King Kone — Restaurant in Hot Springs

So I took a peak at some of the more recent, lower star reviews. As well as the recent higher rated reviews. As I’m righting this at 11:24am on 8/29, I just ordered a cheeseburger and Cajun fries, no drink bc it’s 100° outside lol I’ve got water! Long story short, I’ve been In and out of the food industry for over a decade, I just switched fields 3 months ago. So this is for the lower rated reviews: hopefully you all can be understanding of the fact that things change. Specially in food service. Like the stock market, it goes up and down, good and bad. King Kone isn’t relative to a J&S Italian Villa, or the Vault, or even delucas or Rocky’s. It’s a mom and pop stop. There’s not 20 ppl on staff there’s probably barely 5 people working if that. So if your food didn’t come out as you hoped or your drinks or desserts, I’m sure if you mentioned it to the staff they could correct it, or refund your money. But to leave a review after you’ve likely eaten your whole meal, I find it hard to believe that it was completely horrible. I’ve also heard there’s new owners now. Idk how long they have taken over, but maybe the owners are new to food service. Maybe it’s as simple as the cooks or server having a bad or off day. I work across the street and everyday I go to work or walk past there it is always busy 9 times outta 10. That’s just my two sense. Everyone, everything deserves a 2nd...

King Kone has been around for a long time and they have some tasty treats. Most of the time, I gotta have a shake or ice cream cone when driving by. Not today though, it was going to be a long day working at the desk and I needed some fuel.

They have a good burger combo at a nice price but it wasn't speaking to me. I decided to go all in with a Jumbo Cheeseburger, Frito Pie, and a cup of Ice Cream. Yikes, my eyes were more hungry than my stomach but I ate it all eventually.

The burger was well cooked and topped generously. It is Jumbo for sure and not an everyday meal. The Frito Pie was as good as it was in 1981 when I first tried it. How do they keep the chips so crunchy under all that chili? I live 30 minutes away and the chips were still crunchy. You can't go without ice cream and this is my favorite spot. The portion is huge and the price is awesome

Great local spot with a nice menu full of items to...

Their food is great, but what’s so frustrating is it number one whenever you try to call it’s either a busy, or be they never answer the phone! And to make matters worse, they’re listed hours on the web or totally wrong, they don’t correct him and I eventually just called the sonic next-door to find out if they were open. So frustrating. I live all the way in Royal so it takes me about 30 minutes to get there, and there’s nothing more frustrating than going on the Internet, looking at their business hours and seeing that they’re supposed to be “open“, driving the 30-40 minutes it takes me to get there just to see them closed & therefore have to turn around & drive all the way back with nothing! So although their food and ice cream/shakes are wonderful, their business management and business...