I love this restaurant and for Joplin the only place with great outdoor seating, including heaters…read moreand a cozy fire pit for cool fall & spring days. Fantastic quality food, the service is always top notch, and the absolute best desserts around town.

Food was fantastic. Service was a step below TERRIBLE! Sat at the bar and got a drink right away…read more Took 30 minutes before we were asked if we wanted to order food (which we stated when we sat down). Took around 40 minutes to get our food. There was a total of six people in the bar so it wasn't an overload. Had to ask to get our check which ended up being wrong. Of course no one was at the bar so I had to track someone down to get the bill corrected.

Service is friendly and professional and the food is ok but just that. not great, and too expensive…read morefor the quality and portions. Today we bought lunch for three and my son got Mac and cheese with his sandwich and I had the chili with mine. My wife got a salad and it seems she had the best thing. Our sandwiches were tasty, but mostly bread. I mean a lot of bread and very little inside. My sandwich was $10 bucks and for that in a rural midwest town I would expect much better. if I had gone to Subway, Firehouse Subs or Jimmy Johns I would have a longer sandwich and easily three times the stuff inside. My son made a point fo complaining about it too. Good tasting sandwich and bread, only far too much bread and next to nothing inside. Over the last year, we have tried them several times from carbide pickup to eating outside or eating inside. The service is consistent and prompt and I have no issues regarding that. However, each time we have ordered several things are unavailable, popular yet ordinary items that any smart manager would have planned better and kept regular staple items in stock. For example they promote an extensive baked potato menu and it all sounds great but twice we came in and they had run out of potatoes! I mean if you were getting low run down to the store and buy a bag, how hard is that. You should never run out of basic menu items unless you have poor management.

I ordered on Door Dash. They didn't send the au jus for the French Dip. When I called they said…read morewhen I come in they will give me a discount. We are just passing thru Joplin. Will not order from here again

We used to come here when it was a Mexican restaurant and reluctantly avoided it because we liked…read morethe old place. Like many restaurants in Joplin, the outside is often nothing to get excited about and as someone who works in graphic design and advertising I'm heavily influenced by presentation and packaging. Don't judge this book by the cover! The inside looks really cute, upscale and trendy with an Asian vibe but not over the top or kitschy. This is a palce I would be happy bringing clients, friends or a date night dinner. The inside would fit right in San Francisco, LA or Chicago. The menu is shorter but still has plenty of choices. I highly recommend trying the soups as they serve several traditional Thai and Vietnamese along with the typical Chinese-American soups. My wife had a beef fried rice dish and I had the beef and meatball Pho. Sort of my starter test, if they do well on the Pho I will come back and try them again. The Pho was simpler than others I've had but still very good. I thought it was a bit mild, not in a spicy hot way, but in seasoning. If your looking for a comforting warm broth on a cold day this would hit the spot. Adding a little balck sauce (always on the table) was just enough added flavor. However I felt the Pho needed more vegetables; carrots, cabbage, bok choy, onion etc. It may just be their still but although very good it was basically broth, meat, sprouts (which I love) and sweet basil (instead of cilantro). Again, it was still very good but why I only gave them four stars. My wife's dish was elegant, and I'd even say fancy. Instead of dumping everything in a big bowl and calling it fried rice each element was presented seperately and generiously. Her dish was far more flavorful and complex than mine. She honestly had made a better selection and perhaps I ordered something that was not their best dish. I think my wife would have rated them five stars. Last we also ordered the fresh translucent spring rolls with the peanuty dipping sauce. It was perfect, fresh, cool, crisp and always fun to see through the translucent wrap. The sauce was so good we wanted to eat it with a spoon after the spring rolls were consumed.

The food actually resembles the pictures on the menu! The service was professional and efficient…read more The restaurant was Zen in color and design. My husband has alpha gal. It is an allergy to mammal meat. For this reason we don't order spring or egg rolls. However, our waiter had the cook make spring rolls for us with shrimp only. They were great! I ordered extra to take home. Also, we had chicken and noodles. It was fresh colorful and my husband finished it off. We will return to Kim's Kitchen.

