Extra Virgin — Restaurant in Kansas City

It was the best and worst all wrapped into one meal experience. I was excited to try this tapas restaurant. I love a place where you can share and try lots of kinds of food. Their menu is really creative and you are sure to find something new to try. We started off great. Ordered deviled eggs.Classic but with a little extra spice (possibly horshradish). Real comfort food. Next we had the salad of baby spinach, gorgonzola, cranberries and candied walnuts. Love this kind of salad with different textures and flavors happening. Would have like the spinach stems to be trimmed a little more, and I think feta would have worked better, but that is just my preference. Then the best part of the meal...the pork belly steamed buns. OMG these were delicious! These were not like anything we have really had before. Meaty, spicy, crunchy and a perfect bite of scrumptiousness. I could have gotten three orders of these and been happy all day. But then the meal took a down turn . For the main, large dish we ordered ribeye steak to share with Chipotle onions and pistachios. This was just ok. Large portion, but under-seasoned and the temperature seemed colder than it should have been (like it had been resting too long before it was brought to us). The pistachios didn't add much, so it just seem frivolous to put them on there. The Chipotle onions were good to add some flavor to the steak, but were also cold and too similar in texture to the fatty steak. Lastly, and most disappointing, was the dessert. Dessert is my favorite part of the meal, so we were excited to get something yummy to finish it off. We got churros with chocolate sauce. The churros came out flat, unevenly colored (some burny, some underdone) and extremely oily. We could literally touch the doughy center and our fingers were coated in oil. These were completely inedible. I was surprised they would serve those to us. It was obvious they weren't right to begin with. Luckily the waitress noticed we didn't eat any of the dessert and took the item off our bill. So in conclusion, other than the disastrous dessert, this was one of the best restaurants that we had been to during our visit to Kansas City. Will be having sweet dreams of those delicious pork belly steamed buns for a long...

Not the same Extra Virgin I used to go to weekly prior to Covid. I'm sure it had a direct effect on how their menu is now. Don't get me wrong, food is amazing. However, when we do a reservation, I do not want a hightop in the bar!!! Plenty of open ACTUAL tables for 2. Our server was great. No complaints other than the table, which was not the servers fault. However, it took about 15 min for us to be greeted after being sat. Just a quick "hey I'll bring right there" but we got nothing and then when they did, we realized they walked by us at least 10 times. I ordered the stuffed porkloin.. FABULOUS...BUT.. They was NOTHING to go with it. Like I couldn't get any vegetables or ANY side. There's no sides. The menu read in just one long row. There's no perpetrating from appetizers to entrees. It's very confusing. They come ask if you want to start with something....well, I don't know because to me it ALL looks like entrees. Thankfully I have been a customer here for years. My fiancé had not and was so confused. I wouldn't mind the hightop table in the bar either IF I wasn't dressed for "date night" in a dress having to hike up in a chair when you're 5 ft, makes it hard to be graceful getting up or down. Also we were in a corner. A dark corner. I still love the food. However, I don't think I'll be back, and that saddens me. I also suggest that they describe some of their foods that are not a "mainstream" dish a little more. I had to try and describe certain dishes and I shouldn't have to do that. The menu is not written for anyone that isn't accustomed to higher end food. I think it makes people uncomfortable and unsure of what they're ordering. Just my opinion. But I was not happy with how our valentines dinner turned out after raving about this place. I hope they read this and take some of this to heart. Please ask if it's a romantic date night and if so don't put them in a hightop table in the bar. As someone who's been in service industry, I loved our server. He was absolutely amazing! No complaints on him or even the food. The menu and seating need some work. Michael Smith I hope you read this because I have loved your...

I came here on a Saturday for a birthday dinner with friends. Our reservations were for 7:15 and I arrived at 7:00pm, the first person there. Our table was already ready and I was seated while I waited for everyone else to arrive.

As I waited, our server brought a round of water for the table, but didn't ask me for a drink order. I did flag her down about 10 minutes later for a vodka soda that quickly came out.

The restaurant was very busy. The bar and the patio was fully booked and the place was full of a range patrons of all ages enjoying the food and drinks. It is a bit on the noisy side but once everyone in our party got there we just added to the din.

We ordered a large variety of items on the menu to share among us. I really enjoyed the beef carpaccio. I usually cannot stand taro, but I didn't mind it with this dish. Other hits that we enjoyed were the shishito peppers, chorizo chicken thighs, chickpea fries, and the gua bao/pork belly sliders.

I tried the sliders and I thought they were a little salty, but I am very biased as I'm Taiwanese and make these gua bao at least 2-3 times a month and wasn't really that impressed, but everyone else loved them. I'm a purist when it comes to certain foods :\

We also ordered three desserts to share including the upside down orange cake, the strawberry tres leche and the churros with chocolate. All of the desserts were unbelievably fantastic and I don't have much of sweet tooth. The churros were the lightest, fluffiest I've ever had and I eat them on a daily basis when I'm in Spain, these were better.

Another huge highlight was our server. I didn't catch her name but she was attentive without being intrusive. Our birthday girl was looking for a particular wine and she was able to accommodate her perfectly after finding what she wanted had just come in that day. We were there for about 3 hours and never felt rushed or ignored. They let us enjoy our evening with brilliant service and great food.

Our total came to a little over $50/person before tip but including food and drinks which I thought was super reasonable and a great deal for a...