live in the neighborhood. Its bad enough we dont sleep on Thursday night. We do have to get up in the morning and go to work!!!

Great place to dance with a big floor and good music. Drinks are decently priced.Beware, they call last call at 1:30AM instead of 1:45AM like every other dancehall in Texas. They start pushing you towards the front door at 1:45AM.Maybe the website should say “closes at 1:45AM”...Either way, this is the only real dancehall in Waco, check it out!

Nice, large dance floor. Good DJ on Friday nights. Really good dancing until around 9:30pm when kids start arriving. They “dance while the music plays” doing same steps to all rhythms. Best way to describe their “dance” is “the cripple knee shoulder dislocation.” The kids are extremely rude on the dance floor, galloping around like gorillas, running into other dancers. When they arrive, we leave! An “adults only” dance night would be great!!

I have been a customer for 50 years I am happy that new owners have bought the ranch I. Have seen some changes however the ranch needs a paint job when it opened it was painted barn red with white trim I hope paint is in the future it needs to be updated

Under the old ownership, the ranch was great. However, the new ownership is ridiculous. I had a small pocket knife, which I carry daily, confiscated by some non-cop, high-and-mighty security guard, who came up to me, unprovoked and removed it from my pocket forcibly. I did nothing to provoke any sort of reaction such as this. Having been to the melody ranch dozens of times before under the old ownership, this was never an issue. No posted signs about any sort of new policy, with no previous issues ever had. Will not be returning any time soon. The old ownership never should have sold out. Completely ruined my nothing but positive previous experiences

Went last night. Your website said Jaron Bell was playing! Got there at 9 PM. Parking lot was almost empty! Not a good sign but we went anyway because Mr. Bells info sounded good. Went in, no band but the front door lady said they were running just a bit late. Sign said Shaker Hymn were the band! Asked about that she didnt know! Stage had drums n stuff on it saying Shaker Hymn were playing!! At some point it was announced the band w b there on 30 minutes! NOT!! At 10 PM band finally took the stage. ONE singer!! One mic!! Four guitars! Drums! No spotlight on the members as they were featured individually. No explanation for the hour late start. Sub-par music compared to what we have been hearing at MR. Perhaps a refund for the evening is in order?? I would like to hear from yall. Thanks!

It’s 145 and they are closing shows 3 am time change

The service sucked, will never go here again. I got a couple beers and some shots, my tab ended up being 71 bucks!!! My friend literally ordered 2 beers and 2 shots, and was charged 76 dollars!!!! and the bartender (young girl) was pretty much begging for tips. She wouldnt give me my card back until I told her how much I was gonna tip her! worst experience ever. Dont give them you card but the will take full advantage of you. F this place and the people who work there!

Great drinks at good price

My first experience visiting for a comedy event which was pretty good but they were unorganized (we had to wait outside of the event for over an hour even with VIP seating, I won’t be back

Horrible new owners. They have lost my business entirely as well as many others. Firing the best employee they had for kicking someone out who disrespected our military. As well as firing many others who were huge assets to their business.I dont respect anyone who thinks its okay to disrespect our military or cause chaos in our Melody Ranch family.If you would like to go to a respectable dancehall. Smileys country club is the place to be now.Oh and lets not forget, they STOLE equipment and refuse to give it back to him

Mr. Fuentes better make things right or hes going to end up on live TV with myself & several others venting about out horrible our experience & amount of $$ we spent in miserable conditions. The different prices of drinks, the AC not working, diabetic people getting very sick, people severely dehydrated & so on.

Friendly staff!

Love the huge Dance Floor. However did not like the band that was playing that evening.

This place has really gone down. It is trash and so is Demi.

Melody Ranch is my go-to Saturday night destination while Im visiting Waco. Both mature and younger patrons fill the dancehall to enjoy the weekly live country music bands. Head bartender Shawnelle goes above and beyond to make sure our groups are comfortable and seated near the stage. No drama, no trouble, no altercations. Top notch dance floor with no smoking indoors. Huge plus! Cant wait to visit again :)

I had a horrible experience here. I was accused of having a fake id and Mary tried to take my licences. She said she was calling the cops and TABC, all which I told her she would have to call because I was not leaving without my licence. I have been numerous times and have never in my life been stopped for that. After showing several different forms of information and 45 mins of my time wasted, my licences was returned. The manager came up to me and finally offered to let me in free of charge.***I would highly recommend another bar. Try Smilies, Crickets, True Love or any where else. before this place. Also, there was only a hand full of people in there once I was allowed to go in. Its a dive bar.***

This venue is a dump, the air was not working. They should have a back up plan for the performers. Its was so hot, they had to take a break.

Most places the band starts at least by 9 pm this joint the band started at 10.pm and closes at 2am it doesnt say on website the hours !! Dance floor was big and in good shape, band was good and not crowded at all, 7 dollars for cover charge, band just needs to start sooner !!!

I love it. Glad its back. Have been going there for a long time. I have always loved going there.

My wife and I used to come here from time to time. Really hit or miss with the crowd, some nights they can be fine and other nights just plain annoying and rude.

Dont start a tab, they double dip especially when you are buying jello shots from waitresses. Garbage place for garbage people

Great place they have security and also have a bingo in the mornings and evenings.. the owners are great people as well..

I always have a good time when me and my friends go to Melody!! Drink prices are reasonable; bartenders Shawnelle and Ralph take good care of me; the dance floor is large and DJ Lito is AWESOME! Also enjoy the bands they get, especially 35 South!

The a/c was not working, the place is a dump, the staff is rude and crude. I would never recommend anyone go to this hell hole. Tracy Lawrence was great, but even he could not stand the heat for very long. Have seen him numerous time and he has never, ever taken a break until Saturday night June 17th at the pit they call the Melody Ranch. The a/c was out for days according to staff and these cheap losers did nothing to get it fixed. They did not inform you the a/c was not working before you paid to get in. We spent 250 for a table and the heat was so unbearable we had to leave. I mean how much would it have cost them to get port-o-coolers for their customers. I read where the owner is in the 35 south band wonder if he would have wanted to play at his own hell hole Saturday night? I see they have done no improvements in the last 35 years, it is a disgusting, dirty dump. AVOID AT ALL COST!!!!

First time here and sure as hell wont be my last night.Plenty more nights to come

One night from a bad concert will not change my love for the place. It is cold in here now and always a great time.

Awesome maybe some day Blackrose Detroit heavy metal will play here

No a/c working and from what we were told it had been out for 2 days, they knew they had Tracy Lawrence concert on Saturday but was waiting till after the concert to get fixed .. I will never go to this place again a huge waist of $40 to leave by 10:30 and listed to 2 or 3 songs do to the unbearable heat in the hall .. .. what a dump ..

Their DJ is awful. He trys to be cool because hes so short and fat.

Good music lot of people

A/c was out and it was miserbale. Even the artist had to take a break and said it was too hot. Love the music, hate the environment. I wont be back

Big floor, friendly people. 35 South is a great band.

Great place for two step dancing!

Came to town to visit and we were looking for a place that reminded us of home, I havent paid that much for a drink except at a NBA game! $9.50 for a double Jim beam and coke, youd think it was laced with gold!!!!

Awesome place to be!!

Had fun

Its my bar

Great place.

Its a fun lively crowd.

Great Venue!