This one had the possibility of bein' five star, but he service dropped it down. The food was…read moredelicious and my cocktail was quite tasty. But when we got there, we were going back and forth about getting one large table for everyone, or a smaller table, and let the rest of the folks fend for their own table when they got there. The guy at the front knew our dilemma and said that our server could take our orders right away, and get the ordering process going, so we picked the bigger table. Well, that worked out horribly. We don't know if he didn't pass it on to our server or if she just didn't care, but everything took forever. ALL of our food came out at the same time, and then we were asking for our checks because we had somewhere we needed to be, it was like she downshifted into non-movement. Ruined a good meal.

We arrived at Noon and the Onion was packed! We were quickly placed on the wait list but we only…read morewaited 5 minutes. Our waitress took our wine orders quickly and delivered them in minutes. We ordered the lunch pork chop and the BLTA. Food came fast and was delicious! The pork chop special actually consists of 2 chops! They were cooked perfectly, not tough, tender and juicy. The smashed potatoes contained cheese and green onion bits. The sauce was delicious. It also came with a side salad, see the picture I posted today. The BLTA was served with copious bacon, tomato and avocado with just the right amount of lettuce. If we return to Joplin we will definitely eat here again. It was our waitress's birthday and she was quite pleasant while giving great service.

This evening's dinner was takeout from Magic Noodle and it was good stuff. Friendly service, even…read moreoffering me a glass of water while I waited and my wait was short despite it being right around the dinner rush. Drunken Noodles for me were mostly noodles with some chicken that was tasty. The Tofu Duck (not actual duck) for Mrs. K. who enjoyed it very much. Good portions, wrapped up nicely and very portable. This was a decent meal. [Review 303 of 2025 - 426 in Missouri - 23865 overall]

My husband and I enjoy Thai food, so we tried the Magic Noodle tonight for the first time. The…read moreparking lot was full and the restaurant was 60% full the entire time we were there, so that was encouraging! The food was average. Not really something you'd want to write home about. We felt that the prices were high for the amount and quality of food we received. The service was slow, but when we received service, it was excellent. Overall, it was just okay. There's another Thai restaurant in town that we prefer over this one.

This is the best Thai food I have ever had. I downloaded this app just to review this place, it's…read morethat good. The crispy duck was perfect. 10/10 would recommend. Also the service was really good despite how busy it was. I ate the food before I could take a photo, my bad.

We chose to check this place out based on some of the strong recommendations in the reviews. Those…read moremust be bogus reviews. I eat Thai food at least once per week. When we walked in we were greeted with "We close in 30 minutes". Keep in mind you order at the counter. I asked if that meant we "had to have our last bite chewed within 30 minutes" and the lady at the counter said, "yes". We were hungry so we went ahead and ordered but I should have just left. Food was mediocre at best. This is like a fast food type place basically. Thai cuisine is very good usually but this would be like calling Taco Bell a Mexican restaurant.

Being new to the Joplin area I had to see what ramen joints were around and this place was by far…read morerocks my world. My waitress was super polite and really catered to my service. Love the ambiance, not cluttered, but open and inviting. Could use some AC in there or some fountain drinks. Ya gotta pay for soda by the can. Now for the food because that's always important. I got the Dynamite Roll. The roll was huge for only 5 pieces and was completely deep fried as a whole. Personally, deep frying them one at a time would be better but they have their own method. Also got their Spicy Tonkatsu ramen, this was so good. They give you an option of spicy you want your broth from 1-5, 1 being mild to their hottest at level 5. If it comes spicier sign me up. All in all it was a great experience and plan to be back many more times.

I ordered the takoyaki and a few sushi rolls, the takoyaki was a bit undercooked but not bad. The…read moresushi rolls were not good at all. They barely put any fish on the rolls and it's not good quality. Would not go back and would not recommend.

The best place in town to spend time toghether or with friends, special occasions. Hint save room…read morefor dessert and brioche. .

This is one of the top places for lunch in Joplin as all their food is just REALLY GOOD! You walk…read morein and order from the counter and then they bring it out to your table and there is always enough places to sit and the service is always fantastic. Sandwiches, salads and soups are the main choices with sides and pick 2 options as well. You just cannot go wrong here!!