Mallard's Roadhouse — Restaurant in Clinton

We were traveling through the area, driving home. The 3 of us were discussing getting barbecue in Kansas City, maybe 40 minutes down the road. We decided we needed a quick stop somewhere and Mallard's Roadhouse popped up on Google maps. Unanimous decision to stop.

We are glad we did!

The restaurant was busy, so we asked if we could wait at the bar for a table. We didn't get to sit down as a table was prepared immediately. Sat down and the waitress was waiting to take our drink orders! We admired the inside of the restaurant thinking drinks would take a bit. Before we even grabbed a menu, we had our teas and water! The waitress asked if we wanted any appetizers. Picked the breaded green beans.

We looked at the menus and told the waitress we needed a little time. As soon as we laid our menus down, she was right there to take our orders! She walked away and another server brought our piping hot appetizers! We had not even been in the building 10 minutes!

After another 10 minutes our orders were ready! Huge portions! Each plate could've been split between 2 people! We all took boxes home!

I could not empty my glass! The waitress was there with a refill quickly!

Great waitress, awesome service, scrumptious food that was better than expected, marvelous atmosphere!

We will be back on our next roadtrip through! Outstanding!

(Note: Though the name has "Mallard" in it, no, they don't have duck on...

My son and I drove 65miles to try out your restaurant and at first was very impressed. Not to say that the atmosphere or food wasn’t good from what I took home “to go,” but we won’t be back. I requested a table away from the door due to the weather being chilly and the waitress mentioned it would be maybe a 10 min wait which we were ok with. As we sat waiting, I noticed a table in the middle of the restaurant was vacant so I asked if we could be seated at it. We were the only ones not seated and there was 3 tables open a 5 chair hi top by the doorway and two 6 chair regular tables towards the middle. The lady behind the bar proceeded to tell me they save those tables for larger parties. I mentioned no other patrons were waiting for a table and we shouldn’t be made to wait because of a “possibe group” that wasn’t a sure bet. She proceeded to say, you know where I’m coming from. I said, I do, but being a restaurant manager myself, u don’t make customers wait if u have empty tables and zero others waiting. She was short and irritated and changed the entire tone of our visit. We were seated at the table of choice, but both my son and I both had already lost the vibe from our encounter. I did spend $30 on a to go bag and the food would have been great but, not happy with that treatment. Not with dropping $65-$70 to be treated rudely because of a group...

I have lived in Clinton for 3 years and today was my first time to eat at Malards. To say I was pleasantly surprised would be an understatement. I heard they were overpriced with mediocre food at best. But from my experience today, they have really good food at normal restaurant prices. Our server was the bartender and yet she still gave us great service even though we were at a table and not belly up. She didn't wear a name tag so I can't give you her name, but she got us refills before our glasses were empty, she gave us time to look at the menu and made lots of recommendations even after hearing that I had to be gluten free. She made sure we were informed about our food coming out, she checked back to make sure our food was up to par. Really great service, really good food! I highly recommend it! My friend got a cheeseburger and seasoned fries, which he was really good. I got the Roadhouse brisket salad, which I thought would have shavings of brisket I was prepared to be underwhelmed, but it had some thick super tender pieces. I was so glad I got that, however I was kicking myself for not getting a brisket plate (unsure if they have one). Being from Texas it's hard to find good brisket, but Malards has got some and I will...