We where close so we came here. This is the sorriest excuse for a BBQ place I’ve ever been to. I know people in the world are starving and would appreciate it, I’m thinking it might not be that bad to be starving after eating this garbage! The burnt ends equivalent to gravel with sauce smeared on them. Ribs were like shoe leather with sauce smeared on them. In no way does this place represent KCBBQ. Save your money and time and drive to one of any of the other BBQ places in KC. Wish I could give it zero stars. Words to live buy with BBQ, if you don’t see smoke don’t stop. Only smoke there was, was coming out of my ears for actually paying that much for complete crap!
Tony X.
Place rating: 4 Prairie Village, KS
Taylor our server was very attentive and displayed great positive energy. She got our food out perfectly timed. We ordered the platter with the hot links which were delicious and just the right amount of spice. This is the third time I have been here and I recommend it. I enjoy the atmosphere and quality.
Krissi M.
Place rating: 5 Novi, MI
No complaints here. BBQ is not my favorite but the salad I had was great! I loved all the sauces and our waitress was friendly and attentive. The manager was around about 5 times to make sure our evening was good.
Ashley R.
Place rating: 5 Houston, TX
I can’t wait to come back to Kansas City just so I can come here. We came back to my hometown from Houston for my birthday and though the trip didn’t start off great we came here the night before we left and glad we did. My son and I got the feast for two and my husband got the daves favorite. Being I am from KC and we are in Houston we are picky about our BBQ… The portions were great and the meat was moist and juicy. Our server gabrell was amazing and being a server at an extremely high volume restaurant I expect amazing service when I go out but am also understanding on certain things. She gave the best service I’ve had in along time with a friendly smile. Best birthday dinner I e had in 31 years!
Bryon M.
Place rating: 1 Kansas City, KS
Nope Not a fan of precooked food. Might as well have McDonalds McRib, it’s more authentic BBQ than what is served here. You can get fresh ribs smoked every day and NOT frozen and shipped from many places in the KC area including but not limited too: Joes of KC; Gates; Bates City BBQ(off Shawnee mission pkwy); Jack Stack and many many others. This place is a disgrace to BBQ
Renata S.
Place rating: 2 Shawnee, KS
Left disappointed, mediocre at best. Menu has changed significantly, had an amazing selection but that has since changed. If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. Food was not the best either. Burnt ends were brittle, dry and tough. Brisket was overly powered with the brown sugar, too sweet. The lights and fans kept moving, so the ambiance inside was less than desirable. Left you dizzy with the bright flashing lights because of the fans. With all of the BBQ restaurants options in KC, I would definitely skip over this one. Not worth wasting the money on food that leaves you feeling lackluster. Don’t know if the company has a new cook or recipes, but I would say stick with what you had as that was so much better.
Jenise H.
Place rating: 5 Kansas City, KS
This place is amazing!!! The ribs are the best beating out gates(and I love gates) the service is amazing a lot of kids there but you know they are being whipped into shape! I hate when they take away the brisket burgers they are also amazing
Lacey L.
Place rating: 4 Platte City, MO
I have this place 4-stars only because when we got there there was no host/hostess up front so we waited a good 10 – 15 mins before even getting seated, which wasn’t long, but the place wasn’t even busy so someone should have been up front. Our waiter was nice, quick and served us with a smile. He came back in a timely manner to fill our drinks and to see how we were doing. Great attitude. The food was good too. My friend got the nachos and let me tell if you’ve never been to a famous daves the nachos are a good sized appetizer, but so good! I nabbed a few of her nachos and jalapeños on the nachos are the really spicy ones so if you love spicy this would be a good starter. I got the dinner for one and it was delicious. The ribs fell off the bone, the baked beans were wonderful, the coleslaw was good, everything that day was good! Will definitely be coming back to eat here again.
Jessica K.
Place rating: 3 Kansas City, KS
I used to go there all the time. But since I went there last week, the ribs I ordered was burn and some of them did not cook all the way. Little disappointed because it use to be my favorite place to eat ribs. The servers some of them are nice but some of them are careless to customers.
Bob D.
Place rating: 4 St. Peters, MO
The food was excellent. The service was prompt although they were busy. My boys and I all enjoyed it. Plenty to eat. And not terribly expensive. Close enough to our hotel that we walked !
Darren P.
Place rating: 4 Kansas City, MO
Seriously love the food… but getting rid off BBQ sauces how unreal still love this place… must be under new ownership bring back Texas pit BBQ
Gina M.
Place rating: 4 Olathe, KS
Great bbq and an excellent place to go when family comes to town. Just wish there were healthier options on the menu that were just as yummy and interesting as the regular menu items.
Mark B.
Place rating: 2 Kansas City, MO
The only reason I’m not giving a one-star rating is because the waitress was pleasant. The brisket was leather dry, as was the bread it was served on. The beans were strait out of a can. The slaw had way too much mayo. Why did I go to a chain BBQ place here in KC?
