Tupelo Honey Southern Kitchen & Bar — Restaurant in Lenexa

Update: Went back for another meal and the food was good as usual but had to dock a star because service was bad. We were sat quickly but it took 30 minutes for anyone to even acknowledge us and get our drink orders. People were being sat after us and waited on quickly.

Wow! For being open less than a week they've knocked it outta the park with service and food quality! Lively atmosphere with ample seating indoor and outdoor. Great vibes!

On to the best part, the food! We started the dinner off with the southern fried okra that was perfectly crispy with a great seasoning and accompanying dipping sauce. We also had the sweet potato biscuits which were just the right mix of airy and dense. They came with a delicious peach compote and some butter.

For the main course I went with the Bourbon peppercorn glazed meatloaf with Mac and cheese and collard greens. The texture of the meatloaf was fantastic - moist and flavorful with a slight spice from the chorizo. Mac and cheese was cheesy and delicious and collard greens flavorful with bacon mixed in.

We also had the sweet and spicy fried chicken that had a wonderful glaze and the right amount of heat. Delicious! Make sure you get the crispy Brussels sprouts to accompany it! The harvest southern omelette was great as well.

We rounded the meal off with their mini duo desserts (banana pudding and mud pie) and a slice of pecan pie. The banana pudding and mud pie are must haves. The pecan pie was good, but the least favorite of the three.

Highly recommend stopping in. Reservations...

I don’t think this place is for my tasting. Got here at 315, was pretty dead. I do like the ambience, spacious,clean, fresh look. I started out with their biscuits for a cause with Rebekah recommendation blueberry jam. Didn’t care for it. Washed it down with my blueberry lemonade. It was so overly sweet. Up Next was my Caesar salad. I wasn’t expecting a lot, but I was disappointed. The lettuce barely had any dressing. Croutons doesn’t look like it was made in the house. After waiting 5 minutes for Rebekah to make her rounds to ask for extra dressing, (after looking at the check, she charged me .75$) i was taking back a little bit. Because there was barely any dressing to begin with. My last course, I had their honey dusted fried chicken, to be honest, it looked, taste and the crust was giving premium KFC. I also didn’t taste any honey on the chicken. It came with welted pickles. Which I did like the flavor of the pickles. For my side, I picked Rosemary Parmesan potatoes. It looks great, but it needed a little salt. My daughter got butter noodles and a side of fries. I honestly feel they should take it off the menu or elevated a little bit. The buttered noodles was tasteless. After my daughter ate the top layer noodles with cheese on the bottom of the bowl you see noodles was drowning broken butter. For 5.50$ fires it was tasteless. Very plain no seasoning. Overall, from the service to the...

Upon entering we were greeted by the large group of hosts. They were all very kind. We were about 10 minutes early for our reservation and they seated us right away. Jenn was our server and she was wonderful. She informed us about the hand crafted cocktails, fresh squeezed juices, signature sweet tea, the biscuits for a cause and so on. We ordered both kinds of biscuits and compote. The peach was to DIE for! So delicious with the sweet potato biscuits! My husband ordered the Asheville Melt Sandwich and Mac n Cheese. The Sandwich didn’t have any heat to it but he added some sriracha honey sauce and it definitely kicked it up a notch. The description made it sound like it would be sauced but it was a dry rub. I ordered the Honey Dusted Chicken-white meat with the sriracha sauce choice. I mistakenly thought it would be more of a dry rub than a sauce and the sauce was a little greasy but still very flavorful! The chicken was cooked perfectly. We had an order of fries and were actually a little bummed. For such a beautiful southern menu the fries were extremely lackluster with no flavor served with what tasted like bottled ranch. I thought they would be a little more elevated. We finished out the meal with Mississippi Mud Pie and Pecan Pie. Both of which were good! Overall the ambiance was very enjoyable. It’s a beautiful venue. Looking forward to coming back for a date night to try...