Woodfire Grille — Restaurant in Kansas

Very disappointed. Went for a birthday with family. Reserved and called to confirm a 6:45 appointment. Was not seated until after 7:15. Was told we were waiting for our waitress "to catch up". We watched two parties without reservations be seated ahead of us. In our online reservation we requested a booth. When we questioned why two parties seated ahead we were told they did not like to seat a party of 4 in a booth (even though we requested a booth). Not sure if that was the reason or if it was to punish us for checking on our reservation twice after seeing non-reservation parties seated. The food was average. We were extremely disappointed in the hostess/greeting staff. Two of us called ahead about it being a birthday surprise and the phone calls seemed like a bother to the staff. I think the bus person must have answered the phone on one call. He seemed to think it was ridiculous to think we would ask if there was anything special for a birthday celebration. I will say that Kyle, the bartender was very attentive and cordial and explained wine choices very well. Only employee there that seemed interested in his job. Our waitress warmed up eventually, but in the beginning she was a little put off by our desire to be seated at the time of our reservation. She had obviously been made aware we were not happy about waiting for over 30 minutes for our reservation. The Woodfire Grille was not very busy on this evening. I don't know if they were understaffed on this evening or if this is a regular occurence (waiting over 30 minutes for a reserved table while the waitress "catches up"). Walk-in diners seem to be treated better than those with a...

Update 02/21/24 ☆☆ Another new chef and another new menu...same issues as before except this time. They didn't cook.my moms/sisters $99 Porterhouse (special steak to share) correctly, and it's hard to send it back to cook properly when they slice it all up. I hate that. So, they sent it back to cook the slices, and of course, this time, it was overcooked (they ended up comping their porterhouse). My steak was slightly over cooked (ordered med rare, was more med). But I don't like wasting food, so I didn't send it back. It still tasted good, just not what I wanted, and for $48 for a NY Strip, I expected better.

11/09/23 ☆☆☆ Always great food and service. Definitely on the higher priced side. $48 for an 8oz filet and one side. Add the Oscar toping on the steak for $12 (Oscar is a crab cake, hollandaise, and asparagus, but they forgot my asparagus). Major complaint... My Cobb side salad salad was a $4 upcharge (even though it was $9 on the menu compared to the other sides (brocolini, asparagus ect) that were priced $10-12 ridiculous! 🤬) You used to get 2 crab cakes for $18. Now you get one for $22! Yeah, nope. My other big complaint is that they keep changing the menu. It's about a third of the size that it used to be, and options are much more limited than they used to be. With many of my favorites no longer on the menu. As well as them not doing their Prime Rib special anymore...Seriously, do we need knives for godzilla? Hince the 3...

#JaesFunnyButTrue Eating at the table with family, I started snapping pictures. By the time the lense captured my bread, my sister-in-law stole a bite of my bread and replaced it on my plate. "See. That's what you get for taking pictures of your food." Time passed by. I snapped another or two. My other sister in-law teased, "Photos again?" Minutes passed. My brother teased, "Now that I've got you here..." "What," asked my sister-in-law, "You got us all stuck here around the table." "That's right." I paused. "Wait. Where's the bathroom?" My sisters pointed and explained the way. "You totally missed that. He said we were a chained audience and I asked where the bathroom was." The girls laughed and beat themselves up for missing the joke. When it was time for me to really use the restroom later, they pointed the way. But they teased me about taking selfies. "No. I didn't. But I can go back and take one." Not fifteen minutes passed when the ladies went to the bathroom. "Wait for me. I never get to go to the bathroom for girly time." "Well come on." "I'll take a selfie this time." I refrained from teasing my sisters by not pounding on the door like their kids.... We offered to stay for my mother, but she...