Karan W.
Place rating: 4 Saint Louis, MO
So I came upon this place after an exhausting session of shopping at legends. Right off the bat what struck me about the place was the delicious smell as soon as you enter. You guessed it right, BBQ sauce on smoked meat. I came here with three other people and we got the humongous platter(forgot what it’s called) which consisted of a full rack of ribs, pulled pork, fried chicken, burnt ends, and 6 sides(the cornbread here is to die for!), and we were done! Service is good, and the servers are quite adept at accommodating any and all requests. All in all good food, full bar, and prime locality for conducting a post shopping chowdown. 8⁄10 will visit again.
Genevieve W.
Place rating: 1 Ankeny, IA
One of the worst dining experiences ever and I’m shocked at this coming from a Famous Dave’s. Out server was super slow and his attitude was horrendous!!! Especially after we asked about military discounts, service got worse. All corporate locations offer a military discount. This location is not corporate and it shows!!! Their staff was standing around gossiping about guests near the kitchen. And biggest pet peeve one was chewing gum. Ewwww. Food was horrible! Burger was dry and not seasoned and husbands wings were overbooked to the point of cremation and the sauce was slathered in extra to try and hide it. It didn’t help. Waiter did not refill drinks and we left hungry and unhappy! Manager did nothing to field any complaints. I have been to the original Famous Dave’s in Hayward Wisconsin and Dave would be mortified at how this place was run!!! Especially the blatant rudeness of the staff. I love Famous Dave’s so it hurts to write a bad review. But this was just that BAD!!! This was about a year ago so I pray it has gotten better since! But I for one will never be back to this location!
Ed G.
Place rating: 2 Shawnee, KS
Food is good but they recently downsized their portions to be quite small. 5 small strips of beef and a chicken breast, small handful of fries and a muffin for $ 15.50? Left restaurant hungry and will not likely go back. We were told this is corporate policy to have small portions. Before you wonder, I am NOT obese, just athletic and wanted to get full at the restaurant. That did NOT happen. I left hungry and frustrated…
Eva C.
Place rating: 4 Dallas, TX
A solid 4 star restaurant. We ate here while visiting the Great Wolf Lodge across the street and it was great. I had the build your own BBQ, and wow that was delicious– and it was different, too, so that was nice. My husband had ribs and briscuit and he enjoyed both. The sides were ok and the iced tea as well. The kids meals were generally good and well priced.
Wm.'Bill' L.
Place rating: 5 Independence, MO
One might say they are all the same, but low and behold that is not true, this location is so much better than the one in Independence, and I live around the corner from that one, but I cross town to come here My wife and I always have the dinner for 2 and it is worth every bite and we still end up taking plenty home. The ribs here are alway juicy and so is the brisket, great bbq without being hollered at when you walk in the door, what a concept… shtick my arse… it’s rude best advice: bring your appetite
Phon W.
Place rating: 3 Olathe, KS
I’ve been here a few times and I’ve always loved their rib tips, I’m not sure why I haven’t made a review but this last time I was here it was just okay to me. It wasn’t as tender as usual. I get the combo with rib tips and chicken, the chicken is pretty good. I don’t love the sauces but it’s not bad. I like their corn bread the best and the fresh corn is good as well and their fries :).
Rhonda S.
Place rating: 3 Independence, MO
I made a trip to Nebraska Furniture Mart, and decided to stop at Famous Dave’s for dinner. Yet it was their lunch hour, which I think goes until 5:00, maybe? Anyway… I really wanted the baked potato so bad. But I also wanted a corn muffin. If I ordered the baked potato, I’d have to order a corn muffin separate. That’s kind of, middle of the review. Inside, it appears to be a hunting lodge with plaid Pendleton’s hanging on hooks on the walls and a cozy large stone fire place with a deer head mount over it. There are antiques and it’s an enjoyable comfortable atmosphere. I was waited on quickly, and bought my iced tea. He also bought out homemade barbeque potato chips, so I could sample the many sauces. One of which resides constantly in my refrigerator. It was funny sampling the Sweet and Zestyy flavor. But they have a few others, one of which is appropriately titled Devils Spit. I might replace my Sweet and Zesty I buy at the grocery store, with this. I wanted the baked potato, story already told. I decided on the 2 meat plate, ordering ribs and pulled pork. I should’ve gotten the potato. 2 ribs came on the plate, kind of laid there, nothing special. I got a pile of pulled pork, and my side was baked beans. …Like I said, I want to go and eat the big baked potato. I also got a corn muffin. The ribs,(2) were really good with the Sweet and Zesty BBQ sauce. I didn’t get very ambitious with that. The pulled pork was also good. The baked beans tasted kind of from a can. The corn muffin would’ve been better if I had ordered the big baked potato. I was unimpressed with the 2 meat lunch special. But I like Famous Daves, good prices, good service. Next time, I’m getting the big baked potato.