Larks Entertainment at West Bottoms — Restaurant in Kansas City

Good lord. Where do I begin. It was Saturday night. They weren’t busy AT ALL. 11 of us arrived in two groups. 6 showed up, had a table outside. Othe 5 showed up after and had a separate table next to the others. Sat there for 20 mins before we got up to find a server. She was absolutely kind. Had a smile on her face the whole time. However, no knowledge of liquor at all so couldn’t answer questions. She took our food order at the table of 5 and left. 15 mins later we had drinks delivered and as this new server was leaving we asked if he could take the rest of our order for the table of 6. They hadn’t even received waters yet and had been sitting there at this point for about 45 mins. When we finally received our food it looked great but, had no way to eat it. Waited about 7 mins before I got up to ask for silverware. Got a Buffalo quesadilla (that was cut into thin strips, strange) with ranch. No ranch. Had to go ask a server and stood there for 5 mins before I got it. Ranch has ZERO flavor by the way. I mean ZERO. My son got a salad of some sort. It looked and tasted great but again, he didn’t get his ranch so I headed back in. Salad was good but dressing was awful. Other got burgers which they said were just ok. They lacked flavor in terms of salt he said. Half of us left and didn’t stay for shuffle board. The other half stayed because they’d prepaid for a lane for 2 hours. We had to ask how lanes work. Nothing was explained. Overall this was a horrible first experience. I do understand that they are new and may have to work out some kinks but man, for what we spent I don’t know that those kinks will be worked out on our dime again. Atmosphere was ok only because we sat outside and it was a beautiful day. Someone hosting karaoke was singing and he sounded great. Think he’s the only...

Larks is a really cool place with indoor shuffleboard lanes, pinball, pop a shot, darts, pool table and other yard games like Jenga and Connect Four. The aesthetic of the space is open, industrial with plenty of tables and booths and a really nice patio area. I’m not sure how long it’s been open but it looks brand new.

We came on a Friday night at 7:15pm to grab food before our shuffleboard reservations for a lane at 8pm. Being new, we weren’t sure if it was a seat yourself or wait to be seated- there’s no sign, but after waiting a bit and not seeing any service staff, we made our way to the back bar area to find out there was only one person working the ENTIRE front/bar/service floor. One! I felt terrible for them! We worked through it and it all was fine but not what you’d expect if there was a full staff to help all the guests vs one person running around as best as they could. The person on kitchen staff came out to help as well so it was just the two of them scrambling. They were both very kind and doing a good job and handling everything- luckily it wasn’t a packed house. Our family had a blast playing a new game and learning about shuffle board. I’d love to come back...

Great experience for family and friends! The staff was extremely welcoming to our group (6 adults and 6 kids ranging from 1-10) . We were nervous the kids may get bored but they LOVED shuffleboard and the fact that there were other options - connect 4, corn hole, and the arcade - the kids were in heaven.

The food takes bar food to the next level - our favorites were the hot pepperoni pizza, the Thai chili shrimp, and the buffalo Quesadilla.

We finally got to taste the Kelce's Garage Beer! It was very light and refreshing- sort of similar to a Coors light but better quality. The mocktails were also delicious - highly recommend the blueberry lemonade. It was so refreshing.

Lastly the staff made our visit! Kennedy was amazing behind the bar and Spencer was outstanding helping to get us set up with the shuffleboard, games, and always making sure we had yummy food and drinks.

I can't wait to see what else they bring to the bar as you can tell everyone is invested and they are adding new features all the time - fire pit, outside lanes, more TVs and I was told darts are coming soon!...