Biggie's Restaurant — Restaurant in St. Louis

When you show up at a restaurant at 9 o clock at night, and the tables are filling up, you know it's going to be good.

The host wasn't wearing a mask, which was off-putting. If I wasn't very hungry and exhausted, I would have turned around and left, but I am growing exhausted of begging people to do what they need to do to keep their neighbors safe. I can't explain to you that you should care about other people. Anyway, all the other staff had masks on.

The waitress was attentive and did a great job, especially considering how many tables she had.

The French Onion Soup was really good. It would benefit from crustier croutons - they became dumpling like in my soup. The cheese they used was amazing though, and the broth was different than what I was used to - it seemed like an opaque chicken broth rather than a clear onion broth. In any case, I very much enjoyed it.

My husband loved his chili mac. The onion rings were not my favorite as I prefer beer battered, and these were large and thin. I still ate them with gusto, though.

I appreciate restaurants who are able to keep their kitchens open until midnight. It's a rarity during the pandemic, but late night eaters need a place to go!

Finally, the dining room is packed with framed family photos, which is really heartwarming. I would love if some of them had descriptions so I knew what I was looking at.

I'm glad Biggies is in the neighborhood.

Update! My family and I went to Biggie's last night, September 1st 2022. We were all exhausted. There were tons of stuff on the floor, and we were very well attended too. I got the fried Chicken special and it was so good! I had the French onion soup again and loved it again. Shout out to our super friendly waitress who was busy but you'd never know it the way she was treating us with such kindness, and to the young man in the ball hat and firefighter shirt who kept checking on us to make sure we had everything we needed! Absolutely excellent service for a family weeknight meal. It's nice to be able to take the family somewhere where everybody is sure to find something...

This is one of our favorite restaurants and have been going there for years. But today I was extremely disappointed because I wanted to book an area for a party of 14 people to celebrate my husband's 75th birthday for late June. Family and friends coming in from all over the country. But the manager said he could not take any reservations for any reason. In these times you would think he would be anxious to rebuild the business and to accommodate a good customer for a very special occasion. This would have been a big bill with drinks and a big tip for his staff.

If owners read this I would like a response.

I would like to add to this review. We decided to eat inside during off hours. The music playing was loud and hard rock. Since there was only one other table of four we didn't think its was rude for us to be moved away from the speaker in the ceiling or for music to be changed. Server acted put out for our request. They changed to a good channel but then immediately turned it off completely. She continued her rudeness.

Then as we were leaving I noticed that there was a table preset for a party that was not there so apparently you can get a reservation or call ahead for a reserved area for a large party. Guess you have to be special, family or know someone to get treated like a valued customer.

We haven't been back and...

Went to eat with my husband and nephew. I always get the same thing because I love it so much. The steak sandwich on garlic cheese bread & a dinner salad with their homemade French dressing. Its awesome. My nephew got the same thing I did and my husband got the ruben sandwich. My steak sandwich was the worst steak sandwich I have EVER had there. It was mostly fat & gristle. I was so disappointed. My nephew said his wasn't that good either. & my husband said he thinks that they forgot to put the sauerkraut on his ruben sandwich. The salad was awesome, & they enjoyed their bloody mary's. No room left for dessert. But the service was great. As always !!! We had a wonderful time visiting with our nephew. The place was very clean. The restrooms were clean. Our waitress did take the price of a steak sandwich off our bill when I told her how horrible my steak was. Which was nice, but that wasnt the reason I told her it was horrible. I thought that they should know. All in all it was a good day and a nice visit with our nephew. I will go back again and get the same thing I ALWAYS get !! I just LOVE their homemade dressings !!! They are...